XLII + 

“I pledge you. Hum! and pledge my dearest love, + 

My Bertha!” “Bertha! Bertha!” cried the sage, + 

“I know a many Berthas!” “Mine’s above + 

All Berthas!” sighed the Emperor. “I engage,” + 

Said Hum, “in duty, and in vassalage, + 

To mention all the Berthas in the earth;⁠— + 

There’s Bertha Watson,⁠—and Miss Bertha Page,⁠— + 

This famed for languid eyes, and that for mirth,⁠— + 

There’s Bertha Blount of York,⁠—and Bertha Knox of Perth.” + 