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 When ye’r marriage day will be, an’ dinna ſet aſſ time. Willie Indeed, mither, I’ll ſen’ her a letter, for I’ve little time to gang there ev’ry day. After twa day;, Willie ſends her a love-letter, and this is the copy of the letter.

Dear Beſſy, HIS comes wi’ my ſincere love an’ affection to you, hoping ye’ll lo’e me ay the better, when ye road theſe lines: An’ dinna diſappoint me for I’ve gotten little ſleep this twa nights, thinking an’ dream- ing about ye: I hope ye’ll lat nae ither man grow O’er thrang wi’ you, till I ſee you again: whan the nearer comes wi’ this letter, he ſays he’ll ha’e a kiſs, ye may gi’e him ane but nae mair: I wis we had that merry night, fan we’ll get leave to kiſs ane anither an’ nae body to ſee or hear: It was a pity we didna marry at martinmas, we wad ha’e gotten the lang night to kiſs ane anither: My dear love, There is bat only ane, an' ye are only he, That lo’es but only he, an’ ye are only ſhe: Requite me wi’ the ſame, and ſay bat unto me, I lo’e bat only ane, an’ ye are only he! Sen’ me an anſwer wi’ the bearer. Nae mair frae ye’re ſincere lover,-WILLIAM LAWSON. May 2, 1793.

Dear William, l Canna write, but I ſent this few lines wi’ a friend to lat you ken that I am deeply in love wi’ ye, an’ l ſhall na diſappoint ye: Yours is the firſt love lettor that e’er I gat: Nae mair from your dear an’ affec- tionate lover till death,BESSY GIBB.

But about eight days after, Willie ſent another letter to his ſweet-heart, and this is the copy of his ſecond letter

Dear Beſſy, HIS comes to let you know, that I am deeply ſmitten in love wi’ you, for I can neither get