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ALBON UND AMPHABEL.
[BUCH III.]
With longe felicite on the other syde
Conserue thyn Abbot and thy deuout
couent,
Syth they are bounde of herte and
hole entent
1750 Euer the to seme by theyr profession,
O prothomartyr of Brutis Albion!
And specially pray | for our most
riall prince,
Our redouted lord |and most gracious
souerayne,
Most victorious kinge, 1 our sheld and
our defence,
■755 Both kinge & Emperour | within all
this Britaine,
Defender of the faith, | of Irlonde
lorde & captaine:
Henry the VIII., surmountyng in
renowne,
O prothomartyr of Brutis Albion!
Pray for his spouse, ] his louynge
lady dere,
176° His riall quene Anna, | notable and
famous,
Indowed with grace | and vertu
without pere;
Pray for oure princes, | that she may
be prosperous,
Elizabeth by name, | both beautifull
and gracious;
Pray that theyr issue | haue fortunate
succession,
1765 O prothomartyr of Brutis Albion!
Pray for princes that this londe
gouerne,
To rule the people by prudentpolicie;
Pray for the chyrche, that lyke a
clere lanterne
By good ensample ther subiectes for
to gye;
1770 And pray also that the chiualrie
May holde vp ryght agaynste fake
extorcion,
O porthomartyr of Brutis Albion!
Pray for marchantes | and artificers,
To encrease by vertue in theyr bu-
synesse,
1775 That there be founde no fraude in
theyr desyres,
So that false lucre haue none en-
creasse;
By thy prayer do also represse
All tyranny and all false extorcion,
O prothomartyr of Brutis Albion!
1780 And with these, o martyr glorious,
Syth thy prayer may so mocheauayle,
Pray to the lorde aboue, most gra
cious,
Agayne indigence to sende inough
of vitayle;
And specially pray for the porayl,
1785 Them to releue with plenty and
foyson —
O prothomartyr of Brutis Albion!
Noble prince, most soueraigne and
entier,
Come, frute and grayne to encrease
and multiplie,
Blessed Albon, praye for the labourer
1790 To plough and carte theyr handes
so to applie
That grace may so gouerne them
and gye,
To great increase gyue all this region,
O prothomartyr of Brutis Albion!
All these estates, remembred in
substance,
1795 Joyne them in vertue by perfyte cha
ry te;
Stall 1752—1765 (später eingelegt) hat Ms. Cbr.
Sith in thi lyvynge thou were so good a knyght
And of vertu thou haddist grete sufficiaunce,
Pray for the Sixt (VIII iibschr.), like as he hath right
Of goddis grace by influent pyussaunce
Be thi prayer in Englonde and in Fraunce,
Longe to contynue and haue possessioune,
O Prothomartir of Brutys Albioune.
As verely as thou in thi lyvynge
Were like a prynce notable and vertuous.
Pray for the Syxt (übschr. VIII) Henry of thes
Roealmes kynge
Afore remembride, that he may be famous
In all his dedis and victorious,
Sith he to the hath grete deuocioune,
O Prothomartyr of Brutis Albioune.
