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<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B130910.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<STC T="W">D2505C</STC>
<STC T="G">c.20.f.9[823]</STC>
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<BIBNO T="umi">99890783</BIBNO>
<VID>193092</VID>
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<DIV1 TYPE="panegyric">
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<HEAD>A PANEGYRICK UPON OATES</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">SILVESTREM TENUI <HI>MUSAM</HI> MEDITEMUR AVENA.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L>OF all the <HI>Grain</HI> our Nation yield's</L>
<L>In Orchards, Gardens, or in Fields,</L>
<L>There is a <HI>Grain,</HI> (which tho 'tis common)</L>
<L>Its <HI>Worth</HI> till now, was known to no man</L>
<L>Not <HI>Ceres</HI> Sicle 'ere did <HI>Crop,</HI></L>
<L>A <HI>Grain</HI> with <HI>Ears</HI> of greater hope;</L>
<L>For why? &s;ome &s;ay, the Earth n'ere bore</L>
<L>In any Clime, &s;uch <HI>Seed</HI> before.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Yet this <HI>Grain</HI> has (as all mu&s;t own)</L>
<L>To <HI>Grooms</HI> and <HI>O&s;tlers</HI> well bin <HI>known;</HI></L>
<L>And often has, without di&s;dain,</L>
<L>In <HI>Musty Barn</HI> and <HI>Manger layn;</HI></L>
<L>As if it had bin only good</L>
<L>To be for <HI>Birds</HI> and <HI>Bea&s;ts</HI> the Food:</L>
<L>But now by new in&s;pired force</L>
<L>It keeps alive both <HI>Man</HI> and <HI>Hor&s;e</HI></L>
<L>Speak then, my Mu&s;e, for now we gue&s;s,</L>
<L>What <HI>Grain</HI> it is, thou would&s;t expre&s;s.</L>
<L>It is not Barley, Rye, or Wheat,</L>
<L>That can pretend to &s;uch a Feat;</L>
<L>'Tis <HI>Oates, bare Oates,</HI> which is become</L>
<L>The <HI>Health</HI> of <HI>England, Bane</HI> of <HI>Rome,</HI></L>
<L>And <HI>Wonder</HI> of all <HI>Chri&s;tendom.</HI></L>
<L>And therefore <HI>Oates</HI> has well de&s;erv'd,</L>
<L>From <HI>Mu&s;ty Barn</HI> to be <HI>prefer'd,</HI></L>
<L>And now in <HI>Royal Court pre&s;erv'd;</HI></L>
<L>That, like <HI>He&s;perian Fruit, Oates</HI> may</L>
<L>Be <HI>watch'd</HI> and <HI>Garded</HI> night and Day;</L>
<L>Which is but ju&s;t Retaliation</L>
<L>For having <HI>Guarded</HI> a whole Nation.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Hence every lofty Plant which &s;tands</L>
<L>'Twixt <HI>Barwick Wals</HI> and <HI>Dover Sands,</HI></L>
<L>The <HI>Oake</HI> it &s;elf, which well we &s;tile</L>
<L>The Pride and &s;afe-guard of our I&s;le,</L>
<L>Mu&s;t <HI>Wave</HI> and <HI>Strike</HI> its lofty Head,</L>
<L>And now Salute an <HI>Oaten Reed:</HI></L>
<L>For &s;urely <HI>Oates</HI> de&s;erves to be</L>
<L><HI>Exalted</HI> far 'bove any <HI>Tree.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Th' <HI>Egyptians</HI> once (tho' it &s;eems odd)</L>
<L>Did wor&s;hip <HI>Onyons</HI> for a <HI>God;</HI></L>
<L>And poor <HI>peel'd Garlick</HI> was with them</L>
<L>E&s;teem'd beyond the greate&s;t <HI>Gemm.</HI></L>
<L>What would they' done, had they, think ye</L>
<L>Had &s;uch a <HI>Blade</HI> of <HI>Oates</HI> as we?</L>
<L><HI>Oates</HI> of &s;uch known <HI>Divinity!</HI></L>
<L>Since then by <HI>Oates</HI> &s;uch <HI>good</HI> we find,</L>
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<L>Let <HI>Oates</HI> at lea&s;t now be <HI>en&s;hrin'd,</HI></L>
<L>Or in &s;ome &s;acred <HI>Pre&s;s</HI> enclos'd</L>
<L>Be only kept to be <HI>expos'd;</HI></L>
<L>And all fond <HI>Reliques</HI> el&s;e, &s;hall be</L>
<L>Deem'd <HI>Objects</HI> of <HI>Idolatry.</HI></L>
<L><HI>Popelings</HI> may tell us, how they &s;aw</L>
<L>Their <HI>Garnet's Picture</HI> on a <HI>Straw;</HI></L>
<L>'Twas a <HI>Great</HI> miracle we know</L>
<L>To &s;ee him <HI>drawn</HI> in <HI>little</HI> &s;o,</L>
<L>But on an <HI>Oaten Stalk,</HI> there is</L>
<L>A greater <HI>miracle</HI> than this,</L>
<L>A <HI>Vi&s;age,</HI> which with <HI>lively Grace</HI></L>
<L>Does Twenty <HI>Garnets</HI> now <HI>Out-face,</HI></L>
<L>And like <HI>Twig</HI> of <HI>Dodona's Grove</HI></L>
<L>Ev'en <HI>&s;peak's</HI> as if <HI>in&s;pir'd</HI> by <HI>Jove.</HI></L>
<L>Nay, to add to the Wonder more,</L>
<L>Declares <HI>unheard-of</HI> Things before,</L>
<L>And Thou&s;and <HI>my&s;teries</HI> does unfold,</L>
<L>As <HI>plain</HI> as <HI>Oracles</HI> of old;</L>
<L>By which we <HI>steer</HI> affaires of State,</L>
<L>And <HI>&s;tave</HI> off <HI>Britain's</HI> &s;ullen Fate.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Let's then, in honour of the name</L>
<L>Of <HI>Oates enact</HI> &s;ome <HI>Solemn Game,</HI></L>
<L>Where <HI>Oaten Pipe</HI> &s;hall us in&s;pire</L>
<L>Beyond the <HI>Charms</HI> of <HI>Orpheus Lyre;</HI></L>
<LG>
<L><HI>Stones, Stocks</HI> and every <HI>Sencele&s;s thing</HI></L>
<L>To <HI>Oates</HI> &s;hall <HI>dance,</HI> to <HI>Oates</HI> &s;hall <HI>&s;ing.</HI></L>
<L>Whil&s;t <HI>Woods amaz'd</HI> to th' Ecchos ring.</L>
</LG>
<L>And as (that Hero's names may not</L>
<L>When they are rotten; be forgot)</L>
<L>We <HI>hang Atchievements</HI> o'<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">e their Du&s;t;</L>
<L>(A debt to their great merits ju&s;t:)</L>
<L>So if <HI>De&s;erts</HI> of <HI>Oates</HI> we prize,</L>
<L>Let <HI>Oates</HI> &s;till <HI>hang</HI> before our eyes;</L>
<LG>
<L>Thereby to rai&s;e our Contemplation,</L>
<L><HI>Oates</HI> being to this <HI>Happy</HI> Nation</L>
<L>The <HI>My&s;tic Embleme</HI> of <HI>Salvation.</HI></L>
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