after heaving a few sighs, they gave up saying paternosters, and began to converse (among other topics) on the times.
Giovanni Boccaccio. The Decameron, Volume I
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"I have learned from my mother the Pater Noster, the Ave Maria, and the Belief. All that I know was taught me by my mother."
Mark Twain. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, volume 2
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Effendi, Senor Hidalgo Caballero Don Pecadillo y Palabras y Paternoster de la Malora de la Malaria, Hokopoko Harakiri, Hi Hung Chang, Olaf Kobberkeddelsen,