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Mottets of two voyces for treble or tenor and bass With the continued bass or score: to be performed to an organ, harpspycon, lute or bass-viol. Published by Walter Porter, who was one of the gentlemen of the Royal Chappel of the late King, and master of the choristers at Westminster. Basso continuo.
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Porter, Walter, d. 1659.
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MOTTETS Of TWO VOYCES FOR TREBLE OR TENOR and BASS With the CONTINUED BASS or SCORE To be performed to an Organ Harpspycon Lute or Bass-Viol PUBLISHED By WALTER PORTER Who was one of the Gentlemen of the Royal Chappel of the late King and Master of the Choristers at Westminster BASSO CONTINUO LONDON Printed by WILLIAM GODBID for the Author 1657. To the highly Honour'd and most Hopefull Gentleman EDWARD LAVRENCE Esq SIR BEfore I pay my Debt to Nature I would willingly discharge the Debt I owe to your so many Civilities and Favours And I should then Depart well pleas'd could I leave something to shew That I have Lived And a Testimony that I Died with the Honour of being knowne Your Servant How farre These few MOTTETS which I here humbly present you will contribute to the Ambition of my Designe the Modesty of an Old Man alwayes distrusting his owne Compositions may make him suspect Which yet cannot but find a Pardon if not a Patronage from a Soule so Harmonious as Yours However the Offer is Pious and the Adventure Noble that I should Dare to put a Spirit for the Note is That by which they Breath into the Words of Excellent Sandys Words so Pure and Proper as that David Himself would have sung them with Joy I might without Prophanation have spoke higher And had the Church of England but the Happiness to receive into Her Assemblies Those Psalms Thus Translated Her Enemies long before this would have turn'd their Scorn into Envy and Witty Atheists their Scoffs into Admiration I am sure the Prudent Worshipper of God in stead of Scandal had receiv'd Delight I complain not of all Some I confess are Tolerable In the mean time I am among Those who Mourn to see These transcendently Holy Raptures even in Publick Worship exposed to so much Scandal and Scorn I could not say less to Advance the Subject of my Mottets Nor can I speak too much to Excuse the Meanness of the Composition yet having followed the Grounds of an Art by me studied more then 50 years something in These may prove not unworthy of Your Eye though the Author has at present little else to bring him forth from Obscurity then the Honour He hopes to receive of being acknowledged Sir Your ever oblieged and ready humble Servant W. P. To all Lovers of MUSICK Gentlemen I Must confess the most of these Mottets were composed for a great Lover of Musick and my especial friend Sir Edward Spencer an Honorable Mecenas to all Virtuoso's known to him a person indued with exemplary gifts and virtues who I presum'd would have liv'd to have seen them published but God hath taken him unto whose glorious Name I doubt not but he sings Alleluiahs in the Heavenly Quire whose goodness though he be missing lives in his virtuous Lady continuing favours and noble respect to all he lov'd and esteemed giving them to understand their friend is not dead to them as long as she is living for which may she find her reward in heaven This worthy friend of mine being taken away weighing my deep ingagements to several friends but disabled being plung'd by these tempestuous times in many dangerous stormes of adversity and growing calamities to retaliate their many civilities and courtesies yet willing notwithstanding to return some grateful acknowledgment resolv'd to tender these Mottets to them not offering them for their worthiness or merit but as a testimony and reall demonstration of my sincere and cordiall respect not having according to the blessed Apostle St. Peter either Gold or Silver but such as I have c. My aim in the Composing these Divine Hymnes was at Good Ayre Variety and to marry the Words and Notes wel together according to the saying of that famous Musician Mr. Robert Johnson I desire those to whom any of these things shall come to have them well voic'd humor'd and sung right and to follow the rule of that excellent Musician my worthy friend Mr. Thomas Ford who familiarly said and knew it by experience that no Song could be so well sung and humor'd as that which was known to the Performers by practise If you shall vouchsafe to follow his rule and satisfie my request I shall adventure to say with the Italian Spero Che questa cosa non vuol dispiacere I hope these things will not displease you The Inducement of my Composing of Parts onely was in regard of the scarcity of Voyces it being both difficult and troublesome to get two Voyces much more three or foure together to Sing Sure and Masterlike And the Ignorant judge frequently by the Performance not by the Composition which caus'dthat unparalell'd Master of Musick my good Friend and Maestro to vindicate a good Composition ill performed affirming that had he been Rector Chori he would have made that Song before judg'd had to have pass'd for good So advantagious and necessary is the Iudicious ordering and management of Musick This I am to advertise you that you are to sing but where there are Words or this signe of Repetition having made the Singing Bass a Thorough Bass and that all the Words of these Mottets are taken out of the learned Poet Mr. George Sandys his Paraphrase on the Holy Psalmes of David but onely the Third and Fifth So entreating your Acceptance and charitable censure as also to amend the defects of the Composition in your well-performance I rest Yours in all love WALTER PORTER Mottets of 2 Voyces Basso continuo Walter Porter To Sir WILLIAM OVVEN I. WHen Israel George Sandys To Sir JOHN THOROVVGOOD II. Vers. O Blest estate Chor. George Sandys To Sir EDVVARD SEBRIGHT III. BEhold S. S. Psal. 134. To Mr. EDVVARD MONTAGUE IV. HOw long George Sandys To JOHN MOSTYN Esq V. I Will lift up Chor. Chor. E S. To Sir JOHN BROVVN Esq VI First part WHo knows the terror Second part To JUSTINIAN PAGET Esq VII Chor. Vers. THy bounty Chor. George Sandys To Mr. WILLIAM SETTERTHVVAIT X. First part CAst off Second part George Sandys To Mr. LAMBERT ORBERSTYN IX Vers. WHen I the bold Chor. Vers. Vers. Last Chor. Chor. George Sandys To Mr. RICHARD BUSBY X. First part GReat God of Hosts Second part How long shall they c. WHo strangers George Sandys To Captain WILLIAM CRESSET XI Vers. BUt O thrice blessed he Chor. Vers. Chor. Ver. Chor. Vers. Chor. Chor. Chor. George Sandys To Mr. JAMES HOVVEL Esq XII MY ravisht Soul George Sandys To Mr. GEORGE PALMER XIII Vers. Chorus 3 times over LOrd showre on us Vers. Vers. Chor. Chor. Vers. Chor. Chor. George Sandys Mottets of 2 Voyces BASSUS Walter Porter To JOHN MOSTYN Esq V. Vers. I VVill lift up Ev'n from the Lord my help doth come who made of Heav'n and Earth the total sum See see and behold for he that Israel keeps shall not be seiz'd with slumber nor with sleep Neither the Sun by Day nor the Moon nor the Moon by Night Chor. nay th' Lord himself
preserve preserve thy Soul with light The Lord preserve thy going out and coming in for evermore for evermore from hurt or sin from hurt or wrong from shame or sin E. S. To JOHN BROVVN Esq VI First part WHo knows the terror of thy wrath or to thy dreadful anger hath pro portion'd his due fear Teach us to number our frail daies that we our Hearts to thee to thee may raise and wisely sin forbear Second part Lord O how long at length relent and of our miseries repent thy early mercy shew That we may unknown comfort unknown comfort taste For those long dayes of sorrow past as long of joy bestow George Sandys To JUSTINIAN PAGET Esq VII Chorus THe Bounty of Iehovah praise This God of gods all Scepters swaies Vers. Chor. For from the King of Kings eternal mercy springs Him praise who fram'd the arched Skie Those Orbs that move so orderlie Firm Earth above The Flouds that move Display'd and rais'd the Hils on high For from the King of Kings Eternal mercy springs George Sandys To Mr. WILLIAM SETTERTHVVAIT VIII First part CAst off and scattered scattered in thine Ire in thine Ire Lord on our woes with pity pity look The Lands inforc'd inforc'd foundations shook in forc'd foundations shook whose yawning ruptures sighs sighs sighs expire O O cure the breaches the breaches thou hast rent and make her make her firmly firmly permanent Second part Our Souls thou hast with sorrow fed with sorrow fed and mad'st us drink of deadly deadly Wine Yet now yet now thy Ensigns giv'st to thine thy Ensigns giv'st to thine to thine Ev'n when beset with trem-bling dread that we thy Banner may display that we thy Banner may display whilest truth to conquest conquest makes our way George Sandys To Mr. LAMBERT ORBERSTYN IX Vers. WHen I the bold Chor. Vers. become of all abhorr'd Their words are vain and full and full of guile they wisdome from their hearts their hearts exile forsaken Virtue hate Who Chor. Last Chor. mischief on their beds contrive and vices propagate Let not the feet of pride of pride de-feat nor such as are in mischief in mischief great my guiltless Soul surprise The workers of Iniquitie are falne are falne like Meteors from the skie cast down cast down no more to rise George Sandys To Mr. WILLIAM FULLER XIV WHo knows who knows what his offences be From secret sins O clense O clense thou me And from presumptuous crimes restrain nor let them in thy Servant reign so shall I live in Innocence so shal I live in Innocence not spotted with that great offence that great offence My Fortress my Deliverer O let the prayers my lips prefer prefer thoughts which from my heart arise be acceptable be acceptable in thine eyes George Sandys To Mr. ROBERT COLEMAN XV Vers. THou Mover Chor. As Servants mark their Masters hands as Maids their Mistresses comVers mands and liberty expect So we deprest by enemies and growing troubles fix our Eyes on God who sits on high Till he in mercy shall descend to Chor. give our miseries an end and turn our tears our tears to joy Till he in mercy shall descend to give our miseries an end and turn our tears our tears to joy Last Chor. O save us Lord us Lord O save us Lord us Lord by all forlorn the subject of contempt and scorn the subject of contempt of contempt and scorn and scorn Defend us from their pride who live in fluency and ease who Slow time who with our woes their malice please and miseries deride George Sandys To Mr. EDVVARD WORMAL XVI O Happy he who God obeys nor from his directions strays thou shalt of thy labours feed all shall to thy wish thy wish succeed Like a fair and fruitful Vine by thy House thy Wife shal join Sons obedient to command Shall about thy Table stand shall like green plants of Olives set by the moistning rivulet He who fears the power above thus shall prosper in his love God shall thee from Sion bless thou shalt joy in the suc cess which the Lord will Salem give while thou hast a day to live thou shalt see thou shalt see our Israels peace and thy childrens large increase George Sandys To Mr. JOHN HILTON B. M. XVII Vers. Chor. MY Soul In misery he heard he heard thy cry to him thy Vers. Prayers thy Prayers direct Sorrows of Death my Soul assail'd the greedy Chor. jaws of Hell of Hell prevail'd Deprest deprest with grief when all relief and Vers. Chor. humane pity fail'd O from the Grave thy Servant thy Last Chor. Servant save for mercy lives in thee The Innocent and long distrest the humble mind by wrongs opprest thy favour still preserves from ill My Soul then take then take thy rest George Sandys