sometimes misattributed to Anne Boleyn, Queen of England (1507? - 1536)

Language: English 
Defiled is my name full sore
Through cruel spite and false report,
That I may say for evermore,
Farewell, my joy! adieu comfort! 
For wrongfully ye judge of me
Unto my fame a mortal wound,
Say what ye list, it will not be,
Ye seek for that can not be found

Composition:

    Set to music by Robert Johnson (c1583 - 1633), "Defiled is my name" [ chorus ], madrigal; ed. Denis Stevens

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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