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8 Roſie. I wad be very wae to ſee,

My lover tak the pet and die;

Therefore I am inclin'd to eaſe ye,

And do what in me lies to pleaſe ye:

But firſt, ere we conclude the paction,

Ye muſt perform ſome valiant action,

To prove the truth of what you've ſaid,

Elſe I, for you, ſhall die a maid.

Joukum. My deareſt jewel, gie't a name,

That I may win baith you and fame:

Shall I gae fight with foreſt bulls?

Or cleave down troops with thicker ſkulls?

Or ſhall I duck the deepeſt ſea,

And coral pou for beads to thee?

Penty the Pope upon the noſe,

Or p— upon a hundred beaus?

Rofie. In troth, dear lad, I wad be laith,

To riſk your life, or do you ſkaith;

Only employ your canny ſkill,

To gain and rive your Father's Will,

With the conſent of Birſs and Bawſy,

And I ſhall in my boſom hawſe ye,

Soon as the fatal Bonnets Three,

Are ta'en frae them and gi'en to me.

Jouk. Which to preſerve I gied my aith!

But now the cauſe is life and death,

I muſt, or with the Bonnet part,

Or twin with you and break my heart:

Sae, tho' the aith we took was awfu',

To keep it now appears unlawfu'.

Then, love, I'll anſwer your demands,

And fly to fetch them to your hands.