A   Then Tobias toke it heuely, ∧ &wt; teares beganne to make his prayer, say&ebar;ge: O LORDE, thou art righteous, ∧ all thy iudgm&ebar;tes are true, ^note yee all þi; wayes are mercy, faithfulnes ∧ iudgm&ebar;t. And now O LORDE be myndefull of me, ∧ take no vengeaunce of my synnes, nether remembre my my&esset;dedes ner þe; my&esset;dedes of my elders. For we haue not bene obedi&ebar;t vnto þi; c&obar;maundem&ebar;tes, therfore are we spoyled, brought in to captiuyte, in to death, in to derision ∧ shame vnto all nacions, am&obar;ge wh&obar; thou hast scatred vs. And now O LORDE, þi; iudgmentes are greate, for we haue not done acord&ibar;ge to þi; c&obar;maundem&ebar;tes, nether haue we walked innoc&ebar;tly before þe;. And now O LORDE, deale with me acordinge to thy wil, ∧ c&obar;maunde my sprete to be receaued in peace, for more expedi&ebar;t were it for me to dye, th&ebar; to lyue.

B   At the same tyme it happened, that Sara the daughter of Raguel at Rages a cite of þe; Medes was slaundred of one of hir fathers handmaydes, namely, that she shulde haue had seuen hu&esset;bandes, which as soone as they were gone in vnto hir, were slayne of the deuell called Asmodeus. The fore whan she reproued the mayden for hir faute, she answerde her, sayenge: God let vs neuer se sonne ner daughter of the more vpon earth, thou kyller of thy hu&esset;bandes. Wilt thou slay me also, as thou hast slayne seuen men? At this voyce w&ebar;te Sara in to an hye chamber of hir house, and thre dayes and thre nightes she nether ate ner dr&abar;ke, but c&obar;tynued in prayer, and besought God with teares, that he wolde delyuer her from this rebuke.

C   Vpon the thirde daye it chaunced, that whan she had made an ende of hir prayer, she praysed the LORDE, sayenge: Blessed be thy name O God of o&highr; fathers, which whan thou art wroth, shewest mercy, and in the tyme of trouble thou forgeuest the synnes of them, that call vpon the. Vnto the O LORDE turne I my face, vnto the lift I vp myne eyes. I beseke þe; O LORDE, lowse me out of the bondes of this rebuke, or els take me vtterly awaye fr&obar; of þe; earth. Thou knowest LORDE, that I neuer had desyre vnto man, and that I haue kepte my soule cleane from all vnclenly lust. I haue not kepte company with those that passe their tyme in sporte, nether haue I made my self partaker with them that walke in lighte behauoure. Neuertheles an hu&esset;bande haue I consented to take, not for my pleasure, but in thy feare.

D   Now peraduenture either I haue bene vnworthy of them, or els were they vnmete for me, for thou happly hast kepte me to another hu&esset;band. ^noteFor why? thy councell is not in þe; power of man. But who so euer loueth the and serueth the a right, is sure, that yf his life be tempted and proued, it st&abar;deth in the tryenge: and yf he endure in pacience, he shal haue a rewarde and be hylie crowned: and yf he be in trouble, that God (no doute) shal delyuer him: and yf his life be in chastenynge, that he shall haue leue to come vnto thy mercy.

For thou hast no pleasure in oure dampnacion: ∧ why? after a storme thou makest þe; wether fayre and still: after wepinge and heuynes thou geuest greate ioye. Thy name O God of Israel, be praysed for euer. At the same tyme were both their prayers herde in the sight of the magesty of the Hyest God. And Raphael the holy angel of the LORDE was sent to helpe th&ebar; both, whose prayers came together before God.

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