About the dismal change of Things,

There was no sooth in Fauner;

In the blest Reigns of former Kings,

When I was a Man of Honour.

I kept a Castle of my own,

With Land five Thousand Acres;

When old King Harry grac'd the Throne,

Before the Time of Quakers:

My Doors and Gates stood open Wide,

I lackt no Ring nor Runner;