The Book of Psalms in metre close and proper to the Hebrew, smooth and pleasant for the metre, plain and easie for the tunes : with musical notes, arguments, annotations, and index : fitted for the ready use and understanding of all good Christians.
- Title
- The Book of Psalms in metre close and proper to the Hebrew, smooth and pleasant for the metre, plain and easie for the tunes : with musical notes, arguments, annotations, and index : fitted for the ready use and understanding of all good Christians.
- Author
- Barton, William, 1598?-1678.
- Publication
- London :: Printed by Matthew Simmons for the Companie of Stationers,
- 1644.
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- Subject terms
- Bible. -- O.T. -- Psalms -- Paraphrases, English.
- Psalters.
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Contents
- title page
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At the Committee of the
House of COMMONS in
Parliament concerning Print∣ing,
April 2. 1644. -
Tunes for PSALMS
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of pure Eights, i. e. Eight
syllables in a line.
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I. The first
French Tune is the tune of the old 100. Psalm, used every where, and may serve for all the Psalms in Eights. -
II. The second French tune, is the old tune of the 10. Commandements, used oft in London. -
III. Sweet tune is the tune of the old 51. Psalm. used in most places, proper for the 77.Ps. 1 p. 119. Ps. 11. p. 142. Ps. and for the 25. observing sembrief pausesn the four-lin'd metres. -
IV. Choice tune is an easie extract out of the old 113.Ps & serveth properly for the 20. 76. & 99.Psalms. -
V. 1. Strain tune,i. e. a strain (viz. the first and third line) of the old 113.Ps. instantly learnt, and is proper for all Psalms in the form of the15 th . -
VI. 2. Strain tune,viz. a strain of the old 148.Ps. And also ye, &c. instantly learnt, and is proper for the 70. and 135. Psalms. Moreover, these two strains put together, make a most compleat and pro∣per tune for the 23. 26. and 146. Psalm.
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I. The first
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Single tunes of Eights and Sixes.
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VII. Martyrs tune (proper for sweet and sad ditties) used commonly in all places. -
VIII. Coventry tune (proper for sweet and solemn ditties, mixt with fours like the 8.Ps.) used in pri∣vate families inLondon. -
IX. York tune (proper for joyfull ditties) used every where, and may best serve for both the Coventry tunes, to those that cannot sing them. -
X. Davids tune (most proper for joyfull ditties) u∣sed now frequently inLondon. -
XI. Cambridge old tune (proper for sad and solemn ditties, mixt with foure, like the 40. and 41.) used in most places. -
XII. Pause tune, used in Coventry, most proper for the 49. 52. and 111. Psalms. -
XIII. London long tune, proper for solemn ditties, and used every where. - XIV. Oxford tune, proper for sad ditties, (such as the 6. and 7. Psalms) used commonly in all places.
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XV. Dutch bass tune, used commonly in Cambridge, and of late in Aldermanbury, it agrees in consort with the tune following, so that it is all one whether you take, for they may be sung both together. -
XVI. Dutch tune (proper for mixt ditties) is the most excellent and ordinary tune in all England.
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Double tunes of Eights and Sixes.
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XVII. Sinners tune (proper for the saddest ditties in the form of the 38. 51. 88.) as the tune of that which was called,The humble suit of a sinner; A most excellent tune, mnch used of old. -
XVIII. Old England tune, is the tune of the old 119. Psalm, fifor mixt ditties, and may be used for any staffe tune of eights and sixes, being best known, but when it is put to any of them with four-lin'd metres, as the 143, 145. 148. it must be observ'd with sem∣brief pauses, which the very meeters will point at. -
XIX. New tune or New staffe tune (proper for Psalms
of mixt forms, viz. the 12. 59. 94. 101. 109. 120.) is the old tune ofTe Deum, onely paused and altered in a line or two to fit the metres. -
XX. Magnificat tune, a most delicate joyfull tune, used frequently of old, and not fit to be forgotten.
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Tunes of Sixes and Fours.
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XXI. Short Staffe tune, is the same with,Where righ∣teousness doth say, onely perfected in the 3. and 7. line: It is proper for mixt ditties, like the 36. Psalm. -
XXII. London short tune, is the tune of the old 67. Psalm, used in all places; And may serve for all the tunes of sixes and fours. -
XXIII. Southwell tune, proper for sad ditties, as the 13. Psalm. -
XXIV. New verse tune, a most sweet tune, fit for dolefull ditties, as the 57. Psalm. -
XXV. Tune of the old 113. Psalm, is proper for the 98. Psalm, and for the 9. and 19. parts of the 119. Psalm▪ but they that cannot sing it at large, may use onely three first metres.
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of pure Eights, i. e. Eight
syllables in a line.
- An Apologeticall Preface To the READER.
- poem
- TO The High and Honourable Court OF PARLIAMENT.
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TO
THE RIGHT-HONORABLE
EDVVARD Earle of Manchester,
Speaker (pro tempore) of the Hou
of Peers in Parliament. -
THE BOOK OF
PSALMES
IN METRE.
- PSAL. I.
- PSAL. II.
- PSAL. III.
- PSAL. IV.
- PSAL. V.
- PSAL. VI.
- PSAL. VII.
- PSAL. VIII.
- PSAL. IX.
- PSAL. X.
- PSAL. XI.
- PSAL. XII.
- PSAL. XIII.
- PSAL. XIV.
- PSAL. XV.
- PSAL. XVI.
- PSAL. XVII.
- PSAL. XVIII.
- PSAL. XIX.
- PSAL. XX.
- PSAL. XXI.
- PSAL. XXII.
- PSAL. XXIII.
- PSAL. XXIV.
- PSAL. XXV.
- PS AL. XXVI.
- PSAL. XXVII.
- PSAL. XXVIII.
- PSAL. XXIX.
- PSAL. XXX.
- PSAL. XXXI.
- PSAL. XXXII.
- PSAL. XXXIII.
- PSAL. XXXIV.
- PSAL. XXXV.
- PSAL. XXXVI.
- PSAL. XXXVII.
- PSAL. XXXVIII.
- PSAL. XXXIX.
- PSAL. XL.
- PSAL. XLI.
- PSAL. XLII.
- PSAL. XLIII.
- PSAL. XLIV.
- PSAL. XLV.
- PSAL. XLVI.
- PSAL. XLVII.
- PSAL. XLVIII.
- PSAL. XLIX.
- PSAL. L.
- PSAL. LI.
- PSAL. LII.
- PSAL. LIII.
- PSAL. LIV.
- PSAL. LV.
- PSAL. LVI.
- PSAL. LVII.
- PSAL. LVIII.
- PSAL. LIX.
- PSAL. LX.
- PSAL. LXI.
- PSAL. LXII.
- PSAL. LXIII.
- PSAL. LXIV.
- PSAL. LXV.
- PSAL. LXVI.
- PSAL. LXVII.
- PSAL. LXVIII.
- PSAL. LXIX.
- PSAL. LXX.
- PSAL. LXXI.
- PSAL. LXXII.
- PSAL. LXXIII.
- PSAL. LXXIV.
- PSAL. LXXV.
- PSAL. LXXVI.
- PSAL. LXXVII.
- PSAL. LXXVIII.
- PSAL. LXXIX.
- PSAL. LXXX.
- PSAL. LXXXI.
- PSAL. LXXXII.
- PSAL. LXXXIII.
- PSAL. LXXXIV.
- PSAL. LXXXV.
- PSAL. LXXXVI.
- PSAL. LXXXVII.
- PSAL. LXXXVIII.
- PSAL. LXXXIX.
- PSAL. XC.
- PSAL. XCI.
- PSAL. XCII.
- PSAL. XCIII.
- PSAL. LXXXXIV.
- PSAL. XCV.
- PSAL. XCVI.
- PSAL. XCVII.
- PSAL. XCVIII.
- PSAL. XCIX.
- PSAL. C.
- PSAL. CI.
- PSAL. CII.
- PSAL. CIII.
- PSAL. CIV.
- PSAL. CV.
- PSAL. CVI.
- PSAL. CVII.
- PSAL. CVIII.
- PSAL. CIX.
- PSAL. CX.
- PSAL. CXI.
- PSAL. CXII.
- PSAL. CXIII.
- PSAL. CXIV.
- PSAL. CXV.
- PSAL. CXVI.
- PSAL. CXVII.
- PSAL. CXVIII.
- PSAL. CXIX.
- PSAL. CXX.
- PSAL. CXXI.
- PSAL. CXXII.
- PSAL. CXXIII.
- PSAL. CXXIV.
- PSAL. CXXV.
- PSAL. CXXVI.
- PSAL. CXXVII.
- PSAL. CXXVIII.
- PSAL. CXXIX.
- PSAL. CXXX.
- PSAL. CXXXI.
- PSAL. CXXXII.
- PSAL. CXXXIII.
- PSAL. CXXXIV.
- PSAL. CXXXV.
- PSAL. CXXXVI.
- PSAL. CXXXVII.
- PSAL. CXXXVIII.
- PSAL. CXXXIX.
- PSAL. CXL.
- PSAL. CXLI.
- PSAL. CXLII.
- PSAL. CXLIII.
- PSAL. CXLIV.
- PSAL. CXLV.
- PSAL. CXLVI.
- PSAL. CXLVII.
- PSAL. CXLVIII.
- PSAL. CXLIX.
- PSAL. CL.
- THE TABLE.
- Errata in Textu.
- Errata in Margine.