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/ and to helpe whan
nede is / & to serue the euer deuoutly with mekenes to haue mede. Of
[the] trespaces of other to haue compassyon / [with] good coûsell
example & frendely consolacyon / & to do after good prechynge &
holy saynt[es] lyues / kepynge my tonge & conscyence clene & to flee
bacbytyng & stryues / & to gyue none occasyon of greuaûce neuer
grutchyng / & flee ydelnes / & to praye for the deed & quycke alwaye
be my besynes Takynge hede to my charges / & do to them with good
wyll / gladde to be correcte of eche creature / & to leue myn owne wyll.
And euer to be ware to excuse my s[yn]ne / & to trust in myn owne
wytte. Remêbrynge [that] I come to relygyon for to do penaûce for
synne / & repugne ayenst it / & to crye for mercy to the Ihesu & to thy
moder Mary. In whome I trust & shall serue / & neuer for to varye
Amen.
[*V*] ¶ D[omin]e fiat voluntas tua.
[*R*] ¶ Sicut in celo et in terra.
[Sidenote: Oratio]
Acciones n[ostra]s quesum[us] d[omin]e aspirando [pre]ueni et
adiuuando [pro]sequere. vt cûcta n[ostra] operatio a te sem[per] incipiat.

et [per] te cepta finia[tur]. Per [christu]m d[ominu]m nostrû Amen.
¶ This prayer folowynge is good for them that vnderstande not theyr
seruyce in latyne. in syngynge. or sayenge. or that lacke deuocyon in
tyme of theyr sayd seruyce. and wolde haue it.
Blessyd Ihesu cryst our lorde god & sauyour whiche I knowe well
come in to this worlde not for them that were Iuste & ryghtfull / but for
synners to redeme them by thy deth & shedyng of thy precyous blood.
Now mercyfull & pyteous. lord Iesu cryste forgyue me & haue mercy
of me after thy grete mercyes / & for thy crosse & bytter passyon. For I
am a synner / & haue greuously erred & offended the. Not for thy swete
Ihesu. I byleue in the / & neuer denyed the nor shall. Attende &
beholde good lorde Iesu my fayth & Intencyon / the vertue of the
wordes of holy prayers [that] I haue sayd / songe / or shall / & beholde
not myn Inhabylyte & Ignoraunce. Wauerynge of mynde & neclygence.
But graût of thy grete goodnes / that the prayers [with] all other good
dedes done by me / or to be done may gracyously profyte me. And
them that I am bounde to praye for / or that haue nede of prayer /
Whether they be lyuynge or deed / to thencreace of thy mercyes laude
& glorye & worshyp of thy blessyd moder Mary & all sayntes Amen.
¶ Thankynges to our lord god for his dayly gyftes & benefaytes / & is
called. Deo gracias.
Almighty & euerlastynge lorde god Ihesu cryst. I worshyp the. I
gloryfye the. I thanke the now & euer shall for the makynge of me to
thy symylytude / gyuynge to me with angelles wytte / reason &
vnderstandynge / and haste redemed me with grete paynes vnto deth /
shedynge thy precyous blood plenteuously for me / & dayly defendest
me frõ myn enemyes goostly & bodely / preseruynge me to this tyme
by thy grace / both slepyng & wakynge from dyuers perylles & dethys
that other hath fallen in & perysshed. And ouer these [thou] hast
endowed me with thyn holy cõmaundementes & newe lawes of grace &
pyte / with holy sacramentes of the chirche. And moost in especyall
gyuynge vs thy blessyd body & blood for destruccion of our synnes
encreace of vertue & grace / and synguler comforte to all that ben on
lyue and deed. And besydes these thou hast ordeyned angelles / & all

other thy creatures bothe of heuen & erthe / as sonne and mone / fysshe
& foule / beest and fruyte / with all other Innumerable to serue me. And
to the entente that I sholde loue & serue agayne with all myn herte
deuoutly. And also hast pyteously suffred me whan I haue synned. Not
takynge me thenne to thy strayte Iugement to my dampnacyon
perpetuell. Also I loue the / and thanke the in moost especyall for that
thou hast made me heyre & partener of thy blysse in heuen perpetuelly
/ where I trust to see the face to face with the fader and the holy goost
in eternall peas and glorye Amen
¶ For these blessyd Ihesu & other thy benefytes & gyftes Infynyte I
thanke the with all my herte / & I desyre euer to serue the / to loue the /
to worshyp the / & magnyfye the here / and in the worldes durynge
withouten