With all due respect, began a loud bark:

He appealed to his conscience, his heart, and from thence

Concluded—‘To Alter,’ but to give no expense.

Lord Stonefield,[121] unwilling his judgment to pother,

Or to be anticipate, agreed with his brother:

But Monboddo[122] was clear the bill to enforce

Because, he observed, it was the price of a horse.

Says Pitfour,[123] with a wink, and his hat all a-jee,

‘I remember a case in the year twenty-three—

The Magistrates of Banff contra Robert Carr;