The song "Clear or Cloudy" by John Dowland was originally published in 1600, in Dowland's Second Book of Songs or Ayres.  The piece was originally published as a lute song, with staff notation for the vocal part, and french tablature for the lute accompaniment.  I arranged the piece in a five-course guitar alfabeto arrangement, in the style of Montesardo (1606).  This alfabeto arrangement represents my interpretation of how a Dowland piece might have been played on the five-course guitar, in period, by a capable musician who could read lute/vihuela tablature in addition to playing the guitar.

Facsimile of "Clear of Cloudy" from John Dowland's second book of lute songs, published in 1600.

Below, is the alfabeto arrangement of Clear or Cloudy.  The top line is the voice part, lower line is the guitar part in modern staff notation.  Beneath the guitar staff notation is the alfabeto arrangement, in the style of Montesardo (1606).  See my guitar/lute/vihuela notation page for more information on reading Montesardo's alfabeto,  With a simple line, chord names (upper and lower case), Montesardo indicated the chord to be strummed, the rhythm of the strum, and whether the strum was an upstroke or downstroke.  

To read the alfabeto notation above, an alfabeto chart is required.  Each alfabeto book or manuscript usually had its own alfabeto chart.  My arrangement of "Clear or Cloudy" uses the alfabeto chart and notation of Montesardo (1606).  The images below depict Montesardo's alfabeto.