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1. A curse attends those children who despise

First Line:
A curse attends those children who despise
Last Line:
Who all appearances of evil shun
DMI number:
24982

2. A curse on all cares

First Line:
A curse on all cares
Last Line:
Or be merry at least | For we will be dull and heavy no more | Since wine does increase and there's claret good store
DMI number:
2718

3. A curse on impertinent Age

First Line:
A curse on impertinent Age
Last Line:
Or the leavings of many a Whore
DMI number:
47341

4. A curse on the Zealous and Ignorant crew

First Line:
A curse on the Zealous and Ignorant crew
Last Line:
Oh there's the true bliss
DMI number:
47342

5. A curse upon the faithless maid

First Line:
A curse upon the faithless maid
Last Line:
To deal with greater liberty her heart
DMI number:
44407

6. A curse upon thee for a slave

First Line:
A curse upon thee for a slave
Last Line:
Than have brave anger spilt or lost
DMI number:
43947

7. A curse upon thee for a slave

First Line:
A curse upon thee for a slave
Last Line:
Then have brave Anger spilt or lost
DMI number:
47343

8. A curst wife of her husbands dealings doubting

First Line:
A curst wife of her husbands dealings doubting
Last Line:
But never dumb yet never speak too much
DMI number:
48150

9. A cushion sir is what your riddle means

First Line:
A cushion sir is what your riddle means
Last Line:
This to advance his grandeur that to ease his brains
DMI number:
7599

10. A dame the abbey's tomb contain

First Line:
A dame the abbey's tomb contain
Last Line:
Is full as small and fatal too
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
36001

11. A damsel hard by as fair as her fame

First Line:
A damsel hard by as fair as her fame
Last Line:
Ere I die at her feet may she pity and love
DMI number:
35482

12. A Dane a Spaniard a Polonian

First Line:
A Dane a Spaniard a Polonian
Last Line:
Drank laught yet none that understood another
DMI number:
48518

13. A daughter of Abraham here doth lie

First Line:
A daughter of Abraham here doth lie
Last Line:
Who lived desired and died lamented
DMI number:
29331

14. A daw in pilfered plumes arrayed

First Line:
A daw in pilfered plumes arrayed
Last Line:
Derision and contempt's his fate
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Confident)
DMI number:
30216

15. A day an hour of virtuous liberty

First Line:
A day an hour of virtuous liberty
Last Line:
Is worth a whole eternity in bondage
Author:
Joseph Addison (Absolute)
DMI number:
19296

16. A dean and prebendary had once a new vagary

First Line:
A dean and prebendary had once a new vagary
Last Line:
And being in a fright sir religion took her flight sir | And never was heard of since
Author:
William Pittis (Absolute)
DMI number:
1138

17. A dean and prebendary

First Line:
A dean and prebendary
Last Line:
And never was heard of since
Author:
William Pittis (Absolute)
DMI number:
2590

18. A different theme demands my lays

First Line:
A different theme demands my lays
Last Line:
Through all the realms above
DMI number:
26183

19. A dispute once arose twixt an ass and a mule

First Line:
A dispute once arose twixt an ass and a mule
Last Line:
And bequeathed me nor beauties of body nor mind
Author:
William Pittis (Speculation)
DMI number:
3406

20. A doctor lately was a captain made

First Line:
A doctor lately was a captain made
Last Line:
It is a change of title not of trade
DMI number:
27578

21. A doctor there is and whose name I could tell

First Line:
A doctor there is and whose name I could tell
Last Line:
And tarried all night whilst his lady was lewd | With a down &c
DMI number:
411

22. A doctor who for want of skill

First Line:
A doctor who for want of skill
Last Line:
And let your motto be quack quack
DMI number:
35935

23. A dog at hunger's urgent call

First Line:
A dog at hunger's urgent call
Last Line:
Embraced a cloud within his arms
Author:
Edmund Arwaker (Absolute)
DMI number:
30217

24. A dog for fighting much renowned

First Line:
A dog for fighting much renowned
Last Line:
And for his pride and folly dies
DMI number:
1765

25. A dog tax invented by some as I'm told

First Line:
A dog tax invented by some as I'm told
Last Line:
We must starve by the paws of the overgrown rats
DMI number:
36840

26. A dog who had the envied hap

First Line:
A dog who had the envied hap
Last Line:
The dog must fast the boy be whipped
DMI number:
24971

27. A dolphin once had an intent

First Line:
A dolphin once had an intent
Last Line:
But mine's alone the plain
Author:
William Pittis (Speculation)
DMI number:
3402

28. A dose less hot had burst through ribs of iron

First Line:
A dose less hot had burst through ribs of iron
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20350

29. A doting old fool had a mind for to wed

First Line:
A doting old fool had a mind for to wed
Last Line:
Whilst I eat of the buck I shall think of the horns
DMI number:
23083

30. A doubtful dying doleful Dame

First Line:
A doubtful dying doleful Dame
Last Line:
For as I am a Lover will I die
Author:
Isabella Whitney (Absolute)
DMI number:
49210

31. A gardener of peculiar taste

First Line:
A gardener of peculiar taste
Last Line:
Shall mourn the folly soon or late
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
23383

32. A drop of amber from a poplar plant

First Line:
A drop of amber from a poplar plant
Last Line:
Is from a worthless ant become a gem
DMI number:
1813

33. A drop of amber from the weeping plant

First Line:
A drop of amber from the weeping plant
Last Line:
Is from a worthless ant become a gem
DMI number:
28989

34. A Drunkard I am and a Drunkerd I'le dye

First Line:
A Drunkard I am and a Drunkerd I'le dye
Last Line:
Tis he I adore and for evermore shall
DMI number:
45929

35. A drunken old Scot by the rigorous sentence

First Line:
A drunken old Scot by the rigorous sentence
Last Line:
We shall go one and all where we find the best beer
Author:
William Taylor (Absolute)
DMI number:
27766

36. A Dudley lodgeth here peace idle fame

First Line:
A Dudley lodgeth here peace idle fame
Last Line:
Turn dust it holds impression in the heart
DMI number:
34940

37. A dungeon horrible on all sides round

First Line:
A dungeon horrible on all sides round
Last Line:
That comes to all
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
34236

38. A dunghill cock was raking in the ground

First Line:
A dunghill cock was raking in the ground
Last Line:
And for thy beauty trade
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4382

39. A dwarf upon a pismires back

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

40. A dying Latinist of great renown

First Line:
A dying Latinist of great renown
Last Line:
With female gender the case masculine
DMI number:
17152

41. A dying latinist of great renown

First Line:
A dying latinist of great renown
Last Line:
With femall gender the case Masculine
DMI number:
48520

42. A Face that is exactly fair

First Line:
A Face that is exactly fair
Last Line:
Attain this Nymph's a happy man
DMI number:
46892

43. A face that should content me wonderous well

First Line:
A face that should content me wonderous well
Last Line:
And knit again with knot that should not slide
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
8819

44. A face that should content me wondrous well

First Line:
A face that should content me wondrous well
Last Line:
And knit again the knot that should not slide
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
32114

45. A fakeer a religious well known in the east

First Line:
A fakeer a religious well known in the east
Last Line:
All tortured by choice with the invisible nail
Author:
Richard Owen Cambridge (Absolute)
DMI number:
22583

46. A famished hare in search of food

First Line:
A famished hare in search of food
Last Line:
And carol forth my maker's praise
DMI number:
32324

47. A famished hare in search of food

First Line:
A famished hare in search of food
Last Line:
And sing unhurt my maker's praise
DMI number:
32474

48. A famous critic called the man of taste

First Line:
A famous critic called the man of taste
Last Line:
And a damned Abigail as the critic thought it
DMI number:
24717

49. A famous wight ycleped pimp L--

First Line:
A famous wight ycleped pimp L--
Last Line:
You'll never be more than head of college
DMI number:
24243

50. A farmer been to pay his rent

First Line:
A farmer been to pay his rent
Last Line:
Cursed all the way the vagrant vixen
DMI number:
38671