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1. A certain brewer whose liquor of life

First Line:
A certain brewer whose liquor of life
Last Line:
That those who touch cash should have clean washen hands
DMI number:
4412

2. A half famished wolf met a jolly fat dog

First Line:
A half famished wolf met a jolly fat dog
Last Line:
They that will have the fat must submit to the clog
DMI number:
4417

3. A milk white rogue immortal and unhanged

First Line:
A milk white rogue immortal and unhanged
Last Line:
Come hanging oft or noble decollation
DMI number:
4422

4. A wealthy matron now grown old

First Line:
A wealthy matron now grown old
Last Line:
And physick thee of eighteen more
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4426

5. Albion disclose thy drowsy eyes and see

First Line:
Albion disclose thy drowsy eyes and see
Last Line:
That would produce at last such glorious days as these
DMI number:
5912

6. As mastiff dogs in modern phrase are

First Line:
As mastiff dogs in modern phrase are
Last Line:
Whether this be not a salamander
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
12153

7. As when the church's doctrines were arraigned

First Line:
As when the church's doctrines were arraigned
Last Line:
Not build your selves but others out of doors
DMI number:
7683

8. B---- vexed with court the country sought

First Line:
B---- vexed with court the country sought
Last Line:
From ------ unhappy case
DMI number:
19742

9. By bribes and threats so many Whigs at first

First Line:
By bribes and threats so many Whigs at first
Last Line:
Or to betray or else to countermine
DMI number:
12569

10. Briton the thunder of the wrath divine

First Line:
Briton the thunder of the wrath divine
Last Line:
To spawn a baser brood of monster-breeding sons
Author:
Robert Lowth (Absolute)
DMI number:
22540

11. 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

12. Clarendon had law and sense

First Line:
Clarendon had law and sense
Last Line:
With here and there a pawn
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Speculation) & John Dryden (Speculation)
DMI number:
2182

13. 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

14. Curse on such representatives

First Line:
Curse on such representatives
Last Line:
By this old Whitehall pump
DMI number:
4734

15. Curse on the authors of our present woes

First Line:
Curse on the authors of our present woes
Last Line:
Reduce their native country to a wretched state
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
5457

16. Dear wife let me have a fire made

First Line:
Dear wife let me have a fire made
Last Line:
For which we have justly deserved a rope | This it is to be learned and witty
DMI number:
4949

17. Did power and liberty agree

First Line:
Did power and liberty agree
Last Line:
Been charged on me who gave you station
DMI number:
20836

18. Disgraced undone and made the nation's sport

First Line:
Disgraced undone and made the nation's sport
Last Line:
Ingloriously whilst we contend for all
DMI number:
12572

19. Dryden thy wit has caterwauled too long

First Line:
Dryden thy wit has caterwauled too long
Last Line:
Why then the marvel that a poet sins
DMI number:
42324

20. From a proud sensual atheistical life

First Line:
From a proud sensual atheistical life
Last Line:
From making our heirs to be Morrice and Clayton | Libera nos Domine
DMI number:
4742

21. From immoderate fines and defamation

First Line:
From immoderate fines and defamation
Last Line:
And from the Star Chamber in Westminster Hall | Libera nos &c
DMI number:
42357

22. From merit unwieldy and overgrown worth

First Line:
From merit unwieldy and overgrown worth
Last Line:
Who'll endeavour to save St Paul's work 'tis thought | Libera nos &c
DMI number:
7457

23. Gentlemen | When last you were here the house was to be let

First Line:
Gentlemen | When last you were here the house was to be let
Last Line:
Though monsieur and tories and devil stand by you | Faxit Deus
DMI number:
4882

24. Go set Scotch bagpipes to the briskest notes

First Line:
Go set Scotch bagpipes to the briskest notes
Last Line:
He's grown a wolf by this and worries lambs
DMI number:
43023

25. Gold rules within and reigns without these doors

First Line:
Gold rules within and reigns without these doors
Last Line:
He votes for interest and she yields for coin
Author:
Anthony Hammond (Confident)
DMI number:
10574

26. Great Stanhope the glory of Britannia's nation

First Line:
Great Stanhope the glory of Britannia's nation
Last Line:
When they've nothing but mud in their brains
DMI number:
7355

27. Good God what means this sudden alteration

First Line:
Good God what means this sudden alteration
Last Line:
For if he rise he'll gaol us all for treason
DMI number:
43063

28. Here lives the wolf justice a butcherly knave

First Line:
Here lives the wolf justice a butcherly knave
Last Line:
We'll die at our doors ere in Smithfield we'll burn
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
4871

29. Here lives the wolf justice and butcherly knave

First Line:
Here lives the wolf justice and butcherly knave
Last Line:
We'll die at our doors ere in Smithfield we'll burn
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
42318

30. How fleeting is honour who'd strive to be great

First Line:
How fleeting is honour who'd strive to be great
Last Line:
Then whip goes the seal and adieu my Lord K----r
DMI number:
5885

31. His holiness has three grand friends

First Line:
His holiness has three grand friends
Last Line:
It rules both church and state
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
4872

32. I cannot hold hot struggling rage aspires

First Line:
I cannot hold hot struggling rage aspires
Last Line:
In a long long succession down to the day of doom
Author:
Thomas Thompson (Absolute)
DMI number:
5923

33. I am a senseless thing with a hey with a hey

First Line:
I am a senseless thing with a hey with a hey
Last Line:
For a martyr's place above | With a hey tronny nonny nonny no
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
4737

34. In ages past when men did prize

First Line:
In ages past when men did prize
Last Line:
And things remain in statu-quo
DMI number:
19674

35. It shall be known how Lackworth came so great

First Line:
It shall be known how Lackworth came so great
Last Line:
Into coined gold transmutes the name of ore
DMI number:
5021

36. 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 bid the dame draw near
DMI number:
42304

37. 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

38. It is not the silver or gold of its self

First Line:
It is not the silver or gold of its self
Last Line:
This makes you as merry as we that do sing
DMI number:
43296

39. Long have I heard your favourite theme

First Line:
Long have I heard your favourite theme
Last Line:
Perhaps or send you to the Turk
Author:
Richard Owen Cambridge (Absolute)
DMI number:
30538

40. My landlord underpropped his house some years

First Line:
My landlord underpropped his house some years
Last Line:
And let no ravens this March brood molest
Author:
Robert Wild (Confident)
DMI number:
43017

41. If I wear out of date as I find I fall down

First Line:
If I wear out of date as I find I fall down
Last Line:
And blind the whole world with fopperies and lies
DMI number:
42366

42. Lest freemen forget whom hereafter to praise

First Line:
Lest freemen forget whom hereafter to praise
Last Line:
We'll give them a sweating and put them to bed
DMI number:
33339

43. Let noble Sir Positive lead the van

First Line:
Let noble Sir Positive lead the van
Last Line:
That the P-----rs live at the Rose and Crown | Which &c
Author:
George Savile (Speculation)
DMI number:
4957

44. Not all the threats or favours of a crown

First Line:
Not all the threats or favours of a crown
Last Line:
Who love fierce drivers and a looser rein
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
3969

45. O cannibal to double a man's rent

First Line:
O cannibal to double a man's rent
Last Line:
Till a famed sqre a frightful desert grow
DMI number:
23181

46. O conspiracy

First Line:
O conspiracy
Last Line:
To hide thee from prevention
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
14009

47. Of a tall statue and of sable hue

First Line:
Of a tall statue and of sable hue
Last Line:
Then how much greater mischiefs such a king
DMI number:
42359

48. 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

49. Oh Joy thy name I never knew

First Line:
Oh Joy thy name I never knew
Last Line:
And South-Sea be like Tagus sung
Author:
Susanna Centlivre (Absolute)
DMI number:
11800

50. One hand and eye erect were close engaged

First Line:
One hand and eye erect were close engaged
Last Line:
Then like thy great exemplar hang thyself
DMI number:
11999

51. Prorogue upon prorogue damned rogues and whores

First Line:
Prorogue upon prorogue damned rogues and whores
Last Line:
If not next wish is we may all be free
DMI number:
4732

52. Prorogued on prorogation damned rogues and whores

First Line:
Prorogued on prorogation damned rogues and whores
Last Line:
If not next wish is we may all be free
DMI number:
42306

53. Ribbons and stars and courtly toys

First Line:
Ribbons and stars and courtly toys
Last Line:
That it might not be pissed upon
DMI number:
31379

54. Sicilian goddess whose prophetic tongue

First Line:
Sicilian goddess whose prophetic tongue
Last Line:
The poet's envy and the critic's pain
DMI number:
4595

55. Sicilian muse begin a loftier flight

First Line:
Sicilian muse begin a loftier flight
Last Line:
Honest George Churchill may supply his place
Author:
William Walsh (Absolute)
DMI number:
4011

56. Since all the actions of the far famed men

First Line:
Since all the actions of the far famed men
Last Line:
But must cry Jack what have you stole to day
DMI number:
4768

57. See a new progeny descends

First Line:
See a new progeny descends
Last Line:
My pride shall be to sing them
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation)
DMI number:
17945

58. She-land the praise of all the earth

First Line:
She-land the praise of all the earth
Last Line:
Of that base sort of vermin
DMI number:
13318

59. Sir Thomas of Wentworth inflexibly good

First Line:
Sir Thomas of Wentworth inflexibly good
Last Line:
Our Pyms and our Hampdens are not all of them dead
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Confident)
DMI number:
17942

60. Since Justice S------ P---- and D--- did bail

First Line:
Since Justice S------ P---- and D--- did bail
Last Line:
And that they are all fools that on property dotes | Which nobody can deny
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
42317

61. Since Justice Scroggs Pepys and Dean did bail

First Line:
Since Justice Scroggs Pepys and Dean did bail
Last Line:
And that he's a fool that on property dotes | Which nobody can deny
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
4869

62. Since popish plotters

First Line:
Since popish plotters
Last Line:
For what we now reject no honest jury will find it | They sham us and flam us | They ram us and damn us | When according to the law we find ignoramus
DMI number:
43013

63. Stop mortal frail collect your thought

First Line:
Stop mortal frail collect your thought
Last Line:
Of comrades follies on our back
DMI number:
35353

64. That votes for money now are sold

First Line:
That votes for money now are sold
Last Line:
Who buys may sell again
DMI number:
26974

65. Take a man who by nature's a true son of earth

First Line:
Take a man who by nature's a true son of earth
Last Line:
And a thing strut a p--r that before was an ass | Probatum est
DMI number:
17976

66. The country girl that's well inclined

First Line:
The country girl that's well inclined
Last Line:
Never to be heard of more
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation)
DMI number:
17944

67. The gospel and law allow monarchs their due

First Line:
The gospel and law allow monarchs their due
Last Line:
Will send their poor souls to the devil
DMI number:
4954

68. The Lords and Commons having had their doom

First Line:
The Lords and Commons having had their doom
Last Line:
The Lords' vexation and the King's by ---
DMI number:
4741

69. The londoners gent to the king do present

First Line:
The londoners gent to the king do present
Last Line:
Until you burn again burn again
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Confident)
DMI number:
3640

70. The year of wonders is arrived

First Line:
The year of wonders is arrived
Last Line:
And therefore will remove him
Author:
Daniel Defoe (Confident)
DMI number:
8078

71. The year of wonders is arrived

First Line:
The year of wonders is arrived
Last Line:
May then break out at home
Author:
Daniel Defoe (Confident)
DMI number:
13269

72. Though grief and fondness in my breast rebel

First Line:
Though grief and fondness in my breast rebel
Last Line:
Thy satire point and animate thy page
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
21899

73. Tis strange that you to whom I've long been known

First Line:
Tis strange that you to whom I've long been known
Last Line:
And leave the bishops to reform the age
DMI number:
3647

74. To raise a lady's expectations high

First Line:
To raise a lady's expectations high
Last Line:
Of --- the corrupt intention of the swain
DMI number:
12746

75. To get a good peace and a flourishing trade

First Line:
To get a good peace and a flourishing trade
Last Line:
In hopes to procure a dewitting
DMI number:
8057

76. Welcome to Scotia's plains dear injured youth

First Line:
Welcome to Scotia's plains dear injured youth
Last Line:
His God his king and country all denies
DMI number:
22511

77. Well done my sons ye have redeemed my cause

First Line:
Well done my sons ye have redeemed my cause
Last Line:
May make you useful to St Peter's chair
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
4870

78. Well done my sons you have redeemed my cause

First Line:
Well done my sons you have redeemed my cause
Last Line:
May make you useful to St Peter's chair
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
42319

79. Walking some ten years since along the park

First Line:
Walking some ten years since along the park
Last Line:
Then I trudged too for vain it was to stay
DMI number:
42352

80. We only can admire those happy times

First Line:
We only can admire those happy times
Last Line:
And left example how to deal with thine
DMI number:
43060

81. We are told by the town that a man of great note

First Line:
We are told by the town that a man of great note
Last Line:
To bail high-church one day and vote next for the low
DMI number:
8076

82. We'll remember the men

First Line:
We'll remember the men
Last Line:
And just and right is the word sir
DMI number:
5686

83. What good L--d B-- prim patriot now

First Line:
What good L--d B-- prim patriot now
Last Line:
You had yourself kept in
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation)
DMI number:
17949

84. What hand what skill can frame the artful piece

First Line:
What hand what skill can frame the artful piece
Last Line:
And sell their country in a closer way
DMI number:
4593

85. What a devil ails the parliament

First Line:
What a devil ails the parliament
Last Line:
As Thomas Earl of D--by
DMI number:
4866

86. When great Nassau is dead and gone

First Line:
When great Nassau is dead and gone
Last Line:
The strangest Queendom ever was
Author:
Henry Mordaunt (Speculation)
DMI number:
5889

87. 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

88. While lewd Whitehall burning in justest flames

First Line:
While lewd Whitehall burning in justest flames
Last Line:
Shall every fire but the world's last outface
DMI number:
4979

89. While public robbers faster breed

First Line:
While public robbers faster breed
Last Line:
Their stations keep and only groan
DMI number:
22784

90. While public robbers faster breed

First Line:
While public robbers faster breed
Last Line:
Their stations keep or only groan
DMI number:
17940

91. Who at Paris has been

First Line:
Who at Paris has been
Last Line:
And your character will be complete
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation)
DMI number:
17946

92. Who mounts the loftiest dignities

First Line:
Who mounts the loftiest dignities
Last Line:
And scorn the puppets of the show | Thou fool thou knave thou villain
DMI number:
13371

93. Wisely an observator said

First Line:
Wisely an observator said
Last Line:
To their eternal shame
Author:
Daniel Defoe (Speculation)
DMI number:
4971

94. With a phiz that is grave and a sanctified face

First Line:
With a phiz that is grave and a sanctified face
Last Line:
And to save their own bacon about they will turn
DMI number:
8106

95. Why should we boast of right and law

First Line:
Why should we boast of right and law
Last Line:
A blessed reformation
DMI number:
12577

96. Wits point your arrows keen and quick

First Line:
Wits point your arrows keen and quick
Last Line:
The terror of mankind
DMI number:
18277

97. Ye true hearted Britons draw near to my ditty

First Line:
Ye true hearted Britons draw near to my ditty
Last Line:
With better assurance success to the king | Derry down &c
DMI number:
22787

98. Ye whom your country's sacred cause inspires

First Line:
Ye whom your country's sacred cause inspires
Last Line:
To shine in Britain's senate Britain's friend
DMI number:
18814

99. Ye worthy patriots go on

First Line:
Ye worthy patriots go on
Last Line:
Go home and look after your w---s
Author:
Daniel Defoe (Absolute)
DMI number:
7798

100. Ye lords and ye commons give ear to my ditty

First Line:
Ye lords and ye commons give ear to my ditty
Last Line:
Sure all will believe honest gentleman Harry | Derry down
DMI number:
20463