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252 this church by the rector, viz. the Apostles' creed, Nicene creed, or St. Athanasius creed, in opposition to Arianism.

Now, for that beyond the records of time, as Mr. Carew in his Survey of Cornwall tells us, the Creed, Lord's Prayer, and Ten Commandments, were translated into and used in the Cornish tongue for the benefit of the inhabitants, who formerly little understood the Saxon or English tongue; and for that the Cornish tongue is now comparatively lost in those parts, I will here, for the reader's satisfaction, set down the Apostles' creed as it was then used.

Me agris en Du, an Tas ologologack, wresses a neu

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of

hag doar; hag en Jesu Chrest, ys nuell mab agan

heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, his only Son our

Arluth, neb ve conceveijs ryb an hairon Sperres, genijs

Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born

ay an voz Mareea, cothaff orthaff Pontius Pilat; ve

of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate: was

crowsye, maraws hag bethens, Eff deskynas en the Iffran,

crucified, dead and buried, He descended into Hell,

hag an trysa journa, Eff sevye arte thort an maraws, ef

and the third day he arose again from the dead, and

askynnus en the neuf; hag setvah wor an dighow dorne

ascended into Heaven; and sitteth on the right hand

ay Du an Tas allogallogack rag ena ef fyth dos the

of God the Father Almighty, from whence he shall come

''judgye an beaw hag an maraws. Me agris benegas''

to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy

''Spirres, an Hairon Catholic Egles. an communion ay''

Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of

sans, an givyans ay peags, an sevyans ay an corfe,

saints, the remission of sins, the resurrection of the body,

''hag an bew regnaveffere. Amen.''

and the life everlasting. Amen.

At the time of the Norman Conquest this parish was