9 But Herod said, “I beheidit John; but wha is this I hear sic things oʼ?” And he socht to see him.
“Na, nor yet Herod; for I sent ye to him; and lo! naething wordie oʼ death has been seen in him.
And Herod, seein Jesus, was unco blythe; for he had aft been fain to see him, frae hearin aboot him; and he coontit that he micht see some ferlie wrocht by him.