The Doctor Degraded; Or The
REWARD of DECEI
Being an Account of the Right Perfidious, and Perjuryd TITUS OATES; Who
Received Sentence at the Kings-Bench-Bar, at Westminster the 16th day of May, 1685.
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ON Saturday the 16th
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Day of May 1685.
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Titus Oates, being then
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brought to the Kings-
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Bench-Bar, Westminster,
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about a 11 of the Clock
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by a strong Guard, My
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Lord Chief Justice and
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others of his Brethren
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being on the Bench, was
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called; the Attorney Ge-
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neral, craved Judgement
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of the Court against
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Titus Oates, for his Per-
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juries; Oates craved time
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till Monday, but it was
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denied him; then the
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Right Honourable the
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Lord Chief Justice pro-
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ceeded to declare the Hei-
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nousness of his Crime.
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saying, It was formerly,
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by the Law of this Land,
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punishable with Death.
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And after that, being
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somewhat moderated,
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the Penalty was, to have
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the Parties Tongue cut
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out. And being yet far-
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ther taken into Consi-
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deration, the Punishment
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was left to the discretion
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of the Court. So they
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Proceeded not to Life or
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Member, notwithstand-
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ing his Lordship said he
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had consulted with all
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the Judges of England,
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and that they were una-
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nimously of opinion, that
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the power was in the
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Court to Proceed to any
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Sentence under that re-
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striction; and having in a
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most Emphatical Speech,
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from point to point, re-
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lated the matter at large,
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his Lordship left the Pro-
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nounciation of the Sen-
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tence to Judge Withens,
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who told the Prisoner,
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that his Nature was Com-
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passionate, and that he
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delighted not in passing
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Sentence on his fellow
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Creatures; yet in case of
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such a Crime, he must
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confess he did it without
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remorse, and having fur-
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ther expressed himself in
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detestation of the Priso-
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ners offence, and Elo-
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quently discoursed it at
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large, he was pleased to
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Pronounce the following
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Sentence, viz.
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Fined on each Indict-
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ment 1000 Marks.
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That on Munday the
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18th of this Instant he
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walk about Westminster
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Hall, with a Paper upon
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his Forehead, mention-
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ing his Crime: And af-
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terwards strippd of his
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Canonical Habit, Stand
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upon and in the Pillory
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before the Hall Gate, be-
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tween the hours of 11
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and One, for the space of
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an hour to stand.
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Tuesday the 19th. at
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the Royal Exchange.
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Wednesday the 20th.
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to be Whipd from Ald-
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gate to Newgate.
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Friday the 22d. from
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Newgate to Tyburn.
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Aug. the 9th to stand
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at Westminster.
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August, the 10th at
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Charing-Cross.
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August the 11th at
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Temple-Bar.
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September the 2d at
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the Royal Exchange.
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Aprill the 24th 1686.
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to stand in the Pillory at
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Tyburn, facing the Gal-
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lows. To lie in Gaol dur-
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ing Life. And to stand
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Annually in the Pillory,
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August the 9th. at
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Westminster.
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August the 10th at
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Charing-Cross.
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August the 11th at
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Temple-Bar.
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September, the 2d at
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the Royal Exchange.
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O Cruel Fate! why art thou thus unkind,
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So wavering and unconstant in thy Mind,
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To turn (like weather-Cocks) with every Wind?
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Didst thou not once make Oates thy Favourite,
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Thy only Darling, and thy dear Delight?
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And mounted him upon thy Wings so high,
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That he could almost touch the very Skie,
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And now must Oates stand in the Pillory?
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There to be Battered so with Rotten Eggs,
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Both on the Face, the Body and the Legs,
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That he will wish himself in Hell for Ease,
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And Beg as Beggars do for Bread and Cheese,
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That Oates might not be Threshd as Men do Pease.
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And must he too (when once he has stood there)
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Be sent to Ride upon the Three-Legd-Mare?
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Zouns whats the meaning of it with a Pox?
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Is that the way to pay his Christmas-Box?
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Was he not once the Saviour of the Nation,
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And must he be Contemnd and out of Fashion?
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Calld Perjurd Rogue and slighted be by all,
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And tossd about just like a Tennis-Ball.
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What if he did Forswear himself a little,
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Must his sweet Bum be rubbd thus with a Nettle?
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O fie! Tis not well done to Rob the Spittle.
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But tis in vain I see to Mourn for Oates,
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For if we Roar until we split our Throats,
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We cannot help the poor distressed thing;
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No hopes to get a Pardon of the King,
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Therefore he must endure his Suffering.
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Indeed (if to Lament would do him good)
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Then we would Weep thats to be understood:
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But, my beloved Brethren in the Lord,
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That cannot keep him from a Hempen-Cord,
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Or from his peeping through a Two-inch-Board.
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And so tis needless that we Vex or Fret,
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Gods holy Will be done, we must Submit.
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However let poor Oates be Brisk and Bonny
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(Long as he Lives) he shall not want for Money,
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For to his Hive well bring both Wax and Honey.
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Yet (if he should be Hangd and Die that way)
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Oates will spring up again at Judgment Day,
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Altho there will not be a bit of Hay.
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But tis a great Disgrace that O brave Oates
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(The Rampant Doctor of Religious Plots)
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Is not (in state) Promoted up on High;
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The just Reward of bloudy Perjury.
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Yet hes no Coward, fearing to be Halterd,
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Unless of late his Courage should be Alterd:
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Fight Dog, fight Bear, he values not a Fig,
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He always was and eer will be a Whigg,
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And stand up for the Cause we know full well,
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Tho he were sure almost to go to Hell.
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Therefore if he be Hangd, and in a Cart
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Carried to Tyburn, what cares he a Fart,
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At last the Dearest Friends of all must Part.
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And now Beloved Brother Oates adieu,
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Altho this story looks a little Blue,
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Yet what I Wrote of thee is very True.
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