THE SECOND BOOKE
of  S o n g s  or  A y r e s

J O H N   D OVV L A N D

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VII. Then sit thee downe and say thy Nunc demittis.

      Then sit thee downe and say thy Nunc demittis,
      With  De profundis, Credo and Te Deum,
      Chant Miserere, for what now so fit is,
      As that, or this, Paratum est cor meum,
      O that thy Saint would take in worth thy heart,
      Thou canst not please hir with a better part.