1 I You meaner bewties Not in ms. lyric by Henry Wotton probably written about 1612-1613; first printed in Michael East's "The Sixt Set of Bookes" (1624)[21] 2 ii Was euer wight Not in ms. lyric by Thomas Edwards from Cephalus and Procris 3 iii He downe d: d: Not in ms. a frequent refrain of Elizabethan songs and later[21] 4 iiii O let vs howle Not in ms. music ascribed to Robert Johnson; text by John Webster From The Duchess of Malfi; another copy at no. 42 [21] 5 v I was not weary where Not in ms. music ascribed to Nicholas Lanier; text by Ben Jonson The epilogue to The Vision of Delight (1617) 6 vi Sweete staye ://: Not in ms. Lyric ascribed to John Donne Ascriptions based on publications of Dowland (1612) and Gibbons (1612) 7 vii Mrs since you soe much Not in ms. lyric by Thomas Campion Published in Philip Rosseter's A Booke of Ayres (1601) 8 viii Cloris sighte Not in ms. music by Richard Balls (died in 1622); lyric attributed by John Donne to William Herbert, 3rd earl of Pembroke in Poems (1678); a song with this title appears in New Ayres and Dialogues (1678); another copy at lii 9 ix Like hermit poore Not in ms. translation of a sonnet by Philippe Desportes possibly by Walter Raleigh[22] 10 x Some kinde muse Not in ms. 11 xi A thousand kisses Not in ms. Most likely the same as "A thousand kisses wynns my hearte from mee" in British Library manuscript Add. 24665[23] 12 xii As life what is soe Not in ms. Found by Norman Ault in a British Library manuscript dated 1624 13 xiii In Sherwoode Not in ms. possibly the lyric with the same title in A Musicall Dreame (1609) by Robert Jones 14 xiiii Thou sents to me Not in ms. lyric by Robert Aytoun 15 xv Shall I weepe Not in ms. 16 xvi Goe thy wayes since Not in ms. The text of stanzas 2-5 present without music; begins “Yet I will not curse those eyes” 17 xvii Milla the glorie of whose bewteous rayes A variant of the "May and Time" riddle from Thomas Morley's The First Booke of Ayres, or little short Songs (1600) 18 xviii Thus sange Orpheus Not in ms. Possibly identical to the version published in Walter Porter's Madrigales and Ayres first published in 1632 but likely composed before that 19 xix Heare yee ladyes yt Not in ms. text by John Fletcher; music by Robert Johnson From the play Valentinian 20 xx Ist for a grace or ist for some mislike lyric by John Harington First published in 1633 but found in earlier manuscripts 21 xxi Why should pasion leade mee blinde The lyric was first published in 1660 but dating earlier 22 xxii The say Dymph, Gaho, followes to the shadie woods 23 xxiii Fi, fi, fi, fi, what doe you meane by this? 24 xxiiii Cupid is Venus only ioy text by Thomas Middleton from A Chaste Maid in Cheapside; another copy at lvi 25 xxv Though your stragnes freet my hart music by Robert Jones? Thomas Campion? 26 xxvi When I sit as iudge betweene vertue and loues princely dame 27 xxvii When sorrowe singes a litle a litles enough 28 xxviii Wrong not deare Empress of my hearte Lyric attributed to Walter Raleigh 29 xxix What is you lacke, what would you buy from The Masque of Mountebankes (1618); this version incomplete 30 xxx Orpheus I am come Not in ms. lyric by John Fletcher From The Mad Lover 31 xxxi Sorrow: sorrow stay Not in ms. Possibly the same as the one composed by John Dowland 32 xxxii Eyes looke of [off] Not in ms. A song with this title appears in other contemporaneous manuscripts 33 xxxiii Let her giue her hand Not in ms. A song with this title appears in other contemporaneous manuscripts 34 xxxiiii Fares [Fairies?] be hence Not in ms. 35 xxxv Come pretty wanton Not in ms. A song with this title appears in other contemporaneous manuscripts "Haue you seene [lute]"; entry is crossed out 36 xxxvi Shall I then relent, or: Not in ms. 37 xxxvii Sweetest loue, I doe not goe Not in ms. Text possibly by John Donne xxxviii No song xxxviii in list 38 xxxix Haue you seense ye [lute] Not in ms. lyric by Ben Jonson From the play The Devil is an Ass (1616); another copy at 47 (xlix) 39 xl Rest awile you cruell cares music by [John Dowland] Published in The First Booke of Songes or Ayres (1597) 40 xli Deare doe not your faire beuty wronge music by Robert Johnson, text by Thomas May from the play The Old Couple (1636); lute tablature; another copy at li; the only song in the collection with authorial ascription 41 xlii O let vs howle some heauy note music by Robert Johnson lute tablature 42 xliii Like to the damaske rose you see music by Henry Lawes lute tablature 43 xliiii Tell mee dearest what is loue music by Robert Johnson; text by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher From the play The Captain xlv No song xlv 44 xlvi Downe [downe] afflicted soule and paye thy due Appears in contemporaneous manuscripts 45 xlvii Sit and despayre Not in ms. Appears in contemporaneous manuscripts 46 xlviii How now sheapheard Not in ms. Appears in contemporaneous manuscripts 47 xlix Haue you seene the bright lilly growe lyric by Ben Jonson From the play The Devil is an Ass (1616); 48 l Venus went wandringe Adonis to finde Appears in contemporaneous manuscripts 49 li Deare doe not your faire bewty wrounge music by Robert Johnson another copy at 40 50 lii Cloris sighte, and sange, and wepte music by Alphonso Bales? lute tablature; another copy at 8 51 liii Come sorrowe sitt downe by this tree lute tablature 52 liiii Come away, Come away hecket lyric by Thomas Middleton; music attributed to Robert Johnson[16] From the play The Witch 53 lv O where am I, what may I thinke lyric attributed to Samuel Brooke lute tablature 54 lvi Cupid is Venus only ioy lute tablature; another copy at 24 55 lvii Wherefore peepst thou enuious day? music by John Wilson, lyric by John Donne lute tablature 56 lviii You herralds of Mrs hart Music attributed to John Wilson by Rimbault (who wrote in the manuscript); lute tablature 57 lix Get you hence for I must goe lute tablature 58 Ile tell you how the rose grewe redd Text by William Strode lacking accompaniment; unnumbered