When thus unto his will he fitly had them won,

At her expected hour the Queen brought forth a son—

Young Edward, born in Wales, and of Carnarvon called,

Thus by the English craft the Britons were enthralled.

Punch treats the parallel from Paddy's point of view, and winds up:—

Sly Longshanks long ago with Cambria played a game—

What if, say, Battenberg should contemplate the same?

Pat, give him a fair chance, will prove himself—right loyal;

But—ye can't heal ould wounds with mere soft soap—though Royal.