If right the man, the house was Swallow's own;
If wrong, his kindness and good-will were shown.
"Rogue!" "Villain!" "Scoundrel!" cried the losers all;
He let them cry, for what would that recall?
At length he left us, took a village seat,
And like a vulture look'd abroad for meat;
The Borough-booty, give it all its praise,
Had only served the appetite to raise;
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But, if from simple heirs he drew their land,