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 22   The History of Simple John

the neighbourhood, who came to his relief, but poor John underwent dreadful swabbing for this.

M I S F O R T U N E      XI.

After the former hurry and beatin being over, his work being stopt, he went to bed and sleept a’ that day, and following night, on the next day ha- ving nothing to do, she sent him in search of a hen’s nest, who had ta’en some by-place to lay her eggs in, so a poor John was in an anld kill search- ing a’ about the walls, the kill-ribs; brake, and down he goes with a ven- geance into the logie, cutted and brui- sed hirnfelf in g terrible manner, up he could not win, but had to creep out at the logie below, scarce able to get hame, his face and nose a’ run- ning o’ blood, in this condition, she pitied and lamented for him very much, tied his sores and laid him in bed, then sat down very kindly, say- ing,, “ My dear, and my lamb, do ye “ think there is ony o’ your banes “ broken ! and what part o’ you is                        "fairest