About this time old Rayner, who had lost

His Friend’s advice, was by misfortune cross’d:

Some debtors fail’d, when large amounts were due,

So large, that he was nearly failing too;

But he, grown wary, that he might not fail,

Brought to in adverse gales, and shorten’d sail;

This done, he rested, and could now attend

The invitation of his distant Friend. 190

“Well! he would go; but not, indeed, t’ admire

The state and grandeur of the new-made Squire;