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141.
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
142.
She-land the praise of all the earth
First Line:
She-land the praise of all the earth
Last Line:
Of that base sort of vermin
DMI number:
13318
143.
So have I seen a Dean of St Paul's
First Line:
So have I seen a Dean of St Paul's
Last Line:
And all for sleeves of lawn
DMI number:
4890
144.
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
145.
Since Justice S------ P---- and D--- did bail
First Line:
Since Justice S------ P---- and D--- did bail
Last Line:
And that they are all fools that on property dotes | Which nobody can deny
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
42317
146.
Since Justice Scroggs Pepys and Dean did bail
First Line:
Since Justice Scroggs Pepys and Dean did bail
Last Line:
And that he's a fool that on property dotes | Which nobody can deny
Author:
Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:
4869
147.
Since popish plotters
First Line:
Since popish plotters
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For what we now reject no honest jury will find it | They sham us and flam us | They ram us and damn us | When according to the law we find ignoramus
DMI number:
43013
148.
Stop mortal frail collect your thought
First Line:
Stop mortal frail collect your thought
Last Line:
Of comrades follies on our back
DMI number:
35353
149.
Sons hes bene ay exylit far out of sicht
First Line:
Sons hes bene ay exylit far out of sicht
Last Line:
His nakit farmours gars hungry gae to bed
Author:
William Dunbar (Speculation)
DMI number:
10933
150.
Sons of corruption who obedient hail
First Line:
Sons of corruption who obedient hail
Last Line:
With longing ardour hear the pleasing theme
DMI number:
33513
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