This easy-to-read modern tablature should be completely faithful to Anthoine Carre's original tablature. Let me know of any errors you find. Donald Sauter.

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Short ID:  AC13.
Title:     Prelude.
Composer:  Anthoine Carre.
Source:    Livre de pieces de guitarre et de musique.
           Page 13. 
Date:      ca. 1690?

Tuning:    Baroque guitar (A D G B E).
Time sig:  Cut (slashed "C"), but unmeasured!

Fixes, modifications and comments (M=Measure; p=Place in measure; s=String): 
  This is an UNMEASURED prelude, but it is presented here a second time 
  with arbitrarily placed barlines.  Use that version to figure out where the 
  slurs go.  It will also help you to correlate the modern tablature with the 
  layout of Carre's original tablature.  Print the two versions out on 
  separate pages.  

Tablature elements to be added by hand:
  Slurs. If only a starting point is given, slur includes all the following 
  uninterrupted notes on the same string.
    M3 p1-3s5.
    M4 p1-3s4.
    M5 p4-6s2.
    M9 p1-3s4.
    M16 p2-4s3.

Strums: Arrowheads ^ and v indicate strums. Open strings in strummed chords 
  were not shown in the tablature; add as many open strings as sound good. 
  Take a moment to re-draw the ^ arrowhead right at the top of the associated 
  stem.

Explanation of symbols: 
  " = trill (starting on upper neighbor). 
  , = mordent (none in this piece).

Octave doublings: If you are playing on a modern, single-string guitar, 
  consider adding or substituting the next octave up almost everywhere 
  you see a 4th- or 5th-string note. 

Performance style: consider playing the 8th notes inegales, that is, as dotted 
  8ths or "swing" 8ths (triplet feel).

Leading measures - artificially created! - in Carre's original tablature:
  1 6 10 14.  Last measure is 17.


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                                   Prelude.                                 AC13: Page 1 of 1.
  Baroque guitar (A D G B E).                                                  Anthoine Carre.

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___3_________3________5_________________3________________________3_________________3____________
___3_______3________3_____________________________________4____3___3_4_6_"4_3____4_______3______
_________0________5___________________0_________________0____4_________________5_______5_____3__
_______0________4__________________________0_1_3_"1_0________________________________4_____5____
___1_1___________________0_1_3_"1_0_1_________________2_________________________________________
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___0______1_________3___3_____3_0______1_______0________________________________________________
_3______3_________3_________2________3_______2__________3____________3_________1_______3________
______________________0___2______________0_2_____"0___2____________3_________0___2___3_______3__
______0_______3____________________3________________4______4_2_0_5_____"3_1________0_____1_3____
____________3___1_______________________________________________________________________________
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________________________________0_____2______3___5_______________3_____________3_______2______3_
_1___________3_____3______4_________3____1_________3___________3_____________3___1___3___1______
____"2_____0____________0__________________3_________5_"3__________________________________3____
__________________________________0____________4___________________3_"1_0_1________0____________
_______0_1_____1_2___3______3_4___________________________0_1___________________________________
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_________3_"2___2____3______||__________________________________________________________________
______________1______3______||__________________________________________________________________
_3_2_0_____________0________||__________________________________________________________________
_______0____________________||__________________________________________________________________
_____________________1______||__________________________________________________________________
____________________________||__________________________________________________________________


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                                   Prelude.                                 AC13: Page 1 of 1.
  Baroque guitar (A D G B E).  Leading measures: 1 6 10 16.                    Anthoine Carre.

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___3_________3|_______5|________________3|_________________|_____3___________|_____3____________
___3_______3__|_____3__|_________________|________________4|___3___3_4_6_"4_3|___4_______3______
_________0____|___5____|______________0__|______________0__|_4_______________|_5_______5_____3__
_______0______|_4______|_________________|_0_1_3_"1_0______|_________________|_______4_____5____
___1_1________|________|_0_1_3_"1_0_1____|____________2____|_________________|__________________
______________|________|_________________|_________________|_________________|__________________

                                                                                                
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___0|_____1_________3___3_____3_0|_____1_______0_________|_________________|____________________
_3__|___3_________3_________2____|___3_______2__________3|___________3_____|___1_______3________
____|_________________0___2______|_______0_2_____"0___2__|_________3_______|_0___2___3_______3__
____|_0_______3__________________|_3________________4____|_4_2_0_5_____"3_1|_______0_____1_3____
____|_______3___1________________|_______________________|_________________|____________________
____|____________________________|_______________________|_________________|____________________

                                                                                                
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__|___________________|_________0_____2|_____3___5___________|___3_________|___3_______2____|_3_
_1|__________3_____3__|___4_________3__|_1_________3_________|_3___________|_3___1___3___1__|___
__|_"2_____0__________|_0______________|___3_________5_"3____|_____________|_______________3|___
__|___________________|___________0____|_______4_____________|_____3_"1_0_1|_______0________|___
__|____0_1_____1_2___3|_____3_4________|__________________0_1|_____________|________________|___
__|___________________|________________|_____________________|_____________|________________|___

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_________3_"2___2|___3_______||_________________________________________________________________
______________1__|___3_______||_________________________________________________________________
_3_2_0___________|_0_________||_________________________________________________________________
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