“To spare the aged would be kind:
However, see your search be legal;
And your authority—Is’t regal?
Else you are come on a fool’s errand,
With but a secretary’s warrant.
Besides, you promis’d me three warnings,
Which I have look’d for nights and mornings.
But, for that loss of time and ease,
I can recover damages.”
“I know,” cries Death, “that at the best,