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41.
Malt is the grain by which a fox we gain
First Line:
Malt is the grain by which a fox we gain
Last Line:
Then sit and tipple it will your senses cripple
DMI number:
43799
42.
Mambrino having spent all his estate
First Line:
Mambrino having spent all his estate
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We part as wise as when we came together
DMI number:
43761
43.
Mysus and Mopsa hardly can agree
First Line:
Mysus and Mopsa hardly can agree
Last Line:
Could not be ended till both were one wife
DMI number:
43771
44.
Nay I confess I should despise
First Line:
Nay I confess I should despise
Last Line:
Just blossom forth then fade and die
DMI number:
43386
45.
Nay persuade not I've swore
First Line:
Nay persuade not I've swore
Last Line:
We enrich them as fast as our fathers did grind 'em
DMI number:
44170
46.
Now he on foolish love it not befits
First Line:
Now he on foolish love it not befits
Last Line:
To marry is to make it ten times worse
DMI number:
43834
47.
Not wise enough to rule a state
First Line:
Not wise enough to rule a state
Last Line:
I have a mistress to my mind
DMI number:
44257
48.
O faithless world and thy more faithless part
First Line:
O faithless world and thy more faithless part
Last Line:
To know that love lodged in a womans breast is but a guest
DMI number:
43360
49.
Of all the crafts that I do know
First Line:
Of all the crafts that I do know
Last Line:
And they lived full merrily
DMI number:
42914
50.
On yonder hill a beacon stands
First Line:
On yonder hill a beacon stands
Last Line:
Duke Humphrey dined in Pauls
DMI number:
43823
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