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 16 Of twa ills chufe the leaft On painting and fighting look adreigh Open confeffion is good for ehe saul 570 Out of debt out of danger Oppreffion will make a wife man mad Out of fight out of langour P PAY him in his ain coin Pith's good in a play 575 Play's good while it is play Penny wife and pound fock Poor fouks friends foon misken Pofsefnion is elven points of the law Pride and grace dwell never in ae place 530 Provision in feafon makes a bein houfe Put the faddle on the right horfe Put on your fpurs and be at your speed Q QUality without quantity is little thought pf Quey caffs are dear veal 585 Quick for you ll never be cleanly Quick at meat- quick at wark Quick returns make rich merchants R RAther fpill your joke than tine your friend Raw dawds make fat lads 590 Raw leather raxes Rich fouk have routh o‘ friends Ride fair and jap nane Right mixture makes good mortar Right wrings nae man 595 Rome was not bigged in ae day Roofe the fair day at e'en Robin that herds on the height, can be as blyth as Sir Robert the knight Rob Peter to pay Paul Rot him away with butter and eggs 8OO Royet lads may make sober men Rue and time grew haith at ae garden Rule yanth well, for eild will itself