Hath choice of various Titles to his Crown,
So Harmony on this Score now, that then,
Yet still is all that takes and governs Men:
Beauty is but Composure, and we find
Content is but the Concord of the Mind;
Friendship the Unison of well tun'd Hearts,
Honour the Chorus of the noblest Parts.
And all the Worlds good on which we can reflect
Is Musick to the Ear, or to the Intellect.
There are to make up a Musical Harmony computed seven Notes; now in the easiest way expressed by the Seven letters of the Alphbet, viz. A. B. C. D. E. F. G. And If it so fall out, that a Voice or Musick gradually rise or fall more than Seven Notes; The subsequent 8th, 9th, or 10th, will in the same order proceed, bearing the like Relation each to the other, as the 1st. 2d. 3d, &c. to which they respectively are Eights. And so that from hence every Eighth Note, being in