But first he gaed to his gude wyfe, Wi' a' the haste that he could thole- "This Wark," quo' he, "will ne'er gae weel, Without a mare that has a foal."
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
I may some day write the fate o' my first-born, for that famous Wark, "The Border Tales."
"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX"
Alexander Leighton
But awa wi' this-Et nunc labores exantlare-whilk means, to Wark, to Wark.
"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX"
Alexander Leighton