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 composers of the time of Henry VII. and Henry VIII. Belonged to the Fairfax family. Exhibited is a part-song by "Robard Fayrfax":

"Most clere of colour and rote of stedfastness, With vertu connyng her maner is lede, Which that passyth my mynd for to express  Of her bownte, beaute, and womanhod."

[Add. MS. 5465.]

71. : 16th century. Hymns, in Latin; for four voices. Belonged to Henry VIII. [Royal MS. 8 G. vii.]

72. : 16th century. Motets, etc., by English composers. Belonged to Henry VIII.'s chapel. [Harl. MS. 1709.]

73. : 16th century. Songs and Ballads, in English and French; for three voices. Many of them are the compositions of King Henry VIII., including the one exhibited:

"Pastyme with good companye   I love, and schall untyll I dye."

[Add. MS. 31,922.]

74. : 16th century. "A booke of In nomines and other solfainge songs of v, vi, and vii parts for voices or instrumentes," chiefly by English composers. Written in direct, transverse, and reverse staves. In-nomine exhibited: "Farwell, my good l[ord], for ever," by Dr. Christopher Tye. [Add. MS. 31,390.]

75. : 16th century. Three-part songs, in French. [Harl. MS. 5242.]

76. : 16th century. Chants, hymns, and songs by French composers. [Add. MS. 19,583.]

77. : late 16th century. Canons by William Byrd. Autograph. [Add. MS. 31,391.]

78. : early 17th century. Part-songs, for five voices, by English composers; including laments on the deaths of Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, Sir Philip Sidney, and others. Exhibited is a lament for Tallis. [Add. MS. 29,401.]

79. : A.D. 1618. Organ accompaniments to music founded on the church tones, by Giovanni Gabrieli. [Add. MS. 29,486.]