Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T19: virtue, fortune, virtues, honour, fame, vice, envy, world, pride, great.
Oh worthy Diadem, oh jewel most precious. Oh virtue which doth all worldly things excel: How worthy a treasure thou art to the virtuous thy praise no pen can write ne tongue tel. For I who am called virtuous life, Have in this world both honour and dignity: Immortal fame of man, child and wife, Daily waiteth and attendeth on me. The commodity of virtue in me you may behold, the enormities of vice you have also seen: Therefore to make an end we may be bold, And pray for our noble and virtuous Queen. To do so virtuous life it is our bounden duty, And because we must do so before we do end, To aid us therein Good fame cometh verily, which daily and hourly on you doth attend. Virtuous life do what you list. to pray or to sing I will you assist. O Lord of hosts, oh King almighty, Pour down thy grace upon our noble Queen: Vanquish her foe's Lord that daily and nightly, through her thy laws may be sincerely seen. The honourable Counsel also O Lord preserve, The Lords both of the Clergy and of the temporality: Grant that with meekness they may thee serve, Submitting to thee with all humility. Oh Lord preserve the commons of this Realm also, Pour upon them thy heavenly grace: To advance virtue and vice to overthrow, that at the last in Heaven with thee they may have a place. WHere like to like is matched so, that virtue must of force decay: There God with vengeance, plagues and woe, by judgement just must needs repay. For like to like the worldlings cry: Although both like do grace defy. And where as Sathan planted hath, in vicious minds a sinful trade: There like to like doth walk this path, by which to him, like they are made. So like with like reward obtain: To have their meed in endless pain. Likewise in faith where matched be, and where as God hath planted grace: There do his children still agree, and like to like do run their race. Like Christ like hearts of Christian men: As like to like well coupled then. Therefore like grace, like faith and love, like virtue springs of each degree: Where like assistance from above, doth make them like so right agree. A holy God, a Christ most just: And so like souls in him to trust. Then like as Christ above doth reign, in heaven high our saviour best: So like with him shall be our gain, in peace, and joy, and endless rest. If we ourselves like him do frame: In fear of his most holy hame. To him be praise that grace doth give, whereby he fashioneth us a new: And make us holily to live, like to himself in faith most true. Which our redemption sure hath wrought: Like him to be most dearly bought.
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‡ Oh woorthy Diadem▪ oh iewel most precious. Oh vertue which dooth all worldly things excell: How worthy a treasure thou art to the vertuous thy praise no pen can write ne tung tel. For I who am called vertuous life, Haue in this world both honour and dignitie: Immortall fame of man, childe and wife, Dayly waiteth and attendeth on me. The commoditie of vertue in me you may behold, the enormities of vice you haue also seene: Therfore to make an end we may be bolde, And pray for our noble and vertuous Queene. ‡ To doo so vertuous life it is our bounden dutye, And because we must doo so before we doo end, To aid vs therin Good fame commeth verily, which dayly and hourely on you dooth attend. ¶ Vertuous life doo what you list. to pray or to sing I wil you assist. ¶ O Lord of hostes, oh Kng almightye, Poure down thy grace vpon our noble Queene: Vanquish her foes Lord that dayly and nightly, through her thy lawes may be sincerely seen. ‡ The honourable Counsaile also O Lord preserue, The Lords both of the Clergie and of the temporalitie: Graunt that with meeknes they may thee serue, Submitting to thee with all humilitie. ¶ Oh Lord preserue the commons of this Realme also, Poure vpon them thy heauenly grace: To aduaunce vertue and vice to ouerthrowe, that at the last in Heauen with thee they may haue a place. WHere like to like is matched so, that vertue must of force decay: There God with vengeance, plagues and woe, by iudgement iust must néeds repay. For like to like the worldlings cry: Although both like doo grace defye. ¶ And where as Sathan planted hath, in vicious mindes a sinful trade: There like to like dooth walke this path, by which to him, like they are made. So like with like reward obtain: To haue their meed in endles paine. ¶ Likewise in faith where matched be, and where as God hath planted grace: There doo his children stil agree, and like to like doo run their race. Like Christe like harts of Christian men: As like to like wel coupled then. ¶ Therfore like grace, like faith and loue, like vertue springs of eche degree: Where like assistance from aboue, dooth make them like so right agrée. A holy God, a Christe most iust: And so like soules in him to trust. ¶ Then like as Christe aboue dooth raigne, in heauen high our sauiour best: So like with him shal be our gain, in peace, and ioy, and endles rest. If we our selues like him doo frame: In feare of his most holy hame. ¶ To him be praise that grace dooth giue, wherby he fashineth vs a new: And make vs holily to liue, like to him self in faith most true. Which our redemption sure hath wrought: Like him to be most deerly bought.