. An English garner; ingatherings from our history and literature. lOI John Dowland, Bachelor of Music, &c., andLutenist to Christian IV., King of Denmark. The $econd Book of SoNq3 or Air^. To THE Right Honourable, theLady LUCY, Countess of BEDFORD. XCELLENT Lady ! I send unto your Ladyshipfrom the Court of a foreign Prince, this Volumeof my Second Labours, as to the worthiestPatronness of Music; which is the noblest of allsciences. For the whole frame of Nature isnothing but Harmony, as well in souls, as [in]bodies. A nd because I am now removed fromyour sight, I will speak boldly; tha
. An English garner; ingatherings from our history and literature. lOI John Dowland, Bachelor of Music, &c., andLutenist to Christian IV., King of Denmark. The $econd Book of SoNq3 or Air^. To THE Right Honourable, theLady LUCY, Countess of BEDFORD. XCELLENT Lady ! I send unto your Ladyshipfrom the Court of a foreign Prince, this Volumeof my Second Labours, as to the worthiestPatronness of Music; which is the noblest of allsciences. For the whole frame of Nature isnothing but Harmony, as well in souls, as [in]bodies. A nd because I am now removed fromyour sight, I will speak boldly; that yourLadyship shall be unthankful to Nature herself, if you do notlove and defend that Art, by which she hath given you so welltuned a mind! Yotir Ladyship hath in yourself, an excellent agreement of manyvirtues ; of which, though I admire all,yet I am bound by my pro-fession, to give especial honour to your knowledge of Music: which,in the judgement of ancient times, was so proper an excellency inwomen, that the Muses took their 7iame from it; and yet so rare,that the world durst imagine but Nine of them. I most humbly beseech your Ladyship to receive this work intoyour favour ; and the
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