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 6 CHRIST'S KIRK Canto I

For he eſcap'd through mights of Mary, As ade that nae ill mean'd, But good that day.

Then Lawrie like a lion lap, And ſoon a ſlane can ſedder; He heicht to pierce him at the pap, Thereon to wad a wedder! He hit him on the wame a wap, It buſt like ony bladder; But ſae his fortune was and hap, His doublet made of leather, Sav'd him that day.

The buff ſae boiſt rouſly abaiſt him, He to the earth duſht down; The tither man for dead then left him, And fled out of the town. The wives came furth, and up they reſt him, And fawn life in the lown; Then wi' three routs on's arſe they rais'd him, And curd him out of ſwoon, Frae hand that day.

Wi' forks and fails they lent great flaps, And flang together like friggs; Wi' bougers of barns they beſt blew caps, While they of bairns made briggs. The reir'd raiſe rudly with the raps, When rungs were laid on riggs: The wives came forth with cries and claps, See where my liking liggs Fou low this day.

They girned and let gird wi' grains Ilk goſſip other griev'd ;

90. A ſlane can ſedder.) Feathered an arrow. 92. Wad a wedder.) He wagered a wedder he would pierri him at the pap. 107. Bongers.) Rafters. 111. My liking liggs.). My ſweetheart lies on the ground.