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 4 THE PROCEEDINGS OF

ance ere they he married, and no ha'e nae ill in thei minds.

Maggy. Aha Johnny, mony a ane has been beguil' wi' ance, and do it ance ye may do it always, what an w get a byſtart, and hae to ſuffer for the foul act of fornication.

Jockey. Ay, but my mither ſays, if I dinna get the wi' bairn, I'll no get thee; ſo it's the ſureſt way of wooing.

Maggy. Indeed, Johnny, I like you better nor ony la I ſee, and I ſhall marry you an ance my father's much were out, my mither downa wirk at the midden.

Jockey. Ah Maggy, Maggy, I'm fear'd ye beguil me, and then my mither will murther me for being ſ ſilly.

Maggy. My joe Jockey, tell your mither to provide things for the bridal, and I fill marry you in three uke after this, but we maun gie filler to the Precentor, a a groat an' a drink to the bellman, and then the Kirk wa's maun hear o't, three Sundays or it come.

Jockey. But Maggy, I am no to mak' a blin' bargai wi' you nor naebody, I maun ken o' a' your things, an y ye fall ken o' mine.

Maggy. I ken weel what I was to get, an gin my mither like the bargain weel, ſhe'll make it better; but a my father be angry at the match, I darena meet you to be married.

Jockey. I ſee na how he can be angry, I wat weel I'm a gay ſturdy fallow, whan I laid on a bow and five peck o' bear on the laird's Bawfey, an he as bilchy a beaſt as i in a' the baronry.

Maggy. Ay, but my mither is ay angry at ony body that evens themſelves to me, an it binna them ſhe likes indeed ſhe bade me tak' ony body if it were na auld tott'ring Taminic, for his beard is ay brown wi' ſucking tobacco, and ſlavers a' the breaſt o' his fecket.

Jockey. O Maggy! tak me an I'll tell you what I hae firſt, my father left me when he died, fifty merks, tw ſacks, twa pair o' funks, the hens and the gawn gea was to be divided between me and my mithet, and if ſh