A    ^noteO God of my fathers, ∧ LORDE of mercies, (thou þt; hast made all th&ibar;ges &wt; þi; worde, ∧ ordeyned m&abar; thorow thy wy&esset;dome, þt; he shulde haue domini&obar; ouer þe; creature, which thou hast made: þt; he shulde ordre þe; worlde acordinge to equite ∧ righteousnes, ∧ execute iudgm&ebar;t &wt; a true hert) geue me wy&esset;dome, which is euer aboute þi; seate. ∧ put me not out fr&obar; am&obar;ge þi; children: for I thy seruaunt ∧ sonne of þi; handmayden, ^note am a feble personne, of a shorte tyme, and to y&obar;ge to the vnderstandinge of iudgment and þe; lawes. And though a man be neuer so parfecte amonge the children of men, yet yf thy wy&esset;dome be not with him, he shal be nothinge regarded. ^noteBut thou hast chosen me to be a kynge vnto þi; people, and the iudge of thy sonnes and daughters.

B   Thou hast c&obar;maunded me to buylde a temple vpon þi; holy mount, ∧ an aulter in the cite wherin thou dwellest: a licknesse of thy holy tabernacle which thou hast prepared fr&obar; the beginnynge, and thy wy&esset;dome with þe;, which knoweth þi; workes: ^note which also was &wt; þe; whan thou maydest þe; worlde, ∧ knew what was acceptable in thy sight, ∧ right in thy commaundementes. O sende her out of thy holy heauens and from the trone of thy maiesty, that she maye be with me, ∧ laboure with me: that I maye knowe, what is acceptable in þi; sight. For she knoweth and vnderstandeth all thinges: and she shal lede me soberly in my workes, and preserue me in hir power. So shal my workes be acceptable, ∧ then shal I gouerne thy people righteously, ∧ be worthy to syt in my fathers seate. ^noteFor what man is he, that maye knowe the councell of God? Or, who can thinke what the will of God is? For the thoughtes of mortall men are miserable, ∧ oure forecastes are but vncertayne. ^note C   And why? a mortall and corruptible body is heuy vnto the soule, and the earthy mansion kepeth downe the vnderstandinge þt; museth vpon many thinges. Very hardly can we discerne the thinges that are vpon earth, and greate labo&highr; haue we, or we can fynde the thinges which are before oure eyes: Who will then seke out the gro&ubar;de of the thinges that are done in heau&ebar;? Oh LORDE, who c&abar; haue knowlege of þi; vnderstandinge and meaninge, excepte thou geue wy&esset;dome and sende thy holy goost fr&obar; aboue? that the wayes of them which are vpon earth maye be refourmed: þt; men maye lerne þe; thinges that are pleasaunt vnto the, and be preserued thorow wy&esset;dome.

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