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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. - did invite her home

First Line:
- did invite her home
Last Line:
And being much a gentlewoman came
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute) & Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
40467

13. 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

14. A bailiff and a boatman

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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. A country clown called Hodge went up to view

First Line:
A country clown called Hodge went up to view
Last Line:
His body fell out fled his frighted soul
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
3638

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. A hawk that of yore

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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. A motley tribe of various hue

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

28. 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

29. A nightingale whose warbling tongue

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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. A pardon fortune gives Mac Quirk

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

35. A parliament with one consent

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

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

42. 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

43. A tight and trim vessel

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

44. 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

45. A tory a whig and a moderate man

First Line:
A tory a whig and a moderate man
Last Line:
So I'm for the moderate man
DMI number:
454

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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

51. A mighty weasel of renown

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

52. A milk white hind immortal and unchanged

First Line:
A milk white hind immortal and unchanged
Last Line:
With glorious visions of her future state
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
6737

53. 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

54. 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

55. 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

56. 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

57. A politician Proteus-like must alter

First Line:
A politician Proteus-like must alter
Last Line:
Must be a parasite to fawn and lie
Author:
John Mason (Absolute)
DMI number:
17217

58. 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

59. 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

60. A pox of the statesman that's witty

First Line:
A pox of the statesman that's witty
Last Line:
And though we are the knaves we know who's the fool
DMI number:
43702

61. 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

62. 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

63. 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

64. 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

65. A precisian | In state is a ridiculous miracle

First Line:
A precisian | In state is a ridiculous miracle
Last Line:
He mounts to glory
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute) & James Shirley (Absolute)
DMI number:
17214

66. 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

67. 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

68. 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

69. A shepherd poor Eubulus called he was

First Line:
A shepherd poor Eubulus called he was
Last Line:
So home he went his flock and him to shroud
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49579

70. A shepherd poor Eubulus called he was

First Line:
A shepherd poor Eubulus called he was
Last Line:
So home he went his flock and him to shrowd
Author:
Francis Davison (Absolute)
DMI number:
49803

71. 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

72. A spending hand that alway poureth out

First Line:
A spending hand that alway poureth out
Last Line:
And coin to keep as water in a sieve
Author:
Sir Thomas Wyatt (Absolute)
DMI number:
8859

73. 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

74. A state well ruled the fame of kings doth raise

First Line:
A state well ruled the fame of kings doth raise
Last Line:
To guide than get to keep than conquer crowns
Author:
William Alexander (Absolute)
DMI number:
14942

75. A prince's hate doth ruin where it falls

First Line:
A prince's hate doth ruin where it falls
Last Line:
Until it kindle fire to scorch himself
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
14748

76. A prince's love is like the lightening's fume

First Line:
A prince's love is like the lightening's fume
Last Line:
Which no man can embrace but must consume
Author:
George Chapman (Absolute)
DMI number:
14739

77. 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

78. 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

79. 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

80. 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

81. 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

82. 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

83. 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

84. A sage laconic truly wise

First Line:
A sage laconic truly wise
Last Line:
The thoughts are worse than death
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
36248

85. A saucy buffle headed owl

First Line:
A saucy buffle headed owl
Last Line:
Bright as the sun their patriot names will shine
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
36240

86. A scepter snatched with an unruly hand

First Line:
A scepter snatched with an unruly hand
Last Line:
Makes nice of no vile hand to hold him up
DMI number:
41516

87. 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

88. 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

89. A tuneful nightingale whose warbling throat

First Line:
A tuneful nightingale whose warbling throat
Last Line:
He robs the cuckoo of her ancient bays
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
36242

90. 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

91. 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

92. 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

93. A virgin poet was served up today

First Line:
A virgin poet was served up today
Last Line:
Send over true protestants to mend our breed
DMI number:
35803

94. A vulture old and feeble grown

First Line:
A vulture old and feeble grown
Last Line:
As in defending well their own
Author:
Thomas Yalden (Absolute)
DMI number:
36247

95. 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

96. 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

97. 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

98. 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

99. 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

100. 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