All is done purely for the pay,—which, earned,

And not forthcoming at the instant, makes

Religion heresy, and the lord o' the land

Fit subject for a murder in his turn.

The patron with cut throat and rifled purse,

Deposited i' the roadside-ditch, his due,

Naught hinders each good fellow trudging home,

The heavier by a piece or two in poke,

And so with new zest to the common life,

Mattock and spade, plough-tail and wagon-shaft,