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1. A man of spirit beyond the reach of fear

First Line:
A man of spirit beyond the reach of fear
Last Line:
But gold and grace will make him surfeit of it
DMI number:
40848

2. A precisian | In state is a ridiculous miracle

First Line:
A precisian | In state is a ridiculous miracle
Last Line:
He mounts to glory
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute) & George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
17214

3. A prince's love is like the lightening's fume

First Line:
A prince's love is like the lightening's fume
Last Line:
Which no man can embrace but must consume
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14739

4. Alas that in the wane of our affections

First Line:
Alas that in the wane of our affections
Last Line:
When they go out most vice shows most divine
DMI number:
41006

5. Afflictions

First Line:
Afflictions
Last Line:
But a whole shower does follow
Author:
George Chapman (Speculation) & Henry Glapthorne (Absolute)
DMI number:
13374

6. Another's knowledge

First Line:
Another's knowledge
Last Line:
On others' knowledge and exile their own
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute) & George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
16015

7. And a man will play the fool and be a

First Line:
And a man will play the fool and be a
Last Line:
I cannot stir out of doors for them
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14458

8. And as of Homer's verses many critics

First Line:
And as of Homer's verses many critics
Last Line:
But for the least they lose extremely weep
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14474

9. And thus we see where valour most doth vaunt

First Line:
And thus we see where valour most doth vaunt
Last Line:
What tis to make a coward valiant
DMI number:
41417

10. As nothing equals right to virtue done

First Line:
As nothing equals right to virtue done
Last Line:
Is righted ever when men grant they err
DMI number:
41444

11. As a city dame

First Line:
As a city dame
Last Line:
Drowned in the set lake of a hopeless cheek
DMI number:
41159

12. As a cunning orator reserves

First Line:
As a cunning orator reserves
Last Line:
The world in admiration of your crown
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14940

13. As when the moon hath comforted the night

First Line:
As when the moon hath comforted the night
Last Line:
Dark earth would ope and hide us in our graves
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
15692

14. Before I was secure against death and hell

First Line:
Before I was secure against death and hell
Last Line:
But he will drown our cheeks in fear or woe
DMI number:
41007

15. Blood though it sleep a time yet never dies

First Line:
Blood though it sleep a time yet never dies
Last Line:
The gods on murderers fix revengeful eyes
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
16764

16. But as of lions it is said and eagles

First Line:
But as of lions it is said and eagles
Last Line:
In vile and vulgar admirations
DMI number:
41639

17. Conscience | Thou art but a terror first devised by the fears

First Line:
Conscience | Thou art but a terror first devised by the fears
Last Line:
And start at their grim shadows
Author:
George Chapman (Speculation) & Henry Glapthorne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14001

18. Daily and hourly proof | Tell us prosperity is at highest degree

First Line:
Daily and hourly proof | Tell us prosperity is at highest degree
Last Line:
Their own top-heavy state grubs up their root
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
17356

19. Each good mind doubles his own free content

First Line:
Each good mind doubles his own free content
Last Line:
When in another's use they give it vent
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14036

20. Extremes though contrary have the like effects

First Line:
Extremes though contrary have the like effects
Last Line:
Tempts chastity as much as too much license
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14663

21. Farewell for ever so have I discerned

First Line:
Farewell for ever so have I discerned
Last Line:
And hugest cannons burst with overcharge
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
13452

22. Fortune not reason rules the state of things

First Line:
Fortune not reason rules the state of things
Last Line:
Within are naught but mortar flint and lead
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14962

23. Fortune the great commandress of the world

First Line:
Fortune the great commandress of the world
Last Line:
And make show only without touch of substance
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14793

24. Friendship is the cement of two minds

First Line:
Friendship is the cement of two minds
Last Line:
Suffers a needful separation
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14822

25. For he that does | Most honour to his mistress well may boast

First Line:
For he that does | Most honour to his mistress well may boast
Last Line:
Without least question that he loves her most
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
16617

26. For his thoughts they brake not into deeds

First Line:
For his thoughts they brake not into deeds
Last Line:
In treason still is judged as the outward fact
DMI number:
41339

27. 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

28. For your behaviour let it be free and

First Line:
For your behaviour let it be free and
Last Line:
And this is the grace of a right gentleman
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14861

29. For all ambassadors

First Line:
For all ambassadors
Last Line:
And wring beneath some private discontent
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
13440

30. For as the light

First Line:
For as the light
Last Line:
Matter for virtuous deeds by which we live
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14639

31. Griefs that sound so loud prove always light

First Line:
Griefs that sound so loud prove always light
Last Line:
True sorrow evermore keeps out of sight
DMI number:
41059

32. Good success | Is oft more fatal far than bad one winning

First Line:
Good success | Is oft more fatal far than bad one winning
Last Line:
To hazard his whole fortunes
DMI number:
41212

33. He will lie like a lapwing when she flies

First Line:
He will lie like a lapwing when she flies
Last Line:
Far from her sought nest still here tis she cries
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
16369

34. He can no way worthily maintain

First Line:
He can no way worthily maintain
Last Line:
His prince's honour that neglects his own
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
15083

35. He hath such a judge a man so learned

First Line:
He hath such a judge a man so learned
Last Line:
To the perpetuity of his name and memory
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute) & George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
15811

36. He is at no end of his actions blest

First Line:
He is at no end of his actions blest
Last Line:
With torrents crowned are men with diadems
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
13453

37. He that bears himself like a gentleman is

First Line:
He that bears himself like a gentleman is
Last Line:
Worth to have been born a gentleman
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14863

38. He was then a judge and in Cathedra

First Line:
He was then a judge and in Cathedra
Last Line:
Want of a due execution
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute) & George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
15814

39. He that holds religious and sacred thoughts

First Line:
He that holds religious and sacred thoughts
Last Line:
We make them all fools
DMI number:
41679

40. How blind is pride what eagles are we still

First Line:
How blind is pride what eagles are we still
Last Line:
What beetles in our own
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
17315

41. I have found

First Line:
I have found
Last Line:
That they remain securer in conceit
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14963

42. In love of women my affection first

First Line:
In love of women my affection first
Last Line:
And is in friendship chaste and masculine
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
16159

43. Look how against great rains a standing pool

First Line:
Look how against great rains a standing pool
Last Line:
The scum of either country swarming about him
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14456

44. Like clocks one wheel another on must drive

First Line:
Like clocks one wheel another on must drive
Last Line:
Affairs by diligent labour only thrive
Author:
George Chapman (Speculation) & Henry Glapthorne (Absolute)
DMI number:
15684

45. If I don't do the mourner as lively

First Line:
If I don't do the mourner as lively
Last Line:
Lawyer that may solder up her cracked estate
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
16712

46. Just men are only free the rest are slaves

First Line:
Just men are only free the rest are slaves
Last Line:
-
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
15855

47. Justice to live doth nought but justice need

First Line:
Justice to live doth nought but justice need
Last Line:
None safely live but those that study ruin
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
17215

48. Merit by ingratitude cracked

First Line:
Merit by ingratitude cracked
Last Line:
To solder broken hearts than shivered glass
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
15727

49. Many such ends have fallen on such proud honours

First Line:
Many such ends have fallen on such proud honours
Last Line:
Are overturned as soon as given their places
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
17300

50. Man is a name of honour for a king

First Line:
Man is a name of honour for a king
Last Line:
Additions take away from each chief thing
DMI number:
41278

51. Man is a tree that hath no top in cares

First Line:
Man is a tree that hath no top in cares
Last Line:
Is given to no end but to have power to grieve
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
16393

52. Love's service is much like our humorous lords

First Line:
Love's service is much like our humorous lords
Last Line:
The modest and respective nothing gains
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
16157

53. Love's wars are harmless for whoever does yield

First Line:
Love's wars are harmless for whoever does yield
Last Line:
Gains as much honour as who wins the field
Author:
George Chapman (Speculation) & Henry Glapthorne (Absolute)
DMI number:
16155

54. Men hunt hares to death for their sports but the

First Line:
Men hunt hares to death for their sports but the
Last Line:
Poor beasts die in earnest
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
15195

55. Men never are satisfied with what they have

First Line:
Men never are satisfied with what they have
Last Line:
And place their wealth in thirst of what they want
DMI number:
41527

56. Men's judgment sway on that side fortune leans

First Line:
Men's judgment sway on that side fortune leans
Last Line:
-
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
15843

57. Noble she is by birth made good by virtue

First Line:
Noble she is by birth made good by virtue
Last Line:
In all her courses ever at the full
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
13298

58. O beauty how attractive is thy power

First Line:
O beauty how attractive is thy power
Last Line:
And pulledst the towers of Troy about thine ears
Author:
George Chapman (Speculation)
DMI number:
36102

59. Now all's peace no danger now what follows

First Line:
Now all's peace no danger now what follows
Last Line:
At getting money which no wise man ever | Fed his desires with
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
17111

60. O innocence the sacred amulet

First Line:
O innocence the sacred amulet
Last Line:
Destroys the free content of all our time
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
15755

61. Oh may you find in this our pageant here

First Line:
Oh may you find in this our pageant here
Last Line:
May this attract you hither once a week
Author:
John Marston (Absolute) & Benjamin Jonson (Absolute) & George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
38862

62. Our grave counsellor

First Line:
Our grave counsellor
Last Line:
Like clouds that be not seen till they be up
DMI number:
40920

63. Our hopes I see resemble much the sun

First Line:
Our hopes I see resemble much the sun
Last Line:
The largest shows of events fair and prosperous
Author:
George Chapman (Speculation) & Henry Glapthorne (Absolute)
DMI number:
15154

64. Opinion the blind goddess of fools foe

First Line:
Opinion the blind goddess of fools foe
Last Line:
Undeserving persons
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
16918

65. Religion is a branch first set and blessed

First Line:
Religion is a branch first set and blessed
Last Line:
Which like a chorus subjects must lament
DMI number:
40773

66. Since all earth's pleasures are so short and small

First Line:
Since all earth's pleasures are so short and small
Last Line:
The way to enjoy them is to abjure them all
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
17176

67. Secure and idle spirits never thrive

First Line:
Secure and idle spirits never thrive
Last Line:
When most the gods for their advancement strive
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
15249

68. Show me a clergyman that is in voice

First Line:
Show me a clergyman that is in voice
Last Line:
Let me but hawk at him he shall confess all
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
13914

69. Shows to aspire just objects are laid on

First Line:
Shows to aspire just objects are laid on
Last Line:
And so for kings pay subjects carcasses
DMI number:
41213

70. See the issue of your sloth

First Line:
See the issue of your sloth
Last Line:
And of the theft comes hanging
Author:
John Marston (Absolute) & Benjamin Jonson (Absolute) & George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
15250

71. Since the corruption of one

First Line:
Since the corruption of one
Last Line:
A year but nothing without corruption
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute) & George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14038

72. So rare are true deservers loved or known

First Line:
So rare are true deservers loved or known
Last Line:
That men loved vulgarly are ever none
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
16520

73. Since I am free

First Line:
Since I am free
Last Line:
Offends no law and is a king indeed
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
16028

74. Strange cross in nature purest virgin shame

First Line:
Strange cross in nature purest virgin shame
Last Line:
Graced with good show though deeds be never so ill
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
16636

75. Tell your king that he neglects

First Line:
Tell your king that he neglects
Last Line:
To make me no repayment of mine own
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
15897

76. Tell fools of fools

First Line:
Tell fools of fools
Last Line:
Rather ceases to live
DMI number:
40838

77. That our souls in reason are immortal

First Line:
That our souls in reason are immortal
Last Line:
Which possibly she never can aspire
DMI number:
41127

78. That prince doth high in virtue's reckoning stand

First Line:
That prince doth high in virtue's reckoning stand
Last Line:
That will entreat a vice and not command
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
15894

79. The gods avert from every Roman mind

First Line:
The gods avert from every Roman mind
Last Line:
Unfit to join with her in perfect life
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
16774

80. The end of every act

First Line:
The end of every act
Last Line:
But in the knowledge and ascription
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
13344

81. The extreme of height

First Line:
The extreme of height
Last Line:
And apts his sails to airs more temperate
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute) & George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14517

82. The bounds of loyalty are made of glass

First Line:
The bounds of loyalty are made of glass
Last Line:
Soon broke but can in no date be repaired
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
16308

83. The old Scythians

First Line:
The old Scythians
Last Line:
He loses them for ever
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14792

84. The more your friend dares trust the more deceive him

First Line:
The more your friend dares trust the more deceive him
Last Line:
Colours for all the ill that can be told
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14823

85. The work that I was born to do is done

First Line:
The work that I was born to do is done
Last Line:
Bear all the ascription of all me and mine
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
36101

86. There's no needle

First Line:
There's no needle
Last Line:
Lest human frailty should misguide his justice
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute) & George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
15856

87. There is a deep nick in time's restless wheel

First Line:
There is a deep nick in time's restless wheel
Last Line:
As well as men cast headlong from the sky
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
17301

88. These same travellers

First Line:
These same travellers
Last Line:
But to learn how they may cast off their friends
DMI number:
41309

89. They are the breathing sepulchres of nobleness

First Line:
They are the breathing sepulchres of nobleness
Last Line:
More foul and measled nor more starved of mind
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
16846

90. There is no truth of any good

First Line:
There is no truth of any good
Last Line:
Were superstition to be hissed to hell
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
13991

91. They had rather drown their substance

First Line:
They had rather drown their substance
Last Line:
Built with God's finger and instilled his temple
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
13825

92. They that fear the adders sting will not come

First Line:
They that fear the adders sting will not come
Last Line:
Near her hissing
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
13862

93. Think you it not as strong a point of faith

First Line:
Think you it not as strong a point of faith
Last Line:
And truth that truth conceals an open lie
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
16310

94. Thinks he to make his firmest men his clouds

First Line:
Thinks he to make his firmest men his clouds
Last Line:
Am I to flit so with his smile or frown
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14457

95. Though all the doors are sure and all our servants

First Line:
Though all the doors are sure and all our servants
Last Line:
All cause that others think not ill of us
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14932

96. This one more lesson out of the events

First Line:
This one more lesson out of the events
Last Line:
Of their incensed king
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute) & George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
15812

97. This strain of mourning with sepulchre like

First Line:
This strain of mourning with sepulchre like
Last Line:
After a shipwrack
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
16713

98. Thy impartial words

First Line:
Thy impartial words
Last Line:
Truth's words like jewels hang in the ears of kings
DMI number:
41368

99. Tis more than nature's mighty hand can do

First Line:
Tis more than nature's mighty hand can do
Last Line:
So like a friend is an adulterer
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
13418

100. Tis most ignoble that a mind unshaken

First Line:
Tis most ignoble that a mind unshaken
Last Line:
Should be overcome and thralled by sordid pleasure
Author:
George Chapman (Speculation) & Henry Glapthorne (Absolute)
DMI number:
14475