"As near, I think, as I can tell,
A fortnight pass'd ere he was well;
When he thus wish'd me to make known
How his best thanks could best be shown.—
"'I now may tell, my saddle-bags
Held a rich bundle of those rags
Which, from the Bank, are issued forth,
As we all know, of precious worth,
And might have been a certain prize
Had they been seen by knavish eyes.