Famous battel of the catts, in the province of Ulster, June 25, 1668. Denham, John, Sir, 1615-1669. 1668 Approx. 10 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 7 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2003-01 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A35650 Wing D1001 ESTC R15057 11719788 ocm 11719788 48328 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A35650) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 48328) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 528:13) Famous battel of the catts, in the province of Ulster, June 25, 1668. Denham, John, Sir, 1615-1669. [2], 11 p. Printed by T. Newcomb ..., In the Savoy, [London] : 1668. Satire in verse. Attributed to Sir John Denham. Cf. BLC. Reproduction of original in Cambridge University Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Ireland -- History -- 1660-1688 -- Anecdotes 2002-06 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2002-08 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-09 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2002-09 Emma (Leeson) Huber Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-10 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion THE Famous Battel OF THE CATTS , IN THE PROVINCE OF ULSTER . June 25. 1668. In the SAVOY , Printed by T. Newcomb in the Year , 1668. THE Famous Battel OF THE CATTS IN THE PROVINCE of VLSTER , June 25. 1668. WHat wild Fanatick broke his Cage ? The Valiant Catti to engage , Into this more then Civil Rage ? Alass , I need not question that , It was the Egyptian God , the Ratt , Trapan'd the poor Vltonian Catt . Though Ireland of no Venome boasts , Supplanters plant ( in mighty Hosts ) Reforming Ratts on all her Coasts : These Vermin soon together get , And being all on Mischief set , Form'd in a dark Assembly , met . One goodly Ratt above the rest , Since He was biggest , would be best , Stood forth , ( his Paw upon his Breast . ) This Ratt was Hee , a Ratt of Fame , Who all things but himself o'recame , And Rattamountain was his name : He all the Rules and Tricks could show , Both Arts of War , and Peace did know , To cheat a Friend or spoil a Foe . The Chair , the Chair , they cry'd ( whereat He smil'd at first , and then down sate This over-undertaking Ratt . Then they began , since I alone Must speak , what e're I touch upon , Shall be cleer Demonstration ; They made us Golden Gods , and then , Ador'd us at our Shrines , but when Saw ye one Ratt that worship't men ? Did not our Troops devoure all Thrace , Not only beasts , but human Race , And left them neither name , nor place ; And did we not neer Mentz devour , Their Prelate ( Maugre all his power ) Whence still 't is call'd the RATTIN TOWER . And having slain one Bishop Prince , Princes and Bishops ever since , We into popular Classes Mince . Did we not since destroy and spoile In one short night , Bermudas Isle ? And eat up all the Planters toil . In all Records our Honour Lives , But the vile Cat ( who 'gainst us strives ) From th' Alchoran his birth derives : The Lyon , ( if that Legend's true ) Did sneeze , and from his Nostrels threw A Catt , which instantly cry'd Mew . Since Catts the Lyon's Nature share , We for the Great as little care ; Who Rampant Passant , Guardant are . How long shall they devour us thus ? Ye know one Whittingtonian Puss Slew Legions of the best of us ; No mortal power could us annoy , If Unity we could Injoy , We our Destroyers should destroy , Then let 's Unite , and break their pride , Make Catts against the Catts to side , ( Those may Command , who can divide : ) All weaker States that would surprise The stronger , prudently advise How to make Parties , and Allies . I now a People shall make known , Who under like oppression groan , Whose Interest and ours are one . I know you 'll quickly smell a Ratt , ( Then this is it I would be at ) Ingage the Mouse against the Catt . Our Cause , when they to us resort , Three strong Militia's shall support , From City , Countrey , and from Court. Though Millions in a Battle dy , Our Race with their Infinity Will us with fresh recruits supply . The Anti-Gresham Stagyrit Says he Beheld with great delight This strange Superfoetatious sight . A Female of the Persian Ratts Brought forth at once full sixscore Bratts ; Nay more , ( now look about you Catts . ) The young were big with young , before Their birth , with many hundreds more , And she her Childrens Children bore . George Pine , to us thou art an Ass , One year thy Hundred did surpass , Amongst thy four , shew one such Lass : Thy Island in a hundred years , ( As on thy own Account appears ) But only twice six thousand bears . And now to make your Grandure rise Form into Assemblies your supplies , To rescue your old Liberties : No Petifoggers shall set Traps , By Nusance stop our holes , and gaps , Nor Quacks , with Arsnick give us Claps , Nor no Owl-Constable by night , Shall seize the less , or greater fright , Though they have Bills , yet we can bite . Now let us close in joynt consent , That with the Mice we are content To share the Spoil and Government : And when our Common-wealth prefers Their Members , we will be the Peers , And honest Mice the Commoners : And when this Order's Rattifi'd , They on our Honours may confide , The Deans and Chapters to divide . Pardon this boldness , nor seem nice , ( For when we have to do with Mice , ) Quibble and Witt bear equal price . To shew I am a Ratt of sense , All my Proposals I Commence , From Reason and Experience . I 'le all in one advice give in : If from the English Catts you 'll win Trophies , with Ireland first begin . Thus Rattamountain , Then they call , That the Word might be , Have at all , In Vlster they will stand and fall ; Their Agitator then they name , Active Mac-Ratt , who ( swift as Fame ) On crooked errands went and came . Who straight from Ireland answer made , That he had their Commands obey'd , And all the trains of mischief laid . So Lull'd asleep the Catti were , His Arts had them secur'd from fear , But what did from themselves appear , Yet all that Rattamountain knew , Or diligent Mac-Ratt could shew , Was vain , to that which did insue . Soon as the Moon in Cancer rose , Into the Tiberts brains she throws Such rage , as all their plots out-goes . Three hundred Catts on Vlsters shore Each with nine Lives ( that 's nine times more ) Into the field their Colours bore . The Field , a Gutter which did run Blood , ( which the name of Field may own , As Iambah that of Islington . ) Long time the fight so equal was , The greater half fell on the place , Nor Quarter given in the Chace ; But their most hideous Catterwaule , With the Allarm it gave , did all Th' Vltonian Ratts together call . Lest they should no Interment have , To the departed Catts , a grave The Ratts in their own bowels gave . They at Bonratty , ( so says fame ) To Rebels bodies did the same , ( This place and that may bear one name . ) Now the Staggs Duel's out of door , The Cause was great , the Effect was poor , I saw two Savage Lice do more . Staggs are not so , t' whom Grass gives food , But Catts and Lice , who feast on blood , For savage beasts are understood . Two Staggs Militia's were but four , Nothing to what the Tiberts bore , For each having nine Lives , had more . Mac-Ratt is now return'd , t' invite Those Ratts , who scap'd by Londons Light , To march through Scotland in the night ; And with the Highland Ratts t' agree To pass Dunbartons narrow sea , To accomplish this Cattastrophe . The Isle of Ratts when they those boggs Shall dispossess of Irish froggs , Will goe beyond our Isle of Doggs . There shall we see the new rais'd Throne , Of Rattamountain in his own Metropolis , High't Rattisbone . Some Irish Bard thy skill bequeath , To charm our English Poets breath , Like thee to Rhime our Ratts to death ; Else we are sou'st in our old Pickle , For now or never we must stickle , When Playhouse turns to Conventicle . FINIS . Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A35650-e70 The same that the Hessi . A Castle yet standing upon the Rhine . Stow's Annals of London . Aristotle in his History of Animals . Parturiunt montes , Anglice , Rattamountain . Midsummer Moon . Where the Rats eat all the dead bodies of the Rebels Army . At Gresham-Colledg .