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TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE SIR GEORGE CAREY; KNIGHT MARSHALL OF HER MAIESTIES
HOVSHOVLD, GOUERNOR OF THE ILE OF WIGHT, CAPTAINE OF THE HONORABLE
BAND OF HER HIGHNES GENTLEMEN PENSIONERS, BARON OF HVNDSDON, AND LORD
CHAMBERLAINE OF HER MAIESTIES HOVSE.
[I. Fly loue that art so sprightly]
Fly loue that art so sprightly
Fly loue that art so sprightly To bonny boots vprightly
And when in heauen thou meet him Say that I blindly greete him And that his ORIANA
True widow maid still followeth Diana.
[II. False loue did me inueagle]
False loue did me inueagle
False loue did me inueagle And she like to the Eagle. Vpon my brest aye tyring Pennits me no respiring Then would she once but bill me By the lips and so kill me O but Calisto
teareth My hart out like the Beare whose name she beareth.
[III. Adiew, adiew.]
Adiew, adiew adiew you kind and cruel
Adiew, adiew adiew you kind and cruel And you mine own sweet
Iewel. Thus said these louers & as they hāds were
shaking The Groom his hart fel quaking And then fell down adying And she sat by him crying
[IIII. Loues folke in greene araying]
Loues folke in greene araying
Loues folke in greene araying. At barlie breake were playing. Laura in hell was caught thenBut Lord how Dorus laught then and sayd good mistris sith you.
wil needs thether haue with you.
[V. Loue tooke his bowe and arrow]
Loue tooke his bowe and arrow
Loue tooke his bowe and arrow And slew his mothers
sparrow I know not how it chanced Perhaps
his arrowe glaunced, Away the wag him hied, Lord how am I apaied? My bird is dead
and now my boy is straied, Lord how am I apayed?
[VI. Lo where with floury head and haire all brightsome]
Lo where with floury head and haire all brightsome
Lo where with floury head and haire all brightsome. Rosie
check'd cristall ei'd eu'n weeping lightsome, The fresh Aurora
springeth And wanton Flora flingeth Amorous odoures vnto the winds delightsome
Ah, for pittie and anguish. Only my hart doth languish.
[VII. O griefe euen on the Bud that fairely floured]
O griefe euen on the Bud that fairely floured
O griefe euen on the Bud that fairely floured The sun
hath lowred, And ah ye brest which Loue durst neuer venture
Bold death did enter Pittie O heauens that haue my loue in keeping My cries and weeping,
[VIII. Sou'raign of my delight]
Sou'raign of my delight
Sou'raign of my delight, Here my complaining Flie flie to her my sad thoughts my cares cōtaining.
Beauty by pleasure onely crowned Now in herselfe lies
drowned. By her vnkind disdayning.
[IX. Ovr bonny bootes could toote it]
Ovr bonny bootes could toote it
Ovr bonny bootes could toote it, yea and foot it, Say lusty
lads who now shall bonny boote
it, who but the iolly shephard bonny Dorus, he now must lead the morris daūce the morris daūce before
vs.
[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.
[XI. My Nymph the deere and her my deere I follow]
My Nymph the deere and her my deere I follow
My Nymph the deere and her my deere I follow, Trust is hir heare in gold, then gold
more yellow Say did you see hir the deninest creature That euer was of feature
O loue the world sweet maker. Change her moode and more humane minded make her.
[XII. Cruell wilt thou perseuer]
Cruell wilt thou perseuer
Cruell wilt thou perseuer Peace to
leaue euer Peace shalt thou haue and gladnes
But when in sadnes? when thou the Morne seest euen.
To fall from heauen?
[XIII. Sayd I that Amarillis was fairer then is Phillis]
Sayd I that Amarillis was fairer then is Phillis
Sayd I that Amarillis was fairer then is Phillis,
Vpon my death I take it Sweet Phyll I neuer spake it But if you thinke I did then.
take me and hang me. Yet let more and more loue and beauty pang me.
[XIIII. Damon and Phyllis squared]
Damon and Phyllis squared
Damon and Phyllis squared, And to point her the place.
the Nymph him dared, Her gloue she downe did cast him, And to meete her alone.
she bad him hast him. A like their weapons were alike their smiting, And little Loue came running to the fighting.
[XV. Lady, you thinke you spite me]
Lady, you thinke you spite me
Lady, you thinke you spite me, when by the lip you bite me. But
if you thinke it trouble, then let my paine be double.
I triple but you blis me, for though you bite you
kisse me, and with soure sweet delight me, I triple but you blis me
for though you bite you kis you kisse me, and with soure sweet. delight me
[XVI. You blacke bright starres]
You blacke bright starres
You blacke bright starres, that shine while dailight lasteth
Ah why hast you away when night time hasteth? In darker nights the starres stil seeme the lighter.
On me shine then anights with your beames brighter Beames that are
cause my hart hath so aspired, Fire mounts aloft and they my hart haue
fired.
[XVII. I follow, loe, the footing]
I follow, loe, the footing Still of my louely
I follow, loe, the footing Still of my louely
Cruell Proud of her selfe that she is beauties iewell
And fast away she flieth Loues sweet delight
deriding. In woods and groues Sweete Natures treasure hiding Yet cease I not pursuing Will run me
out of breath till I haue caught her. Will run me out of breath till I haue caught her.
Of 6. Uoices.
[XVIII. Stay hart runne not runne so fast]
Stay hart runne not runne not so fast
Stay hart runne not runne not so fast from him that
loues thee To her that deadly hates
thee Her sharpe disdaine reprooues thee, and worse then ill still rates thee Then
let her go and spare not Hold thou thy selfe contented and I care not My loue is
gone and with her go my sorrow. O vile wretch Thou louest once
and why now doest thou vary Then straight away I hast me
I hast me And after thee will run while life
shall last me, Ah death his force now trieth Flora farewell for loe the shepherd dyeth.
[XIX. Good Loue then flie thou toe her]
Good Loue then flie thou toe her
Good Loue then flie thou toe her And see if thou canst wooe her. Goe sweete
and turne about her For sure I die without her, But if
she still abhor me And will doe nothing for me Sweete Loue
this fauour do me, Sweet
Loue this fauour doe me. Returne thou neuer to me.
[XX. Ladies you see time flieth]
Ladies you see time flieth
Ladies you see time flieth, And
beautie too it dieth. Then
take your pleasure While you haue leasure. Of that which you haue
plenty. Thē take your pleasure while you haue leasure Nor make so dainty Of ye
which you haue prety. Of ye which you haue plenty.
[XXI. A reuerend memoriall of that honorable
true gentleman Henry Noel Esquier.]
Harke; Alleluia chreely
Harke; Alleluia chreely With Angels
now he singeth he singeth That here lou'd musicke deerly, Whose Eccho heauen ringeth ringeth, Where
thousand Cherubs houer About th'eternal MOVER.
FINIS.
