I remain your most Obed^t H^{le} Serv^t,

JOHN MASTERTON, for ISOBELL DOW.

P. S. I had almost forgot to mention as to the period of time when

it happened, which cannot be less than 87 years, which Isobell makes

out in the following maner; it being two years before her father and

mother was married, and that they lived together fifty-one years, it

being now thirty-four years since her mother died, which makes it to

have been about the year 1736.

The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 4 (of 5) · 第 205 / 552 题