Death and Doctor Hornbook
“whare i kill'd ane, a fair strae-death,
by loss o' blood or want of breath
this night i'm free to tak my aith,
that hornbook's skill
has cd a score i' their st cith,
by drap an' pill.
“an ho wabster to his trade,
whase wife's twa nieves were scarce weel-bred
gat tippence-worth to mend her head,
when it was sair;
the wife sde ie to her bed,
but ne'er spak mair.
“a try ird had ta'ets,
or some curmurring in his guts,
his only son for hornbook sets,
an' pays him well:
the d, for twa guid gimmer
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