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What say ye till’t goodman? How mony dochters hae ye? Are they a' married yet? I fain wad tak a look of some them gin ye like. A wow, said the good wife, come in my honest lad and rest yo an’ ye be a woer, sit down and gie's snuff; adeed, goodwife, I hae nae (illegible text)mi but my mither's, and it's at hame; a wha win ye, I'se no ken ye; I wat quoth (illegible text)P my name's Tom Sandyman, they ca' (illegible text)me simple Tom the sack-wearer; I hae n tocher but my loom, a pirn wheel, a (illegible text)ken the pat, a brass pan, twa piggs, four (illegible text)cows and a candlestick, a good cock, a cat, twa errocks new begun to lay. My sister Sarah is married on Sleeky Willie, (illegible text)the wylie weaver, and I maun hae a (illegible text)hag-wife or my mither die, for truly she's very frail, and ony harl о' health she has is about dinner time ; what say ye till’t goodman, can ye buckle me or no?
Goodman. A dear Tom, ye're in (illegible text) unco haste, ye wadna hae a wife hame wi' ye? they're a' three before ye, which o' them will ye tak? Hout tout says Tom ony o' them will sair me,but my mither says there's twa o' them has fauts. All what is their fauts said the goodwives Hout, said Tom, it's no meikle faut,(illegible text)But
