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ON A FLEA 
ON HIS MISTRESS' BOSOM.
Madam, that 
flea which crept between your brest
I envyde that there he should make his rest;
The little creature's fortune was soe good
That angells' feed not on so precious food.
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Madam, shall
fleas before me tickle you?—
Oh, I not hould can; pardon if I kill yt!
Sweet blood, to you I aske this, that which fill'd it
Runne from my ladie's brest. Come, happie
flea ,
That dyde for suckinge of that milky-sea.
Oh, now againe I cold e'en wish thee there,
About her hart, about her any where:
I would vowe, deare
flea , thou sholdst not dye,
If [that] thou couldst suck from her her crueltie.
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