O Lord and Master of my life, grant not unto me a spirit of slothful- ness, of discouragement, of lust of power, of vain babbling. (Rever- ence.)
But vouchsafe unto me thy servant the spirit of continence, of meekness, of patience, and of love. (Reverence.)
Yea, O Lord and King, grant that I may perceive my own trans- gressions, and judge not my brother. For blessed art thou unto ages
əf ages. Amen. (Reverence. Then twelve lesser reverences, saying at
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each: O God, cleanse thou me, a sinner. Then the whole Prayer is re-