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The first sett, Of Italian Madrigalls Englished

not to the sense of the originall dittie, but after the affection of the Noate. By Thomas Watson ... There are also heere inserted two excellent Madrigalls of Master VVilliam Byrds, composed after the Italian vaine, at the request of the sayd Thomas Watson

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[IX. Though faint & wasted.]
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[IX. Though faint & wasted.]

Though faint & wasted, with ouerlong desiring

Though faint & wasted, with ouerlong desiring, of my belou'd but cruell foe, whose delights are in my woe, yet fancie frameth, no retyring, but dyes admyring: O Loue, ô help at last, let her feele thy dart, That so vnkyndly kills my hart.