WATER-WORKES. 



queene too too much troubled in estab- 

 lishing their owne Religion, wee had 

 ynough to doe to defend our bodies from 

 Bishop Bonners Bon-fiers : and deferred all 

 our intended Supplications to a hope-fuller 

 time. 



Our late, and blessed Soveraigne Queene 

 Elizabeth (Englands joy, defender of the 

 faith^ & faithful establisher of true Re- 

 ligion ; (whose matchlesse Princely ver- 

 tues, the world didde, and ever shal ad- 

 mire) yet her aged yeares troubled with 

 a discontented warre (a] forced us to 

 silence with many a sorrowfull heart. 



Now (my Lord) the time is come to 

 exhibite our supplications : the King of 

 glory hath sent us his sacred servant 

 King James, together with a fruitfull 

 Queene and royall Issue, according to 

 our owne heartes : A King that can 

 teach Religion ; a King from beyond his 

 Cradle, and free from strange devotion ; 

 succeeding a most religious Maiden- 

 Queene. 



(b) Now, is our time most humbly to 



beseech your Lordshippe (you having 



immediate grace and favor from his 



Majestic, wee poore wretches not daring 



61 to 



(a) That of 

 Tryon. 



(b) Time is 

 now most 

 opportune. 



