[Diuers & sundry waies of two parts in one, to the number of fortie, vppon one playnsong]
Farmer, John, fl. 1591-1601.
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1
WHo so delights in Musickes skill
and thereof iudges right,
May here perceiue a straunge deuise
most plainly in his sight.
2
Two parts in one vppon a ground
in number fortie wayes,
A thing most rare surpassing farre
most songsters now a dayes.
3
If this in youth performed be
as plainly you may see,
What fruite hereafter may wee hope
to haue of such a tree.
4
As farmer good or busye bee
still laboreth in the field
So doth this Farmer that he may
to others much fruite yeeld.
5
Farewell with praise and good report
of those that know thy skill
What thou desernest in Musicks art
this booke will witnes still.
Richard Wilkinson.
