Was neuer sorow lyke to thy dedly wo!

Graunte me, out of this world when I shall go,

Thyne endles mercy for my preseruatyue;

Agaynst the world, the flesh, the deuyl also,

Defende me wyth thy pyteous woundis fyue.

[584] withouten] Eds. of Day, and Marshe, “without.”

[585] the] Qy. “thy?”


TO THE HOLY GOOSTE.

O firy feruence,[587] inflamed wyth all grace,