8 “But what gaed ye oot to see? a man in braw claes! See! they wha wear braw claes are in kingʼs coorts.
And as they gaed their ways, Jesus begude to speir at the thrangs, anent John, “What gaed ye oot intil the muirlands to see? a reed wafflinʼ iʼ the win?
“But what gaed ye oot for to see? A prophet? Aye! say I tʼye; mair nor a prophet!
And John his sel had his cleedin oʼ camelʼs hair, and a belt oʼ a skin; and his meat was locusts and rock hinny.
“But what wasʼt ye gaed oot to see? A man clad in saft attire? But look! they wha are fund in grand attire, and fend delicately, are in royal palaces.
Eʼen to this ʼoor, we hae hungʼer, and drooth, and nakitness; are clourʼd, and cuisten‐oot;
In labor and distress; in watchins aft; in hungʼer and drouth; in fastins aft; in cauld and nakitness.
“And I wull gie to my Twa Witnesses, and they sal prophesie twal‐hunner and saxty days, cleedit in sack‐claith.