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 they'll do very well for a ſupper; I true ſae, lad, ſaid ſhe, ye hae ſome fense, ſo the old woman put on the pot with the ſowens, and went to milk her cows, leaving me to ſteer; the goodman her ſon, as ſoon as ſhe went out, took a great cog full of water and put it into the pot amongst the ſowens, and then went out of the houſe, and left me alone: I conſidering what ſort of a piſh-the-bed ſupper I was to get if I ſtaid there, thought fit to ſet out, but take up a pitcher with water, and fill's up the pot it was running over, and then takes up my pack and comes about a mile farther that night, leaving the honest woman and her ſon, to ſup their watery witcht ſowens, at their leiſure.

I then turned toward the east, through a place called Slamannan, and was lodged one night near place called Tod's Bughts, where there was a boul-horned goodwife, but a very civil goodman; when I went in, ſhe took up a diſh from the dog, wherein was a few he had left, and with a collection more from other cogs, ſhe offered them to me, which I refuſed;, 'm ſaid ſhe, ye're a lordly ſort of a chapman indeed; ſo I began to divert the goodman, by telling him a deal of fine ſtories to make him laugh but could not get near the fire; at laſt I ſaid, O goodwife, I'll tell you news, ay chapman, what's that, ſaid ſhe? indeed my feet's very cauld, ſaid whereat they all laught but the goodwife, ſhe  until the reſt was done, and then took a laugh at herſelf: So the goodman ordered all the Johnnie Jamies, and Jennies with their wheels to ſit about then I was ſet beyond the fire, and preferred to  their ſowens, but when they were ready and put  in diſhes, the goodwife ordered one of the lads  take a pair of blankets and two ſacks, and  me where I was to lie in the barn: Ho, ho,  I, there's no supper for me, but I'll remember