For he had aft been hauden wiʼ fetters and chains; and the chain had been puʼd sindry, and the fetters he brak in flinders: and nae man was sterk eneuch to tame him.
“Ye are oʼ yere faither the deevil; and his wull dae ye. A murderer was he frae the first, and bade‐na iʼ the truth. And whan he speaks a lee, he speaks oʼ his ain; for he is a leear, and the faither oʼ aʼ leears.