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Da pacem domine.

Geue peace in these our daies o lord,
great daungers are now at hand,
thine enemies with one accorde:
Christ name in euery lande:
seke to deface,
route out and race:
thy trew right worship in dede:
be thou the stay,
lord we the pray,
thou helpest alone in all nede.
Geue vs that peace: whiche we doo lack,
Through misbelief and ill lyfe:
Thy word to offer thou dost not slack,
Whiche we vnkindly gain striue.
With fire and sword,
This healthfull word,
Some persecute and opprisse:
Some with the mouth.
Confes the truth,
Without sincere godlines,
Geue peace, and vs thy spirite downe send,
With grief and repentaunce true:
Do pearce our harts, our liues to amend,
And by fayth, Chryst renue.
That feare and dread,
Warre and bloudshed,
Through thy swete mercy and grace:
May from vs slyde,
Thy truth may byde,
And shine in euery place.