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( 20 ) ſays he, you ſhould not ſpeak ill of my Lady, for the hears you very well. O deed, my Lord, I hae nae mind o'dat. A-well then, ſaid he, drink to me, or them you like beſt. Then, ſays the bride, There's to you a' de gidder, a- o'er bead:-well done, ſaid my Lord.

Dinner being over, my Lord deſir'd the bride to dance. Indeed, my Lord, ſaid me, I canna dance ony, but I'll gar my wame wallop fornent your's, and than we'll rin round about as fall's we can. Very well, bride, ſaid he, that will juſt do; we ſhall nei her k ſs, nor ſhake hands; but I'll bow, and ye'll beck to me, and ſo have done.

Now, after dinner and dancing, my Lord advis'd the bride to be a good neighbour, and 'gree with every body round about. I wat weel, my Lord, ken I ne'er caſt out wi' ony body, but lang Pate o' the Pans, an he had a de wite o't; he began wi' heiteng an mocking me wi Sandy, de black ſtanes, an de craks holes where de wean was gotten; an than it turned a hubbub an a culley-ſhangy, an or e'er ye could kiss my a-, my Lord, we was aboon ither on the muſſel-midden. I trow I tell'd him o' Randy Rab, his uncle; his titty, it ſteal'd my ſarks, an drank de filler; an how his midder fal'd maucky mutton an mair than a' that, ſae did I e'en, my Lord.

My Lord had a friend of his own, who was a captain in the army, who came to viſit him, and hearing of the Buckers' ſayings and exploits, was deſirous to ſee them; and my Lord