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The Rowe Music Library was acquired by King's in 1928. In addition to a lending library of scores, sets of parts and books about music, it also includes a collection of antiquarian music manuscripts and printed music dating from the sixteenth century to the present day.

Rowe MS 1 (The Lant Roll) 1

The Lant Roll comprises 57 rounds and catches written on 13 glued membranes of parchment which together are sixteen feet long and 3.75 inches wide. They were collected by Thomas Lant, and the roll bears the date 1580. See Jill Vlasto, 'An Elizabethan Anthology of Rounds', The Musical Quarterly 40/2 (Apr 1954), pp. 222-234.

1. All in to service, and 2. (Ut re my fa sol la) Hey downe, downe (start)
2. (Ut re my fa sol la) Hey downe, downe (end), and 3. Singe ye nowe after mee (start)
3. Singe ye nowe after mee (end), 4. O my fearfull dream, 5. Fayer fall the nitingall, 6. What happ had I to marie a shroe, and 7. Singe we nowe merilie (start)
7. Singe we nowe merilie (end), 8. Jack boy, how boy newes, 9. Fare well mine owen sweet hart, 10. Singe ye nowe after me, 11. As I me walked, 12. Hey ho nobodi' at home (start) 12. Hey ho nobodi' at home (start)
12. Hey ho nobodi' at home (end), 13. Fa mi fa re la me: nestro de fazielle, 14. Dones a bone alle boone companion, 15. Alegra Anglia Alegra, 16. The pigion is never wo, 17. Hey ho what shall I saye
18. Hey how to the green wood, 19. Conditor Kirie, 20. White wyne and sugar, 21. Jenkin the Jester, 22. Jolly shepherd and opon an hill (start)
21. Jenkin the Jester (end), 22. Jolly shepherd and opon an hill, 23. The pie sate in ye perie tree, 24. Nowe nowe behould and see (start)
24. Nowe nowe behould and see (start), 25. Treamoune, treamoune, 26. Miserere mei deus, 27. In te domine speravi, 28. Lorde have mercy upon us, 29. Now God be with old Simion (start)

Rowe MS 1 (The Lant Roll) 2

29. Now God be with old Simion (end), 30. Com follow me merrily my mates (start)
30. Com follow me merrily my mates (end), 31. (Con so re mi fa) Hey dery dery, 32. Hould thy peace, 33. Let Lobcock leave his wyfe, 34. The ould dog
34. The ould dog (end), 35. Joy in the gates of Jerusalem, 36. Scotland it burnethe, 37. Jone come kyss me nowe, 38. New oysters, new Walflit oysters, 39. Blow thy horne thou jolly hunter, 40. Browning Madam (start)
39. Blow thy horne thou jolly hunter (end), 40. Browning Madam, 41. Lets have on a pale, 42. Sing after fellowes (start)
42. Sing after fellowes, 43. Lady come doune and see, 44. (Ut re mi fa sol la) Hey downe downe (start)
44. (Ut re mi fa sol la) Hey downe downe (end), 45. God be with good fallowes all (start)
45. God be with good fallowes all (end), 46. Howe should we sing well, 47. The wynde bloues out of the weste (start)
47. The wynde bloues out of the weste (end), 48. Oken leaues in the mery wood, 49. Fill the cuppe and drink, 50. Followe me quickly, 51. Troule, troule the bowle (start)

Rowe MS 1 (The Lant Roll) 3

51. Troule, troule the bowle, 52. A milner would I bee, 53. Nicholae Pontifex, 54. All into service, 55. Celebrons sans cesse (start)
54. All into service, 55. Celebrons sans cesse, 56. A dieu seur (seul) doit honneur, 57. Sancte escuture te propose
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