To gather to a somewhat large amount, he
Not calculating how much they condensed;
But what with keeping some, and breaking others,
His word had the same value as another's.
LXXII.
A friend to Freedom and freeholders—yet
No less a friend to Government—he held,
That he exactly the just medium hit
Twixt Place and Patriotism—albeit compelled,
Such was his Sovereign's pleasure, (though unfit,