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 4 As ye mak your bed fae ye maun ly down A fillerles man gangs laft through the market A forrowful heart’s aye dry 85 At open doors dogs gae benn A tarrowing bairn was never fat A taking hand will never want A tale never tines in the telling A dame fits lang at hame 90 A toom purfe makes a tralling merchant A toom pantry makes a thriftiefs goodwife A turn well done is foon done A twapenny cat may look at a king A wee bulk is better than, nae bield 95 A wee moufe can creep under a great corn ftack A wee houfe has a wide mouth A wee thing ftays cowards A wilfu’ men fhou'd be unco wife Au’d men are twice bairns 100 Auld fparrows ate ill to tame Auld fprings gie nae price A yeld fow was never good to grices

B BARE gentry braggand beggars Be a friend to yourfell and others will 105 Be lang fick that ye may be foon hale Bear wealth well, poortith will bear itfell Be griefs as the blind man fell’d the dog Beggars fhou’d na' be choofers Better a bit in the morning than faft a’ day, 110 Better a de il than a daw Better a dog fawn on you than bark at you Better a finger aff than aye wagging Better an auld maiden than a young whore Better a toom houfe than an ill tenant 115 Better auld debts than auld fairs Better to be envied than pitied Better to be alane than in ill company Better to be idle than ill employed Better belly burft than good meat fpill 120 Better buy than barrow Better day the better deed Better find iron than tine filler