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1. A friend proposed to me a wife

First Line:
A friend proposed to me a wife
Last Line:
Their husbands know from other men
DMI number:
36730

2. A hard-hearted wretch thus derided his wife

First Line:
A hard-hearted wretch thus derided his wife
Last Line:
And you know well that my flesh and yours are but one
DMI number:
33247

3. A tailor there was and he lived in a garret

First Line:
A tailor there was and he lived in a garret
Last Line:
For cross legged together they sat till they died
DMI number:
25250

4. A tailor there was and he lived in a garret

First Line:
A tailor there was and he lived in a garret
Last Line:
For cross legged together they stitched till they died
DMI number:
31817

5. A smoke a storm and a contentious wife

First Line:
A smoke a storm and a contentious wife
Last Line:
When children cry for hunger wanting bread
DMI number:
41912

6. All day the shrew Afflana does complain

First Line:
All day the shrew Afflana does complain
Last Line:
And praises the pleasures of a nuptial bed
Author:
John Morrice (Confident)
DMI number:
13791

7. Ask you Nannette why they report of heaven

First Line:
Ask you Nannette why they report of heaven
Last Line:
Nor maid nor bachelor is admitted there
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
35222

8. Behold Clarinda in a flood of sorrow

First Line:
Behold Clarinda in a flood of sorrow
Last Line:
She sighs and grieves because he lived so long
DMI number:
25665

9. Blessed is the man who God does fear

First Line:
Blessed is the man who God does fear
Last Line:
And Israel shall behold in peace
Author:
Sir John Denham (Absolute)
DMI number:
26890

10. Blush not redder than the morning

First Line:
Blush not redder than the morning
Last Line:
Ah ah they part they part for ever | Lest old time &c
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Confident)
DMI number:
42786

11. Blush not redder than the morning

First Line:
Blush not redder than the morning
Last Line:
Ah then they part they part for ever | Lest &c
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Confident)
DMI number:
42530

12. Beneath this consecrated stone

First Line:
Beneath this consecrated stone
Last Line:
Tis all thy weeping wife can give
DMI number:
17838

13. Beneath this rugged stone doth lie

First Line:
Beneath this rugged stone doth lie
Last Line:
And send me anywhere but there
DMI number:
18313

14. Clodius boasts that he a wife will take

First Line:
Clodius boasts that he a wife will take
Last Line:
Clodius is hornified yet holds his peace
DMI number:
25680

15. Dear doctor your wife in the parlour is a dying

First Line:
Dear doctor your wife in the parlour is a dying
Last Line:
Pray never mind me I'll slip up to the garret
DMI number:
32487

16. From Lincoln to London rode forth our young squire

First Line:
From Lincoln to London rode forth our young squire
Last Line:
A coach with a coronet trailed to her tweed
Author:
William Shenstone (Absolute)
DMI number:
27244

17. Hail happy pair tis friendship tunes the lay

First Line:
Hail happy pair tis friendship tunes the lay
Last Line:
Be that the subject of devoted prayer
DMI number:
36232

18. Happy Cleora was the time

First Line:
Happy Cleora was the time
Last Line:
And has but t'other half to fear
DMI number:
8265

19. Here lies a good wife who died with remorse

First Line:
Here lies a good wife who died with remorse
Last Line:
Though now she is gone they both are at rest
DMI number:
21702

20. I have seriously weighed it and find it is just

First Line:
I have seriously weighed it and find it is just
Last Line:
This this and this only's the maid to my mind
DMI number:
40621

21. 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

22. In marriage are two things allowed

First Line:
In marriage are two things allowed
Last Line:
Since the last day's as happy as the first
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
8676

23. It chanced not long ago as I was walking

First Line:
It chanced not long ago as I was walking
Last Line:
Then let all be contented and wear the bulls feather
DMI number:
42483

24. Joy to the bridegroom fill the skies

First Line:
Joy to the bridegroom fill the skies
Last Line:
That never was found but when twas lost
DMI number:
42275

25. Let the good man for nuptial rites designed

First Line:
Let the good man for nuptial rites designed
Last Line:
And when he's read them thorough let him marry
DMI number:
17464

26. Lo here's the bride and there's the tree

First Line:
Lo here's the bride and there's the tree
Last Line:
But hangman come drive on the cart
DMI number:
32408

27. My lord and his lady scold wrangle and fight

First Line:
My lord and his lady scold wrangle and fight
Last Line:
He calls her a whore and she can't say he lies
DMI number:
24489

28. If as they tell us man and wife

First Line:
If as they tell us man and wife
Last Line:
They after death should lie together
DMI number:
13156

29. Nigrelio leads a married life

First Line:
Nigrelio leads a married life
Last Line:
But he's Cornelius Tacitus
DMI number:
13658

30. Nigrinus leads a married life

First Line:
Nigrinus leads a married life
Last Line:
Still he's Cornelius tacitus
DMI number:
30958

31. Nokes went he thought to Stikes's wife to bed

First Line:
Nokes went he thought to Stikes's wife to bed
Last Line:
To be allowed legitimate or not
DMI number:
12728

32. Nokes went he thought to Styles's wife to bed

First Line:
Nokes went he thought to Styles's wife to bed
Last Line:
To be allowed legitimate or not
DMI number:
14617

33. Orpheus of old as poets tell

First Line:
Orpheus of old as poets tell
Last Line:
Has most prodigious luck indeed
DMI number:
21904

34. Scotland thy weather's like a modish wife

First Line:
Scotland thy weather's like a modish wife
Last Line:
And when she can no longer scold she cries
Author:
Aaron Hill (Absolute)
DMI number:
24617

35. This is to give notice that a man about fifty

First Line:
This is to give notice that a man about fifty
Last Line:
Honour and secrecy may be expected
Author:
Isaac Bickerstaff (Absolute)
DMI number:
31758

36. To love to perish the same meaning have

First Line:
To love to perish the same meaning have
Last Line:
Not forming woman man had never been cursed
DMI number:
14626

37. To make the man kind and keep true to the bed

First Line:
To make the man kind and keep true to the bed
Last Line:
Be deaf though you hear and be blind while you see
DMI number:
23135

38. Under this hedge in stormy weather

First Line:
Under this hedge in stormy weather
Last Line:
Can put this rogue and whore asunder
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
21857

39. When Loveless married lady Jenny

First Line:
When Loveless married lady Jenny
Last Line:
Not for the fashion but the weight
DMI number:
12423

40. When on his back through hostile swords and fire

First Line:
When on his back through hostile swords and fire
Last Line:
Death seized his wife and the good man was freed
DMI number:
16698

41. When I entered my teens and threw playthings aside

First Line:
When I entered my teens and threw playthings aside
Last Line:
And believe me my Polydore did not romance
DMI number:
32885

42. When John Cornutus doth his wife reprove

First Line:
When John Cornutus doth his wife reprove
Last Line:
Doth stop his mouth with John come kiss me now
Author:
Roger Sharpe (Absolute)
DMI number:
13074

43. Who says my lord and lady disagree

First Line:
Who says my lord and lady disagree
Last Line:
What two more happy than this courtly pair
DMI number:
17074

44. Why all this stir at Myra's house

First Line:
Why all this stir at Myra's house
Last Line:
Her first was buried yesterday
Author:
Hildebrand Jacob (Absolute)
DMI number:
24899

45. Will's steeds have qualities unlike his wife's

First Line:
Will's steeds have qualities unlike his wife's
Last Line:
Deserves her chaise much less than they their oats
DMI number:
17047

46. You ask if the thing to my choice were submitted

First Line:
You ask if the thing to my choice were submitted
Last Line:
Do all I have told you I mean if I could
Author:
Samuel Whyte (Speculation)
DMI number:
33537

47. You sell your wife's rich jewels lace and clothes

First Line:
You sell your wife's rich jewels lace and clothes
Last Line:
Still sold returns and still is to be sold
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27758