4 And, cuisten‐doon afore him, the gaird did trimmle, and war as deid men.
Noo, eʼen while they war gaun, some oʼ the gaird cam intil the citie, and tellʼt to the Heid‐priests aʼ that had been dune.
To look at him he was like the fire‐flaught, and his cleedin was white as the snaw;
But the angel, speaking to the weemen, said, “Be‐na ye fleyʼt! For I ken ye are seekin Jesus, the crucifyʼt.
And he caʼd for a licht, and rushed in; and trimlʼt, and fell doon afore Paul and Silas,
And whan I saw him, I loutit doon at his feet as ane deid. And he laid his richt haun on me, and quoʼ he, “Be na fleyʼt! I am the first and the last;