L'écriture, Chrétien,
De ce Livre* n'est rien
Mais ce qu'il tient regarde
Regardant prens y garde
Et de tout en tout lieu
Donne la gloire à Dieu.

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^* In some sources Livret (little book)

Text Authorship:

• by Esther Inglis (1571 - 1624), "Au Lecteur" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Sheena Phillips (b. 1958), "Au Lecteur = To the Reader", copyright © 2019, first performed 2019 [ soprano, clarinet ], from Un Petit Psaultier = A Little Psalter, no. 1
      Publisher: Sheena Phillips [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]

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