CANTUS. MADRIGALES TO 3. 4. and 5. parts: apt for Viols and voices. Newly composed by Michael Este. 1604. IN LONDON PRINTED BY THOMAS ESTE. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL and my very good friend: Sir john Crofts Knight. Michael Este wisheth long life, health and happiness, with increase of honour. Worshipful Sir: having drawn together these Compositions, and therewith acquainted some of my well-willers, studious and skilful in the most delectable Science, it pleased them not only with sweet words friendly to approve what I had done, and t'encourage me boldly to goe-on in my course of studies, but also with many arguments earnestly to importune me to publish for a common benefit, which myself had done for my own recreation and private exercise. Thus whet-on I did consent, and do present unto your worship these Musical inventions of mine, not as did the Philosopher his book of justice unto Antigonus, that delighted in oppression (an unmeet Patron for so sweet and necessary a subject); but as to one addicted to the Muses studious of all good Sciences, excelling in virtue; delighting in Music; withal, desiring your Protection and Pardon: Protection of these my labours, the first fruits of my weak studies against depravers; Pardon for publishing them so boldly under your worship's name: which if I find (whereof I doubt not) than shall I be encouraged with more alacrity, both to proceed as I have now begun, and to prepare myself to some greater task. And so I humbly take my leave, wishing all manner good, both unto your worship, and all yours. Yours in all love and duty, Michael Este. THE TABLE. Songs to 3. voices. O Come again my love. I In the merry month of May. First part. TWO Coridon would kiss her then. Second part. III Young Cupid hath proclaimed a bloody war. IIII To bed, to bed she calls and never ceaseth. V Oh do not run away from me my jewel. VI In an evening as I was walking. VII Alas, must I run away. VIII Songs to 4. voices. O stay fair cruel, do not still torment me. IX My hope a counsel with my love. X Pity dear love my pity moving words. XI Mopsie leave off to love. XII Sweet Love I err, and do my error know. XIII In vain my tongue thou beg'st to ease my care. XIIII When on my dear I do demand the due. XV joy of my life that hath my love in hold. XVI Songs to 5. voices. All ye that joy in wailing. XVII My prime of youth. First part. XVIII The spring is past. Second part. XIX Fair is my love my dear & only jewel. XX Sly thief, if so you will believe. First part. XXI What thing more cruel can you do. Second part. XXII Ye restless cares, companions of the night. XXIII You mournful gods. XXIIII FINIS. CANTUS Of 3. voc. I. O Come again my love, O ij. O ij. my love, come again my lovely jewel, O come again my love, O ij. my love, come again, come ij. come ij. my lovely jewel, that we may kindly kiss and play, kiss ij. kiss ij. and play, kiss ij. kiss ij. may kiss and play, and sweetly sweetly pass the time away. O go not sweet, go ij. go ij. go ij. you are to cruel, what now ye run away, what ij. what ij. disdaining, and leave me hear complaining. and ij. (alone) complaining. First part. II. IN the merry merry merry month of May, in a morn by break of day, forth I walked by the wood side, forth I walked, forth ij. by the wood side, the wood side, whereas May was in her pride, a there I spied, Philliday, ij. ij. and Coridon, much a do there was god wot, he would love and she would not, she said never man was true, he said non was false to you: he said ij. he said ij. he said he had loved her long, she said love should have no wrong. she said love should have no wrong. III. COridon would kiss her then, Cori: ij she said maids must kiss no men, till they did, till ij. for good, till ij. and all: Then she made the shepherd call, all the heavens, all ij. to witness truth, never loved a truer youth, never ij. Thus with many a pretty oath, yea and nay, yea ij. and faith & troth, such as silly shepherds use, when they will not love abuse. Love which had been long deluded, was with kisses, was ij. sweet concluded, And Philliday, and ij. with garlands gay, was made the lady, was ij. of the May. FOUR YOung Cupid: A bloody war, young Cupid hath proclaimed a bloody war, And vows revenge on all the Maiden crew, O yield, ij. ij. fair Clo- ris, least in that jar, thine after penance make thee rue, thy folly rue, And yet I fear her wondrous beauty's such, and ij. A thousand thousand Cupids dare not Cloris touch, A ij. A ij. A ij. not Cloris touch, and yet I fear her wondrous beauty's such, and ij. A thousand thousand Cupids dare not Cloris touch, A ij. A ij. A ij. not touch, they dare not Cloris touch, they dare not Cloris touch. V. TO bed, to bed she calls and never ceaseth, and never ceaseth, and ij. and ij. Which words do pierce and grieve my hartfull sore, to bed, to bed I say, I say, my pain increaseth, my ij. my ij. increaseth, Yet i'll to bed, i'll ij. i'll ij. i'll ij. and trouble you no more, and ij. good-night sweet heart, good-night my dear, to bed I must be gone, and being there, being there, and ij. and ij. i'll muse on thee alone. good night sweet heart, good-night my dear, to bed I must be gone, and being there, being there, and being there, and being there, I'll muse on thee alone. Isle ij. VI OH do not run away from me my jewel, oh ij. my jewel, oh ij. o ij. my sweet jewel, thou hast cast me down to the ground tarry till I rise, thou ij. Oh thou unkind and cruel, wilt thou away, then well I may, repent the day I loved, I loved, wilt ij. since so suddenly, since ij. since ij. I feel, all thy love from me, all ij. all thy love from me removed. Wilt thou away, then well I may, repent the day I loved, I loved, wilt ij. since so suddenly, since ij. since ij. I feel all thy love from me, all ij. all thy love from me re-moved. VII. IN an evening as I was walking, as ij. In an evening walking, fair Philli-da I saw, I saw, fair ij. fair Phillida I saw, fair ij. Where she was talking, with her love Coridon, Coridon, with ij. with. ij. Coridon, who stood (now) all sadly, stood ij. and ever he sighed, and ij. but looked badly. and ever he sighed, and ij. and ever he sighed, and ij. and ij. but looked, but looked full badly. and ever he sighed badly. and ij. and ever he sighed, and ij. but looked full bad-ly. VIII. ALas, must I run away from her that loves me, must ij. that loves me, and running curse the causers of my flight, of ij. it now behoves me, yet wisdom saith, yet ij. it now be- hoves me, to depart from my heart, to ij. from my heart, to ij. and yield, to ij. to ij. from my heart and yield, and yield unto their spite. to depart, to ij. from my heart, and yield, and yield unto their spite. here endeth the songs of 3. parts. Of 4. voc. IX. O Stay fair cruel, do not still torment me, do ij. O stay ij. with frowns, ij. disgraces, and disdainful deeds, and ij. and ij. when every eye with pit- tie, doth lament me, doth ij. that views my face, and my misfortune reads, and my misfortune reads. Oh be not, be not so, not so hard hearted still, your gloris greater for to spare then spill. for ij. your ij. to spare then spill. then spill. to ij. Oh be not, be not so, not so hard hearted still, your gloris greater for to spare then spill. for ij. your ij. to spare then spill. then spill. to spare then spill. X. MY hope a counsel with my love, hath long desired to be, to be, hath ij. to be, and marvels much so dear a friend, is not retained by me: She doth condemn my haste, in passing the estate of my whole life, into their hands, of ij. who nought pays fort but hate, but hate, and not suf- ficed with this, she says, I did release the right, of my enjoyed liberties, unto your beau- t'ous sight, your ij. unto ij. and not sufficed with this, she says, I did release the right of my enjoyed liberties, unto your beauteous sight. your ij. unto your beauteous sight. XI. Pity dear love my pity moving words, my ij. Pity dear love my ●●●tie moving words, my moving words, fetched from the depth, fetch ij. the depth of grief and sad lament: of ij. of grief and sad lament, of ij. whose thoughts before they speak, no hope affords, whose ij. no hope of- fords, no ij. sa-uing that thus you know my discontent. whose thoughts before they speak, no hope of- fords, whose ij. no hope of- fords: no ij. sa-uing that thus you know my discontent. XII. MOpsie leave of to love, Mopsie ij. thy hopes are vain, thy ij. thy hopes are vain, are vain, I have another that doth much excel thee, I ij. whose meanest graces thy perfections stain: Yet love himself, yet ij. to love cannot compel me, cannot compel me, compel me, Yet she is modest, virtue's, wise, & chaste, of all which parts, no little little part thou hast. no lit: ij. no little little little part thou hast. Yet she is modest, virtue's, wise, and chaste, of all which parts, no little little part thou hast. no ij. no little lit- tle little part thou hast. XIII. SWeet Love I err, and do my error know, As he that burns, as ij. that burns, and nourisheth the fire, and ij. and ij. My grief doth wax, my ij. my ij. my ij. and reason less doth grow, and ij. Yet want I power, yet ij. to bridle my de- sire. Content is dead, my joys are all distressed, Ay, thus it is, aye ij. aye ij. aye ij. To be with love oppressed. to ij. to ij. Con- tent is dead, my joys are all distressed. Ay thus it is, aye ij. aye ij. aye ij. To be with love oppressed. to ij. to ij. XIIII. IN vain my tongue thou beg'st to ease my care, my care, In vain mine eyes you gaze, or look for aid, for aid, in ij. in ij. in vain mine ears you listen after air, you ij. In vain my thoughts, In ij. in ij in ij. you think what hath been said, you ij. In vain my faith serves where 'tis not re-gar-ded, In vain my hope when truth is not rewar- ded. in ij. In vain my faith serves where 'tis not re-gar-ded , In vain my hope, when truth is not rewar-ded. in vain my hope, when truth is not rewar- deed. XV. WHen on my dear I do demand the due, that to affec- ti- on, and firm faith belongeth, and ij. and ij. A friend to me she saith she will be true, a friend to me, she saith she will be true, a friend to me be true: and with this answer still my joys prolongeth, prolongeth, but dear tell me, But dear tell me what friendship is in this, Thus for to wrong me and delay my bliss. de-lay my bliss. But dear tell me, what friendship is in this, but dear tell ij. Thus for to wrong me, and de- lay my bliss. XVI. Joy of my life that hath my love in hold, joy of my life, joy ij. that hath my love in hold, Vouchsafe to read these lines my heart doth send, and having read, some pity, some pity dear unfold, some ij. To these sad abstracts, sad ij. drawing to their end: drawing ij. to their end: Let those sweet eyes that stellafie, the light, Show equal power and day-e-fie my night. Let those sweet eyes that stellafie the light, Show equal power, and day-e-fie my night. here endeth the songs of 4. parts. Of 5. voc. XVII. ALL ye that joy in wailing, All ij. that joy ij. come seat yourselves a-row, come ij. a- row, come ij. a-row, and weep, and weep beesids me, that while my life is failing, the world may see, the ij. in love what ill be- tie me, and after death, do this in my behove, and ij. tell Cressida, Troy- lus, tell ij. Troy- lus, is dead for love. for love, and after death do this in my behove, tell Cressida, Troy- lus, tell ij. is dead, is dead for love. First part. XVIII. MY prime of youth, of youth, My ij. My ij. is but a frost of cares, my feast of joy, my ij. is but a dish of pain, is ij. a ij. my crop of corn, is but a field of tars, is ij. and all my good, is but vain hope of gain: is ij. of gain, is ij. of gain, the day is fled, the ij. and yet I saw no sun, and now I live, and ij. and ij. and ij. and ij. and now my life is done. my ij. is done. The second part. XIX. THE spring is past and yet it hath not sprung, and ij the fruit is dead, the ij. and yet the leaves be green, and ij. the ij. My youth is gone, my ij. my ij. my ij. and yet I am but young, I saw the world, I ij. and yet I was not seen, and ij. and ij. and yet I was not seen, My thread is cut, my ij. and yet it is not spun, and now I live, and ij. and ij. and now I live, and ij. and now my life is done. my life is done. XX. Fair is my love, my love, my dear & only jew- ell, Fair ij. my love, my love, Fair ij. my love, my dear and only jew- ell, mild are her looks, mild ij. mild ij. mild ij. but yet her heart is cruel, but ij. O that her heart, were as her looks are mild, then should I not from comfort be exiled. then ij be exiled. O that her heart, were as her looks are mild, then should I not from comfort be exiled. then ij. be ex- I'd. First part. XXI. sly thief, if so you will believe, It nought or little did me grieve, it ij. it ij. or little did me grieve, That my true heart you had be- reft, that ij. you ij. Till that unkind- lie, till ij. you it left, till ij. you it left, Leaving you lose, losing you kill, that which I may forego so ill. that ij. that ij. I may forego so ill. Leaving you lose, losing you kill, That which I may forego so ill. that ij. that ij. I may forego so ill. Second part. XXII. WHat thing more cruel can you do, Then rob a man and kill him to, then ij. and kill him to, and ij. Wherefore of love I ask this meed, To bring you where you did this deed, to ij. to bring ij. to ij. where you did this deed, That there you may for your amisses, Bee damaged in, be damaged in a thousand kisses. be damaged in, be damaged in a thousand kiss- ses, That there you may for your amiss- ses, be damaged in, be damaged in a thousand kis-ses, be damaged in, be damaged in a thousand kiss- ses. XXIII. YE restless cares, ye ij companions of the night, the night, ye restless cares, companions of the night, That wrap my joys, my joys in folds of end- less woes, that wrap my joys, in folds of endless woes: Tyre on my heart and wound it with your spite, with your spite, and ij. your spite, Since love and fortune, since love and fortune, love and fortune, love ij. love and fortune proves my equal foes, Farewell my hopes, Farewell my happy days, Welcome sweet grief, sweet grief, welcome sweet grief, the subject of my lays. Farewell my hopes, Farewell my happy days, Welcome sweet grief, sweet grief, Welcome sweet grief the subject of my lays. XXIIII. YOu mourn: And Goddesses descend, and aid my soul with sadness, and aid my soul with sadness, and my spirit, Sadness is fittest now, sadness is fittest now for me t'intend, Let heaviness and grief, let ij. let heaviness and grief, let ij. be my delight, And pensive sorrow always in my sight: and pensive sorrow in my sight, I pray thee stand and help me sing lamenting, and ij. and help me sing lamenting, The powers divine, to it are all assenting. all assenting. to it are all assenting. assenting, all assenting. FINIS. ALTUS. MADRIGALES TO 3. 4. and 5. parts: apt for Viols and voices. Newly composed by Michael Este. 1604. IN LONDON PRINTED BY THOMAS ESTE. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL and my very good friend: Sir john Crofts Knight. Michael Este wisheth long life, health and happiness, with increase of honour. Worshipful Sir: having drawn together these Compositions, and therewith acquainted some of my well-willers, studious and skilful in the most delectable Science, it pleased them not only with sweet words friendly to approve what I had done, and t'encourage me boldly to goe-on in my course of studies, but also with many arguments earnestly to importune me to publish for a common benefit, which myself had done for my own recreation and private exercise. Thus whet-on I did consent, and do present unto your worship these Musical inventions of mine, not as did the Philosopher his book of justice unto Antigonus, that delighted in oppression (an unmeet Patron for so sweet and necessary a subject); but as to one addicted to the Muses, studious of all good Sciences, excelling in virtue; delighting in Music; withal, desiring your Protection and Pardon: Protection of these my labours, the first fruits of my weak studies against depravers; Pardon for publishing them so boldly under your worship's name: which if I find (whereof I doubt not) than shall I be encouraged with more alacrity, both to proceed as I have now begun, and to prepare myself to some greater task. And so I humbly take my leave, wishing all manner good, both unto your worship, and all yours. Yours in all love and duty, Michael Este. THE TABLE. Songs to 3. voices. O Come again my love. I In the merry month of May. First part. TWO Coridon would kiss her then. Second part. III Young Cupid hath proclaimed a bloody war. IIII To bed, to bed she calls and never ceaseth. V Oh do not run away from me my jewel. VI In an evening as I was walking. VII Alas, must I run away. VIII Songs to 4. voices. O stay fair cruel, do not still torment me. IX My hope a counsel with my love. X Pity dear love my pity moving words. XI Mopsie leave off to love. XII Sweet Love I err, and do my error know. XIII In vain my tongue thou beg'st to ease my care. XIIII When on my dear I do demand the due. XV joy of my life that hath my love in hold. XVI Songs to 5. voices. All ye that joy in wailing. XVII My prime of youth. First part. XVIII The spring is past. Second part. XIX Fair is my love my dear & only jewel. XX Sly thief, if so you will believe. First part. XXI What thing more cruel can you do. Second part. XXII Ye restless cares, companions of the night. XXIII You mournful gods. XXIIII FINIS. ALTUS. Of 5. voc. XVII. ALL ye that joy in wailing, All ij. that joy ij. come seat yourselves a-row, come ij. come ij. and weep beesids me, that while my life is failing, the world may see, the ij. in love what ill betid me, be- betide me, And after death, do this in my beehove, And ij. tell Cressida, Troy- lus, is dead for love. And after death do this in my beehove, tell Cressida, Troy- lus, tell ij. Troy- lus, is dead for love. First part. XVIII. MY prime of youth, of youth, My ij. is but a frost of cares, my feast of joy, My ij. is but a dish of pain, is ij. a dish of pain; My crop of corn, is but a field of tars, is ij. and all my good, is but vain hope of gain: is ij. of gain, vain hope of gain, vain ij. The day is fled, and yet I saw no Sun, and now, & now I live, and ij. and now I live, and ij. I live, and now my life is done. and ij. is done. The second part. XIX. THe spring is past and yet it hath not sprung, and yet ij. the fruit is dead, the ij. the fruit ij. and yet the leaves be green, and ij. and ij. My youth is gone, my ij. my ij. my ij. and yet I am but young, I saw the world, I ij. and yet I was not seen, and yet I was not seen, I ij. my thread is cut, and yet it is not spun, and now, and now I live, and ij. and now I live, and ij. I live, and now my life is done▪ and ij. XX. Fair is my love, my love, my dear and only, jewel, Fair ij. my love, my dear and only jew- ell, Mild are her looks, mild ij. mild ij. mild ij. but yet her heart is cru- ell: but ij. O that her heart were as her looks are mild, her ij. Then should I not from comfort be exiled. Then ij. be exiled, O that her heart, were as her looks are mild, her ij. then should I not from comfort be exiled. Then ij. be ex- I'd. First part. XXI. sly thief, if so you will believe, It nought or little did me grieve, it nought or little did me grieve, or little did me grieve, That my true heart you had bereft, bereft, that ij. Till that unkind- lie, till ij. you it left, till ij. you it left, Leaving you loose, losing you kill, that which I may forego so ill. that ij. I may forego so ill. Leaving you loose, losing you kill, That which I may forego so ill. that ij. I may forego so ill. Second part. XXII. WHat thing more cruel can you do, Then rob a man and kill him to, then ij. and kill him to, then rob a man and kill him to, then ij. Wherefore of love I ask this meed, To bring you where you did this deed, to ij. to ij. you did this deed, you ij. That there you may for your amisses, Be damaged in, be damaged in a thousand kisses. be damaged in, be damaged in a thousand kisses, be damaged in, be damaged in a thousand kiss- ses, That there you may for your amisses, be damaged in, be damaged in a thousand kisses. be damaged in, be damaged in a thousand kisses. be ij. be ij. a ij. XXIII. YE restless cares, ye ij. companions of the night, ye restless cares, ye restless cares companions of the night, That wrap my joys, in folds of endless woes, that ij. in ij. Tyre on my heart, and wound it with your spite, with your spite: Since love and fortune, since love and fortune, love and fortune▪ love and fortune, love and fortune proves my equal foes, Farewell my hopes, farewell my hap days, Welcome sweet grief, sweet grief, welcome sweet grief, the sub●●●● 〈…〉 lays. Farewell my hopes, farewell my happy days, Welcome sw●●● 〈…〉 grief, welcome sweet grief, the subject of my 〈…〉. XXIIII. YOu mournful Gods, and Goddesses de-fend, defend, and aid my soul with sadness, with sadness, and aid my soul with sadness, with sadness, and my spirit, Sadness is fittest now, sadness is fittest now, for me t'intend, for ij. Let heaviness and grief, let ij. let heaviness and grief, let heaviness be my delight, And pensive sorrow always in 〈◊〉 sight, always in my sight: I pray thee stand, and help me sing lamenting, 〈…〉 sing lamenting, and ij. lamenting, The powers de- 〈…〉 ●●●●●ting▪ assenting. to 〈…〉 to ij. all assent-ing. TENOR. MADRIGALES TO 3. 4. and 5. parts: apt for Viols and voices. Newly composed by Michael Este. 1604. IN LONDON PRINTED BY THOMAS ESTE. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL and my very good friend: Sir john Crofts Knight. Michael Este wisheth long life, health and happiness, with increase of honour. Worshipful Sir: having drawn together these Compositions, and therewith acquainted some of my well-willers, studious and skilful in the most delectable Science, it pleased them not only with sweet words friendly to approve what I had done, and t'encourage me boldly to goe-on in my course of studies, but also with many arguments earnestly to importune me to publish for a common benefit, which myself had done for my own recreation and private exercise. Thus whet-on I did consent, and do present unto your worship these Musical inventions of mine, not as did the Philosopher his book of justice unto Antigonus, that delighted in oppression (an unmeet Patron for so sweet and necessary a subject); but as to one addicted to the Muses studious of all good Sciences, excelling in virtue; delighting in Music; withal, desiring your Protection and Pardon: Protection of these my labours, the first fruits of my weak studies against depravers; Pardon for publishing them so boldly under your worship's name: which if I find (whereof I doubt not) than shall I be encouraged with more alacrity, both to proceed as I have now begun, and to prepare myself to some greater task. And so I humbly take my leave, wishing all manner good, both unto your worship, and all yours. Yours in all love and duty, Michael Este. THE TABLE. Songs to 3. voices. O Come again my love. I In the merry month of May. First part. TWO Coridon would kiss her then. Second part. III Young Cupid hath proclaimed a bloody war. IIII To bed, to bed she calls and never ceaseth. V Oh do not run away from me my jewel. VI In an evening as I was walking. VII Alas, must I run away. VIII Songs to 4. voices. O stay fair cruel, do not still torment me. IX My hope a counsel with my love. X Pity dear love my pity moving words. XI Mopsie leave off to love. XII Sweet Love I err, and do my error know. XIII In vain my tongue thou beg'st to ease my care. XIIII When on my dear I do demand the due. XV joy of my life that hath my love in hold. XVI Songs to 5. voices. All ye that joy in wailing. XVII My prime of youth. First part. XVIII The spring is past. Second part. XIX Fair is my love my dear & only jewel. XX Sly thief, if so you will believe. First part. XXI What thing more cruel can you do. Second part. XXII Ye restless cares, companions of the night. XXIII You mournful gods. XXIIII FINIS. TENOR. Of 4. voc. IX. O Stay fair cruel, do not, O ij. do not still tor- ment me, do ij. with frowns, ij. disgra- ces, and disdainful deeds, and ij. when every eye with pity, when ij. doth lament me, that views my face, and my misfortune reads, that ij. and my misfortune reads. Oh be not, be not so hard hearted still, hard ij. your glori's greater for to spare then spill. to spare then spill. to ij. Oh be not, be not so hard hearted still, hard ij. your glori's greater for to spare then spill. to spare then spill. to ij. to ij. X. MY hope a counsel with my love, My ij. hath long desired to be, hath ij. and marvels much so dear a friend, and ij. is not retained by me: She doth condemn my foolish haste, in passing the estate, of my whole life into your hands, of ij. who nought pays fort but hate, and not sufficed, and ij. with this, she says, I did release the right of my enjoyed li-berties, unto your beauteous sight, unto ij. unto ij. and not sufficed, and ij. with this she says, I did release the right, of my enjoyed liberties, unto your beauteous sight. un- to ij. unto ij. XI. Pity dear love my pity moving words, moving words, pity ij. my pity moving words, my ij. fetch from the depth, fetch ij. fetch ij. of grief and sad lament: of ij. of ij. whose thoughts before they speak, no hope affords, whose ij. no hope of- fords, saving that thus you know, my discon- tent. whose thoughts before they speak, no hope affords: whose, ij. no hope of- fords, saving that thus you know my discon- tent. XII. MOpsie leave of to love, Mopsie ij leave of to love, thy hopes are vain, thy ij. thy ij. I have another that doth much excel thee, I ij. whose meanest grace's thy perfections stain: Yet love himself, yet ij. to love cannot compel me, can ij. can ij. yet she is modest, virtue's, wise, & chaste, of all which parts, of ij. of ij. no little little part thou hast. no ij. no little little little part thou hast. yet she is modest, virtue's, wise, and chaste, of all which parts, of ij. of ij. no little little part thou hast. no ij. no little little little part thou hast. XIII. SWeet Love I err, and do my error know, As he that burns, as ij. as ij. as ij. and nourisheth the fire, and nourisheth, and ij. My grief doth wax, my ij. my ij. my▪ ij. my ij. and reason less doth grow, and ij. Yet want I power to bridle my de- sire, my desire, Content is dead, my joys are all di-stres-sed, Ay thus it is, aye ij. To be with love oppressed. to ij. to ij. Con- tent is dead, my joys are all distressed. Ay thus it is, Ay ij. To be with love op-pressed . to be with love oppressed. to be with love oppressed. XIIII. IN vain my tongue thou beg'st to ease my care, in ij. In vain mine eyes you gaze, In ij. or look for aid, in ij. In vain mine ears you listen, you listen after air, In vain my thoughts, my thoughts, In vain my thoughts you think what hath been said, you ij. In vain my faith serves where 'tis▪ not re-gar-ded, In vain my hope when truth is not rewar-ded. in ij. In vain my faith serves where 'tis not regarded, In vain my hope, when truth is not rewar-ded. in ij. XV. WHen on my dear I do demand the due, that to affec- tion, and firm faith belongeth, belongeth, and ij. belongeth, A friend to me she saith she will be true, a friend to me she saith she will be true, will be true, and with this answer still my joys prolongeth, prolongeth: But dear tell me, what friendship is in this, Thus for to wrong me and delay my bliss. and de- lay my bliss. But dear tell me, But dear tell me, what friendship is in this, Thus for to wrong me, and delay my bliss. and de- lay my bliss. XVI. Joy of my life that hath my love in hold, joy ij. that hath my love in hold, Vouchsafe to read these lines my heart doth send, and having (now) read▪ and ij. some pity dear unfold. some ij. To these sad abstracts drawing to their end: drawing ij. Let those sweet eyes that stella- fie the light, Show equal power and day-efie my night. Let those sweet eyes that stella- fie the light, Show equal power, and day-e-fie my night. here endeth the songs of 4. parts. Of 5. voc. XVII. ALL ye that joy in wailing, All ij. come seat yourselves a-row, come ij. come seat ij. come ij. and weep, and ij. beesids me, That while my life is failing, the world may see, in love what ill be- tie me, And after death, do this in my beehove, And ij. And after death do this in my beehove, tell Cressida, Troye-lus, tell ij. tell ij. is dead for love. First part. XVIII. MY prime of youth, My ij. is but a frost of cares, my feast of joy, My ij. is but a dish of pain, is ij. is ij. a dish of pain▪ My crop of corn, is but a field of tars, a ij. is ij. and all my good, is but vain hope of gain: of gain, is ij. is ij. of gain, and yet I saw no Sun, and now, & now I live, & now ij. and ij. and now my life is done. is done. The second part. XIX. THe spring is past and yet it hath not sprung, the fruit is dead, the ij. and yet the leaves be green, and ij. and ij. My youth is gone, my ij. my ij. my ij. and yet, and yet I am but young, I saw the world, the world, and yet I was not seen, and yet I was not seen, and yet it is not spun, and now, and now I live, and ij. and ij. and now my life is done. XX. Fair is my love, my dear and only, jewel, Fair ij. Fair ij. my dear and only jewel, mild are her looks, mild ij. mild ij. mild ij. but yet her heart is cru- ell: but ij. O that her heart were as her looks are mild, Then should I not from comfort be exiled. Then ij. from comfort be exiled. O that her heart, were as her looks are mild, then should I not from comfort be exiled. Then ij. from comfort be exiled. First part. XXI. sly thief, if so you will (me) believe, It nought or little did me grieve, me grieve, it nought or little did me grieve, That my true heart, that ij. you had be- reft, Till that unkindly, till ij. you it left, till ij. till ij. you it left, Leaving you loose, losing you kill, that which I may forego so ill. that ij. that ij. Leaving you loose, losing you kill, That which I may forego so ill. that ij. that which I may forego so ill. Second part. XXII. WHat thing more cruel can you do, Then rob a man and kill him to, then ij. then ij. then ij. and kill him to, Wherefore of love I ask this meed, To bring you where you did this deed, to ij. this deed, to ij. where you did this deed, That there you may for your amisses, Be damaged in, be damaged in a thousand kisses, be ij. be ij. a thousand kisses, That there you may for your amisses, be damaged in, be ij. a thousand kisses. be ij. be ij. a thousand kisses. XXIII. YE restless cares, ye ij. ye ij. companions of the night, That wrap my joys, that wrap my joys in folds of end- less woes, Tyre on my heart, and wound it with your spite, and ij. and ij, Since love and fortune, since love and fortune, love and fortune, love and fortune proves my equal foes, Farewell my hopes, farewell my happy days, Welcome sweet grief, welcome sweet grief, welcome sweet grief, sweet grief, the subject of my lays. Farewell my hopes, farewell my happy days, Welcome▪ sweet grief, well: ij▪ well: ij. sweet grief, the subject of my lays. XXIIII. YOu mournful Gods, and Goddesses de-fend, defend, and aid my soul, and aid my soul with sadness, with sadness, and my spirit, Sadness is fittest now, sadness is fittest now, for me t'in- tend, Let heaviness and grief, and grief, let heaviness and grief, let heaviness and grief, and grief, let ij. delight, And pensive sorrow always in my sight, in my sight: I pray thee stand, and help me sing lamenting, and help me sing lamenting▪ lamenting, and ij. The powers divine, to it are all assenting. assenting. to ij. to ij. all assent-ing. FINIS. BASSUS. MADRIGALES TO 3. 4. and 5. parts: apt for Viols and voices. Newly composed by Michael Este. 1604. IN LONDON PRINTED BY THOMAS ESTE. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL and my very good friend: Sir john Crofts Knight. Michael Este wisheth long life, health and happiness, with increase of honour. Worshipful Sir: having drawn together these Compositions, and therewith acquainted some of my well-willers, studious and skilful in the most delectable Science, it pleased them not only with sweet words friendly to approve what I had done, and t'encourage me boldly to goe-on in my course of studies, but also with many arguments earnestly to importune me to publish for a common benefit, which myself had done for my own recreation and private exercise. Thus whet-on I did consent, and do present unto your worship these Musical inventions of mine, not as did the Philosopher his book of justice unto Antigonus, that delighted in oppression (an unmeet Patron for so sweet and necessary a subject); but as to one addicted to the Muses▪ studious of all good Sciences, excelling in virtue; delighting in Music; withal, desiring your Protection and Pardon: Protection of these my labours, the first fruits of my weak studies against depravers; Pardon for publishing them so boldly under your worship's name: which if I find (whereof I doubt not) than shall I be encouraged with more alacrity, both to proceed as I have now begun, and to prepare myself to some greater task. And so I humbly take my leave, wishing all manner good, both unto your worship, and all yours. Yours in all love and duty, Michael Este. THE TABLE. Songs to 3. voices. O Come again my love. I In the merry month of May. First part. TWO Coridon would kiss her then. Second part. III Young Cupid hath proclaimed a bloody war. IIII To bed, to bed she calls and never ceaseth. V Oh do not run away from me my jewel. VI In an evening as I was walking. VII Alas, must I run away. VIII Songs to 4. voices. O stay fair cruel, do not still torment me. IX My hope a counsel with my love. X Pity dear love my pity moving words. XI Mopsie leave off to love. XII Sweet Love I err, and do my error know. XIII In vain my tongue thou beg'st to ease my care. XIIII When on my dear I do demand the due. XV joy of my life that hath my love in hold. XVI Songs to 5. voices. All ye that joy in wailing. XVII My prime of youth. First part. XVIII The spring is past. Second part. XIX Fair is my love my dear & only jewel. XX Sly thief, if so you will believe. First part. XXI What thing more cruel can you do. Second part. XXII Ye restless cares, companions of the night. XXIII You mournful gods. XXIIII FINIS. BASSUS. Of 3. voc. I. O Come again my love, O ij. my lovely jew- ell, O ij O ij. my lovely jewel, that we may kindly, kiss & play, ij. ij. and sweetly pass the time away: Oh, go not sweet, go ij. go ij. go ij. go ij. you are to cruel: What now, you run a- way, what ij. disdaining, and leave me hear complaining. and ij. (alone) complaining. First part. II. IN the merry merry merry month of May, in a morn by break of day, forth I walked by the wood side, forth I walked, by the wood side, whereas May was in her pride, there I spied, Philliday, ij. ij. and Coridon, much a do there was god wot, he would love & she would not, she said never man was true, he said none was false to you: he said ij. he said he had loved her long, she said love should have, she said love should have, should have no wrong. Second part. III. COridon would kiss her then, she said maids must kiss no men, till they did for good and all, than she made the shepherd call, all the heavens all ij. to witness truth, never loved a truer youth, a ij. never ij. a ij. Thus with many a pretty oath, yea and nay, yea ij. yea ij. and faith and troth, such as silly shepherds use, when they will not love a- buse. Love which had been long deluded, was with kisses, was ij. sweet conclu- ded, and Phillida, and ij. and ij. with garlands gay, was made the lady of the May. FOUR YOung Cupid hath proclaimed a bloody war, a ij. And vows revenge on all the Maiden crew, on ij. O yield, ij. fair Clo- ris, least in that foul jar, thine after penance makes thee rue, thy folly rue, & yet I fear her wondrous, and yet ij. beauty is such, A thousand thousand Cupids dare not Cloris touch. A thou: ij not Cloris touch, not ij. A ij. not Clo: ij. & yet I fear her wondrous, and ij. 〈…〉 beauty is such, A thousand thousand Cupids dare not Cloris touch. A ij. not ij. not ij. A ij. they dare not Cloris touch. V. TO bed, to bed she calls and never ceaseth, and ij. and never ceaseth, and ij. Which words do pierce and grieve my heart full sore, to bed, to bed I say, my pain increaseth, my ij. my pain increaseth, my ij. Yet i'll to bed, yet ij. yet ij. and trouble you no more, and ij. good-night sweet heart, good-night my dear, to bed I must be gone, & being there, and ij. and being there, and ij I'll muse on thee alone. good-night sweet heart, good-night my dear, to bed I must be gone, and being there, and ij. and being there, and being there, I'll muse on thee alone. I'll muse on thee alone. VI OH do not run away from me my jewel, oh ij. from me my jewel, thou hast cast me down to the ground tarry till I rise, thou ij. else thou art most cruel, wilt thou away, then well I may, repent the day I loved, wilt thou ij. since so sudden- lie, so ij. since so sudden- lie, so suddenly I feel, all thy love from me removed. Wilt thou away, then well I may, repent the day I loved, wilt ij. since so sudden- lie, so ij. since ij. so suddenly I feel all thy love from me re-moved. VII. IN an evening late as I was walking, In ij. fair Phillida I saw, Where she was talk-ing, I ij. with her love Coridon, who stood all sadly, who ij. who stood all sadly, and ever he sighed badly, and ever he sighed, and ij. and ever he sighed badly. and ever he sighed, and ij. but looked full badly. and ever he sighed, and ever he sighed, and ij. but looked full badly. VIII. ALas, must I run away from her that loves me, from ij. and running curse the causers of my flight, the causers of my flight, yet wisdom saith, yet ij. it now behoves me, it now behoves me, to depart from my heart, to depart from my heart, and yield unto their spite. to depart from my heart and yield unto their spite. here endeth the songs of 3. parts. Of 4. voc. IX. O Stay fair cruel, do not still torment me, still ij. O stay ij. with frowns, ij. disgraces, and disdainful deeds, and ij. and ij. when every eye with pity, when ij▪ doth lament me, that views my face, and my misfortune reads, that ij. and my misfortune reads. Oh be not, be not so hard hearted still, hard ij. your glori's greater for to spare then spill. your ij. Oh be not, be not so hard hearted still, hard ij. your glori's greater for to spare then spill. your ij. X. MY hope a council with my love hath long desired to be, to be, hath ij. and marvels much so dear a friend, is not retained by me: is ij. She doth condemn my foolish haste, in passing the estate of my whole life, whole life, of ij. into your hands, who nought pays fort but hate, & not suf- ficed, with this, she says, I did release the right of my enjoyed liberties, unto your beau- t'ous sight, and not sufficed with this, she says, I did release the right, of my enjoyed liberties, unto your beauteous sight. XI. Pity dear love my pity moving words, my mo-uing words, Pity ij. fetched from the depth of grief and sad lament: and ij. of grief and sad lament, of ij. whose thoughts before they speak, no hope affords, whose ij. saving that thus you know▪ fa: ij. my discontent. whose thoughts before they speak, no hope of- fords: whose ij. saving that thus you know, sa: ij. my discontent. XII. MOpsie leave of to love, Mopsie ij. thy hopes are vain, thy ij. thy ij. thy ij. I have an neither that doth much excel thee. I ij. whose meanest grace's thy perfections stain: Yet love himself, to love cannot compel me, yet love himself, can not compel me: Yet she is modest, virtue's, wise, & chaste, of all which parts, no little little part thou hast. no ij. no little lit- tle little part thou hast. Yet she is modest, virtue's, wise, and chaste, of all which parts, no little little part thou hast. no ij. no little lit- tle little part thou hast. XIII. SWeet Love I err, and do my error know, As he that burns, as ij. and nourisheth the fire, and ij. My grief doth wax, my ij. my ij. my ij. and reason less doth grow, and reason less doth grow, Yet want I power, yet ij. to bridle my desire, to ij. Content is dead, my joys are all distressed, Ay thus it is, aye ij. To be with love oppressed. to ij. Content is dead, my joys are all distressed. Ay thus it is, Ay thus it is, To be with love oppressed. to be with love oppress- sed. XIIII. IN vain my tongue thou beg'st to ease my care, in ij. In vain mine eyes you gaze, or look for aid, in vain mine eyes you gaze, in ij. or look for aid, or ij. In vain mine ears, in ij. you listen, after air, In vain my thoughts, In vain my thoughts, you think what hath been said, you ij. In vain my faith serves where 'tis not re-gar-ded, In vain my hope when truth is not rewar- ded. in ij. In vain my faith serves where 'tis not regar- ded, In vain my hope, when truth is not rewar-ded. in vain my hope, when truth is not rewar- deed. XV. WHen on my dear I do demand the due, that to affec- tion, that ij. and firm faith belongeth, and ij. and ij. A friend to me she saith she will be true, a friend to me she saith she will be true, and with this answer still my joys prolongeth, still ij. But dear tell me, what friendship is in this, Thus for to wrong me and delay my bliss. and de- lay my bliss. But dear tell me, what friendship is in this, Thus for to wrong me, and delay my bliss. and de- lay my bliss. XVI. Joy of my life that hath my love in hold, joy ij. joy of my life, that hath my love in hold, Vouchsafe to read these lines my heart doth send, and having read, and having read, some pity dear unfold, dear unfold, To these sad abstracts drawing to their end: drawing to their end, drawing ij. Let those sweet eyes that stellafie the light, Show equal power and day-e-fie my night. Let those sweet eyes that stellafie the light, Show equal power, and day-e-fie my night. here endeth the songs of 4. parts. Of 5. voc. ALL ye that joy in wailing, All ij. in ij. come seat yourselves a-row, come seat ij. and weep beesids me, that while my life is failing, the world may see, in love what ill betid me, And after death, do this in my beehove, And after death do this in my beehove, tell Cressida▪ Troy- lus, is dead for love. First part. XVIII. MY prime of youth: Is but a frost of cares, my feast▪ of joy, My ij. is but a dish of pain, is but a dish of pain; My crop of corn, is but a field of tars, and all my good, is but vain hope of gain: is but ij. and yet I saw no Sun, and now, and now I live, and now ij. and now I live, and now my life is done. is done. The second part. XIX. THe spring is past and yet it hath not sprung▪ the fruit is dead, and yet the leaves be green, the leaves ij. My youth is gone, my ij. and yet I am but young, I saw the world, and yet I was not seen, and yet it is not spun, and now, and now I live, and ij. and now I live, and now my life is done. XX. Fair is my love, my dear and only, jewel, Mild are her looks, but yet her heart is cruel, O that her heart were as her looks are mild, Then should I not from comfort be exiled. Then ij. from comfort be exiled. O that her heart, were as her looks are mild, then should I not from comfort be ex- I'd. Then ij. from comfort be ex- I'd. First part. XXI. sly thief, if so you will believe, It nought or little did me grieve, it nought or little did me grieve, That my true heart you had bereft, bereft, Till that unkindly you it left, Leaving you loose, losing you kill, that which I may forego so ill. that ij. that which I may forego so ill. Leaving you loose, losing you kill, That which I may forego so ill. that ij. that which I may for- go so ill. Second part. XXII. WHat thing more cruel can you do, Then rob a man and kill him to, then ij. then ij. Wherefore of love I ask this meed, you did this deed, To bring you where you did this deed, you did this deed, to ij. you did this deed. That there you may for your amisses, Bee damaged in, be damaged in a thousand kisses. be damaged in, be damaged in a thousand kisses, That there you may for your amisses, be damaged in, be damaged in a thousand kisses. be damaged in, be damaged in a thousand kisses. XXIII. YE restless cares, ye ij. companions of the night, That wrap my joys, that wrap my joys in folds of endless woes, And wound it with your spite, with your spite: Since love and fortune, since love and fortune, love and fortune, love and fortune proves my equal foes, Farewell my happy days, Welcome sweet grief, welcome sweet grief, well- come sweet grief, the subject of my lays. Farewell my happy days, Welcome sweet grief, welcome sweet grief, welcome sweet grief, the subject of my lays. XXIIII. YOu mournful Gods, and Goddesses de-fend, defend, and aid my soul with sadness, and aid my soul with sad- nesse, and ij. and my spirit, Sadness is fittest now, sadness is fittest now, for me t'intend, Let heaviness and grief, and grief, let heaviness and grief, be my delight, And pensive sorrow always in my sight: I pray thee stand and help me sing, and help me sing lamenting, and ij. The powers divine, to it are all assenting. to it are all assenting. to it are all assenting, all assenting. FINIS. QVINTUS. MADRIGALES TO 3. 4. and 5. parts: apt for Viols and voices. Newly composed by Michael Este. 1604. IN LONDON PRINTED BY THOMAS ESTE. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL and my very good friend: Sir john Crofts Knight. Michael Este wisheth long life, health and happiness, with increase of honour. Worshipful Sir: having drawn together these Compositions, and therewith acquainted some of my well-willers, studious and skilful in the most delectable Science, it pleased them not only with sweet words friendly to approve what I had done, and t'encourage me boldly to goe-on in my course of studies, but also with many arguments earnestly to importune me to publish for a common benefit, which myself had done for my own recreation and private exercise. Thus whet-on I did consent, and do present unto your worship 〈…〉 ●●●●ntions of mine, not as did the Philosopher his book 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●ntigonus, that delighted in oppression (an unmeet Pat●●n for 〈◊〉 ●weet and necessary a subject); but as to one addicted to the Muses, studious of all good Sciences, excelling in virtue; delighting ●● Music; withal, desiring your Protection and Par●●●▪ Prote●●●●● of these my labours, the first fruits of my weak studies against depravers; Pardon for publishing them so boldly under your worship's name: which if I find (whereof I doubt not) than shall I be encouraged with more alacrity, both to proceed as I have now begun, and to prepare myself to some greater task. And so I humbly take my leave, wishing all manner good, both unto your worship, and all yours. Yours in all love and duty, Michael Este. THE TABLE. Songs to 3. voices. O Come again my love. I In the merry month of May. First part. TWO Coridon would kiss her then. Second part. III Young Cupid hath proclaimed a bloody war. IIII To bed, to bed she calls and never ceaseth. V Oh do not run away from me my jewel. VI In an evening as I was walking. VII Alas, must I run away. VIII Songs to 4. voices. O stay fair cruel, do not still torment me. IX My hope a counsel with my love. X Pity dear love my pity moving words. XI Mopsie leave off to love. XII Sweet Love I err, and do my error know. XIII In vain my tongue thou beg'st to ease my care. XIIII When on my dear I do demaun●● the due. XV joy of my life that hath my love in hold. XVI Songs to 5. voices. All ye that joy in wailing. ●●●● My prime of youth. First part. ●●●●● The spring is past. Second part. ●●● Fair is my love my dear & only jewel. ●X Sly thief, if so you will believe. First part. ●XI What thing more cruel can you do. Second part. XXII Ye restless cares, companions of the night. XXIII You mournful gods. XXIIII FINIS. QVINTUS. Of 3. voc. I. O Come again my love, O ij. my love, come again my lovely jewel, my jewel, O come again my love, O ij. O ij. my love, come again, come ij. come ij. my lovely jewel, that we may kindly kiss and play, kiss ij. kiss ij. kiss ij. may kiss and play, 〈◊〉 sweetly pass the time▪ away, O go not sweet, go not swee● 〈…〉, ●●uell, what now you run away, what ij. 〈◊〉 a- way 〈…〉, and leave me hear (alone) complaining. and leave me here complaining. First part. II. IN the merry merry merry month of May, in a morn by break of day, forth I walked, forth ij. by the wood side, forth I walked, by the wood side, whereas May was in her pride, there I spied, (al-a- lone) Philliday, ij. and Coridon, much a do there was god wot, he would love and she would not, she said never man was true, he said none was false to you: he said ne: ij. he ij. he said he had loved her long▪ ●he ●●ad love should have, she said love should have no wrong. III. COridon would kiss her then, Cori: ij she said maids must kiss no men, till they did, till ij. till ij. for good & all: Then she made the shepherd call, all the heavens, all ij. all ij. to witness truth, never loved a truer youth, a true: ij. never ij. a true: ij. Thus with many a pretty oath, yea and nay, and nay, yea ij. and faith & troth, such as silly shepherd's use, when they will not love abuse. Love which had been long deluded, was with kisses, was ij. sweet concluded, And Philliday, and ij. with garlands gay, was made the lady, was ij. of the May. FOUR YOung Cupid hath proclaimed a bloody war, a ij. a ij. And vows rerevenge on all the Maiden crew, on ij. O yield fair Clo- ris fair ij. least in that foul jar, thine after penance makes thy fol-ly rue, & yet I fear her wondrous, and ij. beautiis such, A thousand thousand Cupids dare not Cloris touch. not ij. A ij. A ij. not ij. and yet I fear her wondrous, and ij. ●●●●ti's such, A thousand thousand Cupids dare not Cloris touch. not ij A ij. A ij. not Cloris touch, they dare not Clown- ris touch. V. TO bed, to bed she calls, she ij. and never ceaseth, and ij. and never, and ij. Which words do pierce and grieve my heart full sore, to bed, to bed I say, my pain increaseth, my ij. my pain en- creaseth, my ij. Yet i'll to bed, i'll to bed, i'll to bed, i'll to bed, i'll ij and trouble you no more, and ij. good-night sweet heart, good-night my dear, to bed, to bed I must be gone 〈…〉 ij. and being there, being there, I'll muse on thee a●●ne▪ 〈…〉 ●art, good-night my dear, to bed, to bed I must be gone, and being there, and being there, and being there, being there, I'll muse on thee alone. I'll muse on thee a- loan. VI OH do not run away from me my jewel, my jewel. o ij. oh ij. my jewel, my sweet jewel, thou hast cast me down to the ground tarry till I rise, thou ij. lift me up, else cruel, wilt thou away, then well I may, repent the day, the day I loved, wilt ij. I loved, since so sudden- lie, since so sudden- lie, alas, since so suddenly I feel now all thy love from me, all ij. all thy love from 〈…〉 love removed. Wil't thou away, then well I may, repent the day, the day I 〈…〉 I loved, since so sudden- lie, since ij. alas, since so suddenly I feel now all thy love from me, all ij. all ij. oh all thy love re-moved. VII. IN an evening late as I was walking, In ij. was walking, fair Phillida I saw, fair ij. fair ij. Where she was tall- king, with her love Coridon, with ij. with her love Coridon, with ij. who stood all sad- lie, stood ij. stood all sad-ly, and ever he sighed, but looked badly, and ij. 〈…〉 ●●●h'd, but looked badly, and ever he sighed, and ever he 〈◊〉, and 〈…〉, but looked full bad- lie. and ever he sighed, and ever he sighed, and ij. but looked, but looked full badly. VIII. ALas, must I run away away from her that loves me, from ij. that loves me, from ij. and running curse the causers of my flight, and ij. yet wisdom saith, yet ij. it now behoves me, yet wisdom saith, yet ij. it now behoves me, to depart from my heart, to depart from my heart, from my heart, to ij. 〈…〉 to ij. and yield, and yield unto their spite to depart 〈…〉 to depart from my heart, and yield, and yield unto their spite. here endeth the 〈…〉 Of 4. voc. O Stay fair cruel, do not still torment me, do ij. with frowns, ij. disgraces and disdainful deeds, disgraces, and dis: ij. when every eye with pity, when ij. doth (now) la- ment me, that views my face my face▪ and my misfortune reads, my ij. Oh be not, be not so, not so hard hearted still, your gloris greater for to 〈…〉 to spare then spill. Oh be 〈…〉, your gloris greater for to spare then spill. to ij. your ij. to spare then spill. X. MY hope a council with my love hath long desired to be, hath ij. to be, hath ij. to be, and marvels much so dear a friend, is not retained by me: is ij. She doth condemn my foolish haste, in passing the estate, of my whole life, of ij. into your hands, who nought pays fort but hate, and not sufficed, and ij. with this, she says, I did release the right of my en- joyed liberties, unto your beauteous sight, unto ij. 〈…〉 not suf- ficed, and ij. with this she says, I did release the right, of my 〈…〉 to your beauteous sight. unto ij. your ij. XI. Pity dear love my pity moving words, pity ij. pity, ij. fetch from the depth, the depth fetch't ij. of grief and sad lament: of ij. and sad lament: whose thoughts before they speak no hope affords, whose ij. no ij. saving that thus you know, Sa ij. my discontent. whose thoughts before they speak, 〈…〉 no ij. saving that thus you▪ know 〈…〉 discontent. XII. MOpsie leave of to love, to love, leave ij. leave ij. thy hopes are vain, thy ij. thy ij. I have a- nother that doth much excel thee, I ij. whose meanest grace's thy perfections stain: Yet love himself, yet ij. to love cannot compel me, can ij. yet she is modest, virtue's, wise & chaste, of all which parts, of ij. no little little part thou hast, no 〈…〉 little part thou hast, yet she is modest, virtue's, wise, and chaste▪ of 〈…〉 ij. no little little part thou hast, no ij. no little little little part thou hast▪ XIII. SWeet Love I err, and do my error know, As he that burns, as ij. and nourisheth the fire, and nourisheth the fire, My grief doth wax, my ij. my ij. and reason less, and ij. doth grow, Yet want I power, yet ij. to bridle my desire, to ij. Content is dead, my 〈…〉 thus it is, aye ij. aye ij. aye ij. To 〈…〉 to ij. oppressed. Con- tent is dead, my joys are all di-stres-sed, Ay thus it is, Ay ij. Ay ij. aye ij. 〈…〉 to ij. with love oppressed. XIIII. IN vain my tongue thou beg'st to ease my care, my care, In vain mine eyes, In vain mine eyes you gaze or look for aid, in ij. In vain mine ears you listen after air, after air, In vain my thoughts, in ij. In vain my thoughts you think what hath been said, In vain my faith serves where 'tis not re-gar-ded- ded, In vain my hope when truth is not re-warded, in ij▪ 〈…〉 vain my faith serves where 'tis not re-gar-ded, In vain my 〈…〉 not▪ re-warded. in ij. XV. WHen on my dear I do demand the due, that to affecti- on, that ij. and firm faith belongeth, and ij. belongeth, and firm faith belongeth: A friend to me she saith she will be true, a friend to me she saith, a ij. a friend to me she will be true, and with this answer still my joys prolongeth. But dear tell me what friendship is in 〈…〉 what friendship is in this, Thus for to wro●● 〈…〉 my bliss, my bliss. But dear tell me, but dear tell me what friendship is in this, Thus for to wrong me, 〈…〉 ●iss●▪. XVI. Joy of my life that hath my love in hold, my ij. that hath my love in hold, joy of my life that hath my love in hold, my ij. Vouchsafe to read these lines my heart doth send, and having (now) read, some pity dear unfold. some ij. To these sad abstracts drawing to their end: to their end, drawing to their end, drawing to their end: Let those sweet eyes that stella●●● 〈…〉 power and day-e-fie my night. Let those sweet eyes that 〈…〉 ●●uall power, and day-e-fie my night. here endeth the song● of 〈…〉 Of 5. voc. XVII. ALL ye that joy in wailing, All ij. come seat yourselves a-row, come ij. your ij. come ij. a- row, and weep beesids me, and weep, beesids me, that while my life is failing, the world may see, the ij. in love what ill betide me, and after death, do this in my behove, and ij. tell 〈…〉 tell ij. is dead for love. and after death do this in my behove, tell Cressida, Troy- lus, tell ij. tell ij. is dead for love. First part. XVIII. MY prime of youth, of youth, My ij. My ij. is but (now) a frost of cares, my feast of joy, my ij. is but a dish of pain, is ij. is ij. my crop of corn, is but a field of tars, is ij. a field ij. and all my good, my good, is but vain hope of gain: of gain, is ij. is ij. of gain● 〈…〉▪ I saw no sun, and now I live, and ij. and ij▪ 〈…〉 and now my life is done my ij. my ij. is done. The second part. XIX. THe spring: and yet it hath not sprung, the spring is past and yet it hath not sprung, the fruit is dead, the ij. and yet the leaves be green, and ij. and ij. My youth is gone, my ij. my ij. my ij. and yet I am but young, I saw the world, I ij. and yet I was not seen, and ij. and ij. 〈…〉 is cut, my ij. and yet it is not spun, 〈…〉 and now I live, and ij. and now my life is 〈…〉 done. my ij. my life is done. XX. Fair is my love, my love, my dear & only. jewel, Fair ij. Fair ij. my love, my dear and only jewel, mild are her looks, her looks, mild ij. mild ij. but yet her heart is cruel, O that her heart were as her looks are mild, are mild, then should I not from comfort be exiled. then ij. from comfort be exiled. O that her heart, 〈…〉▪ should I not from comfort be ex- I'd. 〈…〉 from comfort be ex- I'd. First part. XXI. sly thief, if so you will believe, It nought or little did me grieve, did me grieve, it ij. it ij. did me grieve, That my true heart you had bereft, that ij. Till that unkindly, till that unkindly, till ij. till ij. you it left, Leaving you lose, losing y●● 〈…〉 ill. that ij. 〈…〉 I may forego so ill. Leaving you lose, 〈…〉, That which I may forego so ill. that ij. 〈…〉 I may forego so ill. Second part. XXII. WHat thing more cruel can you do, Then rob a man and kill him to, and ij. then ij. and kill him to, Wherefore of love I ask this meed, To bring you where you did this deed, to ij. to ij. where you did this deed, to ij. That there you may for your a- misses, Bee damaged in, be damaged in a 〈…〉 damaged in, be damaged in a thousand his- 〈…〉 a- misses, be damaged in, be damaged in a thousand his- 〈◊〉 be damaged in, be damaged in a thousand his- 〈◊〉 XXIII. YE restless cares, ye ij. companions of the night, the night, ye restless cares, ye ij. companions of the night, That wrap my joys, in folds of end- less woes, in folds of endless woes: Tyre on my heart and wound it with your spite, and wound it with your spite, and ij. Since love and fortune, since love and 〈…〉 fortune proves my equal foes, Farewell my 〈…〉 Welcome sweet grief, welcome sweet grief 〈…〉. Farewell my hopes, Farewell my happy days, 〈…〉 welcome sweet grief, the subject of my lays. XXIIII. YOu mourn: And Goddes-ses descend, and aid my soul with sadness, and aid my soul with sadness, and ij. and my spirit, Sadness is fittest now, sadness is fittest now for me t'intend, Let heaviness and grief, and grief, let heaviness and grief, and grief, let ij. and grief, let ij. be my delight, And pensive sorrow always, and pensive sorrow always in my sight: I pray 〈…〉, and help me sing lamenting, and ij. 〈…〉 to it are all assenting. all as- scenting. to it are all assenting. 〈…〉 FINIS.