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1. A fortune take for better and for worse

First Line:
A fortune take for better and for worse
Last Line:
Tis then that man and wife are on the par
DMI number:
27508

2. A fumbling old parson who got a young wife

First Line:
A fumbling old parson who got a young wife
Last Line:
I'll only desire the tythe of the men
DMI number:
25026

3. A bachelor would have a wife that's wise

First Line:
A bachelor would have a wife that's wise
Last Line:
He should bespeak her there's none ready made
DMI number:
12446

4. A batchelor more gay than sage

First Line:
A batchelor more gay than sage
Last Line:
Fair tuttress each the same to you
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
22780

5. A bonny brisk widow who riches possessed

First Line:
A bonny brisk widow who riches possessed
Last Line:
He has no way to lay it upon an occasion
DMI number:
6919

6. 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

7. A certain sister of our town

First Line:
A certain sister of our town
Last Line:
She's married now and there's an end on it
DMI number:
15540

8. A jolly tinker and a boon companion

First Line:
A jolly tinker and a boon companion
Last Line:
Should rule abroad that could not rule at home
DMI number:
5838

9. A neighbour mine not long ago there was

First Line:
A neighbour mine not long ago there was
Last Line:
Whereto two parties once be full content
Author:
Sir Philip Sidney (Absolute)
DMI number:
13170

10. A tailor there was and he lived in a garret

First Line:
A tailor there was and he lived in a garret
Last Line:
For cross legged together they sat till they died
DMI number:
25250

11. A tailor there was and he lived in a garret

First Line:
A tailor there was and he lived in a garret
Last Line:
For cross legged together they stitched till they died
DMI number:
31817

12. A tale so nobly planned and sweetly told

First Line:
A tale so nobly planned and sweetly told
Last Line:
So may the Miller if you choose proceed
Author:
George Ogle (Absolute)
DMI number:
18355

13. A man may lead a happy life

First Line:
A man may lead a happy life
Last Line:
For jobs through all the town they roam
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
22257

14. A soldier and a sailor

First Line:
A soldier and a sailor
Last Line:
Which won this fair maid's heart
Author:
William Congreve (Absolute)
DMI number:
8204

15. A song of horror I must now commence

First Line:
A song of horror I must now commence
Last Line:
And shall for ages be the song of fame
DMI number:
4243

16. A rich old bachelor whose care

First Line:
A rich old bachelor whose care
Last Line:
Enjoyed the truth of what he'd heard
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
7980

17. A living taylor for his sins did wed

First Line:
A living taylor for his sins did wed
Last Line:
And never more on their misfortunes think
DMI number:
5853

18. All day the shrew Afflana does complain

First Line:
All day the shrew Afflana does complain
Last Line:
And praises the pleasures of a nuptial bed
Author:
John Morrice (Confident)
DMI number:
13791

19. Accept dear Percy from your long known friend

First Line:
Accept dear Percy from your long known friend
Last Line:
As shine with lustre in Northumberland
DMI number:
35294

20. A woman's rule should be in such a fashion

First Line:
A woman's rule should be in such a fashion
Last Line:
Obedient husbands or commanding wives
DMI number:
43863

21. All plagues are jokes the learned tell us

First Line:
All plagues are jokes the learned tell us
Last Line:
To blame had he been taken in
Author:
Samuel Humphreys (Absolute)
DMI number:
12349

22. An honest blunt carpenter Thomas by name

First Line:
An honest blunt carpenter Thomas by name
Last Line:
If I'm angry with thee I'm not angry with it
DMI number:
16612

23. All you who Hymen's yoke would prove

First Line:
All you who Hymen's yoke would prove
Last Line:
By not increasing fools
DMI number:
19406

24. 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

25. As John the sailor and his lass

First Line:
As John the sailor and his lass
Last Line:
A licence to have done the same
DMI number:
17709

26. As married Nell was blithe with James

First Line:
As married Nell was blithe with James
Last Line:
I scorn God knows a neighbour should suspect me
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
24798

27. As Ned and T----

First Line:
As Ned and T----
Last Line:
Our wives are kissed by others
DMI number:
12147

28. As often wit in merry tale

First Line:
As often wit in merry tale
Last Line:
And Sue's Sir Roger's mistress yet
DMI number:
11144

29. As doctors when they sell their pills

First Line:
As doctors when they sell their pills
Last Line:
But only that Hans Carvell wore
DMI number:
6210

30. As fiddlers and archers who cunningly know

First Line:
As fiddlers and archers who cunningly know
Last Line:
And t'other poor soul we may marry
DMI number:
24689

31. As good Mr Crape with my lord was at dinner

First Line:
As good Mr Crape with my lord was at dinner
Last Line:
She's been so much used that she'll not be worth turning
DMI number:
24746

32. 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

33. As Celia to the almighty prayed

First Line:
As Celia to the almighty prayed
Last Line:
And lastly let the devil take him | Lord I beseech thee
DMI number:
18273

34. As Colin sauntered with his bride

First Line:
As Colin sauntered with his bride
Last Line:
O I had tasted honey sweets
DMI number:
25264

35. As in fenced gardens grows some secret flower

First Line:
As in fenced gardens grows some secret flower
Last Line:
Blessed by her fire will bless her husbands arms
DMI number:
26884

36. 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

37. As wretched vain and indifferent

First Line:
As wretched vain and indifferent
Last Line:
Reaps the true bliss and digs the richer mine
DMI number:
43613

38. As wretched vain and indiscreet

First Line:
As wretched vain and indiscreet
Last Line:
Reaps the true bliss and digs the richer mine
Author:
Aphra Behn (Speculation)
DMI number:
4015

39. Be merry brethrene ane and all

First Line:
Be merry brethrene ane and all
Last Line:
In country and in toun
Author:
Flemyng (Speculation)
DMI number:
10834

40. Beauty affords contentment to the eye

First Line:
Beauty affords contentment to the eye
Last Line:
But happier that of our posterity
DMI number:
6784

41. Before her husband Lesbia calls me names

First Line:
Before her husband Lesbia calls me names
Last Line:
But are the marks of unextinguished love
Author:
Nicholas Amhurst (Absolute)
DMI number:
12432

42. Before my projects all are finished

First Line:
Before my projects all are finished
Last Line:
And so is Sarah if she get no son
Author:
Daniel Baker (Speculation) & Robert Gould (Speculation) & John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6940

43. Behold at length disclosed to vital air

First Line:
Behold at length disclosed to vital air
Last Line:
But with increase of years I'll bring increase of love
DMI number:
8570

44. Blessings in abundance come

First Line:
Blessings in abundance come
Last Line:
On ye both good night to all
Author:
Henry Bold (Confident)
DMI number:
6914

45. Brave man the sacrifice of female spite

First Line:
Brave man the sacrifice of female spite
Last Line:
Ere some foul sin your nauseous corpse consume
Author:
Aphra Behn (Speculation)
DMI number:
5508

46. Bright Cynthia scorns

First Line:
Bright Cynthia scorns
Last Line:
Was always a friend to the night
DMI number:
42466

47. Behold the woes of matrimonial life

First Line:
Behold the woes of matrimonial life
Last Line:
And opened to the tale a self-sufficient ear
Author:
George Ogle (Absolute) & Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
18377

48. Blown on the rolling surface of the deep

First Line:
Blown on the rolling surface of the deep
Last Line:
And heaven indulgent blessed their nuptial bands
Author:
Stephen Duck (Absolute)
DMI number:
25318

49. Blush not redder than the morning

First Line:
Blush not redder than the morning
Last Line:
Ah ah they part they part for ever | Lest old time &c
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Confident)
DMI number:
42786

50. Blush not redder than the morning

First Line:
Blush not redder than the morning
Last Line:
Ah then they part they part for ever | Lest &c
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Confident)
DMI number:
42530

51. Beneath the shadow of a beaver hat

First Line:
Beneath the shadow of a beaver hat
Last Line:
So Tabitha took earnest of a spouse
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
17959

52. Can wealth give happiness look round and see

First Line:
Can wealth give happiness look round and see
Last Line:
Then wed not acres but a noble mind
Author:
Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:
33701

53. But experience teacheth best

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

54. Chaucer who close attended from the ground

First Line:
Chaucer who close attended from the ground
Last Line:
Speak what he will like echo speak the last
Author:
George Ogle (Absolute)
DMI number:
18379

55. Chloe from all the pleasures of the town

First Line:
Chloe from all the pleasures of the town
Last Line:
Yet virtue never fails to meet reward
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
5405

56. Chloe new married looks on men no more

First Line:
Chloe new married looks on men no more
Last Line:
Why then 'tis plain for what she looked before
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
6675

57. Chloe now married looks at men no more

First Line:
Chloe now married looks at men no more
Last Line:
Why then tis plain for what she looked before
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
40403

58. Chloe now married looks on man no more

First Line:
Chloe now married looks on man no more
Last Line:
Why then tis plain for what she looked before
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
34068

59. Chloe with Tom went out one day

First Line:
Chloe with Tom went out one day
Last Line:
With Ralph the gardener on the green
DMI number:
23056

60. Cleora has her wish she weds a peer

First Line:
Cleora has her wish she weds a peer
Last Line:
They cannot make me wretched blessing her
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
4192

61. Clodius boasts that he a wife will take

First Line:
Clodius boasts that he a wife will take
Last Line:
Clodius is hornified yet holds his peace
DMI number:
25680

62. Close by the entrance of the woodland plain

First Line:
Close by the entrance of the woodland plain
Last Line:
Fled from the Yate and clapped the cottage door
Author:
William Dawson (Absolute)
DMI number:
25353

63. Come hither my dearest come hither to me

First Line:
Come hither my dearest come hither to me
Last Line:
Or else for evermore adieu
Author:
William Hicks (Confident)
DMI number:
42426

64. Come hither my voluptuous pug

First Line:
Come hither my voluptuous pug
Last Line:
Ere a dutch dog shall be my rival
DMI number:
5180

65. Come beauteous nymph canst thou embrace

First Line:
Come beauteous nymph canst thou embrace
Last Line:
You and I shall lie together
Author:
R. Fletcher (Confident)
DMI number:
4456

66. Come Celia let's agree at last

First Line:
Come Celia let's agree at last
Last Line:
Sure never is too late
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
4207

67. Dear doctor here comes a young virgin untainted

First Line:
Dear doctor here comes a young virgin untainted
Last Line:
You lying by me and I lying by you
DMI number:
15881

68. Cursed be the law but doubly cursed

First Line:
Cursed be the law but doubly cursed
Last Line:
Till I had run the round of love
DMI number:
11152

69. Corinna late a gentle maid

First Line:
Corinna late a gentle maid
Last Line:
A silent fond pacific dame
DMI number:
20009

70. Corno in deep repentance lately swore

First Line:
Corno in deep repentance lately swore
Last Line:
But owns he has not been at home this week
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
24871

71. Cornus proclaims aloud his wife's a whore

First Line:
Cornus proclaims aloud his wife's a whore
Last Line:
But being one we cannot make thee none
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
6676

72. Cornus proclaims aloud his wife's a whore

First Line:
Cornus proclaims aloud his wife's a whore
Last Line:
But being so we cannot make thee none
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
24703

73. Coming a tender girl from school

First Line:
Coming a tender girl from school
Last Line:
Contract my stomach or enlarge my diet
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
6757

74. Condemned to meet a cold embrace

First Line:
Condemned to meet a cold embrace
Last Line:
Until you do your lover right
DMI number:
17915

75. Conon the nice observer of the skies

First Line:
Conon the nice observer of the skies
Last Line:
Were I no constellation but her hair
DMI number:
8591

76. Dan Petrarch of old it has often been said

First Line:
Dan Petrarch of old it has often been said
Last Line:
And my sonnets alas would gain credit with no man
DMI number:
31261

77. Dear Tom | This comes to let you know

First Line:
Dear Tom | This comes to let you know
Last Line:
Laid down his book blowed out the candle
Author:
Henry Baker (Absolute)
DMI number:
18705

78. Dear Tom | This comes to let you know

First Line:
Dear Tom | This comes to let you know
Last Line:
Laid down the book blowed out the candle
Author:
Henry Baker (Absolute)
DMI number:
24591

79. Dearest Chloe I must leave you

First Line:
Dearest Chloe I must leave you
Last Line:
For another more jolly his place shall supply
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
5385

80. 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

81. Doting Silenus in decline of life

First Line:
Doting Silenus in decline of life
Last Line:
And old Silenus glory in a son
DMI number:
12671

82. Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold

First Line:
Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold
Last Line:
Their life was one long day of harmony and love
Author:
George Ogle (Absolute)
DMI number:
18369

83. Each woman is a brief of womankind

First Line:
Each woman is a brief of womankind
Last Line:
Woman converts to man not man to her
Author:
Sir Thomas Overbury (Confident)
DMI number:
6791

84. Do what you can a woman still

First Line:
Do what you can a woman still
Last Line:
That one good turn deserves another
DMI number:
19380

85. Faith Bessy you know that I long have loved you

First Line:
Faith Bessy you know that I long have loved you
Last Line:
Such as gentlefolk give to their kind misses
DMI number:
42718

86. Fanny with Tom went out one day

First Line:
Fanny with Tom went out one day
Last Line:
It's certain proof the world's turned round
DMI number:
12118

87. Farewell ye dames of Surrey's fertile plains

First Line:
Farewell ye dames of Surrey's fertile plains
Last Line:
And ere the morn the lovers took their flight
DMI number:
11134

88. First wheat and barley shall be sown

First Line:
First wheat and barley shall be sown
Last Line:
And I'll for rhyme write under | ---Amen
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5523

89. Exposed to all thou wilt less worthy seem

First Line:
Exposed to all thou wilt less worthy seem
Last Line:
I only wish thou mayst be understood
DMI number:
6788

90. Fair lovely courteous dame whoever thou art

First Line:
Fair lovely courteous dame whoever thou art
Last Line:
Love him as he has loved the church you need not love him more
DMI number:
8096

91. Fair one why cannot you an old man love

First Line:
Fair one why cannot you an old man love
Last Line:
Your elevation is for fifty two
Author:
Henry King (Absolute)
DMI number:
5607

92. From all the brood which cackled on the moor

First Line:
From all the brood which cackled on the moor
Last Line:
He grew a husband she a very wife
DMI number:
34020

93. From all the brood which crackled on the moor

First Line:
From all the brood which crackled on the moor
Last Line:
He grew a husband she a very wife
DMI number:
33969

94. From ancient nest did spring a droll muir-cock

First Line:
From ancient nest did spring a droll muir-cock
Last Line:
Fistula dulce canit volucrem dum decipit auceps
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:
27885

95. Friend Benedict has got a wife

First Line:
Friend Benedict has got a wife
Last Line:
And now her spouse the breeches wears
DMI number:
33300

96. Friend thou art yoked and canst not help the thing

First Line:
Friend thou art yoked and canst not help the thing
Last Line:
Throw her upon her back and all is done
Author:
Samuel Sheppard (Confident)
DMI number:
5638

97. 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

98. For her husband deceased Sally chants the sweet lay

First Line:
For her husband deceased Sally chants the sweet lay
Last Line:
She'll cry for a live one tomorrow
Author:
Christopher Smart (Absolute)
DMI number:
38366

99. For husbands lost poor women cry

First Line:
For husbands lost poor women cry
Last Line:
Where's the young man of whom you spoke
DMI number:
39140

100. Fond Orpheus went as poets tell

First Line:
Fond Orpheus went as poets tell
Last Line:
And taught him by a look to lose her
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Confident)
DMI number:
2668