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 he said to them, “Gang ye and tell that tod, ‘Mark ye! I cast oot demons, and mak an end oʼ healins, the day and the morn; and the third day Iʼse be made perfete!’