WILSON. XVI. THE BLOODY CARTRIDGE, So stands the Thracian herdsman with his spear Full in the gap, and hopes the hunted bear; And 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 please the priest. _Jolly Beggars_.