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Mither. Wa, Sawny, man, thou's a fool, an' that's a fau't: an' every ane were as (illegible text)asy about women as thou is, the warld wad be a wilderness in a wee time; there wad be nae body to inhabit the earth but brute beasts, cats and dogs wad be worrying ither, and every thing gae to confusion: Gae to the courting ye dog it ye are, and either do something or naething at a'.
END OF THE FIRST PART.
The other two Parts give an account of his behaviour in Courtship with the Bride, the Wedding, Spening of the Blankets, &c.
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PART II.
Up got Sawny in the morning, and swallowed o'er his sodden meat, flag by flag; and all he goes to the coals and the courting (illegible text)ing and singing like a lav'rock in a May mornin', "O to be marry'd if this be the day” The Colliers wonder'd a' to see him (illegible text)e well bulket, wi' a pair o' wally-side auld fashioned breeks o' his father's, and a lang cravate, like a minister, or Baillie Duff at
