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[There is a thing, some call it sport]

There is a thing, some call it sport,
(That yong and olde, and all will prooue)
Tis musicke in a kind-consort,
On tuned instruments of loue,
The fashion something bagpipe like,
With poke and pipe the minstrels plaie,
And if the bommes iust measure strike,
Tis pastime for a wedding day:
Maides that to this their mindes applie,
For Lute and harpe care not a flie.

Lecherie is made a solace.