Editing Brasenose College, Oxford (section)

===Graces===
The following preprandial [[Grace (prayer)|grace]] is read by the Bible Clerk at [[Formal Hall]]:<ref name="graces">{{cite book |last=Adams |first=Reginald |title=The College Graces of Oxford and Cambridge |publisher=Perpetua Press |year=1992 |place=Oxford |pages=54–55 |isbn=1-870882-06-7}}</ref>
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|{{blockquote|{{lang|LA|Oculi omnium spectant in te, Deus! Tu das illis escas tempore opportuno. Aperis manum tuam et imples omne animal tua benedictione. Mensae caelestis nos participes facias, Deus, Rex aeternae gloriae.}}}}
|{{blockquote|The eyes of all look to thee, O God! Thou givest them meats in due season. Thou openest Thy hand and fillest every living thing with thy blessing. Make us participants at the heavenly banquet, O God, King of eternal glory.}}
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The grace after dinner is only read on special occasions, and the list of benefactors included in this grace is quite variable.
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|{{blockquote|{{lang|LA|Qui nos creavit, redemit et pavit, sit benedictus in aeternum. Deus, exaudi orationem nostram. Agimus Tibi gratias, Pater caelestis, pro Gulielmo Smyth episcopo et Ricardo Sutton milite, Fundatoribus nostris; pro Alexandro Nowel, Jocosa Frankland, Gulielmo Hulme, Elizabetha Morley, Mauritio Platnauer, aliisque benefactoribus nostris; humiliter te precantes ut eorum numerum benignissime adaugeas. Ecclesiam Catholicam, et populum Christianum custodi. Haereses et errores omnes extirpa. Carolum Regem nostrum et subditos eius defende. Pacem da et conserva, per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.}}}}
|{{blockquote|May he who hath created, redeemed and provided for us be blessed for ever. Hear our prayer, Lord. We give thee thanks, heavenly Father, for [[William Smyth]], Bishop, and [[Richard Sutton (lawyer)|Richard Sutton]], Knight, our Founders; for [[Alexander Nowell]], [[Joyce Frankland]], [[William Hulme]], Elizabeth Morley, [[Maurice Platnauer]] and for our other benefactors, humbly beseeching thee that thou wilt add to their number in goodness.
Safeguard the Catholic Church and all Christian people. Root out all heretical waverings. Defend [[Charles III|Charles our King]] and his subjects. Grant peace and preserve it, through Christ our Lord. Amen.}}
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