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Excerpt from La Musa Madrigalesca, or a Collection of Madrigals, Ballets, Roundelays, Etc., Chiefly of the Elizabeth Age: With Remarks and Annotations Is there any thing new whereof it may be said, See this is new? It hath already been of old time which was before na. - Eccles. I. 10. To the often-quoted assertion of the wise man, there is nothing new under the sun, many a one will be disposed to make answer, That I deny, as did Sterne to the text* of his own sermon. 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.