The British Musical Biography

[E] Bathe, William, Irish Jesuit and writer,
was born in Dublin, 1564. Studied at Lou-
vain and Padua, and became rector of the
Irish College of Salamanca. He died Madrid,
June 17th, 1614. Author of " A brief intro-
duction to the true arte of musicke, wherein
are set down exact and easie rules for such as
seeke to know the trueth, with arguments and
there solutions, for such as seeke also to
know the reason of the trueth : with rules be
means whereby any by his own Industrie
may shortly, easily, and regularly attaine to
all such things as to the arte doe belong : to
which otherwise any can hardly attaine with-
out tedious difficult practice, by means of the
irregular order now used in teaching ; lately
set forth by William Bathe, student at Oxen-
ford." London, 1584. Another edition was
issued under the title of " A briefe introduc-
tion to the skill of song, concerning the
practice set forth by William Bathe, gent."
London [1590].

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