How may I bless the hour of my nativity

11.2927Which bodeth unto me such happy stars!

11.3928How may I thank kind Fortune that vouchsafes

11.4929To all my actions such desired event!

11.5930I rule the king of Cambria as I please;

11.6931The states are all obedient to my will

11.7932And look whate'er I say, it shall be so;

11.8933Not anyone that dareth answer no.

11.9934My eldest sister lives in royal state

11.10935And wanteth nothing fitting her degree;

11.11936Yet hath she such a cooling card withal

11.12937As that her honey savoreth much of gall.

11.13938My father with her is quartermaster still,

11.14939And many times restrains her of her will,

11.15940But, if he were with me, and served me so,

11.16941I'd send him packing somewhere else to go:

11.17942I'd entertain him with such slender cost

11.18943That he should quickly wish to change his host.