A large cuckold's cap: I was sent by a friend."
The quaker's wife answered and said, with a frown,
"Why, I've no such thing, if thou'dst give me a crown;
Besides, I'd not lend it, friend Joan, if I had,
For fear it should make my old husband run mad.
In town there are many young damsels, perhaps,
Who may be ingenious in making these caps,
But as for their names, I really can't say,
So, therefore, friend Joan, excuse me, I pray."
Now Joan being tired and weary withal,