ALTUS Music of Six, and Five parts. Made upon the common tunes used in singing of the Psalms. By john Cousin. LONDON Imprinted by john Wolf. 1585. Cum privilegio Regiae Maiestatis. To the right honourable Sir Francis Walsingham Knight, principal Secretary to her excellent Majesty, and one of her highness privy Counsel. I. C. wisheth prosperity in this life, and life everlasting in Christ our Saviour. Howsoever the abuse of Music may be great, when it is made an instrument to feed vain delights, or to nourish and entertain superstitious devotion: yet the right use thereof is commanded in singing Psalms, and making melody to God in our hearts. Therefore (right honourable,) as by the grace of God I labour to avoid the former, so have I been careful in my profession to further the second. And having in this care set Six & Five parts upon the tunes ordinarily sung to the Psalms of David, I was encouraged by some to publish them for the private use and comfort of the godly, in place of many other Songs neither tending to the praise of God, nor containing any thing fit for Christian ears. Whereunto when I had yielded, my desire was to dedicate those labours taken for the furtherance of godly exercises, to a Patron of godliness, and a maintainer of true religion. And among many such (whom the Lord increase, in all heavenly wisdom) I have now a long time specially been devote to your honour, as one most joyful to hear both of your singular zeal to the truth, and of your manifold and honourable actions to advance the same. Herein I may seem bold in so simple a work to crave your honourable protection, but my trust is, that the least things tending to the praise of God, and furtherance of piety, are not little to your honour: upon which persuasion I rest, beseeching the Lord, to grant you increase of honour, and wisdom, and all other graces requisite for your honourable state in this life, and leading to an estate in the life to come, most honourable and everlasting. Your humbly at commandment. I. Cousin. The Table for the Psalms in Six parts contained in this Book. A Psalm. Folio. 30 ALl laud and praise. 8 78 Attend my people. 21 100 All people that on. 23 B 81 Be light and glad. 22 119 Blessed are they. 28 134 Behold and have. 39 E 127 Except the Lord. 36 G 148 Give laud unto. 42 H 67 Have mercy on. 17 I 25 I lift my heart to. 7 34 I will give laud. 9 120 In trouble and in. 39 121 I lift mine eyes to. 30 122 I did in heart: 31 L 6 Lord in thy wrath. 3 68 Let God arise. 18 72 Lord give thy. 20 130 Lord to thee I make. 37 M 23 My shepherd is the. 6 103 My soul give laud. 24 104 My soul praise. 25 N 124 Now Israel may say. 32 O 3 O Lord how are my 2 18 O God my strength. 4 21 O Lord how joyful. 5 44 Our ears have. 11 51 O Lord consider my. 13 55 O God give ear. 14 P 38 Put me not to rebuke. 10 136 Praise ye the Lord. 40 R 132 Remember David's. 38 S 59 Send aid and save. 15 69 Save me O God. 19 125 Such as in God the. 33 T 1 The man is blest. 1 50 The mighty God. 12 65 Thy praise alone. 16 125 Those that do put. 34 W 111 With heart I do accord. 26 126 When that the Lord. 35 137 When as we sat in. 41 Y 113 Ye children which. 27 150 Yield unto God praise. 43 Here endeth the Table of the six parts. The Table for the five parts. E Psalm. Folio. 127 Except the Lord. 56 G 148 Give laud unto. 59 I 25 I lift my heart to. 48 40 I waited long. 49 122 I did in heart. 53 L 130 Lord to thee I. 57 M 104 My soul praise. 51 N 124 Now Israel may. 54 O 3 O Lord how are. 47 T 50 The mighty God. 50 W 126 When that the. 55 137 When as we sat. 58 Y 113 Ye children which. 52 150 Yield unto God. 60 Here endeth the Table for the five parts. Psalm I. THe man is blest that hath not bend, to wicked read his ear: nor lead his life as sinners do, nor sat in scorners chair. But in the law of God the Lord, doth set his whole delight, and in that law doth exercise himself both day and night. Psalm III. O Lord how are my foes increased, which vex me more and more, they kill my heart when as they say, God can him not restore. 2. But thou O Lord art my defence, when I am hard bestead: my worship and mine honour both, and thou hold'st up my head. Psalm VI. LOrd in thy wrath reprove me not, though I deserve thine ire, ne yet correct me in thy rage, O Lord I thee desire. 2. For I am weak therefore O Lord of mercy me forbear, and heal me Lord for why thou knowest my bones do quake for fear. Psalm xviii. O God my strength and fortitude, of force I must love thee, thou art my castle and defence in my necessity. 2. My God, my rock in whom I trust, the worker of my wealth, my refuge buckler and my shield, the horn of all my health. Psalm xxi. O Lord how joyful is the king, in thy strength and thy power? how vehemently doth he rejoice in thee his Saviour? 2. For thou hast given unto him his godly hearts desire, to him nothing hast thou denied, of that he did require. Psalm xxiii. MY shepherd is the living Lord, nothing therefore I need: in pa-stures fair with waters calm, he set me for to feed. 2. He did convert and glad my soul, and brought my mind in frame, to walk in paths of righteousness for his most holy name. Psalm xxv. I Lift my heart to thee, my God and guide most just, now suffer me to take no shame, for in thee do I trust. 2. Let not my foes rejoice, nor make a scorn of me, and let them not be overthrown that put their trust in thee. Psalm thirty. ALl laud and praise, with heart and voice O Lord I give to thee, which didst not make my foes rejoice, but hast exalted me. O Lord my God to thee I cried, in all my pain and grief: thou gavest an ear, and didst provide to ease me with relief. Psalm xxxiiii. I Will give laud and honour both, unto the Lord always, and eke my mouth for evermore, shall sing unto his praise. 2. I do delight to laud the Lord, in soul and eke in voice, that humble men and mortified, may hear and so rejoice. Psalm xxxviii. Put me not to rebuke O Lord, in thy provoked ire, ne in thy heavy wrath O Lord, correct me I desire. 2. Thine arrows do stick fast in me, thy hand doth press me sore, and in my flesh no health at all appeareth any more. Psalm xliiii. Our ears have heard our Fathers tell, and reverently record, the won- drous works that thou hast done in alder time O Lord. 2. How thou didst cast the Gentiles out and stroydst them with strong hand: planting our fathers in their place and gavest to them their land. Psalm L. THe mighty God th'eternal hath thus spoke, and all the world he will call and provoke. Even from the East and so forth to the West. From toward Zion which place him liketh best, God will appear in beauty most excellent. Our God will come before that long time be spent. Psalm LI. O Lord consider my distress, and now with speed some pity take my sins deface, my faults redress, good Lord for thy great mercy's sake. 2 Wash me O Lord, and make me clean, from this unjust and sinful act, and purify yet once again my heinous crime and bloody fact. Psalm Lv. O God give ear and do apply to hear me when I pray, and when to thee I call and cry, hide not thyself away. 2. Take heed to me grant my request and answer me again, with plaints I pray full sore oppressed, great grief doth me constrain. Psalm Lix. SEnd aid, and save me from my foes, O Lord I pray to thee: defend and keep me from all those, that rise and strive with me. 2. O Lord preserve me from those men, whose doings are not good: and set me sure and safe from them that still thirst after blood. Psalm Lxv. THy praise alone O Lord doth reign, in Zion thine own hill: their vows to thee they do maintain, and thy behests fulfil. 2. For that thou dost their prayer hear, and dost thereto agree: the people all both far and near, with trust shall come to thee. Psalm Lxvij Have mercy on us Lord: and grant to us thy grace: to show to us do thou accord, the brightness of thy face. 2. That all the world may know the way to godly wealth, and all the nations on a row, may see thy saving health. Psalm. Lxviii. LEt God arise and then his foes will turn themselves to flight this enemy's than will run abroad, and scatter out of sight. 2. And as the fire doth melt the wax, and wind blow smoke away: So in the presence of the Lord, the wicked shall decay. Psalm Lxix. Save me O God and that with speed, the waters flow full fast; So nigh my soul do they proceed, that I am sore aghast. 2. I stick full deep in filth and clay whereas I feel no ground: I fall into such floods I say, that I am like be drowned. Psalm Lxxii. LOrd give thy judgements to the king, therein instruct him well▪ and with his son that princely thing, Lord let thy justice dwell. 2. That he might govern uprightly, and rule thy folk aright, and so defend through equity the poor that have no might. Psalm Lxxviii. ATtend my people to my law and to my words incline: my mouth shall speak strange parables, and sentences divine. 2. Which we ourselves have heard and learned even of our father's old: and which for our instruction our Fa- there's have us told. Psalm Lxxxi. BE light and glad in God rejoice which is our strength and stay: be joyful and lift up your voice to jacobs' God I say. 2. Prepare your instruments most meet some joyful psalm to sing: strike up with harp and lute so sweet on every pleasant string. Psalm C. ALl people that on earth do dwell, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice: him serve with fear his praise forth tell, come ye before him and rejoice. 2. The Lord ye know is God indeed, without our aid he did us make, we are his flock he doth us feed, and for his sheep he doth us take. Psalm Ciii. MY soul give laud unto the Lord, my spirit shall do the same and all the secrets of my heart, praise ye his holy name. 2. Give thanks to God for all his gifts, show not thyself unkind, and suffer not his benefits to slip out of thy mind. Psalm Ciiii MY soul praise the Lord speak good of his name. O Lord our great God how dost thou appear: so passing in glory, that great is thy fame: honour & majesty in thee shine most clear with light as a rob thou hast thee be clad, whereby all the earth thy greatness may see, the heavens in such sort thou also hast spread that it to a curtain compared may be. Psalm Cxi. WIth heart I do accord to praise and laud the Lord in presence of the just. for great his works are found, to search them such are bound as do him love & trust, his works are glorious, also his righteousness it doth endure for ever his won- drous works he would, we still remember should, his mercy faileth never. Psalm Cxiii. YE children which do serve the Lord, praise ye his name with one accord, yea blessed be always his name, who from the rising of the Sun, till it return where it begun, is to be praised with great fame, the Lord all people doth surmount, as for his glory we may count, above the heavens hie to be, with God the Lord who may compare? whose dwellings in the heavens are, of such great power and force is he. Psalm Cxix. BLessed are they that perfect are, and pure in mind and heart, whose lives and conversation, from God's laws never start. Blessed are they that give themselves his statutes to observe, seeking the Lord with all their heart, and ne- ver from him serve. Psalm Cxx. IN trouble and in thrall, unto the Lord I call, and he doth me comfort: deliver me I say from liars lips alway and tongue of false report. Psalm Cxxi. I life mine eyes to Zion hill, from whence I do attend, that succour God me send: the mighty God me succour will, which heaven and earth framed, and all things therein named. Psalm Cxxii. I Did in heart rejoice, to hear the people's voice, in offering so willingly: for let us up say they, and in the Lord's house pray; thus spoke the folk full lovingly: our feet that wandered wide, shall in thy gate abide, O thou jerusalem full fair, which art so seemly set, much like a city neat, the like whereof is not elsewhere. Psalm Cxxiiii. NOw Israel may say and that truly, If that the Lord had not our cause maintained, If that the Lord had not our right sustained, when all the world against us furiously, made their uproars and said we should all die. Psalm Cxxv. Such as in God the Lord do trust, as mount Zion, shall firmly stand, and be removed at no hand, the Lord doth count them right and just, so that they shall be sure, for ever to endure. Psalm. Cxxv. THose that do put their confidence, upon the Lord our God only: and flee to him for their defence, in all their need and misery: their faith is sure firm to endure grounded on Christ the corner stone: moved with none ill, but standeth still, steadfast like to the mount Zion. Psalm Cxxvi WHen that the Lord again his Zion had forth brought, from bondage great, and also servitude extreme, his work was such as did surmount man's heart and thought, so that we were much like to them that use to dream, our mouths were with laughter filled then, and eke our tongues did show us joyful men. Psalm Cxxvij. EXcept the Lord the house do make, and thereunto do set his hand: what men do build it cannot stand. Likewise in vain men undertake, cities and holds to watch and ward, except the Lord be their safeguard. Psalm Cxxx. LOrd to thee I make my moan, when dangers me oppress, I call I sigh, plain and groan, trusting to find release, hear now O Lord my request, for it is full due time, and let thine ears aye be priest, unto this prayer mine. Psalm Cxxxii REmember David's troubles Lord, how to the Lord he swore, and vowed a vow to jacobs' God to keep for evermore. I will not come within my house, nor climb up to my bed, nor let my temples take their rest, or the eyes in my head. Psalm Cxxxiiii. BEhold and have regard, ye servants of the Lord, which in his house by night do watch, praise him with one accord. Lift up your hands on high, unto his holy place, and give the Lord his praises due, his benefits embrace. Psalm Cxxxvi Praise ye the Lord for he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever, give praise unto the God of Gods, for his mercy endureth for ever, give praise unto the Lord of Lords, for his mercy endureth for ever, which only doth great wondrous works, for his mercy endureth for ever. Psalm Cxxxvii. WHen as we sat in Babylon, the rivers round about, and in remem- branch of Zion, the tears for grief burst out, we hanged our haps and instru- ments, the willow trees upon: for in that place men for their use, had planted many one. Psalm Cxlviii. Give laud unto the Lord, from heaven that is so high. Praise him in deed and word, above the starry sky: and also ye his angels all, armies royal, praise him with glee. Psalm CL. Yield unto God the mighty Lord, praise in his sanctuary, and praise him in the firmament, that shows his power on high. 2. Advance his name, and praise him in his mighty acts always, according to his excellency of greatness give him praise. Here endeth the six parts. Music of Five parts Made upon the common tunes used in singing of the Psalms. By john Cousin. LONDON Imprinted by john Wolf. 1585. To the right honourable Sir Francis Walsingham Knight, principal Secretary to her excellent Majesty, and one of her highness privy Counsel. I. C. wisheth prosperity in this life, and life everlasting in Christ our Saviour. Howsoever the abuse of Music may be great, when it is made an instrument to feed vain delights, or to nourish and entertain superstitious devotion: yet the right use thereof is commanded in singing Psalms, and making melody to God in our hearts. Therefore (right honourable,) as by the grace of God I labour to avoid the former, so have I been careful in my profession to further the second. And having in this care set Six & Five parts upon the tunes ordinarily sung to the Psalms of David, I was encouraged by some to publish them for the private use and comfort of the godly, in place of many other Songs neither tending to the praise of God, nor containing any thing fit for Christian ears. Whereunto when I had yielded, my desire was to dedicate those labours taken for the furtherance of godly exercises▪ to a Patron of godliness, and a maintainer of true religion. And among many such (whom the Lord increase, in all heavenly wisdom) I have now a long time specially been devote to your honour, as one most joyful to hear both of your singular zeal to the truth, and of your manifold and honourable actions to advance the same. Herein I may seem bold in so simple a work to crave your honourable protection, but my trust is, that the least things tending to the praise of God, and furtherance of piety, are not little to your honour: upon which persuasion I rest, beseeching the Lord, to grant you increase of honour, and wisdom, and all other graces requisite for your honourable state in this life, and leading to an estate in the life to come, most honourable and everlasting. Your humbly at commandment. I. Cousin. The Table for the Psalms in Six parts contained in this Book. A Psalm. Folio. 30 ALl laud and praise. 8 78 Attend my people. 21 100 All people that on. 23 B 81 Be light and glad. 22 119 Blessed are they. 28 134 Behold and have. 39 E 127 Except the Lord. 36 G 148 Give laud unto. 42 H 67 Have mercy on. 17 I 25 I lift my heart to. 7 34 I will give laud. 9 120 In trouble and in. 39 121 I lift mine eyes to. 30 122 I did in heart: 31 L 6 Lord in thy wrath. 3 68 Let God arise. 18 72 Lord give thy. 20 130 Lord to thee I make. 37 M 23 My shepherd is the. 6 103 My soul give laud. 24 104 My soul praise. 25 N 124 Now Israel may say. 32 O 3 O Lord how are my 2 18 O God my strength. 4 21 O Lord how joyful. 5 44 Our ears have. 11 51 O Lord consider my. 13 55 O God give ear. 14 P 38 Put me not to rebuke. 10 136 Praise ye the Lord. 40 R 132 Remember David's. 38 S 59 Send aid and save. 15 69 Save me O God. 19 125 Such as in God the. 33 T 1 The man is blest. 1 50 The mighty God. 12 65 Thy praise alone. 16 125 Those that do put. 34 W 111 With heart I do accord. 26 126 When that the Lord. 35 137 When as we sat in. 41 Y 113 Ye children which. 27 150 Yield unto God praise. 43 Here endeth the Table of the six parts. The Table for the five parts. E Psalm. Folio. 127 Except the Lord. 56 G 148 Give laud unto. 59 I 25 I lift my heart to. 48 40 I waited long. 49 122 I did in heart. 53 L 130 Lord to thee I. 57 M 104 My soul praise. 51 N 124 Now Israel may. 54 O 3 O Lord how are. 47 T 50 The mighty God. 50 W 126 When that the. 55 137 When as we sat. 58 Y 113 Ye children which. 52 150 Yield unto God. 60 Here endeth the Table for the five parts. Psalm I. THe man is blest that hath not bend, to wicked read his ear: nor lead his life as sinners do, nor sat in scorners chair. But in the law of God the Lord, doth set his whole delight, and in that law doth exercise himself both day and night. Psalm. III. O Lord how are my foes increased, which vex me more and more, they kill my heart when as they say, God can him not restore. 2. But thou O Lord art my defence, when I am hard bestead: my worship and mine honour both, and thou hold'st up my head. Psalm VI. LOrd in thy wrath reprove me not, though I deserve thine ire, ne yet correct me in thy rage, O Lord I thee desire. 2. For I am weak therefore O Lord of mercy me forbear, and heal me Lord for why thou knowest my bones do quake for fear. Psalm xviii. O God my strength and fortitude, of force I must love thee, thou art my castle and defence in my necessity. 2. My God, my rock in whom I trust, the worker of my wealth, my refuge buckler and my shield, the horn of all my health. Psalm xxi. O Lord how joyful is the king, in thy strength and thy power? how vehemently doth he rejoice in thee his Saviour? 2. For thou hast given unto him his godly hearts desire, to him nothing hast thou denied, of that he did require. Psalm xxiii. MY shepherd is the living Lord, nothing therefore I need: in pa-stures fair with waters calm, he set me for to feed. 2. He did convert and glad my soul, and brought my mind in frame, to walk in paths of righteousness for his most holy name. Psalm xxv. I Lift my heart to thee, my God and guide most just, now suffer me to take no shame, for in thee do I trust. 2. Let not my foes rejoice, nor make a scorn of me, and let them not be overthrown that put their trust in thee. Psalm thirty. ALl laud and praise, with heart and voice O Lord I give to thee, which didst not make my foes rejoice, but hast exalted me. O Lord my God to thee I cried, in all my pain and grief: thou gavest an ear, and didst provide to ease me with relief. Psalm xxxiiii. I Will give laud and honour both, unto the Lord always, and eke my mouth for evermore, shall sing unto his praise. 2. I do delight to laud the Lord, in soul and eke in voice, that humble men and mortified, may hear and so rejoice. Psalm xxxviii. Put me not to rebuke O Lord, in thy provoked ire, ne in thy heavy wrath O Lord, correct me I desire. 2. Thine arrows do stick fast in me, thy hand doth press me sore, and in my flesh no health at all appeareth any more. Psalm xliiii. Our ears have heard our Fathers tell, and reverently record, the won- drous works that thou hast done in alder time O Lord. 2. How thou didst cast the Gentiles out and stroydst them with strong hand: planting our fathers in their place and gavest to them their land. Psalm L. THe mighty God th'eternal hath thus spoke, and all the world he will call and provoke. Even from the East and so forth to the West. From toward Zion which place him liketh best, God will appear in beauty most excellent. Our God will come before that long time be spent. Psalm LI. O Lord consider my distress, and now with speed some pity take my sins deface, my faults redress, good Lord for thy great mercy's sake. 2 Wash me O Lord, and make me clean, from this unjust and sinful act, and purify yet once again my heinous crime and bloody fact. Psalm Lv. O God give ear and do apply to hear me when I pray, and when to thee I call and cry, hide not thyself away. 2. Take heed to me grant my request and answer me again, with plaints I pray full sore oppressed, great grief doth me constrain. Psalm Lix. SEnd aid, and save me from my foes, O Lord I pray to thee: defend and keep me from all those, that rise and strive with me. 2. O Lord preserve me from those men, whose doings are not good: and set me sure and safe from them that still thirst after blood. Psalm Lxv. THy praise alone O Lord doth reign, in Zion thine own hill: their vows to thee they do maintain▪ and thy behests fulfil. 2. For that thou dost their prayer hear, and dost thereto agree: the people all both far and near, with trust shall come to thee. Psalm Lxvij Have mercy on us Lord: and grant to us thy grace: to show to us do thou accord, the brightness of thy face. 2. That all the world may know the way to godly wealth, and all the nations on a row, may see thy saving health. Psalm. Lxviii. LEt God arise and then his foes will turn themselves to flight: his enemy's than will run abroad, and scatter out of sight. 2. And as the fire doth melt the wax, and wind blow smoke away: So in the presence of the Lord, the wicked shall decay. Psalm Lxix. Save me O God and that with speed, the waters flow full fast; So nigh my soul do they proceed, that I am sore aghast. 2. I stick full deep in filth and clay whereas I feel no ground: I fall into such floods I say, that I am like be drowned. Psalm Lxxii. LOrd give thy judgements to the king, therein instruct him well▪ and with his son that princely thing, Lord let thy justice dwell. 2. That he might govern uprightly, and rule thy folk aright, and so defend through equity the poor that have no might. Psalm Lxxviii. ATtend my people to my law and to my words incline: my mouth shall speak strange parables, and sentences divine. 2. Which we ourselves have heard and learned even of our father's old: and which for our instruction our Fa- there's have us told. Psalm Lxxxi. BE light and glad in God rejoice which is our strength and stay: be joyful and lift up your voice to jacobs' God I say. 2. Prepare your instruments most meet some joyful psalm to sing: strike up with harp and lute so sweet on every pleasant string. Psalm C. ALl people that on earth do dwell, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice: him serve with fear his praise forth tell, come ye before him and rejoice. 2. The Lord ye know is God indeed, without our aid he did us make, we are his flock he doth us feed, and for his sheep he doth us take. Psalm Ciii. MY soul give laud unto the Lord, my spirit shall do the same and all the secrets of my heart, praise ye his holy name. 2. Give thanks to God for all his gifts, show not thyself unkind, and suffer not his benefits to slip out of thy mind. Psalm Ciiii MY soul praise the Lord speak good of his name. O Lord our great God how dost thou appear: so passing in glory, that great is thy fame: honour & majesty in thee shine most clear with light as a rob thou hast thee be clad, whereby all the earth thy greatness may see, the heavens in such sort thou also hast spread that it to a curtain compared may be. Psalm Cxi. WIth heart I do accord to praise and laud the Lord in presence of the just. for great his works are found, to search them such are bound as do him love & trust, his works are glorious, also his righteousness it doth endure for ever: his won- drous works he would, we still remember should, his mercy faileth never. Psalm Cxiii. YE children which do serve the Lord, praise ye his name with one accord, yea blessed be always his name, who from the rising of the Sun, till it return where it begun, is to be praised with great fame, the Lord all people doth surmount, as for his glory we may count, above the heavens hie to be, with God the Lord who may compare? whose dwellings in the heavens are, of such great power and force is he. Psalm Cxix. BLessed are they that perfect are, and pure in mind and heart, whose lives and conversation, from God's laws never start. Blessed are they that give themselves his statutes to observe, seeking the Lord with all their heart, and ne- ver from him serve. Psalm Cxx. IN trouble and in thrall, unto the Lord I call, and he doth me comfort: deliver me I say from liars lips alway and tongue of false report. Psalm Cxxi. I life mine eyes to Zion hill, from whence I do attend, that succour God me send: the mighty God me succour will, which heaven and earth framed, and all things therein named. Psalm Cxxii. I Did in heart rejoice, to hear the people's voice, in offering so willingly: for let us up say they, and in the Lord's house pray, thus spoke the folk full lovingly: our feet that wandered wide, shall in thy gate abide, O thou jerusalem full fair, which art so seemly set, much like a city neat, the like whereof is not elsewhere. Psalm Cxxiiii. NOw Israel may say and that truly, If that the Lord had not our cause maintained, If that the Lord had not our right sustained, when all the world against us furiously, made their uproars and said we should all die. Psalm Cxxv. Such as in God the Lord do trust, as mount Zion, shall firmly stand, and be removed at no hand, the Lord doth count them right and just, so that they shall be sure, for ever to endure. Psalm. Cxxv. THose that do put their confidence, upon the Lord our God only: and flee to him for their defence, in all their need and misery: their faith is sure firm to endure grounded on Christ the corner stone: moved with none ill, but standeth still, steadfast like to the mount Zion. Psalm Cxxvi WHen that the Lord again his Zion had forth brought, from bondage great, and also servitude extreme, his work was such as did surmount man's heart and thought, so that we were much like to them that use to dream, our mouths were with laughter filled then, and eke our tongues did show us joyful men. Psalm Cxxvij. EXcept the Lord the house do make, and thereunto do set his hand: what men do build it cannot stand. Likewise in vain men undertake, cities and holds to watch and ward, except the Lord be their safeguard. Psalm Cxxx. LOrd to thee I make my moan, when dangers me oppress, I call I sigh, plain and groan, trusting to find release, hear now O Lord my request, for it is full due time, and let thine ears aye be priest, unto this prayer mine. Psalm Cxxxli. REmember David's troubles Lord, how to the Lord he swore, and vowed a vow to jacobs' God to keep for evermore. I will not come within my house, nor climb up to my bed, nor let my temples take their rest, or the eyes in my head. Psalm Cxxxiiii. BEhold and have regard, ye servants of the Lord, which in his house by night do watch, praise him with one accord. Lift up your hands on high, unto his holy place, and give the Lord his praises due, his benefits embrace. Psalm Cxxxvi Praise ye the Lord for he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever, give praise unto the God of Gods, for his mercy endureth for ever, give praise unto the Lord of Lords, for his mercy endureth for ever, which only doth great wondrous works, for his mercy endureth for ever. Psalm Cxxxvii. WHen as we sat in Babylon, the rivers round about, and in remem- branch of Zion, the tears for grief burst out, we hanged our haps and instru- ments, the willow trees upon: for in that place men for their use, had planted many one. Psalm Cxlviii. Give laud unto the Lord, from heaven that is so high. Praise him in deed and word, above the starry sky: and also ye his angels all, armies royal, praise him with glee. Psalm CL. Yield unto God the mighty Lord, praise in his sanctuary, and praise him in the firmament, that shows his power on high. 2. Advance his name, and praise him in his mighty acts always, according to his excellency of greatness give him praise. Here endeth the six parts. Music of Five parts Made upon the common tunes used in singing of the Psalms. By john Cousin. LONDON Imprinted by john Wolf. 1585. Psalm III. O Lord how are my foes. Psalm xxv. I Lift my heart to thee. Psalm xl. I Waited long. Psalm L. THe mighty God. Psalm CIIII MY soul praise the Lord. Psalm Cxiij. YE children. Psalm Cxxii. I Did in heart rejoice. Psalm Cxxiiii. NOw Israel may say. Psalm Cxxvi WHen that the Lord. Psalm Cxxvii. EXcept the Lord. Psalm Cxxx. LOrd to thee I make my moan. Psalm Cxxxvii. WHen as we sat. Psalm Cxlviii. Give laud. Psalm CL. Yield unto God. FINIS LONDON Printed by john Wolf. 1585. Cum privilegio Regiae Maiestatis. QVINUS Music of Six, and Five parts. Made upon the common tunes used in singing of the Psalms. By john Cousin. LONDON Imprinted by john Wolf. 1585. Cum privilegio Regiae Maiestatis. To the right honourable Sir Francis Walsingham Knight, principal Secretary to her excellent Majesty, and one of her highness privy Counsel. I. C. wisheth prosperity in this life, and life everlasting in Christ our Saviour. Howsoever the abuse of Music may be great, when it is made an instrument to feed vain delights, or to nourish and entertain superstitious devotion: yet the right use thereof is commanded in singing Psalms, and making melody to God in our hearts. Therefore (right honourable,) as by the grace of God I labour to avoid the former, so have I been careful in my profession to further the second. And having in this care set Six & Five parts upon the tunes ordinarily sung to the Psalms of David, I was encouraged by some to publish them for the private use and comfort of the godly, in place of many other Songs neither tending to the praise of God, nor containing any thing fit for Christian ears. Whereunto when I had yielded, my desire was to dedicate those labours taken for the furtherance of godly exercises, to a Patron of godliness, and a maintainer of true religion. And among many such (whom the Lord increase, in all heavenly wisdom) I have now a long time specially been devote to your honour, as one most joyful to hear both of your singular zeal to the truth, and of your manifold and honourable actions to advance the same. Herein I may seem bold in so simple a work to crave your honourable protection, but my trust is, that the least things tending to the praise of God, and furtherance of piety, are not little to your honour: upon which persuasion I rest, beseeching the Lord, to grant you increase of honour, and wisdom, and all other graces requisite for your honourable state in this life, and leading to an estate in the life to come, most honourable and everlasting. Your humbly at commandment. I. Cousin. The Table for the Psalms in Six parts contained in this Book. A Psalm. Folio. 30 ALl laud and praise. 8 78 Attend my people. 21 100 All people that on. 23 B 81 Be light and glad. 22 119 Blessed are they. 28 134 Behold and have. 39 E 127 Except the Lord. 36 G 148 Give laud unto. 42 H 67 Have mercy on. 17 I 25 I lift my heart to. 7 34 I will give laud. 9 120 In trouble and in. 39 121 I lift mine eyes to. 30 122 I did in heart: 31 L 6 Lord in thy wrath. 3 68 Let God arise. 18 72 Lord give thy. 20 130 Lord to thee I make. 37 M 23 My shepherd is the. 6 103 My soul give laud. 24 104 My soul praise. 25 N 124 Now Israel may say. 32 O 3 O Lord how are my 2 18 O God my strength. 4 21 O Lord how joyful. 5 44 Our ears have. 11 51 O Lord consider my. 13 55 O God give ear. 14 P 38 Put me not to rebuke. 10 136 Praise ye the Lord. 40 R 132 Remember David's. 38 S 59 Send aid and save. 15 69 Save me O God. 19 125 Such as in God the. 33 T 1 The man is blest. 1 50 The mighty God. 12 65 Thy praise alone. 16 125 Those that do put. 34 W 111 With heart I do accord. 26 126 When that the Lord. 35 137 When as we sat in. 41 Y 113 Ye children which. 27 150 Yield unto God praise. 43 Here endeth the Table of the six parts. The Table for the five parts. E Psalm. Folio. 127 Except the Lord. 56 G 148 Give laud unto. 59 I 25 I lift my heart to. 48 40 I waited long. 49 122 I did in heart. 53 L 130 Lord to thee I. 57 M 104 My soul praise. 51 N 124 Now Israel may. 54 O 3 O Lord how are. 47 T 50 The mighty God. 50 W 126 When that the. 55 137 When as we sat. 58 Y 113 Ye children which. 52 150 Yield unto God. 60 Here endeth the Table for the five parts. Psalm I. THe man is blest that hath not bend, to wicked read his ear: nor lead his life as sinners do, nor sat in scorners chair. But in the law of God the Lord, doth set his whole delight, and in that law doth exercise himself both day and night. Psalm. III. O Lord how are my foes increased, which vex me more and more, they kill my heart when as they say, God can him not restore. 2. But thou O Lord art my defence, when I am hard bestead: my worship and mine honour both, and thou hold'st up my head. Psalm VI. LOrd in thy wrath reprove me not, though I deserve thine ire, ne yet correct me in thy rage, O Lord I thee desire. 2. For I am weak therefore O Lord of mercy me forbear, and heal me Lord for why thou knowest my bones do quake for fear. Psalm xviii. O God my strength and fortitude, of force I must love thee, thou art my castle and defence in my necessity. 2. My God, my rock in whom I trust, the worker of my wealth, my refuge buckler and my shield, the horn of all my health. Psalm xxi. O Lord how joyful is the king, in thy strength and thy power? how vehemently doth he rejoice in thee his Saviour? 2. For thou hast given unto him his godly hearts desire, to him nothing hast thou denied, of that he did require. Psalm xxiii. MY shepherd is the living Lord, nothing therefore I need: in pa-stures fair with waters calm, he set me for to feed. 2. He did convert and glad my soul, and brought my mind in frame, to walk in paths of righteousness for his most holy name. Psalm xxv. I Lift my heart to thee, my God and guide most just, now suffer me to take no shame, for in thee do I trust. 2. Let not my foes rejoice, nor make a scorn of me, and let them not be overthrown that put their trust in thee. Psalm thirty. ALl laud and praise, with heart and voice O Lord I give to thee, which didst not make my foes rejoice, but hast exalted me. O Lord my God to thee I cried, in all my pain and grief: thou gavest an ear, and didst provide to ease me with relief. Psalm xxxiiii. I Will give laud and honour both, unto the Lord always, and eke my mouth for evermore, shall sing unto his praise. 2. I do delight to laud the Lord, in soul and eke in voice, that humble men and mortified, may hear and so rejoice. Psalm xxxviii. Put me not to rebuke O Lord, in thy provoked ire, ne in thy heavy wrath O Lord, correct me I desire. 2. Thine arrows do stick fast in me, thy hand doth press me sore, and in my flesh no health at all appeareth any more. Psalm xliiii. Our ears have heard our Fathers tell, and reverently record, the won- drous works that thou hast done in alder time O Lord. 2. How thou didst cast the Gentiles out and stroydst them with strong hand: planting our fathers in their place and gavest to them their land. Psalm L. THe mighty God th'eternal hath thus spoke, and all the world he will call and provoke. Even from the East and so forth to the West. From toward Zion which place him liketh best, God will appear in beauty most excellent. Our God will come before that long time be spent. Psalm LI. O Lord consider my distress, and now with speed some pity take my sins deface, my faults redress, good Lord for thy great mercy's sake. 2 Wash me O Lord, and make me clean, from this unjust and sinful act, and purify yet once again my heinous crime and bloody fact. Psalm Lv. O God give ear and do apply to hear me when I pray, and when to thee I call and cry, hide not thyself away. 2. Take heed to me grant my request and answer me again, with plaints I pray full sore oppressed, great grief doth me constrain. Psalm Lix. SEnd aid, and save me from my foes, O Lord I pray to thee: defend and keep me from all those, that rise and strive with me. 2. O Lord preserve me from those men, whose doings are not good: and set me sure and safe from them that still thirst after blood. Psalm Lxv. THy praise alone O Lord doth reign, in Zion thine own hill: their vows to thee they do maintain, and thy behests fulfil. 2. For that thou dost their prayer hear, and dost thereto agree: the people all both far and near, with trust shall come to thee. Psalm Lxvij Have mercy on us Lord: and grant to us thy grace: to show to us do thou accord, the brightness of thy face. 2. That all the world may know the way to godly wealth, and all the nations on a row, may see thy saving health. Psalm. Lxviii. LEt God arise and then his foes will turn themselves to flight: his enemy's than will run abroad, and scatter out of sight. 2. And as the fire doth melt the wax, and wind blow smoke away: So in the presence of the Lord, the wicked shall decay. Psalm Lxix. Save me O God and that with speed, the waters flow full fast; So nigh my soul do they proceed, that I am sore aghast. 2. I stick full deep in filth and clay whereas I feel no ground: I fall into such floods I say, that I am like be drowned. Psalm Lxxii. LOrd give thy judgements to the king, therein instruct him well: and with his son that princely thing, Lord let thy justice dwell. 2. That he might govern uprightly, and rule thy folk aright, and so defend through equity the poor that have no might. Psalm Lxxviii. ATtend my people to my law and to my words incline: my mouth shall speak strange parables, and sentences divine. 2. Which we ourselves have heard and learned even of our father's old: and which for our instruction our Fa- there's have us told. Psalm Lxxxi. BE light and glad in God rejoice which is our strength and stay: be joyful and lift up your voice to jacobs' God I say. 2. Prepare your instruments most meet some joyful psalm to sing: strike up with harp and lute so sweet on every pleasant string. Psalm C. ALl people that on earth do dwell, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice: him serve with fear his praise forth tell, come ye before him and rejoice. 2. The Lord ye know is God indeed, without our aid he did us make, we are his flock he doth us feed, and for his sheep he doth us take. Psalm Ciii. MY soul give laud unto the Lord, my spirit shall do the same and all the secrets of my heart, praise ye his holy name. 2. Give thanks to God for all his gifts, show not thyself unkind, and suffer not his benefits to slip out of thy mind. Psalm Ciiii MY soul praise the Lord speak good of his name. O Lord our great God how dost thou appear: so passing in glory, that great is thy fame: honour & majesty in thee shine most clear with light as a rob thou hast thee be clad, whereby all the earth thy greatness may see, the heavens in such sort thou also hast spread that it to a curtain compared may be. Psalm Cxi. WIth heart I do accord to praise and laud the Lord in presence of the just. for great his works are found, to search them such are bound as do him love & trust, his works are glorious, also his righteousness it doth endure for ever▪ his won- drous works he would, we still remember should, his mercy faileth never. Psalm Cxiii. YE children which do serve the Lord, praise ye his name with one accord, yea blessed be always his name, who from the rising of the Sun, till it return where it begun, is to be praised with great fame, the Lord all people doth surmount, as for his glory we may count, above the heavens hie to be, with God the Lord who may compare? whose dwellings in the heavens are, of such great power and force is he. Psalm Cxix. BLessed are they that perfect are, and pure in mind and heart, whose lives and conversation, from God's laws never start. Blessed are they that give themselves his statutes to observe, seeking the Lord with all their heart, and ne- ver from him serve. Psalm Cxx. IN trouble and in thrall, unto the Lord I call, and he doth me comfort: deliver me I say from liars lips alway and tongue of false report. Psalm Cxxi. I life mine eyes to Zion hill, from whence I do attend, that succour God me send: the mighty God me succour will, which heaven and earth framed, and all things therein named. Psalm Cxxii. I Did in heart rejoice, to hear the people's voice, in offering so willingly: for let us up say they, and in the Lord's house pray, thus spoke the folk full lovingly: our feet that wandered wide, shall in thy gate abide, O thou jerusalem full fair, which art so seemly set, much like a city neat, the like whereof is not elsewhere. Psalm Cxxiiii. NOw Israel may say and that truly, If that the Lord had not our cause maintained, If that the Lord had not our right sustained, when all the world against us furiously, made their uproars and said we should all die. Psalm Cxxv. Such as in God the Lord do trust, as mount Zion, shall firmly stand, and be removed at no hand, the Lord doth count them right and just, so that they shall be sure, for ever to endure. Psalm. Cxxv. THose that do put their confidence, upon the Lord our God only: and flee to him for their defence, in all their need and misery: their faith is sure firm to endure grounded on Christ the corner stone: moved with none ill, but standeth still, steadfast like to the mount Zion. Psalm Cxxvi WHen that the Lord again his Zion had forth brought, from bondage great, and also servitude extreme, his work was such as did surmount man's heart and thought, so that we were much like to them that use to dream, our mouths were with laughter filled then, and eke our tongues did show us joyful men. Psalm Cxxvij. EXcept the Lord the house do make, and thereunto do set his hand: what men do build it cannot stand. Likewise in vain men undertake, cities and holds to watch and ward, except the Lord be their safeguard. Psalm Cxxx. LOrd to thee I make my moan, when dangers me oppress, I call I sigh, plain and groan, trusting to find release, hear now O Lord my request, for it is full due time, and let thine ears aye be priest, unto this prayer mine. Psalm Cxxxii REmember David's troubles Lord, how to the Lord he swore, and vowed a vow to jacobs' God to keep for evermore. I will not come within my house, nor climb up to my bed, nor let my temples take their rest, or the eyes in my head. Psalm Cxxxiiii. BEhold and have regard, ye servants of the Lord, which in his house by night do watch, praise him with one accord. Lift up your hands on high, unto his holy place, and give the Lord his praises due, his benefits embrace. Psalm Cxxxvi Praise ye the Lord for he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever, give praise unto the God of Gods, for his mercy endureth for ever, give praise unto the Lord of Lords, for his mercy endureth for ever, which only doth great wondrous works, for his mercy endureth for ever. Psalm Cxxxvii. WHen as we sat in Babylon, the rivers round about, and in remem- branch of Zion, the tears for grief burst out, we hanged our haps and instru- ments, the willow trees upon: for in that place men for their use, had planted many one. Psalm Cxlviii. Give laud unto the Lord, from heaven that is so high. Praise him in deed and word, above the starry sky: and also ye his angels all, armies royal, praise him with glee. Psalm CL. Yield unto God the mighty Lord, praise in his sanctuary, and praise him in the firmament, that shows his power on high. 2. Advance his name, and praise him in his mighty acts always, according to his excellency of greatness give him praise. Here endeth the six parts.