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Said James, “Ye offer very fair;
“The bargain's hadden, sae nae mair.”
“The bargain's hadden, sae nae mair.”
Then thrice he shook a willow wand;
With kittle words thrice gave command;
That done, wi' look baith learn’d and grave,
Said, “Now ye'll get what ye wad have;
“Twa bottles of as nappy liquor
“As ever ream’d in horn or bicker,
“Behint the ark that hauds your meal,
“Ye’ll find two standing corkit weel.”
He said, and fast the miller flew,
And frae their nest the bottles drew;
Then first the scholar’s health he toasted,
Whase art had gart him feed on roasted;
His father’s neist,———and a’ the rest
Of his good friends that wish’d him best;
Which were o’er langsome at the time,
In a short tale to put in rhime.
With kittle words thrice gave command;
That done, wi' look baith learn’d and grave,
Said, “Now ye'll get what ye wad have;
“Twa bottles of as nappy liquor
“As ever ream’d in horn or bicker,
“Behint the ark that hauds your meal,
“Ye’ll find two standing corkit weel.”
He said, and fast the miller flew,
And frae their nest the bottles drew;
Then first the scholar’s health he toasted,
Whase art had gart him feed on roasted;
His father’s neist,———and a’ the rest
Of his good friends that wish’d him best;
Which were o’er langsome at the time,
In a short tale to put in rhime.
Thus while the miller and the youth
Were blythely slockening of their drouth,
Bess, fretting, scarcely held frae greeting;
The priest, inclos’d, stood vex’d and sweating.
Were blythely slockening of their drouth,
Bess, fretting, scarcely held frae greeting;
The priest, inclos’d, stood vex’d and sweating.
“O wow! said Hab, if ane might speer,
“Dear Master James, wha brought oar cheer?
“Sic laits to us appear sae awfu’,
“We hardly think your learning lawfu’.”
“Dear Master James, wha brought oar cheer?
“Sic laits to us appear sae awfu’,
“We hardly think your learning lawfu’.”
