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 Comical Tranfactions of Lothian Tom.21 low the cow’s wame, then he loofes out his money, and puts it in his own pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin o’er the cow’s back, accordingly as he told her, fay- ing, ' Now Wife, you have your cow and I ‘ my money, and fhe’ll never fuck herfelf in ‘ my aught, as I told you:’ ‘O dole,’ cried the Wife, ‘ is that your cure, ye’ve cheated ‘ me! ye’ve cheated me !’

PART VI.

TOM being very fcarce of money at a time when his rent was to pay, and though he was well acquainted with the butchers in Edinburgh, he tried feverals of them, yet none of them would lend him as much, he was known to be fuch a noted fharper, Tom thinks with himfelf, that he would give them all a bite in general, who had refufed him: So in he comes next day, (and all of them had heard of a fine fat calf he had feeding) comes to one of the butch- ers, and tells him. he was going to fell the fat calf he had at home. Well, faid the butcher, and what will you have for it? juft five and thirty fhillings, fays Tom: No, fays the butcher, by what I hear of it, I will give you thirty. Na, na, fays Tom, you muft remember that is not the price of it, I but give me twenty fhillings juft now, and I fend out your lad to morrow, and we’ll per-