The wild Irish do say that they haunt the pools; and they do no manner of harm, sir, when you are coming up to them; but when you are past, sir, they jump on your back like to apes, sir,--and who can tackle that manner of fiend ?" "Why, then, by thine own showing, ancient," said Raleigh, "thou may'st go and see all safely enough, and then if the puck jumps on thee as thou comest back, just run in with him here, and I'll buy him of thee for a noble; or thou may'st keep him in a cage, and make money in London by showing him for a monster." "Good heavens forefend, Captain Raleigh! but you talk rashly! But if I must, Captain Leigh-- 'Where duty calls To brazen walls, How base the slave who flinches' Lads, who'll follow me ?" "Thou askest for volunteers, as if thou wert to lead a forlorn hope.
Pull away at the usquebaugh, man, and swallow Dutch courage, since thine English is oozed away.

Stay, I'll go myself." "And I with you," said Raleigh.

"As the queen's true knight-errant, I am bound to be behindhand in no adventure.

Who knows but we may find a wicked magician, just going to cut off the head of some saffron-mantled princess ?" and he dismounted.
"Oh, sirs, sirs, to endanger your precious--" "Pooh," said Raleigh.

"I wear an amulet, and have a spell of art-magic at my tongue's end, whereby, sir ancient, neither can a ghost see me, nor I see them.