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A Mvsicall Dreame

Or The Fovrth Booke Of Ayres, The First part is for the Lute, two Voyces, and the Viole de Gambo; The Second part is for the Lute, the Viole and foure Voices to Sing: The Third part is for one Voyce alone, or to the Lute, the Basse Viole, or to both if you please, VVhereof, two are Italian Ayres
Jones, Robert (fl. 1597-1615)

  
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[Harke harke wot yee what nay faith and shall]

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Harke harke wot yee what nay faith and shall
I tell I am afraide to die a maid and then lead Apes in hell
O it makes me sigh & sob with inward griefe,
But if I can but get a man a man hele yeeld me some reliefe some reliefe.

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O it is strange how nature works with me,
My body is spent and I lament mine owne great folly,
O it makes me sigh and powre forth flouds of teares,
Alas poore elfe none but thy selfe would liue, hauing such cares

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O now I see that fortune frownes on me
By this good light I haue beene ripe,
O it makes me sigh and sure it will me kill,
When I should sleepe I lie and weepe, feeding on sorrowes still.

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I must confesse as maides haue vertue store,
Liue honest still against our wils, more fooles we are therfore:
O it makes me sigh, yet hope doth still me good,
For if I can but get a man, with him ile spend my blood.
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