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5 A. Nothing but ale and ill wicked ves.

Q. How was it aboliſhed?

A. Becauſe thoſe that went to it ce would go to it no more.

Q. For what reaſon?

A. Becauſe there was no money to got for them, but fair barter, wife wife, and he who put away his fe for one fault, got another with o as bad.

Q What was the reaſon that in thoſe ys a man could put away his wife for ſfing the bed and not for ſh---g it?

A Becauſe he could ſhute it away ith his foot and lye down.

Q. What is the reaſon now a days at men court, caſt, marry, and re- arry ſo many wives, and keep but nly one in public at laſt?

A. Becauſe private marriages are ecome as common as ſmuggling, and ickolding the kirk no more thought than to ride a mile or two on his eighbour's mare! men get will and ale of wives, the beſt portion, and ropereſt perſon is preferred, the firſt eſt, the weak to the worst, and ſhe