This looks like "staynes moris", the third piece on page 91 of Ms.408/2, Trinity College Library.
This manuscript is bound together with the so-called Ballet lute book. I have a film of the manuscripts and a poor XEROX copy of both. I can try to scan the piece and send it. Rainer adS LGS-Europe wrote: > Dear Stewart > >> As far as I know, there is nothing in the Ballet Lute Book with the >> title "Blessed be that maid Mary". Do you have a page reference? The >> nearest I can think of is the unfortunately named Queen Mary's Dump >> on pp. 4-5, or "Sweet was the song the virgin sang" on pp. 36-7. > > It was given to me in an arrangement for harp, by the harp teacher of my > music school. Here's my attempt at your trick. Just the beginning of the > melody. There may be a transposition: > > | | |\ | | |\ |\ | |\ > | | | | |. | | | | > > -----------------|-------------------|------------------| > -----r---r---a---|-r----a -----------|-a-r-a------------| > -r---------------|--------d--r-----d-|--------d-r---a---| > -----------------|-------------------|----------------r-| > -----------------|-------------------|------------------| > -----------------|-------------------|------------------| > > Does this make any sense to you? If not, I'll send you a proper staff > notation tomorrow, too late now. > > David > > > **************************** > David van Ooijen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.davidvanooijen.nl > **************************** > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >