O myrrour of mekenes, pease, and tranquylyte,

My confort, my counsell, my parfyt charyte!

O water of lyfe, O well of consolacion!

Agaynst all stormys of harde aduersyte

Rescu me, good Lord, by thy preseruacion. Amen.

Quod Skelton, Laureat.

[586] payned] So Lant’s ed. Other eds. “paynted.”

[587] feruence] So Lant’s ed. Other eds. “seruence” and “sentence.”