What matters? he had power and gold,
Coffers of dollars, and doubloons,
Gold mohurs, pagodas, ducatoons,
And in his cupboards stored away
The priceless treasures of Cathay.'
Then it tells of how she loved this English sailor, how he left to sail to many strange lands, and asked her what she wished to have.
'And she, although her cheeks were wet,
Was in a moment all coquette:
"Your English fashions would, I fear,
But ill become my homely sphere;