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Nane but fools and knaves lay wagers. Nane can play the fool fae weel as a wife man Neceffity has me law. Ne'er draw your durk when a dunt will do. Ne'er find f'ut wi* my fhoon unlefs ye pay the cobler. Ne'er let on, but laugh in your ain fleeve. Ne'er marry a widow unlefs her firft man was hang'd. Ne'er quat certainty for hope. Ne'er feek a wife till ye ken what to do wi' her. Ne'er ftrive againft the ftream. Nineteen naefays o' a maiden are ha'f a grant.

O,P& Q.

O'er muckle o' ae thing is good for naething O' twa ills choofe the leaft. Out ' debt out o' danger.

Pay him in his ain coin. Pennylefs fauls may pine in purgatory. Poffeffion is eleven points in the law. Poor fouks are foon pifh'd out. Poets and Printers hae liberty to lie. Put a coward to his mettle and he'll fight the deil