I fear'd the bolster might have been a Jove.[176]

King. Come to my arms, most virtuous of thy sex!

Oh, Dollallolla! were all wives like thee,

So many husbands never had worn horns.

Should Huncamunca of thy worth partake,

Tom Thumb indeed were blest.—Oh, fatal name

For didst thou know one quarter what I know,

Then wouldst thou know—alas! what thou wouldst know!

Queen. What can I gather hence? Why dost thou speak

Like men who carry rareeshows about?