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T154698 1 NONE Old Man's Wish, The COme Master Taylor let us try / Who wins the Battle, you a[nd] I; Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 80 THE MERCHANTS AND HAMMER-MENS / COMPLAINT / AGAINST THE TAYLORS / Or, A hot GOOSE for Poet DAVIDSON, the Taylor; Author of, The Taylors Vindication. THE MERCHANTS AND HAMMER MEN'S COMPLAINT AGAINST THE TAILORS Or, A hot GOOSE for Poet DAVIDSON, the Tailor; Author of, The Tailor's Vindication. ?-?

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COme Master Taylor let us try Who wins the Battle, you [?]; Lay by your Nidle, Goose, and sheers, [?] you and I go by the Ears. But take this Cave't by the way: What here of Taylors I do say, Of all is not t'be understood, In every Calling some are good. The Taylors you call pretty Fellows, Ye[?], better Men has got the Gallow[s]; But let us see for what you prize t[?]m, Ere we begin t' Anatomize them. And first you say, (or I mistake it) Without their Works we would go nakd. Next that this Calling did begin Just on the back of Man's first Sin And so its Antiquity reaches, Since the first minute Man wore Breeces: And Rome sure can no sooner state Their own Religion's ancient date And that their Work is us'd by Both high and low, both great a[?]ll, All sorts & sizes, rich and poor The honest Woman and the Whore Well, is this all, or what more say[?]e Speak what you please I dare defy y[?] In any thing you can say further, Tho oft a Taylor's Tongue be harder Than e'er his Hands were found to be This Truth is known, I do not lie. They say some of them, tho but young Can clip Clouts with their very Tongue But wherefore stand I thus to bable The Matter let us fairly Table: And first and foremost it is granted That Taylors cannot well be wanted What then? a Man his Arse noth need As well as Liver, Heart, or Head; Therefore the Bum says to the Eye, I'm more to be esteem'd than thee: Without Eyes Living Men there's som[?] But never one that wants a Bum. T' illustrate this; In Man there's hurl'd The whole Abridgement of the World; His Head or Brain doth represent Him that has the chief Gover'ment. The Clergy may be call'd the Eye, That most in secret Things do see; Also the Tongue to tell the rest What way to steer their Course is best.
The Sould'ers may be call'd the Arms That doth the Body guard from Harms. The Merchant may be call'd the Heart That giveth Life to every part. I know this is by some deny'd And to the Husband-man apply'd. Well, let us then go try the matter, And see which o' us shall have the better, Now Money is the thing ye know That only makes the Mare to go, And where is Money to be had But in the Hands of Men of Trade? Is't not by Trade the Hogan Dutch Has now increas'd their State so much? And has not England that same way Adv[?]'d to such a Monarchy? In sho[?] what Nation great is made, But chiefly by the Means of Trade? Most of Princes Rents each where Are Custom dues, on Merchant Ware. What necessar is't ye can have, But what from Merchants you receive? If ye want Money then 'tis he That only can your want supplie; Whatever kind of Ware you bring He buys, and then again each thing Ye want, 'tis he that can afford All sort of Goods; yea, in a word, Just as the Heart, Blood forth doth send To every Member, then in end It back returns from every part, And once more centers in the Heart. The Merchant so doth All supplie, And All to him beholden be: And unto him returneth All, The Heart we justly may him call The Husbandman we may compare To th' labo'ring hand, that doth with care For the whole Body Food provide, And soforth every Trade beside, May be compar'd to Fingers, Toes, And Anckles, Butocks, Chin, and Nose. Among the Croud then let us [?]ind What place to Taylors is assign'd; The hinder-part or Bum, we judge The fittest place for them to lodge, For since th' are much possest with Fear, 'Tis proper they draw to the Rear; But there's another cause also For which their Post should be so low;
For scarce there is a Trade at all But what of course before them fall. The Gard'ner Trade in use has been E're Breeks or Aprons first were seen. To work can Tallors well proceed Without their Needles, Sheers, & Threed I hope a Smith must first be had Before such working Tools be made. I judge before he make a Coar A piece of Cloth must first be got; The Webster, Waker, and the Dyer Above the Taylors must aspire? And Wrights, and Masons that do dress The Wake-mill, and the Dyers Press Mus[t] all imployed be before The Taylors Feet needs file your floor With sevral other Trades-men more. The Taylor then you plainly see Is classed in the last degree. Wha[t] other Arguments are us'd, And counts on which the Taylors [?] Have little weight. Where as he [?] They made fine Work in Sol'mon's [?] We think he other Arts doth wrong For doubtless more praise doth belong To those, that did them weave and spin, Imbroder, Press, and dress so fine: The Taylors work is easier far. Than any o' these 'bove mention'd are. Moreover had Sin never been The World a Taylor ne're had seen; And when the Righteous enter Bliss No use for Taylors in that Place: We shall not say that none are there. But we much fear th' are woundrous rare For three no Theef doth enter in, But such as do repent of Sin, And their defender is so far From biding them for Death prepare [?] That he doth in these words concl[?] By wishing them all muckle go[?] Of what they clandistenly Ste[?] And few of them are reckon'd [?] Therefor our fears are too we[?] And on the hight of Reason [?]
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