⟨like⟩ a dog, which made me to run out curſing, before the miniſter had given the bleſſing: I then came ⟨home⟩ to my lodging-houſe, and then went to dinner with the goodman, and it being the cuſtom in ⟨that⟩ place to eat peaſe bread to their broth, and corn ⟨cakes⟩ to their fleſh, ſo the goodwife laid down a ⟨corn⟩ ſcone and a peaſe ſcone to the goodman, and ⟨the⟩ ſame to me, the peaſe one for the broth, and the ⟨corn⟩ one for the beef; and as the goodman and I ⟨ſat⟩ together, when he broke off a piece of the peaſe ⟨bread⟩ to his broth, I was ſure to break as much of the ⟨oat⟩ cake below, and when we came to eat the fleſh ⟨I⟩ did the ſame, ſo he ate the coarſe and I the fine.
PART III.
Travelled then weſt by Falkirk, by the foot of (illegible text) the great hills; and one night after I had got ⟨lodging⟩ in a farmer's houſe, there happened a ⟨contest⟩ between the goodman and his mother, he being ⟨a young⟩ man unmarried, as I underſtand, and formerly their ſowens had been too thin; ſo the goodman being a ſworn birly man of that barony, ⟨came⟩ to ſurvey the ſowers before they went on the ⟨fire⟩, and actually ſwore they were o'er thin, and ſhe ⟨ſwore⟩ by her conſcience they would be thick enough ⟨for ill⟩ hands, and ill een baed awa' frae them: А (illegible text)et be here mither, ſaid he, do ye think that I'm ⟨a witch⟩? Witch here or witch there, ſaid the wife, ⟨ſwearing⟩ by all her ſaul, and that was nae banning ſhe ⟨ſaid⟩, they'll be good ſubſtantial meat, a' what ſay ⟨ye⟩ chapman? indeed goodwife ſaid I, ſowens is but ⟨ſast⟩ meat at the beſt, but if ye make them thick ⟨eneugh⟩, and put a good lump of butter in them
