" `Now here, prepared to render thee the meed Of benefit then done to me, I stand;
For now, dismantled of my dragon weed, Vainly no grace of me wilt thou demand.
Even now, thrice richer art thou by my deed, Than when thou heirdst erewhile thy father's land:
Now will I that henceforth thou shalt be poor;
But wealth, the more 'tis spent, augment the more:
