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Reply To A Trimming Epistle Received Fro (第2/2页)
blam'd for jobbin!” wi' pinch i put a sunday's fa, an' snoov'd awa before the session: i made an open, fair fession— i s't to lee, an' syne mess john, beyond expression, fell foul o' me. a fornicator-loun he call'd me, an' said my faut frae bliss expell'd me; i own'd the tale was true he tell'd me, “but, what the matter? (quo' i) i fear unless ye geld me, i'll ne'er be better!” “geld you! (quo' he) an' what for no? if that yht hand, leg or toe should ever prove your sp'ritual foe, you should remember to cut it aff—an' what for no your dearest member?” “na, na, (quo' i,) i'm no for that, gelding's ter than 'tis ca't; i'd rather suffer for my faut a hearty flewit, as sair owre hip as ye draw't, tho' i should rue it. “in ye like to end the bother, to please us a'—i've just ae ither— whe wi' yon lass i father, whate'er betide it, i'll frankly gie her 't a' thegither, a her guide it.” but, sir, this pleas'd them warst of a', an' therefore, tam, when that i saw, i said “gude night,” an' cam' awa', ahe session; i saw they were resolved a' on my oppression.