“Sae whan gloamin was come, the laird oʼ the vine‐yaird says to his grieve, ‘Caʼ the workers; and gie them their fee; beginnin frae the hinmaist doon to the first.’
And they cam tae Jericho; and as he gaed oot oʼ Jericho wiʼ his disciples and a hantle oʼ folk, the son oʼ Timeus, blinʼ Bartimeus, the beggar, was sittin by the way.
“Noo, it cam aboot that the beggar‐man deeʼt, and was carryʼt awa by the Angels, and laid in Abraʼmʼs bosom. And forby, the rich man, too, deeʼt and was buryʼt.
And a lameter, feckless frae his mitherʼs womb, was eʼen noo carryʼt; wham they set doon daily at the yett that is caʼd “Bonnie”; to seek awmous frae thae gaun intil the Temple;