[The Author prays for the State of England.]
iv. Parce precor, Criste, populus quo gaudeat iste;
Anglia ne triste subeat, rex summe, resiste.
Corrige quosque status, fragiles absolue reatus;
Vnde deo gratus vigeat locus iste beatus.
He which withinne daies sevene[1781]
This large world forth with the hevene
Hic in anno quartodecimo Regis Ricardi orat pro statu regni, quod a diu diuisum nimia aduersitate periclitabatur.[1782]
Of his eternal providence
Hath mad, and thilke intelligence