Old Mortality, volume 1.
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"Do ye na ken, woman, that ye are bound to be liege vassals in all hunting, hosting, watching, and warding, when lawfully summoned thereto in my name? Your service isnot gratuitous. I trow ye hae land for it. --Ye're kindly tenants; hae acot-house, a kale-yard, and a cow's grass on the common. --Few hae beenbrought farther ben, and ye grudge your son suld gie me a day's servicein the field?" "Na, my leddy--na, my leddy, it's no that, " exclaimed Mause, greatlyembarrassed, "but ane canna serve t...wa maisters; and, if the truth maune'en come out, there's Ane abune whase commands I maun obey before yourleddyship's. I am sure I would put neither king's nor kaisar's, nor onyearthly creature's, afore them. " "How mean ye by that, ye auld fule woman?--D'ye think that I order onything against conscience?" "I dinna pretend to say that, my leddy, in regard o' your leddyship'sconscience, which has been brought up, as it were, wi' prelaticprinciples; but ilka ane maun walk by the light o' their ain; and mine, "said Mause, waxing bolder as the conference became animated, "tells methat I suld leave a'--cot, kale-yard, and cow's grass--and suffer a', rather than that I or mine should put on harness in an unlawfu' cause, " "Unlawfu'!" exclaimed her mistress; "the cause to which you are called byyour lawful leddy and mistress--by the command of the king--by the writof the privy council--by the order of the lordlieutenant--by the warrantof the sheriff?" "Ay, my leddy, nae doubt; but no to displeasure your leddyship, ye'llmind that there was ance a king in Scripture they ca'd Nebuchadnezzar, and he set up a golden image in the plain o' Dura, as it might be in thehaugh yonder by the water-side, where the array were warned to meetyesterday; and the princes, and the governors, and the captains, and thejudges themsells, forby the treasurers, the counsellors, and thesheriffs, were warned to the dedication thereof, and commanded to falldown and worship at the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
"Do ye na ken, woman, that ye are bound to be liege vassals in all hunting, hosting, watching, and warding, when lawfully summoned thereto in my name? Your service isnot gratuitous. I trow ye hae land for it. --Ye're kindly tenants; hae acot-house, a kale-yard, and a cow's grass on the common. --Few hae beenbrought farther ben, and ye grudge your son suld gie me a day's servicein the field?" "Na, my leddy--na, my leddy, it's no that, " exclaimed Mause, greatlyembarrassed, "but ane canna serve t...wa maisters; and, if the truth maune'en come out, there's Ane abune whase commands I maun obey before yourleddyship's. I am sure I would put neither king's nor kaisar's, nor onyearthly creature's, afore them. " "How mean ye by that, ye auld fule woman?--D'ye think that I order onything against conscience?" "I dinna pretend to say that, my leddy, in regard o' your leddyship'sconscience, which has been brought up, as it were, wi' prelaticprinciples; but ilka ane maun walk by the light o' their ain; and mine, "said Mause, waxing bolder as the conference became animated, "tells methat I suld leave a'--cot, kale-yard, and cow's grass--and suffer a', rather than that I or mine should put on harness in an unlawfu' cause, " "Unlawfu'!" exclaimed her mistress; "the cause to which you are called byyour lawful leddy and mistress--by the command of the king--by the writof the privy council--by the order of the lordlieutenant--by the warrantof the sheriff?" "Ay, my leddy, nae doubt; but no to displeasure your leddyship, ye'llmind that there was ance a king in Scripture they ca'd Nebuchadnezzar, and he set up a golden image in the plain o' Dura, as it might be in thehaugh yonder by the water-side, where the array were warned to meetyesterday; and the princes, and the governors, and the captains, and thejudges themsells, forby the treasurers, the counsellors, and thesheriffs, were warned to the dedication thereof, and commanded to falldown and worship at the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music.
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