Excerpt from Twelve Elizabethan Songs, 1601-1610 It is not always easy to retain the grace and delicacy of these old songs, and at the same time to guard them from sounding slight, or inadequate, under modern conditions; but it is perhaps better to sacrifice some efi'ee't, rather than in any way interfere with their quaint manner of expression - since much of the charm must surely remain, where music is as essentially pure as was that of the Elizabethans. The objet'l of this edition will have been reached, if any who feel the singular fascination of English music of this date, are thereby tempted to explore still farther into those Song Books, whose wealth of beaut here of necessity but sparingly represented, has rendered a discreet choice no lig t matter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.