A   Haue mercy vpon vs, O Lorde, thou God of all thynges. Haue respecte vnto vs, shewe vs the lyght of thy mercyes, ∧ sende thy feare amonge the Heathen and straungers, which seke not after þe; that they may knowe, how that there is no God but thou, and that they maye shew thy wonderous worckes. Lyft vp thyne heade ouer the outlandysh Heath&ebar;, that they may lerne to knowe thy might and power. Lyke as thou art halowed in vs before them, so brynge to passe, that thou mayest be magnified also in them before vs: that they may knowe the, like as we knowe the. For there is none other God but onely thou O Lord. Renue the tok&ebar;s, and chaunge the wonderous worckes. Shewe thyne hande, &abar;d thy ryght arme gloriously. Rayse vp thy indignacion, and poure out thy wrath. Take awaye the aduersary, and smyte the enemye Make the tyme shorte, remembre thy couenaunt, that thy wonderous worckes maye be praysed. Let the wrath of the fyre consume

them that lyue so carelesse: and let them perysh that do thy people hurte. Smyte in sonder the head of þe; Princes, that be our enemyes, &abar;d saye there is none other but we.

B   Gather all the trybes of Iacob together againe, þt; they maye knowe, how that there is none other God but only thou, that they maye shew thy wonderous worckes, &abar;d be thou thy peoples heretage, lyke as from the begynnynge. O Lord haue mercy vpon the people that hath thy name, &abar;d vpon Israel ^note wh&obar; þu; hast lykened to a fyrst borne sonne. O be mercyfull vnto Ierusalem the cite of thy S&abar;ctuary, ^note the cyte of thy rest. Fyll Sion with thy vnspeakable vertues, ∧ thy people with thy glory. Geue wytnes vnto thy creature, whom thou madest from the beginnyng, ∧ rayse vp the prophecyes that haue bene shewed in thy name. Rewarde th&ebar; that wayte for the, that thy Prophetes maye be fo&ubar;de faythfull. O Lord heare the prayer of thy seruauntes, accordynge to the blessyng of Aaron ouer thy people (&abar;d gyde thou vs in þe; waye of righteousnes) ^note that all they whych dwell vpon the earth maye knowe, that thou art the Lorde the eternal God, which is from euerlastynge.

C   The bely deuoureth all meates, yet is one meate better then another. Like as þe; tonge tasteth venys&obar;, ^note so doth an herte of vnderstandinge marck false wordes. A frowarde hert geueth heuynes, but a man of experi&ebar;ce lifteth hym vp agayne. The woman receaueth euery man, yet is one daughter better th&ebar; another. A fayre wife reioyseth her husband, ∧ a man loueth nothing better. Yf she be louynge ∧ vertuous with all, then is not her husbande lyke other men. He that hath gotten a vertuous woman, hath a goodly possession: she is vnto him an helpe, and pyler wherup&obar; he resteth. Where no hedge is, ther þe; goodes are spoyled: ∧ where no huswyfe is, there the frendles mourneth. Lyke as there is no cred&ebar;ce geu&ebar; to a robber, that goeth from one cytie to another: So is not the man beleued, that hath no nest, &abar;d must turne in, where he maye abyde in the nyght.

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