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Canzonets To Fowre Voyces

With a Song of eight parts

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[IX. Lady, the sillie flea of all disdained]

Lady, the silly flea of all disdained

Lady, the silly flea of all disdained, because it hath complained I pitty, I pitty that poore creature, I pitty, I pitty, I pitty ye poore creature, both black & small of stature, were I a flea, in bed, in bed, I would not bite you, I would not bite you, not bite you, but search some other, some other way for to delight you.