O esca viatorum

O esca viatorum. Latin, 17th century or earlier. In Gotteslob this hymn is described as having been translated at Würzburg in 1649 (‘O wunderbare Speise/ auf dieser Pilgerreise’). It was printed in a Maintzisch Gesangbuch (1661), where it is given in Latin and German. The German text is headed ‘Gesang von dem waren Himmelbrodt’ (‘hymn on the true heavenly bread’). The Latin text is earlier (see Maurice Frost, Historical Companion to A&M, 1962, p. 346). It had three stanzas: O esca viatorum,o panis angelorum,  o manna caelitum,esurientes ciba;dulcedine non priva  cor te quaerentium. o lympha, fons amoris,qui puro salvatoris  e corde profluis,te sitientes pota;haec sola nostra vota;  his...