Pyle, Whitby, Hammond—he refers to all.
Next they beheld his garden, fruitful, nice, 70
And, as he said, his little paradise.
In man and wife appear’d some signs of pride,
Which they perceived not, or they would not hide—
“Their honest saving; their good name, their skill; }
His honour’s land, which they had grace to till; }
And more, his favour shown, with all their [friends’] good will.” }
This past, the visit was with kindness closed,
And George was ask’d to do as he proposed.