And all th’ inferior officers,
The change was great; for frugally
They now liv’d on their salary:
That a poor bee should ten times come
To ask his due, a trifling sum, 310
And by some well-hir’d clerk be made
To give a crown, or ne’er be paid,
Would now be call’d a downright cheat,
Though formerly a perquisite.
All places manag’d first by three, 315