Nuptial me no such nuptials!" "Past dispute,

Majesty speaks with wisdom absolute,"

Admired the minister: "yet, all the same,

I would we may not—while we play his game,

The ducal meteor's—also lose our own.

The solar monarch's: we relieve your throne

Of an ungracious presence, like enough:

Balked of his project he departs in huff,

And so cuts short—dare I remind the king?—

Our not so unsuccessful bargaining.