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1. A dwarf upon a pismires back

First Line:: A dwarf upon a pismires back
Last Line:: What Phaeton had a fall
DMI number:: 43766

2. A fool a wise man riding once espied

First Line:: A fool a wise man riding once espied
Last Line:: Themselves not horse appoint where they must lie
Author:: John Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:: 41938

3. A thousand martyrs I have made

First Line:: A thousand martyrs I have made
Last Line:: Despise the fools that whine for love
DMI number:: 43588

4. Ah tell me why deluded sex thus we

First Line:: Ah tell me why deluded sex thus we
Last Line:: Will owe our charms of wit of parts and poetry
DMI number:: 43034

5. After those revered papers whose souls is

First Line:: After those revered papers whose souls is
Last Line:: In length and ease are alike every where
DMI number:: 43358

6. An invasion from Dutchland is all the discourse

First Line:: An invasion from Dutchland is all the discourse
Last Line:: On condition that you may depart with your lives
DMI number:: 44330

7. As mother cook went t'other day

First Line:: As mother cook went t'other day
Last Line:: And squitter squatter guilt his bays
DMI number:: 44339

8. Caelia tho your conquering eyes

First Line:: Caelia tho your conquering eyes
Last Line:: The surer conquest gain
DMI number:: 44593

9. Come give me the wench that is mellow

First Line:: Come give me the wench that is mellow
Last Line:: The horn the pot or the placket
DMI number:: 44259

10. Come hither sweet melancholy

First Line:: Come hither sweet melancholy
Last Line:: Then too late thou wilt be sorry
DMI number:: 43985

11. Come all you young lovers and listen to me

First Line:: Come all you young lovers and listen to me
Last Line:: Will meet you half way with her smock in her teeth
DMI number:: 44440

12. Diogenes was merry in his tub

First Line:: Diogenes was merry in his tub
Last Line:: For the more we laugh the more we may
Author:: John Playford (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44193

13. Disputes daily arise and errors grow bolder

First Line:: Disputes daily arise and errors grow bolder
Last Line:: Tis he is the man ma-the-ma-ti-cal
DMI number:: 43930

14. Farewell ye gilded follies pleasing troubles

First Line:: Farewell ye gilded follies pleasing troubles
Last Line:: I'll never look for it but in heaven again
DMI number:: 43750

15. Give us music and wine

First Line:: Give us music and wine
Last Line:: And blessed is he that enjoys them
DMI number:: 44340

16. From whence usurping man thy boasted claim

First Line:: From whence usurping man thy boasted claim
Last Line:: In choicer gifts but wit to use them well
DMI number:: 43036

17. Full twenty times over and twenty to that

First Line:: Full twenty times over and twenty to that
Last Line:: To water as thou dost or let them choose
DMI number:: 43340

18. Good gaffer stand aloof

First Line:: Good gaffer stand aloof
Last Line:: You leisure to tipple and be as drunk as a lord
DMI number:: 43341

19. Good sir what makes you strut I pray whence come ye

First Line:: Good sir what makes you strut I pray whence come ye
Last Line:: That wisdom dwells not with conceitedness
DMI number:: 44402

20. He's a fool in his heart that takes any care

First Line:: He's a fool in his heart that takes any care
Last Line:: Say the word what it will I will never give over
DMI number:: 44304