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nor drown him, and the kintry he comes frae is a' het coals, he'd never burn, We'll gae to him in a civil manner, and ſee what he wants. Get out witty Eppie, and Lirgle-tail'd Nancy wi' the Bible and Pſalm. Book, So aff they came in a crowd, cither to kill the deil on catch him alive: and astusy came near the place, the aſs fell a-crying, which cauſed many of them to faint and run back Na, na, quo Willie that's no the deil's words at a' its my Lord's trumpeter routing on his braſs whiſtle. Willie ventured till he few be also twa lugs, Now, ſaid Willie; come forward an' haud him faſt, I ſee his twa horns; hech, ſirs, he has a white beard like an auld man. So they encloſed the poor aſs on all ſides, thinking it was the deil; but when wiſe Willie ſaw he had nae cloven feet he cried out, Scarna lads, this is not the deil, it's ſome living beaſt; its neither cow nor horſe. An what ist ther, Willie? Indeed quo