A   Now wh&abar; they were gone their way, Iudith wente in to hir oratory, put on an hayrie smock, strowed a&esset;hes vpon hir heade, fell downe before the LORDE, and cryed vnto him, sayenge: O LORDE God of my father Symeon, ^note which gauest him a swerde for a defence agaynst the enemies, that vsed violence and wilfulnes, and that rauyshed þe; vyrgin and put her to dishonesty. Thou that gauest their wiues in to a praye, and their daughters in to captiuyte, and all their praye for a spoyle vnto thy seruauntes, which bare a zele vnto the, helpe me wyddow, O LORDE my God, I beseke þe;. For thou hast done all thinges from the begynnynge, and loke what thou hast taken in hande and deuysed, it came euer to passe. For all thy wayes are prepared, ∧ thy iudgmentes are done in thy euerlastinge fore knowlege. O loke now vpon the armyes of the Assirians, ^note like as it was thy pleasure somtyme to loke vpon the hoost of the Egipcians, whan they beynge weapened, persecuted thy seruauntes, ∧ put their trust in their charettes, horsmen, and in the multitude of their men of warre. But thou lokedest vpon their hoost, castinge a thick darcknes before them: and whan they came into the depe, the waters ouerwhelmed them.

B   Eu&ebar; so LORDE let it go with these, that trust in þe; power and multitude of their men

of warre, ^note in their charettes, arowes ∧ speares, and knowe not, that thou onely art oure God, which destroyest warres from the begynnynge, and that thou art the LORDE. O lift vp thine arme now like as euer from þe; begynnynge, and in thy power brynge their power to naught, cause their might to fall in thy wrath. They make their boast, þt; they wyl vnhalowe and defyle thy Sanctuary, and to waist the tabernacle of þi; name, and to cast downe the horne of thine aulter with their swerde. Brynge to passe (O LORDE) þt; the pryde of the enemye maye be cut downe with his owne swerde: that he maie be taken with the snare of his eyes in me, and þt; thou mayest smyte him with the lippes of my loue. O geue me a stedfast mynde, that I maye despyse him and his strength, and that I maye destroye him.

C    ^noteThis shal brynge thy name an euerlastinge rem&ebar;braunce, yf the hande of a woman ouerthrowe him. ^noteFor thy power (O LORDE) stondeth not in þe; power of men, nether hast thou eny pleasure in the str&ebar;gth of horses. There was neuer proude personne that pleased the, but in the prayer of the humble and meke hath thy pleasure bene euermore.

O thou God of the heauens, thou maker of the waters, and LORDE of all creatures, heare me poore woman, callynge vpon the, and puttynge my trust in thy mercy. ^noteRemembre thy couenaunt O LORDE, and mynister wordes in my mouth, ∧ stablysh this deuyce in my hert, that thy house maye contynue still in holynes, and that all the Heithen maye knowe and vnderst&obar;de, that thou art God, and that there is none other but thou.

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