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 COALMAN'S COURTSHIP. 13 Matty. Take you laddie, take you, 2 faith ſhe'll tak you for ſhe wad a tane a poor button thing of a half blind tay- lor wartna me, a poor blind ſcabbit like creature it was, I've ſeen the day I wad carried it in my pouch: Wode I'fe war- rant her jump at you, like a fiſh at a fly, wode I ſay tak you, an ſhe winna tak you. I'fe tak you myſel; but ſhe Jan I cuſt out the day about her cock ups and black caps, gar'd me ſay fae meikle o' her, but the's my foncy dawty for a that, well-a-wat ſhe's a well matur- ed laſſie, an' gin ſhe turn an ill natured wife I cannot tell. Sawny. A well then, I'll venture on her as ſhe is, for my mither's pleas'd an' ye're pleas'd, an I'm pleas'd, a'n gin the be pleas'd, wode am fire to get her, an' the taylor has ne bridled her, Ar tane a trying trot o' her Matty But Swany man, I'll tell you what we'll do, I'll hame and broach her the night on't, an' come ye the morn, we'll make it ful fart in a wee time, to thou's get mair tocher than a Cramon Gamon 'to gamon, ſhe has baith blankets and ſheets, a covering and twa cods o caff, a caff-bed and bowſter, and hear'it