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11.
A virtuous dame that saw a lawyer come
First Line:
A virtuous dame that saw a lawyer come
Last Line:
For fear for want your wife should twelve pence borrow
DMI number:
41922
12.
A wanton sloven of a priest
First Line:
A wanton sloven of a priest
Last Line:
My self can wipe it off with ease
DMI number:
4414
13.
A lawyer physician and reverend divine
First Line:
A lawyer physician and reverend divine
Last Line:
Traveled home in the dumps lawyer doctor and priest
DMI number:
40661
14.
A lusty old grave and grey headed sire
First Line:
A lusty old grave and grey headed sire
Last Line:
Oh what quoth she are other lawyers then
DMI number:
14627
15.
A lusty old grave grey-headed sire
First Line:
A lusty old grave grey-headed sire
Last Line:
Oh what quoth she are other lawyers then
DMI number:
12479
16.
A wight he is whose very size
First Line:
A wight he is whose very size
Last Line:
And eke his inch of justice out
DMI number:
13032
17.
A wolf complained that he had lost a lamb
First Line:
A wolf complained that he had lost a lamb
Last Line:
Which does to neither appertain by right
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
4384
18.
A youth the meanest of the muse's train
First Line:
A youth the meanest of the muse's train
Last Line:
One hapless victim from the untimely grave
DMI number:
33648
19.
All met and silence thrice proclaimed
First Line:
All met and silence thrice proclaimed
Last Line:
Decreed the cause against the men
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
37139
20.
Anne is an angel true what though she be
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Anne is an angel true what though she be
Last Line:
Yet is an angel but a lawyer's fee
DMI number:
7551
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