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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 fryar next to every female dear

First Line:
A fryar next to every female dear
Last Line:
A useful fryar and Hubert was his name
Author:
Thomas Betterton (Absolute)
DMI number:
18338

3. A certain priest had hoarded up

First Line:
A certain priest had hoarded up
Last Line:
Your god is rose and gone
DMI number:
4720

4. A clergyman that oft hath preached

First Line:
A clergyman that oft hath preached
Last Line:
To this day that I heard
DMI number:
41932

5. A country clown called Hodge went up to view

First Line:
A country clown called Hodge went up to view
Last Line:
His body fell out fled his frighted soul
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
3638

6. A Levite gaming makes the saying true

First Line:
A Levite gaming makes the saying true
Last Line:
Tables much fitter for a Levite's use
DMI number:
18094

7. A junto of knaves met at Paris together

First Line:
A junto of knaves met at Paris together
Last Line:
In vain they cry help us oh Lewis and Rome | And all the day long | Now this is their song | Dear Jemmy an halter an halter's our doom
DMI number:
11944

8. A motley tribe of various hue

First Line:
A motley tribe of various hue
Last Line:
To heaven or the devil
DMI number:
37186

9. A new song made by an old quibbling pate

First Line:
A new song made by an old quibbling pate
Last Line:
From a new turncoat of the times | Or the times new turncoat
DMI number:
4474

10. A papist died as twas Jehovah's will

First Line:
A papist died as twas Jehovah's will
Last Line:
Should you come in you'd eat the devil here
DMI number:
4719

11. A parliament with one consent

First Line:
A parliament with one consent
Last Line:
Be hanged or else beheaded
DMI number:
4921

12. A merry young blade of the papal belief

First Line:
A merry young blade of the papal belief
Last Line:
To be drunk is a punishment ample enough
DMI number:
11074

13. A milk white hind immortal and unchanged

First Line:
A milk white hind immortal and unchanged
Last Line:
With glorious visions of her future state
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6737

14. A pox on whigs we'll now grow wise

First Line:
A pox on whigs we'll now grow wise
Last Line:
If this won't do we'll call the French | Such cursed rogues are we
DMI number:
43014

15. A popish priest whose superstition

First Line:
A popish priest whose superstition
Last Line:
Why thou wouldst eat the devil and all
DMI number:
11107

16. A pox on the pope with his damned bald pate

First Line:
A pox on the pope with his damned bald pate
Last Line:
Our hogs we've brought to a blessed market
DMI number:
43006

17. A prelate says Osborne preached this doctrine of late

First Line:
A prelate says Osborne preached this doctrine of late
Last Line:
That when one's gone the other never stays long behind
DMI number:
13019

18. A priest there was who with a silver sound

First Line:
A priest there was who with a silver sound
Last Line:
The sermon edifies the example spoils
DMI number:
22584

19. 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

20. A protestant muse yet a lover of kings

First Line:
A protestant muse yet a lover of kings
Last Line:
The Dutch had not ventured to fish in our seas | Then curse o' popery pox o' popery | Oh senseless popery oh
DMI number:
4938

21. A late expedition to Oxford was made

First Line:
A late expedition to Oxford was made
Last Line:
And marched more nimbly without their music | Which nobody can deny
Author:
John Smith (Confident)
DMI number:
4004

22. Abhorred abhorrers horribly abhorred

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

23. Alas what has this poor animal done

First Line:
Alas what has this poor animal done
Last Line:
The direful operations of your ungodly hate
DMI number:
42984

24. Alas what thing can hope death's hand to escape

First Line:
Alas what thing can hope death's hand to escape
Last Line:
A plot a mother plot without a name
DMI number:
43015

25. Algernon Sidney fills this tomb

First Line:
Algernon Sidney fills this tomb
Last Line:
Where neither Pope not devil ought to do
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
29400

26. Algernon Sidney fills this tomb

First Line:
Algernon Sidney fills this tomb
Last Line:
Where pope and devil have nought to do
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
3660

27. Against our bishops Henley raves

First Line:
Against our bishops Henley raves
Last Line:
A man to good behaviour
DMI number:
11075

28. A youthful lion in the wood

First Line:
A youthful lion in the wood
Last Line:
And eke so lewd a priest
DMI number:
4401

29. All loyal men come zee my vine rary show

First Line:
All loyal men come zee my vine rary show
Last Line:
So the devices of rebels will all prove in vain
DMI number:
12144

30. An inundation says the fable

First Line:
An inundation says the fable
Last Line:
To nourish vermin may be bit
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
11321

31. An invasion from Dutchland is all the discourse

First Line:
An invasion from Dutchland is all the discourse
Last Line:
On condition that you may depart with your lives
DMI number:
44330

32. And hast thou left old Jemmy in the lurch

First Line:
And hast thou left old Jemmy in the lurch
Last Line:
And may all christian people say amen to it
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
4538

33. All ye beaux virtuosos rich heirs and musicians

First Line:
All ye beaux virtuosos rich heirs and musicians
Last Line:
That your heirs will do the same just an hundred years hence
Author:
Henry Hall (Speculation)
DMI number:
11786

34. All you that have stock and are mad for a peace

First Line:
All you that have stock and are mad for a peace
Last Line:
How low the French creep to the new min----y
DMI number:
13280

35. As joyful nature who till then lay mute

First Line:
As joyful nature who till then lay mute
Last Line:
I then would boast nay challenge Rome and Greece
Author:
Thomas Brown (Speculation) & Francis Manning (Absolute) & John Oldham (Speculation) & George Granville (Speculation) & Sir Thomas Higgons (Speculation) & Sir John Cotton (Speculation) & Benjamin Jonson (Speculation) & Joshua Barnes (Speculation) & Benjamin Hawkshaw (Speculation) & Nahum Tate (Speculation) & Thomas Carew (Speculation) & Bevil Higgons (Speculation) & Daniel Defoe (Speculation) & Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer] (Speculation) & Aphra Behn (Speculation) & H. Denne (Speculation) & John Hall (Speculation) & John Norton (Speculation) & R. Fletcher (Speculation) & John Dennis (Speculation) & Robert Gould (Speculation)
DMI number:
6932

36. As mariners that in a storm are tossed

First Line:
As mariners that in a storm are tossed
Last Line:
And all obediently her power own
DMI number:
10915

37. As the late character of god-like men

First Line:
As the late character of god-like men
Last Line:
Here lies the only Prince who left all evil ways
DMI number:
6446

38. 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

39. As the three children late in council sat

First Line:
As the three children late in council sat
Last Line:
But gad she'll get no reputation by us
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
15640

40. As needy gallants in the scrivener's hands

First Line:
As needy gallants in the scrivener's hands
Last Line:
Let Caesar live and Carthage be subdued
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4730

41. Are these the pope's grand tools

First Line:
Are these the pope's grand tools
Last Line:
Broke both the neck of Godfrey and their plot
DMI number:
43002

42. As Celia to the almighty prayed

First Line:
As Celia to the almighty prayed
Last Line:
And lastly let the devil take him | Lord I beseech thee
DMI number:
18273

43. Arms and the priest I sing whose martial soul

First Line:
Arms and the priest I sing whose martial soul
Last Line:
With shame oppressed young Cicero plunges down
Author:
John Ozell (Absolute)
DMI number:
8776

44. As the bishop of Salzburg rode through a small town

First Line:
As the bishop of Salzburg rode through a small town
Last Line:
Where would the good bishop be then
DMI number:
11085

45. As I was walking reading in a book

First Line:
As I was walking reading in a book
Last Line:
For poets dare at all adventures speak
DMI number:
43037

46. As I went by St James's I heard a bird sing

First Line:
As I went by St James's I heard a bird sing
Last Line:
There was no other way for mending the breed
DMI number:
42381

47. As I went by St James's I heard a bird sing

First Line:
As I went by St James's I heard a bird sing
Last Line:
There was no other way of mending the creed
DMI number:
4922

48. As in a dream our thinking monarch lay

First Line:
As in a dream our thinking monarch lay
Last Line:
Frighted to see himself so much outdone
DMI number:
4561

49. Away with your ballads be gone with old Simon

First Line:
Away with your ballads be gone with old Simon
Last Line:
By pushing it forwards I've but caught a Tartar
DMI number:
5904

50. As when proud Lucifer aimed at a throne

First Line:
As when proud Lucifer aimed at a throne
Last Line:
For though his pride's as great his cunning's less
DMI number:
3683

51. Attend and I'll you a story that's new

First Line:
Attend and I'll you a story that's new
Last Line:
To traitors and villains confusion of face | Which nobody &c
DMI number:
11957

52. Attend and prepare for a cargo from Dover

First Line:
Attend and prepare for a cargo from Dover
Last Line:
Whores cuckolds and fools bawds bullies and beaus | Which &c
DMI number:
13328

53. Ascend Alecto from thy den and come

First Line:
Ascend Alecto from thy den and come
Last Line:
They vanished and Alecto sunk to hell
DMI number:
42999

54. Be wise as Ad------n as Br------ne be brave

First Line:
Be wise as Ad------n as Br------ne be brave
Last Line:
Should only make them for this triumph fit
DMI number:
5890

55. Begin my muse the dire adventure tell

First Line:
Begin my muse the dire adventure tell
Last Line:
And in a moment up the chimney flew
Author:
Abel Evans (Absolute)
DMI number:
22236

56. Betwixt Father Patrick and his highness of late

First Line:
Betwixt Father Patrick and his highness of late
Last Line:
He managed the cause as he did the sea fight
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5429

57. Bred of gued I think the nation's mad

First Line:
Bred of gued I think the nation's mad
Last Line:
For a loyal lad's in danger here
DMI number:
4465

58. Car-men turn poets now why may not I

First Line:
Car-men turn poets now why may not I
Last Line:
With far more fame thanks to your scribbling lies
DMI number:
43110

59. By his hall chimney where in rusty grate

First Line:
By his hall chimney where in rusty grate
Last Line:
Here's to thy much loved health | With all my heart
Author:
Soame Jenyns (Absolute)
DMI number:
31633

60. By Ovid amongst many more wonders we're told

First Line:
By Ovid amongst many more wonders we're told
Last Line:
Now there's meat without grace where was grace without meat | Derry down &c
Author:
Paul Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:
19529

61. But such and only such who do disgrace

First Line:
But such and only such who do disgrace
Last Line:
When very shepherds dare debauch their sheep
DMI number:
6934

62. Britain now sing for joy of your king

First Line:
Britain now sing for joy of your king
Last Line:
Who settled our consitution
DMI number:
11908

63. 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 Freke (Confident) & John Wilmot (Speculation) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
3653

64. Chloe by your command in verse I write

First Line:
Chloe by your command in verse I write
Last Line:
But you are tired and so am I farewel
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4133

65. Come painter take a prospect from this hill

First Line:
Come painter take a prospect from this hill
Last Line:
Kneel to this image and pour out their prayers | And then die by suffocation
Author:
John Partridge (Confident)
DMI number:
42328

66. Come painter you and I you know dare do

First Line:
Come painter you and I you know dare do
Last Line:
Then Asaph's song shall be like Doeg's rhyme
DMI number:
41823

67. Cleveland thy ashes sure will rise

First Line:
Cleveland thy ashes sure will rise
Last Line:
Beg bread of your presbytery
DMI number:
43051

68. Come all ye brave boys and high churchmen draw near

First Line:
Come all ye brave boys and high churchmen draw near
Last Line:
We know who'd enjoy axes halters and carts | Which nobody can deny
DMI number:
13313

69. Come all ye ladies who have lost

First Line:
Come all ye ladies who have lost
Last Line:
To the national interest be hearty | Be as sad &c
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
8021

70. 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

71. Come children come and learn your father's trade

First Line:
Come children come and learn your father's trade
Last Line:
And with their money drink and drab and whore
DMI number:
43022

72. Cursed be the timorous fool whose feeble mind

First Line:
Cursed be the timorous fool whose feeble mind
Last Line:
A steady resolute heroic soul
DMI number:
3655

73. Continual hubbub and the noise of plot

First Line:
Continual hubbub and the noise of plot
Last Line:
Thus Colledge did but he was hanged at last
DMI number:
43068

74. Could English counsellors advise

First Line:
Could English counsellors advise
Last Line:
To overturn the throne
Author:
William Pittis (Speculation)
DMI number:
3397

75. Cried a jolly fat parson that could not subscribe

First Line:
Cried a jolly fat parson that could not subscribe
Last Line:
And a pill can do ten times more harm than a text
Author:
William Pittis (Speculation)
DMI number:
3396

76. Devorit with dreim devising in my slumber

First Line:
Devorit with dreim devising in my slumber
Last Line:
Of Sathanis seinye sure sic an unsaul menyie | Within this land was nevir hard nor sene
Author:
William Dunbar (Absolute)
DMI number:
30009

77. Dignified things may I your leaves implore

First Line:
Dignified things may I your leaves implore
Last Line:
You're downright rogues they only knaves and fools
DMI number:
42329

78. Equivocation of infernal kind

First Line:
Equivocation of infernal kind
Last Line:
And summon Phoebus to their monthly bar
DMI number:
8913

79. Dona in qualms sent Abb her drab for ease

First Line:
Dona in qualms sent Abb her drab for ease
Last Line:
Youse understand ere lang
DMI number:
11920

80. Even as a lion with his paws upreared

First Line:
Even as a lion with his paws upreared
Last Line:
And Salamanca's shall be known no more
DMI number:
43113

81. Fire fire fire help for we're all in flames

First Line:
Fire fire fire help for we're all in flames
Last Line:
Cried damn the old charter and God save the king
DMI number:
43069

82. Fetch me Ben Johnson's skull and fill't with sack

First Line:
Fetch me Ben Johnson's skull and fill't with sack
Last Line:
Write my self sober and fall to't again
Author:
Henry Edwards (Speculation)
DMI number:
4722

83. Farewell Petre farewell cross

First Line:
Farewell Petre farewell cross
Last Line:
Farewell all deserve a rope
DMI number:
4927

84. Farewell Petre farewell cross

First Line:
Farewell Petre farewell cross
Last Line:
Farewell all that deserve a r-----
DMI number:
42374

85. From all the mischiefs we have cause to fear

First Line:
From all the mischiefs we have cause to fear
Last Line:
And from false friends may heaven deliver you | Libera nos &c
DMI number:
12506

86. From all the women we have whored

First Line:
From all the women we have whored
Last Line:
And never see Breda again | Quaesimus te &c
DMI number:
42378

87. From all the women we have whored

First Line:
From all the women we have whored
Last Line:
And never see Breda again | Quaesumus &c
DMI number:
4912

88. From ancient custom tis they say

First Line:
From ancient custom tis they say
Last Line:
Gold frankincense or myrrh
DMI number:
11073

89. From evening's coffee laced with long argument

First Line:
From evening's coffee laced with long argument
Last Line:
That I awaked and found it but a dream
DMI number:
43039

90. Freed from the toils of war and long distress

First Line:
Freed from the toils of war and long distress
Last Line:
Sunk from the god of heaven to serve the god of fire
DMI number:
20848

91. For the miracles done

First Line:
For the miracles done
Last Line:
From the conducts of W----- and M-----
DMI number:
4572

92. For tyrants dead no statues we erect

First Line:
For tyrants dead no statues we erect
Last Line:
The bravest people and the happiest king
DMI number:
4571

93. From Havre de Grace

First Line:
From Havre de Grace
Last Line:
And so die all martyrs | Funis Coronat Opus | Yours Philo-Georgius
DMI number:
11962

94. From hazy climes and moist Ierne's shores

First Line:
From hazy climes and moist Ierne's shores
Last Line:
And save herself as well as Castle---n
DMI number:
6400

95. From infallible Rome once more I am come

First Line:
From infallible Rome once more I am come
Last Line:
Nor take his ballad in dudgeon
DMI number:
42977

96. From popish bishops high flying peers

First Line:
From popish bishops high flying peers
Last Line:
The cloak more faithful than the gown | Audi nos &c
DMI number:
5298

97. From religion that's nonsense and larded with lies

First Line:
From religion that's nonsense and larded with lies
Last Line:
And one who his sheep of their fleece does rob | Good lord deliver us
DMI number:
42367

98. From the blessed regions of eternal day

First Line:
From the blessed regions of eternal day
Last Line:
Britain shall be his throne in time to come
DMI number:
3659

99. Gentlemen | Now is the time acquit your selves like men

First Line:
Gentlemen | Now is the time acquit your selves like men
Last Line:
And those unborn too bless or curse us may
DMI number:
4888

100. Gentlemen | When last you were here the house ways to be let

First Line:
Gentlemen | When last you were here the house ways to be let
Last Line:
Though the monsieur and Tories and devils stand by you
DMI number:
42315