This hand shall tear your paper bonds to pieces;

Engross your deeds, assignments, leases,

My breath shall every line erase

Soon as I blow the blaze.'

The lawyers are met at the Crown and Anchor,

And Yamen's visage grows blanker and blanker;

The lawyers are met at the Anchor and Crown,

And Yamen's cheek is a russety brown:

Veeshnoo, now thy work proceeds;

The solicitor reads,