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Brewer's: Adeste Fidelës
Ades′te Fide′les
Composed by John Reading, who wrote “Dulcë Domum.” It is called the “Portuguese Hymn,” from being heard at the Portuguese Chapel by the Duke of Leeds, who supposed it to be a part of the usual Portuguese service.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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