The third and last booke of songs or aires Newly composed to sing to the Lute, Orpharion, or viols, and a dialogue for a base and meane Lute with fiue voices to sing thereto |
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[When Phœbus first did Daphne loue]
When
Phœbus first did Daphne loue,
And no meanes might her fauour moue
He crau'd the cause, the cause quoth she is,
I haue vow'd virginitie.
Then in a rage he sware, and said,
Past fifteene none none but one should liue a maid.
And no meanes might her fauour moue
He crau'd the cause, the cause quoth she is,
I haue vow'd virginitie.
Then in a rage he sware, and said,
Past fifteene none none but one should liue a maid.
If maidens then shal chance be sped
Ere they can scarsly dresse their head,
Yet pardon them, for they be loth
To make good Phœbus breake his oth.
And better twere a child were borne,
Then that a god should be forsworne.
Ere they can scarsly dresse their head,
Yet pardon them, for they be loth
To make good Phœbus breake his oth.
And better twere a child were borne,
Then that a god should be forsworne.
The third and last booke of songs or aires | ||