%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> A godly ditty or Prayer to be song / vnto God for the preseruation of his Church, our Queene and / Realme, against all Traytours, Rebels, and Papisticall / Enemies. / Preserue thy Seruaunt Lord, / Elizabeth our Queene: / Be thou her shield and sword, / Now let thy power be seene. / That this our Queene annoynted, / May vanquish al her foes: / And as by thee appoynted, / Let her lay sword on those. / Geue Lord true faythful hartes, / To vs her Subiectes al: / That we play not the partes, / Of these Traitours that fal / Both from their God and Prince, / And from their lawful othes: / All such O Lord conuince, / And geue them ouerthrowes. Awdeley, John University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer ?-? Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 06/02/2021 37047

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S117260 1 the .cxxxvij. Psalme, which begins VVhen as we sat in Babilon. Or such lyke. Psalm 137 The 137th Psalm, which begins When As We Sat in Babylon. Or such like. OUr liuyng God to thee we cry, / Now tend vnto our playnt: Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 18 A godly ditty or Prayer to be song / vnto God for the preseruation of his Church, our Queene and / Realme, against all Traytours, Rebels, and Papisticall / Enemies. / Preserue thy Seruaunt Lord, / Elizabeth our Queene: / Be thou her shield and sword, / Now let thy power be seene. / That this our Queene annoynted, / May vanquish al her foes: / And as by thee appoynted, / Let her lay sword on those. / Geue Lord true faythful hartes, / To vs her Subiectes al: / That we play not the partes, / Of these Traitours that fal / Both from their God and Prince, / And from their lawful othes: / All such O Lord conuince, / And geue them ouerthrowes. A godly ditty or Prayer to be sung unto God for the preservation of his Church, our Queen and Realm, against all Traitors, Rebels, and Papistical Enemies. Preserve thy Servant Lord, Elizabeth our Queen: Be thou her shield and sword, Now let thy power be seen. That this our Queen anointed, May vanquish all her foes: And as by thee appointed, Let her lay sword on those. Give Lord true faithful hearts, To us her Subjects all: That we play not the parts, Of these Traitors that fall Both from their God and Prince, And from their lawful oaths: All such O Lord convince, And give them overthrows. Awdeley, John Printer Iohn Awdely ?-?

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OUr livyng God to thee we cry, Now tend unto our playnt: Behold thy Church and family, Which enmies seeke to faynt. And though our syns have moved thee Just plagues on us to poure: Yet let thy Christes death shortly Thy wrath up cleane devour. Correct us Lord by thine own hand, And leave us not to those: That do thee and thy truth withstand Like divlysh deadly foes. For better is it for us Lord Into thy handes to fall: Then unto them for to accord, Which in hell perish shall. Behold (O Lord) thine enmies rage Against thee and thy Christ: Not our syns they seeke to aswage, But thy truth to resist. And shall our syns then be a let For thee them to withstand: Seing against thee they be set? No Lord, set to thy hand. For thine the glory is, not ours Which they seeke to suppres: Bend therfore Lord thine host of powrs And this thy cause redres.
Resist these Rebels and Traytours, With Papistes every one: Which thy poore people so devours In every nacion. Let not the wicked thus prevayle, To vexe thy Church and Sayntes: But stroy them from the head to tayle, Let none bewayle their playntes. Lord heare the cry of Fatherles, And Wyddowes which do mone: The which these enmies do oppres With mischiefes many one. Defend O God our gracious Queene, From Pope, Rebel, and all: And as by her thy woorkes be seene, So let thy wrath now fall Upon all those that vexe thy truth, Our Queene, our Realme and state: And let their vicious prankes of ruth Light upon their own pate. So shall thy name be magnified, So shall thy power be knowne: So shall our Christ be sanctified, By them that be his owne. Wherefore O Lord graunt our requestes Which here to thee we make: And make us love and lyve thy hestes, For thy Christ Jesus sake.
FINIS. Quoth Joh. Awdely. Imprynted at London by John Awdely.