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A brief introduction to the skill of musick

in three books. The first: the grounds and rules of musick, according to the gam-ut and other principles thereof. The second: instructions for the bass-viol, and also for the treble-violin: with lessons for beginners. By John Playford. The third: the art of descant, or composing musick in parts

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Psal. 51.

O Lord consider my distress, and now with speed some pity take:
My sins deface, my faults redress, good L. for thy great mercy sake
Wash me, O L. and make me clean from this unjust & sinful act:
And purifie yet once again my hainous crime and bloody fact.