Escoute amy a la pareille
Je e uay jouer des meruesille
Sur ceste fluste une edançon
Et pur lamour de ta meystresse
Et pour faire passer ta tristesse
Je suis seul qu en faict leçon.
Fallaci cantus modulamine deperit Argus,
In somnem sopit fistula blanda virum.
| Centum oculis vigilem Tegees illusit alumnus, Æternique astu iussa parentis obit. | Fallaci cantus modulamine deperit Argus, In somnem sopit fistula blanda virum. |
It has been argued (by Legêne, loc. cit.) that the last-mentioned of the above recorders may be the earliest painting of a baroque recorder. However, Jan Frans Nollekens' (1602-1648) Children's Concert obviously predates Gysbrechts, as may depictions by other Dutch and Flemish painters.
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