CONTENTS

PREFACE.

IN LAVDEM AMORIS.

INDEX OF FIRST LINES

LYRICS FROM ELIZABETHAN SONG-BOOKS.

NOTES.

LIST OF SONG-BOOKS.

Footnotes to the Preface are collected at the end of that section, but other footnotes appear immediately below the relevant song lyrics. All footnotes are numbered sequentially.

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There is some Greek in this text, which may require adjustment of your browser settings to display correctly. A transliteration of each line is included. Hover your mouse over words underlined with a grey dotted line to see the transliteration.

Text underlined with a red dotted line has been amended. In particular:
In the index, “... land in Kent (Malismata)” has been corrected to “Melismata.”
In the index, “... heavenby fire” has been corrected to “heavenly fire.”
In “Thrice blessÈd be the giver”, “failed” has been corrected to “failÈd.”

Inconsistencies in the spelling and hyphenation of words between different songs have been retained, but minor punctuation omissions have been silently corrected.