Ayres and dialogues, for one, two, and three voyces by Henry Lawes ... ; the first [-thirde] booke.
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Ayres and dialogues, for one, two, and three voyces by Henry Lawes ... ; the first [-thirde] booke.
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Lawes, Henry, 1596-1662.
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London :: Printed by T. H. for John Playford ...,
1653-1658.
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"Ayres and dialogues, for one, two, and three voyces by Henry Lawes ... ; the first [-thirde] booke." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A70540.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2024.
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To his Mistress going to Sea.
•…•…enry Lawes.
〈♫〉〈♫〉 FArewell fair Saint, may not the sea and wind swell like the hearts and eyes you leave behind, but calme and gentle as the looks you beare, smile in your face and whisper in your eare: Let no bold Billow offer to arise, that it may never look upon your eyes, lest winde and wave, enamour'd of your Forme, should throng and crowd themselves into a storme: But if it be your Fate, vaste Seas, to love; of my becalmed breast learn how to move; move then, but in a gentle Lovers pace, no furrows nor no wrinkles in your face; and ye fierce
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〈♫〉〈♫〉 winds, see that you tell your tale in such a breath as may but fill her Sail: So whilst ye court her each your sev'rall way, ye may her safe╌ly to her Port convay; and lose but in a noble way of wooing, whilst both con╌tribute to your owne un╌do╌ing.
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