This is a literal intabulation of an anonymous three-voiced chanson “Vive la Marguerite” first published by Pierre Attaingnant in “Quarante et deux chansons musicales a troys parties” (1529) for Superius, Tenor and Bass, on fol. 14v of each of the partbooks. A copy is held in F-Pn, RES VM7-180, and is available online on Gallica. The piece has very attractive polyphony that suits the vihuela well, especially the cascading imitations in the final section from c. 55. Valderrábano probably included as a “soneto” because he was uncertain of its origins.

This piece is no. 90, Soneto XXVIII, pp. 63-64 in vol. 2 of the Pujol edition. Pujol was unaware of the vocal source when his edition was published in 1965 and speculates that the text may have been in honour of Marguerite of Austria, whereas the Attaingnant text is about the flower “margherite” or daisy.