And country-houses, to pay debts.
Vain cost is shunn’d as much as fraud;
They have no forces kept abroad;
Laugh at th’ esteem of foreigners,
And empty glory got by wars; 330
They fight but for their country’s sake,
When right or liberty’s at stake.
Now mind the glorious hive, and see
How honesty and trade agree.
The show is gone, it thins apace; 335