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 COALMAN'S COURTSHIP. 15 like a ſhip againſt the wind, as if he would knock holes in the wa's an' win- dows wi' his elbow he looked as fierce his a lion ; wi' a red face like a trumps- seran' his noſe was like a bubblie cocks neb as blue as a blawart: but or he wan half way hame his head turn'd heavier, than bis heels, and mony a filthy fa'he gor; throʻthick and thin he plached till hame he gets at laſt, grunting an' grap- ing by the wa'i then kull Marry though it was their neighbours ſow, he was ſo be daubed wi' dirt, gets him to bed le was in a boiling barrel, fever, and poor Marry grat wi, grief. Sawny. Hech, hey, co' Sawny, but courting he a curſt wark an' coſtly an' marriage, be as mortifying and murder- ing, the de'il may be married for me. Mith. Wa' Sawny man, what's come o'er the now? thou haft gotten, ſkaith ſome auld wife has witcot thee or the deil has dung thee v'er in ſame dirty midden, where haft thou benzor that halt thou ſeen ? thy een reels like a vild cat, and the ſweat is hailing o'er thy noſe, thou's witclit thou's witcht, O man what will I do? Sawny. Bock, bock, co Sawny, but it coudna win up wi' bubbles and herrin