Bassus.

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(1) The line is pretty illegible here, with a smudge on roughly d. Transcribing without regard to the length of the other part would yield a C half note, c quarter or half, and this is already a quarter or half too long even without transcribing the smudge. So I made both the C and the c quarter notes and left out the d.

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printed in Antwerp by Petrum Phalesium, 1609

transcribed from the Musica Alamire facsimile of the original

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X:2
T:Fantasia 25.
T:Bassus.
C:Orlando Lassusio.
O: Bicinia, sive Cantionis
H: transcribed from the Musica Alamire facsimile of the original 
H: printed in Antwerp by Petrum Phalesium, 1609
Z:Transcribed by Laura Conrad http://www.laymusic.org
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M:C|
L:1/4
K:G mix -8va
z8 z4 G3  G E2 F2 G2 A2 G2 E2 F4
z2 c2  d2 c2 A B c d e2 A2 B c A2 G2 A2
z E E F 
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E C c ""A  > G A D A/ G/ A/ B/ ""c2 B/ A/ ""G ""D F G A E F E E2
z A ^G A A2
z c c/ B/ A/ G/ A > G
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E F2 D2 E > E F > G G  > A ""A2 ""F2 G E F D E C c > B A/ G/ F/ E/ D A > G G F E > D E2
%%LY voices \bar "empty" \break
M:3/2
L:1/2
D4 z2 F2 A2 B2 c B A G c2 A4
z2 A2 _B2 A2 F c2 A c B A G A E F2 C2 c2 B2 A3 G2 F E2 D d2 c B2 A3 c
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B2 c2 A2 D B2 G2 A2 F2 D d B c2 A2 E F D2 A G F2
M:C|
L:1/4
E2 z c c2 B c A G c B E d A B c G A G
%line 6
F E D C G A G2
z G E E C c A A ""F2
z G E E C c > A A F2 G > E E C F D G E c A _B G
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A F G E F D/ E/ F/ G/ A/ B/ c C/ D/ E/ F/ G/ A/ B/ c/ d2 G D > E F2 C "(1)"c 
N:(1) The line is pretty illegible here, with a smudge on roughly d.  Transcribing without regard to the length of the other part would yield a C half note, c quarter or half, and this is already a quarter or half too long even without transcribing the smudge. So I made both the C and the c quarter notes and left out the d.
B/ A/ G/ A/ G/ F/ E F2 c3 B A4 G16 |]

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