Sometimes at six years old[316]—though this seems odd,
'T is true; the reason is, that the Bashaw
Must make a present to his sire-in-law.
CLIII.
His sons were kept in prison, till they grew
Of years to fill a bowstring or the throne,
One or the other, but which of the two
Could yet be known unto the fates alone;
Meantime the education they went through
Was princely, as the proofs have always shown;