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Priuate Musicke

Or the first booke of Ayres and Dialogues: Contayning Songs of 4. 5. and 6. parts, of seuerall sorts, and being Verse and Chorus, is fit for Voyces and Viols. And for want of Viols, they may be performed to either the Virginall or Lute, where the Proficient can play vpon the Ground, or for a shift to the Base Viol alone. All made and composed, according to the rules of Art

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[O pretious time]

O pretious time,
Created by the might of his blest word,
That made all comely features,
And wisely parted into day and night,
For the best vse and seruice of the Creatures,
O woe is me that haue mispent this treasure,
In vaine delight, and fond and wicked pleasure.