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But the daft awd wife came upon him one day amang the hills, and she pretended to look on his brow, and read the lines on his hand, and tald him, frae them, that Patrick Reed wasna his real name, but he would find it out some day that he was born to be rich, though he might never be rich and that he had an awd grey-haired faither that was mourning for him night and day, and that he had adopted the son of a relation to be his heir.
Bot incase ye and M.A.R. forgader, becawse he is someqhat consety, for Godis saik be very var vith his raklese toyis of Padoa: For he tald me ane of the strangest taillis of ane nobill man of Padoa that ever I hard in my lyf, resembling the lyk purpose.
Lwking for yowr answer, committis yow to Chrystis haly protectioun. Frome Fastcastell, the awchtan day of July 1600. On the back ‘Sprott,’ ‘bookit’ . Robert Logan of Restalrig to Laird Bower. Lard Bower,—I pray yow hast yow hast to me abowt the erand I tald yow, and ve sall confer at lenth of all thingis.
Annie Crosthwaite and I will gang thither our lane: but there'll be three, says he, `for the blessed Lord Himsel' will come and eat wi' us, and we wi' Him, for He receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. And he did it, for a' they tald him the Bishop wad be doun on him. `Let him, says he, `and he shall hear the haill story': and not ane o' them a' wad he let come that morn.
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