Thy mind dependent and thy heart unsound;

Hadst thou been poor, obsequious, and disposed

With any wish or measure to have closed;

Willing on me, and gladly, to attend,

The younger brother, the convenient friend:

Thy speculation its reward had made 390

Like other ventures—thou hadst gain’d in trade.

What reason urged, or Jacques esteem’d thy due,

Thine had it been, and I, a trader too,

Had paid my debt, and home my Brother sent,