“The commauns ye ken, ‘Ye maunna commit adultery; ye maunna commit murder; Ye maunna reive; Ye maunna bear fause‐witness; Honor yere faither and yere mither!’ ”
Thus: “Ye canna commit adultery; Ye sanna commit murder; Ye sanna steal; Ye sanna covet”; and gin thar be ony ither commandment, it is summed up iʼ this word, namely: “Ye sal loʼe yere neebor as yer sel!”
For he wha said, “Ye maunna commit adultery,” said as weel, “Ye maunna commit murder.” Noo, gin ye commit nae adultery, but are committin murder, ye hae become a breker oʼ the law.