Martial. br br O Fortune! if my prayer of old br Was ne'er solicitous for gold, br With better grace thou may'st allow br My suppliant wish, that asks it now: br Yet think not, Goddess! I require it br For the same end your clowns desire it. br In a well made effectual string br Fain would I see Lovidio swing; br Hear him, from Tyburn's height haranguing; br But such a cur's not worth one's hanging. br Give me, O Goddess! store of pelf, br And he will tie the knot himself.