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1.
A fortune take for better and for worse
First Line:
A fortune take for better and for worse
Last Line:
Tis then that man and wife are on the par
DMI number:
27508
2.
Alike in temper and in life
First Line:
Alike in temper and in life
Last Line:
The devil's in it they don't agree
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27755
3.
Chloris the prettiest girl about the town
First Line:
Chloris the prettiest girl about the town
Last Line:
And to content thee I'll never stick at price
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6334
4.
Come Chloe and give me sweet kisses
First Line:
Come Chloe and give me sweet kisses
Last Line:
With few will be ever content
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Absolute)
DMI number:
25817
5.
Curmudgeon the rich widow courts
First Line:
Curmudgeon the rich widow courts
Last Line:
That she has got a church-yard cough
Author:
John Hoadly (Absolute)
DMI number:
27750
6.
Dick would you know if I should change my life
First Line:
Dick would you know if I should change my life
Last Line:
Twixt both nor too hard-hearted nor too free
DMI number:
12314
7.
Jack and Tom haunt each bawdy house in town
First Line:
Jack and Tom haunt each bawdy house in town
Last Line:
To name for what you do is none of mine
DMI number:
27489
8.
Kate plays the arch and cunning jade
First Line:
Kate plays the arch and cunning jade
Last Line:
So he's as cunning full as she
DMI number:
11129
9.
Let Rufus weep rejoice stand sit or walk
First Line:
Let Rufus weep rejoice stand sit or walk
Last Line:
I am my lovely Naevia ever thine
DMI number:
11422
10.
Milo's from home and Milo being gone
First Line:
Milo's from home and Milo being gone
Last Line:
The lands lay fallow but the wife was tilled
Author:
Elijah Fenton (Absolute)
DMI number:
6465
11.
Nothing than Chloe ever I knew
First Line:
Nothing than Chloe ever I knew
Last Line:
Or Chloe Celia's motion
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7097
12.
She'd fain have Priscus no one blame her can
First Line:
She'd fain have Priscus no one blame her can
Last Line:
He'll not have her and who can blame the man
Author:
Sir Edward Sherburne (Confident)
DMI number:
17417
13.
Sweet spouse you must presently troop and be gone
First Line:
Sweet spouse you must presently troop and be gone
Last Line:
In short be as lewd as a strumpet
Author:
Thomas Brown (Confident)
DMI number:
7039
14.
Thus to her much loved virtuous lord
First Line:
Thus to her much loved virtuous lord
Last Line:
That wound I doubly feel
DMI number:
33002
15.
Thy eyes and eyebrows I could spare
First Line:
Thy eyes and eyebrows I could spare
Last Line:
Faith I could spare thee all my dear
DMI number:
3381
16.
Thy grave demureness pleases me
First Line:
Thy grave demureness pleases me
Last Line:
But Lais be at night
DMI number:
17374
17.
Tis late begin to live old gentleman
First Line:
Tis late begin to live old gentleman
Last Line:
Shall with your whore that night supply your place
DMI number:
27565
18.
To charming Celia's arms I flew
First Line:
To charming Celia's arms I flew
Last Line:
A rundlet of right Nancy
Author:
Thomas Brown (Absolute)
DMI number:
7093
19.
Welsh judges two four military men
First Line:
Welsh judges two four military men
Last Line:
What think you did he play the fool or no sir
DMI number:
27443
20.
When from her breast chaste Arria snatched the sword
First Line:
When from her breast chaste Arria snatched the sword
Last Line:
But thine alone my Paetus pains my heart
DMI number:
31055
21.
Whilst in the dark on thy soft hand I hung
First Line:
Whilst in the dark on thy soft hand I hung
Last Line:
But when the candle entered I was cured
Author:
Martial (Absolute)
DMI number:
12566
22.
You ask dear Will what we disdain
First Line:
You ask dear Will what we disdain
Last Line:
The middle only gives the greatest joy
DMI number:
10061
23.
You ask me dear friend what lass I'd enjoy
First Line:
You ask me dear friend what lass I'd enjoy
Last Line:
By too much indulgence or too much disdain
DMI number:
27323
24.
You ask me my friend what lass I'd enjoy
First Line:
You ask me my friend what lass I'd enjoy
Last Line:
By too much indulgence nor too much disdain
DMI number:
31056
25.
You give so many girls a ring
First Line:
You give so many girls a ring
Last Line:
That you yourself have no such thing
DMI number:
27505
26.
Would you know if I should change my life
First Line:
Would you know if I should change my life
Last Line:
Twixt both not too hard hearted nor too free
DMI number:
4552
27.
Your wife's the plainest piece a man can see
First Line:
Your wife's the plainest piece a man can see
Last Line:
The rakes besiege her you're a man of parts
DMI number:
27325