36 “Nor sal ye sweer by yere ain heid for ye canna mak ae hair white nor black.
“And wha amang ye, though he be eʼer sae fain, coud add to his measur ae span?
“And wha amang ye, be he nevir sae fain, could mak his sel a span heigher?
“Nor yet by the Yirth, for it is his fit‐brod: nor Jerusalem, for it is the citie oʼ the Great King.
“But lat yere answer be, ‘Aye, aye,’ and ‘Na, na!’ for onything mair comes oʼ nae gude.