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1. A harlot is like Dunkirk true to none

First Line:: A harlot is like Dunkirk true to none
Last Line:: Her pride should end there where it first began
DMI number:: 41570

2. A king that fosters me so dipped in blood

First Line:: A king that fosters me so dipped in blood
Last Line:: May be called merciful but never good
Author:: Thomas Dekker (Absolute) & Samuel Rowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15944

3. A strumpet is one of the devil's vines

First Line:: A strumpet is one of the devil's vines
Last Line:: Own damnation
DMI number:: 41571

4. Action is honour's language swords are tongues

First Line:: Action is honour's language swords are tongues
Last Line:: Which both speak best and best do right our wrongs
Author:: Thomas Dekker (Absolute) & Samuel Rowley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13353

5. A wife oh fetters

First Line:: A wife oh fetters
Last Line:: But never will sit near their wanton fire
DMI number:: 41039

6. A woman honest first and then turned whore

First Line:: A woman honest first and then turned whore
Last Line:: Has oft been heard that woman hardly found
Author:: Thomas Dekker (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13885

7. All wars are bad yet all wars do good

First Line:: All wars are bad yet all wars do good
Last Line:: And like to surgeons let sick kingdoms blood
DMI number:: 41551

8. As out of wormwood bees suck honey

First Line:: As out of wormwood bees suck honey
Last Line:: The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives
Author:: Thomas Dekker (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15209

9. Could her tomb | Stand whilst I lived so long that it might not

First Line:: Could her tomb | Stand whilst I lived so long that it might not
Last Line:: That should fall down but she be never forgot
Author:: Thomas Dekker (Absolute)
DMI number:: 16494

10. Crows are fair with crows

First Line:: Crows are fair with crows
Last Line:: Blackness in moors is no deformity
Author:: Thomas Dekker (Absolute)
DMI number:: 14380