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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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[XI. When all alone my bony loue.]
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[XI. When all alone my bony loue.]

When all alone my bony loue was playing

When all alone my bony loue was playing, And I saw Phœbus stand at a gaze staying, Alas I feard betraying, Alas I feard, ther wold be some betraying.