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Rh from whisky, and whisky from him; except that night he trystet the pair of free stone breeches from Joseph the mason; and now my dear Bessy he's got them, he's got them, for a free stone covers his body, holds him down, and will do; and now, now, my dainty thing, my bonny thing, my best match for matrimony, come take me now, or tell me now, I'm in an anger, I'll wait nae langer, I say be clever, either now or never, it's a rapture of love which does me move, I'll have a wife, or by my life, if she should be blind and cripple, l'll sell my win', for her meat and fun, the like ne'er gade down her thrapple; so now Bessy I love you, and my love lies upon you, and if you love not me again, some ill chance come upon you, as I'm flyting free, I'm both in love and banter, or may your rumple rust for me, I've sworn it by my chanter.

. Certain clown, named Roger, loved the chimney-corner so much better than a church-pew, that he constantly passed his Sundays in it. It was so long since he had attended divine service, that he scarce remembered the colour of the parson's cassock. His wife, who heartily wished his absence was more frequent, took occasion one