Till now; that fable by the Prince and you,
(By your transporting England) is made true.
We are not whore we were, the dog-Star reignes
No cooler in our climate, then in Spaines;
The selfesame breath, same age, same heate, same burning
Is here, and there, 'twill be till your returning;
Come ere the Cards be altred, else perhaps
Your stay may make an errour in our mappes,
Lest England will be sound when you shall passe,
A thousand times more Southward then it was;
O that you were (my Lord) O that you were
Now in Black-Friers, or had a disguis'd eare,
Or you were Smith againe two houres to be
In Pauls next Sunday, at sull Sea at three;
There you should heare the Legends of each day,
The perills of your Inne, and of your way
Your enterprizes, accidents untill
You should arrive at Court and reach Madrill.
There should you heare how the States grandees •…•…out you,
With their twice diligence about you,
How one inviron'd Prince walkes with a guard,
Of Spanish spies, and his owne servants barr'd;
How not a Chaplaine of his owne may stay
When he would heare a Sermon preacht, or pray.
You would be hungry having din'd to heare
The price of victuall, and the scarcity there,
As if the Prince had ventured there his life
To make a samine, not to setch a wise.
Your Egges (which must be addle too) are deare
As English Capons, Capons as sheepe here.
No grasse for horse or cattle, for they say
It is not cut and made, grasse there growes hay,