Maister Basse his Careere or The new Hunting of the Hare. To a new Court tune [by William Basse] |
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Maister Basse his Careere,
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Maister Basse his Careere,
OR The new Hunting of the Hare.
Long ere the Morne expects the returne
of Apollo from the Ocean Queene:
Before the creak of the Croe or the breake of the day
in the Welkin is seene,
Mounted Idelia cheerfully makes
to the Chase with his Bugle cleere:
And nimbly bounds to the cry of the Hounds
and the Musicke of his Careere.
of Apollo from the Ocean Queene:
Before the creak of the Croe or the breake of the day
in the Welkin is seene,
Mounted Idelia cheerfully makes
to the Chase with his Bugle cleere:
And nimbly bounds to the cry of the Hounds
and the Musicke of his Careere.
Oft doth he trace, through Wood, Parke and Chase,
when he mounteth his Steed aloft:
Oft he doth runne beyond farre his home,
and deceiueth his pillow soft:
Oft he expects, yet still hath defects,
for still he is crost by the Hare:
But more often he bounds to the cry of his Hounds,
and doth thunder out his Careere.
when he mounteth his Steed aloft:
Oft he doth runne beyond farre his home,
and deceiueth his pillow soft:
Oft he expects, yet still hath defects,
for still he is crost by the Hare:
But more often he bounds to the cry of his Hounds,
and doth thunder out his Careere.
Hercules Hunted and spoyled the game,
wheresoeuer he made his sport:
Adon did Hunt but was slaine by the same,
through Iunoes bad consort:
Nepthaly to, did the Hart ouer goe,
and he purged the Forrests there,
When his horne did redound, the noise to the hound,
he did thunder out his Careere.
wheresoeuer he made his sport:
Adon did Hunt but was slaine by the same,
through Iunoes bad consort:
Nepthaly to, did the Hart ouer goe,
and he purged the Forrests there,
When his horne did redound, the noise to the hound,
he did thunder out his Careere.
Now bonny Bay with his foame wareth Gray,
deepe Gray wareth Bay with blood:
White Lilly tops, doth send for their Caps,
blacke Lady makes it good:
Sorrowfull Watte, her widowes estate,
forgets these delights to heare,
And nimbly bounds to the cry of the Hound,
and doth thunder out his Careere.
deepe Gray wareth Bay with blood:
White Lilly tops, doth send for their Caps,
blacke Lady makes it good:
Sorrowfull Watte, her widowes estate,
forgets these delights to heare,
And nimbly bounds to the cry of the Hound,
and doth thunder out his Careere.
Hilles with the heate of the Galloppers sweate,
Reuiues their freezing tops:
Dales purple flowers, the spring from the showers,
which downe from the Rowels drops:
Swaines they repast, and Strangers they hast,
no neglect when our Hornes they heare:
To see a fleete packe of Hounds in a sheete,
and the Hunter in his Careere.
Reuiues their freezing tops:
Dales purple flowers, the spring from the showers,
which downe from the Rowels drops:
Swaines they repast, and Strangers they hast,
no neglect when our Hornes they heare:
To see a fleete packe of Hounds in a sheete,
and the Hunter in his Careere.
Thus he Careeres ore the Moores, or the meeres,
ouer deepes, ouer Downes and Clay:
Till he hath wonne, the day from the Sunne,
and the euening from the day,
Sports then he ends, and ioyfully wends
home to his Cottage, where
Frankely he feasts both himselfe and his Guests,
and carowseth to his Careere.
ouer deepes, ouer Downes and Clay:
Till he hath wonne, the day from the Sunne,
and the euening from the day,
Sports then he ends, and ioyfully wends
home to his Cottage, where
Frankely he feasts both himselfe and his Guests,
and carowseth to his Careere.
FINIS.
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