Or by increasing twopennies to quarterns,
Or keeping up the price which “Commons shortens;”
By making weavers’ wages high or low,
Or other means, but what we do not know.
But the one thing our royal mistress axes,
Is, that you’ll make the people pay their taxes.
The last request, I fear, will cause surprise—
Her Majesty requests you to be wise.
If you comply at once, the world will own
It is the greatest miracle e’er known.