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1. Alas his knowledge is not worth a pin

First Line:
Alas his knowledge is not worth a pin
Last Line:
If he proclaim not what he hath within
DMI number:
33651

2. Anger's a kind of gain that rich men know

First Line:
Anger's a kind of gain that rich men know
Last Line:
It costs them less to hate than to bestow
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15986

3. For Christ his spouse his cause and at Christ's tide

First Line:
For Christ his spouse his cause and at Christ's tide
Last Line:
Within Christ's temple Christ's true lover died
DMI number:
41953

4. Gainst me to prate or print is H-- said

First Line:
Gainst me to prate or print is H-- said
Last Line:
He neither does whose neither heard nor read
DMI number:
12985

5. Happy the house the goods whereof excel

First Line:
Happy the house the goods whereof excel
Last Line:
When the owner's godly and those gotten well
DMI number:
41992

6. I am thy heir Catullus thou hast said it

First Line:
I am thy heir Catullus thou hast said it
Last Line:
But I will not believe it till I read it
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
15989

7. I drink a pint a gallon you for shame

First Line:
I drink a pint a gallon you for shame
Last Line:
Can you complain the wine is not the same
DMI number:
28003

8. In love's no toil or we no toil can prove

First Line:
In love's no toil or we no toil can prove
Last Line:
But if there be it is a toil we love
DMI number:
10010

9. Ned is a sober fellow they pretend

First Line:
Ned is a sober fellow they pretend
Last Line:
Such would I have my coachman not my friend
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27757

10. She ravished was by highwaymen she cries

First Line:
She ravished was by highwaymen she cries
Last Line:
Flatly the fact each highwayman denies
DMI number:
28002

11. She'd fain have George and no one blame her can

First Line:
She'd fain have George and no one blame her can
Last Line:
George won't have her and who can blame the man
DMI number:
24807

12. She'd fain have Priscus no one blame her can

First Line:
She'd fain have Priscus no one blame her can
Last Line:
He'll not have her and who can blame the man
Author:
Sir Edward Sherburne (Confident)
DMI number:
17417

13. The aged mother to her daughter spake

First Line:
The aged mother to her daughter spake
Last Line:
Whose daughter's daughter cries
DMI number:
27125

14. That speech surpasses force is no new whim

First Line:
That speech surpasses force is no new whim
Last Line:
Jove caused the heavens to tremble Juno him
DMI number:
12364

15. The shaken tree grows faster at the root

First Line:
The shaken tree grows faster at the root
Last Line:
And love grows firmer for some blasts of doubt
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
17051

16. Tom never drinks that I should much commend

First Line:
Tom never drinks that I should much commend
Last Line:
In Tom my coachman but not Tom my friend
DMI number:
28004

17. When scribbler makes us for his verse subscribe

First Line:
When scribbler makes us for his verse subscribe
Last Line:
All are not mad of the poetic tribe
DMI number:
28011

18. Who says that Corinna sells every thing lies

First Line:
Who says that Corinna sells every thing lies
Last Line:
For her face that sells you her etcetera she buys
DMI number:
10050

19. Wonder you Meanwell is so often bit

First Line:
Wonder you Meanwell is so often bit
Last Line:
An honest man's a child in worldly wit
DMI number:
28015

20. Your hair and teeth you're are not ashamed to buy

First Line:
Your hair and teeth you're are not ashamed to buy
Last Line:
What will you do should you lose the other eye
DMI number:
27998