The Preface
Archbishop: Lift up your hearts.
Choir: We lift them up unto the Lord.
Archbishop: Let us give thanks unto our Lord God.
Choir: It is meet and right so to do.
Archbishop: It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, Everlasting God: who by thy providence dost govern all things both in heaven and in earth, and hast shewn mercy this day to these thine anointed servants, our King and our Queen, and hast given them to us thy people that under them we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name; evermore praising thee, and saying: