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1. A brow-beat husband and triumphant wife

First Line:
A brow-beat husband and triumphant wife
Last Line:
Even let him try and be convinced who dares
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Absolute)
DMI number:
11332

2. A narrow minded husband is a thief

First Line:
A narrow minded husband is a thief
Last Line:
Men rise to employment in the state
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute)
DMI number:
15223

3. A matter of the most important weight

First Line:
A matter of the most important weight
Last Line:
All things to ruin and confusion run
DMI number:
7617

4. A slavery beyond enduring

First Line:
A slavery beyond enduring
Last Line:
They'd break 'em after to break loose
DMI number:
39828

5. Adultery | Adultery Biancha such a guilt

First Line:
Adultery | Adultery Biancha such a guilt
Last Line:
Prepare to die
Author:
John Ford (Absolute)
DMI number:
13422

6. After matrimony's over

First Line:
After matrimony's over
Last Line:
Than half a year of love before
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
25476

7. After you are married sir suffer valiantly

First Line:
After you are married sir suffer valiantly
Last Line:
The night before and antidate you cuckold
DMI number:
41661

8. A wife is man's best piece who till he marries

First Line:
A wife is man's best piece who till he marries
Last Line:
And none but devils violate
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute)
DMI number:
21375

9. A wife oh fetters

First Line:
A wife oh fetters
Last Line:
But never will sit near their wanton fire
DMI number:
41039

10. A witty wife with an imperious will

First Line:
A witty wife with an imperious will
Last Line:
Being crossed finds means to cross her husband still
DMI number:
41668

11. And wisely ancients by this needful snare

First Line:
And wisely ancients by this needful snare
Last Line:
For marriage is too but civil war
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
16458

12. And yet of marriage bands I'm weary grown

First Line:
And yet of marriage bands I'm weary grown
Last Line:
And cleaving mischiefs
DMI number:
39706

13. And yet of marriage bands I'm weary grown

First Line:
And yet of marriage bands I'm weary grown
Last Line:
For there's a godlike liberty in love
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19082

14. And yet of marriage bonds I'm weary grown

First Line:
And yet of marriage bonds I'm weary grown
Last Line:
For there's a god-like liberty in love
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5645

15. All women will deny

First Line:
All women will deny
Last Line:
Not the least footstep to be traced for truth
DMI number:
14165

16. And thus the libertine who builds a name

First Line:
And thus the libertine who builds a name
Last Line:
To charm to polish and to bless mankind
Author:
Henry Brooke (Absolute)
DMI number:
33740

17. And wedlock without love some say

First Line:
And wedlock without love some say
Last Line:
But being against the mind's consent
DMI number:
39827

18. And when you've got him hug him as you please

First Line:
And when you've got him hug him as you please
Last Line:
And at both ends to satisfaction feed
DMI number:
8192

19. As out of wormwood bees suck honey

First Line:
As out of wormwood bees suck honey
Last Line:
The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives
Author:
Thomas Dekker (Absolute)
DMI number:
15209

20. As horns are odious they are necessary

First Line:
As horns are odious they are necessary
Last Line:
So much is a horn more precious than to want
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
14360

21. Are we not one are we not joined by heaven

First Line:
Are we not one are we not joined by heaven
Last Line:
But roll into the sea one common flood
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19078

22. Authorities both old and recent

First Line:
Authorities both old and recent
Last Line:
They still must practice to maintain it
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
26968

23. Avaunt be gone thou'st set me on the rack

First Line:
Avaunt be gone thou'st set me on the rack
Last Line:
Greater than that
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
15258

24. Better with brutes my humble lot had gone

First Line:
Better with brutes my humble lot had gone
Last Line:
Cursed with that reason she must never use
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21389

25. But you will say the comfort of a life

First Line:
But you will say the comfort of a life
Last Line:
That coin as well as men may mulitply
Author:
Thomas Randolph (Absolute)
DMI number:
16448

26. But experience teacheth best

First Line:
But experience teacheth best
Last Line:
Locked in one anothers arms
DMI number:
6939

27. But if that oracles true things do tell

First Line:
But if that oracles true things do tell
Last Line:
To be thy spouse with whom thou'lt happy live
DMI number:
44519

28. But marriage is a yoke the better still

First Line:
But marriage is a yoke the better still
Last Line:
And never is he so free but when in chains
DMI number:
39952

29. Cursed be the memory nay doubly cursed

First Line:
Cursed be the memory nay doubly cursed
Last Line:
And both make youth and wit much better please
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19919

30. Cuckolds make cuckolds tis a pretty trade

First Line:
Cuckolds make cuckolds tis a pretty trade
Last Line:
Because it is a common name to all men
Author:
William Rowley (Absolute) & Thomas Middleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
14365

31. Dost thou me fly by these tears I thee pray

First Line:
Dost thou me fly by these tears I thee pray
Last Line:
Rather I had my flesh in dust were laid
DMI number:
44528

32. Faith tis no age to be put off

First Line:
Faith tis no age to be put off
Last Line:
A youthful bride
Author:
Jasper Mayne (Absolute)
DMI number:
16444

33. First let me seek my vows where they were sealed

First Line:
First let me seek my vows where they were sealed
Last Line:
These are the funeral rights of love
DMI number:
41512

34. Few know what care a husband's peace destroys

First Line:
Few know what care a husband's peace destroys
Last Line:
His real griefs and his dissembled joys
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19086

35. Fie this engrossment is but mere conceit

First Line:
Fie this engrossment is but mere conceit
Last Line:
When more besides yourself have smelt your rose
Author:
Robert Baron (Absolute)
DMI number:
16442

36. Fie upon these | Unsanctified matches they make us loath

First Line:
Fie upon these | Unsanctified matches they make us loath
Last Line:
A more ungodly work than enclosing the commons
Author:
John Webster (Absolute)
DMI number:
16434

37. For oft a loving husband's aweful eye

First Line:
For oft a loving husband's aweful eye
Last Line:
Sets right the woman's steps that went awry
Author:
Edward Sharpham (Absolute)
DMI number:
15225

38. For Proteus thus to virgin Thetis said

First Line:
For Proteus thus to virgin Thetis said
Last Line:
From which embrace the great Achilles sprung
Author:
Samuel Croxall (Confident)
DMI number:
11911

39. For see how many discontented beds

First Line:
For see how many discontented beds
Last Line:
When shadows cannot give us what we crave
Author:
Samuel Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
16425

40. For he whose breast is tender blood so cool

First Line:
For he whose breast is tender blood so cool
Last Line:
It is the honey gainst a waspish wife
Author:
Thomas Dekker (Absolute)
DMI number:
17090

41. For I would choose to scramble at a door

First Line:
For I would choose to scramble at a door
Last Line:
If but in thought consenting to another
DMI number:
14168

42. For if he can prove his father was free

First Line:
For if he can prove his father was free
Last Line:
His father's copy and never serve for it
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14363

43. For wealth has married wealth with youth age joins

First Line:
For wealth has married wealth with youth age joins
Last Line:
Not to engender men but several coins
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
16456

44. For women's resolutions in such deeds

First Line:
For women's resolutions in such deeds
Last Line:
Like bees light oft on flowers and oft on weeds
Author:
John Webster (Absolute)
DMI number:
16433

45. Force and the will of our imperious rulers

First Line:
Force and the will of our imperious rulers
Last Line:
To the dear native land from whence he came
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19079

46. For Venus had never seen bedded

First Line:
For Venus had never seen bedded
Last Line:
To the beautiful Molly Le P--ll
DMI number:
22769

47. Fondness is still the effect of new delight

First Line:
Fondness is still the effect of new delight
Last Line:
The metal's base the gilding worn away
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
19912

48. For after matrimony's over

First Line:
For after matrimony's over
Last Line:
Then half a year of love before
DMI number:
39830

49. From things considered with a stricter view

First Line:
From things considered with a stricter view
Last Line:
The blossom's withered and our hopes are fled
Author:
Laurence Eusden (Absolute)
DMI number:
7026

50. Hail wedded love mysterious law true source

First Line:
Hail wedded love mysterious law true source
Last Line:
And dares the fury of the waves and tides
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
30401

51. Heaven is just scorns are the hire of scorns

First Line:
Heaven is just scorns are the hire of scorns
Last Line:
I never yet knew adulterer without horns
Author:
Cyril Tourneur (Absolute) & Thomas Middleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
13417

52. Happy they the happiest of their kind

First Line:
Happy they the happiest of their kind
Last Line:
To scenes where love and bliss immortal reign
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
35687

53. He despised the sweetest beauty

First Line:
He despised the sweetest beauty
Last Line:
At length he married to a beggar
DMI number:
11402

54. He that dares strike against the husband's freedom

First Line:
He that dares strike against the husband's freedom
Last Line:
And find no earth that's base enough to bury him
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute)
DMI number:
15218

55. He that will choose | A good wife from a bad come learn of me

First Line:
He that will choose | A good wife from a bad come learn of me
Last Line:
No beauty's like the beauty of the mind
DMI number:
41662

56. Here for an hour a week perhaps a night

First Line:
Here for an hour a week perhaps a night
Last Line:
Yet first or last return again to two
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
5969

57. Here I kneel | If ever my will did trespass gainst his love

First Line:
Here I kneel | If ever my will did trespass gainst his love
Last Line:
But cannot taint my love
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
21382

58. Her fame through all the realms did ring

First Line:
Her fame through all the realms did ring
Last Line:
Did bear one son and eke no more
DMI number:
11403

59. How many ills spring from adultery

First Line:
How many ills spring from adultery
Last Line:
The husband scorned wife shamed and babes unblessed
Author:
John Webster (Absolute)
DMI number:
13419

60. How many shepherds daughters who in duty

First Line:
How many shepherds daughters who in duty
Last Line:
Who merely marry wealth and not their mates
Author:
William Browne (Absolute)
DMI number:
16437

61. Holy ceremonies

First Line:
Holy ceremonies
Last Line:
On wedlock's sacred altar
Author:
Thomas Middleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
16429

62. How near am I now to a happiness

First Line:
How near am I now to a happiness
Last Line:
Is but a fair house built by a ditch side
Author:
Thomas Middleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
16430

63. Husbands are used as properties in scenes

First Line:
Husbands are used as properties in scenes
Last Line:
To keep the inward motions undiscovered
Author:
Leonard Willan (Absolute)
DMI number:
15230

64. I have ever found it most true in mine

First Line:
I have ever found it most true in mine
Last Line:
Are the most voluntary cuckolds after
Author:
John Webster (Absolute) & Thomas Dekker (Absolute)
DMI number:
15211

65. I esteem it | No marriage but a well named rape where friends

First Line:
I esteem it | No marriage but a well named rape where friends
Last Line:
Being condemned not wedded to her husband
Author:
Robert Mead (Absolute)
DMI number:
16452

66. In the election of a wife as in

First Line:
In the election of a wife as in
Last Line:
The end of a rash bargain
DMI number:
41664

67. Is it enough to use adulterous thefts

First Line:
Is it enough to use adulterous thefts
Last Line:
When lust usurps the bed that should be pure
Author:
Thomas Middleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
16428

68. It is a sign that nothing shall assuage

First Line:
It is a sign that nothing shall assuage
Last Line:
Delighted but the other rejoiceth
Author:
John Lyly (Absolute)
DMI number:
16423

69. It is the common condition

First Line:
It is the common condition
Last Line:
They have not a glimpse of suspicion left
Author:
Richard Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
14370

70. It is the married woman if you mark it

First Line:
It is the married woman if you mark it
Last Line:
Then our desire is whetted on to more
Author:
William Rowley (Absolute) & Thomas Middleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
16432

71. Look here upon this picture and on this

First Line:
Look here upon this picture and on this
Last Line:
And reason panders will
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
15204

72. Lord of your self uncumbered with a wife

First Line:
Lord of your self uncumbered with a wife
Last Line:
And better shun the bait than struggle in the snare
DMI number:
39832

73. Like a dog with a bottle tied close to his tail

First Line:
Like a dog with a bottle tied close to his tail
Last Line:
Like a Tory in a bog or a thief in a jail
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
34137

74. Most potent grave and reverend signiors

First Line:
Most potent grave and reverend signiors
Last Line:
This only is the witchcraft I have used
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
34933

75. My dear lord's wise and knows

First Line:
My dear lord's wise and knows
Last Line:
Folly may judge most fair wisdom most light
DMI number:
41663

76. My dear soul of my life

First Line:
My dear soul of my life
Last Line:
If you was my wife
DMI number:
12693

77. I'm mad as promised bridegrooms born away

First Line:
I'm mad as promised bridegrooms born away
Last Line:
With thoughts of nothing but the joyful day
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
18429

78. I sought none of your alliance I

First Line:
I sought none of your alliance I
Last Line:
Like the pale ghosts of dead nobility
Author:
Richard Brome (Absolute)
DMI number:
13438

79. I think my wife is honest and think she is not

First Line:
I think my wife is honest and think she is not
Last Line:
I'll not endure it would I were satisfied
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
15255

80. I know | The sum of all that makes a man a just man happy

First Line:
I know | The sum of all that makes a man a just man happy
Last Line:
And fair descent must make the yoke uneasy
DMI number:
41667

81. I look on wives as on good dull companion

First Line:
I look on wives as on good dull companion
Last Line:
Who lays my pillow for me
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21387

82. I wonder Zanthia why the custom is

First Line:
I wonder Zanthia why the custom is
Last Line:
Nor detract vice
Author:
John Marston (Absolute)
DMI number:
13819

83. I would not wed her

First Line:
I would not wed her
Last Line:
And take a wife to mortify withal
Author:
Thomas Otway (Absolute)
DMI number:
19913

84. I would now ask

First Line:
I would now ask
Last Line:
To cuckold him but lords ever after
Author:
Thomas Nabbes [Nabbs] (Absolute)
DMI number:
14367

85. I'd rather | Lie with an ancient tomb or embrace

First Line:
I'd rather | Lie with an ancient tomb or embrace
Last Line:
Had icicles in june
Author:
Jasper Mayne (Absolute)
DMI number:
15229

86. If ever I take a wife I will have one

First Line:
If ever I take a wife I will have one
Last Line:
Should only love not dote on her perfection
DMI number:
41669

87. If any find of womankind

First Line:
If any find of womankind
Last Line:
Wilt bless us evermore Amen
Author:
Robert Allen (Absolute)
DMI number:
12106

88. If the indulgent law allows

First Line:
If the indulgent law allows
Last Line:
Runs greater hazards of her life
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
9520

89. If thou art thus uxoriously inclined

First Line:
If thou art thus uxoriously inclined
Last Line:
The better husband makes the wife the worse
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
39432

90. If I but hear wife named I'm sick that day

First Line:
If I but hear wife named I'm sick that day
Last Line:
The sound is mortal and frights life away
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
21385

91. If marriage be honourable then

First Line:
If marriage be honourable then
Last Line:
Be made without marriage
Author:
Thomas Middleton (Speculation) & William Shakespeare (Speculation)
DMI number:
14361

92. If you did wed my sister for her wealth

First Line:
If you did wed my sister for her wealth
Last Line:
And let her read it in the looks at board
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
13416

93. If you would have the nuptial union last

First Line:
If you would have the nuptial union last
Last Line:
Let virtue be the bond that ties it fast
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
19921

94. Let all young sprightly wives that have

First Line:
Let all young sprightly wives that have
Last Line:
Which is to make them fools and please them too
DMI number:
41666

95. Just reeking from my arms oh thou adulteress

First Line:
Just reeking from my arms oh thou adulteress
Last Line:
And joys which I must never dream of more
DMI number:
14167

96. Know then | As women owe a duty so do men

First Line:
Know then | As women owe a duty so do men
Last Line:
Death only parts since they are knit by heaven
Author:
George Wilkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
15220

97. Midas the king as in his book appears

First Line:
Midas the king as in his book appears
Last Line:
Till the next longing fit return again
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
9806

98. Marriage at best is but a vow

First Line:
Marriage at best is but a vow
Last Line:
Which all men either break or bow
DMI number:
39831

99. Marriage is a bold venture at the best

First Line:
Marriage is a bold venture at the best
Last Line:
But when we pleasre our selves we venture least
Author:
Thomas Southerne (Absolute)
DMI number:
19918

100. Marriage is but a beast some say

First Line:
Marriage is but a beast some say
Last Line:
It should so suddenly be tired
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
25475