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1. A fierce wild boar that had transgressed

First Line:
A fierce wild boar that had transgressed
Last Line:
If P----rs must judge a P-----r
Author:
William Pittis (Speculation)
DMI number:
3413

2. A butcher's son's judge capital

First Line:
A butcher's son's judge capital
Last Line:
And so like a knave let's leave him
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
4868

3. 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

4. A river insolent with pride

First Line:
A river insolent with pride
Last Line:
Despised whilst used then left to hang or starve
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
36237

5. 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

6. As I walking was the other day

First Line:
As I walking was the other day
Last Line:
And when I more do hear I more will tell ye
DMI number:
4881

7. 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

8. Bring me a man with animating strokes

First Line:
Bring me a man with animating strokes
Last Line:
These worst of times and time itself survive
DMI number:
43061

9. Cleveland thy ashes sure will rise

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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. From all popish treasons and the gunpowder plot

First Line:
From all popish treasons and the gunpowder plot
Last Line:
And from such as again would blow up three nations | Libera &c
DMI number:
42360

14. From deepest dungeon of eternal night

First Line:
From deepest dungeon of eternal night
Last Line:
If you believe seducers more than me
Author:
Wentworth Dillon (Confident)
DMI number:
43043

15. 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

16. From kings that would sell us to pay their old scores

First Line:
From kings that would sell us to pay their old scores
Last Line:
When all are as false as the saving of Flanders | Good lord deliver us
DMI number:
5186

17. From the race of Ignatius and all their colleagues

First Line:
From the race of Ignatius and all their colleagues
Last Line:
In hopes of concealing our dear cloven paw | Libera nos &c
DMI number:
42377

18. Go on brave heroes you whose merits claim

First Line:
Go on brave heroes you whose merits claim
Last Line:
To bathe his hands in such a royal heart
DMI number:
4861

19. Gods this is great these these are they

First Line:
Gods this is great these these are they
Last Line:
Than half the numerous laws you ever used
DMI number:
44589

20. Great sir how shall I to your worth aspire

First Line:
Great sir how shall I to your worth aspire
Last Line:
Immortal work and whom you conquer save
DMI number:
42857

21. Hail pious days thou most propitious time

First Line:
Hail pious days thou most propitious time
Last Line:
And pisses on the wretch he scorns to tear
DMI number:
7459

22. Good people pray now attend to my muse

First Line:
Good people pray now attend to my muse
Last Line:
My muse she grows weary and thus she does end | With pox o' th' chancellor villainous chancellor damnable chancellor O
DMI number:
4945

23. 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

24. 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

25. How easy tis to sail with wind and tide

First Line:
How easy tis to sail with wind and tide
Last Line:
But then the nation will be truly blessed
Author:
Edmund Hickeringill (Speculation) & Elkanah Settle (Confident) & Samuel Pordage (Speculation)
DMI number:
5985

26. How at the other b-----r to try a priest

First Line:
How at the other b-----r to try a priest
Last Line:
They that can make their k---s can make their lords
DMI number:
7260

27. 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

28. 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

29. Let's sing the brave hero whom heaven did ordain

First Line:
Let's sing the brave hero whom heaven did ordain
Last Line:
While Hanover's nearest her Majesty's heart | Hero hero sing the brave hero | William the glorious the gallant Nassau | Who that he might save us from those who'd enslave ye | Hanover succession established by law
DMI number:
13324

30. My lord | I'd praise your lordship but you've had your share

First Line:
My lord | I'd praise your lordship but you've had your share
Last Line:
Else Essex will be thought the stouter man
DMI number:
4946

31. My lord I'll tell you that self bill is urged

First Line:
My lord I'll tell you that self bill is urged
Last Line:
How things are perfected
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
35024

32. I sing of no heresy turk or of tartar

First Line:
I sing of no heresy turk or of tartar
Last Line:
Than thus to be tossed in a blanket and drubbed
DMI number:
44331

33. If there be any land as fame reports

First Line:
If there be any land as fame reports
Last Line:
That links the jarring elements in peace
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
37443

34. May blood of innocents no more disgrace

First Line:
May blood of innocents no more disgrace
Last Line:
Be couched for power for virtue Charlebone
DMI number:
43056

35. Of all the cheats and shams that have of late

First Line:
Of all the cheats and shams that have of late
Last Line:
Saved in a storm will in the harbour sink
DMI number:
4487

36. O witness heaven

First Line:
O witness heaven
Last Line:
May I never poorly fill the throne of England
Author:
David Mallet (Absolute)
DMI number:
37449

37. Of Oates new thrashed at Tyburn take two pound

First Line:
Of Oates new thrashed at Tyburn take two pound
Last Line:
For the receipt is learned Dr C---sts
DMI number:
42344

38. Of Oats new threshed at Tyburn take two pound

First Line:
Of Oats new threshed at Tyburn take two pound
Last Line:
For the receipt is learned Dr Conquests
DMI number:
4913

39. Our fathers of old took oaths as their wives

First Line:
Our fathers of old took oaths as their wives
Last Line:
And a whore and a rogue may part when they please
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
11912

40. Our fathers took oaths as of old they took wives

First Line:
Our fathers took oaths as of old they took wives
Last Line:
And a whore and a rogue may part when they please
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
16340

41. Our glorious realm over all the earth renowned

First Line:
Our glorious realm over all the earth renowned
Last Line:
Thou glorious deliverer of mankind
DMI number:
6497

42. Out of our past confusions rise there shall

First Line:
Out of our past confusions rise there shall
Last Line:
The law's corruption shall restore the laws
DMI number:
12574

43. Players and patentees at law are hot

First Line:
Players and patentees at law are hot
Last Line:
And faith ye will all be beggars at the end
DMI number:
25672

44. Room for the Bedlam c--ns hell and fury

First Line:
Room for the Bedlam c--ns hell and fury
Last Line:
Present you pretty babes you never begot
DMI number:
6388

45. Rouse britons rouse maintain your laws

First Line:
Rouse britons rouse maintain your laws
Last Line:
On its own vicegerent smile
DMI number:
11953

46. Revenge revenge my injured shade begins

First Line:
Revenge revenge my injured shade begins
Last Line:
Upwards to gibbets point downwards to endless flames
DMI number:
4948

47. See from his colours turncoat Y-- retreat

First Line:
See from his colours turncoat Y-- retreat
Last Line:
And truth to blush at such unmanly strains
DMI number:
31351

48. Sir William in arcta custodia lies

First Line:
Sir William in arcta custodia lies
Last Line:
And having spit his venom out he died
DMI number:
4865

49. 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

50. 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

51. 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

52. Slight not these following lines

First Line:
Slight not these following lines
Last Line:
Let Devil do his worst
DMI number:
4891

53. Soon as the welcome voice I chanced to hear

First Line:
Soon as the welcome voice I chanced to hear
Last Line:
As good as great as happy as ye are
DMI number:
42856

54. 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

55. The free born English generous and wise

First Line:
The free born English generous and wise
Last Line:
To have enslaved but made this isle their friend
Author:
Robert Wolseley (Absolute)
DMI number:
3648

56. The free-born English generous and wise

First Line:
The free-born English generous and wise
Last Line:
They scorn your tories' swords and Jesuits' wit
Author:
Robert Wolseley (Confident)
DMI number:
43027

57. The Inquisitor General resigning his place

First Line:
The Inquisitor General resigning his place
Last Line:
Concuring with that of the Court and the K--g
DMI number:
27157

58. Tis said when George did dragon slay

First Line:
Tis said when George did dragon slay
Last Line:
We shall Grex it
DMI number:
4880

59. Under five hundred kings three kingdoms groan

First Line:
Under five hundred kings three kingdoms groan
Last Line:
Making the people happy monarch great
DMI number:
43044

60. 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

61. 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

62. What power was fit I did on all bestow

First Line:
What power was fit I did on all bestow
Last Line:
So none prevailed upon another's right
DMI number:
27100

63. 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

64. While every freeman in the nation

First Line:
While every freeman in the nation
Last Line:
They'll never believe his verse
DMI number:
37675

65. Wisely an observator said

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

66. Yet once more peace turns back her head to smile

First Line:
Yet once more peace turns back her head to smile
Last Line:
From villains tongues the ears of majesty
DMI number:
44329

67. Yet once more peace turns back her head to smile

First Line:
Yet once more peace turns back her head to smile
Last Line:
Nor leave one factious r----l in the guard
DMI number:
43045

68. Ye vicars and curates and lecturers all

First Line:
Ye vicars and curates and lecturers all
Last Line:
If thou had'st been hanged upon the triple tree
DMI number:
7453

69. Your fathers like men who had thoughts of a heaven

First Line:
Your fathers like men who had thoughts of a heaven
Last Line:
So that nothing but halters your faction can bind
DMI number:
11915

70. Your fathers of old took oaths for their lives

First Line:
Your fathers of old took oaths for their lives
Last Line:
So go and be hanged like rogues as you are
DMI number:
11913