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{{Voicing|5|SATTB|SATTB}}<br>
{{Voicing|5|SATTB|SATTB}}<br>
'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Secular music|Secular]], [[:Category:Partsongs|Partsong]]<br>
'''Genre:''' {{pcat|Sacred| music}}, {{pcat|Partsong|s}}<br>
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
{{a cappella}}
'''Instruments:''' {{acap}}<br>
'''Published:''' [[Psalmes, Sonnets and Songs (William Byrd)|''Psalmes, sonets, & songs'']] (1588), no.29<br>
'''Published:''' [[Psalmes, Sonnets and Songs (William Byrd)|''Psalmes, sonets, & songs'']] (1588), no.29<br>


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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==


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Susanna faire, sometime assaulted was,<br>
by two old men desiring their delight:<br>
whose false entent, they thought to bring to passe,<br>
If not by tender love, by force & might:<br>
to whom she said, if I your sute denye,<br>
you will mee falsely accuse, and make mee die.<br>
 
And if I graunt to that which you request,<br>
my chastitie shall then defloured bee,<br>
which is so deere to mee that I detest<br>
my lyfe, if it beerefted bee from mee:<br>
And rather would I dye of mine accord,<br>
ten thousand times, then once offend the Lord.<br>


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[[Category:Sheet music]]
[[Category:Secular music]]
[[Category:Partsongs]]
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[[Category:Renaissance music]]

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Title: Susanna fair (1588)
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Sacred, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Psalmes, sonets, & songs (1588), no.29

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Original text and translations

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Susanna faire, sometime assaulted was,
by two old men desiring their delight:
whose false entent, they thought to bring to passe,
If not by tender love, by force & might:
to whom she said, if I your sute denye,
you will mee falsely accuse, and make mee die.

And if I graunt to that which you request,
my chastitie shall then defloured bee,
which is so deere to mee that I detest
my lyfe, if it beerefted bee from mee:
And rather would I dye of mine accord,
ten thousand times, then once offend the Lord.

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