RICHARD.

O', 'tis a goodish help to woone, I'm sure o't.

If I had not a-got it, my poor bwones

Would now ha' eäch'd a-crackèn stwones

Upon the road; I wish I had zome mwore o't.

JOHN.

I wish the girt woones had a-got the greäce

To let out land lik' this in ouer pleäce;

But I do fear there'll never be nwone vor us,

An' I can't tell whatever we shall do: