—Thus things went on;—then came the time,
(The truth e'en shames my humble rhyme)
When the Executor and Heir,
For one did both the titles share,
Appear'd to pay, in legal guise,
The wages and the legacies.
Quæ Genus, who had lately been
A favour'd actor in the scene,
Could not have guess'd at such disaster
From such a friend and such a master: