Baptizare autem vel enixam mulierem, vel hoc quod genuerit, si mortis periculo urgetur, vel ipsam hora eadem qua gignit, vel hoc quod gignitur eadem qua natum est, nullo modo prohibetur: quia sancti mysterii gratia sicut viventibus atque discernentibus cum magna discretione providenda est, ita his quibus mors inminet, sine ulla dilatione proferenda; ne dum adhuc tempus ad praebendum redemptionis mysterium quaeritur, interveniente paululum mora inveniri non valeat qui redimatur.
Moreover, by no ways is it forbidden to baptize either the woman that is delivered or the child whereof she is delivered, if it be beset with peril of death, or the woman herself the same hour that she beareth, either that which is brought forth in the same hour it be born: for the grace of the holy mystery, as it is to be given unto the living and such as are discerning with great discretion, so it is to be offered without any delay to them which draweth towards their death; lest while time convenient to give the mystery of our redemption is yet sought for, by means of a small moment of delay the party that should be redeemed have not strength to be found.
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