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1. A dean and prebendary had once a new vagary

First Line:
A dean and prebendary had once a new vagary
Last Line:
And being in a fright sir religion took her flight sir | And never was heard of since
Author:
William Pittis (Absolute)
DMI number:
1138

2. A dean and prebendary

First Line:
A dean and prebendary
Last Line:
And never was heard of since
Author:
William Pittis (Absolute)
DMI number:
2590

3. A different theme demands my lays

First Line:
A different theme demands my lays
Last Line:
Through all the realms above
DMI number:
26183

4. A fakeer a religious well known in the east

First Line:
A fakeer a religious well known in the east
Last Line:
All tortured by choice with the invisible nail
Author:
Richard Owen Cambridge (Absolute)
DMI number:
22583

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 fox of quality that long

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

7. A frightful desert still the world had been

First Line:
A frightful desert still the world had been
Last Line:
And take that vengeance which they seek to shun
DMI number:
40495

8. A frightful desert still the world had been

First Line:
A frightful desert still the world had been
Last Line:
And take the vengeance which they seek to shun
DMI number:
29645

9. A fryar next to every female dear

First Line:
A fryar next to every female dear
Last Line:
A useful fryar and Hubert was his name
Author:
Thomas Betterton (Absolute)
DMI number:
18338

10. A fumbling old parson who got a young wife

First Line:
A fumbling old parson who got a young wife
Last Line:
I'll only desire the tythe of the men
DMI number:
25026

11. A good old woman being sick

First Line:
A good old woman being sick
Last Line:
And left her as he found her
DMI number:
5854

12. A goodly day not to keep house with such

First Line:
A goodly day not to keep house with such
Last Line:
I'll meet you in the valleys
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
35027

13. - 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

14. 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

15. A bailiff and a boatman

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

16. A barber swore whose substance was but small

First Line:
A barber swore whose substance was but small
Last Line:
You can't be censured then for superstition
DMI number:
5793

17. A bat by dismal chance one day

First Line:
A bat by dismal chance one day
Last Line:
'S occasional conformity
DMI number:
5124

18. 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

19. A canting Scot in thy vile sermons preaches

First Line:
A canting Scot in thy vile sermons preaches
Last Line:
Will not believe the devil before the scot
DMI number:
42730

20. A certain presbyterian pair

First Line:
A certain presbyterian pair
Last Line:
The parson sung a psalm
DMI number:
11

21. A certain priest had hoarded up

First Line:
A certain priest had hoarded up
Last Line:
Your god is rose and gone
DMI number:
4720

22. A chapel of the riding house is made

First Line:
A chapel of the riding house is made
Last Line:
The laymen bridled and the clergy ride
Author:
George Farquhar (Absolute)
DMI number:
13076

23. A clergyman of special note

First Line:
A clergyman of special note
Last Line:
Take care betimes to run him down
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
40246

24. A clergyman that oft hath preached

First Line:
A clergyman that oft hath preached
Last Line:
To this day that I heard
DMI number:
41932

25. 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

26. A covetous miser who'd think it twas odd

First Line:
A covetous miser who'd think it twas odd
Last Line:
Had it been worth a farthing you would not have gave it
DMI number:
6917

27. A Levite gaming makes the saying true

First Line:
A Levite gaming makes the saying true
Last Line:
Tables much fitter for a Levite's use
DMI number:
18094

28. 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

29. A motley tribe of various hue

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

30. A new born world the gardener's task began

First Line:
A new born world the gardener's task began
Last Line:
We will praise thee by our philosophic toil
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:
28175

31. 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

32. A nightingale whose warbling tongue

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

33. A noncon parson preaching in a pulpit

First Line:
A noncon parson preaching in a pulpit
Last Line:
Parsons to the alehouse we to taverns go
DMI number:
17584

34. A nun there was as primrose gay

First Line:
A nun there was as primrose gay
Last Line:
When we as righteous Jane have done
DMI number:
19987

35. A nymph of quality and charms

First Line:
A nymph of quality and charms
Last Line:
And at the last amen she
DMI number:
17919

36. A papist died as twas Jehovah's will

First Line:
A papist died as twas Jehovah's will
Last Line:
Should you come in you'd eat the devil here
DMI number:
4719

37. A pardon bought with blood with blood divine

First Line:
A pardon bought with blood with blood divine
Author:
Edward Young (Speculation)
DMI number:
35276

38. A Pardon-Monger last brought up the rear

First Line:
A Pardon-Monger last brought up the rear
Last Line:
Therefore he sung so cheerful and so loud
Author:
Thomas Betterton (Absolute)
DMI number:
18353

39. A parish priest was of the pilgrim train

First Line:
A parish priest was of the pilgrim train
Last Line:
And his new work as in Creation blessed
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
25487

40. A parish priest was of the pilgrim train

First Line:
A parish priest was of the pilgrim train
Last Line:
He needs no foil but shines by his own proper light
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
4504

41. A parish priest was of the pilgrim train

First Line:
A parish priest was of the pilgrim train
Last Line:
Well may the baser brass contract a rust
DMI number:
40043

42. A parliament with one consent

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

43. A parson preaching in a pulpit late

First Line:
A parson preaching in a pulpit late
Last Line:
But sure I am mine proves a woe to me
DMI number:
42761

44. A tight and trim vessel

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

45. A man may lead a happy life

First Line:
A man may lead a happy life
Last Line:
For jobs through all the town they roam
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
22257

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 merry young blade of the papal belief

First Line:
A merry young blade of the papal belief
Last Line:
To be drunk is a punishment ample enough
DMI number:
11074

48. 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

49. A pilgrim I am

First Line:
A pilgrim I am
Last Line:
All honour and glory to jesus my king
DMI number:
26196

50. 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

51. A poor honest man whom necessity made

First Line:
A poor honest man whom necessity made
Last Line:
You may harass the poor ere I'll credit the lord
DMI number:
11066

52. A poor Samaritan as story goes

First Line:
A poor Samaritan as story goes
Last Line:
To save him from the gallows or from hell
DMI number:
7674

53. A popish priest whose superstition

First Line:
A popish priest whose superstition
Last Line:
Why thou wouldst eat the devil and all
DMI number:
11107

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 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

56. 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

57. 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

58. 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

59. A presbyterian cat sat watching for her prey

First Line:
A presbyterian cat sat watching for her prey
Last Line:
There hanged she upon a tree while pres Iohn sung a psalm
DMI number:
338

60. 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

61. A single church not large but neat

First Line:
A single church not large but neat
Last Line:
And limits time to die in peace
DMI number:
24604

62. A skilful piece a painter drew

First Line:
A skilful piece a painter drew
Last Line:
Of nothing but Medusa's head
DMI number:
36751

63. A slave thou wert by birth of this I gather

First Line:
A slave thou wert by birth of this I gather
Last Line:
For evermore thou saist my lord my father
Author:
Sir John Harington (Absolute)
DMI number:
13206

64. A small neat house and little spot of ground

First Line:
A small neat house and little spot of ground
Last Line:
Paced home full grave and ruminating sad
Author:
William Dodd (Absolute)
DMI number:
33283

65. A small neat house and little spot of ground

First Line:
A small neat house and little spot of ground
Last Line:
Packed home full grave and ruminating sad
Author:
William Dodd (Absolute)
DMI number:
33318

66. A species strange of foreign race

First Line:
A species strange of foreign race
Last Line:
And hate occasional conformity
DMI number:
5155

67. A spotted mouse the prettiest next the white

First Line:
A spotted mouse the prettiest next the white
Last Line:
Lived in the city and disdained the field
Author:
Matthew Prior (Absolute) & Charles Montagu (Absolute)
DMI number:
40465

68. A priest there was who with a silver sound

First Line:
A priest there was who with a silver sound
Last Line:
The sermon edifies the example spoils
DMI number:
22584

69. A prisoner once to execution lead

First Line:
A prisoner once to execution lead
Last Line:
And therefore cannot eat until 'tis past
DMI number:
5777

70. 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

71. 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

72. 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

73. A prude at morn and evening prayer

First Line:
A prude at morn and evening prayer
Last Line:
And that this his member never lies still
Author:
John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:
22258

74. A puritan of late

First Line:
A puritan of late
Last Line:
For her sake
DMI number:
15538

75. A reverend doctor preaching in the suburbs

First Line:
A reverend doctor preaching in the suburbs
Last Line:
So I'll defer it to another time
DMI number:
30841

76. A rigorous archdeacon whilom lived

First Line:
A rigorous archdeacon whilom lived
Last Line:
So faith sir Sumner you may go to hell
DMI number:
18410

77. A Romish priest that died the other day

First Line:
A Romish priest that died the other day
Last Line:
To eat his god will eat in hell the devil
DMI number:
1097

78. 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

79. A true dissenter here does lie indeed

First Line:
A true dissenter here does lie indeed
Last Line:
He faced to Rome and marched off to the devil
DMI number:
6490

80. 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

81. A verse may find him who a sermon flies

First Line:
A verse may find him who a sermon flies
Last Line:
And turn delight into a sacrifice
Author:
George Herbert (Absolute)
DMI number:
17203

82. A verse may hit him whom a sermon flies

First Line:
A verse may hit him whom a sermon flies
Last Line:
And turn delight into a sacrifice
Author:
George Herbert (Absolute)
DMI number:
6942

83. A wanton sloven of a priest

First Line:
A wanton sloven of a priest
Last Line:
My self can wipe it off with ease
DMI number:
4414

84. A weasel once who long had been

First Line:
A weasel once who long had been
Last Line:
Lays waste mankind for their souls good
DMI number:
19559

85. A Whig he was bred but at length is turned Papist

First Line:
A Whig he was bred but at length is turned Papist
Last Line:
Pray God send the next remove be not an atheist
Author:
Edmund Curll (Speculation)
DMI number:
2151

86. 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

87. A lawyer physician and reverend divine

First Line:
A lawyer physician and reverend divine
Last Line:
Traveled home in the dumps lawyer doctor and priest
DMI number:
40661

88. A learned divine

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

89. A little learning twenty grains of sense

First Line:
A little learning twenty grains of sense
Last Line:
He'll censure all things but approve of none
Author:
Stephen Duck (Absolute)
DMI number:
25667

90. A long adieu to mortal lays

First Line:
A long adieu to mortal lays
Last Line:
Swallowed and lost in infinite to nought
Author:
John Dennis (Absolute)
DMI number:
4055

91. A lovely lass to a friar came

First Line:
A lovely lass to a friar came
Last Line:
That your penance is prevailing
DMI number:
2460

92. Ah lovely stream how fitly may thou be

First Line:
Ah lovely stream how fitly may thou be
Last Line:
Could so slight all vicissitudes of fate
DMI number:
43443

93. All are but parts of one stupendous whole

First Line:
All are but parts of one stupendous whole
Last Line:
One truth is clear whatever is is right
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
27024

94. All christians and lay elders too

First Line:
All christians and lay elders too
Last Line:
For monkeys have long tails
DMI number:
18412

95. All creatures be still while god we adore

First Line:
All creatures be still while god we adore
Last Line:
In vain they engage us while god is so near
DMI number:
26146

96. All faiths are to their own believers just

First Line:
All faiths are to their own believers just
Last Line:
For none believe because they will but must
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20584

97. All folks who pretend to religion and grace

First Line:
All folks who pretend to religion and grace
Last Line:
How happy for us that is not home
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
3370

98. All hail of ages thou perpetual source

First Line:
All hail of ages thou perpetual source
Last Line:
Then gave a monitory glance and fled
DMI number:
18150

99. All hail propitious day whose sacred beams

First Line:
All hail propitious day whose sacred beams
Last Line:
Our hopes of life o Swift are wrapped in thine
DMI number:
19410

100. All hail to thee thou dear omnific dove

First Line:
All hail to thee thou dear omnific dove
Last Line:
Dread three in one I joyfully adore
DMI number:
26184