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“Here’s Yorkshire impudence, d’e see,

Advancin’ for a brek,

Just askin’ threyce as much as he

Kens he’ll consent to tek.

‘Here, maister, buy a coat cloith here,

Ye’s have it chep, believe me;

’Tis of the foinest ’ool, I swear.

Mon, think ye I’d deceive ye?’”

Rosley Fair, by John Stagg.