OATES
Thrash'd in the COMPTER,
And Sack'd-up in NEWGATE.
To the Tune of, Hail to the Myrtle shades, etc.
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I.
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HAil to the Prince of the Plot,
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All hail to the Knight of the Post;
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Poor Titus! 'tis now thy Lot
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To pay for all the Rost:
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From Wine and six Dishes a day
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Is sure a deplorable Fate,
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To fall to the Basket, and pray
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For an Alms through an Iron-grate.
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II.
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Titus who once was a Prince,
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Now Titus a Captive in Gaol;
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Titus who lov'd a Wench,
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Or anything wore a Tail;
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Titus who made a full pass
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At a following Bum in the Room,
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Is clapt up himself by th' A---,
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And cannot reverse his Doom.
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III.
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Did Titus swear true for the King,
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And is the good Doctor forsworn?
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Did Titus our Freedom bring,
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And Otes in Newgate mourn?
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Was Titus the Light of the Town,
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The Saviour and Guardian proclaim'd,
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And now the poor Doctor thrown
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To a Dungeon, in Darkness damn'd?
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IV.
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But now, to declare the cause,
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I'll tell you as brief as I can,
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The Doctor can't in the close
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Prove Titus an honest Man:
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Can Titus be just to the King,
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From Treason and Treachery free,
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When the Doctor hangs in a String,
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For Plotting and Perjury?
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V.
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For Damage the Doctor has done,
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Poor Titus is got in the Pound,
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'Till the Doctor produce the Sum,
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Full Thirty thousand pound:
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If you knew on what damnable score
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Such perilous words he brought forth,
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You'd say his false TONGUE cost more
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Than ever his Head was worth.
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VI.
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The Doctor an Evidence
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Against our Great DUKE did come in;
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Nay, such was his Insolence,
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To impeach our Gracious QUEEN:
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For which such Indictments are brought,
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Such Actions of Scandal crowd in,
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That Titus could wish, 'tis thought,
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He were out of the Doctors Skin.
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VII.
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Nay, further, while Titus swore
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For the Safety and Life of the KING,
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The Doctor began to roar,
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And belch'd out his poyson'd Sting:
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The Doctor for Titus may stretch,
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H'has so brought his bus'ness about,
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Without the kind help of Ketch
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It's fear'd he will scarce get out.
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VIII.
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Through sixteen close Key-holes, 'tis plain,
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Invisible Titus did pass,
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And the Doctor got back again,
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To catch a great Don at Mass:
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But now they are both in the Trap,
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a Wager but Jack in the Fields,
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Tho' Titus may chance to 'scape,
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Has the Doctor fast by the heels.
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