And he was the brawest gentleman that was amang them a’.
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The beggar was a cliver loon and he lap shoulder height:
‘O ay for sicken quarters as I gat yester-night!’
A.
62. disere.
92. puss might be russ here, but is unquestionable in the next stanza.
242. blaest for braest. 262. ninge (nigne may be what was intended).
B. b. A slip with no imprint. Dated in the Museum catalogue 1800?
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