in the boÌ„des of one assent whom thou quickenest with one spirite with one baptysme purgest and makest clene and in one house of the churche acoÌ„panyest and with the coÌ„men sacramentes of the churche doest norisshe whom thou hast indifferently called to the inheritaunce of the kyngedome of heuen bycause they shulde be of more strength and shulde lyue toguyder in thy house of one mynde and that there shulde be no stryfe or contencion amongest the partes and membres of one body but eche to lyue in charite with other Yet in so moche as they are fayne to kepe styll theyr mortall body it can nat be chose but by reason of the weakenesse and frailte of nature amonge displeasure offences shall chauÌ„ce wherby though the clerenesse of brotherly loue concorde be nat vtterly extinct and quenched yet it is made all faynt and colde and lyke in conclusion to be quenched Except y u father of thy great gentylnesse mercy shuldest dayly forgyue those that euery day offended the for as often as we offende our brother so often also we offende and displease y e father whiche coÌ„mauÌ„deddest we shulde loue our brother as our owne selfe but thy sonne knowyng well inough the imbecilite and weakenesse of this membre shewed vs a remedy therfore gyuyng vs sure hope y t thy goodnesse wolde remytte and forgyue vs all our offences if we on the other side with all our hert wolde forgyue our brother what so euer he trespaceth agaynste vs and this is a very equall and indifferent waye to optayne ê‘don and forgyuenesse whiche thy sonÌ„e Iesus hath assigned For howe can any maÌ„ be so bolde to desyre his father to withdrawe his reueÌ„gynge hande from hym if he hym selfe go about to reuenge a lytell offence in his brother or who is of so shamelesse boldenesse that wolde nat be afrayde to saye to the Slake thy angre whan he contynueth in rancoure and malyce styll towarde his brother And howe can he surely boost and auaunce hym selfe as a membre of thy sonne whiche beyng fre from all synne hym selfe prayde the to forgyue the theues on the crosse if he all entangled with synne and a synner coulde nat fynde in his hert to forgyue his brother agaynst whome nowe and than he offendeth so that amoÌ„gest vs it maye be called rather as mutuall chauÌ„ge of ê‘done than very forgyuenesse that sacrifice is impleasaunt in thy sight whiche is offred in remeÌ„braunce of displeasure or neglygence of reconcylyng his brothers good wyll Therfore thy sonne gaue vs this in coÌ„maundement that we shulde leaue our offring euyn at y e auter hye vs a pace to our brother and labour to be in peace with hyÌ„ and than returne agayne offre vp our rewarde Lawe nowe we folowe y t thy sonne hath taught vs we endeuer to performe that he hath done if thou aknowlege the couenant bargayne made of thy sonÌ„e as we dout nat but thou doest grauÌ„t vs we beseke the that thyng wherof we had full hope trust by thy sonne Thus he bad vs praye whan he answered nat a fewe tymes y t we shulde optayne what soeuer we desyred of y â— in his name he made vs bolde to pray to the vouchesafe thou by him to forgyue those that call vpon the we aknowlege our owne imbecilite feblenesse wherby we well perceyue in to howe shamfull and abhomynable offences we were lyke to fall into except we were preserued by thy goodnesse froÌ„ gretter synnes and the same mekenesse thou leftest in vs as a remedy against y e pride which we shulde haue ben in ieopardy to haue fallen in dayly We offende and fall to the entent that euery daye we might glorify thy geÌ„tylnesse Graunt father that we may hertely forgyue our bretherne that whaÌ„ we be in peace and vnite amongest our selfes we may haue the alway mercyfull vnto vs and if in any thyng we offende the ameÌ„de vs with thy fatherly correction so that thou vtterly forsake vs nat nor disinherite vs ne cast vs in to hell ones in baptyme thou hast remytted vs all our syÌ„nes but that was nat inoughe for thy tendre loue towarde vs but thou hast also shewed a sure redy remedy for the dayly offences of thy children for the whiche we thanke thy great geÌ„tylnesse whiche vouche sauest by thy sonne and the holy gost to endewe vs with so great benifytes to the euer lastyng glorie of thy moost holy name Amen ¶ The sixte peticion EL ne nos in ducas in tentationem O good father in heuen albeit there is nothing that we greatly feare hauyng the mercyfull vnto vs and whyle mutuall loue and charyte eche with other maketh vs thy children of more strength agaynst euery yuell assaut yet whan we consydre howe weake and fraile the nature of man is and howe ignorant also we be whome thy goodnesse wyll iudge and thynke worthy the contynuaunce in thy loue to the ende of this lyfe in whiche as long as we are a thousande maner of wayes we be stered to fall and ruyne therfore we can nat be vtterly seker and carelesse all this lyfe is rounde about be sette with the dyuelles snares he neuer cesseth temptynge vs whiche was nat a frayde with craftie subtylteis to sette vpon thy sonne Iesus We call to mynde howe greuously the fende assauted thy seruaunt Iob We remembre howe Saull was fyrst thy electe and chosen seruaunt within a while after cast out of they light We can nat forget howe Dauyd whom y u calleddest a maÌ„ euyn after thyne owne appetyte was drawen to that great villany of synne that he mengled aduoutre with maÌ„slaughter We coÌ„sydre howe Solomon whom in the begynnyng of his rule thou gauest wysedome aboue all men was brought to that madnesse and folly that he dyde sacrifyce to strange vtter goddes We remembre also what befell the chefe and heed of thyne apostles whiche after that he had so valyantly professed that he wolde dye with his mayster natwithstaÌ„dyng thrise forsware his maister These and suche many other whan we coÌ„sydre we can nat but feare and aborre the ieopardy of temptacion and thy fatherly loue wolde vs alway to be in this feare bycause we shulde nat sluggisshely slouthfully begyn to trust in our owne helpe but defeÌ„de and arme our selfe agaynst euery saute of temptacion with sobre temperauÌ„ce watche prayer wherby we shulde neyther prouoke our ennemy remeÌ„bring our owne feblenesse nor be ouerthrone in y e storme of temptacion trustyng to thy ayde with out whiche we are able to do right nought y u suffrest among teÌ„ptacion to fall eyther to proue and make stedfast the suffrauÌ„ce pacience of thy children as Iob and Abraham were tempted or els by suche scourges to correcte and chasten our offeÌ„ces but howe often soeuer thou suffrest this we praye the thou wylt bring that same temptacion to good and lucky ende gyue vs strength egall to the mouÌ„tenaunce weight of the yuels y t come vpon vs it is no lytell ieopardy whan soeuer we be thretned with losse of our goodes w t banysshement rebukes imprisonment with bandes and bodily turmentyng horrible and fearfull dethe But we are in no lesse peryll at all whan ê“sperite to moche laugheth on vs than whan we be ouer moche feared with trouble and aduersyte They are an iÌ„numerable sorte whiche fall on euery side some for feare of punysshment do sacrifyce to wicked deuyls some ouerthrone and astonyed with yuels and vexacioÌ„s do blaspheme thy most holy name agayne some drowned with ouermoche worldely welthe sette at nought and dyspice thy gyftes of grace and retourne agayne in to their olde and former fylthynesse as the sonne that the scripture speketh of whiche after tyme he hadde spent and reuelled out all his fathers substaunce by vnthrifty and vngracious rule was brought to that misery and wretchednesse that he enuyed the swyne their chaffe We knowe well good father that our aduersary hath no power ouer vs at all but by thy suffraunce Wherfore we be coÌ„tent to be put to what soeuer ieopardy it pleaseth the so it wyll lyke thy gentylnesse to measure our ennemys assaute and our strength for so though we be somtyme in the fyrst metyng to weake yet thy wysedome in the conclusyon wyll tourne it to our welthe So thy most dere and honorable son was euer wonte to ouercome the deuyll thus the flesshe and thus the worlde that whan he semed moost to be oppressed he than moost specially triumphed and he fought for vs he ouercame for vs and triumphed for vs Let vs also ouercome by his ensample with thy helpe and by the holy goost procedyng froÌ„ bothe for euer Amen ¶ The seuenth peticion SEd libera nos a malo O almyghty father it hath pleased thy mere and liberall goodnesse ones whan we were rydde from syÌ„ne to delyuer vs by thy sonÌ„e Iesus Christ out of the haÌ„des of our moost foule and vnclene father the deuyll to electe take vs in to the honour bothe of thy name and thyne inherytauÌ„ce but yet of this condycion that all the while we lyue here in erthe we shulde be in coÌ„tynuall batell with our enemy nothyng mystrust but that thou wylte performe that whiche we desyre of the. Amen ¶ Thus endeth thexposicion of the Pater noster Imprinted at London in Fletestrete in the house of Thomas Berthelet nere to the Cundite at the signe of Lucrece Cum priuilegio a rege in duâ—â—o ¶ The Rote or myrroure of consolacyon and conforte
your owne forenamed kynswoman who le goodnesse and vertue two thynges there be that let me moche to speke of The one bicause it were a thyng superfluous to spende many wordes vnto you about that mater which your selfe knowe well ynough by long experieÌ„ce and dayly vse The other cause is for I wolde eschewe the sclaundre of flatery howe be it I count it no flatery to speke good of them that deserue it but yet I knowe that she is as lothe to haue prayse gyuyn her as she is worthy to haue it and had leauer her prayse to reste in mennes hertes than in their tonges or rather in goddes estimacion and pleasure than any mannes wordes or thought and as touchynge the boke it selfe I referre and leaue it to the iugementes of those that shall rede it and vnto suche as are lerned y â— onely name of the maker putteth out of question the goodnesse and perfectyon of the worke whiche as to myne owne opinyon and fantasye can nat be amended in any poynte And as for the translacion therof I dare be bolde to say it that who so lyst and well can conferre and examyne the translacyon w t the originall he shall nat fayle to fynde that she hath shewed her selfe nat onely erudite and elegant in eyther tong But hath also vsed suche wysedom suche dyscrete and substancyall iudgement in expressynge lyuely the latyn as a man maye parauenture mysse in many thynges translated and tourned by them that bare y e name of rightwise very well lerned men the laboure that I haue had with it about the printing I yelde holly and frely gyue vnto you in whose good maners and vertue as in a chylde I haue so great affection and vnto your good mother vnto whom I am so moche beholden of whose coÌ„pany I take so great ioye and pleasure in whose godly communycacion I fynde suche spyrituall frute and swetnesse that as ofte as I talke with her so ofte me thyÌ„ke I fele my selfe the better Therfore nowe good Fraunces folowe styll on her steppes looke euer vpon her lyfe to enfourme your owne therafter lyke as ye wolde loke in a glasse to tyre your body by ye and that more diligentlye in so moche as the beautie of the body though it be neuer so well attended wyll soone fade and fall awaye good lyuyng and vertue ones gotten tarieth styll whose frute ye shall fele nat onely in this worlde whiche is transytorie and of shorte contynuaunce but also in another And also it shulde be great shame dishonestye and rebuke vnto you borne of suche a mother and also nourysshed vp with her owne teate for to degenerate and go out of kynde Beholde her in this age of hers in this almost contynuall disease and syckenesse howe busye she is to lerne and in the small tyme that she hath had howe moche she hath yet ê“fited in the latin toÌ„ge howe great comforte she taketh of that lernynge that she hath gotten and consydre therby what pleasure and profite you maye haue here after if god lende you lyfe as I praye he do of the lernyng that you may haue or you come to her age if you spende your tyme well whiche doyng you shall be able to do youre selfe good and be great ioye and conforte to all your frendes and all that euer wolde you well among whom I wolde you shulde reken me for one nat amonge the leest yf nat amonge the chefe and so fare you well myne owne good gentyll and fayre Fraunces At Chelcheth the yere of our lorde god a thousande fyue hundred .xxiiij. The first day of Octobre ¶ Here after folowethe seuyn peticions of the Pater noster translated out of Latyn in to Englysshe ¶ The fyrst peticion PAter noster qui es in celis sanctificetur nomen tuum Here O father in heuyn the petycions of thy chyldren whiche thoughe they be as yet bodily in erthe natwithstandynge in mynde euer they desyre and long to come to y e countre celestiall fathers house where they well knowe and vnderstande that the treasure of euerlastyng welthe and felycite that is to saye the inherytaunce of lyfe immortall is ordayned for theym We aknowledge thyne excellency O maker sauyour and gouernour of all thyng conteyned in heuen in erthe And agayne we aknowledge confesse our owne vylenesse in no wyse we durst be so bolde to call the father whiche are farre vnworthy to be thy bonde men ne take vpon vs the most honorable name of thy children whiche vnneth thou vouch sauest thyne angelles except thy mere goodnesse hadde by adoptyon receyued vs in to the great honour of this name The tyme was whan we were seruauÌ„tes to wyckednesse and synne by the miserable generacion of Adam we were also children of the fende by whose instinction and spyrite we were driuen and compelled to euery kynde of myschefe and offeÌ„ce But that thou of thyne infinite mercy by thyne onely begoten sonne Iesus made vs free from the thraldome of synÌ„e delyueredest vs froÌ„ the deuyll our father by violeÌ„ce riddest vs froÌ„ thinheritaunce of eternall fyre at the last y u vouchsaffest to adopt vs by faythe and baptyme as membres in the moost holy body of thy sonne nat onely in to the felowshyppe of thy name but also of thyne inheritauÌ„ce And bycause we shulde nothyng mystrust iÌ„ thy loue towarde vs as a sure token therof thou sendest from heuen downe in to oure hertes the moost holy spyrite of thy sonne Whiche all seruauntlye feares shaken of boldely cryeth out in our hertes without cessyng Abba pater Whiche in Englysshe is as moche to saye as O father father this thy sonne taught vs by whome as mynister thou gyuest vs all thynge That whan we were as it were borne agayne by thy spyrite and at the foÌ„tstone in baptyme renounced and forsaken our father y e deuyll and had begon to haue no father in erthe than we shulde aknowledge onely oure father celestyall By whose marueylous power we were made somwhat of ryght nought by whose goodnesse we were restored whan we were loste by whose wysedome incomparable euermore we are gouerned kepte that we fall nat agayne in to distruction This thy sonne gaue vs full truste to call vpon the he assigned vs also away of prayeng to the aknowlege therfore the desire prayer of thy sonne aknowlege the spirite of thy sonne whiche prayeth to thy maiestie for vs by vs Do y u nat disdayne to be called father of those whom thy sonne moost lykest thy ymage vouchesafe to call his brethern and yet we ought nat her vpon to take lykyng in our selfes but to gyue glorie to the and thy sonne for that great gentylnesse sithe no man can here of hym selfe ought deserue but that thyng whatsoeuer good it be cometh of thy onely and free lyberalite Thou delytest rather in names louyng and charitable than terrible and fearefull Thou desyrest rather to be called
as our weakenesse wyll suffre thou mayst be glorified also in vs but the wayes howe thou mayst be glorified in vs is if the worlde perceyue that we lyue after y e teaching and doctrine of thy sonÌ„e that is to say if they se that we loue the aboue all thyng and our neighbour brother no lesse than our owne selfes that we euer beare good myÌ„de and loue to our ennemy and aduersary also well doing and profyting those whiche do vs iniury wrong For these thynges thy sonne badde vs we shulde do whan he prouoked vs to the folowyng and likenesse of our father in heuen whiche commaundeth his sone to shyne vpon good and yuell And howe great a shame and dyshoneste are they to thy glorie whiche whan they haue professed taken vpon them thy name natwithstandynge do robbery and thefte commyt aduoutrie chyde and braule study to reueÌ„ge go about to disceyue forswere theym selfe by thy moost holy name amonge also sclaundre and backebyte haue their belly as their god dispyce the and do seruice and homage to worldely richesse And truely the commen sorte of people for the moost ê‘te esteme god after the lyueng and coÌ„dicions of his seruauÌ„tes For if they may parceyue that they whiche haue professed thy name lyue viciouslye thanne they crye out and saye What a god is he that hath suche maner of worshippers Fye on suche a mayster that hath so vnrewly seruauntes Out vpon suche a father whose children be so leude Banisshed be suche a kyng y t hath suche maner of people and subiectes Thy sonne therfore consydring this taught vs that lykewise as he bothe lyueeng and dyeng euer glorified thy name so we also all that we might shulde endeuer by chast and blamelesse condicions to auaunce and preyse the clerenesse of thy glorie sayeng vnto us Let your light shine in the sight of men that they maye se your good workes in those glorify your father in heuen But in vs O good father there is no lyght at all excepte it wyll please the to sende vs any whiche arte the contynuall and euerlastyng spring of all lyght nor we of our selfes can bring forthe no good workes Therfore good lorde we praye the lette thy goodnesse worke in vs thy clere lyght shine in vs as in all thynge that thou hast created dothe shine thy eternall and endlesse power thy wysdome vnable to be expressed thy wonderfull goodnesse whiche moost specially yet thou vouchsafest to shewe to mankynde Nowe than whyder soeuer we loke all thynges glorifye thy name the erthely spirites bothe day nyght neuer lynne prayeng their lorde and kyng y â— woÌ„derfull also heuenly ingen that we beholde the disagreyng concorde moreouer of the elamentes the flowing and ebbyng of the see y e bublisshyng of ryuers the enduring courses of waters so many dyuers kyÌ„des of thynges so many kyndes of trees and of herbes so many of creatures and to euery thyng the proper apoynted and sette nature As in y â— Adamant stone to drawe yron y e herbes to cure and heale diseases and sickenesse All these thynges I saye what other thyng do they shewe to vs than the glorie of thy name that thou arte onely very god onely immortall onely of all power and might onely wyse onely good onely mercyfull onely Iuste onely trewe onely marueylous onely to be loued had in reuereÌ„ce Than father we may well se that he doth wrong to thy glorious name who soeuer take vpon him self to be called by any of these names for though there be in vs any of these rehersed vertues yet all that cometh to vs from thy liberall goodnesse Graunt nowe therfore father that thy name on euery side be glorified and that the light and glory of thy name maye no lesse appere and shyne in our maners and lyuenge than it shyneth in thy Angels and in all thynge that thou hast created and made that in lykewise as they whiche beholde and loke vpon this worlde of the woÌ„derfull and marueylous workemanshippe do guesse the excelleÌ„cy of the maker therof so they that knowe the nat moued and stered by our example maye bothe coÌ„fesse their owne misery and wretchednes and marueile thy liberall goodnesse and by these meanes turned and coÌ„uerted may togyder with vs glorify the most holy name of the of thy sonÌ„e and of the holy gost to whom indifferently all honour and glorie is due for euer Amen ¶ The seconde peticion ADueniat regnum tuum O father in heuen whiche arte the onely causer maker sauiour restorer gouernour of all bothe iÌ„ heuen and in erthe out of whom cometh procedeth all authorite power kyngdome and rule aswell to thynges vncreated as created aswell to thinges inuisible as visible whose trone and seate of maiestie is the heuen the erthe as fotestole whose kyngly septre mace is thyne eternall and most establisshed wyll whom no power is able to withstaÌ„de Ones thou promisest thy people by y e mouthes of thy prophetes for the helth of makynde a certayne spirituall realme whiche shulde bryÌ„g into liberte those that were thyne borne anewe in the and shulde delyuer them out of the tyrannous haÌ„delyng of the fende whiche in tyme past raigned as prince in the worlde sore entangled combred with synne And to the gettyng optaynynge of this realme thou vouchsauest to sende from heuen downe into the erthe thy onely sonÌ„e whiche with the losse of his owne lyfe redemynge vs where we were afore seruauntes of the deuyll shulde make vs the children of god and verily thy sonne while he lyued here in erthe was wont to call his gospell the heuenly kyngdome a the realme of god whose knowlege yet he sayde to be hydde and kepte secrete from vs but nat wtstandyng thy children humbly require and with feruente desyre beseke the that this realme whiche our lorde Iesus chalâ—ged for the myght daylye more and more be disclosed and opyned here in erth vntyll that tyme come in whiche that same thy sonne shall restore and rendre it vp to the full and hole whan all those haue subdued themselfe whom thy goodnesse or the begyÌ„nyng of y e worlde hath apoynted to dwell in this realme And whaÌ„ all obstinate and rebelleous spirites and all malycious and yuell desyres be fully quenched wyped away whiche hiderto and at this day make warre and insurrection agaynst thy maieste whiche vexe and vnquiete thy coÌ„munalte what time thy royalme shal be in sure peace and traÌ„quillite For verily as yet the worlde by all the meanes subtilties it can oppresseth thy childreÌ„ waÌ„dryng here bodily in erth as yet also corrupt vnclene affections and olde original synue rebell striue ayenst the spirite as yet noyous and wycked spirites whiche thou banyssheddest and put out of the heueÌ„ly cite do assaut with fyrely dartes from aboue those whom thou of thy mere goodnesse hast deuyded froÌ„ this worlde and as chosen folke
take vs although farre vnworthy into so great an honour of thy name let it please the also of thy gentylnesse to gyue vs a redy and stedfast wyll that in nothyng we ouerhippe or be agaynst that whiche thy godly and diuine wyll hath apoynted vs but that we kyll and mortifye our flesshly and carnall lustes and by thy spirite be ledde to y e doyng of all good workes and al thyng that is pleasauÌ„t vnder thy sight Wherby y u father mayst aknowledge vs as thy children naturall and nat out of kynde and thy sonne as kynde good bretherne that is to saye that bothe twayne maye aknowledge in vs his owne propre benefyte to whome with the holy goost equall and indifferent glorie is due for euer Amen ¶ The fourthe peticion PAnem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie O father in heueÌ„ whiche of thy excedyng goodnesse moost plentuously fedest all thynges y t thou hast so wondersly created prouide for vs thy children whiche are chosen to dwelle in thy celestiall and heueÌ„ly house and that hang holly and onely of thy sonÌ„e some spirituall and goostly fode that we obeyng thy wyll and preceptes may dayly encrease and waxe bigger in vertue vntyl after the course of nature we haue optayned and gathered a full and ê‘fyte strength in our lorde Iesu Christ. The children of this worlde so longe as they are nat banysshed ne out of theyr frendes fauour all that tyme they take lytell care of their meate and drynke sithe their fathers of their tendre loue towarde them make sufficient prouision for them Than moche lesse ought we to be carefull or studious whom thy sonne Iesus taught shulde caste away all care of the morowe meale perswadyng and assuring vs that so riche a father so gentyll so louynge and that had so great mynde of vs whiche sente meat to the lytell byrdes and so nobly clotheth y e lyles in the medowe wolde nat suffre his childreÌ„ whiche he hath endued with so honourable a name to lacke meate and bodily apparayle but all thyng sette asyde that belongeth to the body We shulde specially and aboue all seke and labour about those thynges whiche pertayneth and belongeth to thy realme and the iustice therof For as touching the iustes of the pharises that sauereth all carnally thou vtterly dispysest and settest nought by For the spirituall iustes of thy realme staÌ„deth by pure faythe and vnfayned charyte And it were no great mater or shewe of thy plentye to fede with breed made of corne the body whiche althoughe it perisshed nat for hunger yet it must nedes dye perysshe within short space eyther by syckenesse age or other chauÌ„ce but we thy spirituall and goostly children desyre and craue of our spirituall father that spirituall celestiall breed Wherby we are verily relyued whiche be verily and truely called thy children y â— breed is thy worde full of all power bothe the gyuer and norissher of lyfe Whiche breed y u vouchesauest to sende vs downe from heuen what tyme we were lyke to haue perisshed for huÌ„gre For verily the breed and teachynge of the proude philosophers and pharises coude nat suffice and content our mynde But that breed of thyne whiche thou sendest vs restored deed men to lyfe of whiche who soeuer dothe eate shall neuer dye This breed relyued vs by this breed we are norysshed and fatted and by this we come vp to the perfite and full strength of y e spirite This breed though day by day it be eaten and distributed to euery bowell of the soule yet but if thou father doest gyue it it is nat holsome nor any thyng auayleth The blessed body of thy dere sonne is the breed wherof we be all parttakers y t dwell within thy large house of the churche It is one breed that indifferently beloÌ„geth to vs all lykewyse as we are but one body made of sondrye and diuers membres but yet quickened with one spirite and though al take of this breed yet to many it hath ben dethe and distruction for it can nat be relefe but to suche as thou reachest it vnto mynglynge it with thy heuenly grace by the reason wherof it maye be holsome to the receyuours Thy sonÌ„e is verite and trouth trouth also is the breed and teachyng of the gospell Whiche he lefte behynde hym for our spirituall fode and this breed likewise to many hath ben vnsauery which haue had y e mouth of theyr soule out of taste by the feuer of corrupte affectioÌ„s But and it wyll please the good father to gyue forthe this breed than it must of necessite be swete pleasauÌ„t to the eaters thaÌ„ it shal coÌ„fort those that be in tribulation and plucke vp those that be slydden fallen downe and make stronge those that be sicke and weake and finally brynge vs to euerlasting lyfe And for asmoche as the imbecilite and weakenesse of manes nature is euer redy apt to declyne into the worse the soule of man so coÌ„tynually assauted layde at with so many subtile ingyns it is expedient and necessary that thou dayly make stronge heâ—â— thy children with thy breed whiche elles are farre vnable to resyst so many and so stronge ennemyes so many assautes and so many fearefull terrible dartes For who father might abyde to be had in derision of the worlde to be outlawed and banisshed to be putte in prison to be fettred and manacled to be spoyled of all his goodes and by stronge hande be depriued of the coÌ„pany of his moost dere wyfe and welbeloued children but if nowe and thaÌ„ he were hertened with thy heueÌ„ly and gostly breed He that teacheth the lernyng of the gospell he is he y e gyueth vs forthe this breed whiche yet he gyueth all in vayne except it be also gyuen by ye. Many there are whiche receyue the body of thy sonÌ„e and that here the worde and doctryne of the gospell But they departe fro thence no stronger than they came bycause they haue nat deserued that thou good father shuldest priuely and inuisibly reache it forthe vnto them This breed O most benigne father gyue thy childreÌ„ euery day vntyll that tyme come in whiche they shall eate of it at thy heuenly and celestiall table Wherby the children of thy realme shal be fulfylled with y e plentuous abundancye of euerlastynge trouthe And to take fruicioÌ„ therof it were a marueylous felicite and pleasure whiche hath nede of none other thyng at all neyther in heuen nor erthe For in the O father alone is all thynge out of whom is right nought to be desyred whiche toguyther with thy sonne and the holy gooste raygnest for euer Amen ¶ The fyfte peticion EL dimitte nobis debita nostra sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris This is thy wyll and mynde O father in heuen whiche art the maker of peace and fauourer of concorde that thy chyldren whom it hath pleased thy goodnes to couple and ioyne