This four-part motet by the English composer Thomas Tallis is a setting of a passage from the Gospel of John. This is a prime example of Tudor music, often used in the Anglican Church of England during the Protestant Reformation. It was composed during the reign of Elizabeth I in 1565.

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If ye love me, keep my commandments.
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another comforter, that he may ‘bide with you forever;
E’en the spirit of truth;