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6 ther beasts, or gia ye be aun ony pen- ny, let somebody tak them up o' des- perate debt, I sud flie the fykes frae them, they anger'd you, and sham'd you baith with their bastards, a wheen daft jades it gets, men or they be mar- ried, and bairns or they get bridals. Goodwife.) A wat weel that's true lad. Girzy.) A weel, John, then, will ye tak me; I hae nae bastards; how will you and I do? John.) I wat na gin ye be able to get a bastard yet ye may hae some waur faut; but ye maun be my penny-worth, for ye're unco little, and I'm o'er muc- kle, and gin ye and I war ance carded through ither, we may get bonny weans o' a middlen mak. I hae nae fauts to ye, but ye hae a high breast, a humph back, a short neck, and high shouthers, the hands and legs may do, tho' your mouth be a wee to the tae side, it will lie weel to the rock, and I hae a han- tle o' tow to spin, will be baith sarks and sacks till us, ye'll be my soncy dauty, up and down; a perfect beauty, Wi' cats yellow een, black brous, and