Had travers'd Egypt, Greece, and Rome,And brought a heap of trump'ry home;It surely must provoke your laughter,He scarcely ever saw them after.At length, one night replete with evil,The dice together with the devil,Join'd issue with the sons of fraud,And I appear'd again abroad,The large estate, a father's care,Bequeath'd a most ungracious heir,The hand of usury had seiz'd,And most unmercifully squeez'd:From thence no succours could arise,No pleasing hope of new supplies;Yet debts of honor all must pay,Or they again can never play.Many and artful were the waysHis lordship try'd a sum to raise;At first, he claim'd the promis'd placeHe earn'd by pimping for his grace:0