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Psalmes, Sonets, & Songs of sadnes and pietie, made into Musicke of fiue parts: whereof, some of them going abroad among diuers, in untrue coppies, are heere truely corrected, and th'other being Songs very rare & newly composed, are heere published, for the recreation of all such as delight in Musick: By William Byrd

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[I.] O God giue care & do apply

Psal. 55.

O God giue eare & do apply

O God giue eare & do apply, to heare me whē I pray: & whē to thee I call & cry, hide not thy self, hide not thy selfe away. Take heed to me graūt my request, & aūswere me againe: With plaints I prayful sore opprest, great grief doth me constraine, Because my foes with threats & cries, oppresse me through despite: and so the wicked sort likewise, to vexe me haue delight, haue delight. For they in coūsel do cōspire, to charge me with some ill. So in their hasty wrath & yre, they do pursue me still, they do pursue me still, they do pursue me still. For they in &c.