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 12 It ia a poor kin that has neither whore nor thief in’t 410 it is a fign of a hale heart to rift at the rumble It is a fair field that a’s flain It is a footh dream that’s feen waking It is a filly flock where the ewe bears the bell It is a filly hen that canna fcrape for ae bird 415 It is a tight tree that has neither knap nor gaw It is a’ tint that’s done to auld fowk and bairns It is but kindly that the pock fa’er of the herring It is better to fup with a cutty than want a fpoon It is by the head that the cow gie'a milk 420 It is to come to mickle, but ’tis to come to that It is good maut that comes a will It is good gear that pleafes the merchant It is good baking befide the meal It is good fleeping in a hale fkin 425 It good to be out of harm’s gate It is good to be fio to filler It is good to be good in your time, ye kenna how long it may laft It is hard to fit in Rome and ftrive with the Pope It is hard to pleafe a’ parties 430 It is hard baith to have and want It is ill getting brecks aff a bare arfe It is ill bringing butt what’s no benn It is kittle (hooting at gorbies and clergy It is kittle to waken fleeping dogs 435 It is needlefs,to pour water on a drown’d moufe It is no tint that a friend gets It is not what is she, but what has she, It is past jouking when the hrad’s aff It is ill war’d that wafters want 510 It is well that our fauts are not written on our face It is the best fpake in your wheel It keeps his nofe at the grindftane It will be a feather out of your wing It was never tor naithing that the gleg whiftled K KEEP fomething for a fair foot Keep tour ain fifh guts to your ain fea mavs Keep your tongue within your teeth Keep the feaft to the feaft day