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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05246	A booke of ayres vvith a triplicitie of musicke, whereof the first part is for the lute or orpharion, and the viole de gambo, and 4. partes to sing, the second part is for 2. trebles to sing to the lute and viole, the third part is for the lute and one voyce, and the viole de gambo. Composed by Iohn Bartlet Gentleman and practitioner in this arte.	Bartlet, John, fl. 1606-1610.	1606 (1606)	STC 1539; ESTC S106642	12,303	52

A BOOKE OF AYRES VVith a Triplicitie of MVSICKE WHEREOF THE FIRST Part is for the Lute or Orpharion and the Uiole de Gambo and 4. Partes to sing The second part is for 2. Trebles to sing to the Lute and Viole the third part is for the Lute and one Voyce and the Viole de Gambo Composde by IOHN BARTLET Gentleman and practitioner in this Arte. LONDON Printed by IOHN VVINDET for Iohn Browne and are to bee solde at his shoppe in Saint Dunstones Churchyeard in Fleet Street 1606. To the right honorable his singular good Lord and Maister Sir Edvvard Seymoore Knight Baron Beacham Earle of Hartfoord and Lieftenant of his Maiesties Counties of Somerset and Wiltes IT is a question hardly to be determined my most honorable Lord whether Musicke may esteeme her selfe more graced by the singularskil exquisite knowledge wherwith your Lordship is indued both in the speculation and practise thereof or by the many benefites and infinite fauours your Honourable bountie hath conferred on the professors of that faculty in both are the muses greatly honoured and we their seruants highly blest whose vertuous endeuours and studious labours not in this onely but in many other kindes of Learning haue receiued their life growth and perfection chereshed and enabled by the warmth your beames haue cast vpon them Amongst many that on the Muses behalfe doe owe your Lordshippe the tribute of their pennes I must profes my self to stand deepliest engaged in the debt of dutie in that the poornes of my merit holds least proportiō with the largenes of your grace and that my vtmost desert can reach no further then humbly to acknowledge that what delight or sweetenes soeuer these my simple trauels may bring to such generous and well composed spiritsas beare affection to this quality was inspired meby no other power then the influence of your fauour And though the error of conceite cannot make me so far ouervalew them as to esteem them worthy your Lordships iudicious hearing yet I will confesse their want of worth wherewith my selfe as an impartial censurer haue already iustly taxte them could not diuert my purpose from publishing to the world the zeale I beare to thankefulnesse wherin I am ambitious of nothing but your Lordshippes fauourable acceptance and protection which if it may please you to vouchsafe to this first birth of my Muse. I shall then be as farre from fearing detraction and censure as I am free from affecting glory and prayse Your Lordships most humble deuoted seruant John Bartlet I. CANTO O Lord thy faith-fulnes and prayse I will ii ii with viole sing with viole sing my harpe shal sound ii thy laud and prayse O Israels holy King holy King my mouth wil ioy with pleasant voyce when I shall sing to thee and eke my soule will much reioyce for thou hast made me free I ALTO O Lord thy faithfulnes and prayse and prayse I will .ii. with Viol sing with .ii. my harpe shal sound my .ii. thy laud and prayse O Israels holy King O Israels holy King my mouth wil ioy with pleasant voyce when I shal sing I shal sing to thee and eke my soule will much reioyce for thou hast made me free I. BASSO O Lord thy faithfulnes and prayse I wil I wil with viole sing with viole sing my harpe shal sound my .ii. thy laud and prayse thy .ii praise O Israels holy king my mouth wil ioy with pleasant voyce when I shall sing to thee and eke my soule wil much reioyce for thou hast made mee free I TENOR O Lord thy faithfulnes and praise I wil I wil with viol sing with viol with ii my harpe shal sound my harpe shal sound thy laud and prayse O Israels holy King .ii. holy King my mouth wil ioy with pleasant voyce when I shal sing to thee and eke my soule wil much reioyce for thou hast made me free II. CANTO IF euer haples womā had a cause to breath her plaintes into the open ayre the opē ayre and neuer suffer inward griefe to pause or seeke her sorrow shaken soules re payre then I for I haue lost my onelie brother whose like this age can scarsly yeeld an other 2 Come therefore mournefull Muses and lament Forsake all want on pleasing motions Bedew your cheekes stil shal my teares be spent Yet still in creast with inundations For I must weepe since I haue lost my brother Whose like c. 3 The cruell hand of murther cloyde with bloud Lewdly depriude him of his mortall life Woe the death attended blades that stoode In opposition gainst him in the strife VVherein he fell and where I lost a brother VVhose like c. 4 Then vnto griefe let me a Temple make And mourning dayly enter sorrowes portes Knocke on my breast sweete brother for thy sake Nature and loue will both be my consorts And helpe me aye to wayle my onely brother II ALTO IF euer haples woman had a cause if .ii. if .ii. to breath her plaints into the open aire in .ii. and neuer suffer inward griefe to pause or seek her sorrow shaken soules repaire then I then I for I for I haue lost my onely brother whose like this age can scarsely yeeld an other whose .ii. then II. BASSO IF euer haples woman had a cause to breath If .ii. her plaints to breath her plaintes into the open aire the open aire neuer suffer inward griefe to pause to pause or seeke her sorrow shakē soules repaire then I for I haue lost my only brother whose like this age cā scarsly yeeld another scarsely yeeld an other then II TENOR IF euer haples woman had a cause had a cause if .ii. had a cause to breath her plaintes into the open aire and ne-uer suffer inward griefe to pause to pause or seeke her sorrow shaken soules repaire then I for I haue lost my onely brother whose like this age can scarsely yeeld an other whose .ii. then III. CANTO WHen frō my loue I lookte for loue and kind affections due to wel I foūd her vowes to proue most faithles and vn true for when I did aske her why most sharpely she did re ply that shee with mee did neere agree to loue but iesting ly Marke but the subtle policies that female louers finde VVho loues to fixe their constācies like fethers in the wind Though they sweare vow and protest That they loue you chiefly best Yet by and by they le all denie And say t was but in iest III ALTO WHen from my loue I lookt for loue and kind affections due too well I found her vowes to proue most faithles and vntrue for when I did aske her why most sharpely she did reply that she with me did neere agree to loue but iestingly for III BASSO WHen from my loue I lookt for loue and kind affections due to wel I found her vowes to proue most faithles and vntrue for when I did aske her why most sharpely she did reply that she