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1. A story strange I will you tell

First Line:
A story strange I will you tell
Last Line:
Which pleased her husband wondrous well
DMI number:
43005

2. A manor large by Chloe was possessed

First Line:
A manor large by Chloe was possessed
Last Line:
For Chloe had but wisely played the fool
DMI number:
1510

3. A silly poor shepherd was folding his sheep

First Line:
A silly poor shepherd was folding his sheep
Last Line:
The warmer thou art the cuc-colder am I
DMI number:
43967

4. A virtuous dame that saw a lawyer come

First Line:
A virtuous dame that saw a lawyer come
Last Line:
For fear for want your wife should twelve pence borrow
DMI number:
41922

5. A maid i dare not tell her name

First Line:
A maid i dare not tell her name
Last Line:
O there o there o there o there
DMI number:
43974

6. All day the shrew Afflana does complain

First Line:
All day the shrew Afflana does complain
Last Line:
And praises the pleasures of a nuptial bed
Author:
John Morrice (Confident)
DMI number:
13791

7. Alas how long shall I and my maidenhead lie

First Line:
Alas how long shall I and my maidenhead lie
Last Line:
And when found tis lost even then
DMI number:
44155

8. A wight whose name was Tyndar

First Line:
A wight whose name was Tyndar
Last Line:
Have neither nose nor eye
DMI number:
43772

9. A woman is a book and often found

First Line:
A woman is a book and often found
Last Line:
Above all things to study in the night
DMI number:
17463

10. And first she's counted masculine

First Line:
And first she's counted masculine
Last Line:
There's none that can confute her
Author:
William Hicks (Confident)
DMI number:
42413

11. As married Nell was blithe with James

First Line:
As married Nell was blithe with James
Last Line:
I scorn God knows a neighbour should suspect me
Author:
John Bancks [Banks] (Absolute)
DMI number:
24798

12. As Chloris full of harmless thoughts

First Line:
As Chloris full of harmless thoughts
Last Line:
And yielded to a swain
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4128

13. As Colin drove his sheep along

First Line:
As Colin drove his sheep along
Last Line:
Blither girls than any there
Author:
Charles Sackville (Confident) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
3649

14. As crafty harlots use to shrink

First Line:
As crafty harlots use to shrink
Last Line:
And which is worse with good success
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Sir George Etherege (Absolute)
DMI number:
2227

15. At each girl tight and fresh

First Line:
At each girl tight and fresh
Last Line:
Since thou hast the lust of the bones
DMI number:
24885

16. Bless me how pale and withered do I look

First Line:
Bless me how pale and withered do I look
Last Line:
And make you fumble on till you expire
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
5392

17. Belinda has such store of charms

First Line:
Belinda has such store of charms
Last Line:
She wishes all mankind in heaven
DMI number:
24688

18. Beside the vulgar name they give

First Line:
Beside the vulgar name they give
Last Line:
His envied silver-ladle-tree
DMI number:
7159

19. Calm was the evening and clear was the sky

First Line:
Calm was the evening and clear was the sky
Last Line:
He laughs out with a ha ha ha ha ha ha &c
DMI number:
44536

20. Chloe brisk and gay appears

First Line:
Chloe brisk and gay appears
Last Line:
But Chloe won't to me
DMI number:
20715

21. Chloe's the wonder of her sex

First Line:
Chloe's the wonder of her sex
Last Line:
A boundless will to ease us
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
12570

22. Come give me the wench that is mellow

First Line:
Come give me the wench that is mellow
Last Line:
The horn the pot or the placket
DMI number:
44259

23. Come madam let's rejoice the church begins to thrive

First Line:
Come madam let's rejoice the church begins to thrive
Last Line:
But he's jolly young and handsome and they are the dead letter
DMI number:
7382

24. Come follow me you country lasses

First Line:
Come follow me you country lasses
Last Line:
Come follow me come follow &c
DMI number:
44220

25. Cursed be those dull unpointed doggerel rhymes

First Line:
Cursed be those dull unpointed doggerel rhymes
Last Line:
As when old H-e was catched with rem in re
Author:
Charles Sackville (Absolute)
DMI number:
5451

26. Cupid is Venus only joy

First Line:
Cupid is Venus only joy
Last Line:
To keep a ladies lips in play
Author:
Thomas Middleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
44269

27. Dear madam if you'll tell me plain

First Line:
Dear madam if you'll tell me plain
Last Line:
But from the measure and the motion
DMI number:
36909

28. Fine young folly though you wear

First Line:
Fine young folly though you wear
Last Line:
You are not worth our serious part
DMI number:
43830

29. Fair Chloris in a pig-sty lay

First Line:
Fair Chloris in a pig-sty lay
Last Line:
Just in the happy minute
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
4131

30. Fair Chloris in a pig-sty lay

First Line:
Fair Chloris in a pig-sty lay
Last Line:
She's innocently pleased
DMI number:
22641

31. Fair Chloris in a pigsty lay

First Line:
Fair Chloris in a pigsty lay
Last Line:
She's innocent and pleased
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
8635

32. Fair ladies and maidens if it may you so please

First Line:
Fair ladies and maidens if it may you so please
Last Line:
That only a brisk young doctor could cure ye
DMI number:
42291

33. Fair mistress I would gladly know

First Line:
Fair mistress I would gladly know
Last Line:
What would you more there's one for the other
DMI number:
44010

34. From the temple to the board

First Line:
From the temple to the board
Last Line:
With our joyful with our joyful bridal song
DMI number:
44268

35. Fruition was the question in debate

First Line:
Fruition was the question in debate
Last Line:
Love's chemistry thrives best with equal heat
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5413

36. Have you not in a chimney seen

First Line:
Have you not in a chimney seen
Last Line:
Cracks and rejoices in the flame
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & John Milton (Speculation)
DMI number:
5669

37. Her cool thoughts feel no hot desires

First Line:
Her cool thoughts feel no hot desires
Last Line:
Still blushing thinketh her on kisses sin
DMI number:
44465

38. How happy and free is that plunder

First Line:
How happy and free is that plunder
Last Line:
And make long addresses but never prevail
DMI number:
43880

39. Here's a health to her that best deserves

First Line:
Here's a health to her that best deserves
Last Line:
Accounts it loss of time a tedious wooing
Author:
Thomas Nabbes [Nabbs] (Absolute)
DMI number:
16621

40. Husbands are such provoking fellows

First Line:
Husbands are such provoking fellows
Last Line:
Sailing to find the north east passage
DMI number:
37149

41. I believe her honest yet

First Line:
I believe her honest yet
Last Line:
My black dishonour
Author:
Thomas Southerne (Absolute)
DMI number:
20185

42. I have a little Fleming Berge

First Line:
I have a little Fleming Berge
Last Line:
A nobil sailor in this toun
Author:
Robert Sempill (Absolute)
DMI number:
10855

43. In Milford lane near to St Clement's steeple

First Line:
In Milford lane near to St Clement's steeple
Last Line:
A commonwealth their government shall be
Author:
Charles Sackville (Confident) & Henry Savile (Confident)
DMI number:
3669

44. In famous street near Whetstone's Park

First Line:
In famous street near Whetstone's Park
Last Line:
And were ---up and down by Christian and Jew | With a fal la &c
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
8627

45. Long since I bade the muse farewell

First Line:
Long since I bade the muse farewell
Last Line:
And women blessed shall thee call
DMI number:
35352

46. My mistress she hath policy

First Line:
My mistress she hath policy
Last Line:
And still will hold him play sir
Author:
William Hicks (Confident)
DMI number:
42414

47. My mistress is a shuttle cock

First Line:
My mistress is a shuttle cock
Last Line:
My mistress is an arrant -----
DMI number:
42935

48. My mistress is in music passing skilful

First Line:
My mistress is in music passing skilful
Last Line:
And I will play as much as she'll desire
DMI number:
42987

49. Most beauteous seal of virgin's wax

First Line:
Most beauteous seal of virgin's wax
Last Line:
Since tis entitled Cupid's hill
DMI number:
44086

50. I went to the alehouse as an honest woman should

First Line:
I went to the alehouse as an honest woman should
Last Line:
And thus have I told you how this knave served me
DMI number:
44039

51. I lay at the Angel in Doncaster town

First Line:
I lay at the Angel in Doncaster town
Last Line:
For scarce twenty angels will pay for my cure
DMI number:
36894

52. I love as well as others do

First Line:
I love as well as others do
Last Line:
To wish those eyes to wish those eyes -- out
Author:
John Wilmot (Absolute)
DMI number:
2277

53. Miss Betty to her mother said

First Line:
Miss Betty to her mother said
Last Line:
I'll have a tool though 't be a tailor
DMI number:
5859

54. Miss Molly owns it was our lot

First Line:
Miss Molly owns it was our lot
Last Line:
Must find their very souls alarmed
DMI number:
20327

55. Near Holbourne lies a park of great renown

First Line:
Near Holbourne lies a park of great renown
Last Line:
If such turd-flies shall break through cobweb laws
DMI number:
3652

56. Neighbour good morrow how d'ye do

First Line:
Neighbour good morrow how d'ye do
Last Line:
Maids little think what wives endure
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
5380

57. Of injured fame and mighty wrongs received

First Line:
Of injured fame and mighty wrongs received
Last Line:
What wrong to give so bright a nymph her due
Author:
George Granville (Absolute)
DMI number:
12385

58. Of a great heroine I mean to tell

First Line:
Of a great heroine I mean to tell
Last Line:
She who no equal has must be alone
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
5415

59. Often have I thought why women

First Line:
Often have I thought why women
Last Line:
It was the inch that's next his belly
Author:
Thomas Hamilton (Speculation)
DMI number:
31879

60. Of old a fig-tree useless wood

First Line:
Of old a fig-tree useless wood
Last Line:
Their herbs were scattered all around
Author:
John Duncombe (Absolute)
DMI number:
25714

61. Olivia's gay but looks devout

First Line:
Olivia's gay but looks devout
Last Line:
And hid the native spark
Author:
Elijah Fenton (Absolute)
DMI number:
13079

62. Old Feeble joined to a young wife

First Line:
Old Feeble joined to a young wife
Last Line:
Could lie upon my back
DMI number:
10655

63. Out out you bitch what the devil ails you

First Line:
Out out you bitch what the devil ails you
Last Line:
Dead and alive it seemed thy hanged together
DMI number:
43349

64. Orlando's flame to rest her chanced to come

First Line:
Orlando's flame to rest her chanced to come
Last Line:
Good sister Kettle call the pot no names
DMI number:
36903

65. Queene Elianor was a ficke woman

First Line:
Queene Elianor was a ficke woman
Last Line:
Or hanged thou shouldst bee
DMI number:
37330

66. Prithee is not Miss Chloe's a comical case

First Line:
Prithee is not Miss Chloe's a comical case
Last Line:
She lends out her tail and she borrows her face
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Absolute)
DMI number:
11326

67. Prithee is not Miss Chloe's a comical case

First Line:
Prithee is not Miss Chloe's a comical case
Last Line:
She lets out her tail and she borrows her face
Author:
Matthew Concanen (Absolute)
DMI number:
24578

68. Poor Jenny amorous young and gay

First Line:
Poor Jenny amorous young and gay
Last Line:
If we had seen as much
Author:
Soame Jenyns (Absolute)
DMI number:
31400

69. Pray Phillis sigh no more for me

First Line:
Pray Phillis sigh no more for me
Last Line:
A married jilt that's living
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
5408

70. Says Curl in a rage contradicting his wife

First Line:
Says Curl in a rage contradicting his wife
Last Line:
You're a cuckold says she I have spoke the truth now
DMI number:
36867

71. Saw not thy seid on Sandylands

First Line:
Saw not thy seid on Sandylands
Last Line:
For hurting of thy geir
DMI number:
10882

72. Since all that's fair in womankind

First Line:
Since all that's fair in womankind
Last Line:
Was fairer in your fancy
DMI number:
24638

73. Shall I woo thee lovely Molly

First Line:
Shall I woo thee lovely Molly
Last Line:
But she fell down and somewhat did I | Therefore I'll &c
DMI number:
44055

74. Shall sister Hall then wedded be

First Line:
Shall sister Hall then wedded be
Last Line:
Shall grace this bridal hour
DMI number:
12612

75. She hath Venus' lip and eye

First Line:
She hath Venus' lip and eye
Last Line:
Which my fancy judgeth best
DMI number:
44088

76. She only wants an opportunity

First Line:
She only wants an opportunity
Last Line:
Her soul's a whore already
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20186

77. So Leda looked when from the starry throne

First Line:
So Leda looked when from the starry throne
Last Line:
Had ever reached heaven before
DMI number:
11659

78. Since Cleveland is fled till she's brought to bed

First Line:
Since Cleveland is fled till she's brought to bed
Last Line:
Or serve the next new-come Italian
DMI number:
4875

79. Since death on all lays his impartial hand

First Line:
Since death on all lays his impartial hand
Last Line:
Since one so wise left all to follow them
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Charles Blount (Confident)
DMI number:
3521

80. Some secret ladies sin to ease love's pain

First Line:
Some secret ladies sin to ease love's pain
Last Line:
Cry foh at those who do the like for gain
DMI number:
36886

81. That there are true and faithful lovers

First Line:
That there are true and faithful lovers
Last Line:
Or rather do as he had done
Author:
Thomas Hamilton (Speculation)
DMI number:
31876

82. Take heed and mark your opportunity

First Line:
Take heed and mark your opportunity
Last Line:
And you oversee it she is lost forever
Author:
Nathaniel Lee (Absolute)
DMI number:
20187

83. The use of court richt weil I knaw

First Line:
The use of court richt weil I knaw
Last Line:
The laird a horn
Author:
William Dunbar (Speculation)
DMI number:
10887

84. There dwelt a maid in the cunny gate

First Line:
There dwelt a maid in the cunny gate
Last Line:
A little above the knee
DMI number:
42930

85. There is not in nature a merrier life

First Line:
There is not in nature a merrier life
Last Line:
We'll drink all their healths and recruit for tomorrow
DMI number:
43896

86. Thir ladys fair that mak repair

First Line:
Thir ladys fair that mak repair
Last Line:
Thame nor thair honesty
Author:
William Dunbar (Absolute)
DMI number:
10886

87. Thou god to whose great memory

First Line:
Thou god to whose great memory
Last Line:
Not Vaux but rotten vulva's hall
DMI number:
7158

88. Thou strong seducer opportunity

First Line:
Thou strong seducer opportunity
Last Line:
Of womankind half are undone by thee
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
20184

89. Thy love is chaste they tell thee so

First Line:
Thy love is chaste they tell thee so
Last Line:
Try and trust her
Author:
Sir John Suckling (Absolute)
DMI number:
43921

90. Thy maiden-head's not wholly thine I ween

First Line:
Thy maiden-head's not wholly thine I ween
Last Line:
The thing thy parents gave to thee I say
DMI number:
44516

91. Tired with the noisome follies of the age

First Line:
Tired with the noisome follies of the age
Last Line:
Unthinking Charles ruled by unthinking thee
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & Charles Sackville (Speculation)
DMI number:
2230

92. Tis strange Prudilla you accuse

First Line:
Tis strange Prudilla you accuse
Last Line:
And practice what I only write
Author:
Hildebrand Jacob (Absolute)
DMI number:
24900

93. To me thou superannuated bitch

First Line:
To me thou superannuated bitch
Last Line:
Thy feeble lechery to chafe
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Speculation)
DMI number:
42157

94. Tom was sae subtile and sae fu' o greed

First Line:
Tom was sae subtile and sae fu' o greed
Last Line:
But butter noses must melt down in June
Author:
Alexander Pennecuik (Confident)
DMI number:
28179

95. Tom's wife is sick and therefore he doth run

First Line:
Tom's wife is sick and therefore he doth run
Last Line:
To take such pains when others had the pleasure
DMI number:
43770

96. Two sisters there are

First Line:
Two sisters there are
Last Line:
And the bully is played by the brother
Author:
Edward Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
5384

97. Twistilla whose demure and saintish face

First Line:
Twistilla whose demure and saintish face
Last Line:
But should her womb once swell farewell excuse
DMI number:
10657

98. What down in the dirt by St Leonard her grace

First Line:
What down in the dirt by St Leonard her grace
Last Line:
If he guess right in this be pardoned for all
DMI number:
4886

99. When ancient Bess was England's queen

First Line:
When ancient Bess was England's queen
Last Line:
And push us into bed
DMI number:
36863

100. When I a lady do intend to flatter

First Line:
When I a lady do intend to flatter
Last Line:
And thus I make ye fools
DMI number:
43142