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(7) Slockned now, refreſh'd and talking

In cam Meg (weel ſkill'd to pleaſe)

“Sirs! ye're ſurely tyr'd wi' walking:

" Ye maun taſte my bread and cheeſe.”

Thanks quo' Will;—I canna tarry

"Pick mirk night is ſetting in,

" poor thing's! her lane and eery

“I maun to the road and run.”

Hoot! quo' Tam what's a' the hurry?

Hame's now, ſearce a mile o' gate

Come! ſit down—Jean winna wearie:

Lord! I'm ſure its no ſae late!

Will o'ercome wi' Tam's oration,

Baith fell to and ate their fill,

“ Tam! quo' Will in meer diſcretion

" We maun hae the ."

After ae gill cam anither

Meg ſat cracking 'tween them twa,

Bang cam in and's brither,

and.

Neebors wha ne'er thought to meet here,

Now ſat down wi? double glee,

Ilk gill aye grew ſweet and ſweeter;

Will gat hame 'tween and.

Jean, poor thing! had lang been greetin;

Will neiſt mornin blam'd ,

But ere lang, an Owkly meetin

Was ſet up at Maggic Howe's,