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The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres

of 2. 4. and 5. parts: With Tableture for the Lute or Orpherian, with the Violl de Gamba. Composed by Iohn Dovvland ... Also an excelent lesson for the Lute and Base Viol, called Dowlands adew [by John Dowland]
Dowland, John (1563?-1626)

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To the right Noble and Vertuous Ladie, Lucie Comptesse of BEDFORD.
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II. Flow my teares fall from your springs
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III. Sorrow sorrow stay, lend true repentant teares
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IIII. Dye not beefore thy day
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V Mourne, mourne, day is with darknesse fled
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VI. Times eldest sonne, olde age the heyre of ease
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VII. Second part. Then sit thee downe, and say thy Nunc Demittis
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VIII. Third part. When others sings Venite exultemus
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IX.

[Praise blindnesse eies, for seeing is deceit]

Praise blindnesse eies, for seeing is deceit,
Bee dumbe vaine tongue, words are but flattering windes,
Breake hart & bleed for ther is no receit,
To purge inconstancy from most mens mindes.

Lenuoy:

And so I wackt amazd and could not moue,
I know my dreame was true, and yet I loue.
And if thine eares false Haralds to thy hart,
Conuey into thy head hopes to obtaine,
Then tell thy hearing thou art deafe by art,
Now loue is art that wonted to be plaine,
Now none is bald except they see his braines,
Affection is not knowne till one be dead,
Reward for loue are labours for his paines,
Loues quiuer made of gold his shafts of leade.
And so I wackt, &c.
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