This 16th century air was published Playford in the first edition of The English Dancing Master (1651) and was retained through the eighth, published in 1690. The words are not known. Shakespeare mentions a "Heart's Ease" in Romeo and Juliet (act iv sc. 5). However, whether this is the dance or tune that Playford printed is not known. There was another melody, an almain by Anthony Holborne, composed in 1599 with the same title that may have been Shakespeare's tune. The melody was a great favorite in Elizabethan times along with others found in Playford; "Greenwood", "Daphne" and "Woodycock". It was also printed in Chappell's Popular Music of the Olden Time (1859) and Sharp's Country Dance Tunes (1909). It was recorded on Country Capers by The New York Renaissance Band.