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 15 NAE fool to an auld fool Nae friend to a triend in need Nae great lofs but there’s fome fma' advantage 530 Nae man has a tack of his life Nae man can thrive unlefs his wife let him Nae penny nae paternofler Nae fooner up than his head’s in the ambry Nae fafe wading in unco waters 535 Nae wonder to fee wafters want Naething freer than a gift Naething is balder than a blind mare Nacthing to be done in hafte but gripping of flaes Naething to do but draw in your ftool and fit down 540 Nane but tools and knave's lay wage's Nane fae well but he hopes to be better Nane can play the fool fae well as a wife man Narrow gather’d widely fpent Near my fack but nearer my fkin 545 Neck or naething, the king loos nae cripples Neetffly has nae law Neather fifh nor flefh nor good red herring New Lords have new laws Never do ill that good may come 550 Never let on you, but laugh in your ain fleeve Never put a fword into a madman’s hand Nevery put he plough before the owfen Never quot certainly for hope Never lead your lips in other fouk's kail 555 Never feek a wife till ye ken what to do with her Never fhaw me the meat but the man Never fhaw your teeth unlefs ye can bite Never tell your fae when your foot fleeps Nineteen nay fays of a maiden are ha’f a grant 560 Now's now, and yule’s in winter O OER mickle of ae thing is good for naething O’er mickle homelinefs fpills good courtefy O'er mickle loofe leather about your chafes O’er ficker o’er loofe 565 Of a’ forrow a fou forrow’s bed Of a’ meat in the warld drink gaes beft down