The Relics of Rome, Part 76
A shorter forme or manner of bidding the beades.
MAsters and frendes, as for holy dayes and fasting dayes ye shal hauehave none thys weke, but yt ye maye doe all manner of good workes, yt shall bee to the honoure of God, and ye profyt of your own soules. And therefore after a laudable consuetude, and a lawfull custome of our mother holy Churche, ye shal knele down mouyng your heartes vntounto almightye God, and makyng your speciall prayers for the .iii. estates concernyng all Christen people:The three estates of holy church. that is to saye, for the Spiritualtye, the Temporaltie, and ye soules being in the paynes of purgatorye. Fyrst for our holy father the Pope with all hys Cardinalls: for all Archebyshops and Byshops, and in especiall for my Lorde Archbishop of Cantorburye your Metropolitane: and also my Lorde Bishop of this diocesse. N. and in generall for all persons, vicares, & parishe priests hauing cure of mannes soule, with the ministers of Christes church, as wel religious, as not religious. Secondly, ye shal pray for ye vnitie and peace of al Christen Realmes, and specially for the noble Realme of England, for our soueraigne Lord ye King, for the Prince, for my Ladye ye Kinges Mother, with all their progenye: and for al ye Lords of ye councel and al other of the nobilitie, whiche dwell in the countreyes hauing protection and gouernaunce of ye same, yt almightie God may sende them grace so to gouerne & rule the lande, yt it maye bee pleasing vntounto almightye God, wealth and profyte to the lande, and saluation to their soules.
Also ye shall praye for all those that hauehave honoured the church wyth light, Lampe, Uestmente, or Bell, or with any ornamentes, by the whiche the seruice of almightye God is the better maintayned and kepte. Furthermore ye shall praye for all true trauailers, & tillers of the earth, yt trulye and duelye done their dutye to God & holye church, as they be bounde to do. Also ye shal pray for al manner of frutes, yt be done vppon the grounde, or shal be, yt almightye God of hys greate pitye and mercye maye sende suche wederynges, yt they maye come to the sustenaunce of man. Ye shall praye also for al those yt be in debt or deadly sinne yt almightye GOD maye geue them grace to come oute thereof, and the soner by our prayer. Also ye shall praye for all those, yt bee sicke or diseased, eyther in bodye or in soule, y• almyghtye God maye sende them ye thing whiche is moste profitable, aswel bodilye as ghostly. Also ye shall praye for all pilgrimes and Palmers, yt hauehave taken the waye to Rome, to S. Iames or Ierusalem, or to any other place, yt almightye God maye geue them grace to go safe, and come safe, and geue vsus grace to hauehave parte of their prayers, and they parte of oures. Also ye shal praye for ye holy Crosse, yt is in the possession and hands of vnryghtful people, ye almightye God may sende it into ye possession of Christen people, when it pleaseth hym. Furthermore I commit vntounto your deuoute prayers, all women yt be in our ladyes bondes, yt almighty God may sende thē grace, ye childe to receaue ye sacrament of baptisme, and ye mother purification. Also ye shall praye for the good man or woman, yt thys daye geueth bread to make the holy lofe: and for all those yt fyrste began it, and them ye longest continue. For these and for al true Christen people, eueryevery man and womā say, a Pater noster, & an Aue. Deu… misereatur nostri, &c, cum Gloria patri, &c.
Thirdly, ye shal pray for your frends soules, as your fathers soule, your mothers soule, your brethrens soule, your sisters soule, your Godfathers soule, your Godmothers soule, & for all those soules, whose bones rest in this church, or Churchyarde or in any other holye place, & for al ye soules being in paines of purgatorye: but specially, and aboue al, for those soules, whose names be accustomed to be rehearsed in ye beadrolle as I shall rehearse them vntounto you by ye grace of God, &c. For these in speciall, and for all other in generall, that it is needefull to praye for: for eueryevery man and woman saie a Pater Noster and an Aue. De profūdis, &c, cum Oremus: & Absolue quesumus, &c.