Wealth, blent with vice, can ne'er disheart a maid

610To whom bless'd virtue is the choice content.

There's other things do maid's affections stir,

Beside a manor, and a "please you sir".'

'Madam' (quoth he), 'in vain you do excuse

Your daughter's folly with your friendly air,

The next I offer she shall not refuse.

Sirrah, go harness straight my wheeling chair,

I'll try if less content and pleasure dwells

In princes' courts than in monastic cells.'