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The first set of English Madrigals

To 3. 4. 5. and 6 parts apt both for Viols and Voyces. With a Mourning Song in memory of Prince Henry

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[XVI. Phillis the bright]

Phillis the bright, when franckly she, when franckly she desired

Phillis the bright, when franckly she, when franckly she desired, Thirsis her sweet hart to haue exspired, Phillis the bright, when franckly she, when franckly she desired, Thirsis her sweet hart to haue exspired, Sweet (thus fell she a crying) Sweet, thus fell she a crying, Dye, for I am a dying, a dying, for I am a dying, dye, for I am a dying, Sweet, sweet, (thus fell she a crying) Dye, for I am a dying a dying, Dye, for I am a dying, dye, for I am a dying.