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Mvsicke Of Svndrie kindes

Set forth in two Bookes. The First Whereof Are, Aries for 4. Voices to the Lute, Orphorion, or Basse-Viol, with a Dialogue for two Voices, and two Basse Viols in parts, tunde the Lute way. The Second Are Pauens, Galiards, Almaines, Toies, Iigges, Thumpes and such like, for two Basse-Viols, the Lieraway, so made as the greatest number may serue to play alone, very easie to be performde. Composed by Thomas Ford

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[Vnto the temple of thy beauty]

Vnto the temple of thy beauty
& to the tombe where pittie lies
I pilgrime clad with zeale & deuty
Do offer vppe my hart mine eyes,
My hart loe in the quenchlesse fire
On loues burning alter lies
Conducted thither by desire
To be beauties sacrifice.
But pitty on thy sable herse,
mine eyes the teares of sorrow shed
What though teares cannot fate reuerse,
Yet are they duties to the dead,
O mistresse in thy sanctuarie,
why wouldst thou suffer cold disdaine,
To vse his frozen crueltie,
and gentle pitty to be slaine.
Pittie that to thy beautie fled,
and with thy beautie should haue liu'de,
Ah in thy hart lies buried,
and neuer more may be reuiu'de,
Yet this last fauour deare extend,
to accept these vowes, these teares I shed
Duties which I thy pilgrime send,
to beauty liuing pitty dead.