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DAVID FERGUSSON.
EDITION 1641]
536] I have a sliddrie eill by the tail.
It is as meit as a sow to bear a sadle.
It is as meet as a thief for the widdie.
I wald I had as meikle pepper as he compts himself
worthy myse dirt.
540] It will be an ill web to bleitch.
I cannot finde you baith tailes and eares.
It is ill to make a blowen home of a tods tall.
If ever ye make a luckie pudding I shall eat the prick.1
It that God will give, the devil can not reave.
In a good time I say it, in a better I leave it.
Its a sillie pack that may not pay the custome.
I have seen as light green.
Its a cold coal to blow at.
Its a sair field where all are dung down.
550] Its a sair dung bairn that dare not greit.
I wat where my awn shoe bindes me.
552] If ye wanted me and your meat, ye wald want ane good
friend.
manuscript]
840] It is als meit for him as ane sow for ane sadle
It is als meit for him as ane theef for the widdie
I wold I had als much pepper as he counts himself
worth of myse dirt
843] It wil be ane ill web to bletch
1 [skewer.]
*537. Cf. AR 538. AR He H 539. He 540. H 541. K
542. ARK 543. K He H 544. He H 546. KH 548. KH
549. KH 550. ARKH 552. K.
DAVID FERGUSSON.
EDITION 1641]
536] I have a sliddrie eill by the tail.
It is as meit as a sow to bear a sadle.
It is as meet as a thief for the widdie.
I wald I had as meikle pepper as he compts himself
worthy myse dirt.
540] It will be an ill web to bleitch.
I cannot finde you baith tailes and eares.
It is ill to make a blowen home of a tods tall.
If ever ye make a luckie pudding I shall eat the prick.1
It that God will give, the devil can not reave.
In a good time I say it, in a better I leave it.
Its a sillie pack that may not pay the custome.
I have seen as light green.
Its a cold coal to blow at.
Its a sair field where all are dung down.
550] Its a sair dung bairn that dare not greit.
I wat where my awn shoe bindes me.
552] If ye wanted me and your meat, ye wald want ane good
friend.
manuscript]
840] It is als meit for him as ane sow for ane sadle
It is als meit for him as ane theef for the widdie
I wold I had als much pepper as he counts himself
worth of myse dirt
843] It wil be ane ill web to bletch
1 [skewer.]
*537. Cf. AR 538. AR He H 539. He 540. H 541. K
542. ARK 543. K He H 544. He H 546. KH 548. KH
549. KH 550. ARKH 552. K.
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