When Phoebus first did Daphnë love by Dowland

John DOWLAND:When Phoebus First Did Daphnë Love (The Third & Last Booke of Songs..Londres. 1603) performed by garcimunoz. com. 16th century English pronunciation (there's no way I can flip this video horizontally. This is how it was captured). No puedo volver el video, así lo filmaron.

When Phoebus first did Daphnë love,
and no means might her favour move,
he crav'd the cause. The cause, quoth she,
is, I have vow'd virginity.
Then in a rage he sware, and said,
Past fifteen none but one should live a maid


If maidens then shall chance be sped
ere they can scarcely dress their head,
yet pardon them, for they be loath
to make good Phoebus break his oath.
And better 'twere a child were born,
than that a god should be foresworn.

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