goodman? come in by, ye's get a night o' our barn ⟨yet.'⟩ Thanks to you goodwife, an we ſud get nae mair. ⟨I⟩ then being preferred to my old ſeat, and got the ⟨ſowens⟩ to ſtir, until they were near ready, when the ⟨goodwife⟩ ordered the lad to take the old blankets, and ſhew ⟨me to⟩ my bed in the barn; I then gave the ſowens the ⟨last⟩ turn, and having about the bigneſs of a nut of C--l ⟨S--p⟩, drops it into the pot, then went off to bed in the ⟨barn as⟩ faſt as I could, and made faſt both the doors within, ⟨leſt⟩ the bewitched ſowens, out of the pot, ſhould attack ⟨me⟩ in my ſleep. Next morning when I came in, the ⟨goodwife⟩ began to pray for herſelf and all that ſhe had, ⟨ſaying⟩, "It's Wedneſday thro' a' the warld, and good ⟨be between⟩ you and me, chapman, for ye're either a ⟨witch or⟩ a warlock, or ſomething that's no canny, for ye ⟨witcht⟩ our ſowens laſt night, for they gaed mad; raged out ⟨o'⟩ the pot, belling and bizzing like barm, I thought ⟨they⟩ wad run out to the barn to you, ſee how they fill'd ⟨up⟩ my milk-tub, and a' the diſhes in the houſe is fu' ⟨o'⟩ them." Dear goodwife, ſaid I, they were very ⟨good⟩ when I left them, tho' I did not prie them, and I ⟨wiſh'd⟩ them as much good of them as I got, but certainly ⟨they⟩ are not witcht, but a bleſſing in them, when they ⟨are ſo⟩ multiplied. 'Gae awa', cryed ſhe in a paſſion, ⟨ye're⟩ no canny, ye's ne're be here again." I need not ⟨value⟩ that, ſaid I, for I have nothing to thank you for, but ⟨my⟩ dinner, ſupper, and breakfaſt, and for a night of ⟨your⟩ barn, I'll pay it when I come back: "Ay, ay, ſaid ⟨ſhe⟩, you need not thank me for what ye did not get." That no my fault goodleſs-goodwife, ſaid I, proſperity to you and your witch'd ſowens.
The next little town I came to, and the firſt ⟨houſe⟩ which I entered, the wife cryed out, 'Plague on ⟨your⟩ ſnout ſir, ye filthy black-guard chapman like b---h ⟨is⟩ are, the laſt time ye came here, ye gard our Sandy ⟨burn⟩ the good bane kame it I gaide a sax-pence for in ⟨Falkirk,⟩ ay did ye ay, ſae did ye een, and ſaid ye wou'd gie ⟨him⟩
