In an effort to make the case for Nixon's womanhood, her council erases any idea of gender identity as fluid, the existence of intersex individuals as well as the realities of pangendered individuals (those that move back and forth or along a gender continuum throughout their lives).

And, but for ceremony such a wretch, Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep, Had the forehand and vantage of a king

Commend me to them, / And tell them, that to eaſe them of their greefes, / Their feares of Hoſtile ſtrokes, their Aches loſſes, / Their pangs of Loue, vvith other incident throvves / That Natures fragile Veſſell doth ſuſtaine / In lifes vncertaine voyage, I vvill ſome kindnes do them, […]

The tenor is here written in the octavating G clef, indicating that it is to be sung an octave lower than notated. The counter parts in part 1, which were originally meant to be read as though octavating, are here written at actual pitch.