Have You any Work for a COOPER? OR, A COMPARISON
Betwixt a Cooper's,
and a Joyner's
Trade,
Wherein their Qualities are both display'd:
But still the Cooper,
as you Here may sind,
The Joyner
does Excell in ev'ry Kind.
The Tune, The Fryar and the Nun,
&c.
THE
Cooper, and the
Joyner, are Two famous Trades:
They both are cunning Work-men; they both are crafty Lads:
They both can varnish off their Work; both will you Trepan:
Yet say what you will, the Cooper
is the — Man.
They both have their Trade well, to give the
Devil his Due;
Nay, some stick not to say, He was their Master too:
But though the
Joyner do appear the more Active Blade;
Yet say what you will, the Cooper
is the — Lad.
They both work in Timber, but not in the same Wood:
The
Cooper works in
Ash, that Hilts makes firm and good
For the Axe, that on the Head all Lordly Traitours knocks:
Yet say what you will, the Cooper
is the — Fox.
The
Joyner he (of late) work't for Life 'bout a Tree,
Like the Old
Tripple-Oak, which near
Hide-Park you see;
Where many Trait'rous
Pendulums have had a shrewd Disaster:
Yet say what you will, the Cooper
is their — Master.
The
Cooper he hoops Hogsheads, and a Hole i'th' Side leaves open;
The
Joyner he Joynes all Things, except a Neck that's broken:
Though both were wrapt up in the Smock of their
City-Mother;
Yet say what you will, the Cooper's —
Th' Elder-Brother.
The
Cooper on his Friends, late casts a Squinting-Eye:
The
Joyner too of late, does shrewdly look a-wry.
And though they do, in this one Point, both of them agree:
Yet say what you will, the Cooper's —
Ipse He.
Both are True
Protestants, and of the Newest Stamp,
(Such as
Jack Presbyter does with an
Atheist Vamp:)
Both the Glory of the Church; both in the old Way bred;
Yet say what you will, the Cooper
is its — Head.
The
Cooper he can make a Speech to be admir'd:
The
Joyner too can prate, as if he were inspir'd;
It seems his Clapper is well hung, (I wish them well hung both;)
Yet say what you will, the Cooper
is the — Youth.
They both went to
Oxford, to Study, I suppose;
But not both of One
Colledge, yet both of
Brazen-Nose:
But One of them staid behind, his Degrees to take there:
And say what you will, the Cooper
is a — Quaker.
The
University discovered soon their Parts:
But it had never yet There, Masters of such Arts:
Each of them for the
Good Old Cause, doubtless is a Right Boy:
Yet say what you will, the Cooper
is the — White-Boy.
The
[...]
[...] about Town, is now the
Cooper's Cry;
The
King Dissolves, then cryes the
Joyner by and by;
And the
People do Resolve, is the
Rabble's Vogue:
Yet say what you will, the Cooper
is the — Rogue.
Creat Schollars stood amaz'd, to hear the
Cooper plead;
And wonder'd too to hear, what the Learned
Joyner said:
He of all the Bawling Curs, is the Chief Controuler:
But say what you will, the Cooper
is — Old Jouler.
The
Cooper is, you know; Chief Work-man to a
Brewer;
The
Joyner work't for both, but make not Work so sure;
As apppear'd not long agoe, much to the
Cooper's Grief:
Yet say what you will, the Cooper's a — Sly Thief.
The
Cooper by his Calling, does often work with Fools;
The
Joyner does the same too, and uses the same Tools:
And though he be accounted, by all a Subtle Slave;
Yet say what you will, the Cooper
is the — Knave.
The
Cooper is an Elder-man of Fame and Renown;
The
Joyner is likewise a Free-man of the
Town:
And though he wears no Gown, he did lately wear a Chain;
Yet say what you will, the Cooper
merits —
Twain.
Both (like their Fellow-Tradesmen) can Cant and Cringe, to Cheat
Their Customers with Wares, False and Adulterate;
And sell too their own Fathers, for a Penny in the Shilling:
Yet say what you will, the Cooper
is the — Villain.
They both can Yea and Nay, both can Profess, to get
Unwary silly
Wood-Cocks into their Treacherous Net:
Both can snear like
Saints, with Carriage wondrous Civil;
Yet say what you will, the Cooper
is a — Devil.
The
Cooper he is free to work i'th'
Tower all Day;
But not with th'
Popish Lords, at Pins or Bowls to Play;
Or any such Prophane Game, whereof the
Pope's Contriver:
Yet say what you will, the Cooper's
the — Top-driver.
The
Joyner has a Freedom herein beyond the
Cooper;
For he i'th' open Field, with
Ketch may play a Rubber:
And though he were so mad, his Neck to venture at one Stake there;
Yet say what you will, the Cooper's
the — Match-Maker.
The
Cooper he has been a
Parliament-Cavalier;
The
Joyner had been for the Next Election fair,
Had he not late miscarry'd by the
Member's Division;
Yet say what you will, Cooper's
the — Politician.
All you can for the
Joyner say, (say your Best, or Worst)
Is, That he had the Honour to be
Exalted first.
Well, I'le to oblige you, grant that Part of your Text:
Yet say what you will, the Cooper
will be —
Next.
Now, pray take Notice all of you, what-e're you are,
That 'fore the Noble
Cooper, the
Joyner do prefer;
You must confess, That if with him in any sort compar'd,
E'en say what you will, the Cooper
is a — Laird.
FINIS.
LONDON, Printed for R. H. in the YEAR 1681.