II. 'Jack boy, ho boy, news,' see p. [92], and Shrew IV, i, 42. This is very old, prob. quite early 16th century (see [Introduction]).
For four voices. The second man comes in at
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24. Threeman songs (corrupted into 'Freeman,' see p. [83]). These were entirely different from Catches. A Threeman song is merely (as a rule) a song with three parts,—e.g., two trebles and a tenor, etc. Winter's Tale IV, ii, 41, and IV, iii, 285-327.
Here is a Threeman song, published in 1609, but probably much older than that.
Transposed down a 4th.
