A weel-stoeket mailen, himsel for the laird, And marriage aff-hand, were his proffers: I never loot on that I kenned it or cared; But thought I might hae waur offers, waur offers, But thought I might hae waur offers.

"Aweel, Count," said James, evidently pleased, "ye might hae made a waur choicethat we are free to confess.

"I canna say I've seen him the waur o' drink, but nae doubt I've seen him the better o't," was the evasive answer.

It's as if a man waur sair distressed because his toon was a dirty toon.