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1. A free and honest nature may be oppressed

First Line:
A free and honest nature may be oppressed
Last Line:
When they exceed his means of gratitude
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute) & Nathan Field (Absolute)
DMI number:
14104

2. A man's a fool

First Line:
A man's a fool
Last Line:
If not instructed in a woman's school
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
14141

3. A poor woman | That has been once sold used and lost her show

First Line:
A poor woman | That has been once sold used and lost her show
Last Line:
My colour sullied and my odour changed
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute) & Nathan Field (Absolute)
DMI number:
21487

4. Adieu fond love farewell you wanton powers

First Line:
Adieu fond love farewell you wanton powers
Last Line:
Fond love declines this heavenly love grows higher
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
37293

5. Anger never

First Line:
Anger never
Last Line:
Like a false star that quenches as it glides
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
13535

6. An honest soul is like a ship at sea

First Line:
An honest soul is like a ship at sea
Last Line:
He cuts has way with skill and majesty
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute) & Nathan Field (Absolute)
DMI number:
15064

7. By heaven my Edith

First Line:
By heaven my Edith
Last Line:
In all their pride and pleasure call thee mistress
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
19713

8. But that it would take from our modesty

First Line:
But that it would take from our modesty
Last Line:
And shall to after times preserve his name
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
38728

9. Chaster than chrystal on the Scythian cliffs

First Line:
Chaster than chrystal on the Scythian cliffs
Last Line:
The more the proud winds court it still the purer
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
18444

10. Charity ever

First Line:
Charity ever
Last Line:
In the receiver
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
13872

11. Corruption is a tree whose branches are

First Line:
Corruption is a tree whose branches are
Last Line:
Hath infected some chairs and stools of authority
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute) & Nathan Field (Absolute)
DMI number:
14039

12. Council's as much the office of a servant

First Line:
Council's as much the office of a servant
Last Line:
Defence is
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute) & Nathan Field (Absolute)
DMI number:
13410

13. Cunning calamity

First Line:
Cunning calamity
Last Line:
When I most need it dull the edge of mine
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute) & Nathan Field (Absolute)
DMI number:
13833

14. Doubt of sincereness is the only mean

First Line:
Doubt of sincereness is the only mean
Last Line:
Not to incense it but corrupt it clean
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
14552

15. Fathers that deny their daughters lawful

First Line:
Fathers that deny their daughters lawful
Last Line:
Their appetites to taste of the fruit that | Is forbidden
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
17013

16. Every word he speaks a siren's note

First Line:
Every word he speaks a siren's note
Last Line:
We fasten to our freedoms
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
19899

17. For hatred hatched at home is a tame tiger

First Line:
For hatred hatched at home is a tame tiger
Last Line:
Till nothing bound them but the shore their graves
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
15013

18. For to be basely born

First Line:
For to be basely born
Last Line:
Creates his own advancement
Author:
John Ford (Absolute) & John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute) & John Webster (Absolute)
DMI number:
13733

19. Give me flattery

First Line:
Give me flattery
Last Line:
And lull him in the down of his desires
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
18890

20. Gentlemen | I am sent forth to enquire what you decree

First Line:
Gentlemen | I am sent forth to enquire what you decree
Last Line:
Whether we have done idly and done well
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
38838

21. Hell gives us art to reach the depth of sin

First Line:
Hell gives us art to reach the depth of sin
Last Line:
But leaves us wretched fools when we are in
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute) & Nathan Field (Absolute)
DMI number:
20793

22. Hell gives us art to reach the depths of sin

First Line:
Hell gives us art to reach the depths of sin
Last Line:
But leaves us wretched fools when we are in
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute) & Nathan Field (Absolute)
DMI number:
15029

23. Hard nature hard condition of poor women

First Line:
Hard nature hard condition of poor women
Last Line:
He that invented thee had many curses
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
21425

24. He that would mount to honour must not make

First Line:
He that would mount to honour must not make
Last Line:
Condemned servant with a trencher
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute) & Nathan Field (Absolute)
DMI number:
15067

25. He that's liberal

First Line:
He that's liberal
Last Line:
But never out of judgment
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
13805

26. He that intends well yet deprives himself

First Line:
He that intends well yet deprives himself
Last Line:
Deceives his purpose of the due reward
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute) & Nathan Field (Absolute)
DMI number:
14466

27. He that neglects a blessing though he want

First Line:
He that neglects a blessing though he want
Last Line:
Neglects himself
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
13722

28. Hope is a poor salad

First Line:
Hope is a poor salad
Last Line:
To dine and sup with after a two days fast
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
15158

29. It is so safe and broad a beaten way

First Line:
It is so safe and broad a beaten way
Last Line:
Being better cloaks to cover falshood over
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
14825

30. Lies hide our sins like nets like perspectives

First Line:
Lies hide our sins like nets like perspectives
Last Line:
They draw offences nearer still and greater
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
16370

31. My soul for thou givest new life to my spirit

First Line:
My soul for thou givest new life to my spirit
Last Line:
Grow young again
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute) & Francis Beaumont (Absolute)
DMI number:
19941

32. I spake much in the prologue for the play

First Line:
I spake much in the prologue for the play
Last Line:
Or send me off exploded or with grace
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
38830

33. I now should wish another had my place

First Line:
I now should wish another had my place
Last Line:
Hate impudence and cherish modesty
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
38837

34. I love Dinant mine enemy nay admire him

First Line:
I love Dinant mine enemy nay admire him
Last Line:
And kill as deadly
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
14573

35. If all fail

First Line:
If all fail
Last Line:
S th' hornbook to the richest tradesman's life
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute) & Nathan Field (Absolute)
DMI number:
13933

36. If he arm arm if he strew mines of treason

First Line:
If he arm arm if he strew mines of treason
Last Line:
For goodness sake t' encounter ill with ill
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
14633

37. Know sir that the wings

First Line:
Know sir that the wings
Last Line:
Human frailty
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
16540

38. Mischief against goodness aimed is like a stone

First Line:
Mischief against goodness aimed is like a stone
Last Line:
We spring ourselves we sink in our own bogs
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute) & Nathan Field (Absolute)
DMI number:
16561

39. Nor in this will I imitate the world

First Line:
Nor in this will I imitate the world
Last Line:
They purchase bondmen not make worthy friends
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute) & Nathan Field (Absolute)
DMI number:
14874

40. New titles warrant not a play for new

First Line:
New titles warrant not a play for new
Last Line:
And after judge of them and of their cause
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
38734

41. Nothing is a misery

First Line:
Nothing is a misery
Last Line:
As it makes us to others
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute) & Nathan Field (Absolute)
DMI number:
16590

42. Nothing more certain than to die but when

First Line:
Nothing more certain than to die but when
Last Line:
And cheerfully welcome it
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
18615

43. Oh mediocrity | Thou prizeless jewel only mean men have

First Line:
Oh mediocrity | Thou prizeless jewel only mean men have
Last Line:
Found in the muckhill by the ignorant cock
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute) & Nathan Field (Absolute)
DMI number:
16475

44. Oh th' uncomfortable ways such women have

First Line:
Oh th' uncomfortable ways such women have
Last Line:
Disposed into that rib
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute) & Francis Beaumont (Absolute)
DMI number:
21437

45. One that not long since was the buckram scribe

First Line:
One that not long since was the buckram scribe
Last Line:
For just proceedings but since you turned rascal
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
19295

46. Our author fears there are some rebel hearts

First Line:
Our author fears there are some rebel hearts
Last Line:
Are liked with this smooth play he hath his ends
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute) & Francis Beaumont (Absolute)
DMI number:
38844

47. So free this work is gentlemen from offence

First Line:
So free this work is gentlemen from offence
Last Line:
And as our cause is let our censure be
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
38727

48. Still doubtful and perplexed too whether he

First Line:
Still doubtful and perplexed too whether he
Last Line:
To make that certainty in you doth rest
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
38842

49. Still I'm wishing still desiring

First Line:
Still I'm wishing still desiring
Last Line:
Yet you'll never give me all
Author:
Thomas Betterton (Confident) & Philip Massinger (Confident) & John Fletcher (Confident) & Francis Beaumont (Speculation)
DMI number:
8284

50. Take heed of lies truth though it trouble some minds

First Line:
Take heed of lies truth though it trouble some minds
Last Line:
Must break in glory
Author:
John Fletcher (Absolute) & Philip Massinger (Absolute)
DMI number:
16371