⟨a⟩ muckle clear button to do it: Me, ſaid I, I never had ⟨ado⟩ with you a' the days of my life, and do not ſay that ⟨Sandy⟩ is mine: "A wae worth the body, am I ſaying ⟨ye⟩ had ado wi' me. I wadna hae ado wi' the like o' ⟨you,⟩ nor I am ſure, wi' them I never ſaw." But what ⟨about⟩ the button and the bane kame goodwife? Sannock ⟨is⟩ nae this the man! Ay is't cried the boy, gie me my ⟨button⟩, for I burnt the kame, and ſhe paid me for't. Gae ⟨awa⟩ ſir, ſaid I, your mother and you is but mocking me. ⟨It⟩ was either you or ane like you, or ſome other body. O goodwife, I mind who it is now, 'tis ane juſt like me, ⟨when⟩ ye ſee the tane ye ſee the tither, they ca' him Jock ⟨Jimpether⟩. A wae worth him, quo' the wife, if I winna ⟨thrapple⟩ him for my good bane kame. Now, ſaid I, ⟨goodwife⟩. be good, bridle your paſſion, and buy a bane ⟨came⟩ and a colour'd napkin, I'll gie you a whaken pennyworth will gar you ſing in your bed, if I ſhould ſell you ⟨the⟩ tae half, and gift you the tither, and gar you pay for every inch o't ſweetly or a' be done: Hech man, ſaid ⟨ſhe⟩, ye're a hearty fellow, and I hae need o' a' theſe ⟨things⟩, for our Sannock's ⟨head⟩ is a hotchen, and our John's is little better, for an let them alane but ae eight days, they'll grow as grit as ⟨groſets⟩. And here I ſold a bane kame and a napkin, for ⟨ſhe⟩ believed ſuch a douſe lad as I, had no hand in making ⟨her⟩ boy burn the bone comb.
The next houſe I came into there was a very little ⟨taylor⟩, ſitting on a table like a t--d on a truncher, with ⟨his⟩ legs plet over other, made me imagine he was a ſucking three footed taylor; firſt I ſold him a thimble, and ⟨then⟩ he wanted needles, which I ſhewed him one paper ⟨after⟩ another, he looking their eyes and trying their nebs ⟨in⟩ his ſleeve, dropt the ones he thought proper on the ⟨ground⟩ between his feet, where he ſat in a dark corner ⟨near⟩ the fire, thinking I would not perceive him: O, ſaid ⟨he,⟩ them needles of yours is not good man, I'll not buy ⟨any⟩ of them; I do not think you need, ſaid I, taking
