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11. Man and money a mutual friendship show

First Line:
Man and money a mutual friendship show
Last Line:
Man makes false money money makes man so
DMI number:
12371

12. Mendax 'tis said thou art such a liar grown

First Line:
Mendax 'tis said thou art such a liar grown
Last Line:
But prithee Mendax do not praise my rhymes
Author:
Charles Cotton (Absolute)
DMI number:
12372

13. Niger with treachery lies and spite

First Line:
Niger with treachery lies and spite
Last Line:
No mortal can believe
DMI number:
40619

14. No cause nor client fat will Cheverill lease

First Line:
No cause nor client fat will Cheverill lease
Last Line:
For this that wins for whom he holds his peace
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
12748

15. O times O manners Cicero cried out

First Line:
O times O manners Cicero cried out
Last Line:
Blame not our manners then but mend thy own
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
6305

16. See Proteus every shape and form put on

First Line:
See Proteus every shape and form put on
Last Line:
How like a devil would he stripped appear
DMI number:
19445

17. She's bent like a ninepence and would have been broken

First Line:
She's bent like a ninepence and would have been broken
Last Line:
Had not nature intended the devil a token
DMI number:
12378

18. Sir Thomas of Wentworth inflexibly good

First Line:
Sir Thomas of Wentworth inflexibly good
Last Line:
Our Pyms and our Hampdens are not all of them dead
Author:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Confident)
DMI number:
17942

19. Subtle the Prussian Dutchmen wary

First Line:
Subtle the Prussian Dutchmen wary
Last Line:
While thine affects no mortal living
DMI number:
24524

20. Talk Strephon no more of what's honest or just

First Line:
Talk Strephon no more of what's honest or just
Last Line:
Who wrecks on that shelf where he stranded before
DMI number:
24089