For broken laws
Sax thousand years ere my creation,
Thro’ Adam’s cause.
When frae my mither’s womb I fell,
Thou might hae plung’d me deep in hell,
To gnash my gooms, to weep and wail
In burnin’ lakes,
Whare damnéd devils roar and yell,
Chain’d to their stakes.
Yet I am here, a chosen sample,