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121. Though Dunstan the elder more pious than civil

First Line:
Though Dunstan the elder more pious than civil
Last Line:
And that Satan may take the new saint by the nose
DMI number:
40600

122. Though grief and fondness in my breast rebel

First Line:
Though grief and fondness in my breast rebel
Last Line:
Thy satire point and animate thy page
Author:
Samuel Johnson (Absolute)
DMI number:
21899

123. Though richer than unpolled

First Line:
Though richer than unpolled
Last Line:
To make it up an even sum
Author:
Sir Richard Fanshawe (Absolute)
DMI number:
42123

124. Though Madam Money look both brisk and gay

First Line:
Though Madam Money look both brisk and gay
Last Line:
But that pecuniae obediunt omnia
DMI number:
43297

125. Thus they on flattery build foundations bad

First Line:
Thus they on flattery build foundations bad
Last Line:
And tickle cullies in their follies rise
DMI number:
24752

126. Tis not advancement that I love alone

First Line:
Tis not advancement that I love alone
Last Line:
Tis love of shelter to keep shame unknown
Author:
Thomas Middleton (Absolute)
DMI number:
17307

127. Tis gold must such an instrument procure

First Line:
Tis gold must such an instrument procure
Last Line:
With empty fist no man does falcons lure
Author:
John Webster (Absolute)
DMI number:
13816

128. To what a height is impious murder grown

First Line:
To what a height is impious murder grown
Last Line:
If with fellonious hands we stop our breath
DMI number:
6420

129. To that prodigious height of vice we're grown

First Line:
To that prodigious height of vice we're grown
Last Line:
And lash the knaves and fools that I despise
Author:
Robert Gould (Absolute)
DMI number:
3936

130. To the knights burgesses and cits

First Line:
To the knights burgesses and cits
Last Line:
And your petitioners shall never pray &c
DMI number:
7678