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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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[XXII. O deuine Loue]

O deuine Loue, which so aloft can raise

O deuine Loue, which so aloft can raise, aloft can raise, And lift the minde out of this earthly mire, and lift the minde out of this mire, And doth inspire vs with so glorious praise, As with the heauens, As with the heauens doth equall mans desire, Who doth not help to deck thy shrine? With Uenus mirtle and Apollo's tree, Who will not say that thou art most deuine, who at least confesse a Deitye in thee?