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clviii APPENDIX, NO. III.
Thay leif not spindell, spoone, nor s))eit
Bed, bosicr, blanket, sark, nor scheit ;
Johne of the Parke
Ryps kist and ark ;
For all sic wark
He is richt meit.
He is weil kend, John of the Syde ;
A greater theif tlid never ryde.
He never tyris
For to brek byris ;
Ouir muir and myris
Ouir guide ane gyde.
Thair is ane, callet Clement's Hob,
Fra ilk pair wyfe reifis the wob.
And all the lave,
Quhatever they haife.
The devil recave
Thairfoir his gob.
To sic grit stouth quha eir wald trow it,
Bot gif some great man is allowit,
Rycht sair I trew,
Thocht it be rew :
Thair is sa few
That dar avow it.

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Volume 1
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Minstrelsy of the Scottish border
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