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nor drown him, and the kintry he comes frae, is a' het coals, he'd never burn: We'll gae till him in a civil manner and see what he wants. Get out Witty Eppie and lingle-tail'd Nancy wi' the Bible and Sang-Book, So aff they came in a crowd, either to kill the deil or catch him alive: and as they came near the place, the ass fell a crying, which caused many of them to faint and main back. Na, na, co' Willie, that's no the deil s words at a', its my Lord's trumpeter routing on his brass whistle. Willie ventured till be saw the asses twa lugs, Now said Willie, come forward an haud him fast, I see his twa horns, Hech, sirs, he has a white beard like an ald man. So they inclosed the poor ass on all sides, thinking it was the deil; but when Wise Willie saw he had nae cloven feet, he cried out, Scarna lads, this is nae the deil, it's some living beast; its neither cow nor horse. An what is't then, co Eppie. Indeed co'