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;