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O Eternall, wise and glori∣ous God, that foreseest the end of all things before they come to passe, and blessest the indeuours of those that go forth in thy feare, and direction, bee present therefore O Lord, and protecting in this my trauell,
guide thou my course and shor∣ten thou my way, by the blessed communication of thy spirit within mee, giue thine holy An¦gels charge ouer me to keepe me in all my wayes & to guide mee to and fro in this my iour∣ney, as thou diddest to Toby the yonger, who by thy Angell Raphael was guyded vnto Ga∣baell a Citty of the Medes: our whole life O Lord is as a pil∣grimage and the dayes thereof are few and euill, by thy ap∣pointment we soiorne vpon the face of the earth for a time and our spirit also within vs, it commeth and returneth as a traueller vpon the way, or bour∣deth with vs as an inmate or guest or tenant at will, whom we hold by no lease nor condi∣tion
but thy pleasure, which art the owner thereof, a quarter, a yeare, or perhaps many yeares, till thy messinger from heauen to earth knocke at our doores with a Ilinc migrate coloni, slit hence my tenant, and then exit de terra nostra, it departeth from vs and our bodies fall downe to the earth and our pilgrimage is at an end: teach mee to vse this world as in my trauayle I shall vse mine inne, taking vp my rest for a night, and preparing for my passage in the morning, knowing there I am but a strā∣ger and haue no abiding place, for so the world is but mine inne and because it is fayre and beu∣tious, full of many goodly roo∣mes and spatious walkes, beu∣tified with the firmament and
the greater and the lesser lights thereof, the Sunne, the Moone▪ and the starres, yet that I seeke not to make it my habitation for euer, but giue me grace to vse it as if I vsed it not, proui∣ding me with such necessaries as may sustayne me in my tra∣uayle, not ouerburdening my conscience to clogge mee in my way, euer looking vp to thee the starre of my direction, whither my course is bound, as the ha∣uen from this impatient and troublesome sea, where at the last I shall anker at rest, whi∣ther Lord conduct me with thy right hand, as in this my tem∣porall and present iourney de∣fended from all perils and dan∣gers of the day, I may happely accomplish my desire with thy
will, and all the dayes of my trauayle & labour assigned, en∣ded, I may there arriue where all teares shall be wipt from myne eyes, and drops from my browes, wearynesse from my bones, sighes & sobbes from my soule, all dryed vp in the pre∣sence and ioy of thee and thy saintes and Angels for euer∣more, which graunt good father for thy mercies sake.