Nunc scio vere [Now I really know] (Acts 12: 11; Psalm 139: 1-2a) – William Byrd

Acts 12: 11; Psalm 139: 1-2a) [Latin] – ¹¹ And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

¹ O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. ² Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

Original Latin:

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“Nunc scio vere,” 6-voice sacred motet composed by William Byrd (1539/1540-1623) for Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles (June 29). First published in Gradualia II, no. 38 1607.

Sung by The Cardinall’s Musick, directed by Andrew Carwood

Free sheet music at Choral Public Domain Library