Sweete sweete let me goe,
What do you meane to vexe mee so,
Cease, cease, your Pleading force,
Doe you thinke thus, to extort remorce,
Now, now, no more, alas you ouer beare me,
And I would crie, but some would heare I feare mee.

Composition:

Set to music by William Corkine (flourished 1610-2), "Sweete sweete let me goe", published 1610 [ voice, lute, bass viol ], from Airs to sing and play to the Lute and Bass-viol, no. 5

Text Authorship:

• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, no title

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