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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00693	Ayres: by Alfonso Ferrabosco	Ferrabosco, Alfonso, ca. 1575-1628.	1609 (1609)	STC 10827; ESTC S106697	5,850	40

affections moue Doe not with weeping those lights blinde Which me in thy subiection binde Time that hath made vs two of one And forst thee now to liue alone Will once againe vs revnite To shew how shee can Fortune spight Then will we our time redeeme And hould our howres in more esteeme Turning all our sweetest nights Into millions of delights And striue with many thousand kisses To multiply to multiply exchange of blisses exchange of blisses X. I Am a louer yet was neuer lou'd well haue I lou'd and wil though hated euer Troubles I passe yet neuer any mou'd sighs haue I giuen and yet she heard me neuer I would complaine and she would neuer heare me and flie from loue but it is euer neare me Obliuion onely blamelesse doth beset mee for that remembreth neuer to forget me XI WHy stayes the bridegroome to in╌uade her that would be a matron made Good night whilst yet we may good night to you a virgin say To morrow rise the same your mother is and vse a nobler name Speed well in hymens war that what you are by your perfections wee and all may see First part XII SIng wee then heroyque grace So with louely light adorning that faire heauen of his face As the Starre that leads the morning body braue for part and whole purest seate of purer soule Where reposed lodge by nature Princely strength and comely stature Second part XIII SIng the riches of his skill Long by studious toyle prouided Wit that neuer guideth ill Will that neuer ill is guided Iudgemēt that can best discerne Memory that needs not learne Courage where such thoughts assemble Iustly may his haters tremble Third part XIIII SIng the nobles of his race Sing his power his wealth his glory Breaking all the bounds of place endlesse ages agelesse storry Peace that maketh one of two more then euer warre could doe Terror chased terror chased Iustice fixed Mercy mercy still with Iustice mixed XV. WIth what new thoughts should I now entertaine my minde if I my sadnesse should forgoe What pleasing hopes haue I not proued I not proued vaine or what false shew of ioy doe I not know O partiall loue there is no power in thee to make her loue or else to set me free to make her loue or else to set me free XVI FLy from the world O flye thou poore distrest where thy diseased soule infects thy soule And where thy thoughts doe multiply vnrest Tiring with wishes what they straight controule O world O world betrayer of the minde O thoughts O thoughts that guide vs being blinde O thoughts that guide vs being blinde that guide vs being blinde 2 Come therefore care conduct me to my end And steere this shipwrackt carkasse to the graue My sighes a strange and stedfast winde shall lend Teares wet the sailes Repentance from rocks saue Haile death haile death the land I doe discry Strike saile goe soule rest followes them that dye XVII SHall I seeke to ease my griefe No my sight is lost with eying Shall I speak and beg reliefe No my voyce is hoarse with crying What remaines but onely dying What remaynes but onely dying 2 Loue and I of late did part But the Boy my peace enuying Like a Parthian threw his dart Backward and did wound me flying What remaines but onely dying 3 She whom then I looked one My remembrance beautifying Stayes with me though I am gone Gone and at her mercy lying What remaynes but onely dying 4 Thus my vitall breath doth wast And my blood with sorrow drying Sighes and teares make life to last For a while his place supplying What remaynes but onely dying First part XVIII IF all these Cupids now were blinde as is their wanton brother Or play should put it in their mindes to shoot at one another What prety battaile they would make if they their obiects should mistake and each one wound and each one wound his mother Second part XIX IT was no pollicie of court although the place be charmed To let in earnest or in sport so many loues in armed For say the dames should with their eyes vpon the hearts here meane surprise Were not the men were not the men were not the men like harmed Third part XX. YEs were the loues or false or straying or beautie not their beautie waying But here no such deceipt is mixt their flames are pure their eyes are fixt They doe not warre they doe not warre with diffrent darts but strike a musicke of like hearts they doe not warre with diffrent darts but strike a musicke of like hearts XXI SO beautie on the waters stood when Loue had seuer'd earth from floud So when hee parted ayre from fire hee did with concord all inspire And then a motion hee them taught that elder then himselfe was thought which thought was yet the childe of earth for loue is elder then his birth XXII HAd those that dwell in error foule and hold that women haue no soule But seene those moue they would haue then said women were the soules of men so they doe moue each heart and eye with the worlds soule their harmonie XXIII IF all the ages of the earth were crown'd but in this famous birth but in this famous birth and when that they would boast their store of worthy Queenes of worthy Queenes they knew no more how happier is that age can giue a Queene in whom they all doe liue XXIIII VNconstant loue why should I make my moane or send sad sighes vnto thy carelesse eare Since thy affection and thy faith is gone and all those vertues which I once held deare Farewell farewell most false of all to mee that with affection deerely deerely loued thee XXV O Eyes O mortall starres the authors of my harmes that in slumbring wage wars to kill me with sweet charmes If closed you annoy me be'ng open you 'ld destroy me If closed you annoy me be'ng open you 'ld destroy me If closed you annoy me be'ng open you 'ld destroy me If closed you annoy me be'ng open you 'ld destroy mee A Dialogue betweene a Shepheard and a Nimph. XXVI FAyre cruell Nimph why thus in griefe anguish Mak'st thou him thatadores thee pine and languish O but these fancies from thy beautie flow O how I ioy O how I ioy in thee my happy choise As thou in me as thou in me so I in thee reioyce Then let vs still together liue and loue and sing the ioyes the ioyes and sing the ioyes that happy louers proue Dialogue Nimph. XXVI WHy Shepheard dost thou mee condemne as cruell Since thine owne fancies are thy passions fuell Then shall reliefe to thee from bountie grow O how I Ioy O how I Ioy in this my happy choise As thou in me As thou in me so I in thee reioyce Then let vs still together liue and loue And sing the ioyes and sing the ioyes that happy louers proue A Dialogue XXVII WHat shall I wish what shall I flye False I defie Such euer speake Such neuer breake Flattery yeelds pleasure Onely truth onely truth yeelds waight Happy are they that neuer knew deceit Happy are they that neuer knew deceit neuer knew deceit A Dialogue XXVII TRue Loue I seeke Wordes haue their truth Deeds haue their faith Flattery yeelds pleasure Happy are they that neuer knew deceit happy are they happy are they that neuer knew deceit A Dialogue betweene a Shepheard and a Nimph. XXVIII TEll me O Loue when shall it be that thy faire eyes shall shine on me Whom nothing now reuiueth Alas sweet Nymph I cannot chuse since thou estranged liues from me Alas what ioy is in such loue that euer liues apart O let me die yet stay sweet Loue ☞ Dialogue Nimph. XXVIII I Pray thee Shepheard I pray thee shepheard leaue thy feares Drowne not thy heart and eyes with teares Such sighes my sence depriueth O doe not me for that accuse My Loue my life doth liue in thee Alas what ioy is in such loue and neuer other comforts proue but cares that kill the hart And so will I yet stay sweet Loue and sing this song with me Time brings to passe what loue thinkes could not be Time brings to passe what loue thinkes could not be ☞ and sing this song with me time bring to passe what loue thinks could not be time brings to passe what loue thinks could not be FINIS A Table of all the Songs contained in this Booke I. Like Hermit poore   II. Come home my troubled thoughts   III. Come away   IIII. Deere when to thee   V. Faine I would   VI. Come my Celia   VII So so leaue off   VIII Young and simple though I am   IX Drowne not with teares   X. I am a Louer   XI Why stayes the Bridegroome   XII Sing we then heroyque grace 1. Part. XIII Sing the riches of his skill 2. Part. XIIII Sing the Nobles of his race 3. Part. XV. With what now thoughts   XVI Flye from the world   XVII Shall I seeke to ease my griefe   XVIII If all these Cupids now were blinde 1. Part. XIX It was no pollicie of Court 2. Part. XX. Yes were the loues 3. Part. XXI So beautie on the waters stood   XXII Had those that dwell   XXIII If all the ages of the earth   XXIIII Vnconstant Loue.   XXV O eyes O mortall starres   XXVI Faire cruell Nymph Dialogue XXVII What shall I wish Dialogue XXVIII Tell me O Loue. Dialogue