“Mak up wiʼ yere enemy while ye are yet in the highway wiʼ him; sae as he gies‐ye‐na ower to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and ye be cuisten intil prison.
“For, as ye are gaun quately wiʼ yere adversary to the Judge, tak pains, on the road, to be deliverʼt frae him; sae that he harl‐ye‐na to the Judge, and the Judge gie ye ower tae the officer, and the officer hae ye cuisten intil the prison.
“Or whatna king, mairchin to meet anither king in battle, disna sit doon first and seek advice, whether he be able wiʼ his ten‐thoosands to meet him wha comes again him wiʼ his twenty‐thoosands?
Noo he was unco vexed wiʼ the folk oʼ Tyre and Sidon; but wiʼ ae mind they war comin to him; and, makin a freend oʼ Blastus the kingʼs chaumerlain, they socht for peace, for that their pairts were mainteened by the kingʼs kintra.