%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> OATES / WELL THRESH'T. / Being a Dialogue of Country-make / Betwixt a Farmer, and his Man-Boy, Jack. / The Good Man, who had lost much by the Grain, / Hears Presbyter-Jack to Plead for it in vain. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1681-1681 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 06/01/2012 32302

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R17742 OUr Oates, last Week not worth a Groat, / Have, Sir, (which all do wonder at) Which no Body can deny, Sir. [with var.] Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 135855 OATES / WELL THRESH'T. / Being a Dialogue of Country-make / Betwixt a Farmer, and his Man-Boy, Jack. / The Good Man, who had lost much by the Grain, / Hears Presbyter-Jack to Plead for it in vain. OATES WELL THRESH'T. Being a Dialogue of Country-make Betwixt a Farmer, and his Man-Boy, Jack. The Good Man, who had lost much by the Grain, Hears Presbyter-Jack to Plead for it in vain. OATES WELL THRESHED. Being a Dialogue of Country-make Betwixt a Farmer, and his Man-Boy, Jack. The Good Man, who had lost much by the Grain, Hears Presbyter-Jack to Plead for it in vain. 1681-1681 R.H.

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Jack. OUr Oates, last Week not worth a Groat, Have, Sir, (which all do wonder at) Abomination thrivd of late; Which no Body can deny, Sir. Master. [?]e all the Tribe of Oates Accurst, [A]nd the Old Dotard too, that first [T]he Brat within his Hedges nurst, And sowd such Wicked Seed, Boy. Jack. [G]ood Master, pray your Fury stop; [F]or, as the Saying is, I hope, [Y]oull shortly see a Doctor-Crop, And many more besides, Sir. Master. [?] Curse on every thing, thats height Oates; [B]oth Old & Young, both Black & White Oates, [B]oth Long & Short, both Light & Tite Oates: I hate the Viprous Breed, Boy.
Jack. Your Oates, now Ripe, Sir, do appear; For they begin to hang the Ear; The Time of Cutting them draws near, If my Skill fails me not, Sir. Master. Then down with em, and all their Train; Let not a Blade of them remain, Our poor Land to infect again; Tis pitty one should scape, Boy. Jack. Where shall I reek them, (the Sithes Edge Theyve felt) in Barn, or under Hedge? For they are fit for Cart, or Sledge, And a Roping only want, Sir. Master. Een if thou wilt, lodge them in thy Barn; For they shall ner come amongst my Corn; Or Cart them, if thou wilt, to Tyburn; And there too Truss them up, Boy. [2]
Jack. Th are housd, Sir; But the Trash all Sense Exceeds, thats in em: By what Means, This Filthy Oates shall we ere cleanse? From all that Roguish Stuff, Sir? Master. Go, get a pack of Sturdy Louts, And let them lustily Thresh their Coats; Too well you cannot Thresh Damnd Oates; Which no Body can deny, Boy. Jack. Th are thresht, & wimbd, & made as clean, As hands can dot; but all in vain: For still Base Oates behind remain: What shall we do with em, Sir? Master.Let em divided be (like Martyrs Of Royal Justice) into Quarters; Then ground in Mill, or brayd in Mortars: So Oates ought to be servd, Boy. Jack. How shall I use the Straw? Tis good Only to cast out in the Road, And under Foot to Dung be trod; And there to lye and rot, Sir. Master. Burnt, like an Heretick, in Flame; And Expiate so our Guilt and Shame, For giving Long-Taild Oates such Fame, Abhorrd by all but us, Boy. Beyond Sea th are kickt out of Door; But held with us Here in such Store, That Oates we even do Adore: But Curst be Oates, say I, Boy.
Jack. What shall we now at last, Sir, do With this Same Paultry Oates, by You So hated, and admired by few; And those both Knaves and Fools, Sir. Master. Let Oates be cast to Ravenous Hogs, Or ground for Meat for Hungry Dogs; And no where Sown, but in deep Bogs, Or Bottom of a Jakes, Boy. Or to the Fowls o the Air be thrown, By Vermine to be preyd upon; Or out o th World by Whirlwinds blown, To th Devils Arse of Peak, Boy. Let evry Tongue, and Tail i th Ile, Of Man, of Bird, of Beast, defile Oates so Detestable, Oates so Vile; And twill be so, thoult see, Boy. Or if to Popery thou incline, Thou shalt have Oates encagd in a Shrine, And shew about that Trash Divine; And this will get thee Pence, Boy. Jack. Let it, Good Master, pray be so, And Ile amongst the Papists go, With my O rare Shite, & my O brave Show, Till I a Pension get, Sir. And then Ile Coach it up and down, From Country, and from Town to Town, Till ore the World Ive made Oates known, For a very R------ in Grain, Sir.
FINIS. LONDON, Printed for R. H. in the Year, 1681.