So says I, 'Tom! I mun have it on parchment.' 'Parchment costs money,' says he, very grave.

'Oh, oh, my lad! are ye there ?' thinks I.'That's the reason I'm clipped of law.' So says I, 'Tom! I mun have it on parchment.

I'll pay the money and welcome.

It's thirty pound, and what I can lay to it.

I'll make it safe.