The following tables were compiled using: Diana Poulton, John Dowland, rev. edn (London, 1982); Joseph Kerman's table of ‘Madrigals for Queen Elizabeth’, in The Elizabethan Madrigal: A Comparative Study (New York, 1962), pp. 196–7; Philip Brett (ed.), Consort Songs, Musica Britannica 22 (London, 1974); G. E. P. Arkwright, ‘Elizabethan Choirboy Plays and their Music’, Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association 40 (1913/14), 117–38; Joseph Kerman, ‘Byrd, William’, NG2; William Byrd, Consort Songs for Viols and Voices, ed. Philip Brett, Byrd Edition 15 (London, 1970); Byrd, Madrigals, Songs and Canons, ed. Philip Brett, Byrd Edition 16 (London, 1976); Psalmes, Sonets and Songs (1588), ed. Jeremy Smith, Byrd Edition 12 (London, 2004); Songs of Sundrie Natures (1589), ed. David Mateer, Byrd Edition 13 (London, 2004); Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder, Latin Songs, French Chansons and English Songs, ed. Richard Charteris, Corpus mensurabilis musicae 96 (Neuhausen-Stuttgart, 1984); Richard Charteris, Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder (1543–1588): A Thematic Catalogue of his Music with a Biographical Calendar, Thematic Catalogues 11 (New York, 1984); and other works as referenced. Songs are arranged in approximate chronological order by the event with which the lyrics are connected (if known), or else by publication.