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wig, and a big bonnet, which covered his face, ⟨so⟩ that he seemed more like an old pilgrim than ⟨a⟩ young fornicator! mounts the creepy wi' a ⟨stiff⟩ stiff back, as he had been a man of sixty. Every one looked at him, thinking he was some old stranger, who knew not the stool of repentance by ⟨any⟩ other seat, so that he passed the first day ⟨unknown⟩ but to very few; yet, or the second it came to ⟨be⟩ well known, that the whole parish and many more came to see him which caused such a confusion, that he was absolved, and got his children baptized ⟨the⟩ next day.—but there happened a tullie between the twa mothers' who would have both their names to be John. A-weel says auld John their father to the minister, A-deed, sir, ye maun ca' the tane John cnd the tither Jock, and that will please baith these enemies of mankind.
Minister. Now John, you must never kiss another woman but your own wife; live justly, like another honest man, and you will come to die well.
Jock. A black end on me, sir, if ever I lay wi' another woman, as lang as our Mggy lasts; and for dying, there's nae fear of that, or I'll no get fair play, if ye and a' the aulder folk in the parish be not dead before me. So I hae done wi' you now, fareweel, sir.
W. R. Walker, Printer, Royal Arcade, Newcastle.
