“For, as ye are gaun quately wiʼ yere adversary to the Judge, tak pains, on the road, to be deliverʼt frae him; sae that he harl‐ye‐na to the Judge, and the Judge gie ye ower tae the officer, and the officer hae ye cuisten intil the prison.
“ ‘And forby, atween us and you an unco void has been set; that thae wha wad gang ower frae here to you, canna be able; nor thae frae you to us canna come ben!’