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The second set of madrigales

to 3. 4. 5. and 6. Parts: Apt for Viols and Voyces. Newly composed by Thomas Bateson

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[XXIX. Ah Cupid, grant that I may neuer see]

Ah Cupid, grant that I may neuer see

Ah Cupid, grant that I may neuer see, may neuer see Her through mine eare, that thus hath wounded me, If through mine eyes another wound she giue, Cupid alas, Cupid alas, then I no longer liue, no longer liue, But dye poore wretch, Shot through and through the liuer, With those sharpe arrowes, She stole from thy quiuer. But dye poore wretch, Shot through and through the liuer, With those sharpe arrowes, She stole from thy quiuer.