A Woman With Child That Desired a Son, Which Might Prove a Preacher
A maiden of the pure Society,
Pray’d with a passing piety
That since a learned man had o’re-reacht her,
The child she went withall should prove [a] Preacher.
The time being come, and all the dangers past,
The Goodwife askt the Midwife
What God had sent at last.
Who answer’d her half in a laughter,
Quoth she the Son is prov’d a Daughter.
But be content, if God doth blesse the Baby,
She has a Pulpit where a Preacher may be.