TIIE o 110 666 ITICAL SHOWMAN-AT HOME ! EXHIblTING HIS CABINET OF CURIOSITIES AND Creatures 311 BY THE AUTHOR OF THE POLITICAL HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. Kutiyttn. " I lighted 0:1 a certain place where was a Dfn WITH TWENTY-FOUR CUTS. Tl:i pulrid ami mouldering carcase of ixploded Ltgil llr. Lantbtv . j8tntl) CEttton. _ LONDON: PRINTED FOR WILLIAM HONE, 45, LUDGATE-H1LL 1821. OM. PruiieJ by W. Hone, 45. Ludgat* Hill, London. THE PRESS, invented much about the same time with the Reformation, hath done more mischief to the discipline of our Church, than all the doctrine can make amends for. 'Twas an happy time, when all learning was in manuscript, and some little officer did keep the keys of the library ! Now, since PRINTING came into the world, such is the mischief, that a man can- not write a book but presently he is answered! There have been ways found out to fine not the people, but even the grounds and fields where they assembled : but no art yet could pre- vent these SEDITIOUS MEETINGS OF LETTERS ! Two or three brawny fellows iu a corner, with meer ink and elbow-grease, do more harm than an hundred systematic divines- Their ugly printing letters, that look but like so many rotten teeth, how oft have they been pulled out by the public tooth-drawers ! And yet these rascally operators of the press have got a trick to fasten them again in a few minutes, that they grow as firm a set, and as biting and talkative as ever ! O PRINTING! how hast thou " disturbed thepeace!" Lead, when moulded into bullets, is not so mortal as when founded into letters/ There was a mistake sure in the story of Cadmus; and the serpent's teeth which he sowed, were nothing else but the letters which he invented. MaroelVs Rehearsal transproscd, 4to, l6?2. Being marked only with four and twenty letters, variously transposed by the help of a PRINTING PRESS, PAPER works miracles. The Devil dares no more come near a Stationer'! heap, or a Printer's Office, than Rati dare put their noses into a Cheesemonger's Shop. A Whip for the Devil, IdCiQ. p. 92. THE SHOWMAN. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, Walk up! walk up! and see the CURIOSITIES and CREATURES aty alive ! alive O ! Walk up ! now's your time ! only a shilling. Please to walk up ! * Here is the strangest and most wonderful artificial CABINET in Europe! made of NOTHING but lacker'd brass, turnery, and papier mache all FBET work and varnish, held together by steel points ! very CRAZY, but very CURIOUS! Please to walk in, Ladies and Gentlemen it's well worth seeing! Here are the most wonderful of all wonderful LIV- ING ANIMALS. Take care ! Don't go within their reach they mind nobody but me ! A short time ago they got loose, and, with some other vermin that came from their holes and corners, desperately attacked a LADY ofr QUALITY; but, as luck would have it, 7, and my ' four and twenty men,' happened to come in at the very moment; we ' pulPd" away, and pre- vented 'em from doing her a serious mischief. Though they look tame, their vicious dispositions are unchanged. If any thing was to happen to me, they'd soon break out again, and shew their natural ferocity. I'm in continual danger from 'em myself for if I didn't watch 'em closely they'd destroy ME. As the clown says, ' there never z&as such times,' so there's no telling what tricks they may play yet. Ladies and Gentlemen, these animals have been exhibited at Court, before the KING, and all the Royal Family ! Indeed His Majesty is so fond of 'em that he often sees 'em in pri- vate, and feeds 'em ; and he is so diverted by 'em that he has been pleased to express his gracious approbation of all their motions. But they're as cunning as the old one himself! Bless you, he does not know a thousandth part of their tricks. You, Ladies and Gentlemen, may see 'em just as they are! 'the BEASTS and REPTILES all alive! alive O! and the BIG BOOBY all a-light ! alight O ! Walk in, Ladies and Gentlemen ! walk in ! just a-going to begin. Stir 'em up! Stir 'em up there with the long pole! Before I describe the ANIMALS, please to look at the SHOW-CLOTH opposite fpr 3 The CURIOSITIES have labels under them, which the com- pany can read. ----- COURT VERMIN that buzz round And fly-blow the King's car; make him suspect His wisest, faithfullest, best counsellors Who, for themselves and their dependants, seize All places, and all profits; and who wrest, To their own ends, the statutes of the land, Or safely break them. Southey's Joan of Arc. b. x. IT #bee creating gece not to tedje bg to corecte otoc maner and amende our Ipupnge. Dialog of Creatures Moralysed. Prologs . To exalt virtue, expose vice, promote truth, and help men to serious reflection, is my first moving cause and last directed end. De Foe's Review, -Ho., 1705, Preface. Oh that I dared To basket up the family of plagues That waste our vitals; peculation, sale Of honour, perjury, corruption, frauds By forgery, by subterfuge of law, By tricks and lies ------- Then cast them, closely bundled, every brat At the right door I Cowper. NOTE. All the Drawings are by Mr. GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. > " JUGLATOR REGIS." Strutt's Sports, 188. a most officious Diudge, His face an.d. gown drawn oat wi\(i th *a.me l>wdge, His pendant Pouch, which is both large and wide, Looks like a Letters-patent: He is as awful, as he had beeu sent From Moses with the eleventh commandement. Ep. Corbet's Poemt, 1672, p- " He begins his DECISION by saying, flaving had doubts upon this for twenty years. Maddock's Chancery Practice, Fief. ix. He is like a tight rope dancer, who, whenever he leans on one side, counteracts his position by a corresponding declination on the other, and, by this means, keeps himself in a most xlf -satisfied equipoise. Retrospective Renew, No. V. p. 1 15. Trust not the cunning waters of hi eyes: His eyes drop millstones. Shaksfeare. BAGS. fa Scruple Balance.} 'tis the veriest madness, to live poor, And die with Bags- Gifforft Juvenal, Sat. xiv. DUBIUS is such a scrupulous good man Yes you may catch him tripping, if you can ! He would not, with a PEREMPTORY tone, Assert the nose upon his face HIS OWN With HESITATION, admirably slow, He humbly hopes presumes it MAY be so. Through constant dread of giving truth offence, He ties up all his hearers in SUSPENSE ! His sole opinion, whatsoe'er befall, Cent'ring, AT LAST, in having NONE AT .ALL. Cowper. Well! he is a nimble gentleman; set him upon BANKES, his horse, in a saddle rampant, and it is a great question, which part of the Centaur shews better tricks. CUttflaafi Potmt, 16C5, r. 1!:J By some the Crocodile is classed among fishes. A person born under this Zodiacal Sign,(Pisces), shall ' be a mocker and shall be covetous, he will say one thing and doe another, he shall find money, he will trust in his sapience, and shall have good fortune, he shall be a defender of Orphelint and widdozces and shall live Ixxiii year aud v months after nature.' Shepheard's Calender, 1497. c. liii. Pitty not him, but fear thyself, Though thou see the crafty elfe Tell down his silver-drops unto tliee, They're counterfit, and will undoe thee. Crashavj's Poemt, 1670, p. 1 J2- A CROCODILE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I begin the Exhibition with the Crocodile, which is of the Lizard tribe ; yet, from his facility of creeping through narrow and intricate ways, he has been classed among SER- PENTS.* He has a monstrous appetite, his swallow is im- mense, and his legs are placed side-ways. It is a vulgar error to suppose that he cannot turn ; for, although he is in appearance very heavy, and his back very strong, and proof against the hardest blows, yet he is so pliable, that he can wheel round with the utmost facility. When in his HAUNT, and apparently torpid, he sometimes utters a piteous whine of distress almost human ; sheds tears, and, attracting the unwary, suddenly darts upon a man and gorges him with all he has. His claws are very long and tenacious. If a victim eludes his grasp, he infallibly secures him by his FLEET power. He is sometimes used for purposes of state and show, and his BAGS are much coveted for their peculiar qualities, t * By Lirmxus, t Goldsmith's Animated Nature, v. 283. fl Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns, and turns, to indicate From tehat point blows the weather ; Look up. Camper. Having by much dress, and secrecy, and dissimulation, as it were periwigged? his sin, aud covered his shauie, he looks after no other innocence but concealment. Bp. South'* Sermons. A MASK. (an Incrustation aRelique.J A shallow brain behind a serious mask, An oracle within an empty cask, A solemn fop. A sooty Film. Coiiper. The THING on Earth Least qualified in honour, learning, worth, To occupy a sacred, awful post, In which the best and worthiest tremble most. The ROY AT, LETTERS are a thing of course, A King, that would, might recommend his horse ; And deans, no doubt, and chapters, with one voice, As bound in duty, would confirm the choice. *********** A piece of mere CHURCH-FURNITURE at best. Cowper. * There is a similarity, amounting almost to 'absolute identity, in the two Greek words that signify an Impostor and a Perfect?: 4>ia|;-axo( Impostor. , ) Periwig. Hcderici Lexicon, There are a number of us creep Into this world, to eat and sleep; And know no reason why they're born, But merely to consume the corn. Wattt on Ear. L. i. Ep. ii. 27. Very grievous were they; before them there were uo such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such : for they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened. Exodus, x. 11,15. THE LOCUST. ANJ> GENTLEMEN, The Locust is a destructive insect, of the GRILL us trjbe. T,hey are so numerous, and so rapacious, that they may ,Ue. compared to an ARMY, pursuing its march to devour Mie fruits of the earth, as an instrument of divine displeasure towards a devoted country. They .have LEADERS, who direct their motions in preying on the labours of man in fertile regions. No insect is more formidable in places where they breed : for they either whatever they touch. It is im- possib;le to recount the terrible devastations which historians and travellers relate that they have committed at different times, in various parts of the world. Many are so venomous, that persons handling them are immediately stung, and seized with shivering and trembling ; but it has been discovered that, ^ most cases, their hateful qualities are completely assuaged by palm oil.* Goldsmith, vi. 21. It preys upon and destroys itself with its own poison. It is of so malignant and ruinous a. nature, that it ruins itself with tlie rest ; aud with rage mangles and tears itself to pieces. Montaigne, v. 3. t. xi. " A SCORPION. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, The Scorpion is a REPTI LE that resembles the common lobster, but is much more hideous. They are very terrible to mankind, on account of their size and malignity, and their large crooked stings. They often assault and kill people in their houses. In ITALY, and some other parts of Europe, they are the greatest pests of mankind ; but their venom is most dreadful in the East. An inferior species sally forth at certain seasons, in battalions; scale houses that stand in the way of their march ; wind along the course of rivers; and on their retreat entrench themselves. Scorpions are so iras- cible, that they will attempt to sting a constable's staff ; yet even a harmless little MOUSE* destroyed three of them, one after the other, by acting on the defensive, survived their venomous wounds, and seemed pleased with its victory. When in a confined space, they exert all their rage against each other, and there is nothing to be seen but universal carnage. If this mutual destruction did not prevail, they would multiply so fast as to render some countries uninhabit- able. f * Confined for thrsale of experiment in a vessel, by Maupertuis. t Goldsmith, v. 428. THE LOBSTER. 1 they preferre Broiles before Rest, and placo their Peace in Warre. Du Bartca, 4 to. 151. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, The Lobster is very similar to the scorpion. It is armed with two great claws, by the help of which it moves itself forwards. They entrench themselves in places that can be easily defended where they acquire defensive and offensive armour. They issue forth from their fortresses in hope of plunder, and to surprise such inadvertent and weak animals as come within their reach. They have little to apprehend except from each other, the more powerful being formidable enemies to the weaker. They sometimes continue in the same habitations for a long time together ; in general they get new coats once a year. When in hot water they make a great noise, attack any one that puts a hand towards them, and know- ing their danger, use violent efforts to escape. In a sufficient heat they change their colours.* * Goldsmith, v. 163. : =- With huge fat places stored, A prop that helps to shoulder up the state. Tom of Bedlam, folio. U01- p. 4. -: a Crutch that helps the weak along, Supports the_fWe but retards the strong. Smith. He knows not what it is to feel within A comprehensive faculty, that grasps Great purposes with ease, that turns aud wields, Almost without an effort, plans too vast For bis conception, which he cannot move. Cooper. One of that class of individuals of but moderate talents, who by habitual exercise of their facul- ties are enabled to figure in the world by mere imitation ; to become learned moralists, jurists, and theologians; to go through the ceremonies of professional life with an imposing gravity and regularity, and to run round the mill-horse circle of routine with a scrupulous precision. Sir C. Morgan'* Phil, of Life, 3TO A PRIME CRUTCH. (Froin the Westminster Infirmary Upper Ward). HE fondly ' IMITATES' that wondrous LAD, That durst assay the sun's bright flaming team ; Spite of whose feeble hands, the hprses mad Fling down on burning .earth >the scorching beam ; So MADE the fame in zchich HIMSELF was fired ; THE WORLD THE BONFIRE WAS when HE expired!* Like HIM of Epheaus, HE HAD WHAT HE DESIRED. FUtcher't Purple Island. * The ' LAD' died in the midst of war, ejaculating heaven to save the country from the miseries of his system of misrule. I don't thiuk myself obliged to play tricks with my own neck, by putting it under hit feet, to inform myself whether he wears sparrow-bills in his shoes or no. AsgiU's Defence, 171S, ? 15. THE OPOSSUM. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, This is a quick climbing animul ; but is, in other respects, heavy and helpless. When it is pursued on level ground and overtaken, it feigns itself dead, to deceive the hunters. A faculty in its seat, enables it to suspend itself from a high branch, by that part, for a long time together; and, in this position, watching for whatever is weak that conies within its reach, it falls upon it and usually destroys it. By this elevating power in its nether end, it not only seizes its prey more securely, but preserves itself from pursuers ; look- ing down on them, in a sort of upright position, heels up- wards. It is very domesticated, but proves a disagreeable inmate, from its scent; which, however fragrant in small quan- tities, is uniformly ungrateful when copiously supplied. It is a BO ROUGHING creature.* * Goldsmith, iii. 322. Stedman'i Surinam. Sliaw's Zoology. Full of business, bustle, and chicanery; Dibdin's Bibl. Decam. in. 301. An odious and vile kind of creatures that fly about the House; B. Jonson's IHscon. They seem descending, at some direful blow, To nibble brimstone in the realms below! Salmagundi, 139. Suppose one to be " boring" ou one side for two hours, and his opponent to be " bothering" fora like period on the other ride, what must be the consequence? Sir Jos. Yorke, in H. of Com. March 30, 1821. Of torrent tongue, and never blushing face ; Knaves, who, in truth's despite, Can white to black transform, and black to white ! Gifford's Juvenal, Sat. iii. When they were fewer, men might have had a Lordship safely conveyed to them in a piece of parchment no bigger than your hand, though several sheets will not do it safely in this wiser age. Walton's Angler, (4to. Bagster) pS. They'll argue as confidently as if they spoke gospel instead of law ; they'll cite you six hundred several Precedents, though not one of them come near to the case in hand; they'll muster up the authority of Judgments, Deeds, Glosses, and Reports, and tumble over so many dusty Records, that they make their employ, though in itself easy, the greatest slavery imaginable; always ac. counting that the best plea which they havo took most pains for. Erasmus of Folly, 96. In other countries, they make tews upon laws and add precepts upon precepts, till the endless number of them makes the fundamental part to be forgotten ; leaving nothing but a confused heap of explanations, which may cause ignorant people to doubt whether there is really any thing meant by the laws or not. Bp. Berkeley's Gaudentio di Lucca, 166. In the country of the Furr'd Law-cats, they gripe all, devour all, conskite all, burn all, draw all, hang all, quarter all, behead all, murder all, imprison all, waste all, and ruin all, without the least notice of right or wrong : for among thfm vice is called virtue ; wickedness, piety ; trea- son, loyalty ; robbery, justice : Plunder is their motto ; and ail this they do, because they Sare. Gripe-men-all, the Chief of the Furr'd Law-cats, said to Pantagruel ' Our Laws are like cobwebs ; your silly little flies are stopt, caught, and destroy'd therein, but your stronger ones break them, and force and carry them which way they please. 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