Charles II. of Spain, to His Prime Minister

Medina Ceti, you well know
Our treasury is sadly low,
And I have scarcely in my pocket
Enough to buy the queen a locket.

Now surely out of twenty-one
Burnt heretics, 'twere better done
To have put under every man
And woman a wide dripping-pan ;

We might have lighted, had we done so,
The Virgin and Saint Ildefonzo.