Cried worthy Bloom the miller.

A LOT O' MAÏDENS A-RUNNÈN THE VIELDS.[*]

"Come on. Be sprack, a-laggèn back."

"Oh! be there any cows to hook?"

"Lauk she's afraïd, a silly maïd,"

Cows? No, the cows be down by brook.

"O here then, oh! here is a lot."

"A lot o' what? what is it? what?"

"Why blackberries, as thick