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Of Duos, or Songs for tvvo voices

composed and made by Thomas Whythorne ... Of the which, some be playne and easie to be sung, or played on Musicall Instruments, & be made for yong beginners of both those sorts. And the rest of these Duos be made and set foorth for those that be more perfect in singing or playing as aforesaid, all the which be deuided into three parts ... Now newly published in An. Do. 1590 [by Thomas Whythorne]

Whythorne, Thomas

[dedication]

The first part, made for a man and a childe to sing, or otherwise for voices or Instruments of Musicke, that be of the like compasse or distance in sound.

[I. Blessed are those that are vndefiled]

II.

[II. O that my wayes were made so direct]

III.

[III. Wherwithall shall a yong man clense his way]

IIII.

[IIII. With my lips haue I bene telling]

[V. O do well vnto thy seruant]

VI.

[VI. Thou hast rebuked the proud]

VII.

[VII. My soule cleaueth to the dust]

VIII.

[VIII. Take from mee the way of lying]

IX.

[IX. Teach me O Lord the way of thy statutes]

[X. O turne away mine eyes]

XI.

[XI. Let thy louing mercie come also vnto me]

XII.

[XII. And I will walke at libertie]

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To the right worshipfull, maiter Francis Hastings, brother to the right honorable, and most noble Erle of Huntington, Thomas Whythorne wisheth all godly felicitie, and life euerlasting, in Iesus Christ our onely Sauiour.

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The following poems are scored for music in the source text. No attempt has been made to reconstruct the metrical lines. Variations for different voices have been ignored. Repetition marks have been ignored.