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[The flour of godly prayers] [most worthy to be used in these our days…[The flour of godly praiers] [most worthy to be vsed in these our daies…
[The flour of godly prayers] [most worthy to be used in these our days for the safeguard, health, and comfort of all degrees, and estates / newly made by Thomas Becon].[The flour of godly praiers] [most worthy to be vsed in these our daies for the sauegard, health, and comforte of all degrees, and estates / newlie made by Thomas Becon].
London: printed by John Day, 1550London: printed by Ihon Day, 1550
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
¶ A prayer for Merchants.
¶ A prayer for Marchaunts.
O Almighty god maker & disposer of all things, which hast placed thy creatures necessary for the use of men in divers lands & sundry countries, yea and that unto this end that all kinds of men should be knit together in unity & love, seeing we all have need one of a nothers help, one country of another countries commodity, one realm of another realms gifts & fruits: we beseech y• to preserve & keep all such as travel ether by land or by sea, for the getting of things that be necessary for the wealth of the realms or countries where they dwell, & to give them safe passage both in their going & coming, that ⟨image 46⟩they having prosperous journeys may show them selves thankful to thee, and beneficial to their neighbour, & so occupy their merchandise without fraud, guile, or deceit, that the common weal may prosper & flourish with the abundance of worldly things through their godly & righteous travail unto the glory of thy name. Amen
O Almightye god maker & disposer of all thynges, whiche hast placed thy creatures necessary for ye vse of mē in diuers lāds & sundry countries, yea and that vnto this end yt al kindes of men shuld be knit together in vnity & loue, seinge we al haue nede one of a nothers help, one country of another coūtryes cōmodity, one realm of a nother realms gifts & frutes: we besech y• to preserue & kepe al such as trauel ether bi lād or by sea, for the gettyng of thynges that be necessary for ye welth of the realmes or coūtries where thei dwel, & to giue thē saf passage both in their going & comming, yt ⟨image 46⟩