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[We Ladyes thre/all by one consent]

We Ladyes thre/all by one consent
Thre goostly gyftes/heuynly and dyuyne
Unto the Sir kynge/as nowe we do present
And to thyne hyghnes/here we do this tyme
Utterly shewe/and theym determyne
As I grace/firste at thy cōmynge
Endowe the/with Scyence and connynge.
And I nature/with strength and fayrenesse
For to be loued/and drade of euery wyght
And I Fortune/prosperyte and Rychesse
The to defende/and to gyue the myght
Longe to enioye/and holde thy trewe ryght
In vertuous lyfe/with honour to procede
That thy .ii. Ceptours/thou may well possede.