John Playford's A Booke of New Lessons for the Cithern & Gittern, 1652

A Booke of New Lessons
F O R T H E
CITHERN & GITTERN:
Containing many New and Excellent Tunes, both Easie and
Delightfull to the Practitioner.
With plain and easie Instructions, teaching the right use of the hand, and perfect Tuning
of both Instruments, never before Printed.

London, Printed by T.H. for John Benson and John Playford, and to be sold at their Shops, in
St. Dunstans Church-Yard, and in the Inner Temple, near the Church Doore. 1652.

Contents taken from Playford's table of contents by A. Hartig.

#	fol.	title
[FOR THE CITTERN]
1a.		John come kisse me now. First way.
1b.		John come kiss me now. Second way.
1c.		John come kisse me. The third way.
2		Maying time
3		Wilsons wilde
4		The Nightingale
5		Step Stately
6		Blew Cap
7		Over the Mountaines
8		Towle, towle, Gentle Bell
9		The Queenes Maske
10		Aye me, or a Symphony
11		Vive le Roy
12		Tantara, or LASHLEYES March
13		Countrey Lasse
14		A Symphony
15		The Canaries
16		Temple Porch
17		Mr WILLIAM LAWES Elizium, or fair PHIDELIA
18		Stingo, or the Oyle of Barly
19		Colonel Gerrards Mistresse
20		O Rogues, notable Rascals, or Smarra Galumpshe
21		The Glory of the West
22		The Glory of the North
23		Mr. Farmeloes. The mock glory of the West, or the Cornish Mount
24		The French Rant
25		The Irish Rant
26		Day-light, or a Candle
27		When the K. enjoyes his own again
28		The L. Cahmaberlaines Maske
29		Good your Worshippe
30		Welch Saraband
31		Chestnut
32		Light of Love
33		Nobody shall plunder but I
34		Merchant new come over
35		Mr. Mulloynes Coranto
36		Mr. Mulloynes Antick Saraband
37		Bow Bels
38		Ala Mode de France
39		I am a yong and harmlesse Maid. The Song to this Tune.
40		An Allmaine
41		An Almaine by Captaine Winn
42		Coranto by Captaine Winn
43		An Allmaine by Mr. Robinson
44		A Simphony
45		In faith I cannot keep my sheep. The second way.
46		Allmaine by Captaine Winn
47		A Coranto by Capt. Winn
48		A Saraband
49		Kitts Allmaine
50		The Spanish Pavin
51		See the Building
52		Greene-Sleeves
53		Psalme 23. Low Dutch Tune
54		Psalme 4. Oxford Tune
55		Psalme 84. Winchester Tune
56		Psalme 25. Southwell Tune
57		Psalme 39. Windsor Tune
58		Psalme 116. London Tune
59		Psalme 148.
60
61		Psalme 12. Cambridge Tune
[FOR THE GITTERN]
62		Ala Mode de France
63		Towle, towle, gentle Bell
64		Glory of the West
65		Glory of the North
66		The Canaries
67		Fugga, Fugga, or the Italian Rant
68		Maying time
69		The Welch Saraband
70		Step stately
71		The Souldiers Life
72		Scoth Covenant
73		Over the Mountaines
74		Mock Glory of the West
75		When the K. enjoys his own again
76		The Elizium, or Faire Phidelia
77		Dargason or Sedany
78		Take a Lady in the Humour
79		Bobing Joe
80		Bow Bells
81		Stingo, or the Oyle of Barly
82		New Rant
83		Moores Medly
84		Squire Rands Rant
85		Dull Sir JOHN
86		Ah me, or the Simphony
87		THOMAS I cannot
88		Dr. Colmans Simphony
89		Chestnut
90		Tantarra, or Lashleys March
91		Mayden Fair
92		Mr. LAWES Tune
93		A new Country Dance, or the Lincolnshire Lad
94		Call George againe. With Division
95		The New, New Nothing
96		The Song to this Tune. Gather your Rose-buds whilst you may
97		The Song to this Tune. How happy art thou and I
98		Cuckolds all a Row
99		The new Antick
100		An Allmaine.
101		La Vinione
102		GERARDS Mistresse