A prymer in Englyshe with certeyn prayers [et] godly meditations, very necessary for all people that vnderstonde not the Latyne tongue. Cum priuilegio regali.

Then saye these two prayers folowynge.

I Thanke the (my heuenly father) by thy most deare beloued sonne Iesu Christe: that this daye of ••hy plentuouse ryche mercy thou haste thus preserued me. I pray the forgiue me al my synnes which I haue this day vnryghtwysely cōmytted in dede / worde / and thought. And that thou woldest vochsafe of thy gracious goodnes to kepe me this nyghte: for I comytte my selfe bothe body and soule and all myne in to thy handes. Thy holy aungell be with me / leste my dedely aduersary haue entrese in to me. Amen.

O ABOue all Blyssed, and Almyghty Lorde God / my God / my Father / I thy synfull creature and moste vnworthy childe prestrate in my herte, before thyne hyghe maiestye, aske the mercy and forgyuenes of all my synne and iniquite that I haue this daye cōmytted agaynste the, yea & euer sythe y^e tyme that I was conceiuyd in my mothers wombe, vnto this presēt hour / specyally in this. &c. (And then cal to your mynd what offence ye haue cōmytted that day that cheyflyest

grudgeth your conscience) And I thanke the by thy deare sonne Iesus Christe that thou haste preserued me from all suche of∣fences as I haue not fallen in, and wher∣into any other persone through his owne fault and thy sufferaunce hathe fallen. In to the whiche I also without doubt shold haue fallen haddest not thou with thy gra¦ce preuented me, saued me, supported me, and sustained me. That I haue fallen ma∣ny wayes my greate fault and blame it is / wherof in moste humble wyse I aske mer¦cy and forgyuenes of the. That thou haste preserued me, thyne excedynge goodnes, mercy / and grace it is / wherof with all my herte I thanke y^e. And nowe I beseche the most mercyfull father, that thou wylte no more be angry with me, neyther hensforth forsake me / but that thou wylt contynu∣ally assyste me, fortifie me, and strēgth me, be my succoure and defence this nyght, and allway to my lyues ende agaynst all synne and iniquite. And that thou wylte also of thy abundaunt bountyfulnes refresshe my bryttle bodye with conuenyent reste this nyghte yf it be thy wyll, so that I may the more redely freshly and promptly with all diligence serue the to morowe accordynge to the stare y^t thou haste set me in, & called

me vnto, so that all my lyfe may plese the, and through thyn assistence be so ordred, & gouerned, that after this vayn and transi∣tory lyfe be ended I may finally come to y^e lyfe that shal last for euer where thou moste blessed father lyueste and rayneste with thy Sonne and the holy ghoste in to the worlde of worldes. Amen.

Then as thou dydest in the mornyng, say•• the Pater noster 〈…〉〈…〉 and the Crede