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1. A badger once did ravage all the fields

First Line:
A badger once did ravage all the fields
Last Line:
To save the better half
DMI number:
4396

2. A cock an officer of foot

First Line:
A cock an officer of foot
Last Line:
And ask them nothing but their skins
Author:
John Hall-Stevenson (Absolute)
DMI number:
30861

3. A hare did once into a garden get

First Line:
A hare did once into a garden get
Last Line:
And well deserve the brains
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4392

4. A needy weasel heretofore

First Line:
A needy weasel heretofore
Last Line:
Avenge thy people and assert the king
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
36239

5. A mighty lion heretofore

First Line:
A mighty lion heretofore
Last Line:
And Nassau's arms avenge the public wrong
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4425

6. A trumpeter that had in battle been taken

First Line:
A trumpeter that had in battle been taken
Last Line:
And had he not sounded they never had fought
DMI number:
6441

7. A lusty horse not long ago

First Line:
A lusty horse not long ago
Last Line:
And is resolved to live in spite
DMI number:
4397

8. An apple fallen from a tree

First Line:
An apple fallen from a tree
Last Line:
Till all our wealth was lost
DMI number:
4418

9. An apple falling from a tree

First Line:
An apple falling from a tree
Last Line:
Till all our wealth was lost
DMI number:
7288

10. Imaginary terrors scare

First Line:
Imaginary terrors scare
Last Line:
A thought of nought an idle dream
DMI number:
25557

11. Isgrim with hunger pressed one day

First Line:
Isgrim with hunger pressed one day
Last Line:
Shall find they've caught a tartar
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7137

12. In Windsor Forest before war destroyed

First Line:
In Windsor Forest before war destroyed
Last Line:
Time or ambition is supplied by love
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
3418

13. Say learned Garth around whose favourite head

First Line:
Say learned Garth around whose favourite head
Last Line:
I waked and vanished the transporting sight
DMI number:
3530

14. Somewhere on one of Afric's plains

First Line:
Somewhere on one of Afric's plains
Last Line:
The exchequer will be filled at once
DMI number:
32327

15. The hawks were once at mortal jars

First Line:
The hawks were once at mortal jars
Last Line:
Both to thy wealth and ease
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4391

16. There was a monarch whose imperial sway

First Line:
There was a monarch whose imperial sway
Last Line:
Who trusts a devil or a crafty priest
DMI number:
4421

17. Two welshmen partners in a cow

First Line:
Two welshmen partners in a cow
Last Line:
Than what these welshmen did
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4386

18. Two fierce young bulls within the marshes strove

First Line:
Two fierce young bulls within the marshes strove
Last Line:
And pray against the miseries of war
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4387

19. Two first young bulls within the marshes strove

First Line:
Two first young bulls within the marshes strove
Last Line:
And pray against the miseries of war
DMI number:
7287

20. With moral tale let ancient wisdom move

First Line:
With moral tale let ancient wisdom move
Last Line:
She gave the horse and gives the olive too
Author:
Thomas Parnell (Absolute)
DMI number:
32322