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COMICAL HISTORY And his Twelve Misfortunes. was a widow's son, and a coarse country weaver to his trade. He made nothing but such as canvas for caff-beds, corn and coal sacks, drugget and harn was the finest webs he could lay his fingers to; he was a great lump of a lang, lean lad, aboon sax feet afore he was aughteen years auld; and, as he said himsel, he grew sae fast, and was in sic a hurry to be high, that he did not stay to bring a' his judgment with him. but, yet he hoped it would follow him, and he would meet wi't as mony a ane does after they're married. He had but ane sister, and she was married on Sleeky Willie, the wylie weaver: his mither was a rattling rattle-scul'd wife, and they lived a' in ae houses and everbody held them as a family of fools. When John came to man