I marriage would forswear,
But that I hear men tell
That she that dies a maid
Must lead an ape in hell.
Therefore, if fortune come,
I will not mock and play
Nor drive the bargain on
Till it be driven away.
Titles and lands I like,
Yet rather fancy can
A man that wanteth gold
Than gold that wants a man.
From JOHN MAYNARD's _Twelve Wonders of the World_, 1611.