The first set of English madrigals to 3. 4. 5. and 6. parts apt both for viols and voyces. With a mourning song in memory of Prince Henry. Newly composed by Iohn Ward.

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Title
The first set of English madrigals to 3. 4. 5. and 6. parts apt both for viols and voyces. With a mourning song in memory of Prince Henry. Newly composed by Iohn Ward.
Author
Ward, John, 1571-1638.
Publication
[London] :: Printed by Thomas Snodham,
1613.
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Madrigals, English -- Early works to 1800.
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"The first set of English madrigals to 3. 4. 5. and 6. parts apt both for viols and voyces. With a mourning song in memory of Prince Henry. Newly composed by Iohn Ward." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A14720.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 16, 2025.

Pages

Page xxviii

Of 6. Voc. In memory of Prince Henry.

〈♫〉〈♫〉 WEepe forth your teares, and doe lament, lament, weepe {repeat} 〈♫〉〈♫〉 your teares, and doe lament, He's dead, he's dead, who liuing was of all the 〈♫〉〈♫〉 world beloued, Let do- lorous lamenting still be spread, through all the 〈♫〉〈♫〉 earth, {repeat} that all harts may be moued, To sigh, to sigh 〈♫〉〈♫〉 and plaine, since death hath slaine Prince Hene- ry, {repeat} 〈♫〉〈♫〉 Oh, oh had he liu'd, oh {repeat} oh {repeat} our hopes had still en- 〈♫〉〈♫〉 creased, still {repeat} still {repeat} our hopes had still encrea- sed, But he is dead, 〈♫〉〈♫〉 but he is dead, but he is dead, {repeat} and all our ioyes, our ioyes 〈♫〉〈♫〉 deceased.

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