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1. A junto of knaves met at Paris together

First Line:
A junto of knaves met at Paris together
Last Line:
In vain they cry help us oh Lewis and Rome | And all the day long | Now this is their song | Dear Jemmy an halter an halter's our doom
DMI number:
11944

2. A nobleman of late a damsel took

First Line:
A nobleman of late a damsel took
Last Line:
All things go backwards so pray turn your a--se
DMI number:
17928

3. A spaniel bred with all the care

First Line:
A spaniel bred with all the care
Last Line:
Like those I flattered feed on air
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
24893

4. All hail propitious day whose wished return

First Line:
All hail propitious day whose wished return
Last Line:
The sun and Caesar but prepared this day
DMI number:
12606

5. All loyal men come zee my vine rary show

First Line:
All loyal men come zee my vine rary show
Last Line:
So the devices of rebels will all prove in vain
DMI number:
12144

6. Among the race of England's modern peers

First Line:
Among the race of England's modern peers
Last Line:
With such a subject and a brother blessed
DMI number:
4766

7. Among the writing race of modern wits

First Line:
Among the writing race of modern wits
Last Line:
By gentle poet and by small commander
DMI number:
4767

8. All things are changed in court and town

First Line:
All things are changed in court and town
Last Line:
Oh we shall quite undo him
DMI number:
13237

9. As musing on his bed the speecher lay

First Line:
As musing on his bed the speecher lay
Last Line:
And leave thee to the lash of lost integrity
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation)
DMI number:
19530

10. As the devil over Lincoln was looking one day

First Line:
As the devil over Lincoln was looking one day
Last Line:
He'd be glad to come off half so well at Cambray
DMI number:
24709

11. As the other night in bed I thinking lay

First Line:
As the other night in bed I thinking lay
Last Line:
Tis ten to one but I shall dream again
Author:
John Ayloffe (Speculation)
DMI number:
42336

12. Attend and I'll you a story that's new

First Line:
Attend and I'll you a story that's new
Last Line:
To traitors and villains confusion of face | Which nobody &c
DMI number:
11957

13. Attend good people give an ear

First Line:
Attend good people give an ear
Last Line:
Declare him a rank tory
DMI number:
13405

14. B---- vexed with court the country sought

First Line:
B---- vexed with court the country sought
Last Line:
From ------ unhappy case
DMI number:
19742

15. By various paths the great ascend

First Line:
By various paths the great ascend
Last Line:
Restrained from fight he durst resign
DMI number:
18325

16. Clarendon had law and sense

First Line:
Clarendon had law and sense
Last Line:
With here and there a pawn
Author:
John Dryden (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Speculation) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
2182

17. Come all you sons of Adam

First Line:
Come all you sons of Adam
Last Line:
They give delight to kings
DMI number:
2602

18. Disgraced and one forlorn made fortune's sport

First Line:
Disgraced and one forlorn made fortune's sport
Last Line:
Next after you by G-- I will be king
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
42320

19. Disgraced undone forlorn made fortune's sport

First Line:
Disgraced undone forlorn made fortune's sport
Last Line:
Next after you by --- I will be king
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
4769

20. December last in frosty weather

First Line:
December last in frosty weather
Last Line:
That would have crept through the laws
DMI number:
12030

21. Deep deep in S----'s blundering head

First Line:
Deep deep in S----'s blundering head
Last Line:
Tis time to drown their senses
DMI number:
17939

22. Farewell Petre farewell cross

First Line:
Farewell Petre farewell cross
Last Line:
Farewell all that deserve a r-----
DMI number:
42374

23. From a proud sensual atheistical life

First Line:
From a proud sensual atheistical life
Last Line:
From making our heirs to be Morrice and Clayton | Libera nos Domine
DMI number:
4742

24. From all the women we have whored

First Line:
From all the women we have whored
Last Line:
And never see Breda again | Quaesimus te &c
DMI number:
42378

25. From all the women we have whored

First Line:
From all the women we have whored
Last Line:
And never see Breda again | Quaesumus &c
DMI number:
4912

26. From all the women we have whored

First Line:
From all the women we have whored
Last Line:
Or ever see Breda again | Quaesumus te domine
DMI number:
42358

27. Fly envious time why dost our bliss delay

First Line:
Fly envious time why dost our bliss delay
Last Line:
And thought on even to convert rebellion
Author:
John Phillips (Absolute)
DMI number:
43185

28. From merit unwieldy and overgrown worth

First Line:
From merit unwieldy and overgrown worth
Last Line:
Who'll endeavour to save St Paul's work 'tis thought | Libera nos &c
DMI number:
7457

29. Gay was the treat and spacious was the board

First Line:
Gay was the treat and spacious was the board
Last Line:
And couchant c---ch was crammed into the cage
DMI number:
7673

30. Great Marlborough's quite forgot sir

First Line:
Great Marlborough's quite forgot sir
Last Line:
She would rather live with the groom | Than Sachev----l &c
DMI number:
13375

31. Grenadiers now change your song

First Line:
Grenadiers now change your song
Last Line:
And ever reckon him England's foe | Who voted out our Marlborough
DMI number:
13376

32. Grenadiers now change your song

First Line:
Grenadiers now change your song
Last Line:
Drink a heallth to Marlborough | Sing over the hills &c
DMI number:
13379

33. Great E---- of B----h

First Line:
Great E---- of B----h
Last Line:
You must the nation round
DMI number:
17972

34. Had the late famed Lord Rochester survived

First Line:
Had the late famed Lord Rochester survived
Last Line:
To see those more prodigious ----- there
DMI number:
6494

35. Had women Vandeput been thy electors

First Line:
Had women Vandeput been thy electors
Last Line:
For all the beauties are thy friends
DMI number:
23178

36. Good dear Eugene

First Line:
Good dear Eugene
Last Line:
So down with the Tory | Laro laro laro &c
DMI number:
12017

37. Good people I pray give ear unto me

First Line:
Good people I pray give ear unto me
Last Line:
And no man ever heard of them since or before | The truth &c
DMI number:
43151

38. Here dead to fame lives patriot Will

First Line:
Here dead to fame lives patriot Will
Last Line:
His robes his winding sheet
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Confident)
DMI number:
21784

39. Here's a health to the queen and her faithful adviser

First Line:
Here's a health to the queen and her faithful adviser
Last Line:
She greater than Tudor he greater than Vere
DMI number:
8109

40. How our good King does papists hate

First Line:
How our good King does papists hate
Last Line:
Yet bear thee Littleton in mind
DMI number:
4752

41. I am a senseless thing with a hey with a hey

First Line:
I am a senseless thing with a hey with a hey
Last Line:
For a martyr's place above | With a hey tronny nonny nonny no
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
4737

42. I have no hopes the Duke he says and dies

First Line:
I have no hopes the Duke he says and dies
Last Line:
And who can say the reverend prelate lies
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
12186

43. Is this the wondrous matchless fair

First Line:
Is this the wondrous matchless fair
Last Line:
Than Sol's or Cynthia's nobler light
DMI number:
6387

44. Is Prior gone O would you once inspire

First Line:
Is Prior gone O would you once inspire
Last Line:
But all the land record Prior's immortal fame
DMI number:
12229

45. Is Prior gone O would you once inspire

First Line:
Is Prior gone O would you once inspire
Last Line:
What all the land record Prior's immortal fame
DMI number:
18409

46. It happened in the twilight of the day

First Line:
It happened in the twilight of the day
Last Line:
Starts from the couch and bid the dame draw near
DMI number:
42304

47. It happened in the twilight of the day

First Line:
It happened in the twilight of the day
Last Line:
Starts from the couch and bids the dame draw near
DMI number:
3636

48. It is not the silver or gold of its self

First Line:
It is not the silver or gold of its self
Last Line:
This makes you as merry as we that do sing
DMI number:
43296

49. I sing you a song of a right noble L

First Line:
I sing you a song of a right noble L
Last Line:
Sir George Vandeputs he so Sir George we will sing
DMI number:
23171

50. I that was once an humble log

First Line:
I that was once an humble log
Last Line:
Got in my chest and went to rest
DMI number:
42345