twenty-two when he published the "Brief Discourse" in 1614: but
in 1611 be had published "Melismata, musical fancies fitting the court,
city, and country humours," and he edited two collections that appeared
in 1609--"Pammelia" and "Deuteromelia." "Pammelia" is the earliest
English printed collection of Catches, Rounds, and Canons; both words
and music were for the most part older than the date of publication.
"Deuteromelia" was intended as a continuation of "Pammelia."

_Page_ 12. Robert Dowland, editor of "A Musical Banquet," was a son of
John Dowland; he succeeded his father as one of the Court musicians in
1626, and was alive in 1641.

_Page_ 16. Thomas Ford, when he published his "Music of sundry kinds,"
1607, was a musician in the suite of Prince Henry. At the accession of
Charles I. he was appointed one of his musicians, and he died in
1648--the year before his royal patron was beheaded.

_Page_ 23. "Little lawn then serve[d] the Pawn."--The Pawn was a
corridor, serving as a bazaar, in the Royal Exchange (Gresham's).

_Page_ 24. "Farewell, false Love, the oracle of lies."--"J. C." in
"Alcilia," 1595, writes:--

"Love is honey mixed with gall,
A thraldom free, a freedom thrall;
A bitter sweet, a pleasant sour,
Got in a year, lost in an hour;
A peaceful war, a warlike peace,
Whose wealth brings want, whose want increase;
Full long pursuit and little gain,
Uncertain pleasure, certain pain;
Regard of neither right nor wrong,
For short delights repentance long.

Love is the sickness of the thought,
Conceit of pleasure dearly bought;
A restless passion of the mind,
A labyrinth of arrows blind:
A sugared poison, fair deceit,
A bait for fools, a furious heat;
A chilling cold, a wondrous passion,
Exceeding man's imagination;
Which none can tell in whole or part,
But only he that feels the smart."

Robert Greene has a somewhat similar description of Love ("What thing is
Love? it is a power divine," &c.) in "Menaphon," 1589.

_Page_ 28. "Fond wanton youths."--This piece is also printed in "The
Golden Garland of Princely Delights," 1620, where it is headed "Of the
Inconveniences by Marriage," and is directed to be sung to the tune of
"When Troy town."

_Page_ 29, l. 22. "Their _longings_ must not be beguiled."--The original
gives "Their _laughings_" (which is unintelligible).

_Page_ 31. It was at Wanstead House, a seat of the