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Of the discord which is in modern Mu∣sick, and more particularly of that in our Psalms.
THere are those who have desired that all our Psalms had but one Tune, that so they may be more easy to the common people, Others do approve of the multitude and diver∣sity of Ayrs, as the most delightfull, and most proper to move the Spirit. And certainly, the difference which is in the Psalms, as to the measures of the Hebrew verse, doth sufficient∣ly demonstrate that there were diver∣sities of Tunes. But because they are unknown to us, it remaineth that we give to every Psalm, yea to every verse that tune which shall be most convenient, and the most convenient is that which doth best represent the matter of which we sing. The voice which doth express a sad and mourn∣full subject, ought not to be of one tune, and the voice which doth express