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1. A dispute once arose twixt an ass and a mule

First Line:
A dispute once arose twixt an ass and a mule
Last Line:
And bequeathed me nor beauties of body nor mind
Author:
William Pittis (Speculation)
DMI number:
3406

2. A dog tax invented by some as I'm told

First Line:
A dog tax invented by some as I'm told
Last Line:
We must starve by the paws of the overgrown rats
DMI number:
36840

3. A dolphin once had an intent

First Line:
A dolphin once had an intent
Last Line:
But mine's alone the plain
Author:
William Pittis (Speculation)
DMI number:
3402

4. A famous wight ycleped pimp L--

First Line:
A famous wight ycleped pimp L--
Last Line:
You'll never be more than head of college
DMI number:
24243

5. A fierce dispute betwixt birds of night

First Line:
A fierce dispute betwixt birds of night
Last Line:
Of faith as well as sense
DMI number:
4415

6. A fierce wild boar of monstrous size and force

First Line:
A fierce wild boar of monstrous size and force
Last Line:
Which is but adding to their load
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4385

7. 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

8. A gardener once at early day

First Line:
A gardener once at early day
Last Line:
The gardener crushed him with his toe
DMI number:
23092

9. A fox of quality that long

First Line:
A fox of quality that long
Last Line:
The last of liberty in him
DMI number:
8058

10. A generous race of croaking frogs

First Line:
A generous race of croaking frogs
Last Line:
And still have found it the same thing
DMI number:
4400

11. A good resolve ay marry is it

First Line:
A good resolve ay marry is it
Last Line:
Where contradicting is confuting
DMI number:
16143

12. A badger once did ravage all the fields

First Line:
A badger once did ravage all the fields
Last Line:
To save the better half
DMI number:
4396

13. A bailiff and a boatman

First Line:
A bailiff and a boatman
Last Line:
And thither went like fools
DMI number:
8081

14. A brazen pot by scouring vexed

First Line:
A brazen pot by scouring vexed
Last Line:
When none oppress nor are oppressed
Author:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Absolute)
DMI number:
23848

15. 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

16. 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

17. A cock who long had ruled the roast

First Line:
A cock who long had ruled the roast
Last Line:
The ungrateful crew will tire
DMI number:
31130

18. A courtier professed much esteemed by the great

First Line:
A courtier professed much esteemed by the great
Last Line:
And depend on my service to tell my lord Bute
DMI number:
31328

19. 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

20. A hare did once into a garden get

First Line:
A hare did once into a garden get
Last Line:
And well deserve the brains
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4392

21. A hawk that of yore

First Line:
A hawk that of yore
Last Line:
The praises of free liberty
DMI number:
4404

22. A horse and ass were journeying on their way

First Line:
A horse and ass were journeying on their way
Last Line:
This fable may not be forgot
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4383

23. 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

24. A labouring swain had been at work

First Line:
A labouring swain had been at work
Last Line:
They'll find their cause beshit
DMI number:
4395

25. A motley tribe of various hue

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

26. 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

27. A nightingale whose warbling tongue

First Line:
A nightingale whose warbling tongue
Last Line:
To lurking holes from human view
DMI number:
8069

28. A noble ambition this motto reveals

First Line:
A noble ambition this motto reveals
Last Line:
It tells you the orator hopes for the seals
DMI number:
32021

29. A nobleman of late a damsel took

First Line:
A nobleman of late a damsel took
Last Line:
All things go backwards so pray turn your a--se
DMI number:
17928

30. A number of pr-----s though poor ones 'tis true

First Line:
A number of pr-----s though poor ones 'tis true
Last Line:
And brag of what mischief you've done to our fleet | not a t--- sir
DMI number:
4573

31. A pair of doves and sent me by my Bute

First Line:
A pair of doves and sent me by my Bute
Last Line:
She cries you parrots talk as well as see
DMI number:
31354

32. A pardon fortune gives Mac Quirk

First Line:
A pardon fortune gives Mac Quirk
Last Line:
Than murder with a bludgeon
DMI number:
32202

33. A parliament with one consent

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

34. A patriot of old tis said

First Line:
A patriot of old tis said
Last Line:
The last in wisdom's garb a fool
DMI number:
18265

35. A patriot that so firmly stood

First Line:
A patriot that so firmly stood
Last Line:
Took peerage places and a pension
DMI number:
31128

36. A statesman's cat once catched a mouse

First Line:
A statesman's cat once catched a mouse
Last Line:
A comfortable story
DMI number:
26540

37. A story I'll tell you a story so merry

First Line:
A story I'll tell you a story so merry
Last Line:
And not trust to such as have treasury views | Derry down &c
DMI number:
20467

38. A tale I will tell you will great indignation

First Line:
A tale I will tell you will great indignation
Last Line:
And the music struck up long live george the third
DMI number:
32060

39. A tale of grief I must unfold

First Line:
A tale of grief I must unfold
Last Line:
Of this great duke of Buckingham
DMI number:
37020

40. A thin ill natured ghost that haunts the king

First Line:
A thin ill natured ghost that haunts the king
Last Line:
Should ever be thus condemned to counselling
Author:
John Sheffield (Confident)
DMI number:
4493

41. A tight and trim vessel

First Line:
A tight and trim vessel
Last Line:
More blockheads huzza'd
DMI number:
7458

42. A tory a whig and a moderate man

First Line:
A tory a whig and a moderate man
Last Line:
A moderate man for me
DMI number:
2643

43. A man of sense may find

First Line:
A man of sense may find
Last Line:
May fall off from another
Author:
William Pittis (Speculation)
DMI number:
3395

44. A man there lived at L- hall

First Line:
A man there lived at L- hall
Last Line:
The nation be at ease
DMI number:
31371

45. A medley of ruffians bound up in a band

First Line:
A medley of ruffians bound up in a band
Last Line:
And justice and trade may revive from their sleep
DMI number:
44335

46. A meeting at York was appointed of late

First Line:
A meeting at York was appointed of late
Last Line:
But Tom Thumb the great to St Stephen's he'll send | Derry down &c
DMI number:
11239

47. A mighty lion heretofore

First Line:
A mighty lion heretofore
Last Line:
And Nassau's arms avenge the public wrong
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4425

48. A mighty weasel of renown

First Line:
A mighty weasel of renown
Last Line:
Or else a modern abdication
DMI number:
4402

49. 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

50. A monkey once of sober life

First Line:
A monkey once of sober life
Last Line:
His sentence on his conscious head
DMI number:
35946

51. A place where the farmer sometimes lays his wheat

First Line:
A place where the farmer sometimes lays his wheat
Last Line:
May be found fifty prostitutes every day
DMI number:
36846

52. 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

53. A poll and land-tax are now coming forth

First Line:
A poll and land-tax are now coming forth
Last Line:
Like parting with our gold and consciences too | Which nobody can deny
DMI number:
4577

54. A pox of disturbers let us rout them

First Line:
A pox of disturbers let us rout them
Last Line:
All Jesuits Genevan and Spanish
DMI number:
42765

55. A pox of this fooling and plotting of late

First Line:
A pox of this fooling and plotting of late
Last Line:
As free from all care and trouble as we
Author:
John Oldham (Absolute) & Thomas Brown (Speculation)
DMI number:
11229

56. A pox of this fooling and plotting of late

First Line:
A pox of this fooling and plotting of late
Last Line:
To curse them for making my claret so dear
Author:
John Oldham (Absolute) & Thomas Brown (Speculation)
DMI number:
788

57. 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

58. A preachment late was made by Parson K--t

First Line:
A preachment late was made by Parson K--t
Last Line:
For take away the K and all is night
DMI number:
13025

59. 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

60. A presbyter is such a monstrous thing

First Line:
A presbyter is such a monstrous thing
Last Line:
Each seems a saint yet either proves a knave
DMI number:
44321

61. A session of lovers was held the other day

First Line:
A session of lovers was held the other day
Last Line:
He had left being a man she would make him a beast
DMI number:
4446

62. A spaniel bred with all the care

First Line:
A spaniel bred with all the care
Last Line:
Like those I flattered feed on air
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
24893

63. A spending hand that always poureth out

First Line:
A spending hand that always poureth out
Last Line:
And coin to keep as water in a flue
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
49368

64. A prison or an isle are much the same

First Line:
A prison or an isle are much the same
Last Line:
That night is come the only time to rest
DMI number:
5983

65. A prison or the isle are much the same

First Line:
A prison or the isle are much the same
Last Line:
That night is come the only time to rest
DMI number:
43172

66. 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

67. 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

68. A protestant priest a man of great fame

First Line:
A protestant priest a man of great fame
Last Line:
But the flesh did prevail by the help of his wife | Which nobody can deny deny which nobody can deny
DMI number:
4970

69. A rocket the true court machine

First Line:
A rocket the true court machine
Last Line:
Thy fame is feu de joy
DMI number:
31095

70. A treaty's on foot look about English boys

First Line:
A treaty's on foot look about English boys
Last Line:
As half a loaf's better than no bread at all | Over over &c
DMI number:
13276

71. A true dissenter here does lie indeed

First Line:
A true dissenter here does lie indeed
Last Line:
He faced to Rome then marched off to the devil
DMI number:
42347

72. A turner and a twister

First Line:
A turner and a twister
Last Line:
He fairly all bepissed her | And has not been heard of since | And has not been -
DMI number:
24496

73. A tyrant's cursed blood runs in his veins

First Line:
A tyrant's cursed blood runs in his veins
Last Line:
There's none so dull as to mistake the man
DMI number:
36019

74. A vaunting whig cried Holland and Eugene

First Line:
A vaunting whig cried Holland and Eugene
Last Line:
The empire sooner than the empire Spain
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
7971

75. A was an act upon cider and perry

First Line:
A was an act upon cider and perry
Last Line:
X y z et cetera I leave to be done by an abler hand
DMI number:
26551

76. 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

77. A whig a nettle and a toad

First Line:
A whig a nettle and a toad
Last Line:
And neither then can do you hurt
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
8017

78. A while forget the scenes of woe

First Line:
A while forget the scenes of woe
Last Line:
And end the night in joys
DMI number:
24621

79. A land there is as maps do tell

First Line:
A land there is as maps do tell
Last Line:
Still let them be cursed slaves for me
DMI number:
4403

80. A late expedition permit me to tell

First Line:
A late expedition permit me to tell
Last Line:
When thus sold you your freedom can never regain | Which nobody can deny
DMI number:
24242

81. 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

82. A late expedition to Oxford was made

First Line:
A late expedition to Oxford was made
Last Line:
She's a woman she'll tell for she hates a true blue
DMI number:
24421

83. A learned divine

First Line:
A learned divine
Last Line:
When heretics grasp at her fruit
DMI number:
33870

84. A leopard chosen to a throne

First Line:
A leopard chosen to a throne
Last Line:
Not take what may repent him
Author:
William Pittis (Speculation)
DMI number:
3400

85. A lion tired with state affairs

First Line:
A lion tired with state affairs
Last Line:
Will feed on geese both noon and night
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
24902

86. A lusty horse not long ago

First Line:
A lusty horse not long ago
Last Line:
And is resolved to live in spite
DMI number:
4397

87. All Britons rejoice at this turn of the state

First Line:
All Britons rejoice at this turn of the state
Last Line:
Betwixt Arthur Moor and King Lewis | La la &c
DMI number:
13256

88. All hail auspicious day whose wished return

First Line:
All hail auspicious day whose wished return
Last Line:
The sun and Caesar but prepared this day
Author:
George Bubb Dodington (Absolute)
DMI number:
25790

89. All hail my son my well beloved all hail

First Line:
All hail my son my well beloved all hail
Last Line:
Augusta's genius Duncombe still be owned
DMI number:
6452

90. All hail propitious day whose wished return

First Line:
All hail propitious day whose wished return
Last Line:
The sun and Caesar but prepared this day
DMI number:
12606

91. All hail ye soft mysterious powers that charm

First Line:
All hail ye soft mysterious powers that charm
Last Line:
Sings in her rags and dances in her chains
DMI number:
11818

92. All hands were piped to them up rose Sir

First Line:
All hands were piped to them up rose Sir
Last Line:
The dire effects of arbitrary power
DMI number:
32035

93. A zealous patriot had a parrot taught

First Line:
A zealous patriot had a parrot taught
Last Line:
Who more a patriot lived than poll or died
DMI number:
22785

94. Abhorred abhorrers horribly abhorred

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

95. About the time that I shall be

First Line:
About the time that I shall be
Last Line:
The fox shall ride the goose the goose the ass
DMI number:
4496

96. Abstracting my friends

First Line:
Abstracting my friends
Last Line:
You'll like Joseph be sold from the Pitt
DMI number:
35361

97. Accept great sir on your triumphant day

First Line:
Accept great sir on your triumphant day
Last Line:
Than ever when full the reprobate before
DMI number:
12976

98. Accept O king an humble muse's lay

First Line:
Accept O king an humble muse's lay
Last Line:
They bleeding gnaw a self-avenging file
DMI number:
24553

99. Addition to the whigs

First Line:
Addition to the whigs
Last Line:
And the rule of tree to the rebels
DMI number:
28780

100. Adieu ye loved Pierian train

First Line:
Adieu ye loved Pierian train
Last Line:
Adieu Pierian maid adieu
DMI number:
19911