One more question, please? Is it a hard c or a soft c, in cervus? I'm guessing hard; if so, is it care-voos or curve-oos?

It'd be hard /k/ if it were Classical Latin (round about Cicero's time), but this is Palestrina in the 16th century, and you're in Kentucky, IIRC. I'd go with Ecclesiastical pronunciation. Treat it like Italian. SEEKoot CHERvoos, etc. (For the record, Classical would be /'kerwus/.

Ceci n'est pas un seing.