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 5 Better haud by a hair than draw with a tether Better hand loofe than in an ill tethering 25 Better kifs a knave than caft oat wi’ him Better keep well than make well Better lang fomethinag than foon naithing Better leave to my faes than beg frae my friends Better rue fit than rue flit 30 Better fit idle than work for nought Better, fkafth fav’d than mends made Better fma’ fifh than nae fifh Better the ill ken’d than the good unken'd Better to haud than draw 35 Better unborn than untaught Better wait on the cook than the doftor Better wear fhoon than feets Birds of ae feather flock together Birth’s good but breeding’s better 140 Blind men fhou'd na judge of colours Bloods thicker than water Brunt bairns the fire dreads

C CADGERS have aye mind of lade faddles Cafl a bane in a deil’a teeth 145 Charity begins at hame Come unca 4 fits unferv’d Comes to my Land like the bowl of a pint ftoup Come with the wind and gae with the water Confefs debt and crave days 150 Corn him well he’ll work the better Count again is not forbidden Count filler after a’ your kin Count like Jews and gree like brethren Counfel is nae command 155 Credit keeps the crown of the caufey Credit is better than ill luck Crooked carlin, quoth the carle to his wife Cut your cloak according to the claith D DAMING and laving is good fure fifhing 160 Daughters and dead fifh are nae keeping ware Dawted bairns dow beat little