The Ape, the Monkey and Baboon

The ape, the monkey and baboon did meet,
And breaking of their fast in Friday street, 
Two of them swore together solemnly 
In their three natures was a sympathy.

Nay, quoth baboon,
I do deny that strain:
I have more knavery in me
than you twain.

Why, quoth the ape, I have a horse at will
In Paris Garden for to ride on still,
And there show tricks. Tush, quoth the monkey, 
For better tricks in great men's houses lie.

Tush, quoth baboon,
when men do know I come,
For sport from city, country
they will run.

by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

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by Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623) , "The Ape, the Monkey and Baboon" [madrigal], from Ayres or Phantasticke Spirites, x (1608).

DUT Dutch (Tinelot Wittermans)

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