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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11064	A booke of ayres, set foorth to be song to the lute, orpherian, and base violl, by Philip Rosseter lutenist: and are to be solde at his house in Fleetstreete neere to the Grayhound	Rosseter, Philip, 1567 or 8-1623.; Campion, Thomas, 1567-1620. aut	1601 (1601)	STC 21332; ESTC S111881	10,443	49

A BOOKE OF AYRES Set foorth to be song to the Lute Orph●rian and ●a●e Violl by Philip Rosseter Lutenist And are to be solde at his house in Fleetstreete neere to the Grayhound AT LONOND Printed by Peter Short by the assent of Thomas Morley 1601. TO THE RIGHT VERTVOVS AND WORTHY KNIGHT SIR THOMAS MOVNSON SIR the generall voice of your worthines and the manie particular fauours which I haue heard Master Campion with dutifull respect often acknowledge himselfe to haue receiued from you haue emboldned mee to present this Booke of Ayres to your fauourable iudgement and gracious protection especially because the first ranke of songs are of his owne composition made at his vacant houres and priuately emparted to his friends whereby they grew both publicke and as coine crackt in exchange corrupted some of them both words and notes vnrespectiuely challenged by others In regard of which wronges though his selfe neglects these light fruits as superfluous blossomes of his deeper Studies yet hath it pleased him vpon my entreaty to grant me the impression of part of them to which I haue added an equall number of mine owne And this two-faced Janus thus in one bodie vnited I humbly entreate you to entertaine and defend chiefely in respect of the affection which I suppose you beare him who I am assured doth aboue all others loue and honour you And for my part I shall thinke my selfe happie if in anie seruice I may deserue this fauour Your Worships humbly deuoted PH●●●● 〈◊〉 TO THE READER WHAT Epigrams are in Poetrie the same are Ayres in musicke then in their chiefe perfection when they are short and well seasoned But to clogg a light song with a long Praeludium is to corrupt the nature of it Manie rests in Musicke were inuented either for necessitie of the fuge or granted as a harmonicall licence in songs of many parts but in Ayres I find no vse they haue vnlesse it be to make a vulgar and triuiall modulation seeme to the ignorant strange and to the iudiciall tedious A naked Ayre without guide or prop or colour but his owne is easily censured of euerie care and requires so much the more inuention to make it please And as Martiall speakes in defence of his short Epigrams so may I say in th' apologie of Ayres that where there is a full volume there can be no imputation of shortnes The Lyricke Poets among the Greekes and Latines were first inuenters of Ayres tying themselues strictly to the number and value of their sillables of which sort you shall find here onely one song in Saphicke verse the rest are after the fascion of the time eare-pleasing rimes without Arte. The subiect of them is for the most part amorous and why not amorous songs as well as amorous attires Or why not new Ayres as well as new fascious For the Note and Tabl●ture if they satisfie the most we haue our desire let expert masters please themselues with better And if anie light error hath escaped vs the skilfull may easily correct it the vnskilfull will hardly perceiue it But there are some who to appeare the more deepe and singular in their iudgement will admit no Musicke but that which is long intricate bated with fuge chaind with sincopation and where the nature of euerie word is percisely exprest in the Note like the old exploided action in Comedies when it they did pronounce Memeni they would point to the hinder part of their heads if Video put their finger in their eye But such childish obseruing of words is altogether ridiculous and we ought to maintaine as well in Notes as in action a manly cariage gracing no word but that which is eminent and emphaticall Neuertheles as in Poesie we giue the preheminence to the Heroicall Poeme so in Musicke we yeeld the chiefe place to the graue and well inuented Motet but not to euery harsh and dull confused Fantasie where in multitude of points the Harmonie is quite drowned Ayres haue both their Art and pleasure and I will conclude of them as the Poet did in his censure of Catullus the Lyricke and Vergil the Heroicke writer Tantum magna suo debet Verona Catullo Quantum parua suo Mantua Vergilio A Table of halfe the Songs contained in this Booke by T.C. I. My sweetest Lesbia II. Though you are yoong III. I care not for these Ladies IIII. Follow the faire sunne V. My loue hath vowed VI. When to her lute VII Turne backe you wanton flier VIII It fell on a sommers daie IX The Sypres curten X. Follow your Saint XI Faire if you expect admiring XII Thou art not faire XIII See where she flies XIIII Blame not my cheekes XV. When the God of merrie loue XVI Mistris since you so much desire XVII Your faire lookes enflame XVIII The man of life vpright XIX Harke all you Ladies XX. When thou must home XXI Come let vs found with melodie I. MY sweetest Lesbia let vs liue and loue and though the sager sort our deeds re proue let vs not way them heau'ns great lampes doe diue into their west and strait againe re uiue but soone as once set is our little light then must we sleepe one euer during night euer during night When ●ime 〈…〉 my life and fortu●● 〈◊〉 II. THough you are yoong and I am olde though you vaines hot and my bloud colde though youth is moist and age is drie yet embers liue when flames doe die The tender graft is easely broke But who shall shake the sturdie Oke You are more fresh and faire than I Yet stubs doe liue when flowers doe die Thou that thy youth doest vainely boast Know buds are soonest nipt with frost Thinke that thy fortune still doth crie Thou foole to morrow thou must die III. I Care not for these Ladies that must be woode and praide Giue me kind A ma rillis the wan ton coun trey maide Nature art disdaineth her beautie is her owne Her when we court kisse she cries forsooth let go but when we come where comfort is she ne uer will say no. If I loue Amarillis She giues me fruit and flowers But if we Loue these Ladies We must giue golden showers Give them 〈…〉 These Ladies must haue pillowes And beds by strangers wrought Giue me a Bower of willowes Of mosse and leaues vn●●ught And fresh Amarillis IIII. FOllowe thy faire sunne vnhappy shaddowe though thou though thou be blacke as night and she made all of light yet follow thy faire sunne vn hap pie shaddowe Follow her whose light thy light depriueth Though here thou liu'st disgrac't And she in heauen is plac't Yet follow her whose light the world reuiueth Follow these 〈◊〉 beames ●hose beau●ie 〈◊〉 Follow her while yet her glorie shineth There comes a luckles night That will dim all her light And this the black vnhappie shade deuineth V. My loue hath vowd hee will for sake mee and I am al rea die sped Far o ther pro mise he