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 he places the burse, in which is a clean corporal, upon the veil, and so that the open side thereof will be opposite the front of the chalice and towards the priest when he carries the chalice to the altar.

Having prepared the chalice, the priest, habited in cassock, signs himself with the sign of the cross and proceeds to put on the vestments, in the following order and manner. He takes up the Amice by the two upper corners, using both hands to do so, and kisses the middle of the upper part of the amice (not the apparel or "collar") and then, passing his right hand over his left he draws the amice around his left shoulder behind his head, rests the upper part of the amice upon his head and at once lowers it to his neck, brings the two corners to the front under his chin so that the amice covers his collar all around, and then crossing the strings he passes them close up under his arms and across his back, and brings the ends together in front, over his breast, and ties them. While putting on the amice and the other vestments, the priest may say the vesting prayers set forth in the Appendix. Next gathering up the Alb with both hands, the back part from the bottom to the top, he puts it over his head, and putting his arms through the sleeves, allows it to fall down all around him, and then fastens it at the neck. Then, taking the Girdle, he doubles it for about two thirds of its length, and holding the loop thereof in his right hand and the other end of the doubled portion in his left hand, he passes the said portion about his body, upon his loins, puts both ends of the girdle through the loop, draws them taut, and brings the loop to the front; then taking hold of the lower end he passes it, by his right, around his body and then through the second loop thus formed, and drawing both ends taut lets them hang down in front. If the alb be too long, it should be gathered up under the girdle. Care should be taken that the alb hangs evenly all around. Then, taking up the Maniple the priest kisses the cross upon the middle of it, and places it on his left arm between the wrist and the elbow. Next taking the Stole with both hands, at points a few inches apart and equally distant from the middle, he kisses it in the middle and then places the middle of the stole upon the back of his neck. Then he crosses the stole over his breast, and lifting up the ends of the girdle between Rh