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weel pay’d skins as I hae gotten, ye wad a kend what it is; ill chance on you sir; and out he goes cursing like a madman, throwing stanes, and breaking the Min- ister’s windows,for which he was catch’d, and put awa hours in the stocks, and at last his lump of Corruption came and rubbed his lugs, threw his nose, got him out, and drove him home before her; took a resolution, never to set him about any business in time coming, but keep him on his loom.

MISFORTUNE X.

Now she gave him no sleep a’ that night for scolding. John gat up in the morning lang or day, leaving his Tormentor in bed; fell asleep upon his loom, with the candle in his hand, and so set the web, heddles, reed, and trea- dle-cords in a fire, by chance his old Viper looked out of the bed, or the whole house had been gone. Up she got, and wish her cries alarm’d the neighbourhood, who came to her relief;