[4 voices]
[I. My Ladyes collor'd cheeks]
My Ladies collor'd cheeks, weare like
the damaske roses
My Ladies collor'd cheeks, weare like
the damaske roses, which clad in damaske mantles
spred the arbors: but thrise more pleasant weare her
sweet supposes, thise more pleasant were her sweet supposes, but
supposes, proceeding from her lips,
where sweet loue harbors, where for vewing those, for
her cheeks & roses sprowting, for vewing those her cheeks
and roses sprowting, the iudgmēt of ye sweetest breeds a doubting.
[II. Carters now cast down your whips]
Caarters, now cast down your whips
Caarters, now cast down your whips, Carters,
now cast down your whips, your whips,
and shepheards put off your scrips, & whilst that
your sheep are grazing, behold faire stars blazing, behold,
faire stars blazing, Ambrosia talking with Amarillis, and Coridon
walking with faire Phillis, and Coridon, Coridon
walking with faire Phillis, to set your eyes, your eyes agazing:
and Coridon.
[III. Philida bewailed the want of Coridon]
Philida
bewaild the want of Coridon
Philida
bewaild the want of Coridon, and
Herpulus of Philida complained, for Corine
often would she sigh and grone, for Corine often would she sigh
but Herpulus that lou'd her she disdained, poore Herpulus, why
should not rigor moue, not rigor moue thee, to hate her thrice, to
to hate her thrice, that once disdaind to loue thee poore.
[IV. Daphne on the rainebow]
Daphne
on the rainebow,
riding
Daphne
on the rainebow,
riding, on the rainebow riding, when all the gods
weare chiding, were chiding, when all the gods were chiding, were
chiding, fell sodenly amazed, full gastly then she gazed and
presently the god of anger frownd, and in his fury down he flang her,
down he flang her, and in his fury down he flang her, in
her down he flang her.
[V. Blind loue was shooting]
Blind loue was shooting, & losing of his arrow
Blind loue was shooting, & losing of his arrow,
he kild his mothers sparrow, he
and tracing forth his footing, his mother Venus spide it, before
the boy could hide it.
[VI. Pearce did loue faire Petronel]
Pearce
did loue faire Petronel
Pearce
did loue faire Petronel, because she sang &
danced well, and danced well, and gallantly could
pranck it & he puld her and, he puld her and he
hauld her, and oftentimes he cald her, and often times he cald her, primrose
pearles, primrose pearles prickt in a blanket.
[VII. Pearce did daunce with Petronel]
Pearce
did daunce with Petronella, Lasiaminan and
Laduncella
Pearce
did daunce with Petronella, Lasiaminan and
Laduncella, pretty Almans that weare new,
such he daunst and nothing true, but when Parnel daunst without
him, without him, all the maids began to floute him,
all the maids began to floute him.
[VIII. The wauering planet]
The wauering planet, the wauering
planet, the wauering planet most vnstable
The wauering planet, the wauering
planet, the wauering planet most vnstable, goddes
of the waters flowing, of the waters flowing, that beares a sway in each
thing growing, & makes my Lady variable, oft I seeke to vndermind
her, oft I seeke to vndermind her, oft I seeke to
vndermind her yet I know not where not where, yet I
know not where, yet I know not where to find her.
[IX. Lady, the sillie flea of all disdained]
Lady, the silly flea of all disdained
Lady, the silly flea of all disdained, because
it hath complained I pitty, I pitty that
poore creature, I pitty, I pitty, I pitty ye poore creature, both black &
small of stature, were I a flea, in bed, in bed, I would
not bite you, I would not
bite you, not bite you, but search some other, some other way for to
delight you.
[X. Thrice blessed be the giuer]
Thrice blessed be the giuer
Thrice blessed be the giuer, be the giuer, thrice
be the giuer, that gaue sweet loue that
golden quiuer, and liue he long, and liue he long among the gods anointed,
that made the arrow heads, that made the arrow heads
sharpe pointed, if either of them both had quailed,
had qualed, qualed, she of my loue,
she of my loue, of my loue, and I of hers, and I of
hers, of hers, had failed.
[XI. The curtaine drawne I saw my loue]
The curtaine drawn I saw my loue, I saw my
loue lie sleeping
The curtaine drawn I saw my loue, I saw my
loue lie sleeping, thrice happy was that peeping,
thrice happy was that peeping, for vewing her sweet lying
her sweet, her sweet lying, preserues my life and keeps my soule
from dying, and keeps my soule from dying, of thousand ioyes missing
her I had mist all, whose sight reuiues me more, reuiues me more,
whose whose sight reuiues me more, reuiues me more
then ruby, pearle, then ruby, pearle, or cristall.
[XII. Susanna faire sometime]
Svsanna faire somtime of loue requested
Svsanna faire somtime of loue requested,
Susanna faire somtime of loue requested,
by two old men whom her sweet looks allur'd, was in her
hart full sad and sore molested, ful sad and sore molested,
seeing the force her chastity endur'd, to them
she said, if I by craft procur'd, do yeeld to you my body to abuse it,
I loose my soule, and if I shall refuse it, you will me
iudge to death reprochfully, but better it is in innocent to
chuse it, then by my fault t'offend my God on hye, then by my
fault, t'offend my God on hie.
[XIII. Loue shooting among many]
Loue shooting, loue shooting among many
Loue shooting, loue shooting among many,
by chance he hit not any, because
the shaft, the shaft, rebounded, and loue himselfe was wounded
and loue himselfe was wounded, loue himselfe was
wounded, when Siches saw the dart had mist her, when Siches saw the
dart had mist, had mist, had mist her, when she
smild and said that all the gods had blest her, said that all the gods had
blest, had blest her.
[XIIII. Loue shooting at an other]
Loue shooting at another
Loue shooting at another, shooting at another,
loue, loue shooting at another,
he mist that marke, and chanst to hit, and chanst to hit his
mother, but as the Lady fainted, god Mars did start,
and there with was, and there with was attainted
when Vulcan saw the shoot the
shoot did freat him, he curst the boy, he curst the boy, and sweare that
he would beat him.
[XV. Ay me poore hart]
Ay me poore hart
Ay me poore hart, since loue hath plaied
his part, my sences all are lost, my
mind eke tost, like waues that swell, sweet god of loue, of loue
thou dost excell, thy passions moue, my mind to proue, that turtle
doue, she flies, my loue she tries, helpe gods that sit on hie
Oh send me remedy, oh send me remedy.
[XVI. Sometime she would and sometime not]
Somtime she would and somtime not
Somtime she would and somtime not, & somtime
not, the more request, the more disdaind, the
each woman hath her gift god wot and,
euer had since Venus raignd, and
euer had since Venus raignd, and euer had since Venus raignd, though
Vulcan, though Vulcan, though Vulcan, did to
Venus yeeld, I would haue men to winne ye field
[XVII. Among the dafadillies]
Among the Daffadillies
Among the Daffadillies, and faire white splendant
Lillies, the God of loue, the god of loue came
creeping, where Dians nimphs lay sleeping, lay sleeping, he bent his bow,
he bent his bow, but mist his footing, mist his footing,
and loosing lost, both labor shaft and shooting, he bent
his bow, but mist his footing, he bent his bow, but mist
his footing, and loosing lost both labor shaft and shooting.
[XVIII. Simkin said that Sises was faire]
Simkin said that Sis was faire
Simkin said that Sis was faire, and that he ment
to loue her, he set her on his ambling Maire, all
this he did to proue her, all this he did to proue her,
all this he did to proue her, when they came home Sis floted cream
and pourd it through a strainer, pourd it through
a strainer, and pourd it through a strainer,
pourd it through a strainer, but sware that Simkin should haue none
because he did, he did disdaine her.
[XIX. Ladie when 'I behold your passions]
Lady, when I behold your passions
Lady, when I behold your passions, so diuers
and so oft constrained, vpon such slight
or no occasions, such slight or no occasions
as though you were with griefe sore pained, as
though you were with griefe sore pained, I enter into these perswasions,
A man might saile from Trent vnto Daunby, and yet
not find so strange a peece as you be. A
[XX. Consture my meaning]
Consture my meaning, wrest not my method
Consture my meaning, wrest not my method, wrest
good wil craues fauor, witnes
the high God, the high God, if I haue ment well, haue ment well, if
I haue ment well, good will reward me, when I deserue ill, no
man regard, no man regard me, what shall I say more,
speech is but blasting, still will I hope for life euerlasting, for life
euerlasting