The Lyrics of the Henry VIII Manuscript For the Renaissance English Text Society November 2013 Edited by Raymond G. Siemens University of Victoria [email protected] Table of Contents Frontmatter………………………………………………………………………………………ii Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................ ii Table of Abbreviations and Sigla ............................................................................................... v Sigla, Textual Witnesses .......................................................................................................... v Sigla, Non-textual (Musical) Witnesses .................................................................................. v Notable Reprintings of the English Lyrics ........................................................................... viii Other Abbreviations ............................................................................................................... ix Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................... xi Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 1 1. Overview ................................................................................................................................. 1 2. Physical Description ............................................................................................................... 8 3. Provenance ............................................................................................................................ 11 4. Evaluation and Conclusions .................................................................................................. 13 5. Editorial Principles ................................................................................................................ 21 The Lyrics of the Henry VIII Manuscript ................................................................................ 23 Benedictus [Isaac] (Incipit) ............................................................................................... (3v-4r) Fortune esperee [Busnois] (Incipit) .................................................................................. (4v-5r) Alles regretz uuidez dema presence [van Ghizeghem / Jean II of Bourbon] (Incipit)…..(5v-6r) En frolyk weson [Barbireau] (Incipit) ............................................................................... (6v-7r) Pastyme with good companye, Henry VIII ................................................................... (14v-15r) Adew mes amours et mon desyre, Cornish ................................................................... (15v-17r) Adew madam et ma mastress, Henry VIII .................................................................... (17v-18r) HElas madam cel que ie metant, Henry VIII ................................................................ (18v-19r) Alas what shall I do for love, Henry VIII ..................................................................... (20v-21r) Hey nowe nowe, Kempe (Incipit) ........................................................................................ (21v) Alone I leffe alone, Cooper .................................................................................................. (22r) O my hart and o my hart, Henry VIII ........................................................................... (22v-23r) Adew adew my hartis lust, Cornish .............................................................................. (23v-24r) Aboffe all thynge, Farthing .................................................................................................. (24v) Downbery down, Daggere ................................................................................................... (25r) Hey now now, Farthing ........................................................................................................ (25v) In may that lusty sesoun, Farthing ....................................................................................... (26r) Whoso that wyll hym selff applye, Rysby .................................................................... (27v-28r) The tyme of youthe is to be spent, Henry VIII ............................................................. (28v-29r) The thowghtes within my brest, Farthing ..................................................................... (29v-30r) My loue sche morneth for me, Cornish ........................................................................ (30v-31r) A the syghes that cum fro my hart, Cornish ................................................................. (32v-33r) With sorowfull syghs and greuos payne, Farthing ........................................................ (33v-34r) Iff I had wytt for to endyght [Unattributed] .................................................................. (34v-35r) Alac alac what shall I do, Henry VIII .................................................................................. (35v) ii Hey nony nony nony nony no [Unattributed] (Incipit) ..................................................... (36r) Grene growith the holy, Henry VIII ............................................................................. (37v-38r) Whoso that wyll all feattes optayne, Henry VIII .......................................................... (38v-39r) Blow thi hornne hunter, Cornish ................................................................................... (39v-40r) De tous bien plane [van Ghizegehem] (Incipit) ......................................................... (40v-41r) Iay pryse amours [Unattributed] (Incipit) .................................................................. (41v-42r) Adew corage adew, Cornish ................................................................................................ (42v) Trolly lolly loly lo, Cornish .......................................................................................... (43v-44r) I love trewly withowt feynyng, Farthing ...................................................................... (44v-45r) Yow and I and amyas, Cornish ..................................................................................... (45v-46r) Ough warder mount [Unattributed] (Incipit) ............................................................. (46v-47r) La season [Compère / Agricola] (Incipit) .................................................................. (47v-48r) If love now reynyd as it hath bene, Henry VIII ............................................................ (48v-49r) Gentyl prince de renom, Henry VIII (Incipit) ............................................................ (49v-50r) Sy fortune mace bien purchase [Unattributed] ............................................................. (50v-51r) Wherto shuld I expresse, Henry VIII ............................................................................ (51v-52r) A robyn gentyl robyn, Cornish [Wyatt] ........................................................................ (53v-54r) Whilles lyue or breth is in my brest, Cornish ............................................................... (54v-55r) Thow that men do call it dotage, Henry VIII ................................................................ (55v-56r) Departure is my chef payne, Henry VIII ............................................................................. (60v) It is to me a ryght gret Ioy, Henry VIII (Incipit) ............................................................... (61r) I haue bene a foster, Cooper ......................................................................................... (65v-66r) Fare well my Ioy and my swete hart, Cooper ............................................................... (66v-68r) Withowt dyscord, Henry VIII ....................................................................................... (68v-69r) I am a joly foster [Unattributed] ................................................................................... (69v-71r) Though sum saith that yough rulyth me [Henry VIII] ................................................ (71v-73r) MAdame damours [Unattributed] ................................................................................. (73v-74r) Adew adew le company [Unattributed] ........................................................................ (74v-75r) Deme the best of euery dowt, Lloyd .................................................................................... (79v) Hey troly loly loly [Unattributed] ........................................................................................ (80r) Taunder Naken, Henry VIII (Incipit) ......................................................................... (82v-84r) Whoso that wyll for grace sew, Henry VIII .................................................................. (84v-85r) En vray Amoure, Henry VIII ........................................................................................ (86v-87r) Let not vs that yongmen be [Unattributed] ................................................................... (87v-88r) Dulcis amica [Prioris] (Incipit) .................................................................................. (88v-89r) Lusti yough shuld vs ensue, Henry VIII ....................................................................... (94v-97r) Now [Unattributed] .............................................................................................................