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Rh nights rest nor days peace, thinking about you: and you will not send me a favorable answer, I believe will gang dast a the gither for I am deeper in love with you now than ever I was: T will come to you thin, five days and set our marriage day for I lang early to be in bed with you, my dear, and ye will free from your master at the term of Whitsunday, and we shall be married very soon: No more from our dear love,W L.

Dear William,

OU need not fend more letters, you may come yoursel, as you said in your letter, if your affection be as great as you say, for I will not disappoint you: I will be free with my master within sea days, and we will marry very soon; No more from your love,BESSY GIBB.

Willie receives the answer of this letter, and tells a mither: Indeed, qouth Willie, I'll gang till her ysel and set the marriage day: but mither tell me this, will I meddle wi her the first night, think ye?

Mither. Indeed Willie, ony thing at ye like, but ye do meddle wi her, for my blessing gie her a did rattle, she will like you a‘ the better, man.

About three days after Willie goes back and sets a marriage day and brought his sweetheart home with him twa days before the marriage: they were ither to hae piper or fiddler at their wedding, but