[Footnote 238: The Manuscript thus far is in one handwriting: and since the prefatory Note to these Psalms was written, I have discovered among the Harleian MSS. a very remarkable document by Sir John Davies, viz. his "Plea spoken at the Bar of the House of Lords" on "the King's power to impose Ship-money," (126. B 10-4266) and it is _identically the same holograph with that of these Fifty Psalms_, presenting precisely the same forms and contractions throughout. So that the Scribe of the one must have been the Scribe of the other: no doubt one of Sir John's Secretaries or 'men,' as he himself calls them. I shall give above important historical Paper--which never has been published, or even referred to, so far as I am aware--in my edition of DAVIES' Prose Works. Meanwhile I need not point out how valuable is this additional verification of the Davies authorship of our Manuscript--that is in so far as the Psalms up to L. are concerned. I stand in doubt of his authorship of the remainder; but see our Memorial-Introduction on this. The Psalms that follow have interposed a half-page and one leaf, blank, and another leaf, filled with the secular Poems that succeed them: but it was deemed better to place all the Psalms together. These other Psalms have the same orthography: but the hand-writing is different and plainer. It will be noticed that Psalm L. _supra_, is imperfect, extending only to v. 13. G.] PSALM LXVII. Shew us Thy mercy, Lord, and grace diuine: Turne Thy bright face that it on vs may shine, That all the men on Earth enlight'ned so Theire owne saluation and Thy wayes may know. O let Thy people praise Thy blessed name, And let all tongues and nations doe the same; And let all mortall men rejoyce in this, That God['s] their judge, and iust His iudgment, is. O let Thy people praise Thy blessed name, And let all tongues and nations doe the same: Then shall the Earth[239] bringe forth a rich encrease, And God shall blesse vs with a fruitfull peace. Euen God shall bless vs and[240] His holy feare, Possesse the harts of all men euery where. [Footnote 239: 'Nations' written and erased. G.] [Footnote 240: 'W^{th}' written and erased. G.] PSALM XCI.