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21. O known evil

First Line:
O known evil
Last Line:
Rich fly the poor as good men shun the devil
Author:
Thomas Heywood (Absolute)
DMI number:
17233

22. Oh wretched he who called abroad by power

First Line:
Oh wretched he who called abroad by power
Last Line:
And himself loses ere himself he knows
Author:
John Crowne (Absolute)
DMI number:
17255

23. Patience grows fury that is often stirred

First Line:
Patience grows fury that is often stirred
Last Line:
The conquered should not dare reiterate
Author:
Thomas Goffe [Gough] (Absolute)
DMI number:
17095

24. Our eyes | See daily presidents hopeful gentlemen

First Line:
Our eyes | See daily presidents hopeful gentlemen
Last Line:
That they sell all even to their old fathers' graves
Author:
George Wilkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
17329

25. Poets by dangers like old soldiers taught

First Line:
Poets by dangers like old soldiers taught
Last Line:
Grow wise and shun the same which once they sought
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
17210

26. Policy wills some seeming cause be had

First Line:
Policy wills some seeming cause be had
Last Line:
To make that good which justice knows for bad
Author:
John Jones (Absolute)
DMI number:
17223

27. Prosperity doth bewitch men seeming clear

First Line:
Prosperity doth bewitch men seeming clear
Last Line:
But seas do laugh show white when rocks are near
Author:
John Webster (Absolute)
DMI number:
17361

28. Poor men are born to wrongs low are their ranks

First Line:
Poor men are born to wrongs low are their ranks
Last Line:
The more they're trod on the more they must give thanks
Author:
Robert Daborne (Absolute)
DMI number:
17238

29. Poverty thou bane of chastity

First Line:
Poverty thou bane of chastity
Last Line:
To find a woman chaste that's poor and fair
Author:
Thomas Dekker (Absolute) & John Webster (Absolute)
DMI number:
17234

30. Power doth what likes in her inferiors move

First Line:
Power doth what likes in her inferiors move
Last Line:
As we are sessed so pay we hate or love
Author:
Fulke Greville (Absolute)
DMI number:
17246

31. Revolt is recreant when pursuit is brave

First Line:
Revolt is recreant when pursuit is brave
Last Line:
Never to faint doth purchase what we crave
Author:
Lewis Machin (Confident)
DMI number:
17157

32. Supply your promises with deeds

First Line:
Supply your promises with deeds
Last Line:
You know that painted meat no hunger feeds
Author:
John Webster (Absolute)
DMI number:
17343

33. The grief that melts to tears by itself is spent

First Line:
The grief that melts to tears by itself is spent
Last Line:
Passion resisted grows more violent
Author:
Cyril Tourneur (Absolute)
DMI number:
17034

34. The greatest politician may be

First Line:
The greatest politician may be
Last Line:
Deceived sometimes wit without brains we see
Author:
James Shirley (Absolute)
DMI number:
17221

35. There is a deep nick in time's restless wheel

First Line:
There is a deep nick in time's restless wheel
Last Line:
As well as men cast headlong from the sky
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
17301

36. These starts are the convulsions of weak reason

First Line:
These starts are the convulsions of weak reason
Last Line:
And watched by reason into gentleness
Author:
Sir Robert Howard (Absolute)
DMI number:
17038

37. They abuse our scene | And say we live by vice indeed tis true

First Line:
They abuse our scene | And say we live by vice indeed tis true
Last Line:
Men are not won by the ears so well as eyes
Author:
Thomas Randolph (Absolute)
DMI number:
17171

38. Thus grief and gladness still by turns do come

First Line:
Thus grief and gladness still by turns do come
Last Line:
Of shining comfort slideth soon away
Author:
Thomas Goffe [Gough] (Absolute)
DMI number:
17188

39. Thus like a fever that doth shake a man

First Line:
Thus like a fever that doth shake a man
Last Line:
Evil from good I to the worser go
Author:
George Wilkins (Absolute)
DMI number:
17326

40. Tis not advancement that I love alone

First Line:
Tis not advancement that I love alone
Last Line:
Tis love of shelter to keep shame unknown
Author:
Thomas Middleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
17307