A hundred thousand a year he may get
For taking the Queen, which is something to wit;
I myself had “propos’d,” had I known it that’s flat,
For I’d willingly take her for much less than that.
Even yet, if Her Majesty should chance to scoff
At the bargain she’s made, and the matter break off,
I’ll instantly seek her, and lay my mind down,
And offer to take her at just—half-a-crown!
Our cups to the dregs, &c., &c.
Since the Queen did herself for a husband “propose,”