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Lord forasmuch as thou Oof thy Fatherly goodness hast vouchsafed to keep me from my tender age unto this present and hast, now ⟨image 23⟩called me from mi single life unto the holy state of honourable wedlock, that I living therein, might according to thine ordinance bring forth children unto thy glory: Give me grace I most entirely beseech thee to walk, worthy of mi vocation, to know ledge my husband to be my head, to be subject unto him, to learn thy blessed word of him, to reverence him, to obey him, to please him, to be ruled by him, peaceably and quietly to live with him, to ⟨p. 22⟩wear such apparel as is mete for my degree, and by no means to delight in costly Jewels and proud gallant vestures, but alway to use such clothing as become a sober Christen woman, circumspectly & warily to look unto my household, that nothing perish through my negligence, and always have a diligent eye, that no dishonesty, no wickedness, no ungodliness be committed in my house, but that in it all things be ordained according to thy ⟨image 24⟩holy will, which art worthy all honour, glory and praise for ever and ever.

Lord forasmuch as thou Oof thy Fatherly goodnes hast vouchedsafe to keep me from my tender age vnto thys presente and hast, now ⟨image 23⟩called me from mi single life vnto the holy state of honorable wedlock, that I liuing therein, might according to thine ordinaunce bring forth childrē vnto thy glori: Geue me grace I moste entierlye beseche thee to walke, worthy of mi vocacion, to know ledge my husbande to be my head, to be subiect vnto him, to learn thy blessed word of him, to reuerēce him, to obey him, to please him, to be ruled by him, peaceably and quietly to liue with him, to