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He later wrote what is probably his best known instrumental work, Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, Figured in Seaven Passionate Pavans, a set of seven pavanes for five viols and lute, each based on the theme derived from the lute song " Flow my tears ".

It became one of the best known collections of consort music in his time.

His pavane, " Lachrymae antiquae ", was also popular in the seventeenth century, and was arranged and used as a theme for variations by many composers.