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Anthems by Aldrich, Batten, Blow, Croft, Hall, Hawkins, Humfrey, Norris, Purcell, Tudway, Turner, and Wise: Service music by Blow, Farrant, Gibbons, Loosemore, Purcell, Quarles, Tallis, and Tucker. The manuscript includes very ornamented versions of Tallis' Dorian service and Gibbons' Short service, transposed up a tone.

With anthems at the front, and services from the back. The paper is uniform, with 12 six-line staves to a page. The original indexes are now pasted on inside of the front and back covers.

Anthems
p. 1: ——, [Fragment in e]
p. 2: Mr Henry Purcell, 'Thy world is a lantern' (opening only)
p. 7: [Purcell, 'Be merciful unto me'] (end only, also p. 79)
p. 10: Mr Humphres, 'Lord teach us to number our dayes'
pp. 14, 15, 18: [Humfrey], 'O Lord my God'
pp. 16, 17: [Tudway], 'Let us now praise worthy men'
p. 19: Mr Wise, 'The Lord is my shepherd'
p. 20: [Hawkins], 'Lord remember David'
p. 22: [Wise], 'The ways of Sion do mourn' (incomplete, also p. 95)
p. 23: ——, [line of a piece in c]
p. 24: Mr Tudway, 'Sing we merrily unto God'
p. 26: Mr Norris, 'Blessed are those that are undefiled'
p. 29: [Aldrich], 'The Lord is king'
p. 33: [Croft], 'The Lord is king' (incomplete)
p. 41: [Purcell, 'O give thanks'] (beginning is missing)
p. 44: Dr Blow, 'My God my God'
p. 46: Dr Blow, 'O Sing unto God'
p. 50: [Blow], 'We will rejoice in thy salvation'
p. 54: Mr H. Purcell, 'Blessed is the man'
p. 57: Mr Purcell, 'They that go down to the sea'
p. 60: Dr Blow, 'Bring unto the Lord'
p. 64: Dr Blow, 'I waited patiently'
p. 69: Dr Blow, 'O Lord I have sinned'
p. 72: Mr Hall, 'By the waters of Babylon'
p. 76: Mr Humphrys, 'O Lord my God'
p. 79: Mr Purcell, 'Be mercifull unto me O God' (also p. 7)
p. 83: Mr Purcell, 'I was glad'
p. 87: Mr Purcell, 'Behold I bring you glad tydings'
p. 91: Mr Humphrys, 'Like as the hart'
p. 95: Mr Wise, 'The ways of Sion do mourn' (also p. 22)
p. 99: Mr Norris, 'In Jury is God known'
p. 103: Mr Wise, 'I will sing a new song'
p. 107: Mr Purcell, 'My song shall be always'
p. 115: Dr Blow, 'And I heard a great voice'
p. 120: Mr Batten, 'Hear my prayer O God'
p. 122: Mr H. Purcell, ['Thou knowest Lord']
p. 125: Mr Purcell, 'Blessed be the Lord my strength'
p. 128: Dr Blow, 'The Lord is king'
p. 133: Dr Turner, 'Lord who shall dwell'

Services
p. 1: [various jottings]
p. 2: ——, 'Magnificat in F' (incomplete)
p. 3: Mr Farrant, 'Magnificat', 'Nunc dimittis' in g
p. 6: [Tucker, 'I will magnify thee']
p. 10: Dr Blow, 'Cantate Domino', 'Deus misereatur' in e (transposed to D)
p. 16: Mr Henry Loesemore, Responses after the Commandments, Creed
p. 18: Mr Purcell, 'Magnificat', 'Nunc dimittis' in g (transposed to C)
p. 24: ——, [Fragment in C]
p. 27: Dr Blow, [Anthem fragment in A]
p. 30: C. Quarles, 'Magnificat', 'Nunc dimittis'
p. 34: Mr Tallis, 'Te Deum' [Dorian service, transposed up a tone]
p. 39: Mr Tallis, 'Magnificat', 'Nunc dimittis'
p. 44: Mr Gibbons, 'Te Deum'
p. 50: [Gibbons], 'Magnificat', 'Nunc dimittis'

Verse anthems by Aldrich, Batten, Blake, Blow, Bowman, Boyce, Byrd, Child, Clarke, Croft, Gibbons, Greene, Handel, Hawkins, Humfrey, Jackson, Kent, King, Mason, Mundy, Nares, Norris, Purcell, Reynolds, Richardson, Stroud, Tallis, Tucker, Tudway, Turner, Webbe, Weldon, Wise, and Woodward.

The name 'John Pepper' [unidentified] appears in pencil on p.27 (possibly the student at Jesus College 1787-1792); 'John Peppercorn party' appears on p. 170, which also includes a musical fragment in pencil in E flat, 'I have set God always before me,' copied from p. 231. There are many other pencil jottings in a juvenile hand.

The index is pasted to the inside front cover. Three anthems are listed in the index but are not present: Croft, 'I will sing unto the Lord'; Purcell, 'Blessed be the Lord my strength'; and Handel, 'His yoke is easy' [Messiah].

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p. [5]: [Purcell], 'For the Commemoration Day' (also p. 133)
p. 10: Webb, 'The Lord is the portion'
p. 12: [Handel], 'And the glory of the Lord' [Messiah]
p. 14: ——, 'The Lord hath prepared'
p. 19: [Bowman], 'The Lord is my light' (also pp. 31, 123)
p. 19: Mr Green, 'My soul truly waiteth' (also p. 122)
p. 21: Mr Green, 'Rejoyce in the Lord'
p. 23: Dr Tudway, 'Man that is born of a woman' (also p. 124)
p. 24: Dr Tudway, 'I heard a voice from Heaven' (also p. 128)
p. 25: Mr Humphreys, 'Have mercy upon me O God' (also p. 129)
p. 26: Mr Gibbons, 'Behold, thou hast my days' (and p. 101)
p. 27 (bis): [Croft], 'Anthem for 2 Voices, the 13th part of the 119 Psalm'
p. 31: Mr Bowman, 'The Lord is my light' (also pp. 19, 123)
p. 32: Mr Welldon, 'O Lord rebuke me not' (also p. 127)
p. 37: Mr Weldon, 'I will lift up mine eyes'
p. 42: Mr Green, 'O God thou art my God' (also p. 131)
p. 43: Mr Weldon, 'Thou art my Portion O Lord' (name trimmed)
p. 48: Mr Welldon, 'Blessed be the Lord my strength' ('Webbe' in index)
p. 52: Mr Welldon, 'O praise the Lord of heaven' (also p. 132)
p. 57: [Weldon], 'Have mercy upon me O God'
p. 63: Greene, 'Thou O God art praised in Sion'
p. 66v: ——, [incomplete pencil copy, no text]
p. 67: Mr Wise, 'The ways of Sion do mourn'
p. 69: Crofts, 'Out of the deep'
p. 70: Mr Turners, 'The Lord is righteous'
p. 71: Mr Hawkins, 'Lord remember David'
p. 72: Dr Aldrich, 'Out of the deep'
p. 74: Mr Battens, 'Hear my prayer O God'
p. 76: Dr Crofts, 'We will rejoice in thy salvation'
p. 79: Dr Tudways, 'I am the resurrection'
p. 81: [Clarke], 'I will love thee O Lord'
p. 82: Aldrich, 'O Lord, I have heard thy voice'
p. 84: Dr Crofts, 'The Lord is my strength'
p. 85: Dr Crofts, 'Praise the Lord, O my soul'
p. 87: Mr Greens, 'Hear my prayer, O God'
p. 88: Mr Greens, 'O Lord, give ear unto my prayer'
p. 90: Blow, 'Lord, how are they increased'
p. 91: Blow, 'The Lord is my shepherd'
p. 92: Blow, 'Turn thee unto me O Lord' (and p. 146)
p. 93: Purcell, 'They that go down to the sea in ships'
p. 94: Dr Blows, 'And I heard a great voice'
p. 95: Mr Wises, 'Awake, put on thy strength'
p. 98: Purcell, 'My song shall be alway'
p. 99: [Jackson], 'The Lord said unto my Lord'
p. 100: [Hall], 'By the waters of Babylon' (index attributes it to 'Aldrich')
p. 101: [Gibbons], 'Behold, thou hast made my days' (and p. 26)
p. 102: Humphreys, 'My God my God'
p. 103: [Humfrey], 'Lord, teach us to number our days'
p. 104: Purcell, 'Be merciful unto me, O God'
p. 105: [Purcell], 'Behold I bring you glad'
p. 106: [Tucker], 'I will magnify thee O God my king'
p. 107: [Wise], 'Awake up my glory'
p. 108: Dr Tudways, 'Sing we merrily'
p. 109: Tudway, 'I will sing unto the Lord'
p. 110: Blow, 'O Lord, I have sinned' (and p. 164)
p. 111: [Norris], 'In Jury is God known'
p. 112: Dr Crofts, 'Praise the Lord, O my soul'
p. 113: Dr Croft's, 'I will sing unto the Lord'
p. 114: Crofts, 'The earth is the Lord's'
p. 115: Dr Tudways, 'Thou O Lord hast heard our desire'
p. 116: [Aldrich], 'I am well pleased'
p. 117: Crofts, 'I will give thanks'
p. 118: [Croft], 'Sing unto God'
p. 120: [Croft], 'O be joyful'
p. 122: [Greene], 'My soul truly waiteth' (also p. 19)
p. 122: ——, 'When the son of man' (added later)
p. 123: [Bowman], 'The Lord is my light' (also pp. 19, 31)
p. 124: Dr Greens, 'Rejoyce in the Lord' (also p. 21)
p. 126: [Tudway], 'Man that is born of a woman' (also p. 23)
p. 127: Mr Weldons, 'O Lord rebuke me not' (also p. 32)
p. 128: Dr Tudways, 'I heard a voice from heaven' (also p. 24)
p. 129: Humphrys, 'Have mercy upon me O God' (also p. 25)
p. 131: Dr Green's, 'O God thou art my God' (also p. 42)
p. 132: [Weldon], 'O praise the Lord of Heaven' (also p. 52)
p. 133: [Purcell], 'O give thanks' (also p. [5])
p. 137: Dr Blow's, 'My God, my God'
p. 139: Dr Green's, 'Sing unto the Lord'
p. 141: Dr Blow, 'O sing unto God'
p. 142: [Blow, Humfrey, Turner], 'I will alway give thanks'
p. 144: Dr Crofts, 'We wait for thy loving kindness O God'
p. 146: Dr Blow, 'Turn thee unto me O Lord' (and p. 92)
p. 148: [Croft], 'O Lord, thou hast searched &c.'
p. 151: Crofts, 'I cryed unto the Lord'
p. 153: Dr Croft, 'Blessed is the people'
p. 154: Mr Purcell, 'Blessed is the man'
p. 155: [Mundy], 'O Lord the maker' (attributed to Henry VIII)
p. 157: Dr Crofts, 'O Lord rebuke me not'
p. 159: Mr Vaughon Richardson, 'O how amiable'
p. 160: Dr Child, 'Praise the Lord O my soul'
p. 162: Mr Tallis, 'I call and cry'
p. 164: Dr Blow, 'O Lord, I have sinned' (and p. 110)
p. 166: Mr Humphrys, 'L:ike as the hart'
p. 167: Mr Stroud, 'Hear my prayer'
p. 171: Mr Weldon, 'Hear my crying'
p. 173: ——, 'Psalm 119' (metrical)
p. 175: [Clarke], 'The Lord is full of compassion'
p. 176: Dr Blake, 'I have set God always'
p. 180: Kent, 'The Lord is my shepherd'
p. 182: Kent, 'Lord how are they increased'
p. 184: Dr Boyce, 'If we believe that Jesus died'
p. 186: [Mason], 'Lord of all power' (fragment)
p. 190: Mr Bird, 'Bow thine ear O Lord'
p. 193: Tucker, 'O give thanks' (crossed through) (and p. 213)
p. 195: Jer: Clarke, 'Praise the Lord O Jerusalem'
p. 198: Child, 'O Lord grant the King a long life'
p. 199: Dr Woodward of Dublin, 'Sing O ye heavens'
p. 201: Mr Cha: King, 'Rejoice in the Lord'
p. 203: Dr Croft, 'O praise the Lord all ye heathen'
p. 204: ——, 'O give thanks'
p. 207: Mr King, 'Hear O Lord'
p. 209: Aldrich, 'Not unto us O Lord'
p. 211: Tallis, 'All people that on earth'
p. 213: Tucker, 'O give thanks'
p. 215: [Wise], 'Thou O God art praised in Sion'
p. 218: [Aldrich], 'Rejoice in the Lord' (Dr A)
p. 219: Naros, 'Not unto us Lord'
p. 220: Nares, 'The Lord is my strength &c.'
p. 222: Nares, 'Behold how good and joyful'
p. 223: [Nares], 'Awake up my glory'
p. 224: Mr Kent, 'Who is this that cometh from Edom?'
p. 227: Mr Kent, 'Blessed be thou Lord God of Israel'
p. 230: Mr Kent, 'Hear my prayer O God'
p. 231: [Goldwin], 'I have set God always before me'
p. 233: Kent, 'My song shall be of mercy'
p. 234: Webbe, 'How excellent is thy mercy'
p. 237: [Reynolds], 'My God my God &c.' (incomplete)

Verse anthems by Aldrich, Batten, Blow, Bowman, Clarke, Creighton, Croft, Fuller, Gibbons, Goldwin, Grano, Greene, Hall, Hawkins, Humfrey, J. Jackson, Norris, Purcell, Quarles, Tucker, Tudway, Weldon, Williams, and Wise, with five anthems by unidentified composers.

Closely related to the Tenor decani partbook and Tenor cantoris partbook which make up Add. MS a. 665/2 and 3. Three anthems do not appear in those partbooks.

An original index is pasted on the inside front cover. p. 137 contains an insertion passage of three bars from Psalm 150, not relatable to any piece in the manuscript. P. 144 contains three anonymous double chants in pencil, added later. P. 155 is headed 'Deliver my soul O Lord by Mr Hawkins Ely' but no music has been copied. The manuscript was likely copied before 1730.

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p. 4: Mr Hall, 'By the waters of Babilon'
p. 7: [Tudway], 'Ecclus:44 Let us now praise worthy men' (incomplete)
p. 7: Mr Tudway, ' My God, my God'
p. 9: Mr Purcell, 'My song shall be alway' (incomplete)
p. 10: Dr Blow, 'Lord how are they encresed'
p. 11: Mr Wise, 'The ways of Sion do mourn'
p. 13: [Purcell], 'Be mercifull unto me O God'
p. 17: Dr Blow, 'Turn thee unto me O Lord'
p. 18: [Bowman], 'Give the King thy judgements'
p. 19: ——, 'The Lord is my light'
p. 21: [Wise]: 'The Prodigall' ('I will arise')
p. 21: [Quarles], 'Psalme 139'
p. 22: [Hawkins], 'Arise O Lord'
p. 23: Mr Humphreys, 'Lord, teach us to number our dayes'
p. 24: [Purcell], 'Behold I bring you glad tidings'
p. 26: Dr Blow, 'O Lord I have sinned'
p. 28: Mr Purcell, 'I was glad' (incomplete)
p. 31: [Wise], 'The Lord is my shepherd'
p. 31: [Bowman], 'Sing unto the Lord'
p. 32: [Tudway], 'A Commemoration Anthem for Benefactors' ['Let us now praise worthy men']
p. 34: Mr Wise, 'I will sing a new song'
p. 36: Dr Blow, 'And I heard a great voyce'
p. 39: Mr Humpherys, 'O Lord my God'
p. 41: Mr H. Purcell, 'My song shall be alway'
p. 47: [Wise], 'Awake Awake Isaiah'
p. 50: Mr Tucker, 'I will magnify the O God my King'
p. 52: Tho. Tudway, 'Sing we merrily'
p. 54: Mr Wise, 'How are the mightie fallen'
p. 55: [Gibbons], 'Behold, thou hast made my days'
p. 57: [Fuller], 'Thy mercy O Lord'
p. 58: Mr Hawkins, 'Turn thou thy face O Lord from my sins'
p. 58: Mr Norris, 'Blessed are those that are undefiled'
p. 60: Dr Aldrich, 'The Lord is King'
p. 61: Dr Blow, 'O sing unto God'
p. 65: Dr Blow, 'Turn us again' (Not in MSS a/665/2-3)
p. 68: Dr Blow, 'We will rejoyce; A Thanksgiving Anthem for discovery of the Plot in 97' (Not in MS a/665/3)
p. 71: [Purcell], 'Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord'
p. 74: Dr Blow, 'I waited patiently'
p. 75: Mr Purcell, 'They that go down'
p. 79: Dr Blow, 'Bring unto the Lord'
p. 80: Mr Tucker, 'Wherewithal'
p. 81: Mr Humphrys, 'Like as the hart'
p. 82: Humfreys, 'O be joyfull'
p. 84: [Wise], 'Awake up my glory'
p. 84: [Wise], 'I will cry unto God'
p. 85: [J. Jackson], 'The Lord said unto my Lord'
p. 85: Mr Tudway, 'Behold, God is my salvation'
p. 89: Dr Aldrich, 'Give the King thy judgments O Lord'
p. 94: Mr Purcell, 'O give thanks'
p. 98: Mr Crofts, 'The Lord is king'
p. 100: [Weldon], 'Ponder my words O Lord' (Not in MSS a/665/2-3)
p. 103: Mr Clarke, 'I will love thee O Lord'
p. 104: Dr Blow, 'The Lord is my shepherd'
p. 107: Dr Tudway, 'I will sing unto the Lord'
p. 111: Mr Golding, 'O praise God in his holiness'
p. 111: Dr Blow, 'I beheld and lo, a great multitude'
p. 114: [Wise], 'Thou O God art praised in Sion' (Not in MSS a/665/2-3)
p. 116: Mr Humphrys, 'Rejoice in the Lord'
p. 117: Dr Aldrich, 'O Lord I have heard thy voice'
p. 123: Mr Purcell, 'Thy way O God is holy'
p. 123: Mr Williams, 'O clap your hands'
p. 124: Dr Crofts, 'The Lord is my strength'
p. 130: Dr Croft, 'Praise the Lord, O my soul'
p. 131: Mr Purcell, 'The Lord is King'
p. 132: Mr Purcell, 'Praise the Lord, O my soul'
p. 137: ——, [Fragment of Psalm 150]
p. 138: Mr Greene, 'Hear my prayer, O God'
p. 139: Mr Greene, 'O Lord, give ear unto my prayer'
p. 140: Robt. Fuller, 'I will alway give thanks'
p. 141: Mr Norris, 'In Jury is God known' (a tone lower than in MSS a/665/2-3)
p. 142: ——, Psalm 119 (versification of Psalm 119's opening, text is on p. 143)
p. [144]: ——, [3 Double chants] (in pencil)
p. [155]: ['Deliver my soul O Lord by Mr Hawkins Ely'' (incomplete)

Back:
p. 3: [Aldrich], 'Out of the deep' (incomplete)
p. 3: Dr Creyghton, 'O praise God in his holiness'
p. 5: ——, 'O clap your hands'
p. 6: Mr Henry Purcell, 'Part of the burial Anthem'
p. 7: [Grano], 'O praise God in his holiness'
p. [8]: Mr Batten, 'Hear my prayer O God'
p. [10]: Dr Crofts, 'We will rejoice in thy salvation'
p. [13]: Tudway. 'I am the resurrection'
p. [14]: Dr Blow, 'My God my God'

Verse anthems by Aldrich, Batten, Blow, Creighton, Croft, Fuller, Gibbons, Goldwin, Grano, Greene, Hall, Hawkins, Humfrey, Jackson, Norris, Purcell, Quarles, Tucker, Tudway, Weldon, Williams, and Wise.

Closely related to the Tenor decani partbook and Bass cantoris partbook which make up Add. MS a. 665/2 and 4; the contents of Add. MS a. 665/2 are identical apart from five anthems; 'I will arise and go to my father' (Wise), ''Sing unto the Lord' (Bowman), and 'I will love thee O Lord' (Clarke) are absent from Add. MS a. 665/3; a later hand has crossed out p. 25 in red. There are three original ink indexes: the inside front cover has a near-complete index of Add. MS a. 665/2 (placed here in error). Three principal copyists, not all professional hands, were at work. The names Fuller and Keymer, lay clerks, appear at the top of p. 51 and f. iiir respectively. The top of p. 51 has the signature 'R Fuller,' possibly an autograph.

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p. 1: [Purcell], 'Be mercifull unto me'
p. 4: Mr Henry Hall, 'By the waters of Babylon'
p. 7: Dr Blow, 'Turn thee unto me O Lord'
p. 8: [J. Bowman], 'Give the King thy judgments'
p. 11: [Norris], 'In Jury is God known'
p. 11: [Quarles], 'Psalme 139'
p. 12: Mr Purcell, 'I was glad'
p. 16: Mr Hawkins, 'Lord, remember David'
p. 17: Mr Wise, 'The Lord is my shepherd'
p. 17: [Hawkins], 'Arise O Lord'
p. 17: [Purcell], 'My song shall be alway'
p. 18: Mr H. Purcell, 'Thy word is a lantern'
p. 20: Mr Humpreyes, 'O Lord my God'
p. 22: Mr Pell: Humphres, 'Lord, teach us to number our days'
p. 25: Dr Blow, 'O Lord, I have sinned'
p. 26: Mr Purcell, 'XMass anthem'
p. 28: Mr Tudway, 'Let us now praise worthy men'
p. 30: Dr Blow, 'And I heard a great voyce'
p. 31: Mr Wise, 'I will sing a new song'
p. 32: Dr Blow, 'Lord how are they increased'
p. 33: [Wise], 'Awake awake'
p. 35: [Tucker], 'I will magnifie the O God my king'
p. 36: Tudway, 'Sing we merrily unto God'
p. 38: Mr Tudway, ' My God, my God'
p. 41: Gibbons, 'Behold, thou hast made my days'
p. 43: Wise, 'How are the mightie fallen'
p. 45: [Blow?], 'Thy mercy O Lord'
p. 47: Mr Norris, 'Blessed are those that are undefiled'
p. 48: Mr Hawkins, 'Turn thou thy face O Lord from my sins'
p. 50: Dr Aldrich, 'The Lord is King'
p. 51: Mr Henry Purcell, 'O give thanks'
p. 55: Dr Blow, 'I waited patiently'
p. 56: Dr Blow, 'Bring unto the Lord'
p. 57 Dr Blow, 'O sing unto God'
p. 57: Mr H. Purcell, 'They that goe down to the sea'
p. 58: Mr Tucker, 'Where withall'
p. 59: Mr Humphrys, 'Like as the hart'
p. 60: Humphryes, 'O be joyfull'
p. 61: Wise, 'Awake up my glory'
p. 61: Mr Wise, 'I will cry unto God'
p. 62: J. Jacson, 'The Lord said unto my Lord'
p. 65: Mr Tudway, 'Behold God is my salvation'
p. 66: Dr Aldridg, 'Give the king thy judgment O Lord'
p. 67: Mr Purcell, ['Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord']
p. 67: Mr Crofts, 'The Lord is King'
p. 69: Mr Clarke, 'I will love thee O Lord'
p. 72: Dr Blow, 'The Lord is my shepherd'
p. 73: Dr Tudway, 'I will sing unto the Lord'
p. 74: Mr Golding, 'O praise God in his holiness'
p. 76: Dr Blow, 'I beheld and lo, a great multitude'
p. 80: Mr Humphrys, 'Rejoyce in the Lord'
p. 82: Dr Aldrich, 'O Lord, I have heard thy voice'
p. 83: Mr Hen: Purcell, 'Thy way O God is holy'
p. 84: Mr Williams, 'O clap your hands'
p. 85: Dr Croft, 'The Lord is my strength'
p. 86: Dr Croft, 'Praise the Lord, O my soul'
p. 91: Mr Purcell, 'The Lord is king'
p. 92: Mr Purcell, 'Praise the Lord, O my soul'
p. 92: [Grano], 'O praise God in his holiness'
p. 96: Mr Greene, 'Hear my prayer, O God'
p. 97: Mr Gree[ne], 'O Lord, give ear unto my prayer'
p. 100: Robt. Fuller, 'I will alway give thanks'
p. 105: Mr Wises, 'The ways of Sion do mourn'
p. [121]: Dr Blow, 'My God my God'
p. [122]: Dr Tudway, 'I am the resurrection'
p. [125]: Dr Croft, 'We will rejoyce in thy salvation'
p. [127]: Mr Batten, 'Hear my prayer O God'
p. [128]: [Weldon], 'O praise God in his holyness'
p. [129]: Mr Henry Purcell, 'Part of the burial anthem'
p. [130]: [T. Williams], 'O clap your hands'
p. [132]: Dr Creyghton, 'O praise God in his holyness'
p. [133]: Dr Aldridg, 'Out of the deep''

Verse anthems by Aldrich, Batten, Blow, Bowman, Clarke, Croft, Fuller, Gibbons, Goldwin, Grano, Greene, Hall, Hawkins, Humfrey, Jackson, Norris, Purcell, Quarles, Tucker, Tudway, Weldon, Williams, and Wise, with one anthem by an unidentified composer.

Closely related to the Tenor Cantoris partbook and Bass Cantoris partbook which make up Add. MS a. 655/3 and 4.

Two anthems are represented by fragments, Weldon's 'O praise God in his holiness' and Batten's 'Hear my prayer, O God'. An index lists only three pieces, one of which ('Psalm 119') is now missing. Pages 4-8 are for bass, although this is a tenor decani partbook. The paper is uniform, with 10 staves to a page. Three principal copyists were at work, not all professional hands. The original index has been pasted into MS a. 665/3 in error.

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p. 4: Mr Purcel, 'My song shall be alway' (bass part, but tenor in chorus)
p. 9: Dr Blow, 'Lord, how they are increased'
p. 10: Mr Wise, 'The ways of Syon do mourn'
p. 11: [Blow], 'Turn thee unto me' (same as p. 91)
p. 12: [Wise], 'The Prodigal'
p. 13: [J. Bowman], 'Give the King thy judgments'
p. 16: [J. Bowman], 'Sing unto the Lord'
p. 17: [Humfrey], 'O Lord my God'
p. 19: [Norris], 'In Jury is God known'
p. 20: Mr Peh. Humphres, 'Lord, teach us to number our dayes'
p. 23: [Hawkins], 'Arise O Lord'
p. 23: Cha: Quarles, 'O Lord thou hast searched me out'
p. 24: Mr Wise, 'I will sing a new song'
p. 25: Mr H. Purcell, 'XMas anthem'
p. 27: Dr Blow, 'O Lord I have sinned'
p. 29: Mr Hawkins, 'Lord, remember David'
p. 31: Mr Wise, 'The Lord is my shepherd'
p. 32: Dr Blow, 'And I heard a great voyce'
p. 33: Mr Purcell, 'I was glad'
p. 35: Mr Purcell, 'Be mercifull unto me, O God'
p. 38: [Hall], 'By the waters of Babylon'
p. 41: Mr Tudway, 'Lett us now praise worthy men'
p. 43: [Wise], 'Awake awake'
p. 45: Mr Tucker, 'I will magnifie the O God my King'
p. 48: [Tudway], 'Sing we merrily unto God'
p. 50: Mr Tudway, 'My God, my God'
p. 53: [Wise], 'How are the mightie fallen'
p. 55: ——, 'Thy mercy O Lord'
p. 57: Mr Hawkins, 'Turn thou thy face O Lord from my sins'
p. 59: [Norris], 'Blessed are those that are undefiled'
p. 60: Dr Aldrich, 'The Lord is King'
p. 61: [Croft], 'The Lord is King'
p. 62: [Purcell], 'Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord'
p. 65: Dr Blow, 'I waited patiently'
p. 66: Pell: Humphrys, 'Like as the hart'
p. 68: H. Purce[ll], 'They that go down to the sea'
p. 69: Dr Blow, 'Bring unto the Lord'
p. 70: Dr Blow, 'O sing unto God'
p. 72: Mr Tucker, 'Where withall'
p. 73: [Humfrey], 'O be joyfull'
p. 74: [Wise], 'Awake up my glory' (crossed through)
p. 74: [Wise], 'I will cry unto God'
p. 75: [J. Jackson], 'The Lord said unto my Lord'
p. 75: Mr Tudway, 'Behold, God is my salvation'
p. 78: Dr Aldridg, 'Give the King thy judgment O Lord'
p. 79: Mr Purcell, 'O give thanks'
p. 82: [Gibbons], 'Behold, thou hast made my days'
p. 83: Mr Clarke, 'I will love thee O Lord'
p. 84: Dr Blow, 'The Lord is my shepherd'
p. 87: Dr Tudway, 'I will sing unto the Lord'
p. 88: Mr Goldwin, 'O praise God in his holiness'
p. 91: Dr Blow, 'Turn thee unto me O Lord' (same as p. 11)
p. 93: Dr Blow, 'I beheld & lo, a great multitude'
p. 94: Mr Humphrys, 'Rejoyce in the Lord'
p. 95: Dr Aldrich, 'O Lord, I have heard thy voice'
p. 97: Mr Hen: Purcell, 'Thy way O God is holy'
p. 97: Mr Williams, 'O clap your hands'
p. 100: Dr Croft, 'The Lord is my strength'
p. 101: Dr Croft, 'Praise the Lord O my soul'
p. 102: Mr Purcell, 'The Lord is King'
p. 103: Mr Purcell, 'Praise the Lord, O my soul'
p. 103: [Grano], 'O praise God in his holiness'
p. 105: Mr Greene, 'Hear my prayer, O God'
p. 107: Mr Greene, 'O Lord, give ear unto my prayer'
p. 108: Robt. Fuller, 'I will alway give thanks'
p. 118: Mr Wise, 'Awake up my glory'
p. 120: [Weldon], ['O praise God in his holiness'] (fragment)
p. 121: [Batten], ['Hear my prayer, O God'] (fragment)
p. 123: [Croft], ['We will rejoice']
p. 129: Dr Blow, 'My God, my God'
p. 133: Dr Tudway, 'I am the resurrection'