With my crown of gold so fair on my head;

Among all my liege-men so noble of birth

Thou must tell me to one penny what I am worth.

"Secondly, tell me, without any doubt,

How soon I may ride the whole world about;

And at the third question thou must no shrink,

But tell me here truly, what I do think."

"O, these are hard questions for my shallow wit,

Nor I cannot answer your grace as yet;