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"Daphne" is also known as "Hit and Miss".
The air was published by Playford in the first edition of The English Dancing Master (1651) and retained in the next two editions in 1652 and 1657, after which it appeared in The Dancing Master as "Daphne or The Shepherdess" (through the 8th edition of 1690). "Daphne" was older than Playford and appears to have been the tune for a 17th century ballad based on the ancient Greek myth, retold by Hellenistic and Roman authors regarding Apollo's pursuit of the nymph Daphne, who escaped only by turning herself into a tree. The melody was a great favorite in Elizabethan times, along with others found in Playford; "Heart's Ease", "Greenwood" and "Woodycock". "Daphne" also appears in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (with variations by composer Giles Farnaby), Adriaen Valerius' Nederlandtsche Gedenck-clanck (1626), J.J. Starter's Friesche Lust-Hof (1621), Jacob van Eyk's Fluyten Lust-Hof (1654, as "Doen Daphne") and Forbes' Songs and Fancies (1666). Words to the tune can be found in the Roxburghe Collection, Giles Earle's Song-book (1626) and Deloney's Royal Garland of Love and Delight (1674). The melody was a great favorite in Elizabethan times along with others found in Playford;
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