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F — for the Fire-works let off at night; 
G — for the Grandeur those works will display, 
H — for the Hundreds we for them must pay ; 
J —for John Bull, just as blythe as a lark, 
K — for the Kickshaws built up in the Park; 
L — for the Long-boats, our gala to crown, 
M — for the Men who conveyed them to town; 
N — for the Noise, which seems never to stop, 
O — for the Oil-skin o’er each Temple’s top; 
P — for the Powder that’s used by the fleet, 
Q — for the Queer ones that plann’d such a treat ; 
R — for the Regent, of all this the giver, 
5S — for the Ships on the Serpentine River; 
T — for the Temples, of all town the talk, 
V — for the Vessels afloat in the Park; 
W — for the Winds; and oh! may they prove fair; 
X — for the Crosses these vessels must bear ; 
Y — for the Youngsters this sight keeps from school, 
Z — for the Zeal with which we play the fool.” 
R. W. Hacxwoop. 
Queries. 
PRAYERS COMPOSED BY HENRY VI. 
Copy of a paper in the hand-writing of Dr. 
Harbin, librarian to Ist and 2nd Viscounts Wey- 
mouth : 
“In an old MS. Missal printed (sic) * in 8vo., in the 
reign of K. Henri VIIL., p. 48. are two Latin Short Prayers 
made by K. Henri VI. as is affirmed in an index to the 
said book, p. 155. at y¢ end of y® said Missal. 
“Domine Jesu Christe, qui me creasti, redemisti et pra- | 
ordinasti ad hoc, quod sum, tu scis quid de me facere 
vis: fac de me secundum voluntatem tuaém cum miseri- 
cordia.” 
“Domine Jesu Christe, qui solus es sapientia: Tu scis 
quid mihi peccatori expediunt: prout tibi placeret, et sicut 
in oculis tuz Majestatis videtur, de me ita fiat cum mise- 
ricordia tua. Amen.” 
Ibid. p. 153. Orationes beato Regi Henrico. 
“Rex Henrice, sis amicus nobis in Angustia, 
Cujus prece nos a nece salvemur perpetua. 
Lampas morum, spes egrorum, ferens medicamina, 
Sis tuorum famulorum, ductor in Ccelestia. 
Pax in terx@ non sit guerra Orbis per confinia: 
Virtus crescat, et feryescat Charitas, per omnia. 
Non sudore vel dolore moriamur subito, 
Sed vivamus et plaudamus ccelis sine termino.” 
“ Ver. Ora pro nobis Deyote Rex Henrice. 
“ Resp. Ut per te cuncti superati sint inimici. 
“Presta quesumus Omnipotens et Misericors Deus, ut 
qui Devotissimi Regis Henrici merita miraculis falgentia 
iz mentis affectu recolimus in terris, ejus et omnium 
anctorum tuorum intercessionibus, ab emni peste, febre, 
morbo, ac improvisa morte, ceterisque eruamur malis, et 
gaudia sempiterna adipisci mereamur, per Christum Do- 
minum nostruam. Amen.” 
“This Missal is in the Earl of Oxford’s Library at 
Wimpole, in Cambridgeshire. Feb. 1734.” 
(* We take this to mean, that it was a printed Missal 
containing MS. additions; if so, it was sold with the 
Earl of Oxford’s other printed books by ‘Thomas Osborne 
in 1744, — Ep. | 
[ Vito. ] 
It would appear from the above that this Mis- 
sal ought now to be found in the Harleian Collec- 
tion of the British Library ; but not recollecting 
ever to have seen the beatification of King Henry 
VI. mentioned by our historical writers, it may 
be of interest to readers of “N. & Q.” to make 
researches on the point. 
The prayers attributed to him are of such in- 
trinsic merit, as to recommend themselves. 
A. Mr. 
[These prayers of King Henry VI. were the occasion 
of a keen controversy among our antiquaries about seventy 
years ago. They are printed by Tom Hearne in the Pre- 
face to Otterbourne and Whethamstede, p. liv., but we very 
much doubt whether they were ever used in “ the public 
oilices of religion,” as Henry VI. was never canonised, or 
registered in the calendar of saints. Hearne says: “ Que 
quidem auctoritas quum longe levior esset in Henrico 
Octavo, nulla fere ratio fuisse videtur, que ad hoc nego- 
tium suscipiendum impelleret Henrieum VIII, ad cujus 
tamen regni principium (id quod plus centies audiyi) 
Henrici VI. virtutes tantopere decantabantur, ut in 
publicis illis Officiis (quz illo vo potissimum probaren- 
tur) preces ipsi (perinde ac si jam mortuus patrocinium 
supplicantibus przbere quiverit, eaque etiam przstare, 
rope ratio et religio preescripserint) solenniter fumderentur. 
Jujusmodi preces ipse vidi. Imo nunc ejusmodi preca- 
tiunculam ob oculos habeo in Codice, a Wynkino de 
Worde, A.p. 1510, excuso, B. Marie Virginis horas con- 
tinente. Hance scilicet in sententiam, fol. 151, a.” 
Dr. Samuel Pegge possessed a MS. Manual of Latin 
Prayers containing an illumination of Henry VI. in his 
robes, crowned, with sword and monde, and the words 
De beato Henrico written underneath. It also contained 
the antiphona and prayer, as well as “ A prayer qwhece 
Henry VI. made,” the same as given by Dr. Harbin. In 
an edition of Hore in usum Sarum, printed by Pigouchet, 
1498, 12mo, the two prayers by Henry VI. are noticed in 
the Contents as “ Two lytil Prayers whyche Kyng Harry 
the Sixth made.” This copy does not contain the in- 
vocation to him. ‘he latter first appears in Hore beate 
Marie Virginis in usum Sarum, printed by Wynkyn de 
Worde, in 1502, an earlier edition than that mentioned by 
Hearne, 1510. The Earl of Oxford’s copy was dated 
1504. \ Each of these editions contains the antiphon and 
prayers by the king, as well as the invocation fo him. 
This invocation occurs also in the Hore printed by Rh. 
Pynson, 1522, as also in those printed by Regnault at 
Paris, 1524, 1530, 1534, 1535, 1536. William Cole, the 
Cambridge antiquary, also possessed Regnault’s edition 
of Hore in usum Sarum, Paris, 1530, adorned on eyery 
page with elegant plates and carvings, with English ru- 
brics. At folio ¢, is a print of a king with the above 
antiphon and prayer. (Gough’s British Topography, vol. 
ii. pp. 112. 345., and Cole’s Hist. of Cambridge, Add. MS, 
5814. pp. 2, 3.) 
Upon a review of the whole controversy, respecting 
these Prayers, (see Gentleman’s Mag., 1786, 1787) it would 
appear that Henry VI. was originally canonised by the 
apocryphal press of Wynkyn de Worde, and some foreign 
heretical printers, who copied after him. <A difference of 
opinion prevails among our historians respecting the un- 
successful efforts made by Heury VII. to enshrine him in 
the Calendar. Rapin, following Camden, supposed the 
expense deterred Henry VII. from pursuing the canoni- 
sation ; but Lord Bacon has suggested the following 
witty reason, “ because the Pope would put a difference 
between a saint and an innocent.” Hearne, however, who 
like a sturdy nonjuror, was a stickler for the divine right, 
