2290'I'll mend highways, or hospitals repair,
Else build a college, and endow 't with mines.'
Thus did he build his castles in the air
For all's not cash that jingles, gold that shines;
His glassy coin [must] leap out of the mint
Ere on his brow the stamp did current print.
Thus was he gull'd, as once a king of France
Paid a French monsieur for a prancing steed—
Gave him a purse whose richness did enhance
Th' enclosèd gem, supposed a noble meed,