The bill charged on was payable at sight,
And decree was craved by Alexander Wight;[100]
But because it bore a penalty in case of failzie,
It therefore was null, contended Willie Baillie.[101]
The Ordinary, not choosing to judge it at random,
Did with the minutes make avisandum;
And as the pleadings were vague and windy,
His lordship ordered memorials hinc inde.
We, setting a stout heart to a stay brae,
Took into the cause Mr David Rae.[102]