CANTUS. CANZONETS TO FOUR VOICES, With a Song of eight parts. COMPILED BY GILES FARNABY Bachilar of Music. LONDON. Printed by Peter Short dwelling on Bredstreet hill at the sign of the Star. M.D.XCVIII. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL MASTER FERDINANDO HEABURN, GROOM OF HER majesties PRIVY CHAMBER. PIthy & pleasant was that invention of our ancient English poet jeffray Chaucer, in his book entitled (the parliament of Birds) wherein he describeth the strange and sweet harmony among the fowls of all kinds, no one refusing to utter such melody as nature in her course afforded. The consideration whereof (right worshipful) enboldneth me to show my simple skill in these poor Canzonets. Although many excellent and famous musicians have set forth in Impression many and excellent works, yet as the silly sparrow presumeth to chirp in presence of the melodious nightingale, so bluntly and boldly as a poor member among the musical sort, I make bold to intrude these silly works as the first fruits of my labour, craving your gentle acceptance, whom I chose for their patron, both for your worthiness & excellency in judgement, your manifold courtesies and loving kindness, at all times, which bind me in duty to love you: To show the effects thereof, I know no way but this simple mean proceeding (ex abundantia Cordis) And to avoid tediousness, wishing you all peace of mind, worldly prosperity & everlasting felicity: I take my leave. Yours in all duty, GYLES FARNABY. Anto: Holbornus ad autorem. CAepisti benè, perge modos componere gratos, Et quantum poteris numen in arte doce. Caelestes videor (nisi maxime fallor amore) Exaudire tuis in numeris modulos. mill aures Dea fama tibi iam surrigit, ora Tota quoque divinum carmen ad astra ferant. M. Io. Dowland to the Author. THOU ONLY SHALT HAVE PHYLLIS, Only thou fit (without all further gloss) Crowned to be with everlasting Roses, With Roses and with Lilies, And with Daffadoundillies, But thy songs sweeter are (save in their closes) Then are Lilies or Roses: Like his that taught the woods sound Amaryllis. GOLDINGS; you that have too too dainty NOSES, Avaunt, go feed you themels where on ROSES. M. R. Alison in praise of the Author. AS Treasure hid within the golden Mine, Such is the state of Musics art unknown, The ore diggeth forth the workman makes it fine, Till which performed the virtue is not shown: So Farnaby had left this work obscured, And drowned desert of praise belonging to him, Had he not been by special friends procured, With 'ticing speech and filled phrase to woo him; These works had quailed and he from use had swerved, But well performed and therefore well deserved. M. Hu. Holland to the Author I Would both sing thy praise, and praise thy singing: That in the winter now are both aspringing. But my Muse must be stronger, And the days must be longer, When the sun's in his height with the bright Barnaby, Then should we sing thy praises gentle Farnaby 4. voices. I. CANTUS. MY Ladies collored cheeks, wear like the damask ro-ses, which clad in damask mantles spread the arbours: but thrice more pleasant wear her sweet supposes, these more pleasant were her sweet supposes, but ij. supposes, proceeding from her lips, where sweet love harbours, whereij. for viewing those, for ij. her cheeks & roses sprouting, for viewing those her cheeks and roses sprouting, the judgement of the sweetest breeds a doubting. 4. Voices. II. CANTUS. Carters, now cast down your whips, Carters, now cast down your whips, your whips, and shepherds put off your scrips, & ij. whilst that your sheep are grazing, behold fair stars blazing, behold, ij. fair stars blazing, Ambrosia talking with Amarillis, and Coridon walking with fair Phillis, and, ij. Coridon, Coridon walking with fair Phillis, to set your eyes, your eyes a-gazing: and Coridon. 4. 〈…〉 Philida bewailed the want of Coridon, and Herpulus of Philida complained, for Corine often would she sigh and groan, for Corine often would she sigh but Herpulus that loved her she disdained, poor Herpulus, why should not rigour move, not rigour move thee, to hate her thrice, to to hate her thrice, that once disdained to love thee. poor. 〈…〉 DAphne on the rainbow, ri-ding, on the rainbow riding, when all the gods wear chiding, were chiding, ij. when all the gods were chiding, were chiding, fell suddenly amazed, full ghastly than she gazed and presently the god of anger frowned, and in his fury down he flung her, down he flung her, and in his fu-ry down he flung her, in ij. her down he flung her. and 4. Voices. V CANTUS BLind love was shooting, & losing of his arrow, he killed his mother's sparrow, he ij. and tracing forth his footing, his mother Venus spied it, before the boy could hide it. and 4. Voices. VI CANTUS. PEarce did love fair Petronel, because she sang & danced well, and danced well, and gallantly could pranckit & ij. he pulled her and, he pulled her and he hauld her, and oftentimes he called her, and often times he called her, primrose pearls, primrose peatles pricked in a blanket. 4. Voices. VII. CANTUS. PEarce did dance with Petronella, Lasiamizan and Laduncella, pretty Almans that wear new, such he danced and nothing true, but when Parnel danced without him, without him, all the maids began to flout him, ij. all the maids began to flout him. 4. Voices. VIII. CANTUS. THe wavering planet, ij. the wavering planet, the wavering planet most unstable, gods of the waters flowing, of the waters flowing, that bears a sway in each thing growing, & makes my Lady variable, oft I seek to undermined her, oft I seek to undermined her, oft I seek to undermined her yet I know not where not where, yet I know not where, yet I know not where to find her. 4. voices. IX. CANTUS. LAdy, the silly flea of all disdained, because it hath com●●●●ed: I pity, I pity that poor creature, I pity, I pity, I pity the poor creature, both black & small of stature, were I a flea, ij in bed, in bed, I would not bite you, ij. I would not bite you, not bite you, but search some other, some other way for to delight you▪ were I a flea 4. Voices X. CANTUS. THrice blessed be the giver, be the giver, thrice ij be the giver, that gave sweet love that golden quiver, and live he long, and live he long among the gods anointed, that made the arrow heads, that made the arrow heads ij. sharp pointed, if either of them both had quailed, ij. had qualed, qualed, she of my love, she of my love, ij. of my love, and I of hers, and I of hers, of hers, had failed. if either 4. voices. XI. CANTUS. THe curtain drawn I saw my love, I saw my love lie sleeping, thrice happy was that peeping, thrice happy was that peeping, for viewing her sweet lying her sweet, her sweet lying, preserves my life and keeps my soul from dying, and keeps my soul from dying, of thousand joys missing her I had missed all, whose sight revives me more, revives me more, whose ij. whose sight revives me more, revives me more than ruby, pearl, than ruby, pearl, or crystal. 4. Voices XII. CANTUS. SVsanna fair sometime of love requested, Susanna fair sometime of love requested, by two old men whom her sweet looks allured, was in her hartfull sad and sore molested, ij. full sad and sore mole-sted, seeing the force her chastity endured, to them she said, if I by craft procured, do yield to you my body to abuse it, I lose my soul, ij. and if I shall refuse it, you will me judge to death reproachfully, but better it is in innocent to choose it, then by my fault t'offend my God on high, then by my fault, ij. t'offend my God on high. 4. Voices. XIII. CANTUS. Love shooting, love shooting among many, by chance he hit not any, ij. because the shaft, the shaft, rebounded, and love himself was wounded ij. and love himself was wounded, love himself was wounded, when Siches saw the dart had missed her, when Siches saw the dart had missed, had missed, had missed her, when ij she smiled and said that all the gods had blessed her, said that all the gods had blessed, had blessed her. when Siches 4. Voices. second part. XIIII. CANTUS. Love shooting at another, shooting at another, ij. love, love shooting at another, another, he missed that mark, and chanced to hit, and chanced to hit his mother, but as the Lady fainted, god Mars did start, ij. did start, and there with was, and there with was, and ij. attainted when Vulcan saw the shoot, when Vulcan saw, when Vulcan saw, the shoot did fret him, he cursed the boy, he cursed the boy, and swear that he would beat him, 4. Voices. XV. CANTUS. AY me poor heart, since love hath played his part, my senses all are lost, my mind eke tossed, like waves that swell, sweet god of love, of love thou dost excel, thy passions move, my mind to prove, that turtle dove, she flies, my love she tries, help gods that sit on high Oh send me remedy, oh send me remedy. 4. voices. XVI. CANTUS. Sometime she would and sometime not, & sometime not, the more request, the more disdained, the ij. each woman hath her gift god wots and, ever had since Venus reigned, ij. and ever had since Venus reigned, and ever had since Ve-nus reigned, though Vulcan, though Vulcan, ij. ij. though Vulcan, ij. did to Ve-nus yield, ij. I would have men to win the field 4. Voices XVII. CANTUS. Among the Daffodils, and fair white splendent Lilies, the God of love, the god of love came creeping, where Diane's nymphs lay sleeping, lay sleeping, he bent his bow, he bent his bow, but missed his sooting, missed his sooting, two. and losing lost, both labour shaft and shoo-ting, he bent his bow, ij. but missed his sooting, ij. he bent his bow, but missed his foo-ting, and losing lost both labour shaft and shoo-ting. 4. voices. XVIII. CANTUS. SImkin said that Sister was fair, and that he meant to love her, he set her on his ambling More, all this he did to prove her, all this he did to prove her, ij. all this he did to prove her, when they came home Sis floated cream and poured it through a strainer, poured it through a strainer, ij. ij. and poured it through a strainer, poured it through a strainer, but swore that Simkin should have none because he did, he did disdain her. 4. Voices XIX. CANTUS. LAdy, when I behold your passion's, so divers and so oft constrai-ned, upon such slight or no occasi-ons, such slight or no occasi-ons as though you were with grief sore pained, ij as though you were with grief sore pained, I enter into these persuasions, A man might sail from Trent unto Daun-by, and yet not find so strange a piece as you be. A 4. Voices. XX. CANTUS. Construe my meaning, wrist not my method, wrist ij. good will craves favour, witness the high God, the high God, if I have meant well, have meant well, if I have meant well, good will re-ward me, when I deserve ill, no man regard, no man regard me, what shall I say more, ij. speech is but blasting, still will I hope for life everla-sting, for life everla-sting. 4. Voices. eight parts. XXI. CANTUS. Witness ye heavens, I vow to love the fairest, to love but how? for virtue not for lust, for virtue why? because she is the rarest. Come life, come death, in her I only trust, hap death, hap life, I force not which betid, I force not which betid me, by her I live from death I cannot hide me, hap death, hap life, I force not which betid, I force not which betid me, by her I live, from death I cannot hide me. Witness, ye heavens, I vow to love the fairest, ij. to love but how? to love but how, ij. for virtue not for lust, for virtue why? because she is the rarest, come life come death, in her I only trust, hap death, hap life, I force not which betid me, ij. by her I live, from death I cannot hide me, hap life hap death, I force not which betid me ij. by her I live, from death I cannot hide me, hide me. A TABLE OF ALL THE CANZONETS contained in this BOOK. MY ladies collored cheeks. I Carters now cast down your whips. TWO Philida bewailed the want of Coridon. III Daphne on the rainbow. IIII Blind love was shooting. V Pearce did love fair Petronel. VI Pearce did dance with Petronel VII The wavering planet. VIII Lady, the silly flea of all disdained. IX Thrice blessed be the giver. X The curtain drawn I saw my love. XI Susanna fair sometime. XII Love shooting among many. XIII Love shooting at an other. XIIII Ay me poor heart. XV Sometime she would and sometime not. XVI Among the dafadillies. XVII Simkin said that Sisse was fair. XVIII Lady when ‛ I behold your passions. XIX Construe my meaning. XX Witness ye heavens. XXI FINIS. BASSUS. CANZONETS TO FOUR VOICES, With a Song of eight parts. COMPILED BY GILES FARNABY Bachilar of Music. LONDON. Printed by Peter Short dwelling on Bredstreet hill at the sign of the Star. M.D.XCVIII. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL MASTER FERDINANDO HEABURN, GROOM OF HER majesties PRIVY CHAMBER. PIthy & pleasant was that invention of our ancient English poet jeffray Chaucer, in his book entitled (the parliament of Birds) wherein he describeth the strange and sweet harmony among the fowls of all kinds, no one refusing to utter such melody as nature in her course afforded. The consideration whereof (right worshipful) enboldneth me to show my simple skill in these poor Canzonets. Although many excellent and famous musicians have set forth in Impression many and excellent works, yet as the silly sparrow presumeth to chirp in presence of the melodious nightingale, so bluntly and boldly as a poor member among the musical sort, I make bold to intrude these silly works as the first fruits of my labour, craving your gentle acceptance, whom I chose for their patron, both for your worthiness & excellency in judgement, your manifold courtesies and loving kindness, at all times, which bind me in duty to love you: To show the effects thereof, I know no way but this simple mean proceeding (ex abundantia Cordis) And to avoid tediousness, wishing you all peace of mind, worldly prosperity & everlasting felicity: I take my leave. Yours in all duty, GYLES FARNABY. Anto: Holbornus ad autorem. CAepisti benè, perge modos componere gratos, Et quantum poteris numen in arte doce. Caelestes videor (nisi maxime fallor amore) Exaudire tuis in numeris modulos. mill aures Dea fama tibi iam surrigit, ora Tota quoque divinum carmen ad astra ferant. M. Io. Dowland to the Author. THOU ONLY SHALT HAVE PHYLLIS, Only thou fit (without all further gloss) Crowned to be with everlasting Roses, With Roses and with Lilies, And with Daffadoundillies, But thy songs sweeter are (save in their closes) Then are Lilies or Roses: Like his that taught the woods sound Amaryllis. GOLDINGS; you that have too too dainty NOSES, Avaunt, go feed you themels where on ROSES. M. R. Alison in praise of the Author. AS Treasure hid within the golden Mine, Such is the state of Musics art unknown, The ore diggeth forth the workman makes it fine, Till which performed the virtue is not shown: So Farnaby had left this work obscured, And drowned desert of praise belonging to him, Had he not been by special friends procured, With 'ticing speech and filled phrase to woo him; These works had quailed and he from use had swerved, But well performed and therefore well deserved. M. Hu. Holland to the Author I Would both sing thy praise, and praise thy singing: That in the winter now are both aspringing. But my Muse must be stronger, And the days must be longer, When the sun's in his height with the bright Barnaby, Then should we sing thy praises gentle Farnaby 4. voices. I. BASUS. Damask roses, damask ro-ses, which clad in damask mantles, spread the arbours, in damask mantles, spread the arbours, arbours, but thrice more pleasant were her sweet supposes, proceeding from her lips, where sweet love harbours, her lips, where sweet love harbours, for viewing those, for viewing those her cheeks & roses, for viewing those her cheeks and roses sprouting, breeds a doubting. 4. Voices II. BASUS. CAarters, now cast down your whips, cast down your whips, and shepherds put off, put off your scrips, and shepherds put off your scrips, behold fair stars blazing, blazing, fair stars blazing, Ambrosia with Amarillis, and Coridon walking with fair, with fair Phillis, and Coridon walking with faith Phillis, to set your eyes, your eyes a gazing: and Coridon 4. voices. III. BASUS. ANd Herpulus of Philida complained, for Corine often would she sigh and groan, but Herpulus that loved her she disdained, poor Herpulus, why should not rigour move thee? ●●●ate her thrice, ij that once disdained to love thee, poor Herpulus 4. Voices FOUR BASUS. DAphne on the rainbow riding, were chiding, were chiding, when all the gods were chiding, fell suddenly amazed, full ghastly than she gazed, and presently the god of anger frowned, and in his fu-ry down he flung her, down he flung her, and in his fu-ry down he flung her. 4. Voices. V BASUS. BLind love was shooting, & losing of his arrow, he killed his mother's sparrow, ij. and tracing forth his foo-ting, his mother Venus spied it, before the boy could hide it. and tracing 4. Voices. VI BASUS. PEarce did love fair Petronel, Petronel, and gallantly could prank it, could prank it, he pulled her and he hauld her, ij and often times he called her, primrose pricked in a blanket. he pulled her 4. Voices. VII. BASUS. PEarce did dance with Petron●l-la, pretty Almans that wear new, ij. such he danced and nothing true, but when Parnell danced, but ij. all the maids began to flout him, all the maids began to flout him. but when Parnel 4. Voices. VIII. BASUS. Gods of the waters, gods of the waters flowing, that bears a sway in each thing growing, and makes my Lady varia-ble, oft I seek to undermined her, oft I seek to undermined her, yet I know not where, to find her, yet I know not where to find her. 4. voices. IX. BASSUS. LAdy, The silly flea of all disdained, I pity, I pity, I pity, I pity, that poor creature, both black & small of stature, were I a flea, were I a flea in bed, I would not biteyou, bite you, bite you, bite you, but search some other way for to delight you. wear I a flea, 4. Voices. X. BASSUS. THrice blessed be the giver, the giver, that 〈◊〉 sweet love that golden quiver, among the gods anointed, that made the arrow heads, two. two. that made the arrow heads sharp pointed, if either of them both had quai-led, if either of them both had qualed she of my love, she of my love, she of my love, two, and 〈◊〉 had failed. i● 4. voices. XI. BASSUS. THe curtain drawn I saw my love lie sleeping, thrice happy was that peeping, for viewing her sweet lying, her sweet lying, preserves my life and keeps my soul from dying, from dying, of thousand joys missing her, missing her I had missed all, whose sight revives, revives me more, two. then ru-by, pearl, and crystal. 4. Voices XII. BASSUS. Svsanna fair sometime, Susamna fair, Susanna fair sometime, two. of love requested, sometime two. sometime of love requested, by two old men, two. by two old men, sweet looks allured, was in her heart full sad, was in her heart, was in her heart full sad, two. and sore molested, full two. fulsad & sore molested, seeing the force, two. seeing the force her chastity, endured, to them she said, by craft procured, do yield to you my body to abuse it, do yield to you my body to a-buse it, I lose my soul, I shall lose I shall lose my soul, and if I shall refuse it, you will me judge, ij. reproachfully, better it is, but better it is in innocency to choose it, for to choose it, then by my fault to offend, two. then by my fault to offend, two. then by my fault to offend my God on high, two. offend my God on high. 4. Voices. XIII. BASSUS. Love shooting among many, by chance he hit, by chance he hit not any the shaft, rebounded and love himself was wounded, and ij. and love himself was wounded, when Siches saw the dart had missed, had missed her, when Siches saw the dart had missed, had missed her, she smiled and said that all the gods, and said that all the gods had blessed her, when 4. Voices. second part. XIIII. BASSUS. Love shooting at another, and chanced to hit his mother, but as the Lady fainted, god Mars did start, and therewith was attained, attained, when Vulcan saw, when Vulcan saw, when Vulcan saw the shoot did fret him, the shoot did fret, did fret him, he swear that he would beat him, when Vulcan 4. Voices. XIII. BASSUS. AY me poor heart, since love hath played his part, since love hath played his part, two. my senses all are lost, ij. are lost, my mind ●ake tossed, like waves that swell, sweet god of love thou dost excel, thy passions mo●e, my mind to prove, that turtle dove, she flies, ij. two. she flies, she flies, my love she tries, oh send me remedy, remedy, two. ij. oh send me remedy. 4. voices. XVI. BASSUS. Sometime she would, and sometime not, and sometime not, the more request, the more disdained, each woman hath her gift god wots, her gift god wots, and ever had, and ever had since Venus reigned, Venus reigned, ij. ever had since Venus reigned, though Vulcan, ij. though Vulcan, did to Venus yield, I would have men to win the field. 4. Voices. XVII. BASSUS. Among the Daffodils, and fair white Lilies, the God of love, two. of love came creeping, the god, the god of love came creeping, lay sleeping, he bent his bow, but missed his footing, two. and losing lost, both labour, labour shaft and shooting, he bent his bow, but missed his footing, ij. & losing lost both labour labour shaft & shooting. 4. voices. XVIII. BASSUS. HE meant to love her, he set her on his ambling More, all this he did to prove her, all this he did to prove, all this he did to prove her, all this he did to prove, to prove her, when they can home, came home, Sis floated crean, when they can home Sis sloted cream, Sin floated cream, and poured it through a strainer, poured ij. and two. poured it through a strainer, but swore that Simkin should have none because he did disdain her. 4. Voices XIX. BASSUS. LAdy, when I behold your passions, so divers & so oft constrained, upon such flight or no occasions, as though you were with grief sore pained, as though you were with grief sore pained, I enter into these persuasions, A man might sail from Trent unto Danuby, and yet not find so strange a piece as you be. 4. Voices. XX. BASSUS. Construe my meaning, wrist not my method, wrist not my method, good will craves favour, witness the high God, if I have meant well, good will reward me, when I deserve ill, no man re-gard me, what shall I say more, speech is but blasting, but blasting, still will I hope for life everlasting, still will I hope for life everlasting. 4. Voices. eights parts. XXI. BASSUS. Witness, ye heavens, I vow to love the fairest to love but how for virtue not for lust, two. because she is the is the rarest, her I only trust, hap death, hap life, I force not which betid me, not which betid me, by her I live from death I cannot hide me, hap death, hap life, I force not which betid me, not which betid me, by her I live, from death I cannot hide me. Witness ye heavens, I vow to love the fairest, to love but how, for virtue not for lust, for virtue not for lust, not for lust, for virtue why? because she is the rarest, come life, come death, in her I on-ly trust, hap death, hap life, I force not which betid me, by her I live, from death I cannot hide me, hap death, hap life, I force not which betid me, by her I live, from death I cannot hide me. A TABLE OF ALL THE CANZONETS contained in this BOOKF. MY ladies collored cheeks. I Carters now cast down your whips. TWO Philida bewailed the want of Coridon. III Daphne on the rainbow. IIII Blind love was shooting. V Pearce did love fair Petronel. VI Pearce did dance with Petronel VII The wavering planet. VIII Lady, the silly flea of all disdained. IX Thrice blessed be the giver. X The curtain drawn I saw my love. XI Susanna fair sometime. XII Love shooting among many. XIII Love shooting at an other. XIIII Ay me poor heart. XV Sometime she would and sometime not. XVI Among the dafadillies. XVII Simkin said that Sisse was fair. XVIII Lady when'I behold your passions. XIX Construe my meaning. XX Witness ye heavens. XXI FINIS.