d hears him in the rustling wood, and sees
His course at distance by the bending trees;
And thinks--Here comes my mortal enemy,
And either he must fall in fight or I.

DRYDEN'S _Palamon and Arcite_.

Nay, never shake thy gory looks at me;
Thou canst not say I did it!

_Macbeth_.

XVII. MY FIRST AND LAST PLAY,

_Pla._ I' faith
I like the audience that frequenteth there
With much applause: a man shall not be chokt
With the stench of garlick, nor be pasted firm
With the barmy jacket of a beer-brewer.

_Bra._ 'Tis a good gentle audience, and I hope
The boys will come one day in great request.

_Jack Drum's Entertainment_, 1601.

Out cam the gudeman, and laigh he louted;
Out cam the gudewife, and heigh she shouted;
And a the toun-neibours gather'd about it;
And there he lay, I trow.

_The Cauldrife Wooer_.

XVIII. THE BARLEY FEVER: AND REBUKE,

Sages their solemn een may steek,
And raise a philosophic reek,
And, physically, causes seek,
In clime and season:
But tell me _Whisky's_ name in Greek,
I'll tell the reason.

BURNS.

XIX. THE AWFUL NIGHT,

Ha!--'twas but a dream;
But then so terrible, it shakes my soul!
Cold drops of sweat hang on my trembling flesh;
My blood grows chilly, and I freeze with horror,

_Richard the Third_.

The Fire-king one day rather amorous felt;
He mounted his hot copper filly;
His breeches and boots were of tin, and the belt
Was made of cast-iron, for fear it should melt
With the heat of the copper colt's belly.

Oh! then there was glitter and fire in each eye,
For two living coals were the symbols;
His teeth were calcined, and his tongue was so dry,
It rattled against them as though you should try
To play the piano on thimbles.

_Rejected Addresses_.

XX. ADVENTURES IN THE SPORTING LINE,

A fig for them by law protected,
Liberty's glorious feast;
Courts for cowards were erected,
Churches built to plea