For he had aft been hauden wiʼ fetters and chains; and the chain had been puʼd sindry, and the fetters he brak in flinders: and nae man was sterk eneuch to tame him.
And the tongue is a fire, a warld oʼ wickedness! The tongue is amang oor pairts as that whilk defiles the hail body; and sets a‐lowe the wheel oʼ oor nateral life, and is set a‐lowe by hell!