Abstract

Nicholas Breton, the self-avowed author of The Strange Fortunes and the attributed author of The Arbor, has received little tribute for his lyrical poetry, and until very recently only one instance of his having inspired a musician to set his poetry had been pointed out, namely ‘Phillida and Corydon’ from The Honorable Entertainmentgiuen to the Queene Majestie in Progresse, at Eluetham in Hampshire, by the Right Honorable the Earle of Hertford, 1591. It is the purpose of this brief article to bring to the notice of scholars the existence of settings of two other lyrics ascribed to Breton, settings which are fully worth recording for their musical value while affording the only other known texts of Breton lyrics with certain slight variants.

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