And this is all a thankless town will give.
I, who have raised the credit of that town,
And gave it, thankless as it is, renown—
Who’ve done, what no man there had done before,
Now hide my head within an Alms-house door— 140
Deprived of all—my wife, my wealth, my vote,
And in this blue defilement——Curse the Coat!”
TALE XII.
THE BROTHER BURGESSES.
I.
Two busy Brothers in our place reside,