Songs with Theorbo (ca. 1650–1663)

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Broxbourne 84.9

1. No, no, I never was in love, [Henry Lawes]
2. Silly heart forbear, [Nicholas Lanier]
3. Amorosa pargoletta, [Nicholas Lanier]
4. Fuggi, fuggi, fuggi, diletta amante, Anonymous
5. Je ne puis éviter, [François de Chancy]
6. How cool and temp’rate am I grown, [Henry Lawes]
7. I’m sick of love, [William Lawes]
8. Oft have I sworn I’d love no more, [Henry Lawes]
9. [La Folia] (with additional exercise), Anonymous
10. Blest be those powers, Charles Colman
11. S’io morrò, che dirà, Anonymous
12. Dove, dove, corri, mio core?, Anonymous
13. How happy art thou and I (variant), Henry Lawes
14. Lord, to thee I make my moan (Psalm 130), Anonymous
15. Lord, in thy wrath reprove me not (Psalm 6), Anonymous
16. Blessed art they that perfect are (Psalm 119), Anonymous

London, Lambeth Palace Library, 1041

1. We do account that music good, Anonymous
2. Silly heart forbear, [Nicholas Lanier]
3. Go thy way, since thou wilt go, Anonymous
4. Sing aloud harmonious spheres, Anonymous
5. Beat on proud billows, Boreas blow (Light in a dungeon), Anonymous
6. Ask me no more whither doth stray [Ask me no more where Jove bestows], Anonymous
7. Je ne connais que trop que j’aime, [Michel Lambert]
8. N’entendez-vous point ce langage?, [Jean de Cambefort]
9. Qu’un rival vienne devant moi, Anonymous
10. Se voi, luci amate, [Gabriel de Rochechouart, Marquis de Mortemart?]
11. When shall I see my captive heart, [Henry Lawes?]
12. Chère Phillis, puisque tous mes services, Anonymous
13. Ne vous étonnez pas, Anonymous
14. Ma Cloris, je me meurs d’amour, Anonymous
15. Cloris, when I to thee present, [Henry Lawes]
16. Bright Aurelia, I do owe, Charles Colman
17. O mia Filli gradita, Anonymous
18. Never persuade me to’it I vow, Charles Colman
19. Perfect and endless circles are, [William Lawes]
20. Farewell, farewell, fond love, Charles Colman
21. Pensieri quietate, quietate non più, Anonymous
22. Non temer, Filli mia, Anonymous
23. Last night my fair resolved to go, Anonymous
24. Lucinda, wink or veil those eyes, Matthew Locke
25. Fret on fond Cupid, curse thy feeble bow, John Goodgroome
26. Ye powers that guard Love’s silken throne, Anonymous
27. Oft have I searched both court and town, Alphonso Marsh
28. The glories of our birth and state, Edward Colman
29. Cloris when that you do intend, [Henry Lawes]

Appendix: Variants No, no, I never was in love, Henry Lawes How cool and temp’rate I am grown, Henry Lawes Oft have I swore I’d love no more, Henry Lawes Je ne connais que trop que j’aime, [Michel Lambert] N’entendez-vous point ce langage?, [Jean de Cambefort] Se voi, luci amate, [Gabriel de Rochechouart, Marquis de Mortemart?] Cloris, when I to thee present, Henry Lawes O mia Filli gradita, Anonymous Cloris, when e’er you do intend, Henry Lawes