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surpriz'd, replies, In fa, sir, I tro I see ye. How- 

 ever, the townsman pretends to be serious, (and 

 the rather, because seeing the taylor all alone) 

 till at length the taylor concludes him in earnest. 

 So that now being freed from suspicion on both 

 sides, they jog on together (like Tory and Trim- 

 mer) the uneaven tracts of these mountainous 

 ascents ; till the taylor stooping to take up a 

 stone, and confidently bleating aloud to the 

 townsman, I see ye, sir, see ye me ? In gude 

 fa, sir, no, the townsman replied ; where are you 

 won, sir, I can no see ye ? I am here, quo the 

 taylor, and can ye no see me ? I would you 

 were any where, the townsman replied, so that 

 I could but tell where to find ye. And smiling 

 to himself looks another way ; then repeats it 

 again, But whar shall I find ye ? 



Now for certain, quo the taylor, I have got 

 the stone, by which means, beyond measure, 

 lie inrich my self, for I have tryed all ways to 

 do it without a court of conscience. How many 

 people have sought for this treasure, but no man 

 so happy as my self to find it ? I may go where 

 I will, for no man can see me ; and stand where 

 1 please, for no man can find me ; and take what 

 I list, (for taylors are thievish), and no man de- 

 tect me ; and if feat affrights me, yet no man 

 can hurt me. To convince the world, therefore, 

 and mankind in general of this rare and admi- 



