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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD><HI>The Poets Dream: OR,</HI> The Great Out-cry and Lamentable Complaint of the LAND again&s;t <HI>BAYLIFFS</HI> and their <HI>DOGS.</HI></HEAD>
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<P><HI>Wherein is Expre&s;&s;ed their <HI>Villanous Out-rages</HI> to poor Men. With a True De|&s;cription of their Knavery and their Debuac'h Actions; Pre&s;cribed and Pre&s;ented to the view of all People.</HI></P>
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<OPENER>To the tune of, <HI>Sawny, &amp;c.</HI></OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>AS I lay Slumbering in a Dream,</L>
<L>methought the world mo&s;t &s;trangely went;</L>
<L>The Bayliffs on High Seats was &s;een,</L>
<L>which cau&s;ed the Poor's great Di&s;content.</L>
<L>They pluckt true Iu&s;tice from the Throne,</L>
<L>Erecting Laws was made of their own,</L>
<L>And burthen'd the Poor till they made them groan,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And that's the cau&s;e that the Land Complains.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Their Meeting Hou&s;e was an Ale-wives Bench,</L>
<L>fix'd in a Street that is termed Old;</L>
<L>Their Speaker was an a Play-hou&s;e-Wench,</L>
<L>both Whore and Thief, and a Devili&s;h Scold.</L>
<L>She'd Guzzel Brandy, Wine, or Ale,</L>
<L>And then &s;he'd at her Neighbours Rail,</L>
<L>And &s;end for the Bayliffs to have them to Iayl,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And that's the cau&s;e that the Land Complains.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Methoughts a mighty Hunting-match,</L>
<L>was made by Bayliffs and their Currs:</L>
<L>Poor men was the Deer they &s;trove to catch,</L>
<L>the Hou&s;es plac'd in the Room of Furrs:</L>
<L>The Suburbs-Round it was their Park:</L>
<L>The Bayliffs Yell, the Dogs did Bark,</L>
<L>The Poor kept as clo&s;e as <HI>Noah</HI> in the Ark;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And that's the cau&s;e that the Land Complains,</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
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<LG>
<L>Then <HI>Shephard</HI> and his Dog wheel'd up toth' right,</L>
<L>and thunder'd by a Cur&s;ed Lane,</L>
<L>And there the Villains wrought their Spight,</L>
<L>for by them once was a Poor Man &s;lain:</L>
<L>They Swear before they'l ever lack,</L>
<L>They'l go to Hell a Pick-a-Pack,</L>
<L>And thus poor Debters they go to rack,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And that's the cau&s;e that the Land complains.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>There's Cur&s;ing <HI>Will</HI> and Damme-<HI>Jack,</HI></L>
<L>and Robbin <HI>Turner</HI>'s alive agen;</L>
<L>And Paunchgut-<HI>Tom,</HI> (a Helli&s;h Pack,)</L>
<L>with perjur'd-<HI>Dick</HI> and Bawdy <HI>Ben:</HI></L>
<L>Which formerly on Earth did Dwell,</L>
<L>And now they are return'd from Hell,</L>
<L>And doth again&s;t our Laws Rebell,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And that's the cau&s;e that the Land complains.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When I awaked from my Dream,</L>
<L>Methoughts the World turn'd up&s;ide down,</L>
<L>And in great ha&s;te&punc; I Writ this Theam,</L>
<L>for the Bayliffs Dogs of our Town:</L>
<L>Who for their prey each hour do wait,</L>
<L>Like death at every poor Man's Gate,</L>
<L>And brings the Realm to a Di&s;mal fate,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And that's the cau&s;e that the Land complains.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When Poor men are out of Employ,</L>
<L>and have not a Farthing in the World;</L>
<L>The while there Wives and Children Cry,</L>
<L>there's many are in a Pri&s;on hurl'd.</L>
<L>Men are Enticed by the Bumms,</L>
<L>Who &s;wear they ne'r will pay their Summs,</L>
<L>Thus Poor in Flocks to the Iaylor comes;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And that's the cau&s;e that the Land complains.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Tally-man, Curmudgeon keeps</L>
<L>a Baylif and his Dog to Bite;</L>
<L>If in their Books men ever Creeps,</L>
<L>they quickly &s;wear they'l have their Right;</L>
<L>So &s;oon as e're they do Back-&s;lide,</L>
<L>The Torturing Iale they mu&s;t abide,</L>
<L>Then <HI>Toby</HI> and Dog's Employ'd;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And that's the cau&s;e that the Land complains.</HI></L>
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</LG>
<LG>
<L>When Rogues are at the <HI>Old-Bayly</HI> Burn'd,</L>
<L>and that their Pilfering Trades do fail;</L>
<L>From Thieves to Bayliffs-Dogs have turn'd,</L>
<L>to plague and hurry the Poor to Iayl:</L>
<L>How like Kid-Nappers all the Day,</L>
<L>In every Corner they Survey,</L>
<L>And quaff whole Bowls when they get the <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 word"></L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And that's the cau&s;e that the Land comp<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="6 letters">.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Ten Groat's the Fees, and a Crown the <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>and three Round 000's for a Writ be&s;id<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="2 letters"></L>
<L>Thus Laws are broken, and poor men O<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>&s;uch Racking Torments they mu&s;t abid<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>And while the Pri&s;oner &s;ends for Bail,</L>
<L>They Tope the Brandy, Beer, and Ale,</L>
<L>And makes him pay, or they have him to I<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="3 letters"></L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And that's the cau&s;e that the Land comp<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="6 letters"></HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For Twenty Shillings, Ten, or Five,</L>
<L>they'l put a man to a Cur&s;ed Charge;</L>
<L>Or run him to Iayl they'l &s;oon contrive,</L>
<L>where other Bills are expre&s;t at Large:</L>
<L>The Iayl-Fees many are bound to Rue,</L>
<L>The Garni&s;h, Bed and Turn-Key too,</L>
<L>Expects an unexpected Due;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And that's the cau&s;e that the Land compl<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="5 letters"></HI></L>
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</LG>
<LG>
<L>Your <HI>Moore-field</HI> Mobbs, and <HI>Whet&s;tone</HI>-W<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>has Bayliffs and their Dogs for Friends;</L>
<L>When Lu&s;tful Youth pays <HI>Venus</HI> Scores,</L>
<L>tho&s;e Spunging Pimps the Hou&s;e attends</L>
<L>If Cullies fight in a Drunken fit,</L>
<L>Away goes <HI>Toby's</HI> Dog for a Writ,</L>
<L>Thus many falls in the Bayliffs pit;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And that's the cau&s;e that the Land compla<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="4 letters"></HI></L>
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</LG>
<LG>
<L>'Tis &s;eldom a Bayliff or his Dog,</L>
<L>is ever known for to go to Church;</L>
<L>As &s;oon as they here the Word of god,</L>
<L>they leave the Par&s;on in the lurch:</L>
<L>They &s;wear they'l come to church no more,</L>
<L>They lay their Sins to <HI>Adams</HI> Score,</L>
<L>And jaunts to <HI>Moorfields</HI> to a Whore:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And that's the cau&s;e that the Land complain<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="2 letters"></HI></L>
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</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus I conclude and end my Song,</L>
<L>de&s;iring that you wou'd be content:</L>
<L>There's Chri&s;tian-Peers that may right our wr<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="3 letters"></L>
<L>when Heaven yields up a Parliament:</L>
<L>I hope true Rea&s;on will plead our cau&s;e,</L>
<L>While they'r erecting whole&s;ome Laws,</L>
<L>They'l keep us from the <HI>Crocodils</HI> paws;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>And cea&s;e the Poor of the Lands complaints.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>Printed for <HI>P. Brooksby</HI> at the <HI>Golden Ball</HI> near the <HI>Bear Tavern.</HI></P>
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