Behold (O almighty God, father of my Lord I beseech thee of thy benignity and gentleness to have mercy upon me, because of the most precious thing that I could find, the same I have offered devoutly unto thee, the thing of most estimation, ytI could imagine, I have presented it humbly unto thee. I have left nothing, but I have declared it to thy majesty. There is nothing remaining that I may ad more, because I have committed ⟨image 63⟩and be taken my whole hope unto thee. I have sent unto thee my advocate and spokes man, even thy well beloved son. I have sent thy glorious child to be a mediator betwixt me & thee. I have set (I say) an intercessor by whom I trust to get pardon and forgiveness of my sins. I have sent word unto word (that is) God unto God, according to that which saint John hath in the beginning of his gospel, where he calleth God the word, saying in the beginning, was the word and the word was with God, & God was the word. &c. which word (as I have said) was sent ⟨p. 62⟩for my misdeeds. And I have rehearsed unto thee the passion of thy most holy Son, which passion I believe was suffered for me. I believe that the godhead which was sent of thee did take upon him, mine humanity & nature, in the which he thought not scorn to suffer buffets, bends, spittings, mocks, yea, he took upon him to suffer the cross, nails and dart. I believe also that his manhood being in this my nature during his infancy was troubled with creeping and scrawlings, & was wrapped in clothes after the manner of other children, was vexed in his youth, with labours ⟨image 64⟩made lean, with waking & fastings, wearied with journeying, afterward whipped & all to torn and rent with divers kinds of punishments, reckoned amongst the dead, and when it was endued with the glory of resurrection, he carried it into the joys of heaven, & placed it upon the right hand of thy majesty. (This I say) he is my manhood, way & means of pacifying and appeasing thee and thy way and means of having mercy upon me. Mercifully look upon, hear the Son which thou didst beget & the bond servant which he redeemed. Behold here a creator, and do not despise ⟨p. 63⟩a creature. Receive the shepherd welcomed with a gentle & loving countenance, and mercifully look upon the sheep which he hath brought home upon his own shoulders.
BEhold (O almighty God, father of my Lorde I beseeche thee of thy beningnitie and gentlenes to haue mercy vpon me, because of ye moste precious thīg that I could finde, the same I haue offred deuoutly vnto thee, the thing of moste estemacion, ytI could imagin, I haue presented it humbly vnto thee. I haue left nothyng, but I haue declared it to thy maiestie. There is nothing remaining that I may ad more, because I haue cōmitted ⟨image 63⟩and be taken my whole hope vnto thee. I haue sent vnto thee my aduocate and spokes man, euen thy well beloued sonne. I haue sent thy glorious childe to be a mediator betwix me & thee. I haue set (I say) an intercessour by whome I trust to get pardon and forgeuenes of my sinns. I haue sent wurd vnto wurd (that is) God vnto God, according to that whiche saint Ihon hathe in ye beginning of his gospel, wher he calleth God the wurd, saying in the beginning, was the wurd and the wurd was with God, & God was the wurd. &c. whiche wurd (as I haue said) was sent ⟨p. 62⟩for my misdedes. And I haue rehersed vnto thee the passion of thy moste holy sonne, which passiō I beleue was suffred for me. I beleeue that the godhed which was sent of thee did take vpon him, mine humanitie & nature, in the whiche he thought not scorn to suffre buffets, bendes, spittings, mocks, yea, he took vpon him to suffer ye cros, nailes and dart. I beleeue also that his māhod being in this my nature during his infancie was trobled with creeping and scraulings, & was wrapt in clothes after the maner of other childrē, was vexed in his youth, with labours ⟨image 64⟩made lene, with waking & fastings, weried with iourneying, afterward whipped & all to torn and rent with diuers kindes of punishments, rekened amongst the dead, and whan it was endued with the glory of resurrectiō, he caried it into the ioyes of heauen, & placed it vpon the righthād of thy maiestie. (This I say) he is my manhod, wai & meanes of pacifying and appeasing thee and thy way and meanes of hauing mercy vpon me. Mercifully look vpon, hear the sōne whiche thou didst beget & the bond seruāt whiche he redemed. Beholde here a creator, and doo not despise ⟨p. 63⟩a creature. Receiue the shepherd welcomed with a gentle & louing countenance, and mercifully looke vpō the sheep whiche he hathe brought home vppon his owne shoulders.
