For she, who had been pleas’d to rule,
Was now, poor Maiden, taught!
And Stephen rul’d with boundless sway,
The rustic tyrant of his day.
Lubin had giv’n inconstant Kate,
Ten pounds, to buy her wedding geer:
And now, ’tis said, tho’ somewhat late,
He thought his bargain rather dear.
For, Lo! The day before the pair
Had fix’d, the marriage chain to wear,