But why am I so abused?

*Mediaeval Song* transcribed for three recorders or voices. Includes lyrics.

(From the Fayrfax Manuscript c.1500)

1. But why am I so abused?

William Newarke (c. 1450–1509, sometimes spelt Newerk) was an English choirmaster and composer. He served at the Chapel Royal under five English kings.

At least seven songs of his have survived in the Fayrfax manuscript (BL, Add. MS 5465), an early 16th-century songbook associated with the households of Henry VII or his son Arthur, Prince of Wales. One of them, for two voices, "The farther I go, the more behynde," sets an early 15th-century rhyme royal stanza by Sir John Halsham (1357–1415).

_Score 3 pp. Parts 1 pp._