That it may please ye to keep yourselves in all sobriety, temperance, and honesty of life—that ye spend not extravagantly the money raised from the production of our labours, nor take for yourselves that which ye need not;
We beseech ye to hear us, O Rulers.
That it may please ye to keep your hearts in fear of oppression, and in love of justice; and that ye may evermore have affiance in our affection, rather than in the bayonets of an hired soldiery;
We beseech ye to hear us, O Rulers.
That it may please ye to be our defenders and keepers, giving us the victory over all our enemies, and redressing the grievances under which we labour;
We beseech ye to hear us, O Rulers.
That it may please ye to lessen the cares of the world unto all Bishops and Church Dignitaries; giving their superabundance to the poor clergy, and no longer taxing us for their support;
We beseech ye to hear us, O Rulers.
That it may please ye to place within the bounds of economy the expenditure of all the Royal Family;
We beseech ye to hear us, O Rulers.