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 Jock. I wat weel I'm courting in earnest tell me what you hae, an we'll say nae mait but marry ither.

Mag. I'se tell you a' I ken o', whate'er my guidame gies ye's get it.

Jock. That's right, I want nae mair, 'tis an unco thing to marry a naked woman, and get naething but twa bare legs.

Mag. O Johnny, ye're in the right o't, for mony a ane is beguiled and gets naething, but my father is to gie me forty pound Scots that night I am married, a lade o' meal, a furlet o' groats: auld Crummie is mine since she was a calt, and now she has a stirk will tak the bill ere Beltan yet; h hae twa stane o' gude lint, and three pockfu's o' tow, a gude ca'f bed, twa bousters and three cods, with twa pair o' blankets, and a covering forby twa pair to spin, but my mither wadna gie me creesh to them, and ye ken the butter is dear now.

Jock. Then farewell the night, Maggy; the best o' friends maun part.

Mag. I wish you well, Johnny, but say nae mair till we be married. and then, lad, Hame gaed Maggy and telled her Mither.

Mag. O mither! hae something to tell ye. but ye maunna tell my father?

Mith. Dear Maggy and what is that?

Mag. Deed, Mith, I'm gaun to be married an the muck were out.

Mith. Dear, Maggy, and wha'st thou gaun to get, 'tis no auld bubly Tammie?