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1. A fakeer a religious well known in the east

First Line:
A fakeer a religious well known in the east
Last Line:
All tortured by choice with the invisible nail
Author:
Richard Owen Cambridge (Absolute)
DMI number:
22583

2. A Protestant muse yet a lover of kings

First Line:
A Protestant muse yet a lover of kings
Last Line:
The Dutch had never ventured to fish in our seas | Then curse of popery pox o' popery plague o' popery | Oh senseless popery oh
DMI number:
42334

3. Abhorred abhorrers horribly abhorred

First Line:
Abhorred abhorrers horribly abhorred
Last Line:
Does vote abhorrers all to be abhorred
DMI number:
43028

4. As the other night in bed I thinking lay

First Line:
As the other night in bed I thinking lay
Last Line:
Tis ten to one but I shall dream again
Author:
John Ayloffe (Speculation)
DMI number:
42336

5. Chaste pious prudent C------ the second

First Line:
Chaste pious prudent C------ the second
Last Line:
Prove wretched kinged by storks and logs
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation) & John Freke (Confident)
DMI number:
3653

6. Come brother devils with full bowls

First Line:
Come brother devils with full bowls
Last Line:
Nothing to cool their tongues may here remain
DMI number:
42974

7. From the lawless dominion of mitre and crown

First Line:
From the lawless dominion of mitre and crown
Last Line:
From the king of France and from the French king
DMI number:
4885

8. Great God of hosts attending the complaints

First Line:
Great God of hosts attending the complaints
Last Line:
For triumphs oft - but oftener for a beating
DMI number:
18078

9. Hail mighty monarch by whose aid

First Line:
Hail mighty monarch by whose aid
Last Line:
I other business have
DMI number:
43011

10. Happy the people where no priest gives rules

First Line:
Happy the people where no priest gives rules
Last Line:
If these warmed snakes at home abuse our native right
DMI number:
4591

11. Here's a health to the great Eugene

First Line:
Here's a health to the great Eugene
Last Line:
And own great George our king
DMI number:
12141

12. It happened in the twilight of the day

First Line:
It happened in the twilight of the day
Last Line:
Starts from the couch and bids the dame draw near
DMI number:
3636

13. I think I shall never despair

First Line:
I think I shall never despair
Last Line:
Till justice is tacked with a halter | To the 130 and 4
Author:
John Tutchin (Speculation)
DMI number:
5900

14. Of the old heroes when the warlike shades

First Line:
Of the old heroes when the warlike shades
Last Line:
Metempsychosed to some scotch presbyter
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Absolute)
DMI number:
3631

15. Oh heavens we have signs below

First Line:
Oh heavens we have signs below
Last Line:
Good lord deliver this poor realm
DMI number:
42307

16. Once how I doted on this jilting town

First Line:
Once how I doted on this jilting town
Last Line:
But all the mighty pother ends in punk
Author:
Charles Sackville (Speculation)
DMI number:
3665

17. Since there are some that with me see the state

First Line:
Since there are some that with me see the state
Last Line:
If Leg or Armstrong shall be absolute
DMI number:
3656

18. Tis a sport to our prince

First Line:
Tis a sport to our prince
Last Line:
For an Orange once planted upon the French shore | My gay flower de luces will flourish no more
DMI number:
4934

19. When Hodge had numbered up how many score

First Line:
When Hodge had numbered up how many score
Last Line:
With equal gratitude and treachery
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
42301

20. Where to address in this degenerate age

First Line:
Where to address in this degenerate age
Last Line:
And I shall surely reap the harvest of my toil
DMI number:
3526

21. Would you send Kate to Portugal

First Line:
Would you send Kate to Portugal
Last Line:
And once more make Charles king again | This is the time
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
4750