A brief discourse (Thomas Ravenscroft)
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Title: A briefe discourse Of the true (but neglected) use of Charact'ring the Degrees by their Perfection […] (1614)
Editor: Thomas Ravenscroft
Publication date and place: 1614 .
Misc: Works 1-2 labeled "Hunting"; 3-5 "Hawking"; 6-9 "Dauncing"; 10-12 "Drinking"; and 13-20 "Enamoring." Pieces 17-20 appear to be in some kind of dialect.
Facsimile:
- The Music of Thomas Ravenscroft - A Brief Discourse: An online resource which contains a description, a scanned facsimile, a list of all pieces, and some modern editions.
- IMSLP link
List of music
| # | Title in index | Incipit (in modern english) | Composer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Hunts up | The hunt is up, sing merrily we | John Bennet |
| 2 | For Hunting | Hey trola, trola, there, boys | Edward Pearce |
| 3 | A Hawks up, for a Hunts up | Awake, awake, the day doth break | Thomas Ravenscroft |
| 4 | Hawking for the Partridge | Sith Sickles and the sheering Sythe | Thomas Ravenscroft |
| 5 | For the hearne and ducke | Lure, Falkners, give warning to the field | John Bennet |
| 6 | The Fayries Daunce | Dare you haunt our hallowed greene | Thomas Ravenscroft |
| 7 | The Satyres Daunce | Round a round a round, keep your ring to the glorious Sun | Thomas Ravenscroft |
| 8 | The Urchins Daunce | By the moon we sport and play | Anonymous |
| 9 | The Elves Dance | Round about in a fairy ring | John Bennet |
| 10 | Of Beare | Trudge away quickly and fill the black Bowl | Thomas Ravenscroft |
| 11 | Of Ale | Toss the pot, let us be merry | Thomas Ravenscroft |
| 12 | Of Ale and Tobacco | Tobacco fumes away all nasty rheumes | Thomas Ravenscroft |
| 13 | Three Fooles | What seeks thou fool in this place? | John Bennet |
| 14 | The Servant of His Mistris | My mistress is as fair as fine, milk-white fingers | John Bennet |
| 15 | The mistris of her servant | Love for such a cherry lip would be glad to pawn his arrows | Edward Pearce |
| 16 | Their Mariage Zolemized | Leave off Hymen and let us borrow, to bid the Sun good morrow | Thomas Ravenscroft |
| 17 | Hodge Trillindle to his Zweet hart Malkyn "Vurst bart" | Coame Malkyn, hurle thine oyz at Hodge Trillindle | Thomas Ravenscroft |
| 18 | Malkinz anzwer to Hodge Trillindle "Zecund bart" | Yo tell ma zo: but Roger Ich a vound your words but wynde | Thomas Ravenscroft |
| 19 | Their Goncluzion "Dhurd bart" | Ich con but zweare, thon Roger zwear yo wooll be virmer thon yo weare | Thomas Ravenscroft |
| 20 | Their Wedlocke | A Borgens, cha hard long a goe | John Bennet |