%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> THE / Baiting of the TYGER: / OR, / A true Relation of a bloody Rencounter that lately hap- / pen'd between a foreign Cat, and four great English / Dogs, at the Cockpit Royal near St. James's Park, in / the presence of several Dukes, Lords, Knights, Ladies, / Squires, and Cits: Together with a particular Relation / how the first Dog was slain, and the rest dangerously / wounded. Set forth in a piece of Doggrel, for the benefit / and satisfaction of the Publick. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer 1699-1699 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 10/26/2018 36145

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R30699 1 NONE [unknown] I Have read of Bull Fights, / Rencounters of Knights, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. : THE / Baiting of the TYGER: / OR, / A true Relation of a bloody Rencounter that lately hap- / pen'd between a foreign Cat, and four great English / Dogs, at the Cockpit Royal near St. James's Park, in / the presence of several Dukes, Lords, Knights, Ladies, / Squires, and Cits: Together with a particular Relation / how the first Dog was slain, and the rest dangerously / wounded. Set forth in a piece of Doggrel, for the benefit / and satisfaction of the Publick. THE Baiting of the TIGER: OR, A true Relation of a bloody Encounter that lately happened between a foreign Cat, and four great English Dogs, at the Cockpit Royal near St. James's Park, in the presence of several Dukes, Lords, Knights, Ladies, Squires, and Cits: Together with a particular Relation how the first Dog was slain, and the rest dangerously wounded. Set forth in a piece of Doggerel, for the benefit and satisfaction of the Public. 1699-1699

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I Have read of Bull Fights, Rencounters of Knights, Dog-fighting, and such sport as that: I have seen Dogs and Bears Together by th' Ears, And a Rabble a worrying a Cat. I have hear'd much of Don, And of Sancho his Man, Of Bevis, of Guy, and Orlando; How St. George slew the Dragon, An Exploit we still brag on, And from ruin deliver'd the Land O. I have seen a fierce Beau, That has made a fine show, Undergoing a sharp Bastinado: Seen a Squire in a Muff, Endure Kick and Cuff, Without lugging out to make a-do. But this is mere Tattle, Compar'd to the Battle Between the great Dogs and the Tyger: And had you been there, You'd have said, I dare swear, You ne'r saw a Cat of more vigor. The first that came at him, Had you seen how he scrat him, How he rak'd off his Skin and his Fur: How he suck'd out his vital, Oh! who can recite all, But must needs lament the poor Cur? The second indeed Did better succeed, And gave him a snap on the Snout.
But yet for all that, He'ad been slain by the Cat, Had the Battle been fairly fought out. The third and the fourth, Came scurvily off; But withal did bravely distinguish Themselves more foolhardy, Than any ways tardy; In short, the Dogs were true English. The Sport was sublime, Too big for my Rhime, And who would think much of a Guinea To see a Cat scratch and bite, Houl, grin, p--- and sh--- There's no Man, I'm sure, but a Ninny. I appeal to the Ladies, To those that now a-days Are neither quite vertuous nor common, If they e'er saw a Brute So fiercely dispute, On his Back, the grand posture of Woman? Indeed for the squabble, Between th' Gentry and Rabble, That was not so well I confess: I'll tell you by th' by, When 'twas you Lye, and you Lye, I wish'd myself out of the Press. To conclude, tho the Sport Was the first of the sort, damnable dear of a Guinea; If a thing be but new, Let what will ensue, Ye follow't as the Devil were in ye.
LONDON: Printed in the Year, 1699.