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 all to come, went to the landlady to make up her loſs of having the lime piſh'd off her door-cheeks, and what we did not piſh, we ſcyth'd through our teeth, and gave the dogs the girt bits.

But at laſt our money ran ſhort, and the landlady had no chalk nor faith to credit us, ſeeing by our coats, courage and conduct, that we would little mind performance againſt the day of payment; ſo then we began to turn ſober, and wiſe behind the hand, every one of us to ſeek ſupply from another, and when we collected all the money we had amongſt us, on the table, it was fourpence halfpenny, which we lovingly divided amongſt us, but only three baubees a piece, and as Drouthy Tom's ſtock and mine was conjunct, we gave the quack again his ſhig ſtuff and ſtinking mugs, and he gave us our goods and pickles of hair, which we equally divided betwixt us, the whole of it only came to eighteen ſhillings and ſixpence prime coſt, and ſo we parted; I went for Eaſt Lothian, and Tom for the Weſt; but my ſorting of goods being very unſuitable for that country, I got but little or no money, which cauſed me to apply to the goodman for to get lodging, and it being upon a Saturday's night was hard to be found till late in the night, I prevailed to get ſtaying in a great farmer's houſe, about two miles from Haddington: they were all at ſupper when I came in; I was ordered to ſit down behind their backs, the goodwife then took a diſh, went round the ſervants, and collected a ſoup out of every cog, which was ſufficient to have ſerved three men; the goodwife ordered me to be laid in the barn all night for my bed, but the bully fac'd goodman