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41.
Two maids who had a blackamore their friend
First Line:
Two maids who had a blackamore their friend
Last Line:
They might as well attempt to mend the law
DMI number:
5818
42.
Westminster is a mill that grinds all causes
First Line:
Westminster is a mill that grinds all causes
Last Line:
The toll is oft made greater than the grist
Author:
Sir John Davies (Speculation)
DMI number:
41933
43.
When I am half seas over and cannot read
First Line:
When I am half seas over and cannot read
Last Line:
I'll touch no wax but that on corks tonight
DMI number:
27654
44.
When Pontius wished an edict might be passed
First Line:
When Pontius wished an edict might be passed
Last Line:
But first my dear I'd have you learn to swim
DMI number:
12730
45.
When in the senate honest Paul
First Line:
When in the senate honest Paul
Last Line:
To be thus with your speeches stunned
DMI number:
8941
46.
Where justice all its pompous terror wears
First Line:
Where justice all its pompous terror wears
Last Line:
Shakes at his guilt unconscious of her own
DMI number:
13034
47.
Who is that beau pray tell me for you know
First Line:
Who is that beau pray tell me for you know
Last Line:
Transacts not her affairs so much as thine
DMI number:
27427
48.
Who painted justice blind did not declare
First Line:
Who painted justice blind did not declare
Last Line:
They'll sooner feel a cause than see it right
Author:
Robert Heath (Absolute)
DMI number:
15836
49.
While every freeman in the nation
First Line:
While every freeman in the nation
Last Line:
They'll never believe his verse
DMI number:
37675
50.
Your fathers like men who had thoughts of a heaven
First Line:
Your fathers like men who had thoughts of a heaven
Last Line:
So that nothing but halters your faction can bind
DMI number:
11915
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