%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Poets Dream: / OR, The Great Out=cry and Lamentable Complaint of the LAND against / BAYLIFFS and their DOGS. / Wherein is Expressed their Villanous Out=rages to poor Men. With a True De- / scription of their Knavery and their Debuac'h Actions; Prescribed and Presented to the view of all / People. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton ?-? Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 03/14/2016 34657

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R227331 1 Sawny, &c. Sawney Will Never Be My Love Again Sawney, &c. AS I lay Slumbering in a Dream, / methought the world most strangely went; And that's the cause that the Land Complains. [with variation] Houghton Library Huth EBB65H Editor none none none none Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 215 The Poets Dream: / OR, The Great Out=cry and Lamentable Complaint of the LAND against / BAYLIFFS and their DOGS. / Wherein is Expressed their Villanous Out=rages to poor Men. With a True De- / scription of their Knavery and their Debuac'h Actions; Prescribed and Presented to the view of all / People. The Poet's Dream: OR, The Great Outcry and Lamentable Complaint of the LAND against BAILIFFS and their DOGS. Wherein is Expressed their Villainous Outrages to poor Men. With a True Description of their Knavery and their Debauched Actions; Prescribed and Presented to the view of all People. ?-? P. Brooksby

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AS I lay Slumbering in a Dream, methought the world most strangely went; The Bayliffs on High Seats was seen, which caused the Poors great Discontent. They pluckt true Justice from the Throne, Erecting Laws was made of their own, And burthend the Poor till they made them groan, And thats the cause that the Land Complains. Their Meeting House was an Ale-wives Bench, fixd in a Street that is termed Old; Their Speaker was an a Play-house-Wench, both Whore and Thief, and a Devilish Scold.
Shed Guzzel Brandy, Wine, or Ale, And then shed at her Neighbours Rail, And send for the Bayliffs to have them to Jayl, And thats the cause that the Land Complains. Methoughts a mighty Hunting-match, was made by Bayliffs and their Currs: Poor men was the Deer they strove to catch, the Houses placd in the Room of Furrs: The Suburbs-Round it was their Park: The Bayliffs Yell, the Dogs did Bark, The Poor kept as close as Noah in the Ark; A[n]d thats the cause that the Land Complains,
Then Shephard and his Dog wheeld up toth right, and thunderd by a Cursed Lane, And there the Villains wrought their Spight, for by them once was a Poor Man slain: They Swear before theyl ever lack, Theyl go to Hell a Pick-a-Pack, And thus poor Debters they go to rack, And thats the cause that the Land complains. Theres Cursing Will and Damme-Jack, and Robbin Turners alive agen; And Paunchgut-Tom, (a Hellish Pack,) with perjurd-Dick and Bawdy Ben: Which formerly on Earth did Dwell, And now they are returnd from Hell, And doth against our Laws Rebell, And thats the cause that the Land complains. When I awaked from my Dream, Methoughts the World turnd upside down, And in great haste. I Writ this Theam, for the Bayliffs Dogs of our Town: Who for their prey each hour do wait, Like death at every poor Mans Gate, And brings the Realm to a Dismal fate, And thats the cause that the Land complains. When Poor men are out of Employ, and have not a Farthing in the World; The while there Wives and Children Cry, theres many are in a Prison hurld. Men are Enticed by the Bumms, Who swear they ner will pay their Summs, Thus Poor in Flocks to the Jaylor comes; And thats the cause that the Land complains. The Tally-man, Curmudgeon keeps a Baylif and his Dog to Bite; If in their Books men ever Creeps, they quickly swear theyl have their Right; So soon as ere they do Back-slide, The Torturing Jale they must abide, Then Toby and Dogs Employd; And thats the cause that the Land complains. When Rogues are at the Old-Bayly Burnd, and that their Pilfering Trades do fail; From Thieves to Bayliffs-Dogs have turnd, to plague and hurry the Poor to Jayl:
How like Kid-Nappers all the Day, In every Corner they Survey, And quaff whole Bowls when they get their Prey And thats the cause that the Land complains. Ten Groats the Fees, and a Crown the Arrest, and three Round ooos for a Writ beside; Thus Laws are broken, and poor men Opprest, such Racking Torments they must abide: And while the Prisoner sends for Bail, They Tope the Brandy, Beer, and Ale, And makes him pay, or they have him to Jayl: And thats the cause that the Land complains. For Twenty Shillings, Ten, or Five, theyl put a man to a Cursed Charge; Or run him to Jayl theyl soon contrive, where other Bills are exprest at Large: The Jayl-Fees many are bound to Rue, The Garnish, Bed and Turn-Key too, Expects an unexpected Due; And thats the cause that the Land complains. Your Moore-field Mobbs, and Whetstone-Whores; has Bayliffs and their Dogs for Friends; When Lustful Youth pays Venus Scores, those Spunging Pimps the House attends: If Cullies fight in a Drunken fit, Away goes Tobys Dog for a Writ, Thus many falls in the Bayliffs pit; And thats the cause that the Land complains. Tis seldom a Bayliff or his Dog, is ever known for to go to Church; As soon as they here the Word of god, they leave the Parson in the lurch: They swear theyl come to church no more, They lay their Sins to Adams Score, And jaunts to Moorfields to a Whore: And thats the cause that the Land complains. Thus I conclude and end my Song, desiring that you woud be content: Theres Christian-Peers that may right our wro[ng] when Heaven yields up a Parliament: I hope true Reason will plead our cause, While theyr erecting wholesome Laws, Theyl keep us from the Crocodils paws: And cease the Poor of the Lands complaints.
FINIS. Printed for P. Brooksby at the Golden Ball near the Bear Tavern in Pye Corner.