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The first set of Madrigals and Mottets of 5

Parts: apt for Viols and Voyces
  

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[II. O That the learned Poets of this time]

O that the learned Poets of this time,
Who in a Loue-sicke line so well can speake,
Would not consume good Wit in hatefull rime.
But with deepe care some better subiect finde
For if their Musicke please in earthly things,
How would it sound if strung with heauenly strings?