_Let thy merciful Ears, O Lord, be open to the Prayers of thy Humble Servants, and grant that thy_ Holy Spirit _may direct and guide us in all our ways, and be more especially assistant to us in the Holy Actions of this day, in enabling us with_ grateful Hearts _and_ zealous Endeavors _to celebrate this Pious_ Commemoration, _and to answer to our Studies and Improvements all the great and useful ends of our_ Munificent Founders _and_ Benefactors. _We render thee humble Praise and Thanks, O Lord, for the Most Serene Princess Queen_ Elizabeth, _our_ Illustrious Foundress; _for King_ James _the_ First, _our most_ Liberal Benefactor; _King_ Charles _the_ First _and_ Second, _our_ Gratious _and_ Munificent Conservators; _for the protection and bounty we have received from their present_ Majesties, _our most_ Indulgent Patrons _and_ Restorers; _for the Favour of our present Governours, the_ Right Honorable _the_ Lords-Justices; _for the_ Lord Mayor _and Goverment of this_ City, _our Generous Benefactors_; _for the_ Nobility, Clergy, _and_ Gentry _of this Kingdom_; _thrô whose Bounty and Charitable Generosity we are here Educated and Established_; _for the Improvement of Piety and Religion, the advancement of Learning, and to supply the growing necessities of Church and State_; _beseeching thee to bless them all, their Posterity, Successors, Relations, and Dependants, with both_ Temporal _and_ Eternal _blessings, and to give us Grace to live_ worthy _of these thy Mercies, and that as we grow in_ Years _so we may_ grow _in_ Wisdom, _and_ Knowledg, _and_ Vertue, _and all that is praiseworthy thrô_ Jesus Christ _our_ Lord]