But found America’s wondrous land;
His ‘exes’ paid by Ferdinand.
Of voyagers we’ve now a lot
Vasco da Gama and Cabot,
Who sailed from Bristol, whence it grew
Bristolians claim this fine cuckoo.
Henry VIII. 1509–1547
NOW Henry Eight comes on the screen,
A stalwart youth, ætat. eighteen;
With youthful hope the nation’s buoyed;
Only, alas! to be destroyed.
Henry VIII. 1509–1547 (continued)
THIS King Henry number Eight
Six times tried the married state;
And certainly of all the Kings
Spent the most on wedding rings.
But to search through old Archives
For tales of Henry and his wives