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Death and Doctor Hornbook (第2/4页)
but hing spak; at length, says i, “friend! whare ye gaun? will ye go back?” it spak right howe,—“my name is death, but be na fley'd.”—h i, “guid faith, ye're maybe e to stap my breath; but tent me, billie; i red ye weel, tak care o' skaith see, there's a gully!” “gudeman,” quo' he, “put up your whittle, i'm no desigo try its mettle; but if i did, i wad be kittle to be mislear'd; i wad na mind it, no that spittle out-owre my beard.” “weel, weel!” says i, “a bargai; e, gie's your hand, an' sae we're gree't; we'll ease our shanks an tak a seat— e, gie's your news; this while ye hae been mony a gate, at mony a house.” “ay, ay!” quo' he, an' shook his head, “it's e'en a lang, lang time indeed sin' i began to nick the thread, an' choke the breath: folk maun do something for their bread, an' sae mauh. “sax thousand years are near-hand fled sin' i was to the butg bred, an' mony a scheme in vain's been laid, to stap or scar me; till ane hornbook's ta'en up the trade, and faith! he'll waur me. “ye ken hornbook i' the cla, deil mak his king's-hood in spleu! he's grown sae weel acquaint wi' bu and ither chaps, the weans haud out their fingers laughin, an' pouk my hips. “see, here's a scythe, an' there's dart, they hae pierc'd mony a galla; but doctor hornbook, wi' his art an' cursed skill, has made them baith no worth a f-t, damn'd haet they'll kill! “'twas but yestreen, nae farther gane,