possibly by Christopher Hatton, Sir (1581 - 1619)

How art thou thrall’d, O poor despised creature?
 (Sung text for setting by O. Gibbons)
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Language: English 
How art thou thrall’d, O poor despised creature?
Sith by creation, Nature made thee free,
O traitorous eyes, to gaze so on her feature,
That quits with scorn thy dear lost liberty.

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Gibbons: Text in brackets does not appear in all five voices.

Composition:

    Set to music by Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625), "How art thou thrall’d, O poor despised creature?", published 1612, stanza 1 [ sattb chorus ], from First Set of Madrigals, no. 7, Verified with The First Sett of Madrigals and Mottets of 5. parts: apt for Viols and Voyces by Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Snodham, London 1612.
        Score: IMSLP [external link]

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