[Diuers & sundry waies of two parts in one, to the number of fortie, vppon one playnsong]
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[Diuers & sundry waies of two parts in one, to the number of fortie, vppon one playnsong]
Author
Farmer, John, fl. 1591-1601.
Publication
[London :: T. Este, the assigne of W. Byrd, sould at the authors house,
1591]
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Part-songs, English -- Early works to 1800.
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"[Diuers & sundry waies of two parts in one, to the number of fortie, vppon one playnsong]." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A00563.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 14, 2024.
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VVHether in Musickes prayse to wrightIn generall, or of the skill,That did conduct this auctors quill:I feare I pearch aboue my might.
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Since then I can not, as I would,I spare to do it as I can,Least I do wrong both art and man,Not giuing either, as I should:
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The rather, cause it's to well knowen,What Musicke is without my pen,And he, among the skilfull men,Wanting my praise, will worke his owne.
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Onely, for that I loue not illThe arte it selfe, and arts man both,To lend my hand I was not loathBoth waies to witnesse my good will.
Francis Yomans.
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