The complaint of M. Tenter-hooke the proiector, and Sir Thomas Dodger the patentee. Taylor, John, 1580-1653. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06331 of text R226705 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T443). 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. 7 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 B06331 Wing T443 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.2[12] 99886857 ocm99886857 181343 2264219005

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B06331) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 181343) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A1:1[12]) The complaint of M. Tenter-hooke the proiector, and Sir Thomas Dodger the patentee. Taylor, John, 1580-1653. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). printed by E[lizabeth]. P[urslowe]. for Francis Coles, dwelling in the Old Baily, London : 1641. Signed at end John Taylor. In two columns with a woodcut over both columns. Printer's name from Wing CD-ROM, 1996. Verse: "If any aske, what things these monsters be,". Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Political poetry, English -- Early works to 1800. eebo The complaint of M. Tenter-hooke the proiector, and Sir Thomas Dodger the patentee. Taylor, John, 1641 1 1131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-01 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-01 Sampled and proofread 2009-03 Rekeyed and resubmitted 2009-04 Sampled and proofread 2009-04 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The complaint of M. Tenter-hooke the Proiector , and Sir Thomas Dodger the Patentee
depiction of a rat dressed as a man presenting money bags to a patentee

I have brought money to fill your Chest , For which I am curst by most and least

Ov'r many yeares scraping is left at a clap , All thou hast gotten by others mishap ,

If any aske , what things these Monsters be , T is a Projector , and a Patentee : Such , as like Vermine or'e this Land did crawle , And grew so rich , they gaind the Devill and all . LOe I , that lately was a Man of fashion , The Bug-beare and the Scarcrow of this Nation , Th' admired mighty Mounte-banke of Fame , The Juggling Hocus Pocus of good name , The Bull-begger , who did affright and feare , And rake , and pull , teare , pill , pole , shave , and sheare , Now Time hath pluck'd the Vizard from my face , I am the onely Image of disgrace . My ugly shape I hid so cunningly ( Close cover'd with the cloake of honesty ) That from the East to West , from South to North , I was a man esteem'd of ex'lent worth . And ( sweet Sir Thomas Dodger ) for your sake , My studious time I spent , my sleepes I brake , My braines I tost , with many a strange vagary , And ( like a Spanniell ) did both fetch and carry , To you , such Projects , as I could invent , Not thinking there would come a Parliament . I was the Great Projector , and from me , Your worship learn'd to be a Patentee , I had the Art to cheat the Common-weale , And you had tricks and slights to passe the Seale . I tooke the paines , I travell'd , search'd , and sought , Which ( by your power ) were into Patents wrought . What was I but your journey-man , I pray , To bring your worke to you , both night and day : I found Stuffe , and you brought it so about You ( like a skilfull Taylor ) cut it out , And fashion'd it , but now ( to our displeasure ) You fail'd exceedingly , in taking measure . My legs were Screwes , to raise thee high or low , According as your power did Ebbe or Flow : And at your will I was Screwd up too high That tott'ring , I have broke my necke thereby . For you , I made my Fingers fish-hookes still To catch at all Trades , either good or ill , I car'd not much who lost , so we might get , For all was Fish that came into the Net . For you ( as in my Picture plaine appeares ) I put a Swines face on , an Asses eares , The one to listen unto all I heard Wherein your worships profit was prefer'd . The other to tast all things , good or bad ( As Hogs will doe ) where profit may be had , Grape , Starch , Tobacco , Pipes , Pins , Butter , Haye , Wine , Coales , Cards , Dice , and all came in my way . I brought your worship , every day and houre , And hope to be defended by your power , Sir Thomas Dodgers Answer ! ALas good Tenter-hooke , I tell thee plaine , To seeke for helpe of me t is but in vaine : My Patent , which I stood upon of late , Is like an Almanacke that 's out of Date . T 'had force and vertue once , strange things to doe , But now it wants both force and vertue too : his was the turne of whirling Fortunes wheele , When we least dream'd we should her changing feele . Then Time , and fortune , both with joynt consent Brought us to ruine by a Parliament : I doe confesse thou broughtst me sweet conceits Which now I find were but alluring baits , And I ( to much an Asse ) did lend my eare , To credit all thou saydst , as well as heare . Thou in the Project of the Soape didst toyle , But 't was so slippery , and too full of oyle , That people wondred how we held it fast , But now it is quite slipp'd from us at last . The Project for the Starch thy wit found out , T was stiffe a while , now limber as a Clout , The Pagan weed ( Tobacco ) was our hope In Leafe , Pricke , Role , Ball , Pudding , Pipe , or Rope . Brasseele , Varina , Meavis , Trinidado , Saint Christophers , Virginia , or Barvado ; Bermudas , Providentia , Shallowcongo , And the most part of all the rest ( Mundungo ) That Patent , with a whiffe is spent and broke , And all our hopes ( in fumo ) turn'd to smoake . Thou framdst the Butter Patent in thy braines , ( A rope and butter take thee for thy paines ) I had forgot Tobacco-pipes , which are Now like to thou and I , but brittle ware . Dice run against us , we at Cards are crost , We both are turn'd up Noddies , and all 's lost . Thus from - Sice-sinke , we 'r sunke below Dewee-ace , And both of us are Impes of blacke disgrace . Pins pricke us , and Wine frets our very hearts , That we have rais'd the price of Pints and Quarts . Thou ( in mine eares ) thy lyes and tales didst foyst . And madst me up the price of Sea-coales hoyst . Corne , Leather , Partrich , Pheasant , Rags , Gold twist , Thou brought'st all to my Mill , what was 't we mist ? Weights , Bonlace , Mowstraps , new , new , Corporation , Rattles , Seadans , of rare invented fashions , Silke , Tallow , Hobby-horses , wood , red-herring , Law , Conscience , Iustice , swearing , and For-swearing . All these thou broughtst to me , and still I thought , That every thing was good that profit brought , But now all 's found to be ill gotten pelfe , I 'le shift for one doe thou shift for thy selfe . Finis .

JOHN TAYLOR London Printed by H. P. for Frances Coles dwelling in the Old-Baily .