11 And his heid was brocht on an aschet, and gien to the lass; and she brocht it till her mither.
And he sent, and beheidit John iʼ the prison.
And his disciples cam, and took up the body, and buryʼt it; and gaed and tellʼt Jesus.
And she, bein set on by her mither, said: “Gie me here John Baptistʼs heid, on an aschet!”
“For the blude oʼ thy saunts hae they shed; and blude thou hast gien them to drink; for they are wordie oʼt.”
And I saw the wumman drucken wiʼ the blude oʼ the saunts, and wiʼ the blude oʼ the martyrs oʼ Jesus, and I ferlied whan I saw her, wiʼ an unco ferliein.