"I will only mention what I saw and learned, dwelling among them, concerning the saying of their prayers; for what man is ho whose heart trembles not to see simple people so far seduced that they know not how to pronounce or say their daily prayers; or so to pray that all that hear them shall be filled with laughter? And while, superstitiously, they refuse to pray in their own language with understanding, they speak that which their leaders may blush to hear. These examples I have observed from the common people.
The Creed.
"Creezum zuum patrum onitentem creatorum ejus anicuni. Dominum nostrum qui sum sops, virgini Mariæ, crixus fixus, Ponchi Pilati audubitiers, morti by sonday, father a femes, scelerest un judicarum, finis a mortibus. Creezum spirituum sanctum, ecli Catholi, remissurum, peccaturum, communiorum obliviorum, bitam, et turnam again."
The Little Creed.
Kneele before our Ladies knee;
Candle light, candles burne,
Our Ladie pray'd to her deare Sonne
That we might all to heaven come,
Little Creed, Amen."
"This that followeth they call the 'White Paternoster:'
What hast i' th t'one hand? white booke leaves,
What hast i' th t'other hand? heaven yate keyes.
Open heaven yates, and streike [shut] hell yates:
And let every crysome child creepe to its owne mother.
White Paternoster, Amen."
"Another Prayer:
"I blesse me with God and the rood,
With his sweet flesh and precious blood;
With his crosse and his creed,
With his length and his breed,
From my toe to my crowne,
And all my body up and downe,
From my back to my brest,
My five wits be my rest;
God let never ill come at ill,
But through Jesus owne will,
Sweet Jesus, Lord. Amen."
"Many also use to weare vervein against blasts; and, when they
