115 With orange-tawny bill,

The throstle with his note so true,

[117] The wren with little quill;

Tita. [Awaking] What angel wakes me from my flowery bed?

Bot. [Sings

The finch, the sparrow, and the lark,

120 The plain-song cuckoo gray,

Whose note full many a man doth mark,

And dares not answer nay;—

for, indeed, who would set his wit to so foolish a bird? who would give a bird the lie, though he cry ‘cuckoo’ never so?