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Preserue me that I be not loste thoroughe synne
But thoroughe þy mercy þat I may be fonde,
Lat þy pitee neuer fro me twynne,
And that thy grace to mewarde euer Rebounde,
Suffre none enemy þy seruant to confounde,
But in al myscheef þat shoulde me dyscoumfort,
Vn-to thy helpe þat I may ay Resorte.
aue Maria.