Then the tinker reply'd, "What! must Joan my sweet bride
Be a lady in chariots of pleasure to ride?
Must we have gold and land ev'ry day at command?
Then I shall be a squire I well understand:
Well I thank your good grace, and your love I embrace,
I was never before in so happy a case."
NOTES
- By Ludov. Vives inEpist. and by Pont. Heuter.Rerum Burgund. b. iv.