i_o do_v present_a unto_o he_o with_o the_o right_n epigramma_fw-la ad_fw-la regem_fw-la cvi_o decus_fw-la immortal_a triplex_fw-la cuique_fw-la aurea_fw-la cingit_fw-la gloria_fw-la conspicuum_fw-la rex_fw-la jacobe_fw-la caput_fw-la prima_fw-la tibi_fw-la antiquae_fw-la fidei_fw-la quum_fw-la cura_fw-la tuendae_fw-la proxima_fw-la sit_fw-la populi_fw-la paxque_fw-la salusque_fw-la tui_fw-la procur_v at_o quod_fw-la utrumque_fw-la lubens_fw-la quod_fw-la promovet_fw-la ultro_fw-la quid_fw-la tibi_fw-la seruitio_fw-la gratius_fw-la esse_fw-la queat_fw-la tale_n ministerium_fw-la libro_fw-la hoc_fw-la tibi_fw-la praestat_fw-la &_o offer_v hayus_n ab_fw-la antiquis_fw-la nobile_fw-la germane_a avis_fw-la quemque_fw-la svo_fw-la regem_fw-la populo_fw-la caput_fw-la &_o caput_fw-la unum_fw-la dum_fw-la christum_fw-la omnigenis_fw-la gentibus_fw-la esse_fw-la probat_fw-la parendum_fw-la his_fw-la solum_fw-la invictis_fw-la rationibus_fw-la urget_fw-la quas_fw-la monumenta_fw-la patrum_fw-la 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