VI. When Phoebus first did Daphne love,

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T:VI. When Phoebus first did Daphne love,
T:Bassus.
C:John Dowland
H: From The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires.
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w:When Ph{\oe}- bus first did Daph- ne love, 
w:If mai- dens then shal chance be sped
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w:And no meanes might _ _ her fa- vour move
w:Ere they can scars- * - ly dress their head,
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w:He craved the cause, the cause quoth she
w:yet par- don them, for they be loth
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w:Is, I have vow'd vir-gin- i- tie,
w:To make good Ph{\oe}- bus break his oth.
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w:Then in a rage he sware, and said,
w:And bet- ter twere a child were borne
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w:Past fif- teene none none but one should live a maid.
w:Then that a god, that a god should be for- sworne.

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