Be a Lady in chariots of pleasure to ride?
Must we have gold and land ev’ry day at command?
Then I shall be a Squire, I well understand:
Well I thank your good grace, and your love I embrace;
I was never before in so happy a case!”
KING JAMES THE FIRST AND THE TINKLER
And now, to be brief, let’s pass over the rest,
Who seldom or never were given to jest,
And come to King Jamie, the first of our throne,