¶In Musicen Tho. Whithorni Hexasticon ad Lectorem.
Eiusdem carmen Phaleucium siue Endecasyllabum.
¶The first part of Songes composed by Thomas Whythorne, conteyning Songes for three voyces.
[...] IF eu'ry one that goth about, to set abroad for common vew, a work, hath any fear [...] or dout, that the faut finding carping crew, should vtterly the same de face, few [...] works set forth then should we haue: but who by vertue doth purchase, their state aye lastes lye [...] they in graue, their state aye lastes lye they in graue.
[...] AS many heads haue many wits, so diuers men of vertues haue, and vertue likes her [Page 3] [...] ritches so, as other goods she doth not craue: nor to be celebrate of those, which be but of the cōmon [...] sort, because that of her selfe she hath no need of prayse or good re port, [...] because that of her selfe she hath no need of prayse or good re port.
[...] WHen fliering fortune fauoreth, the fals world then smi leth, but turn she once a- [...] bout her wheel, strange changes shalt thou feel. Wherfore as now I coūsell thee, vse truth and [...] honestie: so shalt thou stand & neuer quail, though fortune do thee fail, though fortune do thee fail.
[Page] [...] WHen Cupid had compelled me, to serue my fained frend, Pallas from that perswaded me, [...] lest trouble I should finde: for though thy loue doth seem, quoth she, thy good will to re- [...] quite, yet in the end thou shalt well see, thy gwerdon shall thee spite, yet in the end thou [...] shalt well see, thy gwerdon shall thee spite.
[...] SUch as in loue would haue long ioy, their choice must be for ver tues sake, if [...] otherwise they seek to knit, no deep root shall their true loue take, no deep root shall [Page 4] [...] their true loue take.
[...] THe restles race, the restles race the yong man runs, is strange to know in ech de- [...] gre, now heapes he ioyes, and cares, and cares he shuns, a non his myrth away doth fle, [...] now heaps he ioyes, and cares, and cares he shuns, a non his myrth away doth fle.
[...] THough frends be frail, though frends be frail in eu'ry place, in eu'ry place, though frends be [...] frail, though frends be frail in eu'ry place, in eu'ry place, and promise broke, and promise broke that [Page] [...] erst was plight, and promise broke, and promise broke that erst was plight: Yet one there is, yet [...] one there is a boue all frends, aboue all frends, who faileth not, who faileth not, [...] who faileth not the faithfull wight, ij. who faileth not the faithfull wight, who [...] faileth not the faithfull wight, the faithfull wight.
[...] IN frends of ech estate, look for equalitie to be al way, equalitie to be al way, in frends of [...] ech estate, look for equalitie to be al way, equalitie to be alway, of mind, of welth, of mind, [Page 5] [...] of welth, and honours eke, of minde, of welth, and honours eke, and honours eke, of [...] minde, of welth, of minde, of welth, and honours eke, ij. els soon they swarue [...] and part a way, ij. els soon they swarue and part a way, and part [...] away, .ij els soon they swarue and part a way, and part a way.
[...] WHo yt for truth decrees (as iudge most sage) true noblenes of right one ly to stād, in dignitie, [...] or auncient linage, or great ritches, or reuenues of land, if therwithall, if therwithall he do not [Page] [...] link in band, wisedome, knowledge, and other vertues rare, his iudgement then of reason is but [...] bare, his iudgement then of reason is but bare.
[...] THou shalt soon see, thou shalt soon see in ech estate, wher yt do take deep root these fautes, wher [...] that do take deep root these fautes, suspitiousnes beyond ye race, that needful is, or like assauts, or like as- [...] sauts of hasty mind, or gelous mood, gret sorows ay to be their food. ij.
[...] THe happy life as I do take, the quiet mind therof is ground, ij. which sowre so- [Page 6] [...] rowes doth still forsake, ij. digesting them as they a bound: for who frō cares will passe [...] to ease, must take all troubles in good part, and if the mind take no disease ij. all troubles [...] els will soon reuert, ij. will soon reuert.
[...] HE that contemneth iniuries, his state better appeare shall soon, then his who frets, then [...] his who frets, then his who frets maliciously, ij. till he reuenge offences done: for [...] as malice tormentes his hart, and all his helth doth straight vnwrest, and all his helth doth straight [Page] [...] vnwrest, the other not forcing therof, ij. returneth soon to quiet rest, [...] returneth soon to quiet rest.
[...] BEware how sorowes thee oppres, ij. let wisedome rule thy fan- [...] tasie, let wisedome rule thy fantasie, so as dispaire, so as dispaire, so as dispaire thee not pos ses, [...] with deadly dread thy fayth to try, thy fayth to try.
[...] WHat euer hath been in time past, ij. what euer hath been [Page 7] [...] in time past, ij. in time present t'is often found, ij. in time present t'is often found, [...] ij. ye flattery hath got ye cast, ij. ye flattery hath got [...] the cast, ij. to get frendship both safe & sound, to get frendship both safe & sound, to get frend- [...] ship both safe & sound, wheras plaines in word & deed, ij. wheras plaines in word & deed, [...] wheras plaines in word & deed, wheras plaines in word & deed, of hatred great is sure to speed, [...] of hatred great is sure to speed, ij. of hatred great is sure to speed.
¶ The second part of Songes, composed by Thomas Whythorne, conteining Songes for fower voyces.
[...] FOr to reclaim to frend a froward foe, or bring to passe affaires waighty & great, if patience [...] cheefly doth work it so, as vertue rare it may be thronde in seate: for such in whom that thing is [...] so to finde, though thicke be sown, yet most spring out of kinde, for such in whom that thing is [...] so to finde, though thicke be sown, yet most spring out of kinde.
[...] THe giftes of nature well disposde, are pleasant to the sight, the like of fortune rule the rost, [Page 8] [...] be it in wrong or right: though both or none of these be had, yet to ye giftes of minde, the wise haue [...] the prerogatiue, in all ages assinde, the wise haue the prerogatiue, in all ages assinde.
[...] THough choler cleapt ye hart about, & set it all on fire, which causde the toūg in hasty wise, to blast [...] out for my hire, a dreadfull change for me to haue, if it had taken place: yet now ye storme is [...] gone & past, and I in quiet case, yet now the storme is gone & past, and I in quiet case.
[...] NOw that the truth is tride, of things that be late past, I see when all is spide, that words [Page] [...] are but a blast: and promise great, is but a heat, if not performde at last, and promise great, is [...] but a heat, if not performde at last.
[...] WHere prayses great be geu'n, where prayses great be geu'n, or fautes likewise be found, [...] or fautes likewise be found, ij. oft times they both are blown abrode, oft times they both are blown [...] abrode, ij. are blown abrode, ij. by will, without good ground, ij. [...] by wil, wtout good groūd, by wil, without good ground. Ech thing is not as seems, ech thing [Page 9] [...] is not as seems, ij. and as selfe wils likes it, and as selfe wils likes it, to [...] prayse or blame, ij. to prayse or blame, for such most times, for such most times, [...] for such most times, for such most times, for such most times ij. do rather misse [...] then hit, ij. do rather misse, do rather misse then hit, ij. do rather misse then [...] hit, ij. do rather misse, do rather misse then hit, ij. do rather misse then hit.
[...] TO ouercome by patience, ij. to o uercome by pa ti ence, to ouercome [Page] [...] by patience, wher wrongs hath been of fred, or to be stayd therwith frō will that would be [...] reuenged, or to be stayd therwith frō will that would be reuenged: to finde out such in this sayd [...] sort, to finde out such in this sayd sort, to find out such, possest with this vertue, ij. is hard [...] to do, so as ye same, is hard to do, so as the same haue alway perfect shew, haue alway perfect shew, [...] haue alway perfect shew, is hard to do, so as ye same, is hard to do, so as the same haue alway [...] perfect shew, haue alway per fect shew, haue alway perfect shew, haue alway perfect shew.
[Page 10] [...] TAke heed of words thou mayst not vouch, not spoke, for them th'art free alway, frō word and [...] deed, but sayd, they do thee rule and touch thy sure estate, wherfore I say, of words take heed, but [...] said, they do thee rule & touch thy sure estate, wherfore I say, of words take heed.
[...] LIke as the smoke outwardly seen, doth geue knowlege wher that fire is: so euill words [...] discouers plain, the hatefull hart wher that ire is, so euill words discouers plain, the [...] hatefull hart where that ire is.
[Page] [...] TO reprehend or mock, therof the common end, is cōmon, and great hate to them that vse the [...] same: to flout none hath the leaue, but to some to repr'hend, authoritie geues leaue, th'offender [...] for to blame, to flout none hath the leaue, but to some to repr'hend, authoritie geues leaue, [...] th'offender for to blame.
[...] IT is a world some sots to see, who measure honestie by welth, accounting all honest to be, [...] as they posses of worldly pelth: and Lazarus with God did rest, when the rich gulch to hell was [Page 11] [...] prest, to hell was prest.
[...] I Can not deem them happy sure, who can but onely crake of mucke, I meane ritches [...] which worldlings lure, from heau'nly cares them selu's to pluck: but if vertue to welth ioynd [...] be, twise happy then they be I see, they be I see.
[...] ALL ye that serue ye blind God loue, ij. all ye that serue the blind God [...] loue, shall in ye end your labour loose, he is a fool & wil not moue, and will not moue, [Page] [...] but where he lighteth there to choose, and how should he geue due reward, ij. [...] who therto neuer had regard. Perchance his shaftes may pearce your mind, to make ye blind [...] to serue your foe: thus when the blind doth lead the blind, ij. ye know what good [...] therof doth grow, ij. therfore take heed how you do proue, ij. therefore take heed [...] how you do proue, ij. to loose your ioye by band of loue, to loose [...] your ioy by band of loue.
[Page 12] [...] IT doth me good whē Zephrus rains, in Dians walke for to dis port, wher dul- [...] cet ayres such ioy me gains, as spot of care doth not re sort, the birdes with glad- [...] som tunes remains, remains, with gladsom tunes remains, ech thing Apollo [...] doth cōfort, ech thing Apollo doth com fort, but I of all do most embrace, [...] but I of all, but I of all, but I of all do most embrace: wherfore my song is and [...] shall be, wherfore my song is and shall be, of ioyfulnes and of solace, ij. of ioy-
For children. Primus Triplex.
[...] fulnes and of solace, of ioyfulnes and of solace, so oft as I, so oft as I this time may [...] see, ij. so oft as I this time may see.
[...] PRefer not great beuatie before vertue, the much gazing theron, the much gazing theron many [...] may rue, ij. the much gazing theron, the much gazing theron many may rue. For to [...] beholde the beautie rare, of some who therwith possest are: but them t'accompany and oft to touch, is [...] perilous this proof doth firmly vouch, Prefer not great beautie, Vt supra.
[Page 13] [...] IT hath been proued both euen and morow, it hath been proued both [...] euen and morow, yt a little mirth is worth much sorow, that a little mirth is worth much sorow.
[...] Many that haue toyled & wrought in vaine, & that ech part of case did little take, yet in [...] the end for to quench all their paine, they did thē rest & sport, and good cheer make, they did them rest [...] and sport, and good cheer make. It hath been proued both euen, &c. Vt supra.
[...] I Haue ere this time heard many one say, I haue ere this time heard [Page] [...] many one say, take time while time is, for time will away, take time while time is, for time will away. [...] Who so that great affaires haue to be done, let no deferrings of time be vsed, [...] lest they be far off whē they would be sped. I haue ere this time, &c. Vt supra.
[...] THough crooked cares do chance, ij though crooked cares do chance, ij. [...] to wretched wilfull wills, though crooked cares do chance, ij. though [...] crooked cares do chance, ij. to wretched wilfull wils, which vnwisely aduance, which [Page 14] [...] vnwisely aduance, the reach of many ills: to those thus may we glaunce, to those thus may [...] we glaunce, where wilfull will planteth, wit with wisedome wanteth, where wilfull will [...] planteth, wit with wisedome wanteth, wisedome wanteth.
[...] WHen that well tipled are, whē that well tipled are with boused bum, dan Bacchus birdes, dan [...] Bacchus birdes so deare, their tounges then talk, and blab at large, their tounges then talk, and blab [...] at large, that which in mind doth come, not shame cā let, not shame cā let their retchles speech to walk▪ [Page] [...] beside all this most times, beside all this most times suth factes they vse, as oft their frends their com- [...] panies re fuse, beside all this most times, beside all this most times such factes they vse, as [...] oft their frendes their companies re fuse, their companies re fuse.
[...] WHo yt will wey of ages all, their change of shapes frō time to time, [...] who yt will wey of ages all, their change of shapes frō time to time, what chil- [...] dish thoughts to younglings fall, what childish thoughts to younglings [Page 15] [...] fall, as yeres waxe ripe how they do clime, may wel in mind this sentence call: as time doth al- [...] ter, as time doth alter eu'ry wight, so eu'ry age hath his de light, so eu'ry age hath [...] his de light, hath his delight.
[...] WHen fortune seemd so much my frend, to place me with assured stay, then with a becke she [...] made me bow, vnto my foe to be his pray, then with a becke she made me bow, vnto my [...] foe to be his pray.
[Page] [...] IF I had not foreseen, the changes newly hapt, the sodeine chance therof in [...] cares would haue me wrapt: therfore I do pro test, foreknowlege is the best, of troubles [...] that must come, for then they soon digest, therfore I do pro test, foreknowlege is the [...] best, of troubles that must come, for then they soon digest.
[...] OF natures giftes wit is ye cheef, of natures giftes wit is ye cheef, which doth discern both good [...] and ill, of natures giftes wit is ye cheef, of natures giftes wit is ye cheef, which doth discern both [Page 16] [...] good and ill, and both wit works for to be breef, and both wit works for to be breef, and both wit [...] works for to be breef, & both wit works for to be breef, as reason rules or wilfull will, as reason [...] rules or wilfull will, as reasō rules or wilful will, as reasō rules or wilfull will: Let reason ther- [...] fore rule wit still, let reasō therfore rule wit stil, lest wil in wit doth work his wil, lest will in wit doth [...] work his will, doth work his will, let reason therfore rule wit still, let reasō therfore rule wit still, [...] lest wil in wit doth work his wil, lest will in wit doth work his will, doth work his will.
[Page] [...] WHo so that list, who so that list his chaunce to try, on fortunes fickle wheel, who so that [...] list, who so that list his chaunce to try, on fortunes fic kle wheel, he shal soon see & also spye, he [...] shall soon see and also spy, her pleasures strange to feel, her pleasures strange to feel: For as soon [...] as she hath him set, for as soon as she hath him set, aloft on that her stage, aloft on that her [...] stage, frō high to low she will him set, and all his pompe as swage, frō high to low she [...] will him fet, and all his pomp as swage, and all his pomp asswage.
[Page 17] [...] THough fortune frowne on me al way, turning my ioye to pensiuenes, yet do I still hope [...] for the day, that all my wo shall haue redres: And no mishap shall take the place, to bring me in this [...] wofull case. For all my hope is in my God, whose look dame fortune dare not bide, his force [...] and hers is so far odde, from where he is she will soon slide: And why should I pray for her [...] ayde, since on her wheel she hath few stayde?
[...] POnder the proof so far as thou, in worldly works be proued shall, how vaine they [Page] [...] are in deed and show, how dangerous to deal withall: and nothing els yu shalt then find, [...] this world (thus working in his kind) but wide scaffold for vs ech one, to play our tragedies [...] vp on, but wide scaffold for vs ech one, to play our tragedies vp on.
[...] THe doutfull state that I posses, doth trouble all my wits throughout, one while good hap seems [...] t'will not ceasse, then by and by it makes me dout: And thus standing in hope and dread, I wish [...] oft times that I were dead, I wish oft times that I were dead.
[Page 18] [...] IS there no choice for me, but still to tast this strife? shall all misease and pensiue thought, [...] torment me all my life? O Lord to thee I call, now let thy pleasure be, to keep me [...] from this misery, in ioye with thine to be, to keep me from this misery, in ioye with [...] thine to be.
[...] THe diuers chance that God doth send, the diuers chance that God doth send, to vexe the [...] mind and body both, it doth proceed as we offend, ij. or as his loue toward [...] [Page] [...] vs groth: ij. Somtimes for that, somtimes for that our sinnes encrease, our sinnes en- [...] crease, somtimes to try, somtimes to try our constantnes, our constantnes: But I for sinne must [...] craue release, but I for sinne must craue release, ij. which neuer ceasse me to oppres, [...] ij. which neuer ceasse me to oppres, ij. which neuer ceasse me to oppres, [...] which neuer ceasse me to oppres.
[...] THe great offence of my most sinfull ghost, with terror great doth ouerflow the same, and that [Page 19] [...] which now my sprite oppresseth most, is remembrance of life past out of frame. Whē I for grace lift [...] vp my daseld eye, vnto the throne frō whence it doth descend, euen then dispaire seems to approch me [...] nye, to make my hope in me for to take end. But loe, dame fayth bids me leaue slipper hold, and take [...] sure gripe on promise made of yore, by him whose eyes disdains not to behold, the hūble cheer, with [...] hart tormented sore. So that mercy, for mercy I do cry, vnto ye Lord, frō whō springs all mercy, [...] so that mercy, for mercy I do cry, vnto the Lord, from whom springs all mercy.
[Page] [...] O Good Lord haue mercy on me according to thy great mer cy, & do away th'ini- [...] quitie yt I haue wrought most wickedly, yt I haue wrought most wic ked ly.
[...] I will yeld thankes to thee, O Lord in Trinitie, because thou hast heard me, my prayer all: [...] and in my turmentre, my hope in thee shall be, to turne mine enemie, when I thee call, to turne [...] mine enemie, when I thee call.
[...]MY soule and all that in me is, to prayse my God alway, shall ready be to do the same, in the [Page 20] [...] best sort I may. For he to me hath shewde his grace, vnworthy though I be, therfore will I [...] set forth his prayse, to all of ech degree, therfore will I set forth his prayse, to all of ech degree.
[...] SInce I embrace ye heau'nly grace, in sort as I would haue, reioyce I must, [...] till I for dust, ij. do yeld my corps to graue, do yeld my corps to graue. Was neuer [...] none, did sigh & mone, I thinke more oft then I, for deep dispaire, me did empaire, confoūding me [...] well nye, confoūding me well nye. But then Gods grace, appeard in place, putting back that foule [Page] [...] feend: and sayd to me, of comfort be, for heau'n is thine at end, for heau'n is thine at end. [...] Wherfore re ioyce, wherfore reioyce, both sound and voyce, both sound & voyce, let no tune mour- [...] ning be, let no tune mourning be: but with delight, but with delight, with all your might, [...] with all your might, reioyce ye all with me, reioyce ye all with me. [...] ij. Reioyce, reioyce, ij. reioyce, reioyce, reioyce, [...] reioyce, reioyce, reioyce, reioyce, reioyce, ij. reioyce, ij. reioyce, re- [Page 21] [...] ioyce, ij. reioyce, reioyce, reioyce, [...] reioyce, ij. reioyce, ij. reioyce, ij. reioyce.
[...] WHen I remember of this world, what I therein do know, how all the pleasures of the same, [...] but vaine in th'end do grow. O Lord say I happy they be, who yu doost enter tain, for they shal [...] e uerlasting ly, in perfect ioyes remaine: O Lord say I happy they be, who thou doost en- [...] ter taine, for they shall e uerlasting ly, in perfect ioyes remaine.
Grace before meate.
[...] O Lord aboue send vs thy grace to be our stay, so as we neuer do that which belongs vnto [...] the sinfull wicked way, the sinfull wicked way.
Grace before meate.
[...] ALmightie God thy louing care, is to prouide for vs alway, & heer hast sent for [...] our welfare, such worldly food as feed we may. ij. So we thee pray to send [...] also, our soules to feed thy food diuine, that thy glory in vs may show, to eu'ry wight. [...] So yt infine, so yt infine, whē they by grace see our cōfort, may for ye like to thee resort, to thee resort,
[...] to thee resort: and so to laud thy holy name, & so to laud thy holy name, as all we heer do now the [...] same, as all we heer do now the same.
Grace after meate.
O our father, O our [...] father we yeld to thee, for all thy gifts most thankfull prayse, which by vs now re ceaued be, or [...] heertofore, or heertofore by any wayes. Desiring thee yt thou wilt saue, thy Church, our [...] Queen, & all her land, and send vs all ye peace to haue, the which in Iesus Christ doth stand. ij. [...] Graūt this O Lord to geue to vs, ij. for thy sonnes sake our Lord Iesus, ij. to whō with [Page] [...] thee ij. and th'holy sprite, ij. be all glory, be all glo ry for aye, for aye, for aye, [...] so be it, be all glory, be all glory for aye, so be it, for aye, sobeit, for aye, sobeit.
Psalme. 95.
[...] O Come let vs sing vnto the Lord: let vs hartily reioyce in the strength of our saluation. [...] Let vs come before his presence with thanks geuing: and shew our selues glad in him with Psalms. [...] For the Lord is a great God: and a great king aboue all Gods. In his hand are all the corners of [...] the earth: and the strēgth of the hils is his al so. The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands pre- [Page 23] [...] pared the dry land. O come let vs worship & fall down: and kneel before the Lord our maker. For [...] he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture, & the sheep of his hands. To day [...] if ye will heare his voyce, har den not your hartes: When your fathers tempted me: pro- [...] uoked me, & saw my works. Fortie yeares long was I greeued with this generation, and sayd: it [...] is a people that do erre in their harts, for they haue not knowne my wayes. Unto whom I sware [...] in my wrath: that they should not enter into my rest. Glory be to the father, and to ye sonne, [Page] [...] and to the holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and euer shall be, world without [...] end, Amen, world without end, A men.
Psalme. 100.
[...] O Be ioyfull in the Lord all ye landes, O be ioyfull in ye Lord all ye lands: serue the Lord with [...] gladnes, and come before his presence with a song, and come before his presence with a [...] song. Be ye sure that the Lord he is God. Be ye sure that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath [...] made vs, & not we our selues: we are his people, & the sheep of his pasture, we are his people, and [Page 24] [...] the sheep of his pasture. O go your way into his gates with thanks geuing, O go your way into [...] his gates with thanks geuing, O go your way into his gates with thanks geuing, and into [...] his courts with praise, & into his courts with praise: be thankfull vnto him, & speake good of his [...] name, be thankfull vnto him, and speake good of his name. For the Lord is gratious, ij. [...] for the Lord is gratious, ij. his mercy, his mercy is euerlasting: and his truth, & his truth [...] en dureth frō generation to generati on, and his truth, and his truth en dureth frō generation
Psalme. 123.
[...] eyes wait vpon ye Lord our God, vntill he haue mercy vpon vs, vpon vs, vntill he [...] haue mercy vpon vs. Haue mercy vpon vs, O Lord, haue mercy vp on vs, O [...] Lord, haue mercy vp on vs O Lord, haue mercy vp on vs O Lord, haue [...] mercy vpon vs O Lord, haue mercy vpon vs, haue mercy vpon vs: ij. for we are [...] vtterly, for we are vtterly, for we are vtterly de spi sed. Our soule is fil led, our soule is [...] fil led, our soule is filled ij. with ye scornfull reproof, with ye scornful reproof of ye welthy: [Page 26] [...] and with ye despitefulnes of ye proud, ij. and with ye despitefulnes of ye proud. ij. Glory [...] be to ye father, ij. glory be to ye father, ij. and to ye sonne, & to the sonne, and to the holy [...] Ghost, & to ye holy Ghost, ye holy Ghost. As it was in ye beginning, as it was in ye beginning, ij. [...] as it is now, & euer shal be, as it is now, & euer shal be, ij. world wtout end, ij. world wtout [...] end. ij. Sobeit. ij.
Psalme. 134.
[...] BEhold, now prayse ye Lord, all ye seruantes of the Lord, ij. behold, now praise [Page] [...] the Lord all ye seruants, behold, now praise ye Lord all ye seruants of the Lord. Ye yt by night stād [...] in the house of ye Lord, ye yt by night stand in ye house of ye Lord, ij. ye that by night stand in ye house [...] of the Lord: ij. euen in ye courts of the house of our God, euen in ye courts of the house of [...] our God, ij. euen in ye courts of the house of our God. Lift vp your hands in ye sanctuary, [...] lift vp your hands in the sanctuary, ij. lift vp your hands in ye sanctuary: and praise the [...] Lord, ij. and praise the Lord, ij. and praise the Lord, ij. and praise the [Page 27] [...] Lord. ij. The Lord yt made heau'n & earth, ij. the Lord yt made heau'n and [...] earth, ij. the Lord that made heau'n & earth, ij. geue thee [...] blessing out of Sion, ij. geue thee blessing out of Sion, ij. geue thee blessing, geue thee [...] blessing out of Sion, geue thee blessing out of Sion. Glory be to ye father, ij. glory be [...] to the father, ij. glory be to the father, ij. glory be to the father, and to ye sonne, and to the [...] holy Ghost, ij. and to the sonne, & to the holy Ghost, ij. and to ye sonne, & to the
Psalme. 130.
[...] him, my soule doth wait for him: ij. in his word is my trust, in his word is my trust, in his [...] word is my trust. My soule flyeth vnto ye Lord, my soule flyeth vnto ye Lord, before the mor- [...] ning watch, ij. before ye morning watch, before ye morning watch, before ye morning [...] watch, I say, before the morning watch, I say, before the morning watch .ij. O Is- [...] raell, O Israell ij. trust in ye Lord, ij. trust in ye Lord. ij. for with the [...] Lord there is mercy, for with ye Lord there is mercy, for with ye Lord there is mercy, ij. for [Page 29] [...] with ye Lord there is mercy: and with him is plenteous redempti on, and with him is plente ous [...] redemption. And he shall redeem Israell, and he shall redeem Israell frō all his sinnes .ij. [...] Glory be to the father, ij. glory be to the father, and to the sonne, & to the holy Ghost, and [...] to the sonne, & to the holy Ghost .ij. As it was in ye beginning, as it was in the beginning, [...] ij. as it is now, as it is now, & euer shal be, & euer shal be, world without end. ij. [...] Sobeit. Sobeit. Sobeit. ij. ij.
¶ The third part of Songes, composed by Thomas Whythorne, conteining Songes for fiue voyces.
[...] WHen wit doth seek vice to em brace, then wit him selfe doth much de face: for wit and [...] wisedome diffreth so, as wit from wisedome needes must go. If wit by wisedome rule in place, as [...] reason would it should be so, then wit so working, ye shall see, will worke all well in ech degree. [...] But if wit worke without wisedome, I dout what good therof will come, but if wit worke with- [...] out wisedome, I dout what good therof will come.
[Page 30] [...] THe musicke tunes of voyce or sound, doth helpe the cares, and doth expell, all sorowes [...] that ye hart doth wound, ij. also ye wits it cherisheth well: [...] it soupleth sinewes of ech wight, and eke the faint, and eke the faint ij. it fils with might, [...] it fils with might.
[...] AS t'is a signe of per sons graue, patiently to beare th'unkinde parts, v sed [...] to thē by such as haue, by frendly proof known their true harts: so is a signe a fool to [Page] [...] know, vnthankful nes, ij. wher it doth show, ij. so is a signe [...] a fool to know, vnthankful nes ij. wher it doth show. ij.
[...] OF a hard beginning, of a hard begin ning comes a good end many say: which [...] prouerb old a comfort is, which prouerb old a comfort is to some where cares bears sway. If [...] good beginning chaunce, if good beginning chaunce, shall we then dout a change? ij. [...] shall we then dout a change? ij. Not so, for then the faithles will, not so, for then the [Page 31] [...] faithles will, not so, for then the faithles will, frō good nes, from goodnes soon estrange. [...] Of a hard beginning, of a hard begin ning comes a good end many say. [...] ij.
[...] THe pleasant and the gentle speech, where countnaunce like doth show, court'ous behauour [...] and gesture, where maners milde do grow. Of all things in absence to make the best with good [...] report, doth winne and keep faythfull frendship, where reason doth resort, doth winne and keep faith- [Page] [...] full frendship, where reason doth resort.
[...] THe haughtines of some but base, whose outward show seems of some port, takes on [...] them as they were in case, for to countnaunce the higher sort: these would haue all to thē [...] be bound, and they from all free to be found, these would haue all to them be bound, and [...] they from all free to be found.
[...] I Haue not onely read, but eke by proof haue tride, how such who daily haunt their [Page 32] [...] greaters compa ny, can not shun great offence on th'one or th' other side, wherfore happy [...] are they, who such an ill can flye.
[...] NOthing is sharper then low thinges, whē they by groth, ij. when they by groth [...] ij. on hye be brought, ij. on hye be brought, on hye be brought: so none in pride, [...] so none in pride, ij. so none ij. in pride and cru el tie, ij. are like to some [...] who rise of nought, so none in pride, so none in pride, ij. so none ij. in [Page] [...] pride and cru eltie, ij. are like to some who rise of nought, who rise of nought.
[...] IN weale & wo be patient, ij.▪ in weale and wo be pa ti ent, in weale [...] and wo be patient, ij. in weale & wo be pa ti ent, let not fury thy hart [...] posses, ij. let not fury thy hart pos ses, for she alway ye same doth rent, for she [...] alway ye same doth rent, and brings it oft in great distres, & brings it oft in great distres, & brings [...] it oft in great distres .ij. Wherfore if thou wilt liue in rest, wherfore [Page 33] [...] if thou wilt liue in rest, in no wise harbor such a gest, wherfore if yu wilt liue in rest, [...] wherfore if thou wilt liue in rest, in no wise harbour such a gest.
[...] AS thy sha dow it selfe ap plyeth, to follow thee wher so thou go, & when thou bends [...] itself it wryeth, turning as thou both to & fro: the flatterer doth e uen so, and shopes him self the [...] same to glose, with many a fawning & gay show, whom he would frame for his purpose, with [...] many' a fawning and gay show, whom he would frame for his purpose.
[Page] [...] IT doth belong more of good right, to such as haue cou rage gen tle, to shew forth plain [...] to eu'ry wight, the loue or hate they bear them till: then stily to cloke, or closely to hide, by their [...] dissembling look and cheer, the good or ill that in their harts doth bide, wherby their wyles [...] can not ap peare, wherby their wyles can not ap peare.
[...] WHo that to quassing is bent, and to drink the rate, that dame nature (the nursse of helth) hath [...] thē forbod, the mastry of thēselues they loose, their strength doth so abate, beside their worse reward, [Page 34] [...] which is the wrath of God, beside their worse reward, which is the wrath of God.
[...] I Flattered be ye wicked, ij. if flattered be ye wicked, ij. [...] frō ill to worse become they than, frō ill to worse be come they than, whē malice is likewise prai- [...] sed, when malice is likewise praysed, when malice is likewise praysed, ij. when ma- [...] lice is likewise praysed, ij. the harme there of, the harme therof few suffer can, the harme [...] therof few suffer can, few suffer can, the harme there of, the harme therof few suffer can, the [Page] [...] [Page 34] [...] [Page] [...] harme therof few suffer can, few suffer can, few suffer can.
[...] IF thou yt hast a trusty frend, desire that his loue may not swarue, then how to vse him to that [...] end, thou shalt now know thy turne to serue. Both gentle nes and curtesie, to him to [...] vse ij. see that thou do. Let no rough speech his patience try: ij. nor crooked ma- [...] ners see thou show. Forbeare him when he is angry. In his errour gently reproue. [...] When aduers chaunce doth touch him nye, comfort him then as doth behoue. So mayst thou [Page 35] [...] not onely retaine, thy frend so long as life doth last: but double loue thou oughtst to gain, as gwer- [...] don, as gwerdon for thy frendship past. But whē thou hast so put in vre, but when thou [...] hast so put in vre, the things that erst I told thee on, the things that erst I told thee on: [...] if all that please him not, be sure, be sure, be sure, he is no frend [...] to trust vpon, no frend to trust vpon.
[...] THy se cretes told to such as haue, of dissembling the proper way, to be blabd forth [Page] [...] thee to de praue, look thou therfore there is no nay. And so the Foxe the Lamb shal gain, [...] ere he of guile findes cause to feare, therfore ye faithfull hart retaine, that holds thy hart [...] and secrets deare, therfore the faythfull hart retaine, that holds thy hart & se crets deare.
[...] BY new broom, by new broom, ye may be sure, store is good, for they will not long endure. [...] The new broom sweepeth cleane, a prouerb old, that applyed is to such as heerafter shall be told. [...] The double diligent the seruant new: And the hote louer that dy'eth at first vew. The hote loue is [Page 36] [...] soon colde, as oft is seen, and the temp'rate fire doth make the swe [...] malt, as wise do ween. The [...] frend at first that seems he will not change, inconstant, yet to proue, it is not strange. Thus my song [...] for to end, in plain words few, t'is not good to trust these three ouer much at the first shew.
[...] GEue not thy minde to hea ui nes suffer not cares to make thee thrall, for they in [...] time dry vp doutles, thy bones and moysture radicall. The ioy and cheerfulnes of hart, [...] is onely comfort of mans life, and gladnes [...] prolongs by art, his li uing dayes de- [Page] [...] uoyde of strife. Now leaue ye [...]owre and take the sweet, thou shalt for [...] finde it most meet, [...] now leaue the sowre and take the sweet, thou shalt for helth finde it most meet.
[...] SHall I this wo sustaine, shall I this wo sus taine, shall I this wo sustaine, [...] which is come by mischance? and haue no ease againe, ij. and haue no ease againe, and haue [...] no ease againe, but still to haue greuance? Then patience the salue must be, then patience the salue [...] must be, ij. wherwith to heale this sore, wherwith to heale this sore, wherwith to [Page] [Page] [Page] [Page] [Page]