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Canzonets

or little short songs to three voyces: published by Thomas Morley ... Now newly imprinted with some Songs added by the avthor

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[VII. O flye not O take some pittie]

O flye not O take some pittie

O flye not O take some pittie, take some pittie, O, flye not, ô take some pittie, take some pittie, I faint, I faynt O stay, ô stay, ô stay, stay hir, See, see, see, see, how she flies, (away) she flies, she flies, See, see, how she flies, she flyes, O stay, ô stay, ô stay, & heare my prayer, And you shall ease mee, I am no Tiger fierce that seeks to spill thee, no, no, thou dost but this to kill me, no, no, thou dost but this to kill me, I see to kill, to kill me, I am no Tiger fierce that seeks to spill thee, no, no, thou dost but this to kill me, no, no, thou dost but this to kil me, to kill, to kill mee, Lo then I dye, I dye, I dye, I dye, I dye, I dye, and all to please, to please thee.