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 11 I wadna ca’ the king my confin I wad rather feelt then hear telt o't I wadna make fifh of ane and flefh of anither 370 I wifh you readler meat than a running hare I wifh you good o't as dogs get of grafs If any fpeir   watna If and and fpills a good It e’er  his cat, gie't a put 375 If he make ever a good pudding, I the prick If I canna kep geefe I'll kep If I canna do by might, I'll do’t by flight If I live anither year, I'll this year ternyear If it can be nae better, it is well it is nae waur 380 If it ferves me to wear, it may gain you to look to If it winna fell it winna four If fraiks be good to gie, they’ll be good to get If ye brew well ye'll drink the better If ye do wrang make amends 385 If ve ferve the today maun bear up his tail I'll bairns are beft heard at hame I'll beef never made good broo I'll comes upon the ware back I'll counfel will gar a man ftick his ain mare 390 I'll doers are aye ill dreaders I'll getting bet water frae neath cauld ice I'll hearing makes wrang rehearing I'll laying up makes mony theives I'll ate aft oe'r trure 395 I'll payers are aye good cravers I'll workers are ave good to-putters I'll will never fpake well Joke at leifure ye kenna may jybe yourfel Jouk and let the jaw gar o’er 400 It came with the wind let it gane with the water It gangs in at the ae lug the other It is a good goofe that  aye. It is a good game that the wanse It is a good tongue that fays nae ill 405 It is an ill wind that flaws nae body good It is an ill caufe that the lawyers think fhame of It is a mean moufe that has but ae hole It is a rafty bird that files its ain neft