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IF this offend when yé peruſe, Pray, Reader, let this me excuſe, Myſell I only here accuſe, Who am the cauſe, That e'er ye had this piece of news To ſplit your jaws.

For had I right the gully guided, And wi' a wife my fell provided, To keep me frae that, wae betide it, That's kept to a', I'd ſtaid at hame, or near beſide it: Now that's awa'.

Be wiſer then, and do what's right, And mind your buſineſs wi' might, Left unexpected gloomy night Shou'd you ſerround, An' mingle a' your pleaſure bright Wi' grief profound.

And, bonny lasses, mind this rhyme, As true as three and ſax mak nine, If ye commit ye ken what crime, And turn unweel, There'll ſomething wamble in your wame, Juſt like an eel.