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THis our mortall bodie, which tho∣row sinne daylie decaieth and dimi¦nisheth, must at the last alto∣gither perish, and become earth whereof it is come and made; and then shall our va∣nitie, which wee through our owne ignorance haue made
vnto our selues, take an end. But most mercifull creator & maker of all things, vouch∣safe so to breake, diuide and dissolue me thy poore creature, who am gathered, knit and made of thee, and grant that I may alwaies haue in mind thy dissolution, and of whome I am knit togither, hauing an eye to what place I must go, to the intent that I not being prepared, be not broght without the nuptiall or bridall garment, before thy iudge∣ment
seate. For like as when the daie is once past, we giue our selues to rest, euen so must wee, this life being en∣ded rest in death. Nothing is more like life than the day, nor nothing more like death than the night, and nothing so like the graue, then the couch or bed. Thus good God kéepe and defend vs from al euil, grant vs now liuing in impotencie and feeblenesse of our selues, that through thee we may bee preserued this night and euer Amen