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Canzonets or litle short aers to five and sixe voices

Morley, Thomas (1557-1603?)

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1.

[I. Fly loue that art so sprightly]

II.

[II. False loue did me inueagle]

3.

[III. Adiew, adiew.]

IIII.

[IIII. Loues folke in greene araying]

V.

[V. Loue tooke his bowe and arrow]

VI.

[VI. Lo where with floury head and haire all brightsome]

VII.

[VII. O griefe euen on the Bud that fairely floured]

VIII.

[VIII. Sou'raign of my delight]

IX.

[IX. Ovr bonny bootes could toote it]

X.

[X. Ay me the fatall arrow]

XI.

[XI. My Nymph the deere and her my deere I follow]

XII.

[XII. Cruell wilt thou perseuer]

XIII.

[XIII. Sayd I that Amarillis was fairer then is Phillis]

XIIII.

[XIIII. Damon and Phyllis squared]

XV.

[XV. Lady, you thinke you spite me]

XVI.

[XVI. You blacke bright starres]

XVII.

[XVII. I follow, loe, the footing]

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XVIII.

[XVIII. Stay hart runne not runne so fast]

XIX.

[XIX. Good Loue then flie thou toe her]

XX.

[XX. Ladies you see time flieth]

XXI.

[XXI. A reuerend memoriall of that honorable true gentleman Henry Noel Esquier.]

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[X. Ay me the fatall arrow]

Ay me the fatall arrow

Ay me the fatall arrow That driues euen to the marrow, Cupid from out his quiuer, Hath pluckt and pearc'd my liuer The bloud through which the fell venim close creepeth Alas euen through mine eies my hart out weepeth.