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Fling aff your clouk, an’ follow me ; Come ben, an’ rest, an’ crack awee: ’Tis no sae aft ye come to see us, Ye’ll wait, and tak’ your dinner wi’ us: A’s ready, waiting on my comin’; Come ben, then Margret, honest woman.”

MARGRET.

“ Na, na, Sir! dinna speak o’ that, I’ll tak’ nae dinner, weel I wat: W'i’ gentle manners, (ye will grant it,) I’ve ever yet been unacquantit.”

MINISTER.

The manners that ye use at hame Use here, an’ banish fear an’ shame. The company’s but few, they’re wholly My Wife, a Preacher, Jess, and Polly: Ye’se tak’ your dinner or ye gang, Just do like me, ye’ll no gae wrang.”

To dine, at length, she was advis’d ; Gade glowrin’ ben like ane surpris’d ; Spread wide her gown, her head creeked; Confused and aukwardly she becked ; While rev’rend Mess John, kind and fair.