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The MINISTER and Mussel-Mou’d HARRIE.
Mussel-Mou'd Harrie, the skull-maker, whose lug
was nail’d to a tree near my Lord’s garden, for cut- ting young saughs, for to make creels and skulls of. He assumed a head dress as he had been a devil, and went and play’d his tricks in the night time, which frighted the whole town until the time he was catch- ed by my Lord’s piper. He was then sent for to the minister, and was obliged to put on his frightful dress with the appearance of two horns on his head; the minister rebuked him, but he had the assurance to tell the minister, that he only frighted his own town, but that he frighted the whole parish, by telling them to repent or be d----d, this is your gate o’t sir; so I made them repent by, fright, and I think I sud be paid by your honour for't, as you tell me sir about my Lord’s saughs which I suffered for, if your honour's lug had been there, you could not get off so easy, for sir, your lug is as lang as my grey cats, so I bid you farewell until our next meeting.
F I N I S.
