3850For well he knew the monthly hornèd queen

No oft'ner fills her orb than she her spleen.

He Nature blamed, he could no faster run;

But, coming to the gate, the porter oped,

Who, much appalled to see a youthful nun,

Says, 'Mistress, do you travel to be coped?

Give me my fee: for sure, a plump-cheeked lass

Shall not the porter's lodge unkissèd pass.'

He could not quiet his impatient lust

Till he had shown the ensigns of his habit;