2630And lest his stomach should too chol'ric grow,
I will afford him some congealed snow.'
The bald-pate crew this penance well approved,
And, in a trice, all things she ready got.
So well she stirred her stumps (as it behoved)
She being hatcher of this starving plot.
This done, with friendly words and courteous air,
She called Felice to her house of prayer.
'It suits not with your greatness, madam fair,
Being sole daughter to so great a man,