Chapter D: Dead and marriage makes Term-day

Do weil and have weil.

Do as ye wald be done to.

Do in Hill, as ye wald do in Hall.

Dame dein warily.

Dummie cannot lie.

Draff is good enough for Swine.

Dead at the one door, and heirship at the other.

Do well, and doubt no man; and do weil, and doubt all men.

Do the likeliest, and God will do the best.

Drunken wife gat ay the drunken penny.

Drink and drouth comes sindle together.

Dead men bites not.

Daffing dow nothing.

Dogs will red swine.

Drive out the inch as thou hast done the span.

Dirt parts company.

E.

Every man can rule an ill wife, but he that hes Her.

Eaten meat is good to pay.

Eild wald have Honour.

Evening Orts is good morning-fother.

Every man wisheth the water to his own milne.

Early maister, lang knave.

Every land hes his lauch, and every corne hes the caff.

Eat and drink measurely, and defie the mediciners.

Every man for Himself, quoth the mertine.

Efter delay comes a Let.

Efter long mint, never dint.

Every man slams the fat sows Arse.

Experience may teach a fool.

Every man wats best where his own shoe binds him.

Efter word comes weard.

F.

Foul water slokens fire.

Fools are fain of flitting.

Falshood made never a fair Hinder-end.

Far fowls have fair feathers.

Follie is a bonny Dog.

Fair heights makes fools fain.

Freedome is a fair thing.

For a tint thing care not.

Fool hast is no speed.

For fault of wise men fools sits on binks.

Forbid a fool a thing, and that he will do.

Fools set far trystes.

For love of the Nuris, many kisses the Bairn.

Fair words brake never bane, foul words many ane.

Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.

Fools are fain of right nought.

Far fought, and dear bought, is good for Ladies.

Follow love, and it will flee from thee; leave it, and it will follow thee.

Fill fow, and had fow, makes a starke man.

Fools should have no chappin sticks.

Fidlers, dogs and flies, come to the feast uncalled.

Fire is good for the farcy.

Few words sufficeth to a wise man.

Friendship stands not in One side.

G.

Give never the Wolf the Wedder to keep.

Gods help is nearer nor the fair even.

Good wine needs not a wisp.

Grace is best for the man.

Goe shoe the Geese.

Giff, gaff, makes good friends.

Good chear, and good cheap, garres many haunt the House.

God sends men cold, as they have clothes to.

Good-will should be tane in part of payment.

God sends never the mouth, but the meat with it.

Girne when you knit, and laugh when ye loose.

Go to the Devil for Gods-sake.

God sends meat, and the Devil sends Cooks.

H.

Had-I-fish, was never good with Garlick.

He that is welcome fares well.

He that spends his geir on a whore, hes both shame and skaith.

Hunger is good Kitchir-meat.

He mon have leave to speak that cannot had his tongue.

He that is far from his geir, is near his skaith.

He that lippens to bon plows, his land will ly ley.

He rides sicker that fell never.

Help thy self, and God will help thee.

He that will not hear motherhead, shall hear stepmotherhead.

He that crabs without cause, should mease without mends.

He that spares to speak, spares to speed.

He that may not do as he would, mon do as he may.

He is well easit that hes ought of his own, when others go to meat.

He that does ill hates the light.

He that speaks the things he should not, hears the things he would not.

He that is evil deem'd is half hang'd.

He that tholes, overcomes.

He rises over early that is hangit ere noon.

He that forsakes missour, missour forsake him.

Half a tale is enough to a wise man.

He that hews over hie, the spail will fall into his eye.

He that eats while he lasts, will be the war while he die.

He is a weak Horse that may not bear the Saddle.

He that borrows and bigs; makes feasts and thigs; drinks and is not dry; these three are not thrifty.

He is a proud Tod that will not scrape his own Hole.

He is wise, when he is well can had him sa.

He is poor that God Hates.

He is wise, that is ware in time.

He is wise who can make a friend of a foe.

Hair, and hair, makes the Carles head bare.

Hear all parties.

He that is red for windlestraws, should not sleep in lees.

He that is fraid of a far--should never hear thunder.

He is not the fool that the fool is, but he that with the fool deals.

He loves me for little that hates me for nought.

He that hes twa huirds, is able to get the third.

He is a fairy beggar that may not goe by ane mans door.

Hall-binks are fliddery.

He is not the best Wright that hews the maniest speals.

He that evill does, never good weins.

Hoordom and grace, can never bide in one place.

He that counts all costs, will never put plow in the yeard.

He that slayes, shall be slain.

He that is ill of his harbery, is good of his way kenning.

He that will not when he may, shalt not when he wald.

Hanging gangs by hap.

He that comes un-call'd sits un-serv'd.

He was scant of news, that told his father was hang'd.

He that comes first to the hill, may sit where he will.

He that was born to be hang'd will never be drown'd.

He gangs early to steal, that cannot say Na.

He that shames, shall be shemt.

He should wear iron shone, that bides his neighbours deed.

Half a nuch is half sill.

Hunger is hard in a heal man.

He is a fairy Cook, that may not lick his own fingers.

He is good that fail'd never.

He plaints early that plaints on his kail.

He that does his turn in time, sits half idle.

He is twise fain, that sits on a slane.

Hald in geir, helps well.

Hunting, hawking, and paramours, for one joy an hundred displeasures.

He that marries e're he be wise, will die e're he thrive.

He that marries a Daw, eats meikle dirt.

Huly and fair men rides far journeys.

Hast makes wast.

He that looks not e're he loup, will fall e're he wit of himself.

He that counts but his Host, counts twise.

He that hes gold may buy land.

He should have a heal pow, that cals his neighbour nikkynow.

He is worth no weil that may bide no wae.

He that owes the Cow goes nearest her tail.

He should have a long shafted spoon that sups kail with the Devil.

Happy man, happy cavil.

He sits above that deals aikers.

Hame is hamely, though never so seemly.

He hes wit at will, that with angry heart can hold him still.

He that is hated of his subjects, cannot be counted a King.

Hap and an halfpennie is worlds geir enough.

He is fairest dung when his own wand dings him.

He calls me scabbed, because I will not call him skade.

He is blind that eats his marrow, but far blinder that lets him.

Have God and have All.

Honesty is na pride.

He that fishes afore the net, long e're he fish get.

He tint never a Cow, that grat for a needle.

He that hes no geir to tine, hes shins to pine.

Hea, will gar a deaf man hear.

He that takes all his geir fra himself, and gives it to his bairns, it were weil ward to take a mell and knock out his hairns.

He sits full still that hes a riven brick.

He that does bidding, deserves na dinging.

He that blaws best bears away the Horn.

He is well staikit thereben, that will neither borrow, nor len.