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1. A beggar once exceeding poor

First Line:: A beggar once exceeding poor
Last Line:: Yet both of us our oaths did save
DMI number:: 43788

2. At two days old good Latin I speak

First Line:: At two days old good Latin I speak
Last Line:: And when caught I'm confined like a fish in a net
DMI number:: 7491

3. Doomed to an ignominious mean retreat

First Line:: Doomed to an ignominious mean retreat
Last Line:: The wretch who has no pence is damned of mere necessity
DMI number:: 1940

4. Here lies at least ten in the hundred

First Line:: Here lies at least ten in the hundred
Last Line:: Tis a hundred to ten he's scarce gone to heaven
DMI number:: 41940

5. If thou dost want a horse thou buyest a score

First Line:: If thou dost want a horse thou buyest a score
Last Line:: Out of mere want thou wilt sell all at last
Author:: Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:: 6320

6. Ridway robbed Duncote of three hundred pound

First Line:: Ridway robbed Duncote of three hundred pound
Last Line:: The courtier is become the greater thief
Author:: Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12411

7. The Latin you speak at two days old

First Line:: The Latin you speak at two days old
Last Line:: I'll venture a guinea I know what you are
DMI number:: 5131

8. The sun was sunk beneath the hill

First Line:: The sun was sunk beneath the hill
Last Line:: Who pays thy worth must pay in love
Author:: John Gay (Absolute)
DMI number:: 2506

9. To you fair traders now ashore

First Line:: To you fair traders now ashore
Last Line:: And heave the rogues into the sea | With a fa la &c
DMI number:: 13321

10. Welcome he thus began ye lonely seats

First Line:: Welcome he thus began ye lonely seats
Last Line:: I will turn epicure in want and swear tis luxury
DMI number:: 1942