Henry VIII’s Primer (1545)

O most dear and tender father,
our Defender and Nourisher;
endue us with Thy grace,
that we may cast off the great blindness of our minds,
and carefulness of worldly things,
and may put our whole study and care in keeping
of Thy holy law;
and that we may labour and travail for our necessities
in this life,
like birds of the air and lilies of the field,
without care.
For Thou hast promised to be careful for us;
and hast commanded that upon Thee we should cast our care,
Who livest and reignest,
world without end.
Amen