O Lord Jesus Christ Son of the living God, which being upon the cross with thy hands spread abroad for the redemption of all mankind didst drink the most bitter cup of thy passion I beseech thee that thou wouldest vouchsafe to give me help this day & ever. Lo, I a poor wretch cum unto thee, which art rich, a sinner unto thee that art merciful. Let me not return home contemned and despised with no thing. I begin a hungered, let me not leave of fasting I cum unto thee as though. I were famished, let me not go away unfed. Although before I eat, I sigh & ⟨p. 121⟩sorrow: yet after my sorrow, give me somewhat to eat. First of all good Jesus, I acknowledge before thy majesty mine unrighteousness towards thee. Behold, O Lord, I was conceived in sin & borne in the same: & thou didst wash them of from me, & sanctified me: but I afterward defiled my self with bigger and more grievous sins. For I was born in sin of necessity, because I could be borne none otherwise. But afterward I rolled my self willingly in sins. Nevertheless thou, O Lord being mindful of thy pity, didst take me out of the house of my carnal father ⟨image 124⟩& out of the tents of the ungodly and hast inspired me & put me in mind to follow thee, with the generation of them that seek thy face, of them that walk in the right path, of them that abide & continue amongst the lilies of chastity: & of them that sit down together with the at supper of most scarcity & least excess. But I an unkind person, forgetting so many great benefits, after that I was entered into religion & holiness did commit many unlawful things. I did offend wonderful ungraciously: & where I should of right, have amended mine evil life, and lest my sins: I heaped ⟨p. 122⟩sins upon sins, & these be the evils, o Lord wherewith I have dishonoured thee, & have spotted & defiled my self (whom thou didst create after the similitude and likeness of thine own self) with pride vain glory and other many evils wherewith mine unlucky soul is vexed, punished, torn & destroyed. Behold, o lord mine unrighteousness is gone over my head and are like a sore burden, over heavy for me to bear. And except thou, whose property is ever to have mercy & to forgive, do lay under me the right hand of thy majesty: I shall be constrained miserably to sink in to the deep and be drowned.
O Lorde Iesu Christe sonne of the liuing God, which being vpon the cros with thy handes spred abroade for the redemptiō of all mankinde didst drinke the most bitter cup of thy passion I beseche thee that thou woldest vouchsafe to geue me help this day & euer. Lo, I a poore wretch cum vnto thee, whiche art riche, a sinner vnto thee that art mercifull. Let me not retourn home contemned and dispised with no thing. I begin a hungred, let me not leaue of fasting I cum vnto thee as though. I wer famished, let me not go away vnfed. Althoughe before I eate, I sigh & ⟨p. 121⟩sorow: yet after my sorow, geue me somwhat to eate. First of all good Iesu, I acknowledg before thy maiestie mine vnrighteousnes towards thee. Beholde, O Lorde, I was conceyued in sin & borne in the same: & thou didst wash them of from me, & sanctified me: but I afterward defiled my selfe with bigger and more greuous sinnes. For I was born in sin of necessitie, because I could be borne none otherwise. But afterward I rolled my self willingly in sinnes. Neuertheles thou, O Lorde being mindful of thy pitie, didst take me out of the house of my carnall father ⟨image 124⟩& out of the tents of the vngodli and hast enspired me & put me in mind to folow thee, with the ge neration of them that seeke thy face, of thē that walke in ye right pathe, of them that abide & continew emongst the lillies of chastitie: & of them that sit downe together wt the at supper of most scarcitie & least exces. But I an vnkinde person, forgetting soo many great benefites, after that I was entred into religion & holines did cōmit many vnlawful things. I did offend wunderfull vngraciously: & where I shuld of right, haue amended min euill life, and lest my sinnes: I heaped ⟨p. 122⟩sīns vpō sinnes, & these be the euils, o Lorde wherwith I haue dishonored the, & haue spotted & defiled my self (whom thou didst creat after the similitude and lik nes of thine own self) with pride vaine glory and other many euills wherwith mine vnlucky soule is vexed, punished, torne & destroyed. Beholde, o lord mine vnrighteousnes is gon ouer my head and ar like a sore burden, ouer heauy for me to beare. And except thou, whose propertie is euer to haue mercy & to forgeue, doo lay vnder me ye right hand of thy maiesty: I shalbe cōstrained miserably to sink in to the deep and be drouned.
