R.M.20.h.8, ff 85v-246v

From folio 85v the manuscript has been inverted and copying begun from the other end.

ff. 90r-85v. Arise my muse. Ode; with symphony for trumpets and strings.

ff. 105v-90v. Of old when Heroes thought it base. Ode; with symphony for trumpets and strings.

ff. 116v-106r. Now does the glorious day, appear. Ode; with symphony for trumpets and strings.

ff. 125v-117r. Celestial music did ye gods inspire; Aug. 5th, 1689. Song; with instruments. ‘Perform’d at Mr Maidwells …’.

f. 127r-125v. [Maurizio Cazzati]: Crucior in hac flamma. Motet for 2 voices; with bass.

f. 128r. ‘Begin ye Song and strike the living Lyre’. ‘Out of Cowley’s Pindaricks’; the first bar only.

ff. 139r-128v. Sound the Trumpet. Welcome song, 1687; with symphonies, etc..

f. 140r-139v. This Poet sings, ‘Anacreon’s Defeat’. Song; with bass only.

ff. 144v-140r. If ever I more riches did desire. Song; with symphonies, etc..

ff. 155r-145r. Yee tunefull muses. Welcome song, 1686; with symphonies, etc..

ff. 157r-155v. Here, here’s to ye Dick. Duet; with bass only. Words by Cowley.

ff. 166r-157r. Why are all ye muses mute. Welcome song, 1685, ‘being ye first song performed to King James ye 2d; with symphonies, etc..

ff. 169r-166v. Awake awake and with attention hear. Recitative; with bass. Words by Cowley.

f. 169b. In some kind dream. Duet; with bass only.

ff. 172-170. If prayers and teares, ‘Sighs for our Late Sovraign King Charles ye 2d’. Recitative; with bass.

f. 173. When Teucer from his Father fled. Duet; with bass.

f. 174. O solitude.

f. 174b. They say you’re angry. Song; with bass only. From Cowley’s ‘The Rich Rival’

f. 175. Cease anxious world. ‘Song on a ground’; with bass only.

ff. 182b-176. From those serene and rapturour joys. Welcome song … 1684; with symphonies, etc..

f. 183b. Go tell Aminta. Duet; with bass.

f. 184b. Silvia thou brighter eye of Night; ‘a Seranading Song’. Duet; with bass,

f. 185b. Soft notes and gentle rais’d, ‘A serandeing [sic] song’. Solo and chorus; with flutes and a bass.

f. 186b. Tho’ my mistress be fair. Duet; with bass.

ff. 188-187. Oh! oh! what a scene. Solo and chorus; with instruments.

ff. 190-189. Laudate Cecilliam, ‘A Latine Song made upon St Cecilia … 1683’; with symphonies, etc..

ff. 197b-191. Fly bold rebellion. Welcome song … 1683; with symphonies, etc..

f. 198b. With sick and famished eyes. Song; with bass only, ‘out of Mr Herbert’.

ff. 201-199. In a deep visions intelectual scene, ‘Mr Cowley’s Complaint’. Solo and chorus; with bass.

ff. 207-202. From hardy climes. ‘Song yt was performed to Prince George upon his marriage wth ye Lady Ann’; with symphonies, etc.

ff. 209-208. See where she sits. Duet; with strings and a bass.

f. 210. Amidst ye shades. Song, with bass only.

f. 211. Let ye night perish, ‘Job’s Curse’. Song; with bass only.

f. 211b. Draw near you lovers.

f. 212b. No! to what purpose shou’d I speak, ‘The Concealment’. Song; with bass only.

f. 213b. Underneath this myrtle shade, ‘The Epicure’. Duet; with a bass.

ff. 215-214. Hast, hast gentle Charon. Dialogue and chorus, ‘Charon and Orpheus’; with a bass.

f. 216. While you for me alone. Dialogue and chorus; with a bass.

f. 217. Above ye tumults of a buisy state. Duet; with a bass.

f. 218. Heark! Damon, heark!. Song; with symphonies for flutes, and a bass, etc..

ff. 222b-219. Heark how ye wild musitians sing. Ode; with symphonies for strings, and a bass, etc.

ff. 224b-223. We reap all ye pleasures. Ode; with symphonies, etc.

ff. 226-225. How pleasant is this flowery Plain. Song; with symphonies, etc..

ff. 232b-227. The summer’s absence unconcerned wee beare. Welcome song … Oct. 21, 1682; with symphonies, etc..

ff. 238-233. What what shall be done. Welcome song … 1682; with symphonies, etc.

ff. 245b-239. Swifter Isis, swifter flow. Welcome song … 1681; with symphonies, etc.