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 ( 20 ) and drank de filler, and how his midder fell‘d mauky mutton an' mair nor a that, a fae did I een, my Lord. My Lord had a friend of his own, who was a cap-

tain in the army, who came to vifit him. and hearing of the Backers fayings and exploits, was defireous to put them in a fright, fent his fervant and ordered them, both men and women, to come up before his gate directly the morn about kail- time, and a' that did not come was to flit and remove out of my Lords Ground directly, this put the whole of them in a great terror, fome ran to Wife Willy to know what it mean‘d, Willy faid it was before fome thing, and he was fure that death fhould be the warft, o‘t come what will; but witty Eppie faid, I ken weel what‘s to come he‘s gaun to make the men o’ us fodgers and de wives draggons becaufe we‘re de beft fighters; I ken there is fomething to come on the town, for our Nanny faw Maggy's gaift the ftreen it was buried four ooks fyne ; a hech co‘ Willy that‘s a fign the meal is dear in the ither warld, when fhe comes to think ont again; we will tak our dinner or we go, we‘ll may be ne'er come back, again, fo away they went lamenting all in a crowd. My Lord and the captain were looking out at the window to them, the captain cries to them " To the right about, “ to which they anfwere, God blefs you my Lord, what does that man fay?' Then faid my Lord, turn your face to Maggy-mill heads, and your arfe to the fea; this they did in all hafte ? And what will we do now? faid Willy: no more, faid my Lord, but gang away home Willy ? O my bows, O my bleffing come oer your bonny face my Lord, I wifh you may never die