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1.
I have seen | When after execution judgment hath
First Line:
I have seen | When after execution judgment hath
Last Line:
Repented over his doom
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
15810
2.
My lord I'll tell you that self bill is urged
First Line:
My lord I'll tell you that self bill is urged
Last Line:
How things are perfected
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
35024
3.
May one be pardoned and retain th'offence
First Line:
May one be pardoned and retain th'offence
Last Line:
To give in evidence
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
15853
4.
Make room and let him stand before our face
First Line:
Make room and let him stand before our face
Last Line:
Get thee gone but do it
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
34101
5.
Pity is the virtue of the law
First Line:
Pity is the virtue of the law
Last Line:
And none but tyrants use it cruelly
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
20322
6.
The world is still deceived with ornament
First Line:
The world is still deceived with ornament
Last Line:
To entrap the wisest
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37419
7.
This is his pardon purchased by such sin
First Line:
This is his pardon purchased by such sin
Last Line:
That for the fault's love is th' offender friended
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
13608
8.
We must not make a scarecrow of the law
First Line:
We must not make a scarecrow of the law
Last Line:
Their perch and not their terror
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
16027
9.
We have strict statutes and most biting laws
First Line:
We have strict statutes and most biting laws
Last Line:
Goes all decorum
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
16026
10.
Whilst our commission from Rome is read
First Line:
Whilst our commission from Rome is read
Last Line:
In any of their courts
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
40532