“Wham oʼ the prophets didna yere faithers persecute? And they killʼt them wha schawed aforehaun oʼ the comin oʼ the Righteous‐Ane, oʼ wham, eʼen noo, ye hae been the betrayers and murderers!
“Did we no chairge ye stricklie no to be teachin iʼ this name? And see! ye hae fillʼt aʼ Jerusalem wiʼ yere teachin, and ettle to bring this manʼs blude on us!”
And they ettled to lay haud oʼ him; but they war fleyʼt oʼ aʼ the folk; for they saw he had spoken this parable anent them: and leavin him, they gaʼed aff.
Than Herod, seein he was made sport oʼ by the Wyss Men, was unco furious, and sent oot to slay aʼ the lad‐bairns in Bethlehem, and aʼ the kintra‐side aboot, frae twa‐year auld doon: conform tae the time he had been tellʼt by the Wyss Men.