Songs of 6. Parts
[XIIII. Faire Nymphs]
Faire Nymphs I heard one telling
Faire Nymphs I heard one telling To beautifie the
place, The Faunes are running, are running, The shepherds
their pipes tunening, To shew their cunning,
The Lambs amazed leaue of their grasing, And blind their eies with gasing,
Attended by the Muses, and the Graces. Then sang the
shepherds and Nimphs, and Nymphs of Diana, Long liue faire
Oriana; Long liue faire Oriana.
[XV. The Lady Oriana]
The Lady Oriana
The Lady Oriana, Was dight all in the treasures of Guïana, was dight,
And on her Grace a thousand, Graces tended, And thus sang they, faire Queene of peace and plenty, The fairest Queene of twentie, Then with an Oliue wreath for peace renowned, Her virgin head they crowned, Which ceremony ended, Vnto her Grace the thousand Graces
bended. Then sang the shepherds & Nymphs of Diana, Long liue faire Oriana.
[XVI. Hark! hark! did yee euer heare]
Hark! hark! hark! hark! did yee euer heare
Hark! hark! hark! hark! did yee euer heare, so sweet a singing?
They sing young loue to waken, The
Nymphs vnto the woods their Queene are bringing, The &c.
their Queene are bringing, There was a note well taken, there,
O good! O most deuinely ditti'd, O most deuinely
ditti'd, A Queene & song most excellently fitted, I neuer saw a fairer, I neuer heard a rarer. Then sung the
Nymphs & shepherds of Diana. Long liue faire Oriana,
[XVII. As Vesta was, from Latmos hill]
As
Vesta was, from Latmos hill descending
As
Vesta was, from Latmos hill descending, from Latmos
hill, She spied, she spied a maiden Queene, the same ascending, Attended on by all the shepherds swain,
To whom Dianaes darlings,Came running
down a maine, First two by two, then three by three together,
Leauing their Goddesse all alone hasted thether, And mingling with the shepherds
of her traine, With mirthfull tunes, her presence entertaine,
Then sang the shepherds and Nymphs of
Diana, Long
liue faire
Oriana.
[XVIII. Faire Orian, in the morne]
Faire
Orian, in the morne
Faire
Orian, in the morne, before the day was borne,
With veluet steps on groūd, which made nor
print nor soūd, Would see her Nymphs a bed, what liues those Ladies led, The Roses blushing sayd, O stay thou shepherds mayd,
And on a sodain all, they rose & heard her call. Then sang those
shepherds and Nymphs of Diana,
of Diana, Long liue faire Oriana.
[XIX. Round about her Charret]
Round about her Charret
Round about her Charret with all admiring straines,
The Hyades and Dryades giue sweetest entertaynes,
Lo how the gods in reuells do accord, Whilst doth each goddesse
melodies afford, Now Baccus is consorting,
Siluanus fals a sporting, Amphions harp's reporting. To ye shepherds pipes
sing the Nymphs of Diana, Long liue faire Oriana.
Long liue faire Oriana.
[XX. With Angels face & brightnesse]
With Angels face & brightnesse
With Angels face & brightnesse, & orient hew, faire Oriana,
faire Oriana shining, with nimble foot she tripped, o're
hills & mountaines, At last in dale she rested, hard by Dianaes, fountaines
This is that maiden Queene of ye Fairie land: With septer in her
hand, The Faunes & Satirs dauncing, did shew their nimble lightnes,
& brought their baskets full of herbs & flowers. Then sang ye
shepherds & Nymphs of Diana, Long liue faire Oriana.
[XXI. Faire Oriana seeming to winck at folly]
Faire
Oriana seeming to winck at folly
Faire
Oriana seeming to winck at folly, Lay softly down to sleeping, But hearing that the world was grown vnholly, her rest was turned to weeping, So wakt, shee sight, and
with crost armes, sate drincking teares for others harmes. Then sang the Nymphs & shepherds of Diana, &:
Long liue faire Oriana.
[XXII. Faire Citharea presents her Doues]
Faire
Citharea presents her Doues
Faire
Citharea presents her Doues, (sweet) Minerua singeth,
Ioue giues a crowne, a garland Iuno bringeth, a garland: Fame
sūmōd each celestial power, To bring their
gifts to Orianaes bower, Then sang the shepherds and
Nymphs of Diana. Long liue faire Oriana,
[XXIII. Hard by a Cristal fountaine]
Hard by a Cristal fountaine
Hard by a Cristal fountaine,
Oriana the bright, lay downe a sleeping,
The birds they finely cherped, The birds they finely
cherped, The windes were stilled, Sweetly with these accenting,
The aire was filled, This is that faire whose head a crowne deserueth, Which
heauen for her reserueth, Leaue shepherds your Lambs keepeing,
Vpon the barren mountaines, And Mymphs attend
on her and leaue your bowres, For she the shepherds life maintaines and youres. Then sang the
shepherds & Nimphs, Nimphs of Diana,
[XXIIII. Come come blessed Bird]
Come come blessed Bird and with thy sugred rellish
Come come blessed Bird and with thy sugred rellish, Help our declining quire now to embellish, For Bonny bootes, that so aloft
would fetch it, Oh he is dead, and none of vs can reach it, Then tune to vs sweet Bird thy shrill recorder, for fault of
better will serue in the Corus, Begin and we will follow thee in order, Then sang the Woodborne minstrell of Diana, Long liue faire Oriana.
FINIS.
