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''Thee Carols are given on the ame principle as thoe which, a hort time ince, we publihed for Chritmas-Tide. The muic, which is unaltered (except for ome omiions in the twenty-econd Carol), ranges from the thirteenth to the ixteenth century. The words are, for the mot part, in imitation of the general tone of ancient Eater Carols, Sequences, and Lays. A more detailed account will be found in the preface to the harmonized edition.''