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 22 The History of Simple John

but poor John underwent a dreadful swabbing for this.

MISFORTUNE XI.

After the former hurry and beating being over, his work being stopr, h went to bed and sleept a’ that day an following night. On the next day having nothing to do, she sent him i search of a hen’s nest, who had ta’e some by-place to lay her eggs in; so a poor John was in an auld kill searching a’ about the walls, the kill-ribs brake, and down he goes with a vengeance into the logie, cutted and bruised him self in a terrible manner; up he coul not win, but had to creep out at th logie below, scarce able to get hame, his face and nose a’ running a blood. In this condition, she pitied and la mented for him very nr uch, tied hi sores and laid him in bed; then sat down very kindly, saying, “My dear, and my lamb, do ye think there is ony o’ your banes broken? and what par o' you is sairest? And what will I get