What is the relationship between the hymns "Praecessor almus gratiae" (Liber Hymnarius page 426, for the Passion of John the Baptist, 5 stanzas including doxology) and "Praecursor altus luminis" (St. Augustine's Lyre and other places on line, for the Nativity of John the Baptist, 16 stanzas without doxology)? Both are in Long Meter, and both are attributed to the Venerable Bede. Is one a later re-writing of the other?
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