19 “Ilka tree that brings‐na forth gude frute is cuttit doon, and cuisten intil the fire.
“And noo is the aixe brocht to the rute oʼ the trees; and ilka tree bringin na forth gude frute is cuttit doon, and cuisten intil the burnin.
“A gude tree winna bring forth ill frute; nor can a fushionless tree gie gude frute.
“And eʼen noo the axe is by the rute oʼ the trees: ilka tree bringin‐na forth gude fruit is cuttit doon, and cuisten intil the lowe.”
But lat oor folk, as weel, be learnin in gude warks to pit their sels forrit in needfuʼ services; that they be‐na ungratefuʼ.
But gin it bear thorns and briers, it is no esteemed, and is nar‐haun bein cursʼt; whase end is to be brunt.
Thir are they that are like hidlin rocks at yere love‐feasts, whan they feast wʼye; shepherds feedin theirsels withoot shame; cluds wantin moisture, by the winds driven on; trees oʼ the leaf‐faʼin, wantin frute, twice deid, rived up by the rutes;