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it thou is? an' if they warna baith ae man's mak I wa think naething o't; for they warna a needle o' diffe between their dadies, an' what war they baith but tw ſtecket taylors at the beſt? ye had as good a gane ham an' a counted your bow-kail ſtocks, as come here t count kindred wi' me.

Jock. Hout awa daft witleſs wives, I kenna wha you're flyting about, I wed rather ſee the wean gin i be ony thing wally and like the warld.

Mar. Indeed fall ye, John, you'll ſee your ain picture for little filler, a muckle mouth't haverel it is juſ like yourſel.

The child is preſented.

Jock. Mither, mither, it has a muckle mouth ju like mine, an' ſees wi' haith ot sain een, an bit five day auld yet.

Moth. Dear Johny, thou's no wife man, wad tu ha the wean to be blin, the poor thing ſaw what it w new born.

Jock. A what ken I mither, am no fae weel ſkill'd the howdies an' them that's ay h b ling wears: but thought they had a been like the wee bits; whalpi nine nights auld before they had ſeen ony.

Moth. Awa, awa ye witleſs widdy n', comparing beaſt till a woman's ain bairn: a dog is a brute beaſt an' a wean is a chriſen'd creature.

Jock. Na mither, its to a chriſen'd creature yet, ſ his has neither gotten the words nor the water, nor little do I ken how to ca't yet.

Mar. I wat well it's a very uncanny thing to ke at out a houſe, or yet t' meet in a morning, a hod wanting a name.

Moth. Hout, tour ay, ye it's auld wives is ay fu' rits an' religious faſhions, them that looks to frit frits follow them, but it is ſix and thirty years ſince was a married wife, an' I never kind a ſabbath day b anither ane, mony a time till the bell rang.

Mar. Dear guidwife what needs ye ſpeak ſo loud? right the wean wi' crying fae, ſee as it ſtarts.

Moth. Ay, ay, the byſtarts is a' that way, but ke e the reaſon o' that?