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REader, I haue for thy com∣fort sent vnto thee 4. Birds of Noahs Ark, vpon foure seuerall messages: and haue changed the notes of those Birds voices into Prayers of different mu∣sicke, but all full of sweet∣nesse. Vnder the wings of the Doue, haue I put
Prayers, fitting the na∣ture of the Doue, that is to say, simple Prayers, or such as are fitting the mouthes of yong & the meanest people: and for such blessings as they haue most need of. The Eagle soares more high, & in his beake beareth vp to heauen supplications in behalfe of Kings and Ru∣lers. The Pellican carieth the figure of our Redee∣mer on the crosse, who shed his blood to nou∣rish vs (hee being the right Pellican): with the drops of which blood, haue I writ Prayers a∣gainst
all those deadly & capitall sinnes, to wash out whose foulenes our Sauiour suffered that ig∣nominious death. And lastly, in the spiced nest of the Phoenix (in which Bird likewise is figured Christ risen againe) shalt thou find a book written ful of Thanks & Wishes: of thankes, for those be∣nefits which grow vnto vs by Christs death and resurrection: of Wishes, that hee would in diuers gifts bestow those bles∣sings vpon vs. Nothing that is set downe is tedi∣ous, because I had a care
of thy memorie No∣thing is done twice, be∣cause thou mayst take de∣light in them. If thou art yong, here is pleasure for thee: if old, here is cōfort▪ if thou art poore, here is riches; if thou hast enough, here is more: vse this physicke wel, and liue well: runne this circle truely, and die wel: that is the goale: winne that, winne Heauen.