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ff. 3-73 passim. Songs with chorus, etc., for various occasions, with accompaniments for strings (unless the contrary is stated), in score. Except no. 1, they are by Dr. John Blow. 1. 'A Song to welcome home his Majesty from Windsor, 1680,' begins 'Welcome vicegerent of the Mighty King.' 'Purcell.' f. 3. 2. 'A song on New Year's Day, 1681,' begins 'Great Sir, ye joy of all our hearts.' f. 13b. 3. A Marriage Ode, begins 'Fair nymphs, yt to ye wanton winds display'; for a solo voice and 3-part chorus, without strings, f. 26. 4. 'Awake, my lyre'; written apparently on the death of a musician. f. 32b. 5. 'A song for ye Queen's Birth Day,' begins 'Illustrious day'; for a solo voice, with a bass. f. 54b. 6. 'A song for ye 29th of May,' begins 'The Birth of Jove.' f. 59

ff. 30v-107v Sacred compositions for several voices, with a bass, in score. 1. 'Lord, I confess my sin is great,' for solo with chorus of 3 and 4 voices. 'Jo. Walter.' f. 30b. 2. 'Ah! my soul, why so dismay'd,' for 3 voices. 'Dr. Gibbons.' f. 44b. 3. 'A winged harbinger from bright heav'n flown,' for 4 voices. 'Dr. Blow.' f. 48b. 4. 'As on Euphrates shady banks'; for solo, duet, and trio. By the same. f. 73b. 5. 'In guilty night: a dialougue between Saul, Samuell, and the witch of Endor.' 'Lanear.' f. 105b. The name of another, 'The beauty of Israel,' by J. Walter, appears in the index, f. 2b.

ff. 40b, 89b, 108, 120. Vocal compositions for 2 voices, in score. 1. 'Go, perjur'd man'; with instrumental symphony, etc. 'Dr Blow.' f. 40b. 2. Dialogue for 2 voices, with a bass, begins 'Alass, alass, who has been here.' 'M. Lock.' The words refer to the death of Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle in 1648, but were perhaps written on the occasion of the celebration of their funeral at Colchester in 1661. f. 89b. 3. Dialogue (Orpheus and Charon), begins 'Hast, hast, gentle Charon'; with a bass. 'Purcell.' f. 108. 4. 'Shall all ye buds'; with a bass. 'Dr Blow.' f. 120.

ff. 46b-117b passim. Songs, with a bass, in score. 1. 'These two full howres now have I gazing bin.' '[William] Hall.' f. 46b. 2. 'Sc[i]occa pur tutti tuoi strali.' '[Jean] Baptist[e Lully].' 77b. 3. 'Ah, Alexander, rowse.' 'James Hart.' f. 84. 4. 'The Despondent Lover,' begins 'Divinest Syren.' 'M' Lock.' f. 92b. 5. 'Prepare, prepare! New guests draw near': described as 'Song of Devills'; with 4-part chorus. 'Turner.' Words from Thomas Shadwell's , 1676. f. 103. 6. 'Hark, Damon, hark! What Musick's this I hear': dialogue, with instrumental symphony, etc. 'Purcell.' f. 117b.

ff. 56b, 81b, 100b Songs, with a bass, in score. 1. 'Lucifer celestis, olim Hiera[r]chie princeps': motet for one voice. 'Carissimo.' f. 56b. 2. 'Then from a whirlwind oracle.' 'Lock.' f. 81b. 3. 'Awake, my lute; but first awake, my heart.' 'Wm Turner.' f. 100b.

ff. 79, 111. Compositions, in score, apparently in the hand of — Dolbin. 1. 'Awake, awake, fair goddess of this place'; for solo voices and 3-part chorus, with a bass. 'Hall.' f. 79. 2. 'As on Septimius' panting breast'; with symphony, etc., for strings. 'Dr. Blow.' (The symphonies given here are fuller than those published in the , 1700.) f. 111.

ff. 87, 94, 98b. Trios, in score, by [William] Turner. 1. 'See, where she sitts'; with bass solo in the middle, f. 87. 2. 'Farwell, farwell, fair Saint; ' with accompaniments for flutes, etc. f. 94. 3. 'See, see, how ye flowrs adorn ye spring.' f. 98b.

f. 115b. 'The Passion,’ beginning ‘Enough, my muse, of earthly things‘; with a bass, in score. By Dr. Blow.

f. 123. 'A Masque for ye entertainment of the King'; by Dr. Blow, with accompaniments for several instruments, in score. It consists of an overture, with incidental music to the Prologue and the three Acts. The principal characters are Cupid ('Lady Mary Tudor,' natural daughter of Charles II, who bestowed that surname on her in 1680), Venus ('Mrs. Davys,' probably Mary Davis, the mother of Lady Mary), and Adonis. There are also choruses of Shepherds, Hunters, Cupids, and Graces, for most of whom dances are provided. Prologue begins 'Behold my Arrowes and my Bow.'