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21. Ambassadors that cram into their breasts

First Line:
Ambassadors that cram into their breasts
Last Line:
Yet swell like kings companions when they're gone
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
13441

22. Ambition's monstrous stomach does increase

First Line:
Ambition's monstrous stomach does increase
Last Line:
Ambition is not tired with toil nor cloyed with power
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
13521

23. Are you here sir does it become a king

First Line:
Are you here sir does it become a king
Last Line:
He hath not skill to cure
DMI number:
40763

24. Art's card is by their pilot faith refused

First Line:
Art's card is by their pilot faith refused
Last Line:
Than nature ever found or reason sought
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
14687

25. As sullen heirs when wasteful fathers die

First Line:
As sullen heirs when wasteful fathers die
Last Line:
They'll but acknowledge what they should restore
DMI number:
41655

26. As when a tree's cut down the secret root

First Line:
As when a tree's cut down the secret root
Last Line:
To find her woman it must be abed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute) & Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
17523

27. As winds whose violence out does all art

First Line:
As winds whose violence out does all art
Last Line:
Like winds will silence tongues and scape from eyes
DMI number:
40944

28. Ask not bodies doomed to die

First Line:
Ask not bodies doomed to die
Last Line:
It is not safe to know
DMI number:
8653

29. Be in thy greatness easy as thy brow

First Line:
Be in thy greatness easy as thy brow
Last Line:
Who feel most wrong from those who them despise
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
14981

30. Be not with honours gilded baits beguiled

First Line:
Be not with honours gilded baits beguiled
Last Line:
Tis so unsound her cradle is her grave
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
13520