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1. Doubtless the pleasure is as great

First Line:: Doubtless the pleasure is as great
Last Line:: The more they admire the sleight of hand
DMI number:: 39353

2. Hath sir Thomas lost five hundred pounds

First Line:: Hath sir Thomas lost five hundred pounds
Last Line:: Yet swears he has not drawn a stake these seven years
Author:: James Shirley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14843

3. Hush pretty boy thy hopes might have been better

First Line:: Hush pretty boy thy hopes might have been better
Last Line:: Hard when the father plays away the son
Author:: Thomas Middleton (Speculation) & William Shakespeare (Speculation)
DMI number:: 14839

4. I like young squires just come to town

First Line:: I like young squires just come to town
Last Line:: My all is in my possession
DMI number:: 10878

5. I would not have thee sell thy substance

First Line:: I would not have thee sell thy substance
Last Line:: Yet it shows clear among them
Author:: Thomas Dekker (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14841

6. If yet thou love game at so dear a rate

First Line:: If yet thou love game at so dear a rate
Last Line:: Blowing up houses with their whole increase
Author:: George Herbert (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14842

7. The love of gaming is the worst of ills

First Line:: The love of gaming is the worst of ills
Last Line:: And turns an angel's to a fury's face
Author:: Edward Young (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27073

8. The whole day

First Line:: The whole day
Last Line:: To be beholders when their powers are spent
Author:: Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14840

9. This is the hell of all gamesters I think

First Line:: This is the hell of all gamesters I think
Last Line:: Pounds lost there's never but a hundred won
Author:: George Wilkins (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14844