This passed at Naples—next to Rome he came,

Where, with another fair, he did the same;

But still the farmer banished him again,

So well he could the devil's will restrain;

Another weighty purse to him was paid

Thrice Matthew drove him out from belle and maid.

THE king of Naples had a daughter fair,

Admired, adored:—her parents' darling care;

In wedlock oft by many princes sought;

Within her form, the wily demon thought