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1. A chronicler should well in diverse tongues be seen

First Line:
A chronicler should well in diverse tongues be seen
Last Line:
And have whereby to recreate the mind
Author:
John Higgins (Absolute)
DMI number:
15037

2. Ah be not those most miserable souls

First Line:
Ah be not those most miserable souls
Last Line:
They use not reason beasts have none at all
Author:
William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:
15044

3. But by his heralds first he pardons sent

First Line:
But by his heralds first he pardons sent
Last Line:
The bravest glory to the conqueror
Author:
Charles Aleyn (Absolute)
DMI number:
17007

4. But seeing causes are the chiefest things

First Line:
But seeing causes are the chiefest things
Last Line:
Of reading stories standeth in the suit
DMI number:
15035

5. But story writers ought for neither glory

First Line:
But story writers ought for neither glory
Last Line:
Do cause that stories never can be true
DMI number:
15033

6. Chronologers many of them are so fantastic

First Line:
Chronologers many of them are so fantastic
Last Line:
He strikes
DMI number:
15049

7. Diogenes surly and proud who snarled at the Macedon youth

First Line:
Diogenes surly and proud who snarled at the Macedon youth
Last Line:
Without it we never should have had philosophers poets or kings
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
11835

8. Farewell a long farewell to all my greatness

First Line:
Farewell a long farewell to all my greatness
Last Line:
Have left me naked to mine enemies
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
27045

9. Farewell a long farewell to all my greatness

First Line:
Farewell a long farewell to all my greatness
Last Line:
The hopes of court my hopes in heaven do dwell
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
35233

10. For know great prince when you shall come to know

First Line:
For know great prince when you shall come to know
Last Line:
T' have writers than have actors of renown
Author:
Samuel Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
15041

11. For hitherto sly writers wily wits

First Line:
For hitherto sly writers wily wits
Last Line:
In rueful means the shortest form is sweetest
DMI number:
15036

12. Historians only things of weight

First Line:
Historians only things of weight
Last Line:
Laconic shortness memory feeds
Author:
Robert Heath (Absolute)
DMI number:
15052

13. Historians to some courts have had recourse

First Line:
Historians to some courts have had recourse
Last Line:
Of ancient times best doctors are the dead
Author:
Charles Aleyn (Absolute)
DMI number:
15046

14. I have no urns no dusty monuments

First Line:
I have no urns no dusty monuments
Last Line:
Of long descents to boast false honours from
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
13526

15. In the city I'm honoured like a god

First Line:
In the city I'm honoured like a god
Last Line:
The whole world is full of Mendacio's fame
Author:
Thomas Tomkis [Tomkys] (Absolute)
DMI number:
16375

16. I remember in the age of Assaracus

First Line:
I remember in the age of Assaracus
Last Line:
And true heroical actions
DMI number:
15047

17. I love these ancient ruins

First Line:
I love these ancient ruins
Last Line:
Must have like death that we have
DMI number:
40898

18. If you delight to hear the actions told

First Line:
If you delight to hear the actions told
Last Line:
And read them over with a curious eye
Author:
Samuel Cobb (Confident)
DMI number:
9557

19. No more complain indulge thy tears no more

First Line:
No more complain indulge thy tears no more
Last Line:
To save this land from tyranny and Rome
Author:
Nicholas Rowe (Absolute)
DMI number:
9848

20. Now entertain conjecture of a time

First Line:
Now entertain conjecture of a time
Last Line:
Minding true things by what their mockeries be
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
38722

21. Now he over all will spread your praises forth

First Line:
Now he over all will spread your praises forth
Last Line:
Than those who paint their love with fairer words
Author:
William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:
15043

22. Now Isabel the young afflicted queen

First Line:
Now Isabel the young afflicted queen
Last Line:
Where words may make it less not show it more
Author:
Samuel Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
13224

23. Now all the youth of England are on fire

First Line:
Now all the youth of England are on fire
Last Line:
Unto Southampton do we shift our scene
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
38721

24. O wouldst thou add like hand to all the rest

First Line:
O wouldst thou add like hand to all the rest
Last Line:
That dares not write things false nor hide things true
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
15040

25. Paint last the king and a dead shade of night

First Line:
Paint last the king and a dead shade of night
Last Line:
Poetic picture painted poetry
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
8938

26. Our father's have been worse than theirs

First Line:
Our father's have been worse than theirs
Last Line:
With all the pains we take have skill enough to be
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
25452

27. Sense mere dull formal sense in this gay town

First Line:
Sense mere dull formal sense in this gay town
Last Line:
He proudly sought the ruin which he found
Author:
Charles Churchill (Absolute)
DMI number:
27019

28. The Brutons thus departed hence seven kingdoms here begun

First Line:
The Brutons thus departed hence seven kingdoms here begun
Last Line:
And for their wedding and their wish got fitting time and place
Author:
William Warner (Absolute)
DMI number:
13157

29. The chronicles to know I thee exhort

First Line:
The chronicles to know I thee exhort
Last Line:
As thou deservest to be put in memory
Author:
Sir David Lyndsay [Lindsay] (Absolute)
DMI number:
15032

30. The noblest spur unto the sons of fame

First Line:
The noblest spur unto the sons of fame
Last Line:
Shall teach succeeding ages how to write
Author:
John Hall (Absolute)
DMI number:
15051

31. The style is full and princely

First Line:
The style is full and princely
Last Line:
What and how great the Roman empire was
Author:
Thomas May (Absolute)
DMI number:
15050

32. The whole creation by this pleasing art

First Line:
The whole creation by this pleasing art
Last Line:
Oppress the earth and glitter in the skies
Author:
James Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
11863

33. Theophrastus that eloquent sage by Athens so greatly adored

First Line:
Theophrastus that eloquent sage by Athens so greatly adored
Last Line:
But must drink like a fish in the sea to soar to the pitch of a god
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
11836

34. There is a history in all men's lives

First Line:
There is a history in all men's lives
Last Line:
And weak beginnings lie entreasured
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
15039

35. This is a great fault in a chronologer

First Line:
This is a great fault in a chronologer
Last Line:
And constand in all his discourses
DMI number:
15048

36. Tis worthy praise I grant to write the ends

First Line:
Tis worthy praise I grant to write the ends
Last Line:
To praise the good but discommend the ill
DMI number:
15034

37. Tis said when the renowned Augustus reigned

First Line:
Tis said when the renowned Augustus reigned
Last Line:
This modest poem is the ladies' play
Author:
John Banks (Absolute)
DMI number:
17536

38. Vouchsafe to those that have not read the story

First Line:
Vouchsafe to those that have not read the story
Last Line:
After your thoughts straight back again to France
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
38723

39. When to his glorious first essay in war

First Line:
When to his glorious first essay in war
Last Line:
Admiring nations to the Romans gained
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30879

40. Who hath a book of all monarchs done

First Line:
Who hath a book of all monarchs done
Last Line:
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
15038

41. Yet registers of memorable things

First Line:
Yet registers of memorable things
Last Line:
Who stands secure whilst looking on alarms
Author:
William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:
15045

42. Would god our times had had some sacred wight

First Line:
Would god our times had had some sacred wight
Last Line:
Which formless keeps few stormy changes make
Author:
Samuel Daniel (Absolute)
DMI number:
15042