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hang about the fire: haith she's o'er gentle brought up to be a poor man's pennyworth.

Heigh how, quo Sawny, and tis e'en a great pity; for she's a weel far'd lusty hissy ; l hae a great kindness for her.

MATTY A-weel-a-wat she's no lingle-tail'd, she may be a caff bed to a good fallow, but in thou had seen me at her age, I was a sturdy grimmer ; there was nae a Hyne in a Dubby-side could lay a curpen to a creel wi' me : the fient a fallow in a Fife but i wad hae laid on the braid o' his back, and a' kis gear uppermost ; I was nae a chicken to chat- ter wi’ indeed laddie- for I had a flank like an ox, and a pair o' cheeks like a chapman's arse

SAWNY Nae doubt but ye had a pair o beefy buttocks, for your very cheeks hing like leather bags to this day; but I'll tell you what I'm gaun to tell you—do ye think that your Kate wad tak me an 1 would come to court her ?

MATTY. Take you ! laddie, take you ! a faith she'll tak you, for she wad a tane a poor button thing of a half blind taylor, wartna me, I've seen the day I wad carried him in my pouch. Wode I’se warrant her jump at you, like a fish at a fly ; wad I say tak you! an the winns tak you I'se tak you myself; but she and I kuest out the day bout her cock-