Listen to Machaut "Dame, ne regardes pas" (Lady Don't Look) Rough and very partial translation: (Lady, from whom comes all my joy, I can't cherish you enough or love you enough https://www

 Listen to Machaut "Dame, ne regardes pas" (Lady Don't Look) Rough and very partial translation: (Lady, from whom comes all my joy, I can't cherish you enough or love you enough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyGhW9JKOz8 a beautiful 2-voice setting with no emphasis on a "beat" but truly a flowing rhythm created by the syllables of the lyric. Then listen to: Sanctus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjmrltyMJtM Sanctus or Holy Lord is part of the Ordinary of the Mass. Although one of these is a secular song, and the other is sacred, what do they have in common that points to their being written during the Middle Ages?