Private 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. By M.P. Batchelar of Musicke.

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Title: Private 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. By M.P. Batchelar of Musicke.
Author: Peerson, Martin, 1571?-1651.
Publication: London :: Printed by Thomas Snodham,; 1620.
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Subject terms: Part-songs, English -- Early works to 1800.
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XI. (Book 11)

CANTVS.

〈♫〉〈♫〉HEy the horne, the horna to Vulcan doth belong, And Venus, for she 〈♫〉〈♫〉 gaue it, is Mistrisse of my song, If Vulcan should not haue it, then Vulcan should haue〈♫〉〈♫〉 wrong. The horne, the horne, the horna, The horne, the horne the horna.

Bassus.

〈♫〉〈♫〉 The horne, the horne, the horna, The horne, the horne, the horna.

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If Vulcan haue the horna,
then Venus is to blame:
And Mars that did entice her,
vnto that wanton game.
Yet Vulcan needs must keepe it,
to set all well in frame:
The horne, the horne, the horna.
The horne, the horne, the horna.

Contra-Tenor.

Hey the horne:〈♫〉〈♫〉 The horne, the horne, the horna, the horn, the horn, the horna.

TENOR.

Hey the horne:〈♫〉〈♫〉 The horne, the horne, the horna, the horne,〈♫〉〈♫〉 the horne, the horna.