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1.
Be not puffed up with knighthood friend of mine
First Line:
Be not puffed up with knighthood friend of mine
Last Line:
Thou that art now King Phyz wast once King Ush
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3747
2.
Chloe you write to me for coin
First Line:
Chloe you write to me for coin
Last Line:
Enjoyed god Bacchus and became a star
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
6756
3.
He that in Arthur's trash has penance done
First Line:
He that in Arthur's trash has penance done
Last Line:
We know the strumpet by her voice and gait
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3757
4.
In some vile hamlet let me live forgot
First Line:
In some vile hamlet let me live forgot
Last Line:
But to trudge four and miss you is the devil
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7096
5.
In coffee house begot the short lived brat
First Line:
In coffee house begot the short lived brat
Last Line:
And on paternal mountain dies at last
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3749
6.
In coffee-house begot the short-lived brat
First Line:
In coffee-house begot the short-lived brat
Last Line:
And on paternal mountains dies at last
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
13758
7.
In marriage are two happy things allowed
First Line:
In marriage are two happy things allowed
Last Line:
Since the last day's as happy as the first
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
12484
8.
In marriage are two things allowed
First Line:
In marriage are two things allowed
Last Line:
When the last day's as happy as the first
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
2900
9.
In every marriage two things are allowed
First Line:
In every marriage two things are allowed
Last Line:
Since the last day's as happy as the first
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
21834
10.
Let the malicious critics snarl and rail
First Line:
Let the malicious critics snarl and rail
Last Line:
For what was never born can never die
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3748
11.
If death must come as oft as breath departs
First Line:
If death must come as oft as breath departs
Last Line:
Then death's a fart and so a fart for death
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
13073
12.
If all men die when breath departs
First Line:
If all men die when breath departs
Last Line:
Death is a fart then a fart for death
Author:
Thomas Brown (Confident)
DMI number:
18526
13.
If Argus with a hundred eyes not one
First Line:
If Argus with a hundred eyes not one
Last Line:
Could guard thinkest thou to keep thine who hast none
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
16703
14.
If Argus with an hundred eyes not one
First Line:
If Argus with an hundred eyes not one
Last Line:
Could guard thinkest thou to keep thine who hast none
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
32423
15.
If wit as thou art told is a disease
First Line:
If wit as thou art told is a disease
Last Line:
He cannot purge off humours where are none
Author:
Sir Richard Blackmore (Speculation) & Thomas Brown (Confident)
DMI number:
3622
16.
If wit as we are told be a disease
First Line:
If wit as we are told be a disease
Last Line:
Tis from his pen the grand elixir flows
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3763
17.
Oh Jemmy you're a beau not I alone
First Line:
Oh Jemmy you're a beau not I alone
Last Line:
A beau's a bauble destitute of brain
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7140
18.
Once more take pen in hand obsequious knight
First Line:
Once more take pen in hand obsequious knight
Last Line:
Let then these Arthurs too in doggerel live
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3741
19.
Our fathers of old took oaths as their wives
First Line:
Our fathers of old took oaths as their wives
Last Line:
And a whore and a rogue may part when they please
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
11912
20.
Our fathers took oaths as of old they took wives
First Line:
Our fathers took oaths as of old they took wives
Last Line:
And a whore and a rogue may part when they please
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
16340
21.
Rail on discourteous knight if modest Tate
First Line:
Rail on discourteous knight if modest Tate
Last Line:
A psalm of his may chance to be thy last
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute) & Nicholas Brady (Speculation)
DMI number:
3750
22.
Sure heaven's unerring voice decreed of old
First Line:
Sure heaven's unerring voice decreed of old
Last Line:
Yet in Astrea's hand the fatal scale does lie
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
5034
23.
Sure heaven's unerring voice decreed of old
First Line:
Sure heaven's unerring voice decreed of old
Last Line:
Yet in Astrea's hands the fatal scale does lie
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
13744
24.
The British Arthur as historians tell
First Line:
The British Arthur as historians tell
Last Line:
The god of dullness his lewd dam compressed
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3766
25.
The emblem of the nation so grave and precise
First Line:
The emblem of the nation so grave and precise
Last Line:
Why the type should be fined and the substance escape
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
12449
26.
The same allegiance to two kings he pays
First Line:
The same allegiance to two kings he pays
Last Line:
Who has two gods to swear by more than we
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
13083
27.
The thought was great and worthy of a cit
First Line:
The thought was great and worthy of a cit
Last Line:
Though Fr---ke and R--m--r should thy sureties stand
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3761
28.
Thine is the only muse in British ground
First Line:
Thine is the only muse in British ground
Last Line:
Where the same word is used to bless and curse
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute) & Dr. Smalwood (Speculation)
DMI number:
3759
29.
This vain thing set up for a man
First Line:
This vain thing set up for a man
Last Line:
The barber-surgeon ends him
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
12578
30.
What planet distracts thee what damnable star
First Line:
What planet distracts thee what damnable star
Last Line:
Thou'lt be cursed for it in this world and damned for it hereafter
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7095
31.
When Gammar Gurton first I knew
First Line:
When Gammar Gurton first I knew
Last Line:
And I'll ensure your gums
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7094
32.
When Gammar Gurton first I knew
First Line:
When Gammar Gurton first I knew
Last Line:
And the other two a second
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
25798
33.
When fired by glory Philip's godlike son
First Line:
When fired by glory Philip's godlike son
Last Line:
That's in plain English Chaerilus was knighted
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute) & John Sheffield (Speculation)
DMI number:
3751
34.
When Job contending with the devil I saw
First Line:
When Job contending with the devil I saw
Last Line:
And make the saint against his will blaspheme
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3742
35.
When with rank poison heaven equipt Pandora
First Line:
When with rank poison heaven equipt Pandora
Last Line:
One box has made atonement for another
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7113