R espect my pen as free and franke
E xpecting not reward nor thanke,
G reat wonder onely moues it;
I never made it mercenary,
N or should my Muse this burthen carrie
A s hyr'd, but that she loues it.
Finis.
[III. ORCHESTRA.]
NOTE.
In the Registers of the Stationer's Company, under date 25th June, 1594, a Mr. Harrison entered for copy-right of 'Orchestra' (Notes and Queries 3 S. II., p. 461: Dec. 13, '62): but it was not published till 1596. The following is the original title-page:
ORCHESTRA
OR
A POEME ON DAUNCING
Iudicially prooving the
true observation of time and
measure, in the Authenticall
and laudable use of Dauncing.
Ouid. Art. Aman. lib I.
Si vox est, canta: si mollia
brachia, salta
Et quacunque potes dote
placere, place.
AT LONDON:
Printed by J. Robarts
for N. Ling.
1596.
[18mo: pp 46: register A B C of 8 leaves each.]
In the Bodleian copy there is this inscription at top of title-page "Ex dono Wilti. Burdett, amici sui primo die Decembr. 1596 36. E. R."