"So long as I was in your sight I was your heart, your soul, your treasure; And evermore you sobb'd and sigh'd Burning…"

"An Englishman, by name, William Birde for his skill. Which I should heve sett first, for soe it was my will, Whose gr…"

"If we consider Byrd's versatility alone, and the fact that he produced work of the highest class in every field that …"

"They call William Byrd the English Palestrina; I shall not rest until Palestrina is called the Italian Byrd!"

"My loving Maister (never without reverence to be named of the musicians) M. Bird."

"For Motets, and Musicke of pietie and devotion, as well for the honour of our Nation, as the merit of the man, I pref…"

""Lest that by any means When I have preached to others I myself Should be a castaway." If some one now Would take tha…"

"Auribus immensis quondam donatus asellus institit ut caudam posset habere parem. cauda suo capiti quia se conferre ne…"

"You are, and haue beene feared ouer all, England's an Ile, of stoute and hardie men: Be stronge in faith, your foes d…"

"Anglia cui mater fuerat, cui Gallia nutrix, Matri nutricem praefero mente meam. Six utriusque tamen meritis praeconia…"