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SONGS AND SINGING
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Song over Imogen, Cymb. 4/2, 258, 'Fear no more the heat of the sun.'

(m) Stephano's 'scurvy tunes,' Temp. 2/2, 41, 'I shall no more to sea,' 'The master, the swabber,' etc. [ Appendix ]. Id. l. 175, Caliban's Song, 'Farewell, master,' etc.

(n) Song accompanied by lute. H. 8. 3/1 'Orpheus.'

Besides these there are allusions to the names of various popular tunes and catches, of which the music is still to be had. Amongst these are—

'The Hunt is up' [ Appendix ]. See Rom. and Jul. 3/5, 34. Juliet says of the lark's song, 'that voice doth us affray, Hunting thee hence with hunts-up to the day.' Any rousing morning song, even a love-song, was called a hunts-up. The tune of this song was also sung (in 1584) to 'O sweete Olyver, leave me not behind the,' but altering the time to 4 in a bar. See As You Like It 3/3, 95.

'Heart's ease' [ Appendix ], the words of which are not known. Tune before 1560. See Romeo 4/5, 100.

Id., 'My heart is full of woe.'

Id. l. 125. 'When griping grief' [ Appendix ], by Richard Edwards, gentleman of Queen Elizabeth's Chapel, printed in the 'Paradyse of daynty Devises'