And with Henry shall not fear to
Marry, if you answer, “Wed him.”
Echo.—Wed him, wed him.
PASQUINADE.
The following squib, cited by Mr. Motley in his Dutch Republic, from a MS. collection of pasquils, shows the prevalent opinion in the Netherlands concerning the parentage of Don John of Austria and the position of Barbara Blomberg:—
—sed at Austriacum nostrum redeamus—eamus
Hunc Cesaris filium esse satis est notum—notum
Multi tamen de ejus patre dubitavere—vere
Cujus ergo filium cum dieunt Itali—Itali
Verum mater satis est nota in nostra republica—publica