It was with the Fancy that Weelkes made an early experiment of adding a vocal part quite independent of the strings.

Weelkes paid a loving tribute to "his dearest friend" Morley, on the latter's death.

Of this sort are Weelkes's madrigals mentioned below, book ii.

The verses in Weelkes song-books are never heavy or laboured; they are always bright, cheerful, and arch.