Death and Doctor Hornbook
on the bane,
but did nae mair.
“hornbook was by, wi' ready art,
an' had sae fortify'd the part,
that when i looked to my dart,
it was sae blunt,
fient haet o't wad hae pierc'd the heart
of a kail-runt.
“i drew my scythe in sic a fury,
i near-hand cowpit wi' my hurry,
but yet the bauld apothecary
withstood the shock;
i might as weel hae tried a quarry
o' hard whin rock.
“ev'n them he a get attended,
altho' their face he ne'er had kend it,
just—in a kail-bde, an' sent it,
as soon
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