The Third Tune

This music from the soundtrack of "Master and Commander" is also the tune for Hymn # 692in the 1982 Hymnal. It is from The Third Tune by Thomas Tallis, d. 1585. In the film it informs some of the most heartbreaking scenes involving battle and death. Snatches and phrases of it have been running in the back of my head the past few days... not days of "battle and death", I concede, but hard days none the less. At Morning Prayer yesterday we read Psalm 80: "You have fed [us] with the bread of tears; * you have given [us] bowls of tears to drink."
A good psalm to reflect upon whilst listening to this tune.