<Dd> Which I shoulde heve sett first, for soe it was my will, </Dd> <Dd> Whose greater skill and knowledge dothe excelle all at this time </Dd> <Dd> And far to strange countries abrode his skill dothe shyne...</Dd> <P> In 1597 Byrd's pupil Thomas Morley dedicated his treatise A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke to Byrd in flattering terms, though he may have intended to counterbalance this in the main text by some sharply satirical references to a mysterious "Master Bold". In The Compleat Gentleman (1622) Henry Peacham (1576--1643) praised Byrd in lavish terms as a composer of sacred music: </P>

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