The Baiting of the tyger, or, A True relation of a bloody rencounter that lately happen'd between a foreign cat and four great English dogs at the Cockpit Royal near St. James 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. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A29552 of text R30699 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing B476). 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. 3 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 A29552 Wing B476 ESTC R30699 11403299 ocm 11403299 47725 2240887395

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THE Baiting of the TYGER : OR , A true Relation of a bloody Rencounter that lately happen'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 . 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 fool hardy , 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 't was you Lye , and you Lye , I wish'd my self out of the Press . To conclude , tho the Sport Was the first of the sort , 'T was 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.