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Jan. De deil's i' the caries, for you and your miniſters are liars, when ye ſay it de deil it was helping Sandy and me to get de bairn.

Come, come, ſaid they, pay down the Kirk dues, aad come back to the tool the morn; the price is four pund, and a groat to the bell-man.

Jan. The auld thief ſpeed the darth o't ſir, far leſs might fair you and your bell-man b i h. O but this be a warld indeed, when poor honeſt fouk maun pay for making uſe o' their ain a-e: Ye miſca the poor deil a hint his back, and gies him de wyte of a' de ill in de kintry, baſtard bairns and every thing; and if it be fae as ye ſay, ye may thank the deil for that four pund and a groat I hae gien ye; that gars your pot play brown, and gets you jockey coats & purl-banded ſarks, an' white-headed