archbysshoppe xvj  f saynt Newe bysshoppe xvij xvij g octa of saynt Martyn xviij vj saynt Elizabeth xix  b saynt Edmunde kynge xx xiiij c Presentacyon of our Lady xxj iij d saynt Cecily virgyn and martyr xxij  e saynt Clement bysshop of rome xxiij xj f saynt Grysogony martyr xxiiij xix g 〈…〉 xxv  saynt Lini bysshoppe of Rome xxvj viij b saynt Agricole and vital xxvij  c saynt rufe martyr xxviij xvj d saynt saturne Uigyll xxix v e xxx Decembre The yere by Decembre taketh his ende And so dooth man at thre score and twelue Nature with aege wyll hym on message seÌ„de The tyme is come that he must go hym selue 〈…〉  f saynt Loye bysshoppe i 〈◊〉 g saync lybane ij ij A deposicyon of saynt osmunde iij x b saynt Barbara virgyn iiij  c saynt Sabba abbot v xviij d 〈…〉 vj vij e octaues of saynt andrewe vij  f 〈…〉 viij 〈◊〉 g saynt Cypryan abbot ix iiij saynt Eulalie x  b Damase bysshoppe of Rome xi xij c ¶ 〈…〉 xij i d saynt lucy vyrgyn xiij  e othilie virgyn xiiij ix f saynt valery bysshoppe xv  g ¶ 〈…〉 xvâ— xvij saynt lazarus bysshoppe xvij vi b saynt Gratian bysshoppe xviij  c saynt venyce virgyn xix xiiij d saynt Iulyan martyr xx iij e 〈…〉 xxi  f xxx martyrs xxij xi g vyctory virgyâ— xxiij xix Uigyll xxiiij  b 〈…〉 xxv viij c 〈…〉 xxvj  d 〈…〉 xxvij xvi e 〈…〉 xxviij v f 〈…〉 xxix  g â—ranslacyon of saynt Iames xxx xiij saynt Syluester bysshop of Rome xxxi â—Notâ— the golden nombre that is writen after the sayntes on the ryght hande in the moneth of 〈…〉 and 〈…〉 And the sonday nexte after the goldeÌ„ noÌ„bre for the yeare shall be 〈…〉 ¶ 〈…〉 ¶ 〈…〉 I Am Sonday mooste honorable The heed of al the weke dayes That day all thynges laborable Ought for to resâ—e gyue prayse To our Creatour that alwayes wolde haue vs reste after trauayle Man seruaunt and thy beaste he sayes And the other to thyne auayle ¶ 〈…〉 Monday men ought me for to call In whiche good workes ought to begynne Hearynge masse the fyrste dede of all Intendynge for to flee deedly synne This worldly goodes truely to vynne with labour and true exercyse For who of good workes can not blynne To his rewarde shall vynne Paradyse ¶ 〈…〉 I tuesday am also named of Mars Called of goddes armypotent I loue neuer for to be scars Of workes but alwayes dylygent Stryuynge agaynste lyfe indigent Beynge in this worlde or elles where â—o serue our lorde with good intent As of duety we are bounde here ¶ 〈…〉 wednesday sothely is my name A mydes the weke is my beynge wherin all vertues dothe frame By the meanes of good lyuynge I do remembre the heuenly kynge That was solde in my season I do worke with true meanynge Hym for to serue as it is reason ¶ 〈…〉 I am the meâ—yest of seuen Called thursday verely In my tyme the kynge of heuen Made his souper merely In forme of breade gaue his body To his Apostles as it is â—layne And then washed theyr fete mekely And went to Olyuet mountayne ¶ 〈…〉 Named I am deuoute fryday The whiche careth for no delyte But to mourne fast deale and pray I do set all my hole appetyte To thynke on the Iues dyspyte Howe they dyd Chryste on the tre rent And thynkynge howe I may be quyte At the dredefull Iudgement ¶ 〈…〉 Saterday I am comynge laste Trustynge on the tyme well spent Hauynge euer mynde stedfaste On that lorde that harowed hell That he my synnes wyll expell At the instaunce of his Mother whose goodnesse dothe farre excell whome I serue aboue all other amen The commaundementes of 〈…〉 gyuen by Moyses and expounded by 〈…〉 to our Mother tongue very necessarye and expedyent for Youthe and all other for to lerne and to knowe ¶ 〈…〉 I Am the Lorde thy god whiche haue brought the out of the lande of Egypt and out of the house of boÌ„dage 〈…〉 Thou shalte haue none other goddes iÌ„ my syght 〈…〉 Thou shalte make the no graueÌ„ Ymage neyther any similitude that is iÌ„ heueÌ„ aboue or in the earthe beneathe or in the water that is beneath the earthe Se that thou neyther bowe thy selfe to them neyther serue them For I the lorde thy god am a gelouse god vysite the synne of the fathers vpoÌ„ the chyldreÌ„ vnto the thyrde and fourth generacyoÌ„ of them that hate me and yet shewe mercye to thousandes amoÌ„ge theÌ„ that loue me and kepe my commaundementes 〈…〉 Heare Israell our lorde god is one lorde and thou shalt loue thy lorde god with all thy herte with all thy Soule with all thy mynde and with ali thy strength Thou shalte worshyp thy lorde god hym onely shalte thou serue ¶ 〈…〉 â—Hou shalt not take the name of the lorde thy god in vayne For the Lorde wyll not holde hym gyltlesse that taketh the name of the lorde his god in vayne 〈…〉 â—Ye haue herde howe it was sayde to theÌ„ of olde tyme. Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe but shalte performe thyn othes to the Lorde â—say vnto you sweare not at all neyther by heueÌ„ for it is goddes seate nor by the earth for it is his fote stole neyther by IerusaleÌ„ for it is the Citye of y e great kynge Neyther shalt thou sweare by thy heade bycause thou canst not make one whyte heare or a blacke But let your communicacyon be yea eya nay naye for what soeuer is more then that commeth of euyll ¶ 〈…〉 â—Emembre the Sabbath daye that thou sanctify it 〈…〉 Syxe dayes mayste thou labour and do all that thou hast to do but the seuenth daye is the Sabbath of the Lorde thy god In it thou shalte do no maner worke neyther thou nor thy sone nor thy doughter neyther thy manseruaunt nor thy mayde seruaunt nor thy catell nor yet the straunger that is within thy gates For in syxe dayes the Lorde made heuen and earth and the see and all that is in them and rested the seuenth day wherfore the Lorde blessed the seuenth daye halowed it 〈…〉 It is lefull to do a good dede on the Sabbath day For the sone of maÌ„ is lorde euen of the Sabbath day The Lorde sayth by his prophet 〈…〉 That his sabbath is halowed and kepte when we rest and cease to do our owne wyll to folowe oure owne wayes to speake our owne wordes when we in worde thought and dede fulfyll his well I say not ours and when we suffer hym to do his workes in vs that at the last we may come to that Sabbath and true reste euen eternall lyfe whiche Chryst the Lorde of the sabbath hath opteyned for vs by his blode ¶ 〈…〉 â—Onoure thy Father and thy Mother that thy dayes may be longe in the lande whiche the lorde thy god gyueth the. â—onour
〈…〉 hy wyl be fulfylled in erth as it is iÌ„ heuyn 〈…〉 â—…ur dayly breade gyue to vs this day 〈…〉 nd forgyue vs our offences euyn as we forgyue theÌ„ that offende vs. â—…nd leade vs not in to temptacyon â—…ut delyuer vs from all euyll So be it ¶ 〈…〉 â—Ayle Mary ful of grace our lorde is with the. Blessed be thou amonge women and blessed be the fruyt of thy wombe Iesus Chryst So be it ¶ 〈…〉 〈…〉 â—Beleue in god the father almyghty maker of heuyn and earth The seconde artycle nd in Iesu Christ his onely sone our lorde 〈…〉 Uvhiche was conceyued of the holy ghost borne of Mary a virgyn 〈…〉 Uvhiche suffered vnder ponce Pylate and was crucifyed deade and buryed 〈…〉 Uvhiche descended to hell the thyrde day rose from death to lyfe â—…e ascended in to heuyn sytteth at the ryght hande of god the father almyghty 〈…〉 roÌ„ theÌ„s he shall come to Iudge the quycke and the deade 〈…〉 beleue iÌ„ the holy ghoste 〈…〉 he holy churche catholyke the ê¯munyon of sayntes 〈…〉 he remyssyon of synnes 〈…〉 he resurreccyon of the flesshe 〈…〉 nd the lyfe euerlaslyn ge So be it ¶ 〈…〉 The. x. commaundementes ¶ 〈…〉 â—Hou shalte not haue straunge goddes in my syght 〈…〉 hou shalt not vsurpe the name of thy god iÌ„ vayne 〈…〉 â—bserue the Saboth daye 〈…〉 onour thy father and mother 〈…〉 hou shalt not kyll 〈…〉 hou shalt not do aduoutry 〈…〉 hou shalt not do thefte 〈…〉 â—hou shalte beare no false wytnesse agaynst the neyghbour 〈…〉 hou shalt not desyre the wyfe of thy neyghbour 〈…〉 hou shalte not desyre the good of thy neyghboure ¶ 〈…〉 〈…〉 â—O beleue that Chryst hathe for vs meryted To be the chyldreÌ„ and heyres of his father sanctifyed God onely to serue without faynynge alway His crosse for to beare and prynces to obey Doynge good to all and harme to no man This is the summe of the fayth chrystian A prayer to the Trinyte ¶ 〈…〉 〈…〉 â—Oyle Trinyte be helpynge vnto me O god iÌ„ thy name shall I lyfte vppe myne haÌ„des Moost holy god and mercyfull father lorde Iesu Chryst almyghty euerlastyng god I gyue laudes and thaÌ„kes vnto the whiche hast this nyght preserued defended and vysited me thy vnworthy seruaunt And hast caused me to come to the begynnyng of this daye saufe souÌ„de and for thy benefytes whiche thou of thy only goodnesse hast bestowed vpoÌ„ me I beseche thy mercy father most mercyfull that thou wylte grauÌ„t me to spende the daye that is to come in thy holy seruyce with al humylite discrecyon deuocyon and charytable loue that I may be able to do my seruyce due and pleasauÌ„t vnto the iÌ„ all my workes And cause me to lyue alway with thy grace and all the dayes of my lyfe I commeÌ„de vnto the my body and my soule So be it ¶ 〈…〉 â—Orde by the habundaunce of thy mercy I wyll entre into thy house I shall worshyp the at thy holy temple acknowlege thy name Lorde through thy iustyce guyde me agaynst myne enemyes directe my way euen in thy syght So be it The Matyns ¶ 〈…〉 â—Or the more euydent explanacyon and vnderstaÌ„dynge of this Prymer it is to be noted that this worde Matyns is asmoch to say as the mornyng houres or mornynge seruyce and so is called because the same is and hath ben alwayes accustomed to be sayd and songe in the mornynge And for asmoche as the hole processe therof doth specyally brynge to our remembrauÌ„ce the Natiuyte and byrthe of Chryste conceyued and borne of the moost inuiolate virgyn Mary it is called the Matyns of our Lady In whose moost worthy prayse and coÌ„mendacyon many solempne Hympnes diuine colletes pleasaunt Anthemes are herin wryten â—omine labia mea aperies LOrde open thou my lyppes â—nd my mouthe shall pronounce thy prayse â—god beÌ„de thy selfe iÌ„ to my helpe â—orde hast the to helpe me â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the begynnyng as it is now and euer shall be So be it Prayse ye the lorde ¶ 〈…〉 Prayse ye the lorde Laude be to the lorde kynge of eternall glory ¶ 〈…〉 Hayle Mary full of grace the lorde is with the. 〈…〉 â—Ome and let vs ioyfully gyue thankes vnto the lord let vs reioyce iÌ„ god our sauyour let vs approche vnto his presence with prayse thankes gyuynge and syng vnto hym in psalmes Hayle Mary full of grace â—or god is a great lorde a great kynge ouer all goddes whiche shall not for sake his people in whose power are al the costes of the earth and he beholdeth the toppes of the mountaynes The lorde is with the. â—he see is his for he hath made it and his handes haue fasshoned the earthe also come therfore and let vs worshyppe and fal downe before the lorde let vs wepe before the lorde which hath made vs for he is our lorde god and we are his people and the shepe of his pasture Hayle Mary full of grace â—ow yfye heare his voyce se that ye harden not youre hertes as they dyd in the tyme of temptacyon iÌ„ wyldernesse bytterly murmuriÌ„ge agaynst god where your fathers tempted me and prouoked me to angre and yet sawe they my workes The lorde is with the. â—orty yeres was I a neyghboure vnto this generacyon wherfore I sayd euer theyr hertes are gone fro me they know not my wayes to whome I swore in my great angre that they shulde not entre in to my rest Hayle Mary full of grace The lorde is with the. â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the beginnynge as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it ¶ 〈…〉 â—He gouernour of the triple engyn Uvhome the earth the see the heuyns do honour Conceyued is in the wombe of a vyrgyn Uvhose name is Mary by goddes hygh power â—maydens wombe immaculate and pure Hym hath conceyued without spot or cryme To whome the Sonne and moone and euery creature Do serue alway in theyr course tyme. â—lessed is y t Mother replenysshed with grace In whose wombe the creatour immortall Hath not disdayned to take his place Holdynge in his hande the worlde ouer all â—f the heuenly messenger blessed is she Through the grace of the holy ghost inspyred For out of her wombe proceded he Uvhome all the nacyons of the worlde desyred â—lory to the lorde of myghtes moost That of a virgyn chaste was bore Glory to the father and the holy ghost To them be praysyng for euermore So be it â—nÌ„s dominus noster â—Lorde whiche arte our lorde how marucylous is thy name ouer all the earth â—or thy magnifycence hathe ben exalted aboue the heuyns â—hou haste aduaunced thy prayse by the mouthes of infauntes and suckynge babes in dispyte of thyne enemyes for to confounde the aduersary and the reuenger â—herfore I shall beholde the heuyns whiche are the workes of
earth all the partes therof feare the. â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—t it was in the begynnyge as it is nowe and euer shall be So be it 〈…〉 enedicite omâ—a opera domini ¶ â—Rayse ye the lorde all his workes prayse ertolle hym for euer â—e angelles prayse the lorde ye heuens prayse the lorde â—e waters al that are aboue heuen prayse the lorde all the powers of the lorde prayse ye y e lord â—he sonne the moone prayse ye the lorde starres of the fyrmament prayse ye the lorde â—he ravgne and the dâ—we prayse ye the lorde all the wyndes of god prayse ye the lorde â—â—eâ— and heate magnifye ye the lorde wynter and sommer prayse ye the lorde â—oysture ye hoore frostes prayse ye the lorde frost and colde prayse ye the lorde â—se and â—â—owe prayse ye the lorde nyghtes and dayes prayse ye the lorde â—yghte and darkenes prayse ye the lorde lyghtnynge and cloudes laude ye the lorde â—he earth mought prayse the lorde laude and extolle hym for euer â—ylles and mountaynes prayse ye the lorde all that spryngeth vpoÌ„ the earth laude ye the lorde â—e welles and sprynges prayse the lorde sees flodes prayse ye the lorde â—hale fysshes and all that moue iÌ„ the waters prayse ye the lorde all byrdes of the ayre prayse ye the lorde â—ll beastes bothe wylde and tame prayse the lorde ye chyldren of men prayse the lorde â—et Israel prayse the lorde laude hym and exâ—oll hym for euer â—epreestes of the lorde prayse the lorde ye serua untes of the lorde prayse the lorde â—espirites and soules of ryghtwysemen prayse the lorde ye holy meke in herte prayse the lorde â—nania Azaria Misael prayse ye the lorde lau de and extolle hym for euer â—lesse we the father the sone w t the holy ghost prayse we hym and serue we hym euermore â—lessed arte thou lorde in the fyrmament of heuyn thou arte prayse worthy gloryous and magnifyed worlde without ende â—audate dnÌ„m de celis â—Rayse ye the lorde of heuyns prayse ye hym in the hygh places â—rayse ye hym all his aungelles all his powers prayse ye hym â—rayse ye hym Sonne and moone all starres lyght prayse ye hym â—he hyghest of hâ—uyns prayse ye hym and the waters that are aboue the heuyns let theÌ„ prayse the lordes name â—or by his worde all thynges were made by his commaundemen â–ª all thynges were created â—e hath stablysshed them euerlastyngly and in to the worlde of worldes he hath set a lawe that shall not exspyre â—rayse the lorde ye dragons and al depnesses of the earthe â—yer hayle snowe yse stormes of wyndes that do his commaundement â—ouÌ„taynes and all lytell hylles wodde bearyng fruyte and all Cedre trees â—eastes and all maner of Catell serpentes and fethered foules â—ynges of the earth and all people princes and all iudges of the earth â—achelers and maydens olde men and yonge let them prayse the name of the lorde for the name of hym onely is eâ—alted â—he knowledge of hym is aboue heuyn earth he hathe exalted the horne of his people â—aude be vnto al his sayntes to the sones of Israel to the people approchynge vnto hym â—antate domino â—Yng ye vnto the lorde a new song praysed be he in the congregacyon of sayntes â—et Israel reioyce in hym that made hym and let the sones of syon triumphe in theyr kynge â—et thew prayse his name with daunsynge let them syng vnto hym with tympany and harpe â—or the lorde is well pleased with his people hath exalted the lowly into saluacyon â—ayntes shall triuÌ„phe iÌ„ glorye they shall make ioye in theyr chambres â—he prayses of god shal be in theyr mouthes two edged swordes in theyr handes â—o do vengeaunce amongest nacyons correccyons amongest people â—…o bynde theyr kynges in fetters and theyr nobles in manacles of yron â—or to execute on them the iudgement wryten this is glory vnto all his sayntes â—audate dnÌ„m in sanctis 〈◊〉 â—Rayse the lorde in his sayntes prayse hym in the fyrmament of his power â—rayse hym in his strenght prayse hym accordynge to the almyghtynes of his power â—rayse hym with the sounde of a trompet prayse ye hym with harpe and lute â—rayse hym with tympany and dauÌ„synge prayse hym with rebeckes and organs â—rayse hym with clarysymbals wel soundynge prayse hym with symbals of swetnesse let euery spyryte prayse the lorde â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holye ghoste â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it 〈…〉 wonderfull exchaunge The creatour of mankynde takynge vpon hym a lyuynge body hath not disdayned to be borne of a virgyn And he beyng made man without seede of man hath commytted vnto vs his godhed 〈…〉 aria virgo semper â—Irgyn Mary reioyce alway whiche hast borne Chryste the maker of heuen erth for out of thy wombe thou hast brought forth the sauyour of the worlde Thankes be to god ¶ 〈…〉 gloriosa femina â—Gloryous floure of womanhed Aboue the starres inthronysed Thyne holy brestes haue nourysshed That lorde that the hath created â—ur health lost by Eues offence Thy godly fruyte doth recompence For vs in heuyn to haue ingredience Thou wast a wyndowe by prouydence â—hou arte the dore of the heuynly kynge And the gate of lyfe resplendysshynge Syns that a virgyn lyfe doth brynge Ye redemed people reioyce and synge â—lory to the lorde of myghtes moost That of a virgyn chaste was bore â—lory to the father and the holy ghost To them be praysyng for euermore So be it â—…od hathe her choseÌ„ all other before â—…nd causeth her to dwell with hym for euermore 〈…〉 gloryous mother of god ¶ 〈…〉 â—Lessed be the lorde god of Israel for he hath visyted and redemed his people â—nd hath raysed vp an horne of saluacyon vnto vs in the house of his seruaunt Dauid â—uyn as he promysed by the mouthe of his holy prophetes whiche were syns the worlde began â—hat we shuld be saued from our enemyes and from the handes of all that hate vs. â—o fulfyl the mercy promysed to our fathers to remembre his holy testament â—o perfourme the othe whiche he sware to our father Abraham that he wolde gyue vs. â—hat we delyuered out of the haÌ„des of oure ene myes myght serue hym without feare â—n holynesse and ryghtwysenes before hym all the dayes of our lyfe â—nd thou chylde shalte be called the prophet of the hyeste for thou shalte go before the face of the lorde to prepare his wayes â—o gyue knowledge of saluacyon vnto his people for the remyssyon of theyr synnes â—hrough the tendre mercy of our god wherby the day spryng from an hye hath visyted vs. â—o gyue lyght to them that syt iÌ„ darkenes and in the shadowe of death and to guyde our feete in to the way of peace â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it
hande â—here is no healthe in my flesshe in regarde of thy wrath is ther no rest in my bones because of my synnes â—or myn iÌ„iquities are ouerpassed myn head and are layde vpon me as an heuy burden â—y woundes haue putrifyed and festred by reason of my folysshenesse â—am made wretche and croked vnto the ende all day dyd I go sorowfully â—or my loynes are fol of illusyons and there is no health in my flesshe â—am sore afflycted and brought lowe I dyd rore out for the sorowe of myne herte â—orde before the is all my desyre and my mournynge is not hydde from the â—y herte is troubled my strength hath left me the syght of myne eyes and the very same is not with me â—y freÌ„des and my neyghbours drewe togyther and stode agaynst me â—nd they that stode nexte me stode farre of they that layde wayte for my lyfe set vpon me â—nd they that sought me spake euyll to me vanites and deceytes they imagyned all daye â—ut I as one beyng deaf dyd not heare and as one that were dombe not openyng my mouth â—nd I was made as a maÌ„ not hearyng and hauynge no countercheckes in his mouthe â—or in the lorde haue I trusted thou wylte heare me my lorde god â—or I haue sayde lest any tyme myn enemyes tryumphe vpoÌ„ me and whylst my fete slyde they spake great thynges agaynst me â—or I am prepared vnto the whyppes and my dolour is alwayes in my syght â—or I shall confesse myne vngodlynesse shall take thought for my synne â—ut myne enemyes lyue are made strong ouer me and they are multiplyed whiche hated me vniustly â—hey that requyted euyll for good detracted me because I folowed goodnesse â—orsake me not o lorde my god neyther departe thou from me â—ntend toward my helpe o lorde god my helth â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the ho lye ghoste â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it â—iserere mei deus â—Aue mercy vpon me o god accordynge to thy great mercy â—nd accordyng to the multytude of thy compassyons wype away myn iniquite â—et wasshe me more froÌ„ myne iniquite and clense me more from my synne â—or I knowledge myne iniquite and my synne is euer before myne eyes â—gaynst the onely haue I synned and haue done euyll iÌ„ thy syght that thou mayste be iustifyed in thy wordes and mayst vaynquysshe wheÌ„ thou hast iudged â—o I was begotten in wyckednesse and my mother conceyued me in synne â—o thou haste loued trueth the vnknowen and secrete thynges of thy wysdome hast thou reueled vnto me â—pryncle me lorde with ysope and so shall I be cleane thou shalt wasshe me and then shal I be whyter then snowe â—nto my hearynge shalt thou gyue ioye gladnesse and my brosed bones shal be refresshed â—ourne thy face froÌ„ my synnes and wype away all my wyckednesse â—pure herte create in me oh god an vp ryght spyryte renewe within me â—ast me not away from thy face and thyne holy spyryte take not from me â—ake me agayn to reioyse in thy sauyng helth strenghten me with a pryncypal spyryte â—wyll enstruct the wycked iÌ„ thy wayes and the vngodly shall be conuerted vnto the. â—elyuer me from bloudes oh god the god of my health my toÌ„ge shal exalte thy ryght wysenesse â—orde open thou my lyppes my mouthe shall pronounce thy prayse â—or yt thou naddest desyred sacryfices I hadde surely gyuen it but thou delytest not in burnt offrynges â—sacryfyce to god is a lowly spirit a contrite an humble herte dispyce not o god â—eale getsy of thy fauourable benenoleÌ„ce with Syon that the walles of HierusaleÌ„ may be buylte agayne â—heÌ„ shalt thou accept the sacryfyce of ryghtwysenesse oblacyons and burnte offerynges then shall they lay calues vpon thyne altare â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the ho ly ghoste â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it 〈◊〉 omine eraudi orationeÌ„ meaÌ„ â—Orde heare my prayer and let my clamouâ—…re come vnto the. â—ourne not thy face from me wheÌ„ soeuer I am troubled bowe thyne eare vnto me â—n what soeuer day that I am troubled hear me quyckely â—or my dayes haue vanysshed as smoke my bones waxe drye as a fyrebrande â—am stryken and my hert wythered lyke hay by cause I forgat to eate my breade â—ith the noyse of my mournynge my boone hath clouen to the flesshe â—am made lyke vnto a pellycan of wyldernes and am made lyke the nyght rauyn in an house â—haue waked and am made lyke a sparowe solytary in the roufe of an house â—ll daye dyd myne enemyes rayle vpon me and they that praysed me conspyred agaynst me â—or I dyd eate asshes as breade and myngled my drynke with wepynge â—n regarde of thy wrathe and indygnacyon for thou takynge me vp dyddest cast me agaynst the grounde â—y dayes haue faded as a shadow and I haue wythered lyke haye â—ut thou lorde abydest for euer and thy memoryal is from one generacyon vnto another â—hou lorde arysyng shalt haue mercy of SyoÌ„ for it is tyme to haue mercy on it for the tyme ê¯meth â—or the stones therof haue pleased thy seruauÌ„tes they shall haue rueth on the grouÌ„de therof â—nd the people shall feare thy name o lorde all kynges of the earth thy glorye â—or the lorde hath buylded Syon and shall be sene in his glorye â—e hath regarded the speache of the humble hath not dispyced theyr prayer â—et these thynges be wryten in another generacyon and the people that shall be created shall prayse the lorde â—or he hathe loked downe from his hyghe holy place the lorde hathe loked downe from heuyn vnto the earthe â—or to hear the waylyng of them that be fettered for to lose the sones of them that were slayn â—hat they shulde in Syon declare the name of the lorde and his prayse in Hierusalem â—n assemblynge of people togyther and kynges for to serue the lorde â—e answered hiÌ„ in the way of his vertue shewe vnto me the shortnes of my dayes â—all me not backe in the myddes of my dayes in to the euerlastyngnes of thy yre â—roÌ„ the begynnynge thou lorde haste layde the foundacyon of the earthe the workes of thyne handes are the heuyns â—hey shal perysshe but thou abydest and shal all waxe olde as a garment And as a couerynge thou shalte chaunge them and they shal be chauÌ„ged but thou arte one and the same and thy yeres shall not fayle â—he sones of thy seruauÌ„tes shall dwel togyther and theyr seede shal be directed for euer â—e profundis clamaui 〈…〉 â—Rom the deepe places haue I called vnto the o lorde lorde heare my voyce â—et thyne eares be intentyfe to the voyce of my prayer â—f thou lorde wylte loke so straytly vpoÌ„ synners o lorde who shall abyde it But there is mercy with the and because of thy lawe haue I abyden the
vnryghtwysenes And of my synne make me clene and pure For to the onely by great vngodlynes I haue offended herof am I sure And put my soule in ryght harde aduenture Thy maiesty therfore I besech of thy goodnes To take clene away my synne and wyckednes 〈…〉 leasynge be it â—xpectans expectauâ— TIth longe awayt I loked after the lorde and he intended vnto me â—nd he herde my prayers he brought me out of the lake of mysery and from the muddy clay â—nd set my feete vpon a rocke and directe my steppes â—nd he put iÌ„ to my mouthe a newe songe a ver se vnto our god â—any shall se and shall feare and shall truste in the lorde â—lessed is the man whose hope is the name of the lorde and hath not regarded vanites false madnesses â—any meruayles haste thou done o lorde my god and thy dysposyâ—yons there is none that is lyke vnto the. â—haue tolde forth and spoken they are multiplyâ—d aboue nombre â—aryfyce and offerynge thou woldest not verily thou hast made myne eares parfyte â—nd burnt offeryng for synne y u hast not req ired then sayd I lo I come â—n the begynnyng of the boke it is wryteÌ„ of me that I shall do thy wyll for so wolde I my god haue thy lawe in the myddest of myn hert 〈…〉 haue declared thy iustyce in a great congrega cyon lo I shall not holde iÌ„ my lyppes lorde thou knowest 〈…〉 haue not hydden thy ryghtuousnes iÌ„ my herte I shewe thy trueth and thy saluacyon 〈…〉 haue not keptesecrete thy mercie thy trouth from a great company â—ut y u lorde do not estraunge thy mercyes from me thy mercy thy trouth haue euer defeÌ„ded me â—or myscheues innumerable haue compassed me my wyckednesses haue caught me I was not able to se them â—hey are multyplied mo then the heere 's of my heade and my herte hath fayled me â—et it be thy pleasure o lorde for to delyuer me lorde haue regarde to helpe me â—onfounded and afrayde be they that seke my lyfe for to take it away â—et them be turned backewarde and affcayde that mynde to do me harme â—et them incontynent beare away theyr confu syon that speake to me in scornfull wordes â—et all that seke the reioyse be glad of the let all that loue thy sauynge health say the lorde be magnyfyed â—veryly am a beggar and poore the lorde is myndefull of me â—hou arte my helper and protectoure o my god tary not â—orde gyue theÌ„ eternall reste and let coÌ„tynuall lyght shyne vnto them 〈…〉 leasynge be it vnto the o lorde for to delyuer me lorde haue regarde to helpe me 〈…〉 eale my soule 〈…〉 eatus qui intelligit â—Lessed is he that consydereth the nedy and the poore in the euyll day the lorde shall delyuer hym â—he lorde shall preserue hym refresshe hym and make hym fortunate in the earth and shall not delyuer hym to his enemyes â—he lorde shall succour hym lyenge diseased in his bedde all his estate thou hast chaunged iÌ„ his infyrmyte â—sayd lorde haue mercy on me heale my soule for I haue trespassed to the. â—yne enemyes spake euyll vnto me sayeÌ„g wheÌ„ shal he dye that his name may perysshe â—nd though he entred in for to se he spake vanites his hert gathered mischeyf vnto it self â—eyssued forth and spake to the same purpose â—gaynst me dyd al myne enemyes murmure agaynst me haue they ymagyned mycheyf â—hey haue deuysed an vntrue sayenge by me shal he that slepeth haue no help to ryse agayn â—or a man pretendynge peace vnto me in who me I trusted whiche hathe eaten of my breade made greate meanes to supplante me â—ut thou lorde haue mercy on me restore me and I shall requyte them â—n that they haue perceyued that thou fauourest me that my enemy shal not trysiph vpon me But for my innocency thou hast defended me hast made me sure in thy syght for euer Blessed be the lorde god of Israel worlde with out ende So be it â—orde gyue them eternall reste and let contynuall lyght shyne vnto them 〈…〉 Heale my soule lorde for I haue synned agaynst the. 〈…〉 My soule thrysted â—ueÌ„admoduÌ„ desyderat â—Uyn as the harte longeth after the fountaynes of waters so doth my soule longe after the o god â—y soule hath thrysted after god the lyuynge fountayne when shal I come and appere before the face of god â—y teares were to me day nyght iÌ„ steade of bre ade whylst it is dayly sayd vnto me wher is thy god â—hese thynges I call to mynde cast it in my thought because I shall deê‘te in to a place of meruaylous habitacioÌ„ euyn vnto y e house of god â—vhit a voyce of gladnes and confessyon lyke the sounde of one that banketteth â—vhy arte thou sorowfull my soule why doest thou trouble me â—ruste in god for I shall euer coÌ„fesse hym that gyueth heath vnto me and is my god â—he foule within my self is troubled therfore I shall haue the in mynde in the lande of IordaÌ„ the lytle mountayne of Hermon â—epenes calleth vpon depenes with the noyse of thy watercourses â—ll thy raynes thyfloodes haue roÌ„ne ouer me â—n the day the lorde hath sent forth his mercy and in nyght his songe â—n me is prayer to the god of my lyfe I shall say vnto god thou arte my defender â—hy hast thou forgoten me why do I go also rowful whylst myn enemy doth afflycte me â—hylst my bones are brokeÌ„ myne enemyes that trouble me haue cast it in my teeth â—hylst they saye to me euery daye where is thy god â—hy arte thou sorowfull my soule why troublest thou me â—ruste in god for yet I shall make knowledge to hym that he is my sauyour and my god â—orde gyue them eternall reste and let contynuall lyght shyne vnto them â—…y soule thyrsted for god thely uynge fountayne when shall I ones come and appere before the face of god 〈…〉 Lorde gyue them eternall reste 〈…〉 And let contynuall lyght shyne vn to them Our father And leade vs not But de lyuer vs. ¶ 〈…〉 â—y spyryte god wote is weykened wonders sore My tyme iÌ„ this world but very shorte vayne is And saue a poore graue get I now no more My synne is not great and yet to me remaynys Nothynge at all saue greuous bytter paynes But yet helpe me o lorde and let me by thesyt And for al myn enmyes I force not theÌ„ a whyt My lyues dayes be passed cleane away The thoughtes whiche were wont to trouble so my mynde The darke nyght haue turned in to the clere daye And after darkenes I hope yet lyght to fynde But yf I contynue thus synfull styll and blynde In contynuall darkenes my lodgynge theÌ„ I ma ke And hell for my dwellynge house nedes must I take I spake to the earthe that vyle was and rotten Sayn gthou art my father and thou my mother And to the wormes in
the earthe also haue I spoken Sayenge thou arte my syster and thou also my brother Uvhat hope I haue then aboue all other Uvho shall rewarde my paynes y â— which I abode Surely none other but onely thou my god 〈…〉 hus dayly in me my synne encreasyng double And I not repentynge in my lyues space The feare of death full sore my hert doth trouble For why in that lowe and depe infernall place There is no redempcyon no mercy nor no grace But yet good lorde yf it may the please Haue mercy on me and heale thou my desease 〈…〉 good lord through thy holy name Saue me from peryll in euery case And by thy great myght ryd me from the same For why in that lowe and depe infernall place There is no redempcyon no mercy nor no grace But yet good lorde if it may the please Haue mercy on me and heale thou my desease ¶ 〈…〉 â—y flesshe is consumed there is but skyn and bone My lyppes they be fallen away my teeth bare appere Take pety vpon me and haue compassyon At the lest way ye that be my frendes dere For the hande of god lo hath me touched here why persecute ye me more to encrease my payr Is it my flesshe that ye wolde haue so fayne Uvho shall warrant me that my dedes shall be wrytten Or who can promyse me eyther that they shal Be regystred so that they shal not be forgeten In iyrne leade or in the stony wall But one thynge I knowe that surest is of all That my redemer shall euerlyue this I know for true And in the last day that I shall ryse a newe And w t this skynne agayne theÌ„ I shall be clade And in my flesshe I shall playnlyse My sauyoure and my god whiche hath me wrought and made And as I am now so shall I then be I shall not beholde hym by no depute But these same eyes shal se hym manyfest This conforte sure remayneth in my brest 〈…〉 ternall rest goost lorde let theÌ„ haue And let theÌ„ be euer in contynuall lygh â—hou that raysedest from the fylth graue The dead Lazer through thy great myght So graunt them grace of the to haue the syght And gyue them rest that be from hens discended And grauÌ„te theÌ„ pardoÌ„ where they haue offended ¶ 〈…〉 â—Hy from my mothers wombe hast thou me out brought That wolde to god that I had ben clene Consumed away euyn to ryght nought So that none eye me euer myght haue sene For then shulde I be as I had neuer bene Nowe brought in to the worlde and streyght agayne out sent Oh that my lyfe dayes full soone are gone and spent wherfore good lorde spare me yet a whyle That I may bewayle my sorowe or I go From wheÌ„s is no retourne I meane that wretched yle whiche is the lande of mysery and wo Couered all with death in darknes ouerthrow where is no rule nor ordre at all But horror euerlastyng and payne contynuall 〈…〉 Uvherfore good lorde hertely I the pray To be a succour and ayde vnto me And specyally in that moost dradfull day Uvhen heuyn and earth and al that therin be Shal tremble and quake before the face of the when thou shalt come in thy most feruent yre The worlde to iudge by hotte burnyng fyre â—hat is the day full sorowful to beholde That is the day of wrathe the day of mysery That is the day to wofull to be tolde when heuyn and earth and al that therin be Shall trembled quake before the face of the when thou shalt come in thy most feruent yre The worlde to iudge by hotte burnynge fyre â—…las I wretche myserable and poore what thynge shall I do or what thynge shall I saye That dredfull iudge when I shall come before Hauynge no good dede for my selfe to lay Howe fearefull shall I staÌ„de iÌ„ that dredfull daye when that thou shalt come in thy feruent yre The worlde to iudge by hotte burnynge fyre â—…ow therfore Chryste we the beseche ychone Let thy mercy vnto vs appere Thou that descendest from thy heuynly trone To redeme them that lost and dampned were â—oÌ„dempne neuer theÌ„ whome thou haste bought so dere Uvherfore good lorde hertly I the pray To be a succour and ayde vnto me And specyally in that moost dredfull day when heuyn and earth and al that therin be Shal treÌ„ble and quake before the face of the when thou shalt come in thy most feruent yre The worlde to iudge by hotte burnynge fyre 〈…〉 Uvherfore good lorde we humbly the requyre That of thy goodnes thou woldest not forget To delyuer me from euerlastynge fyre whiche brakest vp the brasen gates great And vysyted hast the lowe infernall seate And vnto lyght them dydest restore whiche in payne of darkenesse hadde ben longe before 〈…〉 whiche vnto the thus dyd call and cry welcome to vs our blyssed sauyour swete welcome our redemer welcome hertely whiche brakest vp the brasen gates great And visited hast the lowe infernall seate And vnto lyght them dydest restore whiche in payne of darkenesse hadde ben longe before 〈…〉 Reste in peace 〈…〉 So be it â—…y broused â—isere meideus 〈…〉 â—Aue mercy vpon me o god accordynge to thy great mercy â—nd accordyng to the multitude of thy coÌ„passyons wype away myn iniquite Yet wasshe me more from myne iniquite clense me more from my synne â—or I knowledge myne iniquite and my synne is euer before myne eyes 〈◊〉 gaynst the onely haue I synned and haue done euyll in thy syght that thou mayste be instistifyed in thy wordes mayst vaynquysshe wheÌ„ thou hast iudged â—o I was begotten in wyckednesse and my mother conceyued me in synne â—o thou haste loued trueth the vnknoweÌ„ and secrete thynges of thy wysdome hast thou reueled vnto me â—pryncle me lorde with ysope and so shall I be cleane thou shalt wasshe me and then shal I be whyter then snowe â—nto my hearynge shalt thou gyue ioye gladnesse and my brosed bones shal be refresshed â—ourne thy face froÌ„ my synnes and wype away all my wyckednesse â—pure herte create in me oh god and an vp ryght spyryte renewe within me â—ast me not away from thy face and thyne holy spyryte take not from me â—ake me agayn to reioyse in thy sauynge helth and strengthen me with a pryncypal spiryte â—wyll istruct the wycked in thy wayes and the vngodly shall be conuerted vnto the. â—elyuer me from bloudes oh god the god of my health and my tonge shal exalte thy ryght wysenesse â—orde open thou my lyppes and my mouthe shall pronounce thy prayse â—oryf thou haddest desyred sacryfices I hadde surely gyuen it but thou delytest not in burnt offrynges â—sacryfyce to god is a lowly spirit a contrite an humble herte dispyce not o god â—ealy geÌ„tly of thy fauourable beneuoleÌ„ce with Syon that the walles of HierusaleÌ„ may be buylte agayne â—hen shalt thou accept the sacryfyce of ryghtwysenesse oblacyons and burnte offerynges theÌ„ shall
thyne handes the Moone and the starres whiche thou hast set in ordre â—hat thynge is man that thou art so mynde full of hym or what is the sone of â—daÌ„ that thou so regardest hym â—hou haste made hym not moche inferyor to auÌ„gelles thou hast crowned him with glory and honour and hast made hym lorde vpon the workes of thyne handes â—hou hast cast all thynges vnder his feet al maner of shepe and oxen yea moreouer the catell of the felde â—oules of the ayre and fysshes of the see which swymme in the waters of the see â—lorde whiche arte our lorde how marueylous is thy name ouer all the earth â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the beginnynge as it is nowe and euer shal be So be it â—eli enarrant â—He heuyns declare the glory of god and the firmament manyfesteth the workes of his handes â—aye vnto daye vttereth out speache nyght vnto nyght openeth knowlege â—here be neyther speaches nor wordes but that the voyces of them ben herde â—heyr souÌ„de hathe gone throughe all the worlde and theyr wordes through the coostes of the rounde earthe â—e hath pyght his pauilion in the sonne he is lyke a brydegrome procedynge out of his chaÌ„bre â—e hath sterte vp lyke a gyaunt for to take his course his progresse is from the hygh heuen â—nd his recourse is vnto the farthest parte therof neyther is there any that can hyde hym from his heate â—he lawe of the lorde is pure conuertynge soules the testymony of the lorde is faythfull gyuyn ge wysdome to the ygnoraunt â—he commaundementes of the lorde be ryghtfull confortynge the herte the lordes precept is cleare gyuynge lyght to the eyes â—he feare of the lorde is euermore coÌ„tynuynge the iudgementes of the lorde are true iustyfyed in them selues â—hey are to be desyred aboue golde precyous stones more sweter the hony the hony combe â—erely thy seruauÌ„t obserueth them in kepynge of them is great rewarde â—ho doth consyder his faultes pourge me froÌ„ those that be secrete and frome other spare thy seruaunt â—f they haue not the maystry of me then shal I be cleane shal be purged froÌ„ the greatest synne â—nd the wordes of my mouth shal be pleasant and the meditacyon of myne herte acceptable in thy syght alway â—lorde thou arte my helper and my redemer â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the begynnyng as it is now and and euer shall be So be it â—ommi est terra â—He earth is the lordes and the habundaunce therof the rounde worlde all that inhabyte in it â—or he hathe pyght it vpon the sees and hathe buylded vpon the flodes â—ho shal ascende in to the hyll of the lorde or who shall stande in his holy place â—n innocent in handes and of pure herte whiche hath not taken his soule in vayne nor hath not sworne to deceyue his neyghbour â—e shall receyue blessynge of the lorde and mercy of god his sauyoure â—his is the generacyon of theÌ„ that seke hym of them that seke the face of the god of Iacob â—e prynces heaue vp your gates and ye eternall gates open youre selues and a kynge of glory shall entre in â—ho is this same kynge of glory a stroÌ„ge lorde and a myghty a lorde myghty in batayl â—e prynces heaue vp your gates and ye eternall gates opeÌ„ your selues and a kynge of glory shall entre in â—vho is this same kynge of glorye the lorde of powers he is the kynge of glory â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it 〈…〉 â—lessed be thou amonge all women and blessed be the fruyte of thy wombe 〈…〉 â—oly mother of god and virgyn perpetuall 〈…〉 Pray for vs to the lorde celestyall ¶ 〈…〉 â—Ur father whiche arte in heuyn sanctifyed be thy name Let thy kyngdome come â—hy wyl be fulfylled in erth as it is iÌ„ heuyn Our dayly breade gyue to vs this daye And forgyue vs our offences euyn as we forgyne theÌ„ that offende vs. And leade vs not in to teÌ„ptacyon But delyuer vs from al euyl So be it ¶ 〈…〉 â—Ayle Mary full of grace our lorde is with the. Blessed be thou amonge women and blessed be the fruyt of thy wombe Iesus Chryst So be it And ledde vs not lorde in to temptacyon But delyuer vs from euyl â—orde we besech the of thy blessynge â—oly virgyn of virgyns praye for vs vnto the lorde ¶ 〈…〉 â—Oly Mary moost pure of virgyns all Mother doughter of the kynge celestial So conforte vs in our desolacyon That by thy prayer and specyall meditacyon Uve enioy the rewarde of the heuynly raygne And with goddes electe there for to remayne Thou lorde haue mercy on vs. â—Holy and vndetyled virgynyte I wot not with what praysynge I may exalte the. For hym that the heuyns coulde not conteyn thou barest in thy wombe â—…lessed be thou amoÌ„g al women blessed be the truyt of thy woÌ„be For hym that the heuyns coulde not coÌ„tayn thou ba rest in thy wombe 〈…〉 Lorde we beseche the of thy blessynge â—…raye for vs deuoutly o virgyn Mary ¶ 〈…〉 â—Oly Mary of all godly the godlyest Pray for vs of all holy the holyest That he our prayers may accept in good wyse Uvhiche of the was borne and raygneth aboue the skyes By whose charyte and mercyfull grace Our greuous synnes may take no place Thou lorde haue mercy on vs. Thanke we god â—…lessed arte thou virgyn Mary thou barest our lorde Thou hast borne hym that made the and yet remaynest a virgyn euermore â—…ayle Mary full of grace our lorde is with the. Thou hast borne hym that made the and yet remaynest a vyrgyn euermore â—…orde we beseche the of thy blessynge â—…oddes holy mother be helpynge to vs. ¶ 〈…〉 â—Oly mother of god whiche hym haste conceyued That of all the worlde coulde not worthely be receyued Thy sone beseche with huÌ„ble intercessyoÌ„ Us for to purge of our transgressyon That so beynge redemed we may the place ascende Uhere thou dwellest with hym worlde without ende Thou lorde haue mercy on vs. â—…urely happy arte thou blyssed virgyn Marye worthy to haue all maner of praysyng For of the is ryseÌ„ the sone of ryghtwysnes Chryst our god 〈…〉 Pray for the people entreat for the elergye make i Ì„t ercessyon for the deuoute womaÌ„ kynde let all fele thyne helpe that worthely solempnysed thy memoryall For of the is rysen the sone of ryghtwysenes Chryste our god Glorye be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghost Chryst our god ¶ 〈…〉 UE prayse the O god we knowledge the to be the lorde â—ll the earth doth worshyp the which arte the father euerlastynge â—o the crye forth all aungelles the heuyns and all powers therin â—o the thus cryeth Cherubyn and Seraphin coÌ„tynually â—oly
o lorde My soule hath abyden in his worde my soule hath trusted in the lorde From the mornyng watche vnto nyght let Israel truste in the lorde â—or with the lorde there is mercy and his redeÌ„pcyon is plenâ—eous â—nd he shall redeme Israel for all the iniquities of it â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it ¶ 〈…〉 â—Orde heare my prayer wiâ—h thyne eares perceyue my desyre for thy truethes sake heare me for thy ryghteousnesse â—nd entre not in to iudgemeÌ„t with thy seruauÌ„t for euery persone lyuynge shall not be iustifyed in thy syght â—or an enemy hath pursued my soule hathe brought lowe my lyfe in earth â—e hath set me in darkenes as the deade meÌ„ of the worlde and my spyryte was vexed my herte troubled within me â—haue ben myndeful of olde dayes I haue sludyed vpoÌ„ all thy workes and in the dedes of thy handes I mused â—haue stretched forth myn handes vnto the my soule vnto the as earth without water â—astly heare me o lord my spirit hath fayled me urne not thy face froÌ„ me least I belyke to men discedyng in to a pyt â—ause thy mercy to be herde of me betymes for in the haue I trusted â—hewe me the way wherin I may walke for vn to the haue I lyft vp my mynde â—elyuer me from myn enemyes lorde vnto the haue I fled teache me to do thy wyll for y u art my god â—hy good spiryte shall conduyte me in to the laÌ„de of ryghteousnes for thy names sake lord thou shalt reuyue me thorough thyn equite â—hou shalt brynge my soule from trouble and through thy mercy destroy all myn enemyes â—nd thou shalte destroye all that molest my soule for I am thy seruaunt â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it 〈…〉 â—emembre not o lorde the faultes eyther of vs or of our parentes neyther take thou vengeaunce on our synnes Spare o lorde spare thy peple whiche then hast redemed w t thy precyous bloude Be neuermore angry with vs. The .xv. Psalmes ¶ 〈…〉 â—d dnÌ„m cum tribularer 〈…〉 â—Cryed vnto the lorde when I was in trouble and he herde me â—lorde delyuer my soule froÌ„ lyenge lyppes and a deceytfull tonge â—hat may be gyuen the or what may be layde agaynst the to a deceytfull tonge â—he sharpe arowes of the myghtye with hotte sparkelynge cooles â—o is me for my restynge place is prolonged I haue dwelled with the inhabytaÌ„tes of Ledar my soule was longe in exyle â—was peasyble with theÌ„ that hated peace wheÌ„ I spake vnto them they assaulted me causeles â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it â—euaui oculos meos 〈…〉 â—Lyfted vp myne eyes in to the hylles from whense helpe shall come vnto me â—y helpe commeth from the lorde that made he uyn and earth â—e shal not suffre thy foote to slyppe neyther shall he that kepeth the fall in to a slombre â—o he shall neyther fall a slepe nor slombre whiche kepeth Israel â—he lorde kepeth the the lorde is thy defeÌ„cce more then thy ryght hande â—he sonne shall not burne the by day nor the moone by nyght â—he lorde kepeth the from all euyll the lorde kepeth euyn thy soule â—he lorde kepeth thy goynge iÌ„ and goynge out from this tyme forth and euermore â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it â—etatus sum â—Reioysed in those thynges that were sayde to me we shall go in to the lordes house â—ure feete were standynge in thy gates O Hierusalem â—ierusalem whiche is buylded lyke a cytie who se perticypacyon is within it selfe â—or thyther ascended the trybes euyn the trybes of the lorde the testymonye of Israel to acknowledge the lordees name â—or there sate the sytters in iudgement euyn the seate of the house of Dauid â—ray ye for the peace of Hierusalem and they shall haue plentye that loue the. â—et peace be made throughe thy vertue plenteousnes in thy houses â—or my brothers and kynredes sakes I prayed peace for the. â—or the house of our lorde god I besought good thynges for the. â—lory be to y e father to the sone to y e holy ghost â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shall be So be it â—d te leuaui oculos 〈…〉 â—Nto the haue I lyfte vp myne eyes o god whiche inhabytest the heuyns â—uyn lyke as the eyes of seruauÌ„tes wayt at the handes of theyr maysters â—s the eyes of a handemayden be vpoÌ„ her maysters euyn so be our eyes vpon oure lorde god vntyl he haue mercy on vs. â—aue mercy on vs e lorde haue mercy on vs for we are fulfylled with moche contempte â—or our soule is fylled verye moche beynge scor ned of the ryche and dispyced of the proude â—lory be to the father â—…s it was in the. â—ist quia dnÌ„s 〈…〉 â—Xcept the lorde had ben amonge vs let Israel now speake except the lorde had ben amonge vs. â—hen men rose agaynst vs perauenture they myght haue swalowed vs vp quyeke â—hen theyr fury was great agaynst vs peraueÌ„ ture water mought haue souped vs vp â—ur soule hath passed ouer a ryuer our soule paueÌ„ture myght haue passed ouer a water itollerable â—lessed be the lorde whiche hath not suffred vs to be caught with theyr teeth â—ur soule hath beÌ„ delyuered euyn as a sparowe from the foulers snare â—he snare is worne out and we are delyuered ur helpe consysteth in the name of the lorde whiche made heuyn and earth â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the begynnynge as it is now and euer shal be So be it â—m confidunt 〈…〉 â—Hey that truste in the lorde as a mountayne of SyoÌ„ he shall neuer be moued which inhabyteth Hierusalem â—ouÌ„taynes are in the cyrcute of it and the lorde is in the cyrcuyt of his people froÌ„ this tyme forth and euermore â—or the lorde shall not leaue the rodde of synners vpoÌ„ the lotte of the iuste leest the iuste shuld extende theyr handes vnto synne â—o wel o lorde to the good and vryght in hert â—ut those that swarue the lorde shall bryng in to bondes with them that worke wyckednesse peace be vpon Israel â—lory be to the father to the sone and to the holy ghoste â—s it was in the begynnyng as it is now and euer shall be So be it â—n conuertendo 〈…〉 UHen the lorde tourned the captyuyte of Syon we were made gladde â—hen was our mouthe fulfylled with myrth our tongue with ioyfulnesse â—hen shal they say amonge the gentylles the lorde hath done greatly for
the mynde of Isodore was receyued as a tradicyoÌ„ of the apostles Howbeit S. Ambrose affyrmeth that it was deryued of an olde custome had amoÌ„g the Hebrewes which vsed longe lameÌ„tacyon for the dead after theyr departynge as they dyd for Iacob the space of xl dayes and for Moyses xxx But we that are vnder the newe lawe are taught of god by the mouthe of saynt Paule his apostle not to mourne or be sory for them that be departed in the fayth of Chryst but to reioyse as in theÌ„ that rest in the slepe of peace for so is it dayly remembred in the Masse vntyll they shall be called vnto the last iudgemeÌ„t Neuerthelesse I thynke it very charytable and to procede of a good godly mynde in that we vse any worldely obseâ—uies about the deade or do pray for theÌ„ for sait Augustyn in his Enchiridion sayth It is not to be denyed but that the soules departed are greatly releued by prayer Uvhiche vse is very commeÌ„dable for asmoche as it hath contynued in the chrysten churche euyn froÌ„ the very infaÌ„cy therof ¶ 〈…〉 〈…〉 shall please â—…exi quoniam exaudiet â—or he hathe enclyned his eare vnto me all me lyfe I shall calle vpon hym â—he sorowes of deathe haue comâ—assed me and the perylles of hell haue entangled me â—haue frounde moche trouble and sorowe and haue called vppon the name of the lorde â—lorde delyuer my soule for the lorde is pityfull and ryghteous and our god hath mercy â—he lord pÌ„serueth the lytle ones I was brought lowâ— and he delyuered me â—urne the my soule iÌ„ to reste for the lorde hath done moche for the. â—or he hathe delyuered my soule froÌ„ death my â—yes from teares my feete from slydynge â—shal please the lorde in the countre of lyuers orde gyue theÌ„ eternall reste and let coÌ„tynuall lyght shyne vnto them 〈…〉 shall please the lorde in the regyon of lyuers 〈…〉 Uvo is me â—d dnÌ„m cum tribularer 〈…〉 â—Cryed vnto the lorde when I was in trouble and he herde me â—lorde delyuer my soule froÌ„ lyenge lyppes and a deceytfull tonge â—hat may be gyuen the or what may be layde agaynst the to a deceytfull tonge â—he sharpe arowes of the myghtye with hotte sparkelynge cooles â—…o is me for my restynge place is prolonged I haue dwelled with the inhabytantes of Cedar my soule was longe in exyle â—was peasyble with them that hated peace when I spake vnto them they assaulted me causeles â—orde gyue them eternall reste let contynuall lyght shyne vnto them 〈…〉 Uvo is me for that my banysshment is prolonged 〈…〉 orde â—euauioculos meos 〈…〉 â—Lyfted vp myne eyes in to the hylles from whense helpe shall come vnto me â—y helpe commeth from the lorde that made heuyn and earth â—e shal not suffre thy foote to slyppe neyther shall he that kepeth the fall in to a slombre â—o he shall neyther fall a slepe nor slombre whiche kepeth Israel â—he lorde kepeth the the lorde is thy defence more then thy ryght hande â—he sonne shall not burne the by day nor the moone by nyght â—he lord kepeth the from all euyll the lorde kepeth euyn thy soule â—he lorde kepeth thy goynge iÌ„ and goynge out from this tyme forth and euermore â—orde gyue theÌ„ eternall reste and let coÌ„tynuall lyght shyne vnto them 〈…〉 â—he lorde kepeth the from all euyll he kepeth euyn thy soule 〈…〉 â—f thou lorde â—e profundis 〈…〉 â—Rom the deepe places haue I called vnto the o lorde lorde heare my voyce â—et thyne eares be intentyfe to the voyce of my prayer â—f thou lorde wylte loke so straytly vpoÌ„ synners o lorde who shall abyde it â—ut there is mercy with the and because of thy lawe haue I abyden the o lorde â—y soule hath abyden in his worde my soule hath trusted in the lorde From the mornyng watche vnto nyght let Israel truste in the lorde For with the lorde there is mercy and his redeÌ„pcyon is plenteous And he shall redeme Israel for all the iniquities of it Lorde gyue them eternall reste and let contynual lyght shyne vnto them 〈…〉 â—f thou lorde imputest meÌ„s synnes vnto them lorde who shal abyde it 〈…〉 he workes â—onfitebor tibi domine 〈…〉 LOrde I shal make knowlege to the with all my herte for thou hast herde the wordes of my mouthe â—n the syght of aungels I shall synge to the I shall worshyppe the in thy holy temple and shall confesse thy name UpoÌ„ thy mercy thy trouth for aboue al thyng thou hast magnifyed thy holy name Then soeuer I shall call vpon the heare me thou shalte encrease strength in my soule Let al the kynges of the earth coÌ„fesse the o lord for they haue herde all y e wordes of thy mouthe And let them synge in the wayes of the lorde for great is the glory of the lorde For the lorde is hyghe beholdeth lowe thynges and knoweth hygh thynges a farre If I walke in the myddes of trybulacyon thou wylt reconforte me and vpon the cruelte of myn enemyes thou hast extende thy power and thy ryght hande hath made me saufe â—he lorde shall requyte for me lorde thy mercy is euerlastynge the workes of thyne handes despyce thou not â—orde gyue them eternall reste and let contynuall lyght shyne vnto them 〈…〉 â—orde despyce not the workes of thy handes 〈…〉 Fro the gates of hell 〈…〉 Lorde delyuer theyr soules 〈…〉 herde a voyce ¶ 〈…〉 â—Y soule magnifyeth the lorde â—nd my spirit hath reioysed iÌ„ god my sauyour â—or he hathe regarded the humilite of his haÌ„dmayden beholde nowe from hensforth shall all generacyons call me blessed â—or he that is myghty hathe done to me great thynges and blessed is his name â—nd his mercy is alwayes on theÌ„ that fear hym throughout all generacyons â—e hathe shewed streÌ„gth with his arme he hath scatered them that are proude in the ymagynacyon of theyr hertes â—e hath put downe the myghtye from theyr sea tes and hath exalted them of lowe degree â—e hath fylled the hungre with good thynges and hath sent away the ryche empty â—e hath remembred mercy and hathe holpeÌ„ his seruaunt Israel â—uyn as he promysed to oure fathers Abraham and to his seede for euer â—orde gyue them eternall reste let contynuall lyght shyne vnto them 〈…〉 haue herde a voyce froÌ„ heuyn sayenge Blessyd be the deade whiche dye in the lorde â—orde haue mercy on vs. â—hryste haue mercy on vs. â—orde haue mercy on vs. Our father whiche arte Hayle Mary â—auda aiÌ„a mea dnÌ„z 〈…〉 â—Rayse the lorde my soule I shall laude the lorde durynge my lyfe I shall syng to my god so longe as I lyue â—ruste ye not in prynces nor in the chyldren of men in whome there is no health â—y sou'e shall passe out and shall retourne iÌ„ to his countrey in that day shall all theyr cogytacyons perysshe â—lessed is the man whose helper is the god of Iacob whose hope is in our lorde god which made heuyn
and earth and see and all that be in theÌ„â—hich kepeth trueth euermore doth iudgemeÌ„t to them that suffre wronge and gyueth meate to the hungry â—he lorde loseth the fettered the lorde gyueth syght to the blynde â—he lorde lyfteth vp theÌ„ that be fallen the lorde loueth the ryghteous â—he lorde preserueth strauÌ„gers he shall defeÌ„de the fatherles and the wydowe and shal destroy the wayes of synners â—he lorde shall reygne euermore thy god o syoÌ„ from one generacyon to another â—orde gyue theÌ„ eternall rest and let contynuall lyght shyne vnto theÌ„ 〈…〉 From the gates of hell 〈…〉 Lorde delyuer theyr soules 〈…〉 I truste to se the goodes of the lorde 〈…〉 In the lande of lyfe 〈…〉 Lorde god heare my prayer 〈…〉 And gyue hearynge to my clamour 〈…〉 â—Od to whome it is appropried to be mercyfull euer to spare be mercyfull to the soules of thy seruauntes of eche kynde and forgyue them al theyr synnes that they beyng loosed froÌ„ the bondes of death may deserue to ascende vnto lyfe By Chryste our lorde â—God the lorde of pardon graunt vnto the soule of N. thy seruaunte the yeares mynde of whose death we haue in remembraunce a place of rest the blysfull quiete and clerenesse of thy lyght By Chryste our lorde â—God whiche haste caused thy seruauÌ„tes in pontificall dignite to be accompted amoÌ„ge the preestes apostolyke graunt we beseche the that they maye enioye in heuyn the coÌ„tynuall coÌ„pany of them whose offyce they dyd beare somtyme heare in earth By Chryste our lorde â—God the graunter of pardon and the louer of mannes saluacyon we beseche thy mercy that thou wylte suffre the congregacyons of our brothers and systers beynge departed out of this worlde through the intercession of blessed Mary the virgyn and saynt Myghell the archaÌ„ gell all holy sayntes to come to the congregacyoÌ„ of euerlastynge felicite By Chryste our lorde â—God that arte creatour and redemer of all faythful people graunt vnto the soules of al true beleuers beynge deade remyssyon of al theyr synnes that through deuout prayers they maye attayne thy gracyous pardon whiche they haue alway desyred which shalte come to iudge the quycke and the deade and the worlde by fyre So be it God haue mercy on all chrysten soules So be it ¶ 〈…〉 〈…〉 â—yrect good lorde â—erba mea auribus 〈…〉 LOrde perceyue my wordes with thyne eares vnderstande my clamour Make hede to the voyce of my prayer my kynge and my god For vnto the wyl I praye o lorde early shalt y u heare my voyce â—arly shall I stande by the I shall se for thou arte a god not fauourynge iniquite Nor y e malygne shal not dwel nere the neyther shal the vnryghteous abyde before thy iyes Thou haste hated all that do iÌ„iquite thou shalte destroy all that speake falshode A man that is bloudy deceytful the lorde doth abhorre but I through the plenteousnes of thy mercy Shall entre in to my house I shall praye at thy holy temple in thy feare â—eade me lorde in thy ryghteousnes bycause of myne enemyes directe my way in thy syght â—or in the mouth of them there is no trueth the herte of them is full of vanyte â—he throte of them is an open graue deceytfully haue they done with theyr tonges iudge theÌ„ o god â—et them fall froÌ„ theyr cogytacyons accordyng to the greatnes of theyr wyckednes expel them for they haue sturred the to angre lorde â—nd let all reioyse that trust in the they shall euermore be gladde thou shalte dwelle amoÌ„ge them â—nd they shall glory in the all that loue thy name for thou wylte blesse the ryghteous â—orde thou hast couered vs as it were with a shylde of thy good wyll â—orde gyue them eternall reste let coÌ„tynuall lyght shyne vnto them 〈…〉 Dyrecte good lorde my way iÌ„ thy syght 〈…〉 ourne the lorde â—omine ne in furore tuo 〈…〉 â—Orde rebuke me not in thy fury neyther chasten thou me in thyne angre â—aue mercy on me lorde for I am sycke healem lord for my bones are broused â—nd my soule is very sore troubled but how loÌ„ge lorde â—urne the lorde and delyuer my soule saue me for thy mercye â—or there is none in death that hath mynde of the and in hell who wyll acknowledge the. â—haue laboured iÌ„ my sorow I shal euery nyght wasshe my bedde with teares shall I weate the place where I lye â—yne eye is troubled with woodnes I haue waxen olde amonge al myne enemyes â—uoyde fro me al ye that worke wyckednes for the lorde hath herd the noyse or my wepynge â—he lorde hath herde my prayer the lorde hath receyued my peticyon â—et all myne enemyes be greatly ashamed and confounded let them be ashamed and confounded very quyckely â—orde gyue them eternall reste let contynuall lyght shyne vnto theÌ„ 〈…〉 Turne the lorde delyuer my soule for he is not iÌ„ death that hath mynde of the 〈…〉 est any tyme. â—nÌ„e deê° meus in te speraui 〈…〉 O Lorde my god in the haue I trusted saue me froÌ„ al that persecute me and delyuer me â—est any tyme they deuour my soule as a lyon whylst there is none y t may redeme nor saue me â—lorde god yf I haue done this thynge yf wyckednes be in myne handes â—f I haue req ited euyl to theÌ„ that dyd for me let me then worthely falle into myne enemyes haÌ„des â—et an enemye persecute my soule lette hiÌ„ take it and treade downe my lyfe in earth and brynge my glory in to duste â—ryse lorde in thy wrathe and be exalted in the countrees of myne enemyes â—nd aryse my lorde god in the precepte that thou hast commaunded and the congregacion of people shall compasse the. â—nd for the same go vp agayne on hyghe the lorde iudgeth nacyons â—udge me lorde accordynge to my iustyce and procede vpon me accordyng to myn innocency â—et the wyckednes of synners be coÌ„sumed and thou shalte ordre the iuste o god that enserchest herte and reynes â—y iust helpe is from god which preserueth the ryghteous in herte â—he lorde is a iust iudge stronge and pacyeÌ„t is he angry al tymes â—xcepte ye be tourned he hath shakeÌ„ his sworde he hathe beÌ„ded his bowe and hathe made it redy â—nd hath prepared in it vesselles of death he hath made his arowes hotte â—o he bredeth iniustyce he hathe conceyued sorowe and hath brought forth vngodlynes â—e hathe opened a lake and dygged it out and hath fallen in to the pyt that hym selfe made â—et his sorowe be tourned vpon his owne head let his wykednesse falle vpoÌ„ his owne crowne â— shall make knowledge to the lorde accordyng to his iustyce and shall syng to the name of the lorde moost hyest â—orde gyue theÌ„ eternall rest and let contynuall lyght shyne vnto them 〈…〉 â—este any tyme he may rauysshe my soule as a lyon when there is none that wyll redeme it or saue it 〈…〉 From the gates of hel The answere Lorde
delyuer theyr soules Our father And leade vs not But delyuer vs. ¶ 〈…〉 â—Pare me o lorde my days be brefe and short For what is the maÌ„ whome thou doest ma gnifye Or why from hym thyn hert dost thon transport â—onfortyng hym in the mornynge and sodeynly Thou temptest hym agayne with aduersyte Uvhy dost thou not so moch as suffre me a lytle That I may tary the swalowyng of my spytle Lorde I haue offended and what shall I do Thou that orderest man in euery thynge why woldest thou make me to swarue froÌ„ the so And makest me to be myne owne vndoynge Uvhy takest thou not froÌ„ me my synful lyuyng Io howe in dust I slepe wonderous fast And yf thou tary a whyle all helpe wyl be past 〈…〉 I veryly thynke and byleue surely That my redemer is eterne on lyue And that at the last day fynally Out of the earth who so it deny I shall aryse and shall agayne reuyue And in my flesshe I shall playnly se My god my sauyour whiche hath redemed me 〈…〉 Uvhome I shall beholde and se in very dede As parfytly as any is able to deuyse None other it is that shall se in my stede But I my selfe with these present eyes Shall hym beholde in moost parfyt wyse And in my flesshe I shal playnly se My god my sauyour whiche redemed me ¶ 〈…〉 â—Y soule is full verye of this lyfe that I leade And of this worlde sull lytle doth it recke But suffre me a whyle agayne my selfe to pleade That for very bytter anguysshe my wordes out they breake And payne maketh my soule to God thus to speake Thou gyd take from me thy condempnacyon Shew me why thou handlest me on this fasshyoÌ„ I wene that thou doyst some pleasure take Thus with calamite me to ouerpresse Uvhiche am the very worke that thy handes dyd make Thou art of counsel with the wycked as I gesse And wylt thou helpe them in theyr wyckednes Be thyne eyesflesshely as other mennes be And seest thou none otherwyse then other men dose Be thy dayes lyke to the dayes of other men Thy yeres and tyme be not they also In no other maner or fasshyon then Be the yeres of men whiche so soone ouer go My synne and iniquite why enserchest thou so And yet thou knowest that in me no synne shall be fande Syth no man may escape thy mortall hande â—blessed god whiche by myracle diu ne Dydestrayse vp Lazar from his sepulture Uvhen he in the same foure 〈◊〉 ayes had lyne So that his body began to sauour Lyke as it fareth by euery creature Braunt them rest that from hens are discended And gyue them pardon where they haue offeÌ„ded â—hou that shalt come to iuge and gyue senteÌ„ce Upon quycke and deade and the worlde ouer all And by burnyng fyre shalt trye the conscyence Of euery creature in iudgement generall Uvhiche to escape may no man mortall Braunt them rest that from hens are discended And gyue them pardon where they haue offended ¶ 〈…〉 â—Hy handes good lorde haue me made and formed In euery parte all in compasse rounde And shal I now agayn so soone be ouer turned Remembre how thou madest me lyke clay out of the grounde Now agayne to dust shall I so sone redounde Lyke softe mylke hast thou not me dressed And lyke vnto chese hast thou not me pressed Uvith skynne and flesshe also for the nones Thou hast me enclosed and therwith ouer clade And eke also with senewes and with bones Thou hast compacte me and stronge thou hast me made Lyfe and mercy of the also I had And with thy goodnes and thy visytacyon Thou hast contynually ben my preseruacyon 〈…〉 good lorde in what maner place May I hyde my selfe in that fearefull houre Away from thy moost gloryous face Uvhen that thou as souereygne Emperour The worlde shalt iudge by thy woÌ„derous power For I knowe well that in my lyfe dayes I haue synned moche by many sondry wayes 〈…〉 or of my synnes I am full sore adrad I shal be ashamed before the to appere Uvhen thou shalt com to iuge both good bad Neuer suffre for thy mercy dere That I be condempned then before the there For I knowe well that in my lyfe dayes I haue synned moche by many dyuers wayes 〈…〉 n a place â—ominus regit me 〈…〉 â—He lorde ruleth me nothynge shall fayle me iÌ„ a place of pasture there hath he set me â—e hath brought me vpon a fresshe water he coÌ„ uerth my soule â—e hath ledde me vpon the patthes of iustyce for his names sake â—or all though I walke in the myddes of the shadowe of death I shall feare no harme for thou arte with me â—hy staffe and thy rod they haue conforted me â—hou haste â—pared a table iÌ„ my syghte agaynst them that trouble me â—hou hast soupled myn heade in oyle my cuppe beynge full is ryght goodly â—nd thy mercy shall folowe me all the dayes of my lyfe â—nd that I may iÌ„habyte in the house of the lor de for the length of my dayes â—orde gyue them eternall reste let coÌ„tynuall lyght shyne vnto them 〈…〉 n a place of pasture there hath he set me â—he defaultes â—d te dnÌ„e leuaui 〈…〉 â—Nto y e lorde haue I lyfte vp my soule my god in the I trust let me not be ashamed â—or let not myn enemyes mocke me for truly all that euer trust in the shal not be confounded â—et all them be coÌ„founded that worke wyckednes in vayne Good lorde shew me thy wayes teache me thy patthes Directe me teache me in thy trouthe for thou arte god my sauyour and I haue susteyned the all the hole day â—aue mynde good lorde of thy mercyfulnes of thy mercyes whiche euer haue ben â—he offences of my youth nor myne ygnoraunces do thou not remembre â—hou for thy goodnes good lorde haue mynde of me accordynge vnto thy mercy â—he lord is swete and ryghteous for this shal he gyue a lawe to them that go out of the way â—e shal direct the mylde in iudgement he shall teache te meke his wayes â—ll the wayes of the lorde are mercy and verite to theÌ„ that requyre his Testament his ê“myses â—or thy names sake good lorde thou shalte ha ue mercy on my synne for truely it is great â—ho is the maÌ„ that feareth the lorde he hath ordeyned a lawe to hym in y e way whome he hath chosen is soule shall dwell in goodnes his sede shall inheryte the earth â—he lorde is a sure grouÌ„de to theÌ„ that feare hym his testameÌ„t that it maye be manyfested to theÌ„ â—yne eyes be euer to the lorde for he shall pull my foote out of the snare â—oke vpoÌ„ me haue mercy vpoÌ„ me for I am alone poore he trybulacyons of my herte be multiplyed delyuer me from my necessytes â—eholde my humylyte and my laboure and for gyue me all my faultes â—eholde myn enemyes for they
parttaker of all that feare the of them that kepe thy commaundementes â—lorde the earth is full of thy mercye teache me thy iustifycacyons â—Hou hast delt gentilly with thy seruaunt good lorde accordynge to thy worde â—eache me goodnes lernynge and knowledge for I haue beleued thy commaundementes â—haue synned before I was humble therfore I haue kepte thy worde â—hou arte good and in thy goodnes teache me thy iustyfycacyons â—he iniquite of proude men is multyplied vpon me but I with all my hole herte shall searche out thy commaundementes â—y hert is congyled lyke mylke I truly haue thought vpon thy commaundementes â—t was good to me that thou dydest brynge me lowe that I myght lerne thy iustifycacyons â—he lawe of thy mouthe is good to me a boue a myllyon of golde or syluer â—Hy haÌ„des haue made me and fourmed me gyue me vnderstandynge that I may lernethy commaundementes â—hey that feare the shall se me shall be glad for I haue trusted moche in thy wordes â—haue knowen lorde that thy iudgementes are equite and iÌ„ thy trueth thou haste humiliate me â—et thy mercy be shewed that it may coÌ„fort me accordyng to thy promyse which am thy seruauÌ„t â—et thy mercyes come to me I shal lyue for thy lawe is my meditacyon â—et the proude whiche wrongfully haue done wyckednes vnto me be coÌ„founded and I truely shall be exercised in thy commaundementes â—et them be conuerted to me whiche feare the and they that knowe thy testymonies â—et my herte be imaculate in thy instifycacyoÌ„s that I be not confounded â—Y soule hath faynted in thy health and I haue trusted moche in thy worde â—yne eyes haue faynted in thy promyse sayeÌ„ge when wylte thou conforte me â—or I am made lyke a bottell iÌ„ the smoke I haue not forgoten thy commaundementes â—ow many be the dayes of thy seruaunt when thou wylt gyne iudgement of them that persecute me â—yked men haue shewed to me fables but not as thy lawe â—ll thy commaundementes is trueth wycked men haue persecuted me helpe me â—lmost they had consumed in the earth but I truly haue not forsaken thy commaundementes â—uycken me accordynge to thy mercy I shall kepe the testymonies of thy mouthe â—Lorde thy worde doth remayne iÌ„ heuyn euer lastyngly â—hy trueth froÌ„ generacyon to generacyon thou hast set the earth and it shall abyde â—y thyne ordinaunce the dayes coÌ„tynue for all thynges obey vnto the â—xcepte thy lawe hadde ben my meditacyon peraduenture I had perysshed in my humylite â—sh all neuer forget thy iustifycacyons for iÌ„ theÌ„ thou hast quyckened me â—am thyne make me safe for I haue sought out thy iustifycacyons â—ynners haue awayted me to destroye me I haue vnderstande thy testymonies â—haue sene the consumacyon of euery ende thy commaundemente is very large â—Lorde how moche haue I loued thy lawe it is my meditacion all the day longe â—hou hast made me wyse ouer myn enemyes throughe thy coÌ„maundement for it is to me euer lastynge â—haue perceyued more then all that taught me for thy testymonies were my meditacyon â—haue perceyued more then auncyent men bycause I haue searched thy commaundementes â—haue kepte my feete froÌ„ euery euyll way that I myght kepe thy wordes â—haue not declyned from thy iudgementes for bycause thou hast set a lawe to me â—owe swete be thy wordes to my iawes and to my mouthe sweter then hony â—haue taken vnderstaÌ„dynge of thy coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tes therfore haue I hated euery waye of iiquite â—Hy worde is a laÌ„terne vnto my feete and a lyght vnto my patthes â—haue sworne and decreed to â–ª kepe the iudgementes of thy iustyce â—lorde I am brought lowe on euery syde quycked me accordynge to thy worde â—he voluntary thynges of my mouthe o lorde make them acceptable to the and teache me thy iudgementes â—y soule is euer in my handes and I haue not forgoten thy lawe â—inners haue set a snare for me and I haue not erred from thy commaundementes â—haue goten thy testymonies by inherytaunce for euer forbycause they be the ioy of my herte â—nelyne my hert to do thy iustifycacyoÌ„s for euer for rewarde â—Haue hated the wycked and haue loued thy lawe â—hou arte my helper and my defeÌ„der and I haue trusted moche in thy worde â—ye wycked declyne ye froÌ„ me and I shall serthe the coÌ„maundementes of god â—eceyue me accordynge to thy promyse and I shall lyue nor thou shalte not confounde me otherwyse then I loked for â—elpe me I shall be safe and shal be ocupyed in thy iustyfycacyons euer â—hou hast despysed al that go from thy iudgementes for theyr thoughtes were vniust â—haue reputed all synners of the earthe for offeÌ„ders therfore I haue loued thy testymonyes â—haue afflycted my flesshe for feare of the for I am aferde of thy iudgementes â—Haue done iustyce and ryghtwysnesse thou shalte not delyuer me to them that caluÌ„pniate me â—eceyue thy seruauÌ„t ito goodnes let not proude men calumpniate me â—yne eyes haue fayled in thy healt the worde of thy iustyce â—o to thy seruauÌ„t accordynge to thy mercy and teache me thy iustyfycacyons â—am thy seruaunt gyue me vnderstaÌ„dynge that I may knowe thy testymonies â—t is tyme to do good lorde for they haue scattered abrode thy lawe â—herfore I haue loued thy commaundementes aboue golde and topase â—nd therofore I was let to all thy coÌ„maundementes I haue hated euery wycked way â—Lorde meruaylous be thy testymonyes therfore my soule hath serched them â—he declaracyon of thy wordes doth illumyne and gyueth vnderstandynge to the lytleons â—haue opened my mouthe and haue draweÌ„ my breath for bycanse I desyred thy coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tes â—…oke vpon me and haue mercy vpon me accordynge to the iudgemeÌ„t of theÌ„ that loue thy name â—yrect my goynges accordynge to thy worde let no iniquite reygne ouer me â—edeme me froÌ„ the calumniacyon of meÌ„ that I may kepe thy coÌ„maundementes â—llyghten thy face vpon thy seruaunt and teache me thy iustifycacyons â—yn eyes haue brought forth streames of water bycause they haue not kepte thy lawe â—Yghtuous arte thou lord and iuste are thy iudgementes â—hou hast coÌ„mauÌ„ded iustyce in thy testymonies and trueth moost chyefly â—he loue of the caused me consume bycause myne enemyes forgat thy wordes â—hy worde is excedyngly fyred and thy seruauÌ„t loued it 〈◊〉 am yonge and set at nought yet haue I not forgoten thy coÌ„maundementes â—hy iustyce is euerlastynge thy law is truth â—…rouble and heuines haue intaÌ„gled me thy coÌ„maundementes are my studye â—hy testymonies be gyuen in euerlastyng equite gyue me vnderstandynge and I shall lyue 〈◊〉 Haue called vpoÌ„ the with all my herte heare me lorde for I shal serch thy lawes I haue cryed vnto the saue me so that I may obserue thy coÌ„maundementes I haue preuented the tyme and haue cryed for I haue greatly trusted in thy coÌ„maundementes â—yn eyes haue preuented the daunyng of the day for to study thy worde â—orde heare my voyce accordynge to thy mercy and quycken me accordynge to thy
agaynst me â—rynge my soule forth of pryson that it may coÌ„ fesse thy name â—lorde heare my prayer receyue my request in to thyn eares heare me in thy ryghtuousnes â—nd thou shalte not entre with thy seruauÌ„t in iudgement for there is none lyuynge that caÌ„ be iustifyed in the syght of the. â—or myne enemye hath ê‘secuted my soule and hath humbled my lyfe in the earth â—e hath set me in darkenes lyke the dead men of the worlde my soule is greued within me in me my herte is troubled â—haue iÌ„ mide myne olde dayes I haue thought vpon al thy workes and vpon al the workes of thy handes I mused â—haue caste myne haÌ„des abrode to the o my soule lyke the earth without water â—eare me quyckly good lorde for my spyrite fayleth â—hou shalt not tourne away thy face from me I shal be lyke them that go downe in to a lake â—et thy mercy be knowen to me betyme for I haue trusted in the. â—et me knowe the waye in whiche I shall walke for I haue lyfte vp my soule to the. â—elyuer me lorde from myn enemyes I haue fled to the teache me to do thy wyll for thou arte my god â—hy good spyryte shall brynge me in to the ryght lande for thy name thou shalte quycken me in thy ryghtuousnes â—hou shalte brynge my soule out of tribulacyon and in thy mercy thou shalte destroye all myne enemyes â—nd thou shalt destroy all that trouble my soule for I am thy seruaunt ¶ 〈…〉 â—RauÌ„te I beseche the lorde god that by the holy melody of this heuynly psalter my soule may be refresshed GrauÌ„t that the roryng lyoÌ„ may be ouercom of the feble shepe Graunt that by thy grace the moost violeÌ„t spirite may be subdued of the weyke flesshe GrauÌ„t that he whiche fell from heuyn may be vaÌ„quysshed here through my fyghtynge Graunt that thoughe we abyde his tyranny through thy sufferauÌ„ce for a season that yet we be not swalowed vp with his vnsacyable iawes Cause hym to be sory for mannes saluacyon whiche alwayes reioyseth at our fall Cause me alwayes to applye my selfe to thy praysynge and at length ioyfully to come to thy blyssednes whiche lyuest and reygnest god worlde without ende So be it Prayers ¶ 〈…〉 â—…mator humani â—God the louer of mankynde whiche by thy ne electe seruaunt and bysshop saynt hieroÌ„ hast renewed in the worlde the gyft of tongues wherwith in tyme passed thou dydest heuynly in structe thyne apostles for the preasynge of thy gospel by thym holy spirite grauÌ„t that in all tongues and iÌ„ all places all meÌ„ may pÌ„ache the glory of thyne onely begotten sone Iesu for to confounde the tonges of false apostles whiche conspyrynge togyther do buyld the cursed toure of BabyloÌ„ laborynge to darken thy glorye whylest they procure to exalte theyr owne where as all glory is due onely to y e with our lorde Iesu thy sone worlde with out ende So be it â—…nÌ„e non sum dignus vt intres sub tectum â—Mercyfull lorde I am not worthy that y u shuldest entre in to my synfull house yet not withstandynge thou hast â—ayd who that eateth my flesshe dryn keth my bloude he dwelleth iÌ„ me and I in hym Uvhertore lorde haue thou mercy vp me synner by the receyuynge of this thy body flesshe bloude and that I receyue it not to my daÌ„pnacioÌ„ but through thy mercy to the helth of my soule and in the remyssyoÌ„ of my synnes through thy paynful passyon So be it ¶ 〈…〉 â—era perceptio corporis et sanguinis tui He very true receyuynge of thy gloryous body of flesshe bloude my souereygne lorde oipoteÌ„t is that I cast the not forth agayne to my daÌ„pnacyoÌ„ iudgemeÌ„t but that I may obteyne therby remyssyoÌ„ of my synnes that I may ly ue in charytable lyfe whyles I am here lyuyng so that I may here after come to the eternall lyfe by thy vertue and grace ¶ 〈…〉 â—…bone Iesu O dulcis Iesu â—Gloryous kynge whiche amoÌ„gest thy sayntes arte laudable neuerthelesse incoÌ„perable Thou arte in vs lorde thy holy name hath beÌ„ caued vpoÌ„ by vs. Therfore do not forsake vs lord god in the day of iudgement vouchsafe to bestowe vs among thy sayntes and electe O blyssed kynge ¶ 〈…〉 〈…〉 onditor celi et terre ¶ 〈…〉 〈…〉 eus patrum nostroruÌ„ et dominus miÌ„e ¶ 〈…〉 〈…〉 u fecisti domine cum seruo tuo ¶ 〈…〉 〈…〉 no rogauite ne deneges mihi ¶ 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 omine tu fecissi celum et terram mare ¶ 〈…〉 â—…ter venit hora clarifica filium ¶ 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 u deus noster suauis et verus es ¶ 〈…〉 â—n tonso capite corruens in terram â—Ob his he ade clypped fallynge flatte on the grounde worshypped god sayeng Naked I entred out of my mothers woÌ„â—e and naked I shall retourne The lorde hath gyueÌ„ the goodes and the lorde hath taken them away As it pleased the lorde so it is done Blyssed be the name of the lorde So be it ¶ 〈…〉 â—ustus es domine et omnia iudicia tua â—Hou arthe iuste lorde and all thy iudgementes are true all thy wayes mercy truth and iustyce And now lorde remeÌ„bre me and take not vengeaunce of my synnes nor thynke not on my offences nor the synÌ„es of my parentes Bycause we haue not obeyed thy pÌ„ceptes therfore thou halte delyuered vs vp in to these euylles in to confusyon reproche and to be a fable to al people and the gentles and now lorde great be thy iudgementes for we haue not done accordynge to that preceptes and we haue not walked purely before the. And now lorde accordynge to thy pleasure do with me and cheyfly receyue my spy rite in peace for it is better for me to dye then to lyue ¶ 〈…〉 â—ana me domine et sanabor ¶ 〈…〉 ¶ 〈…〉 The table Yrst an Almanacke for .xxiij. yeres The Kalender A rule to knowe Easter for euer The dayes of the weke moralysed The .x. commaundementes of god gyuen by Moyies and expounded by Chryste The symbole or Crede of the great doctoure Athanaâ—ius called Quicunâ— vult The oâ—â—yce of all estates A preface The foure gospels of the foure Euangelysâ—es The Passyon of Chryst Egressus est The Pater noster the Aue maria 〈◊〉 Englysh The .xij. articles of the fayth The duety of a Chrysten man Auxiliatrix The matyns of our Lady The houres The Euynsonge The Complyne The fyftene Oos The seuen Psalmes with the Letany A prayer for remyssyon of synnes A prayer for the churche A pray for Charyte A prayer for peace A prayer for mercy A prayer for soules departed A prayer for the kynge A prayer for all estates A prayer for true repentaunce The verses of saynt Bernarde The Dirige with the Commendacyons The Psalmes of the Passyon Saynt Hiâ—roms Psalter with the declaraâ—yons meanynge or sygnyfycacyons of them A prayer of saynt Hiâ—rome A prayer when thou shalte receyue the sacrament A prayer when thou hast receyued it O bone iesu Conditor celi et terre The prayers of Salomon two for wysdome one for a competent lyuynge A prayer of the churche of the faythfull for the worde of god A prayer of Chryste before his passyon A prayer of the Churche for synners The prayer blyssynge of iob in his moost tribulacyons A prayer of Tobie when we be scourged A prayer of Hieremye the prophet Thus endeth the Prymer in 〈…〉 after the vse of Salysbury dilygeÌ„tly correcte newly imprynted at 〈…〉 by 〈…〉 for 〈…〉 M. 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thy father and thy mother 〈…〉 Honour father and mother this is the fyrste commaundement that hath any promyse that thou mayst be in good estate and lyue longe on the earthe By this commaundement Chryste teacheth vs not onely to haue our father and mother in reuerence and to obey them as he hym selfe was subiecte vnto his Mother the virgyn Mary but also to minyster vnto theyr necessytes ¶ 〈…〉 â—Hou shalt not kyll Matth. v. Ye haue herde how it was sayde vnto them of the olde tyme. Thou shalt not kyll who soeuer kyilleth shal be in daunger of iudgement But I say to you who soeuer is angry with his brother shal be in daunger of iudgement who soeuer sayth to his brother Racha shal be in daunger of a counsell But who soeuer sayth thou fole shal be in daunger of hell fyer 〈…〉 Ye haue herde howe it is sayd Thou shalte loue thy neyghbour and hathe thyn enemye But I say vnto you loue your enemyes blysse them that curse you do good to them that hathe you pray for them that do you wronge and persecute you that ye may be the chyldreÌ„ of your father whiche is in heuen For he maketh the sonne to aryse on the euyll and on the good and sendeth his rayne on the iuste and on the vniuste ¶ 〈…〉 â—Hou shalt not breake wedlocke Math. v Ye haue herde how it was sayd to them of olde tyme thou shalte not commyt aduoutry But I say to you that who soeuer loketh on a wyfe luslynge after her hath coÌ„mytted aduoutry with her all redy in his herte 〈…〉 Let wedlocke be had in pryce in all poyntes and let thy chambre be vndefyled for hoore kepers and aduouterers God wyll iudge ¶ â—Hou shalt not steale 〈…〉 Steale not defraude no man Yf any man wyll sue the at the lawe and take thy coâ—e from the let hym haue thy cloke also gyue to hym that asketh and from hym that wolde borowe turne not awaye 〈…〉 Now is there vtteâ—lye a faute amonge you because ye go to lawe one with another Why rather suffre ye not wroÌ„ge why rather suffre ye not your selues to be robbed yea euen youre selues do wronge and robbe and that the brethrene Ephesi iiij Let hym that dyd steale steale no more but let him rather labour with his handes some good thynge that he maye haue to gyue vnto hym that nedeth ¶ â—Hou shalte beare no false wytnesse agaynst thy neyghbour 〈…〉 Beare no false wytnesse I say to you that of euery ydle worde whiche men shal haue spoken they shal gyue aecomptes at the daye of iudgement 〈…〉 Wherfore put away lyng and speake euery man trueth to his neyghboure for as moche as we are membres one of another Let not fylth communycacyon procede out of your mouthes but that whiche is good to edifye with al when nede is that it may haue â—auâ—ur with the hearers Ephe. v. Let al bytternesse fearsnesse and wrath rorynge and cursed speakyng be put away from you Let no fylthynesse folysshe talkyng nor iestynge whiche are not comly be ones named amonge you but rather gyuyng of thankes ¶ â—Hou shalt not coueyt thy neyghboures house Neyther shalt thou coueyt thy neyghbours wyfe his man seruaunt his mayde his oxe his asse or ought that is his 〈…〉 What soeuer ye wolde that men shulde do to you euen so doo ye to them To loue a mannes neyghbour as hym selfe is a greater thynge then all burnte offerynges and sacryfyces Be not ouercomme with luste for the care of this worlde and the disceytfulnesse of ryches choke te worlde 〈…〉 Let your conuersacyon â—et without couetousnes and be content with that that ye haue al redy Godlynes is great ryches yf a man be content with that he hath For we brought nothynge in to the worlde and it is a playne case that we cary nothyng out When we haue fode and rayment let vs ther with be content They that wyll be ryche fall in to temptacyon and snares and in to many folysshe and noysom lustes whiche drowne men in perdicyon and destruccion For couetousnes is the rote of all euyl whiche whyle some lusted after they erred from the fayth and tangled theÌ„ selues with many sorowes â—hese wordes which I coÌ„maunde the this day shall be in thyne herte and thou shalt whette them on thy chyldren and shalt talke of them when thou arte at home in thy house and as thou walkest by the way and when thou lyest downe and when thou rysest vp and thou shalte bynde them for a sygne vpon thy hande And they shall be papers of remembraunce bytwene thyne eyes and thou shalte wryte them vpon the postes of thy house and vpon thy gates â—…ake hede and heare al these wodes which I commaunde the that it may go wel with the and with thy chyldren after the for euer when thou doest that whiche is good and ryght in the syght of the lorde thy god 〈…〉 Se thou do that whiche is ryght in the syght of the lord that thou mayst prosper 〈…〉 Ye shall do after nothynge that we do here this day euery man what semeth hym good in his owne eyes But what soeuer I commaunde you that take hede ye do and put nothynge therto nor take â—…ght therfrom 〈…〉 Cursed be he that contynueth not in all the wordes of this lawe to do them 〈…〉 Yf ye loue me kepe my commaundemeÌ„tes 〈…〉 Happy are they that heare the worde of god and kepe it 〈…〉 who soeuer shall kepe the hole lawe and yet fayle in one poynt he is gylty in al. For he that sayd Thou shalt not commyt aduoutry sayd also thou shalt noc kyll 〈…〉 They that feare the lorde kepe his commaundementes The symbole of Athanasius ¶ 〈…〉 â—hich fayth but yf euery man wyl kepe hole and inuyolate without douth he shall eternaly perisshe â—his truly is the verye Catholyke faythe that we worshyp one god in trinyte and the trinyte in vnyte â—eyther coÌ„foundyng the persones neyther seperatynge the substance â—he persone of the Father is one the person of the Sone an other the person of the holye Ghoste an other â—ut of the Father of the Sone and of the holy Ghost there is one dyuinyte equal glory coeternall maiesty e. â—uche as is the Father suche is the Sonne suche is the holy Ghoste â—he Father is vncreate the Sone vncreat the holy Ghost is vncreat â—he father is without measure the Son with out measure the holy ghost without measure â—he Father is euerlastynge the Sone euerlastyng the holy Ghost euerlasting â—nd not withstandyng there be not iij. euerlastyng the holy Ghost euerlastyng â—uyn as there be not thre vncreat nor itj. vnmesurate but one vncreat et one vnmesurate â—ykewyse the Father is almyghty the Son almyghty and the holy Ghoste almyghty â—nd yet they bet not thre Almyghtyes but one god almyghty â—o the Father is God the Sonne God the holy ghost is God â—nd yet they be not iij goddes but one god â—o the