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Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845.

A Prayer Written for a Gentlewoman

XIV. Sir Nicholas Breton

PITIE, oh Lord, thy seruaunt’s heavy heart;

Her sinnes forgiue, that thus for mercy cryes:

Judge no man, Lorde, according to desart;

Let fall on her with speede thy healthfull eyes,

In hart who prayes to thee continually,

Putting her only trust, O God, in Thee!

Lorde! Lorde! to Thee for mercy still I call:

O set me free, that thus am bound and thrall.