Sweetnesse, and wit they'are, but, Mummy, possest. 1633-54:

1669 omits all punctuation in these lines


[Note]

The Flea.

MARKE but this flea, and marke in this,

How little that which thou deny'st me is;

It suck'd me first, and now sucks thee,

And in this flea, our two bloods mingled bee;

5Thou know'st that this cannot be said