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1. Be prudent ladies marry while you may

First Line:
Be prudent ladies marry while you may
Last Line:
Which was of late adored in every place
DMI number:
43515

2. Dear brother | thy marrying humour I dare scarce upbraid

First Line:
Dear brother | thy marrying humour I dare scarce upbraid
Last Line:
The punishment to serve the parson's cure
DMI number:
43437

3. Courtier if thou needs would wive

First Line:
Courtier if thou needs would wive
Last Line:
Gain her servants and thee honour
DMI number:
44241

4. Dear Peggy since the single state

First Line:
Dear Peggy since the single state
Last Line:
And blushing throw the pen aside
DMI number:
25334

5. Duty demands the parent's voice

First Line:
Duty demands the parent's voice
Last Line:
Beneath his jaws the victim dies
Author:
Edward Moore (Absolute)
DMI number:
30923

6. Friend thou art yoked and canst not help the thing

First Line:
Friend thou art yoked and canst not help the thing
Last Line:
Throw her upon her back and all is done
Author:
Samuel Sheppard (Confident)
DMI number:
5638

7. Haply there met the other day

First Line:
Haply there met the other day
Last Line:
That union happily complete
DMI number:
33376

8. He that intends to take a wife

First Line:
He that intends to take a wife
Last Line:
Confess no trouble like unto a wife
DMI number:
43141

9. 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

10. It was as learned traditions say

First Line:
It was as learned traditions say
Last Line:
And sighing to himself withdrew
Author:
Henry Brooke (Absolute)
DMI number:
33440

11. I know thou hast the keeping of my fair

First Line:
I know thou hast the keeping of my fair
Last Line:
'Tis cruelty to let me sue in vain
DMI number:
6695

12. If any find of womankind

First Line:
If any find of womankind
Last Line:
Wilt bless us evermore Amen
Author:
Robert Allen (Absolute)
DMI number:
12106

13. Let debauchees call matrimony dull

First Line:
Let debauchees call matrimony dull
Last Line:
As the glad father will be proud to own
DMI number:
41803

14. Marry late my dear friend you may ask me what then

First Line:
Marry late my dear friend you may ask me what then
Last Line:
Kill your wife by a quack and never marry again
DMI number:
24811

15. Now I am married Sir John I'll not curse

First Line:
Now I am married Sir John I'll not curse
Last Line:
I would be advised ere I married again
DMI number:
43103

16. Oh my love how happy am I

First Line:
Oh my love how happy am I
Last Line:
Since hearts are joyned we'll quickly joyn our Hands
DMI number:
43186

17. Poor citizen if thou wilt be

First Line:
Poor citizen if thou wilt be
Last Line:
Where such a citizen doth dwell
DMI number:
44242

18. She that intends ever in rest to be

First Line:
She that intends ever in rest to be
Last Line:
Till Atropos unloose the nuptial knot
DMI number:
43517

19. Sir you are prudent good and wise

First Line:
Sir you are prudent good and wise
Last Line:
A man should think on it all his life
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
24845

20. Take thou a wife of seventeen years

First Line:
Take thou a wife of seventeen years
Last Line:
Your house will be a hell
DMI number:
36911

21. The marriage bed's a bed of thorns

First Line:
The marriage bed's a bed of thorns
Last Line:
Be that Sir Roger's fate
DMI number:
21684

22. The husband thus his wife reproved

First Line:
The husband thus his wife reproved
Last Line:
A railing gossip all despise
DMI number:
30285

23. The summit reached of earthly joys

First Line:
The summit reached of earthly joys
Last Line:
And say I never knew ye
Author:
Mary Jones (Absolute)
DMI number:
23707

24. Tis time to conclude for I make it a rule

First Line:
Tis time to conclude for I make it a rule
Last Line:
And find in your wife a companion and friend
Author:
Mary Barber (Absolute)
DMI number:
11370

25. Tis true I said in amorous rhymes

First Line:
Tis true I said in amorous rhymes
Last Line:
But laymen scarce will be so nice
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
22792

26. To friend and to foe

First Line:
To friend and to foe
Last Line:
Then let not these pastimes betray thee
DMI number:
42916

27. Try look seek find among the fair female race

First Line:
Try look seek find among the fair female race
Last Line:
Which ever rising new resound new praise
Author:
Horatio Tully (Absolute)
DMI number:
12107

28. Vex not thy self and her vain man since all

First Line:
Vex not thy self and her vain man since all
Last Line:
Live high not pay and never run in debt
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6758

29. What still these mournful plaints and flowing eyes

First Line:
What still these mournful plaints and flowing eyes
Last Line:
Filled with such solid joys you never conceived before
DMI number:
19845

30. With prudence choose a wife be thy first care

First Line:
With prudence choose a wife be thy first care
Last Line:
Do not when such the prize for fortune square
Author:
Thomas Edwards (Absolute)
DMI number:
32627

31. Ye fair married dames who so often deplore

First Line:
Ye fair married dames who so often deplore
Last Line:
And Hymen shall rivet the fetters of love
Author:
David Garrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
32361

32. Ye fathers and mothers

First Line:
Ye fathers and mothers
Last Line:
Twixt Julius Betty and Molly
DMI number:
35102

33. You young men that want skill in wooing

First Line:
You young men that want skill in wooing
Last Line:
I wish we had more of the breed
DMI number:
42520