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from Campaspe
by John Lyly
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Gran. |
For a Bowle of fatt Canary,
Rich Palermo, sparkling Sherry,
Some Nectar else, from Iuno's Daiery,
O these draughts would make vs merry. |
Psyllus. |
O for a wench, (I deale in faces,
And in other dayntier things,)
Tickled am I with her Embraces,
Fine dancing in such Fairy Ringes. |
Manes. |
O for a plump fat leg of Mutton,
Veale, Lambe, Capon, Pigge, & Conney,
None is happy but a Glutton,
None an Asse but who wants money. |
Chor. |
Wines (indeed,) & Girles are good,
But braue victuals feast the bloud,
For wenches, wine, and Lusty cheere,
Ioue would leape down to surfet heere.
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Bond, R. Warwick, M.A. The Complete Works of John Lyly, Vol II. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1902, 1967 repr., p. 322.
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