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daughters. Here they talk over all the news of the 

 place, difcufs characters, and, perhaps, quarrels. 

 Every one brings forne provifion with him, becaufe, 

 on a holiday, they pafs the greater part of the after- 

 noon here, and the whole of the evening. He that 

 has gives to him that has not. 



The Kubijas is a perfon placed over the boors, who, 

 with his family, is exempt from all work as a ferf ; he 

 therefpre has the means of managing his own acres, 

 and looking after their produce, as he and his people 

 have nothing elfe to do; accordingly, he is much 

 richer than the other boors. One or other of his fel- 

 low-vaflals is ever bringing him fome prefent, by way 

 of bribe, either to remit him a day's work, unknown 

 to the lord, or otherwife to fpare him. It is therefore, 

 with great naivete, faid in the laft line: " Of the 

 " Kubija's daughter I found a golden coif." How dif- 

 ferent from the poor fatherlefs and motherlefs orphan ! 

 " Of the orphan I faw only the falfe trefTes." — All 

 thefe findings were things which the girls had dropped 

 in running away as faft as they could. The two up- 

 right polls to which the fwing is fufpended, fometimes 

 by the velocity of the motion, become loofe, and the 

 perfons in it are tumbled together on the ground. — 

 Of Lifa, [Elizabeth,] Hie found handfome garters ; 

 becaufe, doubtlefs, Hie was taken as a maid-fervant to 

 the great houfe. The poetefs picked up all thefe 

 fine articles, comes joyfully tripping along with them 

 to the village, where the fwing Hands, and calls the 

 other women and girls to the fwing. 



Village-women, come to the fwing ! 

 Bring your chickens, and bring your eggs, 



b 4 Bring 



