The famous ratketcher with his trauels into France, and of his returne to London. To the tune of the Iouiall tinker. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A10464 of text S102569 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 20744). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A10464 STC 20744 ESTC S102569 99838341 99838341 2716 2248566157

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A10464) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 2716) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1115:01) The famous ratketcher with his trauels into France, and of his returne to London. To the tune of the Iouiall tinker. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. [By W. White] for Iohn Trundle, and are to be sold at the signe of the No-body in Barbican, Imprinted at London : [1616?] Verse - "There was a rare rat-catcher,". Printer's name and publication date from STC. In two parts. With woodcut title vignette. Part 2 has woodcut illustrations at head, and caption title reading: The ratketchers returne out of France to London. To the same tune.". Some print blurred. Reproduction of original in the Pepys Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo The famous ratketcher, with his trauels into France, and of his returne to London. To the tune of the Iouiall tinker. [no entry] 1616 2 1059 13 0 0 0 0 0 122.76 F The rate of 122.76 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2002-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2002-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-10 Sampled and proofread 2002-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-12 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The famous Ratketcher , with his trauels into France , and of his returne to London . To the tune of the iouiall Tinker .

THere was a rare Rat-catcher , Did about the Country wander , The soundest blade of all his trade , Or I should him deepely slaunder : For still would he cry , a Ratt tat tat , tara rat , euer : To catch a Mouse , or to carouse . such a Ratter I saw neuer . Upon a Poale he carryed Full fourty fulsome Uermine : Whose cursed ●ues without any Kniues , To take he did determine . And still would he cry , a Rat tat tat , tara Rat , euer , &c. His talke was all of India , The Uoyage and the Nauie : What Mise or Rattes , or wild Polcats : What Stoates or Weesels haue yee ? And still would he cry , a Rat , &c. He knew the Nut of India , That makes the Magpie stagger : The Mercuries , and Cantharies , With Arsnicke , and Roseaker . And still would he cry , a Rat , &c. Full often with a Negro , The Iuice of Poppies drunke hee : Eate Poyson t●●nke with a Mountebanke , And Spiders with a Monkie . And still would he cry , a Rat , &c. In London he was well knowne : In many a slately House He 〈◊〉 a Bayse ; whose deadly fate , 〈◊〉 kill both Rat●● and Mouse . And still would he cry , a Rat , &c. But on a time , a Damos●ll , did him so farre intice , That for her , a Baite he layd straight , would kill no Rats nor Mice . And still would he cry , a Rat , &c. And on the Baite she nibled , so pleasing in her taste , She lickt so long , that the Poyson strong , did make her swell i' th waste . And still would he cry , a Rat , &c. He●tilely this perceiuing , to the Country straight doth hie him : Where by his skill , he poysoneth still , such Uermine as come nie him . And still would he cry , a Rat , &c. He neuer careth whether he be sober , lame , or tipsie : He can Collogue with any Rogue , and Cant with any Gipsie . And still would he cry , a Rat , &c. He was so braue a bowzer , that it was doubtfull whether He taught the Rats , or the Rats taught him to be druncke as Rats , togeather . And still would he cry , a Rat , &c. When he had tript this Iland , from Bristow vnto Douer , With painefull Bagge and painted Flagge , to France he sayled ouer . Yet still would he cry , a Rat tat tat , tara rat , euer , &c. FINIS .
The Ratketchers returne out of France to London . To the same tune .

IN France when he ariued , the heat so much perplext him , That all his Pouch did swell so much , and Poyson so had vext him . That scarce could he cry , a Rat tat tat . tara Rat , euer : To catch a Mouse , or to carouse , Such a Ratter I saw neuer . At last , as 〈◊〉 ●ommon , must vse anothers ayding : So did this Ratter , tell the matter to another of 's owne trading . And then did he cry , a Rat tat tat . &c. Who vsing ma●● Simples , to quench ●●●stery burning : Did make him daunce cleane out of France , And home hee 's now returning . And still doth he cry , a Rat , &c. At Douer he ariued , and Kent hath had his cunning : The Maydens Lappes like poysoned Rattes repent his backe-home comming . For still doth he cry , a Rat , &c. At Grauesend ●mongst the Maydens , Greene sicknesse reign'd so briefly , None could haue cure , but such as sure would take his Potions chiefly . And still doth he cry , a Rat , &c. The Shippe wherein he sayled , ere he on shore ariued , Reports him that he kild a Ratte , that nere will be reuiued . And still doth he cry , a Rat , &c.
And to the Fayre in Smithfield , he now is gon and paced : To search with Pole for the Rat-knawne hole that him so much outfaced . And still doth he cry , a Rat , &c. Now to the Tipling houses , to kill the Uermine featly : French Rats and Mice all in a trice , he will destroy full neatly . And still doth he cry , a Rat , &c. An vgly Wench to see-to , whose Nose was knawne with Uermin , The Ratte to kill , that vsd her ill , to vse him doth determine . And still doth he cry , a Rat. &c. If any other Maydens , or Female kinds , will vse him , Come call him quicke , for with a tricke hee 's gone , if you refuse him . And still doth he cry , a Rat , &c. To Sturbridge Fayre his iourny is plotted , and appoynted : Approch with speed , you that haue need with Poyson to be noynted . And still doth he cry , a Rat , &c. When backe he commeth home-ward , obserue his Flagge be painted With Mice and Rattes , and with Poulcats , if you will be acquainted , And heare him to cry , a Rat tat tat , tara Rat , euer : To catch a Mouse , or to carouse , such a Ratter I saw neuer . FINIS .

Imprinted at London for Iohn Tr●●●●e , and are to be sold at the signe of the No-body in Barbican .