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Death and Doctor Hornbook (第2/4页)
ething 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 come 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 designed to 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 bargain be't; come, gie's your hand, an' sae we're gree't; we'll ease our shanks an tak a seat— come, 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 maun death. “sax thousand years are near-hand fled sin' i was to the butching 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 clachan, deil mak his king's-hood in spleuchan! he's grown sae weel acquaint wi' buchan 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 gallant heart; 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 gan