21 “Whansaeʼer a sterk ane, ready for war, has ward ower his ain dwallin, his gear is safe.
“Or, hoo sal ane come intil a strang manʼs hauld, and poind his gear, gin he divna first shackle doon the strang man, and than herrie his hoose?
“Nae man comes intil the hald oʼ a michty man, to harrie his gudes and gear, till he has first bund‐doon the strang ane; and than wull he harrie his hoose.
“But gif wiʼ the finger oʼ God, I am castin oot the demons, than, incontinent, has the Kingdom oʼ God come upon ye!
“But whansaʼer a sterker ane than his sel comes on him, and ower‐comes him, he taks awa his graithin on whilk he lippened, and divides his booty.