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;