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<DIV1 TYPE="title page">
<PB REF="1">
<P>THE Mu&s;es Gardin for Delights,</P>
<P>Or the fift Booke of Ayres, onely for the Lute, the Ba&s;e-vyoll, and the Voyce.</P>
<P><HI>Compo&s;ed by</HI> ROBERT IONES:</P>
<Q>Quae pro&s;unt &s;ingula, multa iuuant.</Q>
<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>two men tending a garden</FIGDESC>
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<P><HI>LONDON</HI></P>
<P>Printed by the A&s;signes of <HI>William Barley.</HI> 1610.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="dedication">
<PB REF="2">
<HEAD>TO THE TRVE HONOVRABLE, AND ESTEEMED WORTHIE, THE <HI>RJGHT WORSHIPFVLL THE LADY</HI> WROTH.</HEAD>
<P>_MO&s;t Honoured Lady, my elde&s;t and fir&s;t i&s;&s;ue, hauing thriu'd &s;o well vnder the protection of your Right Honourable Father, blame not this my yon|ge&s;t and la&s;t Babe, if it de&s;irou&s;ly &s;eeke Sanctuarie with your &s;elfe, as being a mo&s;t worthy branch from &s;o Noble and renowmed a &s;tocke: It is here ditarie to your whole hou&s;e, not onely to be truely Honoura|ble in your &s;elues, but to be the fauourers and furtherers of all hone&s;t and vertuous endeuours in others. And that makes me &s;o farre daring, as to pre&s;ume to offer this Dedication to your faire acceptance; And how&s;oe|uer my defects therein may happily (or rather vnhappily) be many: Yet am I mo&s;t confident (and that growes from the worthine&s;&s;e of your owne nature) that your Honourable minde will be plea&s;ed (&s;ince it ca&s;ts it &s;elfe mo&s;t humbly in your armes) to giue it willing entertainement, and to countenance it with the faire Liuerie of your noble Name, It may bee &s;lighted in re&s;pect of its owne valew, but your fauourable acceptance, will both grace it, and my &s;elfe, as a poore Table hung vp, euen in Princes Gallories, not for the Wood, but for the Picture, And &s;o (Noble Lady) not daring to bee iealous of your Honourable entertaine|ment, I re&s;t</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your Lady&s;hip deuoted in all dutie, <HI>ROBERT IONES.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="to the reader">
<PB REF="3">
<HEAD>&leaf; To the friendly Cen&s;urers.</HEAD>
<P>_DEare friends, for &s;o I call you, if you plea&s;e to accept my good meaning, I pre&s;ented you la&s;t with a Dreame, in which J doubt not, but your fanta&s;ies haue receiued &s;ome rea&s;onable contentment, and now if you plea&s;e to bee awaked out of that Dreame, J &s;hall for your recre|ation and refre&s;hing, guide you to the <HI>MVSES GAR|DEN,</HI> where you &s;hall find &s;uch varietie of delights, that questionle&s;&s;e you will willingly &s;pend &s;ome time in the view thereof. Jn your fir&s;t entrance into which Garden, you &s;hall meete with Loue, Loue, and nought but Loue, &s;et foorth at large in his colours, by way of decyphe|ring him in his nature. In the midst of it, you &s;hall find Loue reiected, vpon incon&s;tancie and hard mea&s;ure of ingratitude: Touching them that are louers, I leaue them to their owne cen&s;ure in Loues de&s;cription. And now for the end, it is variable in another maner, for the delight of the eare to &s;atisfie opinion. I am not &s;o arrogant to commend mine owne gifts, neither yet &s;o degenerate, as to beg your tolleration. Jf the&s;e delights of Flowers, or varietie of Fruites, may any wayes be plea&s;ing to your &s;en&s;es, I &s;hall be glad. Otherwi&s;e J will vow neuer to &s;et, &s;ow, plant or graft, and my labours henceforth &s;hall cea&s;e to trouble you, if you will needs mi&s;like, J care not. I will preuent your cen&s;ures, and defie your malice, if you de&s;pi&s;e me, I am re&s;olute, if you v&s;e me with re&s;pect, J bid you mo&s;t hearti<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">y</P>
<CLOSER><SALUTE>Farewell.</SALUTE>
<SIGNED>R. I.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="table of contents">
<PB REF="4">
<HEAD>THE TABLE.</HEAD>
<LIST>
<ITEM>_LOue loue. 1</ITEM>
<ITEM>Soft Cupid &s;oft. 2</ITEM>
<ITEM>Aze I the &s;illy fi&s;h beguile. 3</ITEM>
<ITEM>The fountaines &s;moake. 4</ITEM>
<ITEM>Walking by the Riuer &s;ide. 5</ITEM>
<ITEM>I cannot chu&s;e but giue a &s;mile. 6</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ioy in thy h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">pes. 7</ITEM>
<ITEM>How many New yeeres haue growen olde. 8</ITEM>
<ITEM>There was a &s;hepheard that did liue. 9</ITEM>
<ITEM>The Sea hath many thou&s;and &s;ands. 10</ITEM>
<ITEM>Once did my thoughts both ebbe and flow. 11</ITEM>
<ITEM>I am &s;o farre from pittying thee. 12</ITEM>
<ITEM>As I lay lately in a dreame. 13</ITEM>
<ITEM>There was a willy ladde. 14</ITEM>
<ITEM>My father faine would haue me take. 15</ITEM>
<ITEM>My Loue hath her true Loue betraide: 16</ITEM>
<ITEM>All my &s;ence thy &s;weetene&s;&s;e gained. 17</ITEM>
<ITEM>To thee deafe A&s;pe with dying voice. 18</ITEM>
<ITEM>Behold her lockes like wires of beaten Gold. 19</ITEM>
<ITEM>Although the Wings of my de&s;ire be clipt. 20</ITEM>
<ITEM>Might I redeeme mine errors with mine eyes. 21</ITEM>
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<BODY>
<DIV1 N="1" TYPE="song">
<DIV2 N="cantus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="5">
<HEAD>I. <HI>CANTVS.</HI></HEAD>
<BYLINE>ROBERT IONES.</BYLINE>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> <HI>_LOue, Loue, .ij. ij. Is a pret&spcDash;tie, .ij. .ij. Frencie, a melan&spcDash;cho&spcDash;ly fire, begot by lookes, maintain'd with hopes, and bey th'end, by de&s;ire.</HI> </P>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Loue is a pretie Tyrant,</L>
<L>By our affections as med,</L>
<L>Take them away, none liues this day,</L>
<L>The Coward boy hath harmed.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>Loue is a pretie Idole,</L>
<L>Opinion did deui&s;e him,</L>
<L>His votaries is &s;louth and lies,</L>
<L>The Robes that doe di&s;gui&s;e him.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>Loue is a pretie Painter,</L>
<L>And counterfetteth pa&s;sion,</L>
<L>His &s;hadow'd lies, makes fan&s;ies ri&s;e,</L>
<L>To &s;et beliefe in fa&s;hion.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>Loue is a pretie Pedler,</L>
<L>Who&s;e Packe is fraught with &s;orrowes,</L>
<L>With doubts with feares, with &s;ighs with teares,</L>
<L>Some ioyes, but tho&s;e he borrowes.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>Loue is a pretie nothing,</L>
<L>Yet what a quoile it keepes,</L>
<L>With thou&s;and eyes of iealou&s;ies,</L>
<L>Yet no one euer &s;leepes.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="bassus" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>BASSVS.</HEAD>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> <HI>_LOue, loue</HI> </P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="2" TYPE="song">
<DIV2 N="cantus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="6">
<HEAD>II. <HI>CANTVS.</HI></HEAD>
<BYLINE>ROBERT IONES.</BYLINE>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> <HI>_S Soft Cupid &s;oft, .ij. There is no ha&s;te, For all vnkindne&s;&s;e gone and pa&s;t. Since thou wilt needs for&s;ake me &s;o, let vs parte friendes, .ij. be&spcDash;fore thou~ goe.</HI> </P>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Still &s;halt thou haue my heart to v&s;e,</L>
<L>When I cannot otherwi&s;e cho&s;e,</L>
<L>My life thou may&s;t command Saunce doubt,</L>
<L>Command I &s;ay and goe with out.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>And if that I doe euer pro<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">e,</L>
<L>Fal&s;e and vnkind to gentle Loue,</L>
<L>Ile not de&s;ire to liue a day,</L>
<L>Nor any longer then I may.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>Ile dayly ble&s;&s;e the little God,</L>
<L>But not without a &s;marting rod,</L>
<L>Wilt thou &s;till vnkindly leaue mee,</L>
<L>Now I pray God <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> goe with thee.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="bassus" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>BASSVS.</HEAD>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> <HI>_SOft Cupid.</HI> </P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="3" TYPE="song">
<DIV2 N="cantus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="7">
<HEAD><HI>III.</HI> CANTVS.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>ROBERT IONES.</BYLINE>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> <HI>_AS I the &s;il&spcDash;ly Fi&s;h deceiue, &s;o Fortune playes with me, who&s;e baites my heart of ioyes bereaue, and Angels taketh mee, I &s;till doe fi&s;h, yet am I caught, and taken am, ij. their tak&spcDash;ing taught.</HI> </P>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>The Riuer wherein I doe &s;wimme,</L>
<L>Of &s;treames of hope is made,</L>
<L>Where ioyes as flowers dre&s;&s;e the brimme,</L>
<L>And frownes doe make my &s;hade.</L>
<L>Whence &s;miles as &s;un-&s;hine giues me heat,</L>
<L>And &s;hadow frownes from &s;howers beat.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>Thus taken like an enuious one,</L>
<L>Who glads for others care,</L>
<L>Since he him&s;elfe mu&s;t feele &s;uch mone,</L>
<L>Delights, all, &s;o &s;hould fare,</L>
<L>And &s;triue to make them know like &s;mart,</L>
<L>So make I this to beare apart.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="bassus" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>BASSVS.</HEAD>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> <HI>_AS I the.</HI> </P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="4" TYPE="song">
<DIV2 N="cantus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="8">
<HEAD><HI>IIII.</HI> CANTVS.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>ROBERT IONES.</BYLINE>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> <HI>_THe fountaines &s;moake, And yet no flames they &s;hewe, Starres &s;hine all night Though vnde&s;ern'd by day, and trees doe &s;pring, yet are not &s;eene to growe, And &s;hadowes mooue. ij. .ij. Although they &s;eeme to &s;tay in Win&spcDash;ters woe, Is buried Summers bli&s;&s;e, and Loue loues mo&s;t, when loue mo&s;t &s;e&spcDash;cret is.</HI> </P>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>The &s;tille&s;t &s;treames de&s;cries the greate&s;t deepe,</L>
<L>The cleare&s;t skie is &s;ubiect to a &s;hower,</L>
<L>Conceit's mo&s;t &s;weete, when as it &s;eemes to &s;leepe,</L>
<L>And faire&s;t dayes doe in the morning lower,</L>
<L>The &s;ilent Groues &s;weete Nimphs they cannot mi&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>For loue loues mo&s;t, where loue mo&s;t &s;ecret is.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>The rare&s;t Jewels, hidden vertue yeeld,</L>
<L>The &s;weete of traffique, is a &s;ecret gaine,</L>
<L>The yeere once old doth &s;hew a barren field,</L>
<L>And Plants &s;eeme dead, and yet they &s;pring againe,</L>
<L>Cupid is blind, the rea&s;on why, is this,</L>
<L>Loue loueth mo&s;t, where loue mo&s;t &s;ecret is.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="bassus" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>BASSVS.</HEAD>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> <HI>_THe fountaines.</HI> </P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="5" TYPE="song">
<DIV2 N="cantus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="9">
<HEAD><HI>V.</HI> CANTVS.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>ROBERT IONES.</BYLINE>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> <HI>_WAlking by a Riuer&s;ide, in prime of Summers morning, viewing Phoebus in his pride, the &s;iluer &s;treames adorning, And pa&s;&s;ing on .ij my &s;elfe alone, Me thought I heard a wofull grone.</HI> </P>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Still I &s;tood as one amaz'd,</L>
<L>To heare this wofull crying,</L>
<L>Round about me then I gaz'd,</L>
<L>In euery Meddow prying.</L>
<L>Yet could I not this wight &s;urpri&s;e,</L>
<L>Although the voice did pierce the skies.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>Venus thou ha&s;t kild my heart,</L>
<L>And quite my &s;oule confounded,</L>
<L>Thy &s;onne Cupid with his dart,</L>
<L>My vitall parts hath wounded,</L>
<L>Shoote home proud boy, and doe thy wor&s;t,</L>
<L>That &s;hee may die that liues accur&s;t.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>Draw thy &s;haft vnto the head,</L>
<L>And &s;trongly it deliuer,</L>
<L>Draw that thou may&s;t &s;trike her dead,</L>
<L>That liues a hopele&s;&s;e Louer,</L>
<L>Let come blind boy to &s;atisfie,</L>
<L>His mind that mo&s;t de&s;ire to dies.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="bassus" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>BASSVS.</HEAD>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> <HI>_WAlking by.</HI> </P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="6" TYPE="song">
<DIV2 N="cantus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="10">
<HEAD><HI>VI.</HI> CANTVS.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>ROBERT IONES.</BYLINE>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> <HI>_I Cannot chu&s;e but giue a &s;mile, To &s;ee how Loue doeth all be&spcDash;guile, Ex&spcDash;cept it bee thy frozen heart, That yeeldes not to his fie&spcDash;rie Dart.</HI> </P>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Belike I was Achillis like,</L>
<L>Drencht in that fatall hardning flood,</L>
<L>My fle&s;h it feares no pu&s;h of pike,</L>
<L>The &s;peare again&s;t me doth no good.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>Onely my heele may Cupid hit,</L>
<L>And yet I care not much for it,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e the hurt I cannot feele,</L>
<L>Vnle&s;&s;e my heart were in my heele.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="cantus" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The An&s;were.</HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>1</HEAD>
<L>I cannot chu&s;e but needes mu&s;t &s;mile,</L>
<L>To &s;ee how Loue doth thee beguile,</L>
<L>Which did of purpo&s;e frieze thy heart,</L>
<L>To thaw it to thy greater &s;mart.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Suppo&s;e thou wert Achillis like.</L>
<L>Drencht in that fatall hardning flood,</L>
<L>That might auaile gain&s;t pu&s;h or pike,</L>
<L>But gain&s;t his dart t'will doe no good.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>For if thy heele he doe but hit,</L>
<L>His venom'd &s;haft will rancle it,</L>
<L>The force whereof the heart mu&s;t feele,</L>
<L>Conuaide by Arteryes from thy heele.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="bassus" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>BASSVS.</HEAD>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> <HI>_I Cannot.</HI> </P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="7" TYPE="song">
<DIV2 N="cantus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="11">
<HEAD><HI>VII.</HI> CANTVS.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>ROBERT IONES.</BYLINE>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> <HI>_IOye in thy hope, the earne&s;t of thy Loue, For &s;o thou may&s;t En&spcDash;ioye thy hearts de&s;ire True hopes, things ab&s;ent doe as pre&s;ent prooue, And keeepe aliue, .ij. Loues &s;till re&spcDash;newing fire.</HI> </P>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>But of thy hope let &s;ilence by thy tongue,</L>
<L>And &s;ecre&s;ie the heart of louing fire,</L>
<L>For hopes reucaled may thy hopes prolong,</L>
<L>Or cut them off in prime-time of de&s;ire.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>Sweete are tho&s;e hopes that doe them&s;elues enioy,</L>
<L>As vowed to them &s;elues to liue and Dey,</L>
<L>Sweete&s;t tho&s;e ioyes and free&s;t from annoy,</L>
<L>That waken not the eye of iealou&s;ie.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="bassus" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>BASSVS.</HEAD>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> _IOye in the. </P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="song">
<DIV2 N="cantus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="12">
<HEAD>L'ENVOY.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>Thy loue is not thy loue, if not thine owne,</L>
<L>And &s;o it is not, if it once be knowne.</L>
</LG>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> <HI>Thy loue is not thy loue, if not thine owne, and &s;o it is not, if it once bee knowen.</HI> </P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="bassus" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>LENVOY.</HEAD>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> </P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="8" TYPE="song">
<DIV2 N="cantus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="13">
<HEAD><HI>VIII.</HI> CANTVS.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>ROBERT IONES.</BYLINE>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> _HOw many new yeres haue grow'n old, Since fir&s;t your &s;eruant old was new, How many long howers haue I told, Since fir&s;t my loue was vow'd to you, And yet a&spcDash;las, .ij. Shee doeth not know whether her &s;eruant. loue or no. </P>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>How many wals as white as Snow,</L>
<L>And windowes cleere as any gla&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>Haue I coniur'd to tell you &s;o,</L>
<L>Which faithfully performed was,</L>
<L>And yet you'l&s;weare you do not know,</L>
<L>Whether your &s;eruant loue or no.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>How often hath my pale leane face,</L>
<L>With true Characters of my loue,</L>
<L>Petitroned to you for grace,</L>
<L>Whom neither &s;ighs nor teares can moue,</L>
<L>O cruell yet doe you not know,</L>
<L>Whether your &s;eruant loue or no?</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>And wanting oft a better token,</L>
<L>I haue beene faine to &s;end my heart,</L>
<L>Which now your cold di&s;daine hath broken,</L>
<L>Nor can you healt by any art,</L>
<L>O looke vpon't and you &s;hall know,</L>
<L>Whether your &s;eruant loue or no.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="bassus" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>BASSVS.</HEAD>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> _HOw many. </P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="9" TYPE="song">
<DIV2 N="cantus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="14">
<HEAD><HI>IX.</HI> CANTVS.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>ROBERT IONES.</BYLINE>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> _THere was a Shepheard that did liue, And helde his thoughtes as hie As were the Mounts, whereon his flockes did hourely feede him by. He from his youth, his tender youth, which was vnapt to keepe, Or hopes, or feares, or loues, or cares, or thoughts but of his&s;heepe </P>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Did with his dogge as Shepheards doe,</L>
<L>For Shepheards wanting wit,</L>
<L>Deu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="3 letters"> &s;ome &s;ports, though fooli&s;h &s;ports,</L>
<L>Yet &s;ports for Shepheards fit,</L>
<L>The <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> that (yet) was but a boy,</L>
<L>And &s;o de<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ir's were hid,</L>
<L>Did grow a man. and men mu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">t loue,</L>
<L>And loue this Shepheard did,</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>He loued much, none can too much</L>
<L>Loue one &s;o high diuine<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>As bat her &s;elfe, none but her &s;elfe,</L>
<L>So faire, &s;o fre&s;h, &s;o fine,</L>
<L>He vowed by his Shepheards weede,</L>
<L>An Oath which Shepheards keepe,</L>
<L>That he would <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> Phillyday,</L>
<L>Before a flocke of &s;heepe,</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="bassus" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>BASSVS.</HEAD>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> _THere was. </P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="10" TYPE="song">
<DIV2 N="cantus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="15">
<HEAD><HI>X.</HI> CANTVS.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>ROBERT IONES.</BYLINE>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> <HI>_THe Sea hath many thou&s;and &s;ands, The Sunne hath motes as many, The skie is full of &s;tatres, And loue as full of woes as an&spcDash;ny, Beleeue me .ij. .ij. that doe knowe the elfe, and make no tryall by thy &s;elfe.</HI> </P>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>It is in trueth a prettie toye,</L>
<L>For babes to play withall,</L>
<L>But O the honies of our youth,</L>
<L>Are oft our ages gall,</L>
<L>Selfe proofe in time will make thee know,</L>
<L>He was a Prophet told thee &s;o.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>A Prophet that Ca&s;&s;andra like,</L>
<L>Tels trueth without beliefe,</L>
<L>For head-&s;trong youth will runne his race,</L>
<L>Although his Goale be griefe,</L>
<L>Loues Martyr when his heate is pa&s;t,</L>
<L>Prooues cares Confe&s;&s;or at the la&s;t.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="bassus" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>BASSVS.</HEAD>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> <HI>_THe Sea hath.</HI> </P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="11" TYPE="song">
<DIV2 N="cantus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="16">
<HEAD><HI>XI.</HI> ANTVS.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>ROBERT IONES.</BYLINE>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> <HI>_LNce did my thoughts both ebbe and flowe, As pa&spcDash;&s;si&spcDash;on did them mooue, Once did I hope, .ij. &s;traight feare againe, And then .ij. .ij. .ij. .ij. I was in Loue.</HI> </P>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Once did I waking &s;pend the night,</L>
<L>And told how many minutes mooue,</L>
<L>Once did I wi&s;hing wa&s;te the day,</L>
<L>And then I was in loue.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>Once by my caruing true loues knot,</L>
<L>The weeping trees did proue,</L>
<L>That wounds and teares were both our lots,</L>
<L>And then I was in loue.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>Once did I breath an others breath,</L>
<L>And in my mi&s;tris moue,</L>
<L>Once was I not mine owne at all,</L>
<L>And then I was in loue.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>Once weare I bracelets made of hayre,</L>
<L>And collers did aproue,</L>
<L>Once were my clothes made out of waxe,</L>
<L>And then I was in loue.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>Once did I Sonnet to my Saint,</L>
<L>My &s;onle in number mou'd,</L>
<L>Once did I tell a thou&s;and lies,</L>
<L>And then in trueth I lou'd.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="7">
<HEAD>7</HEAD>
<L>Once in my care did dangling hang,</L>
<L>A little turtle Doue,</L>
<L>Once in a word I was a foole,</L>
<L>And then I was in loue.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="bassus" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>BASSVS.</HEAD>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> <HI>_ONce did my.</HI> </P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="12" TYPE="song">
<DIV2 N="cantus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="17">
<HEAD><HI>XII.</HI> CANTVS.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>ROBERT IONES.</BYLINE>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> <HI>_I Am &s;o farre from pit&spcDash;ty&spcDash;ing thee, That wear'&s;t a branch of VVil&spcDash;low tree, That I doe en&spcDash;uie thee and all, that once was high &amp; got a fall, O willow willow willo, .ij. .ij. O .ij. Willo willo tree I would thou did&s;t be&spcDash;long to me.</HI> </P>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Thy wearing Willow doth imply,</L>
<L>That thou art happier farre then I,</L>
<L>For once thou wert where thou would&s;t be,</L>
<L>Though now thou wear'&s;t the Willow tree,</L>
<L>O Willow willow &s;weete willow,</L>
<L>Let me once lie vpon her pillow.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>I doe defie both bough and roote,</L>
<L>And all the friends of h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ll to boote,</L>
<L>One houre of Paradi&s;ed ioye,</L>
<L>Makes Purgatorie &s;eeme a toye,</L>
<L>O willow willow doe thy wor&s;t,</L>
<L>Thou can&s;t not make me more accur&s;t.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>I haue &s;pent all my golden time,</L>
<L>In writing many a louing rime,</L>
<L>I haue con&s;umed all my youth,</L>
<L>In vowing of my faith and trueth</L>
<L>O willow willow willow tree,</L>
<L>Yet can I not beleeued bee.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>And now al as it is too late,</L>
<L>Gray hayres the me&s;&s;enger of fate,</L>
<L>Bids me to &s;et my heart at re&s;t,</L>
<L>For beautie loueth yong men be&s;t,</L>
<L>O willow willo I mu&s;t die,</L>
<L>Thy &s;eruants happier farre then I.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="bassus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="18">
<HEAD>BASSVS.</HEAD>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> _I Am &s;o farre. </P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="13" TYPE="song">
<DIV2 N="cantus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="19">
<HEAD>XIII. <HI>CANTVS.</HI></HEAD>
<BYLINE>ROBERT IONES.</BYLINE>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> _AS I lay lately in a dreame, me thought I &s;aw a wonderous thing, a woman faire tran&s;&spcDash;for&spcDash;med was into a Fidle, .ij. with&spcDash;out a &s;tring, A Metamorpho&s;is &s;o rare, as all mo&s;t made mee wake for feare, O this is rare, yea verie verie rare, yea .ij. .ij. A won&spcDash;derous thing &s;o faire a Fidle. .ij. .ij. Didle, didle didle, .ij. .ij. a fidle didle, .ij. .ij. So faire a Fidle &s;hould want a &s;tring. </P>
<PB REF="20">
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Till hone&s;t neighbours dwelling nigh,</L>
<L>Said they would all her wants &s;upply,</L>
<L>And &s;aid that they haue &s;trings in &s;tore,</L>
<L>For &s;uch a Fidle and fortie more,</L>
<L>For loue they beare vnto the &s;port,</L>
<L>Theyle make her fit for the con&s;ort.</L>
<L>O this is rare,</L>
<L>Yea, very rare.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>Theyle &s;end her fir&s;t to &s;ome that can,</L>
<L>Put in the peg, and peg her than,</L>
<L>If that her bridge be broken &s;o,</L>
<L>As that the Fidle cannot go,</L>
<L>Theyle &s;oone deui&s;e &s;ome other way,</L>
<L>To make her &s;ound the round-delay.</L>
<L>O this is rare,</L>
<L>Yea very rare.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>When they haue &s;et her in the keye,</L>
<L>You mu&s;t not &s;traine her &s;trings &s;o high,</L>
<L>For feare the Fidle chance to crake,</L>
<L>Nor let the &s;trings be too too &s;lacke,</L>
<L>The Diapa&s;on is her &s;ound,</L>
<L>The lowe&s;t note is mo&s;t profound.</L>
<L>O this is rare,</L>
<L>Yea very rare.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>But note a di&s;cord in Mu&s;icke,</L>
<L>To &s;ound &s;ome. Note without the pricke,</L>
<L>And then for keeping of your moode,</L>
<L>Sing three to one thats pa&s;sing good,</L>
<L>Of all the Notes in Gamuet &s;cale,</L>
<L>The Long is that which mu&s;t not faile.</L>
<L>O this is rare.</L>
<L>Yea very rare,</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="bassus" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>BASSVS.</HEAD>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> _AS l laye lately. </P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="14" TYPE="song">
<DIV2 N="cantus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="21">
<HEAD>XIIII. <HI>CANTVS.</HI></HEAD>
<BYLINE>ROBERT IONES.</BYLINE>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> _THere was a wyly ladde, met with a bonny la&s;&s;e, much pretie &s;port they had, but I wot not what it was, hee woed her for a ki&s;&s;e, She plainely &s;aid him no, I pray quoth he, nay nay quoth Shee, nay, nay, quoth &s;hee, I pray you let mee goe. </P>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Full many louely tearms did pa&s;&s;e in merrie glee,</L>
<L>He cold her in his armes, and daunc't her on his knee,</L>
<L>And faine he would haue paide &s;uch debts as he did owe,</L>
<L>I pray quoth he, nay nay quoth &s;hee,</L>
<L>I pray you let me goe.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>Sweete be you not &s;o nice to gratifie a friend,</L>
<L>If ki&s;sing be a vice, my &s;ute is at an end,</L>
<L>Noe noe it is the rule, to learne a man to woe,</L>
<L>I pray quoth he, nay nay quoth &s;hee,</L>
<L>I pray you let me goe.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>For Cupid hath an eye, to play a louers part,</L>
<L>And &s;wift his arrowes flie to leauell at the heart,</L>
<L>Thy beautie was my bane, that brought me to his bo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">e,</L>
<L>I pray quoth he, nay nay quoth &s;hee,</L>
<L>I pray you let me goe.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>Good Sir alas you feede, your fancie with conceit,</L>
<L>Sweete &s;weet how &s;hould we &s;peede, if louers could not &s;peake.</L>
<L>I &s;peake but what I wi&s;h, the &s;pirit wils me &s;o,</L>
<L>I pray quoth he, nay ny quoth &s;hee,</L>
<L>I pray you let me goe.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="6">
<HEAD>6</HEAD>
<L>With that &s;hee &s;wore an Oath, and loth &s;he was to breake it,</L>
<L>And &s;o to plea&s;e them both, he gaue and &s;hee did take it,</L>
<L>There was no labour lo&s;t, true amitie to &s;how,</L>
<L>Adew quoth he, nay, &s;tay, quoth &s;hee,</L>
<L>Let's ki&s;&s;e before you goe.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="bassus" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>BASSVS.</HEAD>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> _THere was a wyly. </P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="15" TYPE="song">
<DIV2 N="cantus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="22">
<HEAD>XV. <HI>CANTVS.</HI></HEAD>
<BYLINE>ROBERT IONES.</BYLINE>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> _MY father faine would haue mee take a man that hath a beard, my mother &s;hee cries out a&spcDash;lacke, and makes mee much afraide, for&spcDash;&s;ooth I am not olde enough, nowe &s;urely this is goodly &s;tuffe, Faith let my mother marrie mee, or let &s;ome young man bu&spcDash;rie mee. </P>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>For I haue liu'd the&s;e fourteene yeeres,</L>
<L>My mother knowes it well,</L>
<L>What neede &s;hee then to ca&s;t &s;uch feares,</L>
<L>Can any body tell?</L>
<L>As though yong women doe not know,</L>
<L>That cu&s;tome will not let them wo,</L>
<L>I would bee glad if I might chu&s;e,</L>
<L>But I were maade if I refu&s;e.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>My mother bids me goe to Schoole,</L>
<L>And learne to doe &s;ome good,</L>
<L>T'were well if &s;hee would let the foole,</L>
<L>Come home and &s;ucke a dugge,</L>
<L>As if my father knew not yet,</L>
<L>That maidens are for yong men fit,</L>
<L>Giue me my mind and let me wed,</L>
<L>Or you &s;hall quickly find me dead.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>How &s;oone my mother hath forgot,</L>
<L>That euer &s;hee was yong,</L>
<L>And how that &s;hee denyed not,</L>
<L>But &s;ung another &s;ong,</L>
<L>I mu&s;t not &s;peake what I doe thinke,</L>
<L>When I am drie I may not drinke.</L>
<L>Though her de&s;ire be now growen old,</L>
<L>She mu&s;t haue fier when &s;hee is cold.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>You &s;ee the mother loues the &s;onne,</L>
<L>The father loues the maide,</L>
<L>What would &s;hee haue me be a Nun?</L>
<L>I will not be delaide,</L>
<L>I will not liue thus idle &s;till,</L>
<L>My mother &s;hall not haue her will,</L>
<L>My father &s;peaketh like a man,</L>
<L>I will be married doe what &s;hee can.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="bassus" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>BASSVS.</HEAD>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> _MY father faine. </P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="16" TYPE="song">
<DIV2 N="cantus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="23">
<HEAD>XVI. <HI>CANTVS.</HI></HEAD>
<BYLINE>ROBERT IONES.</BYLINE>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> _MY loue hath her true loue betraide, Why tis a fault that is to common yet &s;hall it not be e&spcDash;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">er &s;aide, my faith depended on a woman, If &s;hee did, .ij. .ij. to prooue vn&spcDash;true, I &s;hall doe wor&s;e, .ij. to change for new. </P>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Che hath &s;ome vertues followe them,</L>
<L>Take not example by her lightne&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>Be not among&s;t the vulgar men.</L>
<L>Though &s;he b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> clouded, keepe thy brightne&s;&s;e:</L>
<L>Perhaps her &s;el&s;e in time may proove,</L>
<L>What tis to wrong a con&s;tant loue</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>The many vowes giuen by my faire,</L>
<L>Were none of hers: the wind did owe them,</L>
<L>Then weare they breath. now are they ayre.</L>
<L>Whence fir&s;t they came, there &s;he be&s;lowes them.</L>
<L>Then maruell not thou women alter,</L>
<L>When all things turne to their fir&s;t matter,</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="bassus" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>BASSVS.</HEAD>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> _MY love hath. </P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="17" TYPE="song">
<DIV2 N="cantus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="24">
<HEAD>XVII. <HI>CANTVS.</HI></HEAD>
<BYLINE>ROBERT IONES.</BYLINE>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> _ALl my &s;ence thy &s;weete&spcDash;ne&s;&s;e gained, Thy faire hayte my heart enchained. Fa, la, la, My poore rea&s;on thy wordes mooued, So that thee like like heauen I loued. lire derida, Fa, la, la, le&spcDash;ri&spcDash;dan. ij. .ij. Fa, la, la, lerideridane, lerideri dan leri&spcDash;dan dei, while to my minde the out&spcDash;&s;ide &s;toode, for me&s;&s;enger of inward good. </P>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2</HEAD>
<L>Now thy &s;weetne&s;&s;e &s;owre is deemed,</L>
<L>Thy hayre not worth a hayre e&s;teemed,</L>
<L>While to my minde the out&s;ide &s;tood,</L>
<L>Finding that, but words they proou'd,</L>
<L>Fa, la. la,</L>
<L>Dan, dan, dan.</L>
<L>For no faire Signe can credit winne,</L>
<L>It that the &s;ub&s;tance faile within.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3</HEAD>
<L>No more in thy &s;weetene&s;&s;e glorie,</L>
<L>For thy knitting hayre be &s;orie,</L>
<L>V&s;e thy words but to bewaile thee,</L>
<L>That no more thy beames auaile thee,</L>
<L>Fa, la, la.</L>
<L>Dan, dan, dan:</L>
<L>Lay not thy colours more to viewe,</L>
<L>Without the Picture be found true.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4</HEAD>
<L>Woe to me, alas &s;hee weepeth,</L>
<L>Foole in me, what folly creepeth.</L>
<L>Was I to bla&s;phemie enraged,</L>
<L>W<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">re my &s;oule I haue engaged,</L>
<L>Fa, la, la,</L>
<L>Dan, dan, dan,</L>
<L>And wretched I mu&s;t yeeld to this</L>
<L>The fault I blame her cha&s;tne&s;&s;e is&punc;</L>
</LG>
<LG N="5">
<HEAD>5</HEAD>
<L>Sweetne&s;&s;e &s;weetely pardon folly,</L>
<L>Tye my hayre your capture &s;olly,</L>
<L>Words O words of heauenly knowledge,</L>
<L>Know my words their faults acknowledge,</L>
<L>Fa, la, la,</L>
<L>Dan, dan, dan,</L>
<L>And all my life I will confe&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>The le&s;&s;e I loue, I liue the le&s;&s;e.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="bassus" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>BASSVS.</HEAD>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> _ALl my &s;en&s;e. </P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="18" TYPE="song">
<DIV2 N="cantus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="25">
<HEAD><HI>XVIII.</HI> CANTVS.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>ROBERT IONES.</BYLINE>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> <HI>_TO the deafe A&s;pe with dying voice, Sad&spcDash;ly I Sing this heauie charme, that if thy heart doe ere reioyce, and &s;et at nought my grieuous harme, this ver&s;e writ with a dead mans arme, may haunt thy &s;en&s;ele&s;&s;e eyes and eares, may haunt thy &s;encele&s;&s;e eyes and eares, turne ioyes to Cares, .ij. and hopes to feares.</HI> </P>
<LG>
<L>By thy Creators pietie,</L>
<L>By her that brought thee to this light,</L>
<L>By thy deare Nur&s;es loue to thee,</L>
<L>By Loue it &s;elfe, Heauens, Day, and Night,</L>
<L>By all that can thy &s;en&s;e delight,</L>
<L>When I am cold, and wrapt in Lead,</L>
<L>Remember oft thy &s;eruant dead.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>So &s;hall my &s;hadow thee attend,</L>
<L>Like calme&s;t breath of is e&s;terne wind,</L>
<L>If not: with grones it &s;hall a&s;cend,</L>
<L>Like Rauen, Owle, Beare, or helli&s;h feind,</L>
<L>Ratling the chaines which doe it bind,</L>
<L>And where thou art by &s;ilent night,</L>
<L>It &s;hall thy guiltie &s;oule affright.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Yet Sea-men to&s;t with &s;tormie Wind,</L>
<L>Voide of all hope, re&s;olu'd to die,</L>
<L>From powerfull heauens oft mercie find,</L>
<L>And &s;o may I find grace with thee,</L>
<L>No, no, thou can&s;t not pitie me,</L>
<L>A&s;pes cannot heare, nor liue can I,</L>
<L>Thou heare&s;t not, vnheard I die.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="bassus" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>BASSVS.</HEAD>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> _TO the deafe. </P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="19" TYPE="song">
<DIV2 N="cantus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="26">
<HEAD>XIX. <HI>CANTVS.</HI></HEAD>
<BYLINE>ROBERT IONES.</BYLINE>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> _BEhold her locks like wyers of beaten gold, her eyes like&s;tars that twickle ij. -ij. in the skie, Her heauenly face, her beauenly face, not fram'd of earthly mold, her voice that &s;ounds the heauens melody, the miracles of time, .ij. of time, the worldes &s;torie, Fortunes Queene, .ij. Loues trea&s;ure, Natures glorie. </P>
<LG>
<L><HI>N<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> flattering hopes &s;hee likes, blind Fortunes baite,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Nor <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> delight, fond fancies gla&s;&s;e,</HI></L>
<L><HI>N<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">r charmes that doe inchant, fal&s;e Arts decei<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">t,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Nor fading ioyes, which time makes &s;wiftly pa&s;&s;e,</HI></L>
<L><HI>But cha&s;t de&s;ires, which beateth all the&s;e downe,</HI></L>
<L><HI>A Godde&s;&s;e looke is worth a Monarches Crowne.</HI></L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="bassus" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>BASSVS.</HEAD>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> _BEhold her lockes. </P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="20" TYPE="song">
<DIV2 N="cantus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="27">
<HEAD>XX. <HI>CANTVS.</HI></HEAD>
<BYLINE>ROBERT IONES.</BYLINE>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> <HI>_ALthough the wings of my de&spcDash;&s;ires bee clipte, and my Loue thoughtes, from moun&spcDash;ting, from mounting lowlye boun&spcDash;ded, though &s;lie &s;u&s;pect my ioyes with fro&s;t hath nipt, So as my hopes, .ij. with feares, .ij. are &s;till &s;ur&spcDash;roun&spcDash;ded, yet will I liue to loue, .ij. al&spcDash;though through loue I die, and Cumber. &s;till, .ij. &s;till do grow, and comforts from mee flie, No iea&spcDash;lous thoughts. .ij. &s;hall force mee
<PB REF="28"> <GAP DESC="music"> to re&spcDash;tyre, but I will hope, .ij. .ij. to enioye my hearts de&s;ire.</HI> </P>
<LG>
<L>Which likes to Loue, and yet the &s;ame conceale,</L>
<L>Remembrance chiefty working my relieuing,</L>
<L>Though times of ioye be &s;hort, yet will I &s;teale</L>
<L>Such times, to keepe my heart from further grieuing,</L>
<L>Force may remooue my lookes, but not expell my ioy,</L>
<L>Though Cupids &s;haft giue carele&s;&s;e wounds, tis no annoy,</L>
<L>While&s;t life endures, Ile loue though &s;eeme to &s;hunne</L>
<L>That Port of re&s;t, from whence my comforts come.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="bassus" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>BASSVS.</HEAD>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> <HI>_ALthough the wings.</HI> </P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="21" TYPE="song">
<DIV2 N="cantus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="29">
<HEAD><HI>XXI</HI> CANTVS.</HEAD>
<BYLINE>ROBERT IONES.</BYLINE>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> <HI>_MIght I redeeme myne er&spcDash;rours with mine eyes, and &s;hed but for each &s;euer<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ll &s;inne a teare, The &s;umme to &s;uch a great ac&spcDash;count &s;hould ri&s;e, that I &s;hould neuer make .ij. mine Au&spcDash;dit cleare, The totall is too bigge to paye the &s;core, I am &s;o rich, .ij. in &s;inne, in teares &s;o poore.</HI> </P>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>2.</HEAD>
<L>O wretched wealth that doth procure &s;uch want,</L>
<L>Vnhappy &s;oule to bee &s;o rich in &s;in,</L>
<L>The &s;tore whereof doth make all graces &s;cant,</L>
<L>An &s;tops thy teares, ere they doe &s;carce begin,</L>
<L>What once a famous Poet &s;ung be &s;ore,</L>
<L>I finde too true my plenty makes me poore.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>3.</HEAD>
<L>O might I prooue in this a prodigall,</L>
<L>And bate my meanes by le&s;&s;'ning of my &s;tocke,</L>
<L>I &s;hould in grace grow great, in &s;innes but &s;mall,</L>
<L>If I could euery day from forth the &s;hocke</L>
<L>But pull one care, O ten-times happy want,</L>
<L>When teares increa&s;e and &s;innes doe grow more &s;cant.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="4">
<HEAD>4.</HEAD>
<L>O that my God with &s;uch &s;weete &s;trokes would &s;trike,</L>
<L>And by his grace &s;o bank-rout mine e&s;tate,</L>
<L>That growing poore in &s;inne I Lazar like,</L>
<L>Might dayly beg for mercy at his gate,</L>
<L>And craue (though not admittance to his fea&s;t)</L>
<L>Some crums of grace to feede my &s;oule at lea&s;t.</L>
</LG>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="bassus" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="30">
<HEAD>BASSVS.</HEAD>
<P><GAP DESC="music"> _MIght I redeeme. </P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
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