16 “And he fain wad fillʼt his sel wiʼ the hools the swine war eatin; and nae ane gied them till him.
“Ye maunna gie holie things to dowgs; nor yet cast pearls afore swine; that they trauchle them‐na aneath their feet, and than turn on ye and rive ye.
“And he gaed awa, and was sornin on ane oʼ the men oʼ that lanʼ: and he sent him oot‐by to herd swine.
“But, cominʼ till his richt minʼ, quoʼ he, ‘Hoo mony are the feeʼd servants oʼ my faither, wha hae rowth oʼ breid, and an over‐come; while I, here, dee oʼ hungʼer!