For Herod was in fear oʼ John, kennin him to be a just and holie man, and keepit him safe: and listenin till him, he did a hantle oʼ things, and was fain to hear him.
And mark! thar was a man iʼ Jerusalem, whase name was Simeon; and this man was holie and devout, lookinʼ for Israʼlʼs consolation. And the Holie Spirit was on him.
And they said, “Cornelius, an officer, a gude man, and fearin God, well‐thocht oʼ by aʼ the folk oʼ the Jews, was tellʼt by a Holie Angel, to send for ye to his hoose, and to hear words frae ye.”
And whan the day cam, they didna ken the lanʼ, but takin tent oʼ a particular cove, wiʼ a strand, they war ettlin, gin it war possible, to drive the ship in.