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1. A barber swore whose substance was but small

First Line:
A barber swore whose substance was but small
Last Line:
You can't be censured then for superstition
DMI number:
5793

2. A noncon parson preaching in a pulpit

First Line:
A noncon parson preaching in a pulpit
Last Line:
Parsons to the alehouse we to taverns go
DMI number:
17584

3. A preachment late was made by Parson K--t

First Line:
A preachment late was made by Parson K--t
Last Line:
For take away the K and all is night
DMI number:
13025

4. A slave thou wert by birth of this I gather

First Line:
A slave thou wert by birth of this I gather
Last Line:
For evermore thou saist my lord my father
Author:
Sir John Harington (Absolute)
DMI number:
13206

5. A prisoner once to execution lead

First Line:
A prisoner once to execution lead
Last Line:
And therefore cannot eat until 'tis past
DMI number:
5777

6. A Romish priest that died the other day

First Line:
A Romish priest that died the other day
Last Line:
To eat his god will eat in hell the devil
DMI number:
1097

7. A Whig he was bred but at length is turned Papist

First Line:
A Whig he was bred but at length is turned Papist
Last Line:
Pray God send the next remove be not an atheist
Author:
Edmund Curll (Speculation)
DMI number:
2151

8. Alas says one devouter than the rest

First Line:
Alas says one devouter than the rest
Last Line:
You see that almost every one keeps fast
DMI number:
5808

9. Aenaeas Sylvius thought no pope could be

First Line:
Aenaeas Sylvius thought no pope could be
Last Line:
As the best antichrist we ever had
DMI number:
17719

10. An ox and ass together yoked

First Line:
An ox and ass together yoked
Last Line:
An ox and angel in one plow
DMI number:
33220

11. As Lambeth prayed so was the dire event

First Line:
As Lambeth prayed so was the dire event
Last Line:
The bishop and his clerks replyed amen
DMI number:
1139

12. As Giron in the temple lately sat

First Line:
As Giron in the temple lately sat
Last Line:
Twas cause he could not sleep they talked so loud
DMI number:
7519

13. As Giron lately in the temple sat

First Line:
As Giron lately in the temple sat
Last Line:
Twas 'cause he could not sleep they talked so loud
DMI number:
17488

14. As Creech swang away in a sanctified twine

First Line:
As Creech swang away in a sanctified twine
Last Line:
To see high church built upon such mathematics
DMI number:
13659

15. Beaumont distinguished by the liberal mind

First Line:
Beaumont distinguished by the liberal mind
Last Line:
And bear her Beaumont over the recks of time
DMI number:
38054

16. Censure and penances excommunication

First Line:
Censure and penances excommunication
Last Line:
Penance and matrimony are the same
Author:
Richard Duke (Absolute)
DMI number:
12436

17. Did christ or his apostles ever play

First Line:
Did christ or his apostles ever play
Last Line:
Tables most proper for a levite's use
DMI number:
26926

18. Fame says pope Julius once the sword did wield

First Line:
Fame says pope Julius once the sword did wield
Last Line:
Thy sword O Paul in battle may avail
DMI number:
16694

19. Fix this rare emblem on thy closet door

First Line:
Fix this rare emblem on thy closet door
Last Line:
At anchor thus thy soul may mount on high
DMI number:
4345

20. From our vestry I come sir a favour to crave

First Line:
From our vestry I come sir a favour to crave
Last Line:
Would remain independent on all you could say
DMI number:
12987

21. Gripe's a good churchman but he keeps his bed

First Line:
Gripe's a good churchman but he keeps his bed
Last Line:
Gratis without a force of doing good
DMI number:
6096

22. Happy our race and blessed all mankind

First Line:
Happy our race and blessed all mankind
Last Line:
Be but a second Eve and save us now
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Speculation)
DMI number:
6349

23. Good works abound in Rome tis well they do

First Line:
Good works abound in Rome tis well they do
Last Line:
No sort of men that ride so fast as they
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
13876

24. Good Halifax and pious Wharton cry

First Line:
Good Halifax and pious Wharton cry
Last Line:
First stop her mouth and then deflower the dame
DMI number:
36257

25. He that owns with his heart and helps with his hand

First Line:
He that owns with his heart and helps with his hand
Last Line:
Whose health now I drink and whose friendship I own
DMI number:
21777

26. He that owns with his heart and will help with his hand

First Line:
He that owns with his heart and will help with his hand
Last Line:
Whose health I will drink and whose friendship I'll own
DMI number:
5339

27. Here lives a man who by relation

First Line:
Here lives a man who by relation
Last Line:
But that alas it was decreed
Author:
John Sheffield (Absolute)
DMI number:
12485

28. His calling's peace and yet his name sounds war

First Line:
His calling's peace and yet his name sounds war
Last Line:
For such a war becomes a man of peace
DMI number:
6057

29. Hopkins and Sternhold had great qualms

First Line:
Hopkins and Sternhold had great qualms
Last Line:
But little less than profanation
Author:
John Wilmot (Confident)
DMI number:
36904

30. Hold 'tis too much for thought decide no more

First Line:
Hold 'tis too much for thought decide no more
Last Line:
That he who knows God right must first be He
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
24859

31. Here tracing duty's path redeemed from care

First Line:
Here tracing duty's path redeemed from care
Last Line:
Embosom anguish and resist relief
DMI number:
1014

32. Herein does the religious cheat I guess

First Line:
Herein does the religious cheat I guess
Last Line:
Gave to the poor nothing O hypocrite
DMI number:
7627

33. High church exert thy rage I'm not dismayed

First Line:
High church exert thy rage I'm not dismayed
Last Line:
Art thou not sure to get a dispensation
DMI number:
3030

34. How well her name an army doth present

First Line:
How well her name an army doth present
Last Line:
In whom the lord of hosts did pitch his tent
Author:
George Herbert (Absolute)
DMI number:
7526

35. How well the laymen love to gibe

First Line:
How well the laymen love to gibe
Last Line:
One would not serve even God for nought
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
973

36. I fear my friend you've grown an errant ass

First Line:
I fear my friend you've grown an errant ass
Last Line:
Thrust up with labour but with ease rolled down
DMI number:
5259

37. In the smooth plane your hand engraves

First Line:
In the smooth plane your hand engraves
Last Line:
Nor fear a superstitious vow
DMI number:
12473

38. In the world never were seen two men more contrary

First Line:
In the world never were seen two men more contrary
Last Line:
The prince was a dutchman and the prelate a scot
DMI number:
13030

39. In crowds the Ladies throng where pleasure calls

First Line:
In crowds the Ladies throng where pleasure calls
Last Line:
They've nothing else to do but mind their souls
DMI number:
25188

40. In Hebrew times when Israel's faith was strong

First Line:
In Hebrew times when Israel's faith was strong
Last Line:
The madness seems the psalmist's not the king's
DMI number:
1140

41. In durance vile while pious Woolston lies

First Line:
In durance vile while pious Woolston lies
Last Line:
And cease to lie of Dewsbury the vicar
DMI number:
3018

42. In points of faith some undetermined jars

First Line:
In points of faith some undetermined jars
Last Line:
And yet both mourned because both won the day
DMI number:
17130

43. In vain against false worship I dispute

First Line:
In vain against false worship I dispute
Last Line:
The romish church were absolute indeed
DMI number:
26923

44. Jew Turk and Christian differ but in creed

First Line:
Jew Turk and Christian differ but in creed
Last Line:
But all jog on unerring to the devil
Author:
George Granville (Speculation)
DMI number:
5112

45. Lord Pam in the church could you think it kneeled down

First Line:
Lord Pam in the church could you think it kneeled down
Last Line:
Since god had no hand in his lordship's promotion
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
13477

46. Lord Pam in the church could you think it kneeled down

First Line:
Lord Pam in the church could you think it kneeled down
Last Line:
Since God had no share in his lordship's promotion
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
16095

47. Let them bestow on every airth a limb

First Line:
Let them bestow on every airth a limb
Last Line:
And confident thou'lt raise me with the just
Author:
James Graham (Confident)
DMI number:
4693

48. Like Noah's ark the spacious room is filled

First Line:
Like Noah's ark the spacious room is filled
Last Line:
Wanted the righteous eight that saved us all
DMI number:
17430

49. My friend Bilain as yesterday

First Line:
My friend Bilain as yesterday
Last Line:
I have 'em all they're lasting ware
DMI number:
9441

50. Monstrous Avaro urges how can this be

First Line:
Monstrous Avaro urges how can this be
Last Line:
You turn bread into gold and that's your god
DMI number:
7961

51. More devils than one why does the sot deny

First Line:
More devils than one why does the sot deny
Last Line:
All Holland gives his argument the lie
DMI number:
7136

52. I'd ask the reason why the dean

First Line:
I'd ask the reason why the dean
Last Line:
And peradventure serve his G-
DMI number:
16365

53. If thou lovest peace why then dost thou torment

First Line:
If thou lovest peace why then dost thou torment
Last Line:
And that's the way for both to meet above
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
8027

54. If unity be found in heaven's great sphere

First Line:
If unity be found in heaven's great sphere
Last Line:
Dissention nor dissenters can be there
DMI number:
12189

55. If virtue in a medium does consist

First Line:
If virtue in a medium does consist
Last Line:
If ever it did in medio consist
DMI number:
6059

56. If Rome could pardon sins as Romans hold

First Line:
If Rome could pardon sins as Romans hold
Last Line:
We'll search no scriptures but the mines for gold
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
17009

57. Mind but thy preaching Trapp translate no further

First Line:
Mind but thy preaching Trapp translate no further
Last Line:
Is it not written thou shall do no murder
DMI number:
27816

58. Mistake not fathers read it once again

First Line:
Mistake not fathers read it once again
Last Line:
With sparks of lust the punished sinners breast
DMI number:
8919

59. Luke learned in arts and by the spirit led

First Line:
Luke learned in arts and by the spirit led
Last Line:
But that more blessed by which he taught to die
DMI number:
200

60. Not all the shifts that crafty Rome invents

First Line:
Not all the shifts that crafty Rome invents
Last Line:
Penance and orders are to them the same
DMI number:
13495

61. Never dare draw me without reason shown

First Line:
Never dare draw me without reason shown
Last Line:
Teach heroes courage and give law to kings
DMI number:
18266

62. No forms of beauty in that more than man

First Line:
No forms of beauty in that more than man
Last Line:
And own him lovely altogether fair
DMI number:
36166

63. Now London place doth take

First Line:
Now London place doth take
Last Line:
A monastery which then richly he had begun
DMI number:
29982

64. No more o Rome thy modern creed defend

First Line:
No more o Rome thy modern creed defend
Last Line:
Penance and matrimony are the same
DMI number:
30983

65. No more oh Rome thy wrong belief defend

First Line:
No more oh Rome thy wrong belief defend
Last Line:
Penance and matrimony are the same
DMI number:
13494

66. Of all the saints St Thomas sure was best

First Line:
Of all the saints St Thomas sure was best
Last Line:
And join Tom Woolston still with Tom o' Bedlam
DMI number:
15967

67. Old South a witty churchman reckoned

First Line:
Old South a witty churchman reckoned
Last Line:
You snore so loud you'll wake the king
DMI number:
33388

68. Over bearing rigid positive all right

First Line:
Over bearing rigid positive all right
Last Line:
While heaven sees both and these more justifies
DMI number:
31861

69. Our god and soldier we alike adore

First Line:
Our god and soldier we alike adore
Last Line:
God is forgotten and the soldier slighted
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
36598

70. One Sunday entering the house of prayer

First Line:
One Sunday entering the house of prayer
Last Line:
Through Damon's heart it drives and fixes there
DMI number:
23030

71. Plausus would thrive and therefore does obey

First Line:
Plausus would thrive and therefore does obey
Last Line:
Plausus will never pray without a cause
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
17065

72. Pollio must needs to penitence excite

First Line:
Pollio must needs to penitence excite
Last Line:
And damns the love of fame for which he writes
DMI number:
16706

73. Prayer highest soars when she most prostrate lies

First Line:
Prayer highest soars when she most prostrate lies
Last Line:
To church or closet this memoir of prayer
DMI number:
8158

74. Prithee Celia cease to pray

First Line:
Prithee Celia cease to pray
Last Line:
While you are so to all mankind
DMI number:
5291

75. Poor Job was plagued of holy men the best

First Line:
Poor Job was plagued of holy men the best
Last Line:
He shows the devil who should act the priest
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation)
DMI number:
3596

76. Pope Quin who damns all churches but his own

First Line:
Pope Quin who damns all churches but his own
Last Line:
It is not heresy but reformation
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
24102

77. Praise to the power whose love's unerring dart

First Line:
Praise to the power whose love's unerring dart
Last Line:
Go forth and preach the mercy he had found
DMI number:
36226

78. Read the commandments Trapp translate no further

First Line:
Read the commandments Trapp translate no further
Last Line:
For there 'tis written thou shalt do no murder
DMI number:
12501

79. Reason doth marvel how faith tell can

First Line:
Reason doth marvel how faith tell can
Last Line:
For faith is above and reason is under
DMI number:
43711

80. Since Whiston and Woolston their shafts have let fly

First Line:
Since Whiston and Woolston their shafts have let fly
Last Line:
Of religion is reason and found in a Moyle
Author:
Edmund Curll (Speculation)
DMI number:
2154

81. So little given at the church door

First Line:
So little given at the church door
Last Line:
Not as you give but as you game
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
31044

82. Since Milo rallies sacred writ

First Line:
Since Milo rallies sacred writ
Last Line:
Who bravely pays his soul to gain it
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11609

83. St Paul be zealous in good matters saith

First Line:
St Paul be zealous in good matters saith
Last Line:
And in the church's cause prove true and hearty
DMI number:
5277

84. Some faiths are like those mills that cannot grind

First Line:
Some faiths are like those mills that cannot grind
Last Line:
Their corn unless they work against the wind
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
14681

85. Th' oft shaken tree grows faster at the root

First Line:
Th' oft shaken tree grows faster at the root
Last Line:
And faith's most firm that's sometimes urged with doubt
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
14682

86. Talk as you please of Turk and Pope but I

First Line:
Talk as you please of Turk and Pope but I
Last Line:
Still find my neighbour my worst enemy
DMI number:
32146

87. That speech surpasses force is no new whim

First Line:
That speech surpasses force is no new whim
Last Line:
Concluded twas plain that they wanted his grace
DMI number:
25348

88. The clergy from the pulpit cry

First Line:
The clergy from the pulpit cry
Last Line:
You may live well and die well too
DMI number:
25056

89. The chaste Sempronia knows not how to escape

First Line:
The chaste Sempronia knows not how to escape
Last Line:
Is not Sempronia left at sex and seven
Author:
Francis Quarles (Absolute)
DMI number:
17067

90. The nine are gone God Morpheus drove them hence

First Line:
The nine are gone God Morpheus drove them hence
Last Line:
Of burlesque gospel preached at Wolvercote
DMI number:
5848

91. The tenth of May that is in metre

First Line:
The tenth of May that is in metre
Last Line:
Just fifty days before St Peter
DMI number:
35383

92. There's an engine in optics enlarges each letter

First Line:
There's an engine in optics enlarges each letter
Last Line:
What was made by her hand was never destined to die
DMI number:
24732

93. There's nothing but the vestment makes the priest

First Line:
There's nothing but the vestment makes the priest
Last Line:
Indue the mantle and thou art the prophet
DMI number:
276

94. They in an unknown tongue are said to pray

First Line:
They in an unknown tongue are said to pray
Last Line:
Fools understand not them nor wise men you
DMI number:
302

95. Thou art an atheist Quintus and a wit

First Line:
Thou art an atheist Quintus and a wit
Last Line:
He that serves G--- need nothing serve beside
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6335

96. Thou heaven born gift of more exalted kind

First Line:
Thou heaven born gift of more exalted kind
Last Line:
Sublimely bright beyond the power to die
DMI number:
36220

97. Though Dunstan the elder more pious than civil

First Line:
Though Dunstan the elder more pious than civil
Last Line:
And that Satan may take the new saint by the nose
DMI number:
40600

98. Tis but a folly to rejoice or boast

First Line:
Tis but a folly to rejoice or boast
Last Line:
Extremely cheap or else extremely dear
DMI number:
17407

99. Three kings the king of kings three gifts did bring

First Line:
Three kings the king of kings three gifts did bring
Last Line:
Submissive prayers for gold a pure heart
DMI number:
29792

100. Three kings three things present the king of kings

First Line:
Three kings three things present the king of kings
Last Line:
By christ's good grace from falling sickness free
DMI number:
25067