Restauranda, or, The necessity of publick repairs, by setling of a certain and royal yearly revenue for the king or the way to a well-being for the king and his people, proposed by the establishing of a fitting reveue for him, and enacting some necessary and wholesome laws for the people.
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           Restauranda
           :
           OR
           THE
           NECESSITY
           OF
           Publick
           Repairs
           ,
           By
           setling
           of
           a
           certain
           and
           Royal
           yearly
           REVENUE
           FOR
           THE
           KING
           .
           OR
           The
           Way
           to
           a
           well-being
           for
           the
           KING
           and
           His
           PEOPLE
           ,
           proposed
           by
           the
           Establishing
           of
           a
           fitting
           Revenue
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           Enacting
           some
           Necessary
           and
           Wholsome
           Laws
           for
           the
           PEOPLE
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Richard
             Hodgkinson
          
           ,
           for
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Abel
             Roper
          
           ,
           at
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           over
           against
           Saint
           Dunstons
           Church
           in
           Fleetstreet
           ,
           1662.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           REGI
           ET
           PATRIAE
           VERISQUE
           HONORIS
           ET
           FELICITATIS
           ANGLIAE
           CULTORIBUS
           ,
           HASCE
           VELUTI
           MATERIARUM
           SEDES
           ,
           DICAT
           DEDICATQUE
           
             FABIANUS
             PHILIPPS
          
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           CONTENTS
           OF
           THE
           CHAPTERS
           .
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             I.
             REvenues
             of
             the
             Kings
             of
             
               England
               .
               Pag.
               6
            
          
           
             CHAP.
             II.
             Supplies
             and
             Additions
             to
             the
             Royal
             Revenues
             ,
             and
             the
             many
             cares
             taken
             therein
             by
             Parliaments
             and
             otherwise
             .
             
               p.
               14
            
          
           
             CHAP.
             III.
             Ruine
             and
             decay
             of
             the
             Revenues
             .
             
               p.
               30
            
          
           
             CHAP.
             IV.
             The
             Remedies
             .
             
               p.
               58
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Some
           Errata's
           or
           faults
           escaped
           the
           Printer
           ,
           which
           the
           Reader
           is
           intreated
           to
           correct
           and
           amend
           in
           this
           manner
           .
        
         
           PAge
           2
           line
           15
           dele
           by
           ,
           p.
           7.
           l.
           10
           dele
           may
           ,
           p.
           27
           l.
           26.
           for
           their
           read
           the
           ,
           p.
           68.
           l.
           14.
           
             interfere
             ,
             had
             in
             principio
             ,
             &
             dele
             ,
             in
             fine
             ,
          
           p.
           69.
           l.
           5.
           for
           
             and
             worser
             .
             or
             worse
          
           ,
           and
           l.
           29.
           for
           which
           r.
           and
           p.
           58.
           for
           Chap.
           l.
           r.
           Chap.
           IV.
           p.
           81.
           l.
           23.
           dele
           that
           ,
           p
           ▪
           83
           l.
           31.
           dele
           and
           and
           〈◊〉
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Restauranda
           ,
           OR
           The
           necessity
           of
           Publick
           Repairs
           ,
           by
           the
           setling
           of
           a
           certain
           and
           Royall
           yearly
           Revenue
           for
           the
           KING
           .
           OR
           The
           Way
           to
           a
           well-being
           for
           the
           KING
           and
           his
           PEOPLE
           proposed
           ,
           by
           the
           establishing
           of
           a
           fitting
           Revenue
           for
           Him
           ,
           and
           Enacting
           some
           necessary
           and
           wholsome
           Lawes
           for
           the
           People
           .
        
         
           A
           Long
           course
           of
           time
           ,
           
             &
             Annosa
             vetustas
          
           ,
           which
           weares
           out
           and
           subdues
           the
           most
           stubborne
           Rocks
           and
           Marbles
           ,
           and
           crumbles
           into
           dust
           and
           ruin
           things
           of
           long
           duration
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           necessities
           ,
           cares
           and
           affairs
           ,
           which
           do
           usually
           busie
           Crowns
           and
           Princes
           and
           their
           Royall
           Revenues
           
           in
           the
           protection
           and
           welfare
           of
           themselves
           and
           the
           people
           committed
           to
           their
           charge
           ,
           may
           without
           the
           inconsiderate
           censures
           of
           those
           who
           think
           much
           of
           every
           Ayde
           and
           Contribution
           which
           they
           give
           towards
           the
           effecting
           or
           support
           of
           their
           own
           and
           their
           posterities
           happiness
           ,
           be
           well
           supposed
           to
           be
           no
           small
           cause
           of
           wasting
           and
           lessening
           those
           Royal
           supports
           or
           means
           which
           our
           Kings
           of
           England
           have
           heretofore
           had
           to
           do
           it
           withall
           ,
           and
           as
           streams
           running
           far
           from
           their
           springs
           and
           fountains
           without
           the
           help
           or
           company
           of
           other
           waters
           to
           augment
           or
           goe
           along
           with
           them
           ,
           may
           be
           allowed
           more
           then
           a
           little
           to
           drie
           up
           or
           languish
           ,
           and
           might
           silence
           the
           murmur
           and
           complaints
           of
           those
           who
           can
           be
           content
           to
           beg
           &
           get
           all
           they
           can
           from
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           by
           too
           often
           by
           false
           pretences
           concealing
           the
           worth
           or
           value
           of
           what
           they
           ask
           of
           him
           ,
           doe
           gain
           thereby
           ten
           times
           more
           then
           they
           seem
           to
           request
           ,
           or
           he
           intends
           to
           give
           them
           ,
           and
           making
           no
           scruple
           to
           deceive
           him
           ,
           which
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           never
           taught
           them
           when
           he
           commanded
           to
           give
           to
           Caesar
           that
           which
           was
           Caesars
           ,
           think
           it
           is
           Kingly
           to
           be
           cozened
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           can
           never
           give
           ,
           or
           be
           deceived
           too
           much
           ;
           yet
           when
           he
           comes
           to
           demand
           any
           help
           or
           assistance
           from
           them
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           but
           for
           a
           publick
           good
           and
           their
           own
           preservation
           ,
           can
           crie
           out
           ,
           burdens
           and
           oppressions
           ,
           and
           as
           if
           he
           were
           some
           Ocean
           ,
           never
           to
           be
           drawn
           drie
           ,
           or
           Mountain
           never
           to
           be
           digged
           down
           or
           exhausted
           ;
           an
           Elixir
           to
           transmute
           and
           enrich
           others
           without
           any
           wast
           or
           diminution
           of
           its
           self
           ,
           or
           the
           Sun
           in
           the
           firmament
           ,
           which
           can
           enlighten
           ,
           heat
           ,
           and
           nourish
           all
           things
           and
           be
           never
           the
           worse
           for
           it
           ,
           marvail
           how
           he
           can
           come
           to
           want
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           doe
           believe
           him
           to
           be
           in
           any
           necessity
           ,
           are
           ready
           to
           lay
           the
           
           cause
           or
           blame
           of
           it
           upon
           his
           Officers
           for
           taking
           more
           care
           of
           their
           own
           Estates
           then
           his
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           thriving
           way
           of
           Arithmetick
           ,
           by
           substracting
           from
           his
           to
           increase
           and
           multiply
           their
           own
           ;
           whilest
           many
           who
           have
           but
           lately
           tasted
           of
           his
           bounty
           ,
           or
           whose
           Fathers
           ,
           Grandfathers
           or
           Ancestors
           have
           lest
           them
           goodly
           Inheritances
           ,
           which
           were
           either
           of
           the
           guift
           of
           the
           King
           or
           his
           Progenitors
           ;
           or
           purchased
           and
           gained
           by
           beneficial
           offices
           and
           places
           or
           imployments
           under
           them
           ,
           can
           look
           upon
           every
           Subsidy
           ,
           Tax
           or
           Assessment
           as
           a
           blast
           ,
           or
           mildew
           of
           their
           corn
           ,
           some
           plague
           or
           epidemicall
           disease
           ,
           or
           a
           greater
           national
           calamity
           ,
           and
           give
           them
           no
           better
           an
           aspect
           or
           entertainment
           then
           the
           children
           of
           Israel
           did
           their
           Egyptian
           Tax-masters
           when
           they
           were
           commanded
           to
           make
           their
           Tale
           of
           Brick
           and
           gather
           the
           straw
           ,
           though
           they
           never
           repine
           or
           grumble
           at
           the
           same
           time
           at
           ten
           times
           a
           greater
           sum
           to
           a
           Merry-meeting
           or
           a
           Feast
           ,
           or
           spent
           in
           a
           horse-race
           ,
           a
           thousand
           or
           five
           hundred
           pounds
           lost
           in
           a
           night
           at
           dice
           ,
           three
           or
           four
           hundred
           pounds
           spent
           in
           a
           Treatment
           or
           Banquet
           ,
           or
           the
           large
           or
           sinfull
           expensive
           vanities
           of
           themselves
           and
           their
           wives
           and
           children
           .
        
         
           And
           too
           many
           ,
           who
           would
           be
           thought
           to
           be
           better
           Subjects
           and
           Patriots
           then
           others
           ,
           can
           seem
           to
           hate
           a
           Civil
           warre
           ,
           shrink
           at
           the
           imagination
           of
           the
           miseries
           thereof
           ,
           tremble
           at
           a
           forreign
           Invasion
           Free-quarter
           ,
           Plunder
           ,
           and
           the
           Outrage
           of
           Souldiers
           ;
           complain
           of
           want
           of
           Trade
           ,
           or
           the
           guarding
           of
           the
           Seas
           ;
           boast
           of
           the
           ancient
           honour
           and
           glory
           due
           unto
           their
           Nation
           ,
           and
           take
           a
           pleasure
           to
           recount
           it
           to
           their
           children
           ,
           or
           read
           it
           in
           their
           Histories
           ,
           and
           not
           a
           few
           also
           who
           in
           our
           late
           twenty
           years
           rebellion
           ,
           and
           the
           spoils
           and
           afflictions
           
           which
           attended
           it
           ,
           could
           drive
           honester
           men
           then
           themselves
           into
           Taxes
           and
           Assessements
           ,
           and
           think
           a
           million
           and
           a
           half
           in
           yearly
           Assessements
           for
           some
           years
           together
           ,
           besides
           a
           fifth
           part
           of
           their
           real
           Estates
           ,
           a
           twentieth
           of
           their
           personal
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           of
           their
           Depredations
           amounting
           to
           more
           then
           all
           the
           Taxes
           and
           Aydes
           put
           together
           ,
           which
           for
           five
           hundred
           years
           last
           past
           were
           imposed
           by
           our
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           ,
           to
           be
           little
           enough
           to
           sacrifice
           to
           a
           mistaken
           godliness
           ,
           will
           notwithstanding
           doe
           as
           very
           little
           as
           they
           can
           to
           contribute
           any
           thing
           to
           the
           procuring
           and
           enjoying
           the
           blessings
           of
           peace
           and
           plenty
           ,
           or
           avoyd
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           And
           do
           never
           so
           well
           esteem
           of
           their
           own
           policies
           ,
           as
           when
           they
           can
           by
           pretences
           of
           debts
           ,
           poverty
           ,
           or
           charge
           of
           children
           ,
           shift
           of
           necessary
           and
           publick
           duties
           ,
           and
           by
           undervaluing
           of
           their
           own
           Estates
           ,
           or
           overvaluing
           others
           ,
           make
           as
           smal
           an
           offering
           as
           they
           can
           to
           their
           oathes
           of
           Allegiance
           and
           Supremacy
           ,
           and
           necessities
           of
           their
           Prince
           and
           Defender
           of
           their
           Faith
           as
           well
           as
           their
           Estates
           .
        
         
           And
           too
           too
           many
           whilst
           they
           cannot
           but
           acknowledge
           if
           Scripture
           and
           the
           Lawes
           of
           God
           and
           man
           may
           be
           their
           guide
           and
           directors
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           lately
           by
           Gods
           mercy
           and
           a
           miracle
           redeemed
           them
           and
           their
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           out
           of
           a
           slavery
           which
           stuck
           like
           a
           leprosie
           ,
           and
           was
           like
           to
           be
           entailed
           upon
           them
           and
           their
           posterities
           ,
           rescued
           Religion
           ,
           and
           gave
           them
           their
           Lands
           and
           Estates
           again
           which
           the
           just
           Lawes
           of
           the
           Land
           once
           called
           their
           Birthright
           had
           forfeited
           unto
           him
           ,
           can
           by
           an
           unheard
           and
           not
           easily
           to
           be
           believed
           ingratitude
           ,
           after
           his
           Act
           of
           Oblivion
           and
           Free-pardon
           ,
           neither
           
           deserved
           nor
           purchased
           ,
           and
           preferments
           bestowed
           upon
           them
           ,
           fall
           into
           such
           an
           oblivion
           as
           nature
           abhorres
           ,
           and
           humanity
           must
           needs
           blush
           at
           ,
           and
           not
           offer
           any
           thing
           in
           a
           benevolence
           ordered
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           instead
           of
           a
           Tax
           or
           Subsidie
           .
           And
           very
           many
           of
           those
           which
           did
           give
           any
           thing
           (
           some
           loyal
           and
           right-hearted
           excepted
           )
           having
           obtained
           of
           the
           King
           to
           give
           away
           the
           principallest
           Flower
           of
           his
           Crown
           ,
           by
           releasing
           of
           his
           Tenures
           in
           Capite
           and
           by
           
             Knights
             service
          
           ,
           and
           promised
           him
           Tenures
           in
           Corde
           in
           part
           of
           satisfaction
           ,
           would
           not
           be
           pleased
           to
           find
           the
           way
           afterwards
           to
           give
           him
           so
           much
           as
           the
           twentith
           part
           of
           their
           yearly
           vain
           and
           unnecessary
           expences
           towards
           the
           relieving
           of
           the
           publick
           and
           his
           private
           necessities
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           better
           information
           therefore
           of
           all
           such
           who
           are
           unwilling
           to
           part
           with
           a
           Fancy
           ,
           that
           the
           Revenues
           of
           our
           Kings
           of
           England
           are
           immense
           or
           largely
           sufficient
           for
           their
           occasions
           ,
           and
           to
           dispose
           them
           to
           the
           duty
           which
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           and
           Men
           have
           commandded
           and
           directed
           ;
           and
           evidence
           the
           reason
           and
           necessity
           which
           the
           King
           now
           hath
           to
           demand
           a
           supplement
           of
           his
           Revenue
           ,
           and
           for
           his
           good
           people
           of
           England
           not
           to
           deny
           it
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           decayes
           and
           ruins
           thereof
           have
           not
           been
           occasioned
           only
           by
           an
           heretofore
           ill-management
           of
           the
           Finances
           ,
           but
           by
           time
           ,
           and
           an
           age
           of
           many
           ages
           ,
           multiplicity
           of
           expences
           ,
           indulgences
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           necessity
           of
           affirs
           and
           government
           ,
           which
           exhausting
           the
           radicall
           heat
           and
           moysture
           ,
           have
           so
           spent
           the
           spirits
           of
           the
           body
           politick
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           brought
           it
           to
           that
           feinting
           ,
           languishing
           and
           weak
           condition
           it
           is
           now
           in
           .
        
         
           It
           will
           not
           be
           inconvenient
           from
           the
           mountains
           and
           
           hills
           of
           time
           to
           look
           down
           into
           the
           valleys
           of
           the
           ages
           past
           and
           take
           a
           short
           view
           (
           for
           a
           longer
           would
           better
           become
           the
           designe
           of
           a
           Volume
           then
           what
           is
           here
           briefly
           to
           be
           represented
           )
           of
           the
           Revenues
           of
           our
           Kings
           of
           England
           before
           and
           since
           the
           Conquest
           .
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             I.
             Revenues
             of
             the
             Kings
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             IN
             the
             Prospect
             whereof
             it
             will
             be
             more
             then
             a
             conjecture
             ,
             that
             those
             of
             the
             Saxon
             race
             ,
             before
             the
             Norman
             Invasion
             ,
             had
             in
             their
             Heptarchy
             (
             except
             Wales
             ,
             and
             the
             barren
             and
             mountainous
             part
             of
             our
             Britain
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             distressed
             Reliques
             of
             that
             Nation
             had
             for
             shelter
             and
             safety
             retired
             )
             the
             most
             part
             of
             the
             Lands
             and
             Revenues
             of
             the
             British
             Kings
             ;
             that
             Egbert
             King
             of
             the
             West
             Saxons
             ,
             and
             Alured
             ,
             and
             after
             them
             Edgar
             sole
             Monarch
             of
             Albion
             and
             the
             Saxon
             Dominions
             ,
             and
             his
             Successors
             ,
             having
             possessed
             themselves
             of
             all
             the
             other
             Kings
             Estates
             ,
             could
             not
             probably
             be
             without
             very
             large
             Demeasnes
             and
             Revenues
             ,
             and
             that
             not
             only
             they
             ,
             but
             all
             the
             succeeding
             Saxon
             Kings
             have
             made
             the
             support
             of
             themselves
             Regality
             ,
             Government
             ,
             and
             Affaires
             in
             and
             by
             the
             constant
             and
             certain
             Revenues
             and
             profits
             of
             their
             Lands
             in
             Demeasne
             and
             Service
             ,
             which
             as
             a
             
               Sacrum
               Patrimonium
            
             and
             concomitant
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             may
             by
             the
             ancient
             Charters
             of
             many
             of
             our
             Kings
             before
             the
             Conquest
             ,
             the
             grant
             of
             the
             Manor
             of
             Malling
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Sussex
             by
             Egbert
             King
             of
             
             the
             West
             Saxons
             ,
             
               in
               An.
               Dom.
            
             838.
             distinction
             of
             Crown
             Lands
             and
             
               Terra
               Regis
            
             (
             a
             great
             part
             of
             which
             were
             no
             other
             then
             what
             was
             since
             ,
             and
             is
             now
             called
             Antient
             Demeasne
             )
             mentioned
             and
             recorded
             in
             
               Doomesday
               book
            
             ,
             that
             
               Liber
               censualis
            
             and
             grand
             Register
             or
             Survey
             of
             the
             Lands
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             precedented
             by
             the
             Book
             or
             Roll
             of
             Winchester
             ,
             made
             by
             King
             Alfred
             or
             Alured
             ,
             a
             resumption
             of
             some
             of
             the
             Crown
             Lands
             in
             the
             reigns
             of
             King
             Stephen
             ,
             Henry
             the
             Second
             ,
             and
             Henry
             the
             Third
             ,
             and
             several
             of
             their
             Successors
             the
             Articles
             enquired
             of
             in
             the
             succeeding
             Eyres
             ,
             a
             Judgment
             in
             6
             Edw.
             1.
             against
             the
             Abbot
             of
             Feversham
             for
             some
             of
             the
             Crown
             lands
             which
             were
             aliened
             by
             King
             Stephen
             .
             And
             the
             opinion
             of
             Bracton
             ,
             a
             Judg
             in
             the
             later
             end
             of
             the
             reign
             of
             King
             Henry
             the
             Third
             
               lib.
               2.
               de
               legibus
               &
               consuetudinibus
               regni
               Angliae
               ,
            
             that
             ,
             
               Est
               res
               quasisacra
               res
               fiscalis
               quae
               dari
               non
               potest
               ,
               nec
               vendi
               ,
               nec
               ad
               alium
               transferri
               a
               principe
               ,
               vel
               a
               rege
               regnante
               ,
               &
               quae
               faciunt
               ipsam
               coronam
               &
               communem
               utilitatem
               respiciunt
               ,
               may
               be
               understood
               to
               be
               unalienable
               .
            
          
           
             And
             by
             the
             casuall
             and
             uncertain
             profits
             &
             revenues
             of
             the
             Crown
             
               Jure
               superioritatis
            
             ,
             which
             to
             such
             as
             shall
             acquaint
             themselves
             with
             the
             Saxon
             Lawes
             ,
             Customes
             ,
             and
             Antiquities
             ,
             will
             appear
             to
             be
             Escheats
             and
             Forfeitures
             ,
             Mines
             Royall
             ,
             Herriots
             ,
             Reliefs
             upon
             the
             deaths
             of
             Tenants
             in
             Capite
             ,
             and
             by
             
               Knights
               Service
            
             (
             which
             in
             those
             more
             gratefull
             times
             amounted
             to
             very
             much
             )
             the
             benefit
             of
             Tolls
             and
             Customes
             ,
             
               Manbote
               ,
               Blood●ite
            
             ,
             with
             many
             other
             Wita's
             and
             
               Wera's
               Capitis
               estimationes
            
             ,
             mulcts
             ,
             penalties
             ,
             and
             fruits
             of
             the
             Kingly
             Prerogative
             ,
             which
             then
             ,
             and
             with
             Wardships
             ,
             Liveries
             ,
             Profits
             of
             
               Annum
               diem
               &
               vastum
            
             Fines
             ,
             Assart
             
             lands
             ,
             and
             Fines
             for
             Incroachments
             ,
             Purprestures
             ,
             and
             divers
             other
             things
             in
             many
             Kings
             reigns
             after
             the
             Conquest
             were
             used
             to
             be
             exactly
             and
             carefully
             collected
             by
             the
             Comites
             ,
             or
             Earles
             and
             Governours
             of
             the
             Shires
             or
             Provinces
             who
             had
             the
             third
             penny
             ,
             then
             accounted
             so
             much
             as
             to
             become
             an
             honourable
             allowance
             for
             their
             collecting
             it
             ;
             and
             the
             Praepositi
             ,
             Shire
             Reeves
             ,
             and
             other
             Officers
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Courts
             of
             Justice
             ,
             as
             well
             great
             as
             small
             ,
             and
             the
             Iters
             and
             Circuits
             of
             the
             Justices
             :
             and
             that
             when
             the
             sinnes
             and
             miseries
             of
             our
             Saxon
             Ancestors
             had
             enriched
             William
             the
             Conqueror
             ,
             and
             entitled
             him
             to
             the
             
               Directum
               Dominium
            
             of
             all
             ,
             and
             the
             
               utile
               Dominium
            
             of
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             lands
             and
             possessions
             of
             England
             :
             and
             he
             had
             given
             away
             much
             of
             it
             to
             his
             great
             Commanders
             ,
             Friends
             ,
             Allies
             &
             Souldiers
             (
             many
             of
             whom
             were
             not
             without
             their
             own
             patrimonies
             and
             great
             possessions
             in
             Normandie
             and
             other
             transmarine
             parts
             )
             and
             glutted
             them
             with
             the
             spoils
             and
             inheritance
             of
             the
             English
             ;
             and
             had
             to
             those
             large
             Territories
             and
             Demeasnes
             which
             he
             reserved
             to
             himself
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Terra
               Regis
            
             and
             antient
             Demeasnes
             of
             King
             Edward
             the
             Confessor
             ,
             which
             he
             united
             to
             the
             Crown
             a
             further
             increase
             by
             the
             no
             small
             Estates
             and
             Inheritances
             of
             some
             of
             his
             after
             unquiet
             great
             Nobility
             ,
             as
             Edwin
             Earl
             of
             
               York
               ,
               Ralph
            
             Earl
             of
             
               Suffolk
               ,
               William
               Fitz-Osberne
            
             Earl
             of
             
               Hereford
               ,
               Edric
            
             surnamed
             the
             Forrester
             
               Howard
               le
               Exul
               ,
               Waltheof
            
             Earl
             of
             Northumberland
             ,
             and
             divers
             other
             of
             the
             English
             and
             Normans
             .
          
           
             That
             which
             most
             concerned
             him
             and
             his
             successors
             in
             the
             reigns
             of
             
               William
               Rufus
            
             and
             Henry
             the
             First
             ,
             the
             former
             of
             whom
             had
             his
             Estate
             augmented
             by
             the
             temporalties
             and
             vacancies
             of
             Bishopricks
             ,
             Abbies
             and
             
             Priories
             ,
             and
             the
             later
             by
             the
             Attainders
             and
             great
             Estates
             and
             Inheritance
             of
             
               Robert
               Mowbray
            
             Earle
             of
             
               Northumberland
               ,
               Robert
               de
               Belesme
            
             Earle
             of
             Arundell
             and
             
               Shrowsbury
               ,
               William
            
             Earle
             of
             Mortaigne
             and
             Cornwall
             ,
             (
             both
             of
             them
             having
             much
             in
             demeasnes
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             deal
             more
             in
             service
             for
             Aydes
             in
             warre
             ,
             holden
             of
             them
             ,
             their
             Coloni
             or
             
               Glebae
               adscriptitii
            
             ,
             socage
             Tenants
             ,
             which
             did
             most
             of
             their
             servile
             works
             without
             money
             ,
             and
             paid
             them
             besides
             an
             annual
             Rent
             in
             corn
             and
             other
             houshold
             provisions
             ,
             )
             was
             to
             quiet
             the
             ruined
             English
             ,
             and
             by
             intermarriages
             of
             them
             and
             the
             Normans
             and
             Forreigners
             and
             other
             establishments
             ,
             to
             assure
             what
             was
             gained
             to
             their
             posterities
             ,
             the
             plenty
             and
             abundance
             whereof
             continuing
             through
             the
             reigns
             of
             King
             Stephen
             and
             King
             Henry
             the
             Second
             ,
             who
             greatly
             inlarged
             his
             Dominions
             by
             the
             Dutchy
             of
             Aquitain
             ,
             Earldomes
             of
             
               Aniou
               ,
               Main
               ,
               Poictou
               Touraine
               ,
            
             and
             other
             Provinces
             and
             parts
             of
             France
             ,
             the
             Lands
             of
             
               Henry
               de
               Essex
            
             his
             Standard-bearer
             by
             inheritance
             ,
             forfeited
             for
             the
             treason
             of
             throwing
             it
             down
             and
             flying
             ,
             and
             reporting
             that
             he
             was
             slain
             ;
             the
             Earldome
             of
             Lincoln
             (
             Earldomes
             being
             then
             and
             long
             after
             not
             without
             great
             Possessions
             and
             Revenues
             belonging
             to
             them
             :
             )
             the
             Lands
             of
             
               William
               Peverell
            
             Lord
             of
             Nottingham
             ;
             Conquest
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             whole
             Counties
             and
             Provinces
             thereof
             comming
             to
             be
             the
             Kings
             Demeasnes
             and
             the
             forfeitures
             to
             Richard
             the
             First
             of
             many
             of
             his
             Nobility
             and
             others
             who
             had
             taken
             part
             with
             his
             Brother
             John
             in
             his
             usurpation
             of
             the
             Regall
             authority
             .
          
           
           
             All
             which
             with
             the
             Escheats
             and
             Forfeitures
             of
             the
             
               Terra
               Normanorum
            
             in
             England
             ,
             upon
             the
             losse
             of
             Normandy
             by
             King
             John
             unto
             the
             French
             ,
             confiscated
             Lands
             of
             a
             great
             part
             of
             the
             English
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             ,
             after
             the
             misfortune
             of
             Henry
             the
             Third
             ,
             in
             the
             unquietness
             of
             many
             of
             his
             Barons
             and
             People
             ,
             his
             better
             fortune
             in
             the
             battel
             of
             Evesham
             ,
             and
             subduing
             them
             in
             the
             forty
             ninth
             year
             of
             his
             Reign
             ,
             the
             accession
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             the
             Earledoms
             of
             
               Derby
               ,
               Leicester
               ,
               Salisbury
            
             ,
             and
             the
             County
             Palatine
             of
             Chester
             ,
             with
             the
             vast
             Territories
             and
             Estates
             which
             belonged
             unto
             them
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             lesser
             Escheats
             and
             Forfeitures
             ;
             the
             Forfeiture
             of
             
               Roger
               Bigod
            
             Earl
             of
             Norfolk
             and
             his
             Earldome
             ,
             and
             great
             Possessions
             with
             divers
             other
             Escheats
             and
             Forfeitures
             ,
             the
             Principality
             of
             Wales
             and
             the
             Conquest
             of
             Scotland
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             King
             Edward
             the
             First
             ,
             confiscating
             of
             the
             lands
             of
             inheritance
             (
             for
             from
             the
             making
             of
             the
             Statute
             
               de
               Donis
            
             or
             Entails
             in
             Anno
             13.
             of
             Edward
             the
             first
             ,
             untill
             
               Anno
               5
               &
               6
            
             of
             Edward
             the
             sixth
             ,
             Lands
             entailed
             were
             not
             forfeited
             for
             Treason
             )
             of
             Thomas
             Earl
             of
             
               Lancaster
               ,
               Lincoln
            
             and
             
               Derby
               ;
               Humphrey
               de
               Bohun
            
             Earl
             of
             Hereford
             and
             Essex
             ;
             of
             the
             Lords
             
               Clifford
               ,
               Warrein
               ,
               Lisle
               ,
               Tutchet
               ,
               Cheney
               ,
               Mowbray
               ,
               Teyes
               ,
               Aldenham
               ,
               Badlesmere
            
             and
             Gifford
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             men
             of
             great
             note
             and
             eminencie
             to
             King
             Edward
             the
             second
             ,
             the
             lands
             of
             Mortimer
             Earl
             of
             
               March
               ,
               Edmund
            
             Earl
             of
             Kent
             ,
             and
             the
             Escheat
             of
             the
             great
             Estate
             and
             Inheritance
             of
             Hastings
             Earl
             of
             Pembroke
             to
             King
             Edward
             the
             third
             ,
             with
             several
             other
             confiscations
             and
             forfeitures
             ,
             and
             his
             Conquest
             of
             a
             great
             part
             of
             
             France
             ,
             the
             forfeitures
             of
             
               Robert
               de
               Vere
            
             Duke
             of
             
               Ireland
               ,
               Michael
               dela
               Pooli
            
             Earl
             of
             Suffolk
             ,
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Gloucester
             ,
             Earles
             of
             Arundel
             and
             Warwick
             ,
             and
             divers
             other
             great
             Inheritances
             to
             King
             R.
             2.
             the
             marriage
             of
             John
             of
             Grant
             fourth
             son
             to
             King
             Ed.
             3.
             to
             Blanch
             the
             sole
             daughter
             and
             heir
             of
             Henry
             Duke
             of
             Lancaster
             ,
             Earl
             of
             
               Derby
               ,
               Leicester
            
             and
             Lincoln
             ,
             making
             that
             of
             Lancaster
             to
             be
             as
             a
             Principality
             or
             little
             Kingdome
             ,
             which
             by
             Henry
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             and
             7th
             Kings
             of
             England
             coming
             afterwards
             to
             attend
             the
             Royal
             Dignity
             ,
             accompanied
             by
             the
             forfeitures
             of
             the
             Dukes
             of
             Exeter
             and
             
               Albemarle
               ,
               Mowbray
            
             Earl
             Marshal
             ,
             Earles
             of
             
               Kent
               ,
               Salisbury
               Huntington
               ,
               Northumberland
               ,
               Stafford
               ,
               March
            
             and
             
               Worcester
               Owen
               Glendour
            
             ;
             Lords
             ,
             
               Hastings
               ,
               Despencer
               ,
               Falconbridge
               ,
               Bardolph
               ,
            
             and
             many
             others
             to
             King
             H.
             4.
             and
             the
             lands
             of
             the
             Earldome
             of
             Oxford
             long
             detained
             by
             him
             ,
             confiscation
             of
             the
             lands
             of
             the
             Prior
             Aliens
             ,
             and
             all
             France
             conquered
             and
             in
             possession
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             great
             Estates
             coming
             to
             Hen.
             5.
             by
             the
             Attainders
             of
             Richard
             Earl
             of
             Cambridge
             ,
             Earl
             of
             
               Northumberland
               ,
               Henry
            
             Lord
             Scroop
             ;
             the
             lands
             of
             Widevill
             Earl
             Rivers
             ,
             and
             divers
             other
             Barons
             ,
             the
             Dukedomes
             of
             Exeter
             and
             Somerset
             ,
             and
             Earldome
             of
             Devonshire
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             Lands
             and
             Inheritances
             forfeited
             to
             King
             Edward
             the
             Fourth
             ,
             the
             Lands
             and
             Estate
             of
             Henry
             Duke
             of
             Buckingham
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Stafford
             and
             Northampton
             ,
             and
             Lord
             of
             Brecknock
             and
             
               Holderness
               ,
               Henry
            
             Earl
             of
             Richmond
             ,
             and
             Jasper
             Earl
             of
             Penbroke
             ,
             with
             some
             other
             to
             King
             Richard
             the
             Third
             ,
             accumulated
             by
             the
             great
             and
             Princely
             Inheritance
             of
             Richard
             Duke
             of
             York
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             partakers
             of
             him
             and
             King
             Edward
             the
             fourth
             his
             brother
             ,
             with
             the
             Lands
             and
             great
             Inheritance
             of
             the
             
             Countess
             of
             Warwick
             ,
             gained
             by
             King
             H.
             7.
             his
             fortune
             at
             Bosworth-field
             ,
             and
             the
             marriage
             and
             inheritance
             ,
             of
             the
             Royal
             and
             principall
             heir
             of
             the
             white
             Rose
             ;
             the
             confiscations
             of
             the
             lands
             of
             John
             Duke
             of
             Norfolk
             ,
             Earls
             of
             
               Surrey
               ,
               Warwick
               ,
               Lincoln
            
             ,
             Lords
             
               Lovel
               ,
               Welles
               ,
               Audley
            
             ,
             and
             divers
             others
             ,
             like
             many
             great
             rivers
             running
             into
             the
             Ocean
             of
             the
             Crown
             revenues
             ,
             made
             its
             Lands
             and
             Estate
             to
             be
             as
             vast
             in
             Demeasnes
             ,
             and
             Service
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             Princely
             and
             honourable
             .
          
           
             Which
             being
             likewise
             abundantly
             enlarged
             by
             King
             Hen.
             8.
             by
             the
             unprosperous
             dissolution
             of
             the
             Abbey
             and
             religious
             Lands
             ,
             which
             the
             envy
             of
             the
             Laity
             in
             the
             reign
             of
             King
             H.
             4.
             had
             (
             over
             and
             above
             (
             as
             they
             said
             )
             what
             would
             serve
             for
             the
             remaning
             Clergy
             )
             computed
             to
             be
             sufficient
             and
             enough
             to
             maintain
             
               fifteen
               Earles
            
             (
             which
             after
             the
             rate
             of
             Earls
             in
             those
             dayes
             and
             their
             grand
             revenues
             ,
             could
             not
             be
             a
             little
             )
             
               fifteen
               hundred
               Knights
               ,
               six
               thousand
               two
               hundred
               Gentlemen
               ,
            
             and
             an
             hundred
             Hospitals
             ,
             besides
             
               twenty
               thousand
               pounds
               per
               annum
            
             to
             be
             given
             to
             the
             King
             (
             which
             was
             then
             more
             then
             
               one
               hundred
               thousand
            
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
            
             is
             now
             )
             and
             were
             at
             their
             dissolution
             
               six
               hundred
               forty
               and
               five
            
             Abbeys
             ,
             Priories
             and
             Nunneries
             ,
             ninety
             Colledges
             ,
             
               one
               hundred
               and
               ten
            
             Hospitals
             ,
             and
             
               two
               thousand
               three
               hundred
               seventy
               and
               four
            
             Chanteries
             and
             free
             Chappels
             ,
             then
             valued
             at
             
               one
               hundred-eighty
               six
               thousand
               fifteen
               pounds
               eight
               shillings
               penny
               farthing
               per
               annum
               .
            
          
           
             And
             together
             with
             the
             forfeited
             Lands
             and
             Inheritance
             of
             Empson
             and
             
               Dudley
               ,
               George
            
             Lord
             
               Rochford
               ,
               Edmond
               de
               la
               Poole
            
             Duke
             of
             Suffolk
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             Buckingham
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Surrey
             Lord
             Dacres
             ,
             and
             divers
             others
             and
             the
             confiscation
             of
             his
             two
             great
             Favourites
             
             Wolsey
             and
             Cromwell
             ,
             the
             former
             of
             which
             left
             him
             the
             stately
             Palaces
             of
             Hampton-Court
             and
             Whitehall
             ,
             and
             the
             recontinuing
             of
             divers
             liberties
             withheld
             from
             the
             Crown
             by
             the
             Lords
             Marchers
             
               of
               Wales
            
             ,
             made
             so
             great
             an
             accession
             and
             increase
             as
             the
             Court
             of
             Exchequer
             was
             not
             thought
             to
             be
             comprehensive
             enough
             for
             the
             care
             and
             governance
             thereof
             without
             the
             short-lived
             Courts
             of
             the
             Survay
             ,
             and
             Augmentation
             ,
             and
             First-fruits
             erected
             by
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             for
             the
             separate
             management
             of
             the
             Ecclesiasticall
             Revenues
             .
          
           
             By
             the
             dissolution
             whereof
             shortly
             after
             ,
             and
             not
             trusting
             the
             Exchequer
             with
             the
             better
             care
             thereof
             ,
             the
             regal
             revenues
             if
             Mr.
             
               Christopher
               Vernon
            
             ,
             a
             late
             antient
             and
             expert
             Officer
             of
             that
             Court
             hath
             not
             been
             mistaken
             ,
             or
             miscast
             it
             ,
             were
             not
             so
             little
             damnified
             as
             
               six
               hundred
               thousand
               pounds
            
             sterling
             ;
             or
             if
             plenty
             had
             not
             as
             it
             most
             commonly
             useth
             ,
             introduced
             profusion
             ,
             and
             carelesness
             ,
             might
             otherwise
             have
             been
             saved
             .
          
           
             Which
             with
             the
             Lands
             and
             Inheritance
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Somerset
             ,
             and
             others
             attainted
             ,
             added
             by
             King
             Edward
             the
             sixth
             ,
             the
             forfeitures
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             
               Northumberland
               ;
               William
               Parr
            
             Marquess
             of
             
               Northampton
               ,
               John
            
             Earl
             of
             Warwick
             ,
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Wyat
            
             and
             others
             to
             Queen
             Mary
             ;
             the
             Lands
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             
               Norffolk
               ,
               Philip
            
             Earl
             of
             Arrundel
             ,
             the
             Earls
             of
             
               Westmerland
               ,
               Essex
            
             and
             Southampton
             ,
             Sir
             
               John
               Perrot
               ,
               Leonard
               Dacres
            
             ,
             and
             others
             in
             the
             reign
             of
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             ,
             and
             hers
             as
             well
             as
             King
             Edward
             the
             sixth's
             ill
             advised
             and
             unhappy
             clypping
             and
             lessening
             the
             Lands
             and
             Revenues
             of
             many
             Bishopricks
             ,
             Deans
             and
             Chapters
             ;
             forfeitures
             of
             the
             Lord
             Cobham
             &
             Sir
             
               Walter
               Rawley
            
             ,
             and
             of
             
               Winter
               ,
               Grant
            
             ,
             
             and
             other
             the
             
               Gunpowder
               Traytors
            
             ;
             the
             great
             revenues
             of
             the
             Earles
             of
             Tyrone
             and
             Desmond
             ,
             and
             other
             large
             confiscated
             Escheats
             and
             forfeited
             Estates
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             which
             came
             to
             King
             James
             (
             for
             before
             his
             reign
             and
             the
             subduing
             of
             Tyrone
             ,
             that
             Kingdome
             as
             to
             the
             publick
             was
             a
             greater
             charge
             then
             profit
             )
             addition
             of
             Scotland
             and
             all
             the
             Appennages
             and
             Lands
             of
             the
             royal
             Brethren
             and
             Princes
             of
             the
             blood
             of
             England
             in
             their
             several
             times
             and
             ages
             ,
             falling
             into
             the
             Regal
             Revenues
             ,
             would
             have
             made
             a
             plentifull
             support
             for
             the
             Crown
             of
             England
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             tarried
             (
             as
             they
             did
             not
             )
             one
             for
             another
             ,
             and
             continued
             unwasted
             and
             unaliened
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             II.
             Supplies
             and
             Additions
             to
             the
             Royall
             Revenues
             ,
             and
             the
             many
             cares
             taken
             therein
             by
             Parliaments
             and
             otherwise
             .
          
           
             WHich
             could
             not
             be
             prevented
             by
             a
             
               thousand
               sixty
               one
               pounds
               and
               three
               half
               pence
               per
               diem
            
             revenue
             
               ex
               justis
               reditibus
            
             ,
             which
             William
             the
             Conqueror
             had
             in
             daily
             revenue
             ,
             after
             his
             Knights
             Fees
             and
             his
             large
             gifts
             and
             rewards
             given
             to
             his
             friends
             and
             followers
             (
             which
             in
             the
             now
             value
             of
             money
             and
             rates
             of
             provision
             would
             a
             great
             deal
             more
             then
             treble
             that
             summe
             )
             as
             
               Ordericus
               vitalis
            
             ,
             who
             was
             born
             in
             his
             reign
             ,
             and
             died
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             reign
             of
             King
             Stephen
             ,
             hath
             informed
             us
             
               exceptis
               muneribus
               regiis
               ,
               &
               reatum
               redemptionibus
               aliisque
               multiplicibus
               negotiis
               quae
               Regis
               Aerarium
               quotidie
               aduagebant
               ,
            
             besides
             ,
             Gifts
             ,
             Presents
             ,
             Confiscations
             ,
             
             and
             other
             things
             which
             did
             daily
             increase
             his
             riches
             ,
             nor
             by
             
               sixty
               thousand
               pounds
            
             sterling
             ,
             〈◊〉
             by
             him
             in
             his
             Treasury
             ,
             his
             
               Censas
               Nemor●m
            
             ,
             rents
             or
             profits
             of
             Woods
             ,
             Escheats
             and
             incidents
             of
             Tenures
             in
             Capite
             and
             by
             
               Knight
               service
            
             ,
             Hidage
             ,
             
               Danegeld
               ,
               Sponte
               oblata
            
             ,
             for
             all
             Grants
             or
             Favours
             which
             passed
             from
             him
             ,
             
               Cambium
               Regium
            
             ,
             or
             benefit
             of
             Exchanges
             ,
             rating
             of
             the
             Fees
             of
             the
             Officers
             of
             his
             Household
             to
             a
             certainty
             
               per
               diem
            
             ,
             taking
             accounts
             upon
             oath
             for
             all
             his
             monies
             issued
             out
             or
             imprest
             for
             repair
             of
             his
             Castles
             and
             Houses
             ,
             and
             fines
             for
             granting
             of
             Priviledges
             and
             Liberties
             ,
             Contributions
             to
             
               William
               Rufus
            
             towards
             the
             building
             of
             
             Westminster-Hall
             ,
             three
             shillings
             upon
             every
             hundred
             Acres
             or
             Hide
             of
             Land
             in
             England
             to
             King
             Hen.
             1.
             and
             his
             providence
             in
             making
             every
             third
             year
             a
             survey
             of
             his
             Woods
             and
             Forrests
             ,
             changing
             of
             the
             penalites
             of
             mutilation
             of
             members
             into
             pecuniary
             mulcts
             ,
             turning
             of
             his
             rents
             which
             were
             formerly
             paid
             in
             corn
             and
             other
             houshold
             provisions
             ,
             into
             money
             ,
             and
             six
             pence
             overplus
             in
             every
             pound
             for
             any
             loss
             or
             abatement
             which
             might
             happen
             in
             the
             value
             of
             money
             ,
             which
             being
             then
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             often
             absence
             and
             residence
             in
             Normandy
             reckoned
             to
             be
             good
             husbandry
             ,
             proved
             shortly
             afterwards
             by
             the
             change
             of
             times
             ,
             &
             dearer
             rates
             of
             provision
             to
             be
             the
             contrary
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             disadvantage
             to
             his
             Successors
             ;
             
               one
               hundred
               thousand
            
             pounds
             in
             money
             ,
             besides
             Plate
             and
             Jewels
             left
             by
             him
             in
             his
             Treasury
             ,
             and
             possest
             by
             King
             Stephen
             ,
             resumption
             of
             divers
             Lands
             aliened
             from
             the
             Royal
             Revenue
             ;
             reforming
             of
             the
             Exchequer
             by
             Hen.
             2.
             revoking
             of
             all
             Grants
             of
             Lands
             aliened
             from
             the
             Crown
             ,
             of
             the
             Castles
             of
             
               Clebury
               ,
               Wigmore
            
             and
             Bridgnorth
             from
             
             〈◊〉
             Mortimer
             ,
             City
             of
             Gloucester
             and
             Lands
             belonging
             unto
             it
             from
             
               Roger
               ,
               Fitz
               Miles
            
             Earl
             of
             Hereford
             ,
             Castle
             of
             Scarborough
             from
             William
             Earl
             of
             Albemarle
             ,
             with
             many
             other
             Lands
             ,
             Towns
             and
             Castles
             ;
             and
             from
             William
             Earl
             of
             Mortain
             and
             Warren
             ,
             base
             Son
             to
             King
             Stephen
             ,
             the
             Castle
             of
             Pemsey
             and
             City
             of
             Norwich
             ;
             notwithstanding
             that
             himself
             had
             granted
             them
             to
             the
             said
             William
             Earl
             of
             Mortaign
             in
             his
             agreement
             with
             King
             Stephen
             ,
             alledging
             that
             they
             were
             of
             the
             Demeasnes
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             could
             not
             be
             alienated
             ,
             calling
             of
             certain
             of
             his
             great
             Ministers
             of
             Estate
             to
             account
             ,
             and
             imposing
             a
             Tax
             of
             two
             pence
             upon
             every
             yoke
             of
             Oxen
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             two
             pence
             in
             the
             pound
             by
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             of
             every
             mans
             Lands
             and
             goods
             in
             Normandy
             ,
             to
             be
             paid
             in
             the
             year
             1166.
             and
             a
             penny
             in
             every
             pound
             to
             be
             paid
             for
             four
             years
             following
             ,
             for
             the
             relief
             of
             the
             Christians
             in
             the
             
               Holy
               warre
            
             ,
             enquiring
             by
             his
             Justices
             Itinerants
             ,
             and
             Articles
             in
             Eyre
             in
             England
             of
             the
             rights
             of
             his
             Crown
             and
             Exchequer
             ,
             taxing
             in
             the
             32.
             year
             of
             his
             reign
             all
             his
             Dominions
             in
             France
             ,
             with
             the
             Tenth
             of
             the
             Revenues
             for
             that
             year
             of
             all
             ,
             as
             well
             Clergy
             as
             Laity
             but
             such
             as
             went
             in
             person
             to
             the
             
               Holy
               warre
            
             ,
             the
             tenth
             of
             all
             their
             moveables
             ,
             as
             well
             gold
             as
             silver
             ,
             and
             the
             tenth
             of
             the
             moveables
             of
             two
             hundred
             of
             the
             richest
             men
             in
             London
             ,
             and
             of
             one
             hundred
             in
             York
             ,
             banishment
             of
             
               William
               de
               Ipre
            
             Earl
             of
             Kent
             ,
             with
             his
             Countrymen
             and
             followers
             ,
             when
             they
             grew
             to
             be
             a
             burden
             to
             the
             Kingdome
             ;
             
               nine
               hundred
               thousand
               pounds
            
             in
             money
             besides
             Plate
             and
             Jewels
             inestimable
             left
             in
             the
             Treasury
             to
             his
             Son
             King
             Richard
             the
             first
             ,
             great
             summes
             of
             money
             gained
             by
             him
             by
             renewing
             Charters
             and
             Fines
             imposed
             upon
             Sheriffs
             and
             Accomptants
             ,
             
             and
             such
             as
             had
             taken
             part
             with
             his
             Brother
             John
             in
             his
             usurpations
             ,
             the
             tenth
             of
             all
             moveables
             granted
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             City
             of
             London
             giving
             him
             a
             voluntary
             contribution
             towards
             his
             voyage
             into
             the
             
               Holy
               Land
            
             ;
             banishment
             of
             Otho
             Earl
             of
             York
             ,
             the
             Son
             of
             his
             .
             Sister
             and
             all
             the
             Bavarians
             ;
             a
             fourth
             part
             given
             him
             by
             Parliament
             of
             all
             spirituall
             and
             temporall
             Revenues
             ,
             as
             much
             for
             moveables
             ,
             and
             twenty
             shillings
             for
             every
             Knights
             Fee
             ,
             resumption
             of
             many
             Grants
             of
             Lands
             and
             Annuities
             ,
             two
             shillings
             of
             every
             plough
             land
             taken
             for
             preparation
             of
             a
             journy
             to
             Normandy
             ;
             examination
             of
             the
             Accounts
             of
             his
             Exchequer
             Officers
             ,
             five
             shillings
             laid
             upon
             every
             plough
             land
             for
             another
             forrain
             voyage
             ,
             and
             a
             general
             survey
             made
             of
             his
             Lands
             and
             Profits
             .
          
           
             Three
             shillings
             for
             every
             plough
             land
             granted
             by
             Parliament
             to
             King
             John
             for
             his
             affairs
             in
             Normandy
             ,
             one
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             taxed
             upon
             the
             Clergy
             towards
             his
             charges
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             a
             thirteenth
             of
             all
             Spirituall
             and
             Temporall
             mens
             goods
             ,
             twenty
             six
             shillings
             eight
             pence
             for
             every
             Knights
             Fee
             two
             shillings
             upon
             every
             plough
             land
             ,
             an
             Ayde
             of
             twenty
             six
             shillings
             and
             eight
             pence
             of
             every
             Knights
             fee
             towards
             his
             warres
             in
             Wales
             ,
             with
             Escauge
             of
             such
             as
             held
             of
             him
             besides
             Benevolences
             ,
             Escheats
             and
             Americiaments
             ;
             twenty
             shillings
             of
             every
             Knights
             see
             towards
             his
             charges
             in
             Normandy
             ,
             forty
             shillings
             at
             another
             time
             ,
             and
             an
             Ayde
             for
             the
             marriage
             of
             his
             Sister
             Isabel
             to
             the
             Emperor
             Frederick
             .
          
           
             The
             fifteenth
             part
             of
             every
             mans
             moveables
             to
             King
             Henry
             the
             third
             for
             a
             confirmation
             of
             
               Magna
               Charta
            
             and
             
               Charta
               Foreste
            
             ,
             fortieth
             part
             of
             every
             mans
             goods
             towards
             the
             payment
             of
             his
             debts
             ,
             and
             a
             thirtieth
             part
             
             afterwards
             granted
             by
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             much
             of
             his
             Forrests
             and
             Woods
             converted
             to
             errable
             land
             ,
             his
             Parks
             of
             Woodstock
             and
             Gillingham
             ploughed
             ,
             many
             Grants
             made
             in
             his
             minority
             revoked
             ,
             his
             great
             Officers
             as
             
               Hubert
               de
               Burgh
            
             Earl
             of
             Kent
             ,
             Chief
             Justice
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             others
             called
             to
             account
             ,
             
               Ranulph
               Britton
            
             Treasurer
             of
             his
             Chamber
             fined
             in
             one
             thousand
             marks
             ,
             a
             great
             summe
             of
             money
             given
             by
             the
             City
             of
             London
             to
             be
             made
             Toll-free
             ,
             every
             one
             that
             could
             dispend
             in
             land
             fifteen
             pound
             
               per
               annum
            
             ordered
             to
             be
             knighted
             or
             pay
             a
             Fine
             ;
             great
             summes
             of
             money
             gained
             by
             composition
             with
             Delinquents
             at
             seven
             years
             value
             of
             their
             Lands
             by
             the
             
               Dictū
               de
               Kenilworth
            
             ,
             his
             houshold
             charges
             lessened
             ,
             a
             meaner
             Port
             kept
             ,
             less
             Almes
             given
             ,
             his
             Jewels
             and
             the
             Crown
             royal
             pawned
             ,
             Plate
             sold
             to
             pay
             his
             debts
             at
             no
             greater
             a
             value
             then
             the
             weight
             though
             the
             workmanship
             did
             cost
             as
             much
             ,
             and
             the
             golden
             Shrine
             of
             Edward
             the
             Confessor
             ,
             forty
             shillings
             for
             every
             Knights
             see
             twice
             assessed
             for
             his
             warres
             in
             Gascony
             ,
             great
             sums
             of
             money
             raised
             of
             the
             Iewes
             ,
             the
             banishment
             of
             the
             Poictouins
             and
             his
             half-brothers
             who
             had
             made
             it
             too
             much
             of
             their
             business
             to
             beg
             what
             they
             could
             of
             the
             Revenue
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             own
             sometimes
             sitting
             in
             the
             Exchequer
             to
             preserve
             it
             ;
             thirty
             two
             thousand
             pounds
             sterling
             received
             of
             Leolin
             Prince
             of
             
               Wales
               propaee
               habenda
            
             ,
             and
             a
             resumption
             of
             divers
             of
             the
             Crown
             Lands
             which
             had
             been
             aliened
             .
          
           
             Nor
             by
             an
             Inquiry
             
               in
               Anno
            
             4.
             of
             King
             Ed.
             1
             ,
             by
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             of
             the
             Castles
             ,
             Buildings
             ,
             Lead
             and
             Timber
             of
             the
             Kings
             ,
             his
             Demeasnes
             ,
             Parks
             ,
             Woods
             ,
             extent
             of
             Manors
             ,
             forrain
             Parks
             and
             Woods
             ,
             Pawnage
             ,
             Herbage
             ,
             Mills
             ,
             Fishings
             ,
             Freeholds
             ,
             Cottages
             ,
             Curtilages
             ,
             
             customary
             Tenants
             ,
             Patronages
             ,
             Perquisit●s
             of
             Courts
             ,
             Liberties
             ,
             Customes
             and
             Services
             ;
             a
             Subsidie
             
               in
               Anno
            
             6.
             of
             his
             reign
             of
             the
             twentieth
             part
             of
             every
             mans
             goods
             towards
             the
             charges
             of
             his
             warres
             in
             Wales
             ,
             the
             Statute
             of
             
               Quo
               warranto
               in
               Anno
            
             18.
             to
             inquire
             and
             seise
             into
             the
             Kings
             hands
             all
             liberties
             usurped
             ;
             a
             Subside
             
               in
               anno
            
             22.
             of
             his
             reign
             upon
             Woolfels
             and
             Hydes
             transported
             ,
             a
             tenth
             of
             all
             goods
             ,
             the
             eighth
             of
             the
             goods
             of
             the
             Citizens
             and
             Burgesses
             ,
             a
             twelfth
             of
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Laity
             ,
             and
             a
             moiety
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ;
             
               in
               anno
            
             25.
             and
             
               in
               anno
            
             26.
             the
             ninth
             penny
             of
             the
             Commons
             ,
             the
             tenth
             penny
             of
             the
             Clergy
             of
             the
             Province
             of
             Canterbury
             ,
             and
             the
             fifth
             of
             York
             ,
             taking
             away
             much
             monies
             from
             the
             Priors
             Aliens
             ,
             payment
             by
             the
             Clergy
             in
             
               anno
               23
            
             of
             all
             such
             summes
             of
             money
             which
             they
             had
             promised
             to
             pay
             to
             the
             Pope
             towards
             the
             maintenance
             of
             the
             Holy
             warres
             ,
             and
             half
             a
             years
             value
             of
             their
             Ecclesiasticall
             livings
             and
             promotions
             ,
             abased
             monies
             ,
             
               four
               hundred
               and
               twenty
               thousand
               pounds
               fifteen
               shillings
               and
               four
               pence
            
             raised
             from
             the
             Jewes
             ,
             and
             a
             farre
             greater
             summe
             afterwards
             ,
             contribution
             of
             ships
             and
             ship-money
             by
             the
             maritime
             Coasts
             and
             Counties
             in
             case
             of
             danger
             and
             invasion
             ,
             sixty
             five
             thousand
             marks
             of
             silver
             received
             for
             Fines
             of
             some
             corrupt
             Judges
             ,
             and
             great
             summes
             of
             money
             likewise
             for
             forfeitures
             by
             an
             Inquisition
             or
             Commission
             of
             
               Trail
               Baston
            
             .
          
           
             A
             fifteenth
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             a
             twentieth
             of
             the
             Temporalty
             to
             King
             Edward
             the
             Second
             ,
             in
             
               anno
               primo
            
             of
             his
             reign
             ,
             the
             moveables
             and
             personal
             Estate
             of
             the
             Knights
             Templers
             in
             England
             ,
             Contribution
             of
             ships
             and
             ship-money
             by
             the
             maritime
             Counties
             ;
             a
             fifteenth
             in
             anno
             6.
             and
             the
             great
             and
             rich
             confiscated
             personall
             
             Estates
             of
             the
             two
             Spencers
             ,
             Father
             and
             Son
             ,
             and
             an
             Ordinance
             made
             pro
             
               Hospitio
               Regis
            
             ,
             concerning
             the
             regulation
             of
             his
             Houshold
             .
          
           
             Thirty
             thousand
             marks
             paid
             to
             King
             Edward
             the
             third
             in
             anno
             2.
             of
             his
             reign
             by
             
               Robert
               Bruce
            
             King
             of
             Scots
             ,
             to
             release
             his
             Soveraignity
             to
             that
             Kingdom
             ;
             a
             tenth
             of
             the
             Clergy
             Citizens
             and
             Burgesses
             ,
             and
             a
             fifteenth
             of
             others
             granted
             in
             anno
             6.
             of
             his
             reign
             ,
             Aids
             of
             ships
             &
             ship-money
             by
             the
             Sea-coasts
             ;
             and
             in
             an
             .
             13.
             the
             tenth
             sheep
             of
             all
             the
             Lords
             Demeasnes
             except
             of
             their
             bound
             Tenants
             ;
             the
             tenth
             fleece
             of
             wool
             ,
             and
             the
             tenth
             lamb
             of
             their
             store
             to
             be
             paid
             in
             two
             years
             ;
             and
             that
             such
             of
             them
             or
             their
             Peers
             as
             held
             by
             Baronie
             ,
             should
             give
             the
             tenth
             of
             their
             grain
             ,
             wool
             and
             Lamb
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             their
             own
             Demeasnes
             ,
             and
             two
             thousand
             five
             hundred
             sacks
             of
             wool
             given
             by
             the
             Commons
             anno
             14.
             the
             ninth
             of
             the
             grain
             ,
             wool
             ,
             and
             lamb
             of
             the
             Laity
             ,
             to
             be
             paid
             in
             two
             years
             ;
             the
             ninth
             of
             the
             goods
             of
             the
             Townsmen
             ,
             and
             the
             fifteenth
             of
             such
             as
             dwelt
             in
             Forrests
             and
             Chases
             anno
             17.
             forty
             shillings
             for
             every
             Sack
             of
             wool
             over
             and
             above
             the
             old
             rate
             anno
             18.
             a
             Disme
             by
             the
             Clergy
             of
             Canterbury
             for
             three
             years
             ,
             two
             fifteenths
             of
             the
             Commons
             ,
             and
             two
             dismes
             of
             the
             Cities
             and
             Towns
             to
             be
             levied
             in
             such
             wise
             as
             the
             last
             in
             an
             .
             20.
             two
             fifteens
             to
             be
             paid
             in
             two
             years
             anno
             21.
             two
             shillings
             upon
             every
             Sack
             of
             wool
             ,
             granted
             by
             the
             Lords
             without
             the
             Commons
             in
             anno
             22.
             three
             fifteens
             to
             be
             paid
             in
             three
             years
             :
             All
             such
             treasure
             as
             was
             committed
             to
             Churches
             throughout
             England
             for
             the
             Holy
             warre
             ,
             all
             the
             goods
             of
             the
             
               Cluniacques
               ,
               Cistercians
            
             ,
             and
             some
             other
             Orders
             of
             Monks
             ,
             half
             the
             wools
             of
             the
             Laity
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ;
             the
             jewels
             of
             the
             Crown
             pawned
             ,
             imprisonment
             
             of
             his
             Treasurer
             ,
             abasing
             some
             of
             his
             〈◊〉
             and
             ordaining
             some
             of
             his
             Exchanges
             of
             money
             to
             be
             at
             
               London
               ,
               Canterbury
            
             and
             York
             ,
             monies
             abated
             in
             weight
             and
             made
             to
             pass
             according
             to
             former
             value
             ,
             and
             the
             profits
             which
             the
             forrain
             Cardinals
             enjoyed
             in
             England
             during
             their
             lives
             ,
             taken
             into
             his
             hands
             ;
             one
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             received
             for
             the
             ransome
             of
             John
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             great
             sums
             of
             money
             for
             the
             ransoming
             of
             David
             King
             of
             
               Scotland
               ,
               Philip
            
             afterwards
             Duke
             of
             
               Burgogne
               ,
               Jaques
               de
               Bourbon
            
             ,
             and
             many
             of
             the
             French
             Nobility
             ;
             fifty
             shillings
             granted
             by
             Parliament
             in
             
               anno
               43.
            
             for
             every
             sack
             of
             wool
             for
             six
             years
             (
             by
             which
             imposition
             only
             ,
             as
             the
             Trade
             of
             Wools
             and
             Cloathing
             then
             flourished
             ,
             the
             King
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             computed
             ,
             might
             dispend
             one
             thousand
             marks
             
               per
               diem
            
             )
             fifty
             thousand
             pounds
             by
             the
             Laity
             ,
             and
             as
             much
             by
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             granted
             him
             by
             the
             Parliament
             in
             anno
             45.
             to
             resume
             his
             right
             in
             France
             :
             a
             Poll-money
             by
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             of
             four
             pence
             for
             every
             person
             of
             of
             the
             Laity
             that
             took
             not
             almes
             ,
             of
             every
             Clergy-man
             beneficed
             twelve
             pence
             ,
             and
             of
             every
             Religious
             person
             four
             pence
             ,
             
               in
               anno
            
             50.
             and
             a
             resumption
             of
             divers
             of
             his
             Crown
             Lands
             .
          
           
             A
             Subsidie
             in
             the
             first
             year
             of
             K.
             Richard
             the
             second
             levied
             upon
             the
             great
             men
             ,
             to
             spare
             the
             Commons
             ,
             Poll-money
             of
             every
             person
             above
             fifteen
             years
             old
             ,
             Fines
             of
             seaventeen
             shires
             in
             anno
             21.
             and
             causing
             them
             to
             pay
             great
             summes
             of
             money
             for
             aiding
             the
             Duke
             of
             Gloucester
             ,
             and
             Earles
             of
             Arrundel
             and
             Warwick
             ;
             the
             Bohemians
             which
             pestered
             his
             Court
             banished
             ,
             and
             a
             resumption
             of
             divers
             of
             his
             Crown
             Lands
             .
          
           
             A
             tenth
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             a
             Subsidie
             of
             twenty
             
             shillings
             upon
             every
             Knights
             Fee
             ,
             twelve
             pence
             of
             every
             man
             and
             woman
             that
             could
             dispend
             twenty
             shillings
             
               per
               annum
            
             above
             reprises
             by
             their
             Lands
             ,
             and
             so
             proportionably
             according
             to
             their
             land
             revenues
             ,
             twelve
             pence
             of
             every
             one
             whose
             goods
             were
             valued
             at
             twenty
             pounds
             ,
             and
             proportionably
             to
             what
             it
             exceeded
             ,
             gran-to
             King
             Henry
             the
             fourth
             ;
             seven
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             found
             in
             King
             Richard
             the
             second
             's
             Treasury
             ,
             two
             fifteenths
             of
             the
             Commons
             in
             the
             sixth
             year
             of
             his
             reign
             ,
             a
             tenth
             and
             a
             half
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Commons
             two
             fifteenths
             in
             the
             ninth
             ,
             a
             Subsidie
             by
             the
             Laity
             ,
             and
             half
             a
             mark
             a
             piece
             of
             the
             Stipendary
             Priests
             and
             Friars
             ,
             in
             the
             tenth
             a
             Subsidie
             to
             be
             levied
             through
             the
             Realm
             ,
             and
             in
             anno
             11.
             a
             fifteenth
             ,
             a
             resumption
             of
             many
             Grants
             and
             Annuities
             ,
             regulation
             of
             his
             Houshold
             ,
             and
             banishment
             of
             the
             Gascoigners
             and
             Welsh
             ,
             impoverishing
             him
             and
             the
             Kingdom
             by
             Petitions
             and
             Suits
             .
          
           
             Great
             summes
             of
             money
             given
             to
             King
             Henry
             the
             fifth
             by
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             a
             Subsidie
             by
             the
             Clergy
             and
             Laity
             ,
             a
             double
             Disme
             ,
             and
             a
             fifteenth
             by
             the
             Laity
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             9th
             year
             of
             his
             reign
             two
             tenths
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             a
             fifteenth
             of
             the
             Laity
             ,
             and
             another
             fifteenth
             in
             the
             same
             year
             ,
             his
             Crown
             Royall
             and
             Jewels
             pawned
             ,
             and
             a
             resumption
             of
             divers
             Lands
             and
             Annuities
             granted
             to
             unworthy
             persons
             .
          
           
             To
             King
             Henry
             the
             sixth
             
               in
               anno
               primo
            
             of
             his
             reign
             a
             Subsidie
             of
             five
             Nobles
             upon
             every
             sack
             of
             wool
             transported
             for
             three
             years
             ,
             forty
             three
             shillings
             of
             every
             sack
             of
             wool
             carried
             out
             by
             Merchant
             strangers
             ,
             a
             Subsidie
             of
             twelve
             pence
             in
             the
             pound
             of
             all
             merchandize
             imported
             or
             exported
             ,
             3.
             shillings
             upon
             every
             Tonne
             of
             
             wine
             for
             three
             years
             granted
             by
             Parliament
             ,
             in
             〈◊〉
             3.
             a
             Subsidie
             of
             three
             shillings
             upon
             every
             Ton
             of
             〈◊〉
             and
             of
             all
             other
             Merchandize
             twelve
             pence
             per
             pound
             ,
             except
             woolfell
             and
             cloth
             or
             every
             Benefice
             of
             ten
             marks
             
               per
               annum
            
             ,
             ten
             of
             that
             parish
             to
             pay
             six
             shillings
             and
             eight
             pence
             ,
             of
             every
             Benefice
             of
             ten
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
            
             ,
             ten
             parishioners
             to
             pay
             thirty
             shillings
             ,
             and
             four
             pence
             ,
             and
             so
             rateably
             for
             every
             Benefice
             :
             And
             of
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             Cities
             and
             Boroughs
             every
             man
             worth
             twenty
             shillings
             above
             his
             Housholdstuff
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             and
             wives
             Apparrel
             four
             pence
             ,
             and
             upwards
             after
             that
             rate
             or
             proportion
             ;
             
               in
               anno
            
             8.
             a
             Disme
             and
             fifteenth
             of
             the
             Laity
             .
          
           
             Great
             summes
             of
             money
             raised
             by
             King
             Edward
             the
             fourth
             by
             penal
             Lawes
             and
             Benevolences
             ,
             resumption
             in
             the
             seventh
             year
             of
             his
             reign
             of
             all
             manner
             of
             gifts
             which
             he
             had
             given
             from
             the
             first
             day
             of
             his
             reign
             ;
             A
             Subsidie
             in
             anno
             8.
             of
             two
             fifteens
             and
             a
             half
             ,
             and
             in
             anno
             13.
             a
             Subsidie
             .
          
           
             Some
             Taxes
             laid
             upon
             the
             people
             by
             King
             Richard
             the
             third
             ,
             and
             a
             resumption
             of
             all
             Lands
             and
             Estate
             granted
             to
             
               Elizabeth
               Grey
            
             Queen
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             A
             Subside
             to
             Henry
             the
             seventh
             in
             an
             .
             2.
             of
             his
             reign
             at
             a
             tenth
             of
             every
             mans
             goods
             towards
             the
             setting
             forth
             an
             Army
             into
             
               Britain
               anno
            
             4.
             two
             fifteens
             of
             the
             Laity
             ,
             and
             two
             Dismes
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             Poll-money
             ,
             of
             every
             Duke
             ten
             marks
             ,
             every
             Earle
             five
             pounds
             ,
             every
             Baron
             four
             pounds
             ,
             every
             Knight
             four
             marks
             ,
             of
             every
             one
             worth
             forty
             shillings
             ,
             twelve
             pence
             ,
             of
             every
             one
             that
             took
             wages
             twelve
             pence
             ,
             of
             every
             man
             above
             fifteen
             years
             old
             four
             pence
             ;
             anno
             6.
             great
             Benevolences
             ,
             anno
             11.
             a
             Subsidie
             towards
             his
             warres
             in
             
               Scotland
               ,
               anno
            
             
             〈◊〉
             Benevolences
             and
             great
             Fines
             upon
             penal
             Lawes
             ,
             〈◊〉
             ●●ghteen
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             left
             in
             his
             Treasury
             ▪
             say
             the
             Historians
             ,
             but
             as
             the
             Lo●d
             Treasurer
             Cecil
             Earle
             of
             Salisbury
             ,
             informed
             King
             James
             four
             Millions
             and
             a
             halfe
             .
          
           
             Divers
             Subsidies
             granted
             to
             King
             Henry
             the
             eighth
             in
             anno
             6.
             of
             his
             reign
             ,
             and
             in
             anno
             14.
             another
             Subsidie
             upon
             goods
             ,
             a
             years
             value
             for
             one
             year
             of
             all
             the
             Clergies
             spiritual
             livings
             ,
             a
             great
             summe
             of
             the
             Laity
             in
             the
             Parliameat
             following
             ;
             anno
             25.
             a
             Subsidie
             of
             four
             pence
             per
             pound
             in
             goods
             from
             twenty
             shillings
             to
             five
             pound
             ,
             from
             five
             pounds
             ,
             to
             ten
             pounds
             ,
             eight
             pence
             ,
             from
             ten
             pounds
             ,
             to
             twenty
             pounds
             ,
             sixteen
             pence
             ,
             from
             twenty
             pounds
             and
             upwards
             ,
             two
             shillings
             ,
             of
             all
             strangers
             double
             ,
             of
             all
             Strangers
             not
             Inhabitants
             four
             pence
             a
             head
             ,
             of
             every
             one
             that
             had
             Lands
             ,
             Fees
             ,
             or
             Annuities
             ▪
             eight
             pence
             the
             pound
             ,
             from
             twenty
             shillings
             to
             five
             pounds
             ,
             and
             so
             doubled
             according
             as
             they
             did
             for
             goods
             by
             several
             proportions
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Clergy
             three
             shillings
             in
             the
             pound
             ;
             great
             sums
             of
             money
             and
             treasure
             by
             the
             confiscation
             of
             Cardinal
             
               Wolsey
               :
               Anno
            
             26.
             tenths
             and
             first-fruits
             of
             the
             Clergy
             formerly
             paid
             to
             the
             Popes
             granted
             unto
             him
             ;
             An.
             36.
             a
             Benevolence
             ;
             An.
             37.
             a
             Subsidie
             of
             six
             shillings
             per
             pound
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             two
             shillings
             eight
             pence
             of
             the
             goods
             of
             the
             Laity
             ,
             and
             four
             shilligs
             per
             pound
             of
             Lands
             ,
             tenths
             of
             all
             Abby
             and
             Religious
             Lands
             reserved
             upon
             his
             Grants
             ,
             two
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             paid
             by
             the
             Clergy
             of
             the
             Provinces
             of
             York
             and
             Canterbury
             to
             be
             excused
             from
             a
             Praemunire
             ,
             and
             the
             vast
             and
             inestimable
             treasure
             in
             Money
             ,
             Plate
             ,
             Shrines
             ,
             Jewels
             ,
             Copes
             and
             rich
             moveables
             upon
             the
             spoil
             of
             the
             Abbies
             and
             Religious
             Houses
             .
          
           
           
             An
             Ayde
             given
             by
             Parliament
             to
             King
             Edward
             the
             sixth
             ,
             in
             the
             2d
             .
             year
             of
             his
             reign
             ,
             of
             twelve
             pence
             
               per
               pound
            
             of
             the
             goods
             of
             his
             naturall
             Subjects
             ,
             two
             shillings
             per
             pound
             of
             Strangers
             for
             three
             years
             ,
             of
             every
             Ewe
             kept
             in
             several
             pastures
             three
             pence
             ,
             of
             every
             Weather
             two
             pence
             ,
             of
             every
             Sheep
             kept
             in
             the
             Commons
             three
             half
             pence
             ,
             and
             eight
             pence
             per
             pound
             of
             every
             woollen
             Cloth
             made
             for
             sale
             throughout
             
               England
               ,
               anno
            
             6.
             
             Commissions
             given
             out
             for
             sale
             of
             Church
             goods
             ,
             
               an
               .
               7.
            
             one
             Subsidie
             and
             two
             fifteens
             granted
             by
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             the
             gain
             for
             some
             years
             made
             by
             the
             Coynage
             of
             Bullion
             sent
             from
             Sweden
             and
             returned
             in
             Merchandise
             .
          
           
             One
             Subsidie
             of
             the
             Laity
             given
             to
             Queen
             
               Mary
               in
               anno
            
             2.
             of
             her
             reign
             ,
             eight
             pence
             in
             the
             pound
             ,
             from
             five
             pounds
             ,
             to
             ten
             pounds
             ,
             from
             ten
             pounds
             ,
             to
             twenty
             pounds
             sixteen
             pence
             per
             pound
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             strangers
             double
             .
          
           
             To
             Queen
             
               Elizabeth
               in
               anno
               primo
            
             ,
             a
             Subsidie
             and
             two
             fifteens
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             a
             tenth
             of
             the
             Temporalty
             :
             Anno
             5.
             a
             Subsidie
             of
             the
             Clergy
             and
             two
             fifteens
             of
             the
             Temporalty
             ;
             Anno
             8.
             a
             Subsidie
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             a
             subsidie
             ,
             fifteenth
             and
             tenth
             of
             the
             Temporalty
             ;
             Anno
             13.
             a
             Subsidie
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             one
             subsidie
             ,
             two
             fifteenths
             and
             a
             tenth
             of
             the
             Temporalty
             ,
             
               anno
               18.
            
             a
             subsidie
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             two
             fifteenths
             and
             tenths
             of
             the
             Temporalty
             ;
             Anno
             23.
             the
             like
             ,
             
               Annis
               27.
               
               &
            
             29.
             the
             like
             ;
             Anno
             31.
             two
             subsidies
             of
             the
             Clergy
             and
             three
             subsidies
             and
             six
             fifteens
             of
             the
             Temporalty
             ;
             Anno
             39.
             three
             subsidies
             of
             the
             Clergy
             and
             Temporalty
             ,
             and
             six
             fifteens
             of
             the
             Temporalty
             ;
             
               An.
               43.
            
             four
             subsidies
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             four
             subsidies
             
             and
             eight
             fifteens
             of
             the
             Temporalty
             ,
             the
             pawning
             of
             many
             of
             her
             Jewels
             ,
             and
             mortgaging
             divers
             of
             her
             Lands
             .
          
           
             A
             Subsidie
             of
             Poundage
             and
             Tonnage
             ,
             Wools
             ;
             Woolfels
             and
             Leather
             
               anno
               primo
               Jac.
            
             two
             parts
             of
             Recusants
             Lands
             convicted
             ;
             
               in
               anno
            
             3.
             four
             Subsidies
             in
             the
             pound
             by
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             three
             entire
             Subsidies
             ,
             and
             three
             Fifteenths
             and
             tenths
             ,
             and
             three
             hundred
             and
             fifty
             thousand
             pounds
             for
             Subsidies
             unpaid
             to
             Queen
             
               Elizabeth
               ;
               Anno
            
             7.
             an
             Ayd
             to
             make
             his
             Son
             Prince
             Henry
             a
             Knight
             ;
             Anno
             18.
             two
             Subsidies
             of
             the
             Laity
             and
             three
             of
             the
             Crergy
             ;
             Anno
             21.
             three
             Subsidies
             and
             three
             fifteens
             of
             the
             Temporalty
             and
             some
             Subsidies
             of
             the
             Clergy
             .
          
           
             
               Primo
               Car.
               primi
            
             ,
             three
             entire
             Subsides
             by
             the
             Spiritualty
             ;
             3.
             
             Car.
             five
             entire
             Subsidies
             granted
             by
             the
             Spiritualty
             ,
             and
             as
             many
             by
             the
             Temporalty
             ;
             great
             sums
             of
             money
             raised
             by
             Ship-money
             ,
             and
             by
             an
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             for
             Poll-money
             ,
             pawning
             all
             his
             Jewels
             ,
             and
             the
             benefit
             for
             some
             years
             of
             Coynage
             ,
             of
             
               two
               hundred
               thousand
               pounds
            
             of
             Spanish
             Bullion
             ,
             and
             returning
             the
             value
             in
             English
             Commodities
             .
          
           
             All
             which
             being
             great
             supplies
             and
             easements
             to
             the
             charges
             and
             burdens
             of
             our
             severall
             and
             successive
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             (
             and
             were
             not
             without
             some
             charge
             in
             the
             collection
             )
             would
             have
             been
             much
             greater
             if
             the
             people
             of
             England
             ,
             keeping
             close
             to
             a
             long
             custome
             of
             not
             only
             getting
             all
             that
             they
             can
             from
             their
             Kings
             and
             
               Common
               Parents
            
             ,
             but
             returning
             as
             little
             as
             they
             could
             of
             their
             Aydes
             or
             Thanks
             unto
             them
             ,
             would
             have
             permitted
             them
             to
             arrive
             to
             a
             just
             or
             true
             valuation
             ,
             or
             any
             more
             then
             a
             small
             part
             of
             what
             they
             should
             be
             content
             
             to
             rate
             one
             another
             at
             ,
             having
             by
             an
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             in
             6.
             
             Ed.
             3.
             obtained
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             that
             
               from
               henceforth
               all
               Aydes
               should
               be
               taxed
               after
               the
               old
               manner
               ;
               and
               not
               otherwise
            
             (
             the
             Subsidies
             being
             most
             commonly
             rated
             but
             at
             two
             shillings
             eight
             pence
             in
             the
             pound
             for
             goods
             ,
             and
             four
             shillings
             in
             the
             pound
             for
             lands
             ,
             with
             consideration
             of
             debts
             and
             other
             diminishing
             circumstances
             )
             and
             put
             in
             the
             Ballance
             and
             compared
             with
             that
             which
             was
             given
             to
             the
             people
             ,
             by
             the
             Confirmations
             of
             divers
             Kings
             and
             Queens
             of
             Letters
             Patents
             and
             Lands
             given
             therein
             ,
             Coronation
             Pardons
             ,
             the
             General
             Pardons
             of
             21
             Jac.
             those
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             ,
             and
             of
             some
             of
             our
             later
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             (
             for
             in
             the
             Reigns
             of
             many
             of
             the
             former
             ,
             they
             were
             not
             so
             frequent
             ,
             general
             ,
             or
             usuall
             .
             )
             The
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             of
             21
             
               Jacobi
               Regis
            
             ,
             for
             debarring
             the
             Kings
             Title
             to
             concealed
             Lands
             after
             sixty
             years
             possession
             ,
             where
             nothing
             within
             that
             time
             had
             been
             answered
             or
             paid
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             or
             was
             in
             super
             ,
             and
             the
             last
             all-surpassing
             Act
             of
             Indemnity
             and
             General
             Pardon
             granted
             by
             King
             Charles
             the
             second
             ,
             would
             be
             farre
             surmounted
             by
             those
             and
             many
             other
             beneficiall
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             granted
             in
             every
             King
             and
             Princes
             reign
             ,
             of
             liberties
             and
             benefits
             to
             the
             people
             .
          
           
             And
             were
             not
             enough
             or
             sufficient
             to
             repair
             the
             decayes
             of
             the
             
               Regal
               Revenues
            
             ,
             or
             keep
             them
             from
             a
             consumption
             occasioned
             by
             their
             vast
             charges
             of
             our
             Kings
             as
             well
             in
             times
             of
             warre
             as
             peace
             ,
             to
             keep
             their
             people
             in
             safety
             ,
             peace
             and
             plenty
             ,
             nor
             to
             cure
             the
             Revenue
             of
             a
             
               Hecticque
               Fever
            
             of
             almost
             500
             years
             continuance
             ,
             though
             some
             of
             our
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             took
             some
             parts
             of
             Trade
             into
             their
             own
             hands
             to
             supply
             their
             necessities
             ,
             as
             the
             Wool
             by
             King
             Ed.
             1.
             
             Tinne
             by
             Ed.
             3.
             that
             
             and
             corn
             by
             Hen.
             6.
             and
             Beer
             transported
             by
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             ,
             and
             notwithstanding
             the
             care
             and
             provision
             of
             divers
             Parliaments
             to
             have
             the
             Crown
             Lands
             not
             alien'd
             or
             wasted
             and
             the
             care
             of
             the
             Laws
             of
             England
             ,
             that
             the
             grants
             of
             the
             King
             shall
             be
             void
             where
             he
             is
             deceived
             or
             not
             truly
             informed
             :
             The
             Ordinance
             in
             the
             21
             of
             Richard
             the
             second
             that
             
               whatsoever
               should
               come
               to
               the
               King
               by
               Judgment
               ,
               Escheat
               ,
               Wardship
               ,
               or
               any
               otherwayes
               ,
               should
               not
               be
               given
               away
               :
            
             That
             of
             primo
             King
             
               H.
               4.
               ca.
            
             6.
             that
             
               in
               a
               Petition
               to
               the
               King
               for
               Lands
               ,
               Offices
               ,
               or
               any
               Gift
               the
               value
               thereof
               shall
               be
               mentioned
               ,
               and
               of
               that
               also
               which
               they
               have
               had
               of
               the
               Kings
               gift
               ,
               or
               of
               other
               his
               Pregenitors
               or
               Predecessors
               before
               ;
               and
               in
               case
               it
               be
               not
               ,
               their
               Grants
               shall
               be
               void
               and
               repealed
            
             ;
             the
             Ordinance
             of
             21
             R.
             2.
             that
             
               the
               Procurer
               of
               any
               gift
               should
               be
               punished
               ,
               continued
               untill
            
             7
             H.
             4.
             
               untill
               the
               King
               should
               be
               out
               of
               debt
               ,
               under
               penalty
               of
               forfeiting
               the
               double
               value
               for
               moving
               or
               procuring
               any
               such
               suit
               :
            
             The
             Statute
             of
             4
             of
             
               H.
               4.
               cap.
            
             4.
             that
             the
             King
             
               grant
               no
               Lands
               or
               other
               Commodities
               but
               to
               such
               as
               shall
               deserve
               them
               ;
               and
               if
               any
               make
               demand
               without
               desert
               he
               shall
               be
               punished
               by
               the
               Councell
               ,
               and
               not
               obtain
               his
               suit
               :
            
             In
             11
             Hen.
             4
             ,
             That
             
               Petitions
               for
               any
               such
               Grants
               delivered
               to
               the
               King
               be
               examined
               by
               his
               Privy
               Councell
               lest
               the
               Kings
               wants
               should
               light
               upon
               the
               Commons
            
             ;
             and
             in
             2
             
               H.
               6.
               
               That
               all
               the
               profits
               by
               Wards
               ,
               Marriages
               ,
               Reliefs
               ,
               Escheats
               ,
               and
               Forfeitures
               should
               be
               expended
               in
               helping
               to
               defray
               the
               charges
               of
               the
               Kings
               Houshold
               ,
            
             an
             account
             of
             the
             Kings
             Revenue
             in
             1.
             
             Hen.
             6.
             in
             
               England
               ,
               Ireland
               ,
               Wales
            
             and
             Aquitaine
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             charges
             and
             expences
             delivered
             into
             Parliament
             by
             Ralph
             Lord
             Cromwell
             Lord
             Treasurer
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             the
             Dukes
             of
             Bedford
             and
             
             Gloucester
             ,
             and
             divers
             of
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Kings
             Councell
             appointed
             to
             consider
             thereof
             ;
             the
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             in
             18
             and
             43
             Eliz.
             That
             the
             Queen
             should
             
               be
               answered
               for
               the
               overplus
               ,
               of
               the
               value
               of
               Lands
               granted
               by
               her
               Letters
               Patents
               after
               the
               rate
               of
               threescore
               years
               purchase
               :
            
             The
             abating
             in
             several
             Kings
             Reigns
             the
             expences
             of
             Houshold
             and
             of
             their
             Retinue
             Favourites
             Gifts
             and
             Rewards
             ,
             and
             lessening
             of
             charges
             in
             Warre
             by
             Tenures
             in
             Capite
             and
             
               Knight
               Service
            
             ;
             Aydes
             to
             make
             their
             eldest
             Sonnes
             Knights
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             marriage
             of
             their
             eldest
             Daughters
             ,
             Profit
             of
             
               Annum
               diem
               &
               vastum
            
             ,
             Aides
             and
             Assistances
             by
             Grand
             and
             
               Petit
               Serjeanties
               ,
               Aurum
               Reginae
            
             ,
             or
             something
             presented
             to
             the
             Queen
             in
             former
             Kings
             Reigns
             upon
             Grants
             of
             Lands
             or
             Estate
             ,
             Licences
             to
             Trade
             with
             prohibited
             Merchandize
             ,
             raising
             their
             Customes
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             farming
             out
             their
             Ships
             ,
             Fines
             upon
             licences
             of
             Alienation
             or
             Pardons
             ,
             Espargne
             of
             the
             Royall
             Revenue
             by
             the
             Marriages
             of
             the
             Heirs
             of
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             of
             great
             Estates
             ,
             and
             transplanting
             and
             inoculating
             of
             great
             and
             Noble
             Families
             and
             Estates
             into
             one
             another
             ,
             not
             only
             for
             their
             good
             and
             advancement
             ,
             but
             the
             peace
             and
             welfare
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             the
             checque
             which
             King
             James
             gave
             to
             suits
             and
             importunities
             at
             Court
             after
             that
             he
             had
             given
             away
             too
             much
             of
             his
             English
             Crown
             Lands
             to
             his
             craving
             Countreymen
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             publickly
             
               declaring
               what
               kind
               of
               Suits
               or
               Requests
               might
               be
               demanded
               of
               him
               ,
               and
               what
               he
               would
               not
               grant
            
             ;
             his
             orders
             to
             have
             once
             in
             every
             quarter
             of
             a
             year
             Certificates
             or
             Accounts
             of
             moneys
             issued
             for
             his
             Houshold
             ,
             Wardrobe
             ,
             Jewel-house
             ,
             Chamber
             ,
             Navie
             and
             Stables
             ,
             and
             his
             care
             and
             advice
             with
             his
             Privie
             Councel
             for
             supplies
             
             of
             his
             Revenues
             and
             regulating
             his
             expences
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             Exitus
             was
             every
             year
             by
             affairs
             ,
             troubles
             and
             cares
             of
             State
             ,
             disturbances
             ,
             and
             accidents
             often
             happening
             ,
             a
             great
             deal
             more
             then
             the
             Introitus
             ,
             the
             disbursements
             farre
             exceeding
             the
             incomes
             ,
             the
             ordinary
             receipts
             coming
             farre
             short
             of
             the
             ordinary
             disbursements
             ,
             and
             the
             extraordinaries
             very
             much
             out-going
             the
             ordinaries
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             III.
             Ruine
             and
             Decay
             of
             the
             Revenues
             .
          
           
             BY
             reason
             of
             the
             great
             charges
             and
             expences
             which
             the
             Kings
             of
             England
             were
             at
             through
             their
             severall
             Generations
             ,
             to
             protect
             and
             defend
             themselves
             and
             their
             people
             (
             though
             some
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             in
             all
             other
             conditions
             and
             sorts
             of
             men
             were
             sound
             to
             be
             less
             provident
             then
             others
             ,
             and
             more
             easie
             to
             the
             flatteries
             of
             Courtiers
             ,
             or
             the
             necessities
             or
             importunities
             of
             Favourites
             or
             Followers
             ,
             as
             King
             Edward
             the
             second
             and
             King
             Richard
             the
             second
             )
             sixty
             thousand
             Knights
             Fees
             ,
             or
             maintenance
             for
             them
             given
             away
             by
             William
             the
             Conquerour
             of
             which
             the
             Religious
             Houses
             then
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             near
             succeeding
             times
             ,
             came
             to
             be
             possessed
             of
             28115.
             the
             yearly
             value
             of
             which
             number
             of
             Knights
             Fees
             ,
             if
             now
             they
             should
             be
             estimated
             but
             at
             ten
             thousand
             ,
             and
             valued
             but
             at
             the
             rate
             of
             twenty
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
            
             ,
             as
             they
             seemed
             to
             be
             at
             the
             making
             of
             the
             Statute
             of
             1
             Ed.
             2.
             would
             be
             worth
             
               two
               hundred
               thousand
            
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
            
             ,
             and
             if
             at
             three
             hundred
             pounds
             
               per
               
               annum
            
             ,
             which
             is
             now
             the
             least
             of
             the
             improvement
             (
             Sir
             
               Edward
               Coke
            
             reckoning
             eight
             hundred
             ,
             and
             others
             six
             hundred
             and
             eighty
             acres
             to
             a
             Knights
             Fee
             ,
             and
             others
             at
             the
             least
             allowing
             a
             large
             proportion
             )
             would
             make
             
               three
               millions
               per
               annum
            
             sterling
             ,
             two
             hundred
             and
             eighty
             Manors
             given
             to
             Godfry
             Bishop
             of
             Constance
             ,
             which
             he
             left
             to
             his
             Nephew
             Moubray
             ,
             the
             Isle
             of
             Wight
             ,
             Earldome
             of
             Devon
             ,
             and
             Honour
             of
             Plimpton
             given
             by
             Henry
             the
             first
             to
             
               Richard
               de
               Ripariis
            
             or
             Rivers
             ,
             Earldome
             of
             Gloucester
             to
             
               Robert
               Fitz
               Henry
            
             ;
             great
             possessions
             given
             away
             by
             King
             Stephen
             to
             purchase
             love
             and
             fidelity
             ,
             the
             great
             Estates
             in
             Land
             which
             Maud
             the
             Empress
             was
             inforced
             to
             grant
             ,
             and
             her
             Son
             King
             Henry
             the
             second
             afterwards
             to
             confirme
             to
             divers
             of
             the
             great
             men
             and
             Nobility
             ,
             as
             the
             Earldom
             of
             Oxford
             to
             
               Awbrey
               de
               vere
            
             ,
             Earldome
             of
             Arundel
             to
             
               William
               de
               Albeney
            
             ,
             Earldome
             of
             Hereford
             to
             Miles
             of
             Gloucester
             ,
             and
             of
             Essex
             to
             
               Jeofrey
               Magnauile
            
             to
             forsake
             the
             usurping
             King
             Stephen
             ,
             and
             the
             great
             charge
             which
             those
             twenty
             years
             warres
             expended
             ;
             the
             wars
             of
             King
             H.
             2.
             in
             France
             ,
             and
             with
             his
             own
             Sons
             there
             and
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             of
             seven
             and
             forty
             thousand
             three
             hundred
             thirty
             three
             pounds
             six
             shillings
             &
             eight
             pence
             expended
             and
             given
             towards
             the
             warres
             of
             the
             Holy
             land
             ,
             great
             somes
             of
             gold
             and
             silver
             sent
             to
             the
             Pope
             ,
             charges
             of
             the
             voyage
             or
             expedition
             which
             King
             Richard
             the
             first
             made
             in
             person
             into
             Asia
             and
             the
             Holy
             Land
             and
             his
             ransome
             ;
             the
             Earldomes
             of
             
               Mortaigne
               ,
               Cornwall
               ,
               Dorses
               ,
               Somerset
               ,
               Nottingham
               ,
               Derby
            
             and
             Lancaster
             with
             all
             their
             great
             possessions
             being
             a
             great
             part
             of
             the
             Crown
             Revenues
             given
             to
             his
             brother
             John
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             part
             of
             the
             remainder
             sold
             :
             The
             troubles
             of
             King
             John
             with
             his
             boisterous
             Barons
             ,
             the
             
             Stanneries
             Castles
             and
             Honor
             of
             Barkhamstead
             and
             County
             of
             Cornwall
             granted
             by
             King
             Hen.
             3.
             to
             his
             Brother
             Richard
             his
             great
             warres
             and
             turmoils
             in
             the
             Barons
             warres
             ,
             which
             drove
             him
             to
             such
             wants
             and
             perplexities
             as
             he
             and
             his
             Queen
             (
             as
             
               Matthew
               Paris
            
             tells
             us
             were
             somtimes
             enforced
             to
             seek
             their
             daily
             and
             necessary
             sustenance
             from
             Monasteries
             ,
             charge
             of
             endeavoring
             at
             a
             great
             rate
             and
             price
             ,
             though
             unsuccesfully
             to
             make
             his
             Son
             Edmond
             King
             of
             Sicily
             ,
             and
             furnishing
             his
             Son
             Edward
             afterwards
             King.
             E.
             1.
             with
             an
             Army
             to
             Jerusalem
             ,
             that
             of
             King
             Ed.
             1.
             in
             his
             wars
             against
             the
             Scots
             ,
             and
             subduing
             that
             Kingdom
             ,
             the
             raising
             and
             advancing
             the
             unhappy
             Favorites
             ,
             Gaveston
             and
             the
             two
             Spencers
             ,
             Father
             and
             Son
             ,
             by
             King
             Edward
             the
             Second
             ,
             and
             his
             troubles
             ,
             great
             expences
             of
             Edward
             the
             Third
             ,
             in
             his
             Conquering
             of
             France
             ,
             the
             Dukedom
             of
             Cornwal
             ,
             and
             Earldoms
             of
             Chester
             and
             Flint
             ,
             setled
             upon
             the
             Black
             Prince
             his
             Son
             ,
             and
             the
             eldest
             Sons
             and
             Heirs
             of
             the
             Kings
             of
             England
             successively
             ,
             preferring
             of
             Lionel
             Duke
             of
             Clarence
             ,
             and
             his
             many
             other
             Sons
             ,
             restoring
             of
             
               Don
               Pedro
            
             to
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Castile
             ,
             by
             the
             aid
             of
             the
             Black
             Prince
             ,
             the
             Earldom
             of
             
               Salisbury
               ,
               Isle
               of
               Man
            
             ,
             Castle
             and
             Barony
             of
             Denbigh
             ,
             given
             to
             Mountacute
             ,
             and
             one
             Thousand
             Marks
             Lands
             
               per
               annum
            
             besides
             ,
             to
             him
             and
             his
             Heirs
             for
             taking
             
               Roger
               Mortimer
            
             Prisoner
             at
             Nottingham
             Castle
             ,
             one
             thousand
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
            
             with
             the
             Town
             and
             Castle
             of
             Cambridge
             ,
             to
             William
             Marquess
             of
             Juliers
             and
             the
             Heirs
             of
             his
             body
             ,
             Honor
             of
             Wallingford
             and
             Earldome
             of
             Cornwall
             escheated
             ,
             given
             to
             John
             of
             Eltham
             his
             Brother
             ,
             the
             penalties
             and
             fines
             of
             Labourers
             ,
             Artificers
             and
             Servants
             in
             anno
             36.
             of
             his
             reign
             given
             to
             the
             Commons
             for
             three
             years
             to
             be
             distributed
             
             amongst
             them
             the
             maintaining
             and
             humoring
             of
             severall
             Factions
             of
             the
             great
             Nobility
             by
             King.
             Richard
             the
             second
             his
             voyage
             into
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             after
             misfortunes
             ,
             raising
             of
             
               John
               Beaufort
            
             Earl
             of
             Somerset
             and
             
               John
               Holland
            
             ,
             his
             half-Brother
             ,
             to
             be
             Earl
             of
             Kent
             and
             Duke
             of
             Exeter
             ;
             dissentions
             and
             troubles
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             King
             Henry
             the
             fourth
             ,
             preferring
             another
             of
             the
             Beauforts
             to
             be
             Earl
             of
             Dorset
             ,
             and
             his
             establishment
             as
             well
             as
             he
             could
             in
             his
             own
             usurpations
             ,
             Chirk
             and
             Chirk
             Lands
             in
             Wales
             given
             by
             King
             Henry
             the
             fifth
             to
             
               Edmond
               Beaufort
            
             second
             Son
             of
             
               John
               Beaufort
            
             Earl
             of
             Somerset
             ,
             the
             charge
             of
             his
             Conquest
             of
             France
             ,
             the
             seeking
             to
             preserve
             and
             keep
             it
             by
             Henry
             the
             sixth
             ,
             long
             and
             bloody
             Factions
             and
             Warres
             of
             York
             and
             
               Lancaster
               ,
               Kendal
            
             ,
             and
             other
             great
             possessions
             given
             to
             
               John
               de
               Foix
            
             ,
             a
             Frenchman
             ,
             in
             marriage
             with
             Margaret
             the
             Sister
             to
             
               William
               de
               la
               Poole
            
             Duke
             of
             Suffolk
             ,
             the
             Earldome
             of
             Shrowsbury
             to
             the
             high
             deserving
             Talbot
             ,
             the
             Isles
             of
             Guarnsay
             and
             Jersey
             ,
             and
             the
             Castle
             of
             Bristol
             to
             
               Henry
               Beauchamp
            
             Duke
             of
             Warwick
             ,
             the
             charge
             of
             King
             Edward
             the
             fourth
             in
             his
             getting
             the
             Crown
             ,
             the
             Earldome
             of
             Pembroke
             given
             by
             him
             to
             William
             Lord
             Herbert
             ,
             the
             making
             of
             friends
             and
             parties
             by
             King
             R.
             3.
             pacifying
             of
             Interests
             by
             King.
             Hen.
             7.
             his
             gifts
             and
             grants
             to
             Stanley
             .
             Earl
             of
             Derby
             ,
             and
             the
             dying
             the
             white
             Rose
             into
             the
             Red
             ,
             or
             uniting
             of
             them
             ,
             the
             voyages
             and
             warres
             of
             King
             H.
             8.
             in
             France
             ,
             preferring
             of
             
               Charles
               Brandon
            
             to
             be
             Duke
             of
             
               Suffolk
               ,
               Seymour
            
             to
             be
             Earl
             of
             
               Hertford
               ,
               Ratcliffe
            
             Earl
             of
             
               Sussex
               ,
               Thomas
               Manors
            
             Earl
             of
             Rutland
             ,
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Bolein
            
             to
             be
             Viscount
             Rochford
             and
             Earl
             of
             Wiltshire
             ;
             his
             contest
             with
             the
             Pope
             and
             other
             great
             
             Princes
             ,
             large
             and
             great
             quantities
             of
             Religious
             and
             Ecclesiasticall
             Lands
             given
             away
             to
             divers
             of
             his
             Nobility
             many
             of
             whom
             had
             been
             the
             former
             Donors
             thereof
             ,
             and
             to
             divers
             of
             the
             Gentry
             to
             corroborate
             what
             he
             had
             done
             ,
             bring
             them
             into
             a
             better
             liking
             of
             that
             action
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             the
             more
             unwilling
             to
             leave
             those
             Lands
             which
             he
             had
             given
             them
             ,
             a
             remission
             of
             all
             debts
             without
             schedule
             or
             limitation
             in
             anno
             21.
             of
             his
             Reign
             ,
             endowing
             six
             Bishopricks
             and
             Cathedrall
             Churches
             ,
             Pensions
             for
             life
             to
             many
             which
             were
             turned
             out
             of
             their
             Cloisters
             ,
             a
             perpetuall
             maintenance
             to
             the
             Professors
             of
             the
             Greek
             and
             Hebrew
             Tongues
             ,
             Civill
             Law
             ,
             Divinity
             and
             Physick
             in
             both
             the
             Universities
             ,
             and
             to
             twelve
             poor
             Knights
             at
             Windsor
             ;
             the
             warres
             of
             King
             Edward
             the
             sixth
             in
             Scotland
             ,
             creating
             of
             
               John
               Dudley
            
             Earl
             of
             Warwick
             Duke
             of
             
               Northumberland
               ,
               Seymour
            
             Duke
             of
             
               Somerset
               ,
               Russell
            
             Earl
             of
             
               Bedford
               ,
               St.
               John
            
             Earl
             of
             
               Wiltshire
               ,
               Rich
               ,
               Willoughby
               ,
               Paget
               ,
               Sheffeild
               ,
            
             Barons
             ;
             his
             giving
             away
             great
             quantities
             of
             Ecclesiasticall
             and
             Chantry
             Lands
             ,
             Viscount
             Mountague
             ,
             Lord
             Howard
             of
             Effingham
             ,
             Lord
             North
             advanced
             by
             Queen
             Mary
             ,
             the
             Subsidie
             of
             four
             shillings
             in
             the
             pound
             for
             Lands
             ,
             and
             two
             shillings
             for
             Goods
             granted
             to
             King
             Edward
             the
             sixth
             in
             the
             last
             year
             of
             his
             Reign
             ,
             remitted
             by
             her
             ,
             and
             nine
             thousand
             two
             hundred
             pounds
             land
             
               per
               annum
            
             of
             the
             Crown
             given
             away
             ,
             paying
             at
             the
             same
             time
             twelve
             pound
             
               per
               cent
            
             .
             Interest
             for
             twenty
             thousand
             pounds
             borrowed
             of
             the
             City
             of
             London
             ,
             and
             the
             greater
             charges
             and
             Expences
             of
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             ,
             in
             protecting
             the
             Neatherlands
             and
             United
             Provinces
             ,
             which
             cost
             her
             
               five
               hundred
               thirty
               four
               thousand
               pounds
               ,
            
             and
             
               four
               hundred
               thousand
               pounds
            
             in
             succouring
             King
             H.
             
             4.
             of
             France
             ,
             besides
             what
             was
             disbursed
             for
             other
             Protestant
             Allies
             ,
             guarding
             the
             Back-door
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             relieving
             &
             guarding
             the
             young
             King
             ,
             who
             was
             afterwards
             her
             Successor
             ,
             endeavouring
             to
             reduce
             Ireland
             to
             its
             former
             obedience
             ,
             which
             in
             a
             few
             years
             cost
             her
             ,
             as
             the
             Lord
             Treasurer
             Cecill
             Earl
             of
             Salisbury
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             King
             James
             informed
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             
               nineteen
               hundred
               twenty
               and
               four
               thousand
               pounds
               ,
            
             and
             defending
             her self
             from
             the
             Assaults
             and
             machinations
             of
             the
             Pope
             ,
             King
             of
             Spain
             ,
             and
             other
             Catholick
             Princes
             ,
             advancing
             and
             enriching
             Cecil
             L.
             
               Burghley
               ,
               Sackvile
            
             L.
             
               Buckhurst
               ,
               Charles
               Blount
            
             Lord
             
               Mountjoy
               ,
               Knowles
               ,
               Wotton
               ,
               Sidney
               ,
               Carew
               ,
               Petre
               ,
               Compton
               ,
               Cheney
               ,
               Norris
               ,
            
             and
             Stanhop
             ,
             to
             be
             Barons
             ;
             and
             creating
             of
             the
             Earls
             of
             
               Essex
               ,
               Leicester
               ,
               Lincoln
            
             and
             Warwick
             :
             Remission
             of
             a
             Subsidie
             granted
             to
             Q.
             Mary
             ,
             Farming
             of
             her
             Customs
             to
             Smyth
             but
             for
             
               thirteen
               thousand
               pounds
               per
               annum
            
             ,
             afterwards
             to
             
               forty
               two
               thousand
               pounds
            
             ,
             and
             raising
             them
             after
             that
             only
             to
             no
             more
             then
             
               fifty
               thousand
               pounds
               per
               annum
               ,
               five
               hundred
               thousand
               pounds
            
             spent
             by
             King
             James
             in
             a
             totall
             subduing
             of
             
               Ireland
               ,
               three
               hundred
               and
               fifty
               thousand
               pounds
            
             paid
             for
             Queen
             Elizabeth's
             debts
             to
             the
             City
             of
             London
             ,
             for
             which
             some
             of
             the
             Crown
             Lands
             were
             mortgaged
             ,
             and
             for
             debts
             to
             the
             Army
             ,
             Admiralty
             and
             Wardrobe
             ,
             and
             discharging
             the
             reckoning
             of
             brass
             money
             in
             Ireland
             with
             the
             same
             sums
             in
             silver
             ;
             his
             vast
             expences
             by
             Treaties
             and
             Ambassadours
             ,
             amounting
             in
             the
             seventh
             year
             of
             his
             Reign
             unto
             
               five
               hundred
               thousand
               pounds
            
             ,
             to
             keep
             us
             in
             our
             envied
             peace
             and
             plenty
             ;
             
               four
               hundred
               thousand
               pounds
            
             disbursed
             in
             relieving
             the
             Dutch
             ,
             besides
             what
             was
             spent
             in
             satisfying
             the
             greedy
             cravings
             of
             the
             
               Scottish
               Nation
            
             ,
             preferring
             and
             raising
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             
             
               Richmond
               ,
               Ramsey
            
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Holderness
             ,
             Earls
             of
             
               Carlisle
               ,
               Kelley
               ,
               Morton
            
             and
             
               Dunbarre
               ,
               Howard
            
             Earl
             of
             
               Northampton
               ,
               Carr
            
             Earl
             of
             
               Somerset
               ,
               Herbert
            
             Earl
             of
             
               Montgomery
               ,
               Villers
            
             Duke
             of
             
               Buckingham
               ,
               Cranfeild
            
             Earl
             of
             
               Middlesex
               ,
               Cecill
            
             Earl
             of
             
               Salisbury
               ,
               Howard
            
             Earl
             of
             
               Suffolke
               ,
               Mountague
            
             Earl
             of
             
               Manchester
               ,
               Ley
            
             Earl
             of
             Marleborough
             ,
             and
             Digby
             Earl
             of
             Bristol
             .
          
           
             All
             which
             and
             many
             more
             which
             might
             be
             here
             enumerated
             ,
             did
             not
             only
             as
             was
             usuall
             in
             the
             Reigns
             of
             our
             former
             Kings
             ,
             by
             necessary
             bounties
             encouraging
             of
             virtue
             and
             valour
             ,
             rewarding
             of
             merits
             and
             high
             deservings
             of
             Ministers
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             great
             Atchievements
             of
             men
             of
             warre
             through
             a
             successiion
             of
             ages
             ,
             accidents
             ,
             occasions
             ,
             and
             reasons
             of
             State
             ,
             draw
             and
             derive
             their
             honours
             from
             those
             fountains
             of
             Honour
             ,
             but
             large
             Revenues
             and
             Lands
             many
             times
             likewise
             ,
             to
             support
             and
             maintain
             their
             Dignities
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             upon
             the
             Petitions
             of
             the
             Commons
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             as
             to
             conferre
             upon
             John
             of
             Gaunt
             Duke
             of
             Lancaster
             ,
             the
             Dukedome
             of
             Acquitaine
             in
             the
             reign
             of
             King
             Edward
             the
             third
             ,
             to
             make
             
               John
               Holland
            
             the
             Kings
             half-Brother
             Earl
             of
             Huntington
             in
             the
             reign
             of
             King
             Richard
             the
             second
             ,
             and
             to
             preferre
             and
             advance
             the
             Lords
             John
             and
             Humphrey
             ,
             Sons
             of
             King
             Henry
             the
             fourth
             :
             and
             sometimes
             great
             Pensions
             and
             Annuities
             were
             given
             for
             life
             untill
             Lands
             could
             be
             provided
             to
             support
             them
             ,
             in
             reward
             of
             virtue
             and
             their
             services
             done
             or
             to
             be
             done
             for
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             to
             continue
             them
             and
             their
             posterities
             as
             props
             and
             pillars
             of
             the
             Royall
             Throne
             in
             a
             gratefull
             acknowledgment
             of
             the
             favours
             received
             from
             it
             ;
             And
             besides
             those
             former
             rewards
             and
             Ennoblishments
             ,
             puts
             it
             at
             this
             day
             for
             Creation
             money
             ,
             paid
             
             to
             the
             Dukes
             ,
             Marquesses
             and
             Earls
             ,
             to
             no
             less
             a
             charge
             then
             one
             thousand
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
            
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             people
             were
             in
             all
             ages
             no
             loosers
             ,
             when
             the
             Honour
             strength
             and
             defence
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             was
             maintained
             and
             increased
             by
             them
             ,
             and
             themselves
             kept
             in
             peace
             and
             plenty
             ,
             the
             manner
             of
             living
             in
             ancient
             and
             better
             times
             ,
             being
             with
             little
             money
             and
             small
             rents
             ,
             great
             services
             ,
             by
             the
             thankfull
             and
             ready
             duty
             and
             affections
             of
             Tenants
             to
             their
             Benefactors
             and
             mesne
             Lords
             ,
             not
             only
             made
             them
             great
             in
             power
             ,
             but
             enabled
             them
             to
             imitate
             their
             Princes
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             they
             could
             in
             great
             hospitalities
             ,
             deeds
             of
             charity
             and
             almes
             ,
             building
             and
             endowing
             of
             Churches
             ,
             Abbies
             ,
             Priories
             and
             Religious
             Houses
             ,
             and
             giving
             large
             Inheritances
             to
             their
             Servants
             ,
             Friends
             and
             Followers
             
               pro
               homagio
               &
               servitio
            
             ,
             and
             other
             dependances
             ,
             Common
             of
             Estovers
             and
             of
             great
             quantities
             of
             Lands
             to
             severall
             Cities
             ,
             Towns
             and
             Villages
             and
             in
             such
             a
             plentifull
             manner
             distributed
             and
             gave
             their
             Lands
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             Lands
             in
             Capite
             &
             by
             
               Knight
               Service
            
             ,
             Coppyhold
             Lands
             &
             Commons
             ,
             which
             our
             King's
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             bestowed
             heretofore
             upon
             the
             inferiour
             sort
             of
             people
             ,
             and
             what
             they
             dedicated
             to
             God
             by
             giving
             to
             Churches
             ,
             Religious
             Houses
             ,
             Colleges
             ,
             Churches
             and
             Chappels
             ,
             should
             be
             surveyed
             and
             measured
             ,
             they
             would
             amount
             to
             no
             less
             then
             two
             parts
             in
             four
             of
             the
             Lands
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             .
          
           
             The
             quondam
             lethargie
             ,
             sleepiness
             and
             unactivity
             of
             many
             of
             the
             Officers
             of
             the
             Exchequer
             who
             should
             be
             as
             the
             Argus
             eyes
             to
             guard
             the
             Royall
             Revenue
             ;
             the
             indulgence
             heretofore
             ,
             
             or
             neglect
             of
             some
             of
             her
             Officers
             ,
             and
             their
             not
             remembring
             that
             they
             were
             to
             be
             the
             Kings
             and
             his
             Treasurers
             Remembrancers
             ,
             
             respiting
             or
             nichiling
             of
             his
             debts
             upon
             feigned
             Petitions
             ,
             which
             can
             tell
             how
             to
             deceive
             the
             most
             carefull
             Barons
             or
             Judges
             of
             that
             Court
             ,
             when
             their
             Soveraign
             suffered
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             very
             great
             damage
             for
             want
             of
             the
             money
             ,
             the
             not
             duly
             estreating
             of
             all
             Fines
             and
             Amerciaments
             ,
             corrupt
             compounding
             for
             such
             as
             were
             estreated
             by
             under
             Officers
             at
             easie
             rates
             ,
             granting
             to
             the
             City
             of
             London
             their
             Fines
             and
             Amerciaments
             ,
             want
             of
             looking
             after
             ,
             as
             they
             doe
             in
             other
             Nations
             ,
             the
             execution
             of
             those
             multitudes
             of
             penall
             Lawes
             (
             which
             otherwise
             will
             be
             to
             little
             purpose
             )
             and
             assisting
             the
             collection
             of
             the
             Kings
             legall
             profits
             arising
             thereby
             ,
             the
             heretofore
             carelesness
             or
             corruption
             of
             some
             of
             our
             former
             Kings
             Officers
             ,
             who
             for
             fees
             of
             favour
             enlarged
             their
             Charters
             and
             Grants
             to
             bodies
             politique
             ,
             Cities
             ,
             Towns
             and
             Corporations
             ,
             and
             to
             as
             many
             private
             persons
             as
             would
             petition
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             decked
             them
             with
             the
             flowers
             of
             the
             Kings
             Crown
             which
             were
             not
             to
             be
             parted
             with
             so
             easily
             .
          
           
             So
             as
             what
             by
             Grants
             or
             Prescription
             which
             in
             many
             cases
             is
             but
             the
             incroachment
             or
             filchings
             of
             liberties
             and
             priviledges
             ,
             concealed
             or
             not
             well
             looked
             after
             ,
             covered
             and
             drawn
             into
             a
             property
             by
             a
             time
             beyond
             the
             memory
             of
             man
             upon
             a
             meer
             supposition
             ,
             that
             there
             might
             possibly
             have
             been
             a
             loyal
             or
             good
             grant
             or
             commencement
             for
             them
             ,
             every
             little
             Manor
             of
             those
             multitudes
             of
             Manors
             and
             Franchises
             (
             which
             the
             Commons
             in
             a
             Parliament
             of
             King
             Edward
             the
             third
             complained
             off
             )
             and
             proportions
             of
             Lands
             in
             England
             (
             many
             of
             which
             are
             called
             Manors
             by
             supposed
             Titles
             or
             reputation
             only
             )
             as
             so
             many
             little
             Seigniories
             ,
             Jurisdictions
             
             or
             Royalities
             as
             they
             are
             improperly
             called
             ,
             have
             Courts
             ,
             Leet
             and
             Baron
             and
             free
             warren
             ,
             some
             of
             whom
             enjoy
             the
             honor
             and
             profit
             of
             the
             King
             in
             trying
             and
             executing
             Felons
             ,
             and
             many
             using
             all
             manner
             of
             inferiour
             justice
             upon
             the
             Tenants
             ,
             correction
             of
             the
             Affize
             of
             Bread
             and
             Beer
             ,
             have
             Tolles
             ,
             Fairs
             ,
             Markets
             ,
             Fishings
             ,
             Waives
             ,
             Estraies
             ,
             Felons
             goods
             ,
             and
             of
             persons
             outlawed
             ,
             and
             waived
             ,
             Issues
             ,
             Fines
             and
             Amerciaments
             ,
             Wrecks
             of
             Sea
             ,
             Deodands
             ,
             Mortuaries
             ,
             Treasure
             ,
             Trove
             ,
             and
             punishment
             of
             breach
             of
             the
             peace
             ,
             &c.
             granted
             or
             claimed
             as
             belonged
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             not
             having
             a
             Clerk
             for
             the
             King
             besides
             the
             Clerks
             of
             the
             Assizes
             ,
             
             to
             keep
             a
             Roll
             of
             all
             Fines
             Amerciaments
             and
             Profits
             due
             to
             the
             King
             in
             the
             Iters
             or
             Circuits
             ,
             to
             estreat
             and
             certifie
             them
             into
             the
             Exchequer
             ,
             as
             was
             usual
             in
             the
             Reigns
             of
             Henry
             the
             third
             ,
             Edward
             the
             first
             ,
             and
             the
             elder
             Kings
             ,
             and
             many
             of
             the
             Justices
             of
             peace
             not
             duly
             certifying
             their
             Recognizances
             .
          
           
             The
             letting
             the
             Greenwax
             to
             Farm
             with
             defalcations
             of
             such
             as
             the
             King
             shall
             grant
             away
             ,
             
             which
             breeds
             no
             smal
             neglect
             in
             the
             payment
             or
             gathering
             of
             it
             ,
             the
             not
             duly
             making
             or
             sending
             the
             originall
             Roll
             of
             the
             Chancery
             into
             the
             Exchequer
             ,
             the
             posting
             off
             many
             of
             the
             Kings
             Farms
             ,
             and
             debts
             
               de
               anno
               in
               annum
            
             by
             some
             of
             the
             former
             Clerks
             of
             the
             Pipe
             ,
             not
             holding
             the
             Sheriff
             to
             a
             strict
             opposal
             ,
             nor
             inforcing
             them
             to
             pay
             the
             monies
             levied
             of
             the
             Kings
             before
             their
             discharge
             or
             departure
             out
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             not
             drawing
             of
             debts
             down
             into
             the
             
               Cedule
               Pipae
            
             ,
             being
             a
             more
             forcible
             process
             ;
             the
             heretofore
             Stewards
             and
             Bayliffs
             of
             Manors
             belonging
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             not
             justly
             accompting
             in
             the
             Exchequer
             as
             they
             ought
             ,
             the
             not
             awarding
             (
             as
             there
             
             shall
             be
             occasion
             )
             Commissions
             to
             worthy
             Gentlemen
             of
             every
             County
             to
             enquire
             of
             the
             Kings
             debts
             not
             levied
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Sheriffs
             and
             other
             his
             Officers
             ;
             false
             Accomps
             ,
             ordained
             by
             the
             Statutes
             of
             3
             
               E.
               1.
               c.
            
             19.
             and
             6
             
               H.
               4.
               cap.
            
             3.
             neglect
             of
             the
             former
             Clerks
             of
             the
             Estreats
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             abuses
             crept
             into
             evil
             customes
             by
             some
             Officers
             or
             Clerks
             of
             that
             Court
             :
             and
             in
             anno
             1641.
             discovered
             and
             published
             by
             Mr.
             Vernon
             ;
             the
             superfluous
             number
             and
             charge
             of
             many
             Stewards
             ,
             Bayliffs
             and
             other
             Officers
             imployed
             ,
             which
             besides
             the
             many
             deceits
             used
             by
             some
             of
             them
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             exaction
             upon
             the
             people
             ,
             did
             ,
             as
             was
             informed
             ,
             in
             their
             annuall
             Fees
             paid
             and
             allowed
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             yearly
             exceed
             three
             thousand
             pounds
             more
             then
             what
             they
             accompted
             for
             ,
             the
             selling
             or
             granting
             away
             and
             dismembring
             many
             Hundreds
             ,
             Wapentakes
             and
             liberties
             from
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             bodies
             of
             the
             Counties
             ,
             which
             the
             Statutes
             of
             2
             and
             14
             Ed.
             3.
             doe
             prohibit
             to
             be
             aliened
             .
          
           
             The
             falshood
             of
             such
             as
             did
             formerly
             make
             kind
             and
             easie
             particulars
             to
             such
             as
             were
             to
             buy
             or
             have
             any
             of
             the
             Kings
             Lands
             given
             them
             ;
             
             knavery
             and
             abuse
             of
             Under
             Sheriffs
             ,
             carelesnes
             and
             covetousness
             of
             the
             High
             Sheriffs
             in
             appointing
             them
             ,
             and
             not
             looking
             better
             to
             the
             performance
             of
             their
             own
             oathes
             as
             well
             as
             theirs
             .
          
           
             The
             not
             duly
             accompting
             for
             prizes
             taken
             at
             sea
             ,
             
             and
             other
             maritime
             profits
             :
             the
             heretofore
             sleepiness
             or
             slugishness
             of
             Justices
             of
             Peace
             in
             all
             or
             most
             Counties
             and
             Cities
             ,
             who
             being
             intrusted
             by
             the
             Law
             to
             take
             care
             of
             the
             observation
             of
             some
             scores
             of
             Statutes
             and
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             would
             ,
             though
             their
             eyes
             and
             ears
             might
             almost
             every
             day
             perswade
             them
             to
             a
             greater
             care
             of
             their
             oathes
             and
             the
             good
             of
             their
             
             Country
             ,
             too
             often
             suffer
             grosse
             and
             numberless
             offences
             to
             increase
             and
             multiply
             ,
             and
             neither
             punish
             ,
             molest
             or
             trouble
             them
             ,
             or
             so
             much
             as
             give
             any
             information
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             too
             many
             of
             the
             Clerks
             of
             the
             peace
             ,
             Clerks
             of
             the
             Market
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             not
             duly
             recording
             or
             certifying
             their
             Estreates
             .
          
           
             The
             customes
             which
             in
             all
             civilized
             Nations
             ,
             and
             even
             amongst
             the
             Heathen
             are
             
               de
               jure
               Gentium
            
             ,
             
             to
             be
             paid
             to
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Laws
             of
             England
             and
             Parliament
             assent
             ,
             are
             due
             to
             the
             King
             who
             is
             the
             Soveraign
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             keeps
             the
             keyes
             of
             his
             Ports
             ,
             gives
             safe
             conduct
             to
             forrein
             Merchants
             to
             come
             hither
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             power
             ,
             friendship
             and
             treaties
             with
             his
             Allies
             ,
             neighbour
             ,
             and
             other
             Princes
             ,
             obtains
             the
             like
             with
             many
             priviledges
             for
             his
             own
             Merchants
             to
             goe
             and
             trade
             thither
             ,
             prevents
             ,
             with
             no
             small
             charges
             by
             his
             Ambassadours
             ,
             kept
             in
             their
             Dominions
             all
             injuries
             ,
             procures
             them
             right
             and
             justice
             ,
             and
             in
             case
             of
             deniall
             forceth
             it
             ,
             are
             now
             so
             daily
             cosened
             ,
             and
             put
             up
             into
             other
             Pockets
             ,
             as
             notwithstanding
             all
             the
             care
             taken
             in
             the
             farming
             or
             collecting
             of
             them
             ,
             though
             the
             people
             upon
             the
             retaile
             are
             sure
             to
             pay
             them
             to
             the
             full
             ,
             the
             King
             as
             it
             is
             believed
             doth
             not
             receive
             above
             a
             third
             part
             thereof
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             treachery
             and
             connivance
             of
             the
             former
             Searchers
             or
             Waiters
             ,
             and
             the
             Merchants
             defraying
             (
             as
             they
             can
             sometimes
             confess
             )
             the
             pompous
             charge
             of
             their
             City
             and
             Country
             Houses
             ,
             Wives
             and
             Coaches
             ,
             with
             their
             purloined
             Customes
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             cosenning
             of
             the
             King
             in
             his
             Excise
             yeilds
             them
             many
             times
             more
             then
             their
             Merchandise
             ,
             and
             their
             Apprentices
             now
             not
             taken
             under
             three
             or
             four
             hundred
             pounds
             a
             peice
             ,
             can
             live
             more
             like
             Gentlemen
             then
             
             Servants
             and
             purchase
             all
             kind
             of
             vanities
             ,
             vice
             and
             pride
             with
             what
             they
             likewise
             filch
             and
             take
             from
             him
             and
             when
             the
             Customes
             are
             let
             to
             farm
             though
             the
             Farmers
             take
             them
             as
             they
             are
             capable
             of
             such
             kind
             of
             losses
             ,
             can
             abuse
             their
             consciences
             ,
             and
             perswade
             themselves
             that
             they
             do
             no
             wrong
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             is
             to
             have
             onely
             his
             Farm
             or
             Rent
             :
             And
             that
             howsoever
             the
             more
             they
             cozen
             him
             ,
             the
             better
             they
             may
             be
             enabled
             to
             trade
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             they
             trade
             the
             more
             may
             be
             his
             Customes
             .
          
           
             The
             not
             improving
             of
             their
             Lands
             &
             other
             Revenues
             by
             raising
             of
             their
             Rents
             and
             rates
             according
             to
             the
             rise
             of
             money
             and
             provisions
             which
             the
             Subjects
             have
             exceedingly
             ,
             
             and
             to
             their
             great
             advantage
             done
             in
             their
             own
             Estates
             and
             Revenues
             ,
             and
             ten
             to
             one
             more
             then
             what
             was
             formerly
             .
          
           
             The
             heretofore
             demising
             and
             letting
             to
             farm
             very
             many
             of
             the
             Kings
             Manors
             and
             Lands
             at
             the
             old
             ;
             
             and
             small
             Rents
             for
             three
             lives
             ,
             21.
             31.
             or
             40.
             years
             in
             Reversion
             ,
             bespeaking
             a
             continuall
             wasting
             and
             weakening
             of
             his
             Revenues
             before
             hand
             .
          
           
             Discoveries
             of
             information
             of
             deceipts
             or
             wrong
             done
             to
             his
             Revenues
             seldome
             made
             ,
             
             and
             then
             not
             without
             an
             allowance
             or
             gratification
             ;
             craved
             of
             three
             parts
             in
             four
             or
             a
             great
             share
             to
             begiven
             to
             the
             discoverers
             or
             prosecutors
             .
          
           
             Many
             mens
             pretending
             service
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             
             but
             doing
             all
             they
             can
             to
             enrich
             themselves
             ,
             and
             deceive
             and
             lessen
             him
             ,
             and
             having
             by
             indulgence
             or
             cunning
             escapes
             from
             punishment
             ,
             made
             vice
             look
             like
             virtue
             ;
             and
             their
             wickedness
             to
             be
             successfull
             ;
             or
             been
             brought
             off
             when
             not
             often
             catched
             by
             a
             gentle
             composition
             or
             
             some
             money
             or
             recompence
             given
             to
             a
             friend
             at
             Court
             or
             Conniver
             ,
             are
             so
             habituated
             and
             used
             to
             cosen
             the
             King
             ;
             as
             notwithstanding
             the
             severity
             of
             our
             Lawes
             if
             they
             were
             let
             loose
             ,
             and
             not
             too
             many
             of
             them
             laid
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             ,
             to
             sleep
             ,
             they
             doe
             as
             frequently
             continue
             their
             practise
             in
             it
             ,
             as
             they
             dress
             themselves
             and
             put
             on
             their
             cloathes
             ,
             and
             can
             as
             little
             forbear
             or
             live
             without
             them
             ,
             insomuch
             as
             some
             having
             been
             known
             to
             have
             been
             men
             of
             an
             otherwise
             strict
             morality
             ,
             life
             and
             conversation
             ,
             and
             dealing
             very
             punctually
             and
             honestly
             with
             all
             men
             but
             the
             King
             ,
             can
             no
             more
             resist
             an
             opportunity
             or
             temptation
             of
             cozening
             of
             him
             ,
             then
             a
             Child
             at
             a
             Basket
             of
             Cherries
             can
             forbear
             eating
             of
             them
             ,
             or
             a
             Cutpurse
             not
             to
             be
             nimble
             in
             a
             crowd
             .
          
           
             Disuse
             of
             the
             duties
             of
             Sheriffs
             and
             Escheators
             ,
             
             which
             by
             their
             then
             few
             conduit
             Pipes
             ,
             did
             better
             look
             after
             the
             collecting
             the
             Kings
             Revenues
             ,
             and
             with
             less
             trouble
             and
             charge
             to
             the
             King
             and
             people
             ,
             bring
             it
             into
             his
             Cisterns
             ,
             then
             those
             ,
             who
             being
             under
             no
             oath
             or
             controll
             ,
             are
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             to
             be
             feared
             ,
             by
             a
             too
             often
             respiting
             of
             the
             Kings
             debts
             ,
             or
             laying
             them
             to
             sleep
             for
             some
             years
             ,
             untill
             they
             be
             grown
             antient
             ,
             many
             times
             the
             occasion
             of
             their
             being
             drowned
             in
             a
             
               Generall
               Pardon
            
             ,
             begged
             by
             Courtiers
             ,
             or
             made
             to
             be
             a
             new
             discovery
             ,
             desperate
             or
             insolvent
             ;
             and
             by
             undertaking
             ,
             more
             then
             they
             should
             doe
             ,
             have
             to
             the
             greater
             charge
             of
             the
             King
             and
             his
             people
             disheartned
             and
             caused
             the
             more
             antient
             ,
             more
             diligent
             ,
             and
             powerfull
             Officers
             of
             the
             Exchequer
             for
             a
             great
             part
             of
             what
             belongs
             unto
             their
             Offices
             to
             be
             ineffectuall
             .
          
           
             Discontinuance
             of
             the
             Lawes
             and
             Customes
             for
             the
             collecting
             of
             the
             Regall
             Revenues
             ,
             
             and
             the
             many
             excellent
             
             cares
             and
             orders
             of
             the
             Exchequer
             ,
             as
             good
             as
             any
             Prince
             in
             the
             world
             can
             have
             or
             devise
             for
             the
             speedy
             and
             orderly
             getting
             in
             ,
             issuing
             out
             ,
             and
             accounting
             for
             the
             Revenue
             .
          
           
             A
             succession
             and
             improvement
             of
             knavery
             in
             some
             whom
             our
             former
             Kings
             trusted
             ,
             
             occasioned
             or
             encouraged
             ,
             by
             our
             warres
             abroad
             in
             France
             ,
             after
             4
             Edward
             the
             first
             ,
             for
             then
             there
             was
             an
             endevour
             of
             an
             
               Extenta
               Maneriorum
            
             ,
             and
             an
             enquiry
             after
             many
             of
             the
             Rights
             and
             Regalities
             (
             which
             are
             not
             retorned
             or
             certified
             in
             Chancery
             ,
             nor
             any
             where
             else
             to
             be
             found
             ,
             but
             by
             time
             and
             the
             troubles
             thereof
             are
             lost
             or
             carried
             away
             :
             And
             after
             the
             Statute
             of
             
               Quo
               warranto
            
             in
             12
             Ed.
             1.
             for
             then
             also
             the
             great
             care
             and
             good
             husbandry
             of
             our
             Kings
             in
             preserving
             or
             improving
             their
             Revenues
             was
             not
             laid
             aside
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             troubles
             of
             King
             Edward
             the
             second
             ,
             and
             the
             irregularities
             of
             his
             Favourites
             ;
             for
             much
             about
             that
             time
             there
             began
             to
             be
             a
             quitting
             of
             the
             former
             cares
             of
             the
             Revenue
             ,
             or
             by
             our
             successfull
             warres
             abroad
             in
             France
             by
             Edward
             the
             third
             and
             Henry
             the
             fifth
             ,
             the
             unhappy
             Quarrels
             of
             the
             York
             and
             Lancastrian
             Families
             for
             almost
             sixty
             years
             together
             ,
             and
             the
             hatching
             or
             breeding
             of
             them
             in
             the
             unquiet
             and
             unfortunate
             reign
             of
             Richard
             the
             second
             ,
             or
             the
             short
             reign
             of
             Hen.
             7.
             who
             had
             not
             time
             enough
             to
             reduce
             things
             into
             their
             former
             Channel
             ,
             but
             was
             busie
             in
             gathering
             the
             treasure
             which
             he
             left
             to
             his
             Son
             Henry
             the
             eighth
             or
             being
             newly
             settled
             in
             his
             Throne
             ,
             did
             not
             think
             it
             safe
             or
             seasonable
             to
             make
             alterations
             or
             put
             them
             into
             their
             former
             or
             better
             order
             ;
             or
             the
             great
             increase
             of
             Revenue
             as
             well
             as
             treasure
             in
             Money
             ,
             Plate
             and
             Jewels
             to
             Henry
             the
             eight
             by
             
             the
             dissolution
             of
             the
             Abbies
             and
             religious
             Houses
             ,
             or
             that
             the
             fragments
             not
             given
             away
             or
             disposed
             by
             him
             ,
             employed
             the
             bounty
             and
             munificence
             of
             his
             Successors
             Edward
             the
             sixth
             and
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             during
             their
             severall
             reigns
             ,
             and
             her
             many
             great
             cares
             and
             affairs
             of
             State
             otherwise
             busying
             her
             ,
             or
             our
             Halcion
             dayes
             ,
             peace
             and
             plenty
             in
             the
             reign
             of
             King
             James
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             part
             of
             the
             reign
             of
             King
             Charles
             the
             Martyr
             ,
             and
             the
             hearkening
             to
             pretences
             ,
             and
             erecting
             more
             Offices
             to
             hinder
             the
             cheating
             and
             knavery
             of
             others
             ,
             when
             as
             the
             proposers
             either
             by
             intending
             it
             at
             first
             ,
             or
             easily
             learning
             to
             imitate
             or
             exceed
             them
             ,
             did
             afterwards
             draw
             from
             the
             King
             and
             People
             more
             money
             then
             what
             their
             undertakings
             ever
             amounted
             unto
             ,
             and
             proved
             to
             be
             as
             little
             for
             the
             Kings
             good
             as
             Sir
             Simon
             Harvey's
             design
             of
             Reformation
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             King
             James
             ,
             for
             the
             better
             ordering
             of
             the
             Expences
             of
             his
             House
             ,
             where
             after
             many
             dishonorable
             essayes
             and
             retrenchments
             ,
             casting
             many
             of
             the
             Kings
             Servants
             into
             ruine
             and
             discontents
             ,
             and
             serving
             some
             of
             the
             Tables
             with
             half
             a
             Goose
             instead
             of
             a
             whole
             one
             ,
             he
             could
             at
             last
             ,
             when
             he
             had
             gained
             a
             pension
             of
             five
             hundred
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
            
             for
             his
             own
             life
             and
             his
             wives
             ,
             put
             up
             all
             his
             Engines
             ,
             and
             conclude
             with
             making
             every
             thing
             worse
             then
             it
             was
             before
             .
          
           
             And
             no
             better
             a
             husbandry
             then
             those
             that
             will
             feed
             and
             give
             wages
             to
             half
             a
             dozen
             Shepheards
             to
             keep
             a
             score
             of
             sheep
             ,
             
             and
             allow
             them
             the
             keeping
             of
             some
             of
             their
             own
             into
             the
             bargain
             ,
             and
             make
             no
             better
             a
             totall
             at
             the
             years
             end
             ,
             then
             the
             Gardner
             which
             gives
             entertainment
             to
             a
             multitude
             of
             Catterpillers
             in
             his
             Garden
             ,
             and
             thinks
             it
             is
             preserved
             by
             them
             ,
             the
             waters
             being
             ever
             likely
             to
             come
             short
             ,
             or
             but
             faintly
             when
             instead
             
             of
             fewer
             or
             greater
             Pipes
             ,
             which
             brought
             it
             better
             ,
             there
             ,
             shall
             be
             so
             many
             to
             divert
             or
             wast
             it
             in
             the
             way
             or
             passage
             to
             the
             Royall
             uses
             .
          
           
             The
             necessity
             of
             Intelligence
             ,
             
             Leagues
             and
             Correspondency
             with
             neighbour
             and
             forraign
             Princes
             and
             States
             ,
             and
             the
             charges
             incident
             thereunto
             (
             which
             cannot
             be
             thought
             to
             be
             small
             ,
             when
             as
             that
             with
             the
             house
             of
             Burgundy
             within
             the
             space
             of
             sixty
             years
             ,
             betwixt
             the
             reign
             of
             King
             Henry
             the
             sixth
             ,
             and
             the
             later
             end
             of
             the
             reign
             of
             Henry
             the
             eighth
             amounted
             to
             no
             less
             then
             
               six
               millions
            
             )
             the
             more
             then
             formerly
             greater
             charges
             of
             sending
             and
             entertainment
             of
             Ambassadours
             ,
             Princely
             Gifts
             and
             Presents
             to
             such
             as
             come
             hither
             ,
             and
             the
             Generall
             Pardons
             at
             the
             end
             of
             severall
             Parliaments
             granted
             by
             our
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             great
             advantage
             of
             the
             People
             of
             late
             petitioned
             for
             as
             a
             kind
             of
             custome
             and
             renumeration
             for
             some
             Ayds
             or
             Subsidies
             ,
             which
             came
             not
             up
             most
             commonly
             to
             a
             moiety
             of
             what
             was
             in
             every
             Parliament
             quitted
             and
             released
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             granting
             away
             in
             all
             ages
             many
             of
             the
             Royall
             Rights
             and
             Prerogatives
             to
             the
             people
             .
             
          
           
             And
             in
             a
             long
             course
             and
             series
             of
             time
             ,
             
             like
             some
             aged
             parents
             in
             love
             to
             some
             of
             their
             children
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             importunites
             ,
             or
             designes
             ,
             of
             others
             ,
             giving
             away
             too
             much
             of
             their
             own
             Revenues
             and
             Estate
             ,
             and
             bereaving
             themselves
             of
             that
             which
             is
             now
             thought
             too
             little
             for
             those
             who
             have
             gained
             it
             from
             them
             .
          
           
             Restorations
             (
             and
             many
             times
             by
             petitions
             of
             one
             or
             both
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             )
             of
             the
             Lands
             and
             Estates
             which
             came
             to
             the
             Crown
             by
             Attainders
             and
             Forfeitures
             for
             Treason
             (
             their
             confiscations
             never
             amounting
             
             
             to
             the
             damage
             done
             by
             such
             attempts
             and
             Rebellions
             ,
             and
             the
             charge
             of
             suppressing
             them
             ,
             and
             defending
             themselves
             and
             their
             people
             )
             to
             reconcile
             the
             Heirs
             ,
             Posteritie
             and
             Allies
             of
             such
             as
             had
             been
             attainted
             and
             induce
             them
             to
             a
             better
             obedience
             and
             love
             of
             their
             Country
             .
          
           
             The
             no
             small
             charges
             susteined
             heretofore
             ,
             
             by
             granting
             yearly
             Pensions
             or
             Annuities
             to
             severall
             of
             the
             Nobility
             to
             serve
             extraordinary
             ,
             besides
             the
             ordinary
             duty
             of
             their
             Tenures
             ,
             with
             certain
             numbers
             of
             
               gens
               d'
               armes
            
             ,
             and
             Bowmen
             in
             times
             of
             warre
             ,
             or
             upon
             necessity
             ,
             the
             building
             and
             endowing
             of
             many
             Colleges
             and
             Halls
             in
             the
             Universities
             ,
             Eaton
             and
             Winchester
             Schools
             ,
             and
             endowing
             with
             great
             yearly
             Revenues
             the
             Famous
             Hospitalls
             of
             Bridewell
             and
             Christ-Church
             in
             London
             ,
             and
             
               St.
               Thomas
            
             in
             Southwark
             ,
             building
             and
             endowing
             a
             great
             part
             of
             the
             Cathedrals
             in
             England
             ,
             the
             Castle
             and
             Chappel
             of
             Windsor
             ,
             and
             Palaces
             of
             
               Sheene
               ,
               Woodstock
               ,
               Richmond
            
             ;
             repair
             of
             the
             Tower
             of
             London
             ,
             Castle
             of
             
               Dover
               ,
               &c.
            
             
          
           
             Charges
             for
             the
             honour
             of
             the
             King
             and
             Kingdome
             in
             making
             and
             installment
             of
             Knights
             of
             the
             Garter
             ,
             
             and
             the
             costly
             ceremonies
             thereof
             ,
             and
             not
             seldome
             sending
             Ambassadours
             with
             it
             to
             forraign
             Princes
             ,
             expences
             in
             making
             of
             Knights
             of
             the
             Bath
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             reign
             of
             our
             more
             antient
             Kings
             for
             Furres
             and
             rich
             Vestments
             ,
             in
             making
             Knights
             Bachelors
             .
          
           
             Charge
             of
             the
             Courts
             of
             Justice
             and
             Circuits
             ,
             
             to
             preserve
             the
             peoples
             Rights
             ,
             Properties
             and
             Liberties
             ,
             protect
             them
             from
             injuries
             ,
             and
             punish
             the
             transgressors
             ,
             now
             taking
             away
             yearly
             from
             the
             regal
             Revenue
             fifteen
             or
             sixteen
             thousand
             pounds
             
               per
               ann
            
             .
             (
             which
             in
             honester
             
             and
             cheaper
             times
             ,
             was
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             Henry
             the
             sixth
             as
             much
             as
             worshipfully
             defrayed
             ,
             as
             the
             Record
             saith
             ,
             the
             expences
             of
             his
             then
             no
             small
             retinue
             and
             houshold
             )
             with
             the
             greater
             charges
             now
             more
             then
             formerly
             in
             all
             other
             the
             necessaries
             and
             affairs
             belonging
             to
             the
             Kingly
             Office.
             
          
           
             A
             daily
             and
             almost
             hourly
             distribution
             and
             giving
             of
             
               Royall
               favours
            
             and
             munificence
             ,
             
             and
             necessity
             of
             much
             of
             it
             ,
             when
             as
             that
             which
             amongst
             private
             men
             is
             accounted
             providence
             ,
             thrift
             and
             good
             husbandry
             would
             be
             an
             unbecoming
             sparing
             in
             Princes
             ,
             and
             an
             avarice
             and
             temptation
             to
             oppress
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             in
             others
             would
             be
             prodigality
             ,
             or
             a
             wast
             and
             consumptions
             of
             their
             Estates
             ,
             and
             reckoned
             as
             a
             folly
             is
             in
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             ,
             most
             necessary
             in
             their
             bounties
             and
             favours
             wherewith
             to
             satisfie
             and
             keep
             in
             quiet
             as
             well
             as
             they
             can
             multitudes
             of
             people
             ,
             whose
             numberless
             passions
             ,
             iniquities
             ,
             ill
             humors
             ,
             designs
             ,
             necessities
             and
             interests
             are
             by
             the
             Sword
             of
             Justice
             in
             one
             hand
             :
             and
             the
             
               Royal
               Scepter
            
             of
             grace
             and
             Benevolence
             in
             the
             other
             ,
             to
             be
             kept
             in
             order
             by
             love
             ,
             honor
             ,
             obedience
             and
             loyalty
             ,
             the
             best
             increasers
             ,
             maintainers
             and
             preservers
             of
             publick
             peace
             and
             tranquility
             ,
             which
             those
             who
             have
             suffered
             in
             the
             want
             of
             it
             but
             some
             daies
             ,
             or
             moneths
             ,
             or
             a
             year
             ,
             or
             few
             years
             ,
             or
             our
             last
             twenty
             years
             folly
             and
             miseries
             ,
             may
             know
             how
             to
             esteem
             and
             value
             .
          
           
             A
             dayly
             or
             very
             often
             craving
             and
             petitioning
             of
             some
             or
             many
             of
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             
             and
             the
             largeness
             of
             a
             royal
             heart
             and
             hand
             like
             an
             over
             indulgent
             Parent
             ,
             taking
             a
             pleasure
             and
             content
             to
             divest
             himself
             to
             enrich
             and
             give
             them
             content
             .
          
           
           
             The
             vast
             difference
             betwixt
             the
             charges
             of
             Navies
             and
             Armies
             now
             more
             then
             formerly
             ,
             when
             a
             Hobler
             or
             Dragoon
             Horseman
             which
             was
             wont
             to
             be
             heretofore
             hired
             at
             
               three
               pence
               per
               diem
            
             ,
             now
             hath
             no
             less
             then
             
               two
               shillings
               six
               pence
            
             ,
             a
             Footman
             
               eight
               pence
            
             ,
             the
             pay
             of
             a
             Troop
             of
             horse
             cannot
             be
             under
             
               four
               thousand
               pounds
               per
               annum
            
             ,
             and
             of
             
               one
               hundred
            
             and
             eighty
             men
             in
             a
             Garrison
             
               three
               thousand
               six
               hundred
               pounds
               per
               annum
               .
            
          
           
             The
             course
             of
             warre
             i●
             the
             later
             ages
             growing
             more
             and
             more
             tedious
             and
             chargeable
             ,
             
             and
             so
             immense
             ,
             as
             the
             Dutch
             notwithstanding
             their
             
               sout
               gelt
            
             ,
             or
             Tax
             upon
             salt
             ,
             their
             
               vectigal
               frumenti
            
             for
             corn
             grinded
             at
             their
             Mills
             ,
             the
             eighth
             part
             of
             the
             price
             of
             Pears
             and
             Apples
             ,
             a
             seventh
             of
             all
             Cattel
             sold
             to
             the
             Butchers
             ,
             an
             eighth
             for
             wood
             ,
             a
             Tax
             upon
             Candles
             ,
             and
             an
             Ezcise
             upon
             all
             things
             eaten
             ,
             drunk
             or
             worn
             ;
             upon
             Law
             Suits
             ,
             Servants
             Wages
             ,
             Ships
             ,
             Coaches
             and
             Carts
             ;
             a
             sixth
             penny
             upon
             all
             lease
             Lands
             ,
             Assessments
             upon
             demeasne
             Lands
             ,
             Gardens
             and
             planted
             Grounds
             ;
             an
             eighth
             upon
             Houses
             demised
             or
             let
             ,
             
               hooft
               ,
               gelt
            
             ,
             being
             a
             Dutch
             Floren
             for
             every
             poll
             or
             head
             scoors●engelt
             ,
             a
             like
             payment
             for
             Chimney
             money
             ,
             with
             many
             other
             great
             Taxes
             ;
             besides
             their
             many
             profitable
             and
             succesfull
             depredations
             in
             the
             East
             and
             West
             Indies
             ,
             &c.
             great
             aides
             from
             France
             and
             England
             of
             men
             and
             money
             for
             many
             years
             during
             their
             warres
             ;
             great
             riches
             got
             by
             the
             greatest
             commerce
             of
             Christendom
             ,
             and
             ransacking
             Sea
             and
             Land
             for
             it
             ,
             have
             been
             in
             sixty
             years
             warres
             with
             Spain
             left
             very
             much
             in
             debt
             at
             the
             end
             of
             the
             warres
             .
          
           
             And
             are
             yet
             notwithstanding
             since
             the
             warres
             ended
             some
             millions
             of
             money
             in
             debt
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             as
             they
             
             were
             for
             many
             years
             after
             ,
             and
             are
             yet
             enforced
             to
             continue
             their
             Excise
             ,
             and
             most
             of
             their
             Assessments
             and
             Taxes
             upon
             the
             people
             ,
          
           
             When
             the
             King
             of
             Spain
             notwithstanding
             his
             vast
             Dominions
             ,
             twenty
             millions
             of
             Duckets
             ,
             which
             is
             above
             six
             millions
             of
             our
             sterling
             money
             ,
             yearly
             Revenues
             ;
             great
             exactions
             and
             impoverishing
             of
             his
             people
             by
             yearly
             Taxes
             and
             Assessments
             ;
             the
             golden
             Mines
             of
             
               Peru
               ,
               Mexico
            
             and
             Potozi
             ,
             and
             other
             inestimable
             treasures
             of
             the
             West
             Indies
             ,
             which
             P●●hero
             a
             Spanish
             Ambassadour
             in
             a
             brag
             or
             vie
             with
             the
             treasurie
             of
             Venice
             ,
             could
             say
             ,
             had
             no
             bottom
             ;
             and
             having
             the
             Sun
             for
             its
             Lord
             Treasurer
             ,
             daily
             to
             generate
             and
             increase
             its
             gold
             ;
             hath
             yearly
             for
             many
             years
             yeilded
             the
             Crown
             of
             Spain
             by
             and
             out
             of
             the
             Fifths
             ,
             sometimes
             ten
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             fifteen
             millions
             of
             gold
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             as
             in
             the
             year
             1638.
             
               two
               hundred
            
             and
             
               sixty
               millions
            
             of
             gold
             did
             by
             the
             Records
             of
             the
             Custome-house
             of
             Sivill
             appear
             to
             have
             been
             in
             
               seventy
               four
               years
            
             then
             last
             past
             brought
             from
             the
             West
             Indies
             into
             Spain
             ,
             and
             from
             Potozi
             in
             nine
             years
             inclusivè
             from
             1574.
             to
             1585.
             one
             hundred
             and
             eleven
             millions
             of
             silver
             ,
             hath
             notwithstanding
             with
             his
             wars
             with
             the
             Dutch
             ,
             and
             a
             warr
             of
             late
             years
             with
             France
             ,
             chargeable
             bribes
             and
             intelligences
             ,
             and
             a
             thirst
             after
             an
             universal
             Monarchy
             ,
             consumed
             that
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             he
             could
             borrow
             besides
             from
             the
             Bankers
             of
             Genoa
             .
          
           
             And
             France
             with
             all
             her
             Taxes
             and
             Gabells
             ,
             beggering
             and
             very
             much
             enslaving
             of
             her
             common
             people
             ,
             hath
             in
             a
             warre
             of
             thirty
             years
             last
             past
             with
             the
             Spaniards
             ,
             fought
             it self
             almost
             off
             its
             legs
             ,
             and
             into
             a
             consumption
             .
          
           
           
             Which
             a
             long
             and
             late
             experience
             may
             forbid
             our
             wondring
             at
             ,
             when
             as
             the
             late
             long
             pretending
             but
             no
             
               performing
               Parliament
            
             could
             with
             the
             spoils
             of
             the
             Kings
             and
             Churches
             Revenues
             ,
             the
             Estates
             of
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             Gentry
             ,
             and
             good
             people
             in
             
               England
               ,
               Scotland
            
             ,
             and
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             more
             Taxes
             and
             burdens
             imposed
             by
             them
             and
             Oliver
             ,
             their
             
               man
               of
               sin
            
             in
             twenty
             years
             ,
             then
             our
             Kings
             of
             England
             in
             five
             hundred
             years
             last
             past
             ,
             all
             put
             together
             ,
             had
             before
             laid
             upon
             them
             ,
             could
             not
             leave
             their
             Oliver
             when
             their
             sins
             ,
             and
             his
             tricks
             ,
             had
             made
             him
             to
             be
             their
             Master
             ,
             any
             more
             then
             
               three
               hundred
               thousand
               pounds
            
             sterling
             in
             Cash
             and
             ready
             money
             :
             and
             that
             with
             that
             and
             such
             of
             the
             Royall
             Revenues
             as
             they
             left
             him
             ,
             and
             those
             vast
             Spoils
             ,
             Rapines
             ,
             Taxes
             ,
             Assessments
             ,
             and
             pillage
             of
             all
             that
             were
             not
             as
             bad
             as
             himself
             and
             his
             Predecessor
             
               Common-wealth
               Contrivers
            
             in
             the
             three
             Kingdomes
             of
             
               England
               ,
               Ireland
            
             and
             Scotland
             ,
             which
             amounted
             unto
             above
             
               forty
               millions
            
             ,
             he
             was
             not
             able
             in
             a
             few
             years
             wars
             with
             the
             Dutch
             and
             Spaniards
             to
             bring
             about
             his
             expences
             ,
             &
             support
             the
             Protection
             ,
             as
             he
             called
             it
             ,
             of
             the
             people
             with
             it
             ,
             but
             died
             above
             
               three
               millions
            
             in
             debt
             ,
             which
             the
             debts
             of
             our
             famous
             King
             Edward
             the
             third
             ,
             and
             Henry
             the
             fifth
             ,
             who
             conquered
             France
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             of
             our
             indebted
             Kings
             never
             amounted
             unto
             .
          
           
             When
             our
             English
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             having
             never
             received
             of
             the
             people
             by
             their
             Aides
             and
             Subsidies
             the
             
               twentieth
               penny
            
             towards
             their
             expences
             in
             the
             preservation
             ,
             of
             them
             and
             the
             honor
             ,
             peace
             ,
             &
             plenty
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             could
             never
             do
             as
             the
             
               Field
               Marshals
               ,
               Stadt
               Holders
            
             or
             Generals
             in
             Commonwealths
             have
             done
             ,
             or
             as
             the
             late
             Princes
             of
             Orange
             ,
             did
             for
             severall
             successions
             in
             Holland
             and
             the
             united
             Provinces
             receive
             great
             allowances
             
             and
             Sallaries
             ,
             keep
             and
             greatly
             improve
             and
             increase
             their
             own
             Revenues
             ,
             and
             make
             the
             Publick
             bear
             and
             defray
             its
             vast
             charges
             ,
             as
             well
             in
             warres
             ,
             as
             the
             cares
             and
             defence
             of
             peace
             in
             the
             absence
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             did
             bear
             and
             sustein
             the
             brunt
             of
             all
             that
             was
             not
             extraordinary
             ,
             and
             the
             charge
             of
             many
             a
             warre
             abroad
             ,
             and
             suppressing
             of
             insurrections
             and
             rebellions
             at
             home
             ,
             out
             of
             their
             own
             Estates
             and
             Revenues
             ,
             and
             made
             many
             a
             hard
             shift
             even
             to
             the
             pawning
             of
             their
             Jewels
             ,
             and
             mortgaging
             of
             their
             Lands
             without
             an
             often
             calling
             to
             the
             People
             for
             Subsidies
             or
             other
             Aids
             or
             Assistance
             to
             preserve
             them
             and
             their
             Estates
             and
             Posterities
             .
          
           
             Nor
             took
             to
             themselves
             the
             liberty
             which
             many
             Subjects
             doe
             to
             put
             into
             their
             Accounts
             and
             Bills
             of
             charges
             to
             their
             Princes
             their
             
               Damnum
               emergens
            
             ,
             damage
             happening
             by
             any
             service
             done
             for
             him
             or
             their
             Country
             ,
             and
             many
             times
             their
             
               Lucrum
               cessans
            
             ,
             gain
             or
             improvement
             lost
             ,
             though
             every
             mans
             particular
             in
             the
             defence
             of
             their
             King
             and
             Country
             ,
             is
             involved
             in
             the
             generall
             ,
             &
             that
             the
             service
             was
             not
             altogether
             or
             immediately
             done
             or
             tendred
             to
             him
             ,
             or
             for
             the
             preservation
             of
             him
             or
             his
             Estate
             only
             and
             Posterity
             ,
             but
             as
             much
             if
             not
             more
             for
             their
             own
             concernments
             ,
             and
             think
             themselves
             to
             be
             ill
             dealt
             with
             if
             they
             be
             not
             speedily
             and
             abundantly
             rewarded
             .
          
           
             To
             help
             on
             which
             consumption
             of
             the
             Royal
             Revenues
             ,
             
             came
             also
             the
             great
             charges
             which
             King
             Charles
             the
             first
             (
             upon
             whom
             the
             decay
             of
             the
             Royal
             Revenues
             occasioned
             by
             the
             necessities
             and
             indulgences
             of
             his
             Predecessors
             ,
             at
             once
             falling
             might
             have
             made
             him
             crie
             out
             with
             King
             Henry
             the
             third
             ,
             as
             the
             Monk
             of
             St.
             Albans
             relates
             it
             ,
             
               seducor
               undique
               mutilatus
               sum
               Rex
               et
               abbreviatus
               )
            
             
             was
             at
             in
             leagues
             and
             confederacies
             with
             forreign
             Princes
             ,
             maintaining
             Armies
             in
             the
             Palatinate
             and
             Germany
             ,
             aiding
             the
             Kings
             of
             
               Bohemia
               ,
               Denmark
            
             and
             Sweden
             ,
             engaging
             in
             a
             warre
             against
             Spain
             ,
             and
             sending
             a
             great
             Fleet
             and
             Army
             to
             invade
             him
             ;
             great
             expences
             in
             sending
             a
             Navy
             and
             Army
             to
             the
             Isle
             of
             Rhe
             ,
             and
             two
             others
             to
             aid
             the
             Rochellers
             ,
             to
             furnish
             part
             of
             which
             (
             for
             it
             amounted
             to
             a
             great
             deal
             more
             )
             he
             sold
             at
             once
             at
             too
             easie
             rates
             to
             the
             City
             of
             London
             above
             twelve
             thousand
             pounds
             Land
             
               per
               annum
               rent
            
             of
             Assize
             ,
             the
             payment
             of
             fifty
             thousand
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
            
             Pensions
             aud
             Annuities
             out
             of
             the
             Exchequer
             ,
             (
             as
             it
             was
             industriously
             computed
             by
             that
             factious
             party
             of
             
               Common
               woe
            
             contrivers
             )
             to
             diverse
             of
             the
             Scottish
             Nation
             ,
             many
             of
             whom
             did
             afterwards
             joyn
             with
             his
             enemies
             to
             ruine
             him
             ;
             the
             great
             and
             necessary
             yearly
             Pensions
             and
             Annuities
             paid
             to
             the
             King
             and
             Queen
             of
             Bohemia
             and
             their
             children
             ;
             charges
             of
             going
             with
             a
             great
             Army
             to
             the
             Borders
             of
             Scotland
             against
             the
             Covenanting
             Scots
             ,
             and
             maintaining
             another
             in
             England
             ,
             with
             the
             payment
             of
             120000l
             .
             principall
             money
             borrowed
             by
             his
             Father
             of
             divers
             Citizens
             of
             London
             with
             interest
             at
             8.
             
               per
               cent
            
             .
          
           
             Which
             with
             the
             many
             great
             cares
             ,
             
             troubles
             ,
             wants
             and
             necessities
             which
             compassed
             him
             in
             on
             every
             side
             ,
             whilst
             his
             great
             virtues
             for
             want
             of
             necessary
             supplies
             of
             money
             and
             treasure
             were
             not
             able
             to
             support
             or
             bear
             him
             up
             against
             the
             storms
             of
             an
             hideous
             Rebellion
             ,
             escape
             the
             snares
             and
             pursuit
             of
             a
             rebellious
             party
             ,
             or
             scour
             and
             cleanse
             that
             Augaean
             Stable
             which
             had
             ruined
             and
             weakned
             his
             Revenues
             ,
             made
             him
             a
             glorious
             Martyr
             for
             the
             Laws
             and
             Liberties
             of
             
             England
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             were
             the
             causers
             of
             it
             ,
             the
             great
             Examples
             of
             a
             Divine
             Justice
             overtaking
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             enforced
             him
             to
             leave
             his
             troubles
             to
             descend
             upon
             his
             Son
             our
             most
             gratious
             Soveraign
             Charls
             the
             Second
             ;
             with
             a
             small
             and
             despoyled
             Revenue
             ,
             
             which
             by
             its
             fluidness
             ,
             and
             the
             gnawing
             and
             deflux
             of
             time
             was
             as
             to
             his
             Crown
             Lands
             brought
             almost
             to
             an
             Exinanition
             ,
             and
             his
             casuall
             and
             other
             receipts
             ,
             bearing
             no
             more
             proportion
             to
             his
             expences
             and
             disbursements
             then
             a
             Dwarfe
             or
             Pigmey
             doth
             to
             a
             Giant
             or
             Poliphemus
             ,
             could
             doe
             no
             less
             then
             bring
             the
             remainder
             ,
             of
             that
             little
             which
             was
             left
             into
             a
             Tabes
             and
             almost
             incurable
             consumption
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             so
             great
             a
             difference
             betwixt
             the
             rates
             of
             provisions
             and
             livelyhood
             ,
             and
             all
             manner
             of
             things
             bought
             or
             used
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             Reign
             of
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             now
             paid
             for
             them
             ,
             when
             he
             is
             at
             greater
             expences
             then
             any
             of
             his
             Progenitors
             ,
             and
             a
             less
             receiver
             ,
             receives
             at
             the
             old
             rate
             ,
             and
             buyes
             at
             the
             new
             ,
             his
             demeasn
             Lands
             (
             besides
             his
             Pastures
             at
             Cresl●w
             in
             Buckinghamshire
             ,
             which
             were
             hertofore
             imployed
             for
             the
             keeping
             of
             some
             Oxen
             for
             his
             household
             provisions
             ,
             and
             his
             parks
             ,
             and
             some
             adjacent
             Grounds
             to
             his
             Houses
             of
             residence
             )
             and
             all
             his
             Land
             and
             certain
             Revenues
             are
             not
             above
             reprizes
             
               one
               hundred
               thousand
            
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
            
             ,
             and
             two
             parts
             of
             three
             of
             that
             consisting
             in
             Fee
             Farm
             Rents
             ,
             which
             admit
             of
             no
             improvement
             ,
             when
             his
             Customes
             which
             should
             now
             amount
             to
             as
             much
             ,
             or
             more
             then
             what
             they
             were
             in
             his
             late
             Majesties
             Reign
             ,
             by
             the
             addition
             of
             an
             Excise
             amounting
             to
             
               one
               hundred
               and
               forty
               thousand
            
             pounds
             
               per
               an
            
             .
             now
             yeilds
             not
             near
             so
             much
             as
             it
             did
             formerly
             ;
             the
             Excise
             of
             Ale
             and
             Beer
             ,
             ill
             collected
             ,
             o●
             so
             chargeable
             in
             the
             gathering
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             it
             yeilds
             little
             
             more
             then
             the
             half
             of
             what
             the
             Parliament
             estimated
             and
             intended
             it
             to
             be
             ▪
             great
             yearly
             Revenues
             &
             Inheritances
             in
             Lands
             given
             to
             men
             of
             high
             deservings
             ,
             both
             of
             him
             and
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             all
             the
             Confiscations
             of
             the
             late
             Traitors
             of
             a
             great
             yearly
             value
             ,
             with
             the
             benefit
             of
             the
             Post-Office
             ,
             Wine
             Lycences
             ,
             and
             many
             discoveries
             of
             personall
             Estates
             due
             to
             the
             King
             given
             to
             his
             Brother
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             to
             make
             him
             a
             Princely
             Revenue
             .
          
           
             When
             his
             ordinary
             expences
             doe
             so
             much
             exceed
             his
             ordinary
             receipts
             ,
             and
             his
             extraordinaries
             are
             six
             or
             seven
             to
             one
             of
             his
             ordinaries
             ,
             is
             
               sixteen
               hundred
               thousand
               pounds
            
             in
             debt
             ,
             spends
             more
             then
             as
             much
             again
             in
             his
             houshold
             expences
             ,
             as
             formerly
             now
             that
             his
             Pourveyance
             is
             taken
             away
             ,
             looseth
             
               two
               hundred
               and
               fifty
               thousand
            
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
            
             by
             the
             loss
             of
             his
             Tenures
             and
             Pourveyance
             ,
             is
             at
             
               eighty
               thousand
            
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
            
             charge
             for
             the
             maintenance
             of
             the
             Garrison
             of
             Dunkirk
             ,
             above
             
               five
               hundred
               thousand
            
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
            
             for
             the
             Navy
             and
             Land
             forces
             ,
             hath
             to
             procure
             a
             publick
             quiet
             ,
             paid
             many
             
               hundred
               thousand
               pounds
            
             of
             the
             Arrears
             of
             the
             Navy
             and
             Army
             employed
             against
             himself
             ,
             and
             left
             in
             Arrears
             by
             his
             Enemies
             must
             be
             ten
             times
             a
             giver
             ,
             if
             he
             should
             grant
             every
             ones
             Petition
             ,
             to
             one
             that
             he
             shall
             be
             a
             gainer
             or
             receiver
             ,
             discontents
             himself
             to
             content
             others
             ,
             and
             forgetting
             that
             old
             rule
             and
             practice
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             
               sibi
               proximus
            
             is
             enforced
             to
             provide
             for
             others
             and
             not
             for
             himself
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             his
             own
             necessities
             is
             to
             be
             the
             rewarder
             of
             virtue
             ,
             and
             still
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             he
             can
             ,
             the
             raging
             waves
             of
             the
             multitude
             ,
             is
             the
             Asylum
             or
             refuge
             of
             all
             that
             are
             distressed
             ,
             and
             bears
             or
             lessens
             their
             burdens
             out
             of
             his
             own
             Revenues
             .
          
           
           
             And
             when
             Neighbour
             Princes
             are
             not
             usually
             without
             ambitions
             ,
             and
             taking
             all
             opportunities
             to
             enlarge
             their
             power
             and
             Dominions
             by
             the
             weaknesse
             of
             others
             ,
             or
             to
             weaken
             and
             oppress
             any
             of
             their
             Neighbours
             ,
             and
             make
             advantages
             of
             their
             troubles
             and
             necessities
             ,
             doe
             seldome
             want
             pretences
             of
             titles
             or
             revenging
             Injuries
             done
             to
             them
             or
             their
             people
             by
             Kings
             or
             their
             people
             ,
             and
             can
             lay
             aside
             their
             sworn
             Leagues
             and
             Confederacies
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             their
             Interest
             or
             Designs
             shall
             invite
             them
             thereunto
             ,
             when
             the
             French
             King
             hath
             by
             computation
             an
             ordinary
             yearly
             Revenue
             of
             above
             twenty
             millions
             of
             Crowns
             which
             makes
             above
             five
             millions
             sterling
             
               per
               annum
            
             ,
             besides
             his
             extraordinaries
             ,
             which
             by
             Taxes
             and
             Tallages
             in
             the
             late
             warres
             ,
             being
             now
             by
             a
             habit
             and
             custome
             grown
             something
             easie
             and
             familiar
             to
             them
             ,
             may
             be
             raised
             to
             vast
             yearly
             sums
             of
             money
             ,
             and
             more
             then
             treble
             the
             ordinary
             ,
             when
             the
             King
             of
             Spain
             aboundeth
             in
             his
             Revenues
             in
             his
             Dominions
             in
             Christendom
             ,
             besides
             his
             extraordinary
             Aids
             &
             Assesments
             ,
             and
             vast
             treasures
             and
             supplies
             from
             the
             
               West
               Indies
            
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             ready
             or
             rich
             pawn
             or
             credit
             for
             borrowing
             of
             monies
             upon
             all
             extraordinary
             emergencies
             ,
             occasions
             ,
             or
             necessities
             of
             State
             affairs
             .
             The
             City
             of
             Venice
             with
             her
             Territories
             hath
             above
             a
             million
             sterling
             
               per
               annum
            
             in
             her
             yearly
             Income
             ,
             besides
             extraordinaries
             ,
             and
             a
             treasure
             of
             money
             enough
             to
             pay
             
               six
               Kings
            
             ransomes
             ,
             with
             Jewels
             and
             Plate
             unvaluable
             .
             And
             the
             Dutch
             have
             one
             million
             and
             two
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             sterling
             
               per
               annum
            
             yearly
             ,
             &
             ordinary
             Revenue
             out
             of
             Amsterdam
             ,
             besides
             what
             they
             have
             yearly
             out
             of
             all
             other
             Cities
             ,
             Towns
             and
             Places
             ,
             by
             their
             huge
             Excises
             and
             Assessments
             
             upon
             all
             the
             seven
             
               United
               Provinces
            
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             who
             was
             wont
             to
             be
             
               Arbiter
               totius
               Europae
            
             ,
             hold
             and
             keep
             the
             Ballance
             of
             Christendom
             even
             ;
             and
             if
             he
             do
             not
             ,
             it
             cannot
             be
             either
             safe
             or
             well
             for
             his
             own
             Kingdomes
             and
             People
             ,
             and
             their
             Trade
             and
             Commerce
             ,
             must
             pine
             and
             wither
             away
             ,
             languish
             and
             groan
             under
             so
             great
             expences
             and
             necessities
             ,
             whilest
             he
             is
             to
             preserve
             himself
             and
             people
             in
             peace
             ,
             plenty
             and
             safety
             ,
             and
             hath
             so
             little
             to
             doe
             it
             withall
             ,
             when
             at
             home
             
               all
               men
               do
               seem
               to
               love
               and
               serve
               him
               ,
               very
               many
               doe
               ask
               and
               get
               what
               they
               can
               from
               him
               ,
               and
               too
               many
               deceive
               him
               .
            
             And
             as
             that
             prudent
             and
             great
             Statesman
             ,
             Cecil
             Earl
             of
             Salisbury
             Lord
             Treasurer
             of
             England
             ,
             observed
             to
             the
             Parliament
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             King
             James
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             certain
             rule
             ,
             that
             
               all
               Princes
               are
               poor
               and
               unsafe
               who
               are
               not
               rich
               and
               so
               potent
               as
               to
               defend
               themselves
               upon
               any
               sodain
               offence
               and
               invasion
               ,
               or
               help
               their
               Allies
               and
               Neighbours
               .
            
             Hath
             a
             small
             Revenue
             to
             govern
             an
             unruly
             People
             ,
             one
             part
             of
             them
             ready
             to
             runne
             mad
             with
             mistaken
             opinions
             in
             Religion
             ,
             and
             too
             many
             of
             the
             residue
             overgrown
             with
             vice
             and
             luxury
             ;
             a
             burden
             of
             burdens
             laid
             upon
             him
             ,
             the
             burdens
             of
             his
             people
             ,
             and
             the
             burdens
             of
             his
             Ancestors
             by
             their
             bounties
             ,
             expence
             and
             necessities
             ,
             and
             are
             by
             so
             much
             greater
             or
             heavier
             then
             theirs
             ,
             as
             his
             Revenues
             are
             
               consideratis
               considerandis
            
             a
             great
             deal
             lesser
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             I.
             The
             Remedies
             .
          
           
             WHich
             a
             small
             or
             ordinary
             repair
             will
             not
             help
             ,
             but
             requires
             new
             and
             more
             sollid
             and
             lasting
             foundations
             ,
             endeavoured
             seriously
             ,
             and
             attempted
             by
             King
             James
             about
             the
             seventh
             year
             of
             his
             Reign
             by
             the
             advice
             of
             his
             Parliament
             and
             Privy
             Council
             ,
             but
             not
             then
             or
             any
             time
             since
             brought
             to
             perfection
             .
          
           
             And
             may
             in
             a
             legall
             and
             well
             pleasing
             way
             to
             the
             people
             without
             the
             unwelcome
             raising
             of
             the
             Tenths
             of
             the
             Abbie
             and
             religions
             Lands
             to
             the
             present
             yearly
             value
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             of
             dangerous
             consequence
             ,
             and
             the
             Tenths
             and
             First-fruits
             of
             the
             Bishops
             and
             Clergy
             of
             England
             ,
             who
             have
             been
             over
             much
             pared
             already
             ,
             or
             a
             Resumption
             of
             the
             Crown
             Lands
             which
             unless
             it
             be
             of
             such
             wherein
             the
             King
             or
             his
             Father
             have
             been
             grossely
             deceived
             :
             and
             the
             first
             money
             paid
             for
             the
             purchase
             upon
             an
             account
             of
             the
             mesne
             profits
             ,
             and
             interest
             satisfied
             ,
             will
             hugely
             disturb
             the
             Interest
             and
             House-gods
             of
             too
             many
             of
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             Gentry
             and
             rich
             men
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             without
             any
             new
             or
             forreign
             devices
             or
             Talliages
             ,
             to
             raise
             monies
             ,
             and
             Fricasser
             ,
             or
             tear
             in
             pieces
             the
             already
             too
             much
             impaired
             estates
             of
             a
             
             Tax-bearing
             tired
             people
             ,
             which
             that
             Monarch
             of
             virtues
             and
             blessed
             Martyr
             King
             Charles
             the
             first
             did
             so
             abhorre
             ,
             as
             he
             caused
             Mr.
             Selden
             &
             Mr.
             
               Oliver
               St.
               John
            
             to
             be
             imprisoned
             in
             the
             Tower
             of
             London
             ,
             &
             a
             bill
             to
             be
             exhibted
             in
             Star-chamber
             against
             them
             and
             the
             Earl
             of
             Clare
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             for
             having
             only
             in
             their
             custody
             ,
             and
             divulging
             a
             Manuscript
             ,
             
             or
             writing
             of
             certain
             Italian
             projects
             proposed
             to
             him
             by
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Dudley
            
             a
             Titulado
             Duke
             in
             Tuscanie
             ,
             and
             with
             out
             the
             gawling
             ,
             grating
             ,
             and
             most
             commonly
             unsuccesfull
             way
             of
             Projects
             ,
             which
             if
             set
             up
             will
             be
             thrown
             down
             again
             by
             the
             after
             Complaints
             and
             discontents
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             or
             hunting
             and
             vexing
             them
             with
             informations
             or
             calling
             their
             Lands
             and
             Estates
             in
             question
             to
             the
             ruine
             of
             them
             and
             their
             Families
             upon
             defective
             Titles
             ,
             or
             by
             Monopolies
             or
             a
             trebling
             abuses
             by
             pretending
             to
             reform
             them
             ;
             or
             Essayes
             of
             new
             wayes
             of
             profit
             framed
             or
             found
             out
             by
             such
             as
             designe
             more
             to
             themselves
             then
             for
             the
             good
             either
             of
             King
             or
             People
             ,
             and
             either
             know
             not
             ,
             or
             cannot
             ,
             or
             will
             not
             ,
             foresee
             the
             many
             evills
             and
             sad
             consequences
             which
             may
             as
             effects
             from
             causes
             ,
             fatally
             and
             unavoidably
             follow
             such
             or
             the
             like
             attempts
             ,
             which
             the
             necessities
             of
             Kings
             ,
             or
             want
             of
             competent
             revenues
             ,
             may
             either
             put
             them
             or
             their
             servants
             and
             followers
             upon
             .
          
           
             Be
             ,
             as
             is
             humbly
             conceived
             ,
             prevented
             by
             severall
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             to
             be
             made
             upon
             the
             propositions
             ,
             following
             which
             will
             not
             only
             encrease
             the
             Kings
             Revenues
             ,
             but
             encourage
             and
             make
             the
             People
             very
             willing
             and
             well
             contented
             therewith
             ,
             when
             as
             what
             they
             shall
             for
             the
             present
             loose
             thereby
             ,
             shall
             at
             the
             same
             time
             by
             enacting
             of
             some
             good
             Laws
             for
             them
             be
             abundantly
             repenced
             .
          
           
             By
             a
             generall
             inclosure
             of
             all
             wast
             Lands
             &
             Commons
             belonging
             to
             the
             Kings
             ,
             
             Queens
             and
             Princes
             revenues
             in
             England
             and
             Wales
             ,
             allotting
             equall
             and
             reasonable
             proportions
             for
             satisfaction
             of
             Commoners
             ,
             and
             by
             disafforrestation
             of
             some
             Forrests
             and
             Chases
             remote
             from
             London
             ,
             or
             the
             Kings
             ordinary
             Residences
             ,
             the
             imbanking
             
             and
             taking
             in
             of
             all
             Lands
             ,
             
               infra
               fluxum
               &
               refluxum
               Maris
            
             high
             and
             low
             watermarks
             derelicted
             and
             forsaken
             by
             the
             Sea
             ,
             or
             brought
             thither
             by
             Alluvion
             ,
             and
             added
             to
             the
             firme
             Land
             ,
             and
             together
             with
             the
             Lands
             and
             Revenues
             now
             belonging
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             England
             never
             to
             be
             aliend
             ,
             rent-charged
             ,
             or
             leased
             more
             then
             for
             21
             years
             or
             three
             lives
             ,
             which
             besides
             the
             addition
             of
             revenues
             and
             profit
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             will
             very
             much
             adde
             to
             the
             livelyhood
             and
             industry
             of
             many
             of
             the
             people
             who
             will
             be
             maintained
             thereby
             ,
             better
             the
             Lands
             ,
             and
             increase
             subsidies
             when
             there
             shall
             be
             occasion
             .
          
           
             And
             causing
             the
             like
             to
             be
             done
             by
             a
             generall
             inclosure
             of
             all
             that
             now
             lies
             wast
             ,
             and
             in
             common
             ,
             in
             particular
             ,
             and
             private
             mens
             Revenues
             in
             England
             ,
             and
             Wales
             ,
             amounting
             to
             some
             millions
             of
             Acres
             ,
             will
             produce
             the
             like
             benefits
             to
             the
             owners
             and
             Commoners
             ,
             who
             in
             a
             gratefull
             acknowledgement
             thereof
             may
             out
             of
             their
             severall
             allotments
             ,
             as
             freewill-offerings
             to
             their
             King
             ,
             pay
             yearly
             three
             pence
             per
             Acre
             to
             him
             and
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             .
          
           
             That
             Banks
             or
             
               Mount
               Piete's
            
             be
             erected
             in
             several
             places
             of
             England
             and
             Wales
             ,
             
             as
             at
             
               London
               ,
               York
               ,
               Durham
               ,
               Golchester
               ,
               Norwich
               Ludlow
               ,
            
             &
             Denbigh
             ,
             where
             mony
             may
             be
             lent
             ,
             and
             Pawns
             or
             Securities
             taken
             ,
             not
             exceeding
             the
             Interest
             of
             
               twelve
               per
               cent
            
             .
             for
             a
             year
             ,
             or
             proportionably
             for
             greater
             or
             lesser
             times
             ,
             and
             that
             Commissioners
             in
             the
             manner
             of
             a
             Corporation
             or
             otherwise
             ,
             may
             in
             every
             of
             those
             places
             be
             from
             time
             to
             time
             appointed
             by
             his
             Majesty
             his
             Heires
             and
             Successors
             ,
             to
             order
             and
             supervise
             the
             management
             thereof
             ,
             for
             which
             his
             Majesty
             his
             Heires
             and
             Successors
             ,
             may
             out
             of
             the
             increase
             and
             profit
             of
             the
             said
             Interest
             ,
             receive
             and
             take
             
             forty
             shillings
             
               per
               cent
            
             ,
             no
             one
             particular
             person
             being
             permitted
             to
             imploy
             or
             put
             into
             the
             said
             Bank
             at
             interest
             above
             the
             sum
             of
             five
             hundred
             pounds
             ;
             and
             that
             no
             private
             or
             particular
             person
             ,
             putting
             their
             monies
             into
             the
             said
             Bank
             ,
             shall
             have
             and
             receive
             above
             the
             sum
             of
             the
             current
             or
             usual
             Interest
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             gift
             or
             reward
             whatsoever
             ,
             whereby
             the
             intollerable
             oppression
             of
             publick
             and
             private
             Brokers
             those
             
               Baptizati
               Judaei
            
             and
             Pawn-takers
             ,
             which
             like
             Wolves
             gnaw
             and
             devour
             the
             poor
             as
             sheep
             ,
             when
             as
             driven
             to
             them
             by
             their
             necessities
             ,
             they
             are
             inforced
             to
             come
             to
             them
             for
             succour
             ,
             and
             give
             after
             the
             rate
             of
             fifty
             or
             sixty
             
               per
               cent
            
             ,
             which
             the
             hate
             of
             Jews
             to
             Christians
             never
             arrived
             to
             ,
             and
             a
             Christian
             and
             Protestant
             Kingdome
             ought
             not
             to
             countenance
             .
          
           
             That
             by
             sumptuary
             Lawes
             concerning
             Apparrel
             to
             be
             worn
             by
             all
             degrees
             and
             orders
             of
             people
             ,
             
             the
             excess
             thereof
             may
             be
             regulated
             and
             abated
             ,
             with
             great
             penalties
             to
             the
             infringers
             thereof
             ,
             which
             
               Athens
               ,
               Sparta
            
             and
             Rome
             being
             heathen
             Common-wealths
             ,
             and
             England
             heretofore
             by
             sundry
             good
             Laws
             and
             Statutes
             ,
             unhappily
             repealed
             
               in
               anno
               21
               Jac.
               Spain
            
             by
             Pragmatico's
             ;
             and
             France
             by
             a
             late
             Reiglement
             have
             found
             to
             be
             an
             universall
             good
             :
             and
             the
             Common-wealth
             of
             Venice
             held
             it
             to
             be
             necessary
             ,
             
               Nè
               civium
               patrimonia
               nimia
               intemperantia
               abliguriantur
            
             ;
             to
             keep
             their
             Citizens
             from
             wasting
             and
             spending
             their
             Estates
             ,
             being
             Laws
             now
             more
             then
             ever
             wanting
             in
             England
             ,
             when
             as
             that
             which
             wil
             quickly
             undo
             private
             or
             particular
             Families
             ,
             which
             by
             their
             universality
             do
             make
             a
             Kingdome
             ,
             is
             so
             frequent
             and
             every
             where
             almost
             to
             be
             found
             in
             a
             daily
             practise
             and
             pursuit
             of
             pride
             ,
             and
             
             that
             cheating
             one
             another
             to
             maintain
             it
             ,
             is
             the
             most
             of
             the
             peoples
             cares
             and
             consciences
             ,
             every
             house
             almost
             as
             to
             the
             excess
             of
             their
             vanities
             ,
             and
             expences
             beyond
             their
             Estates
             ,
             hath
             a
             
               Mark
               Anthony
            
             and
             Cleopatra
             in
             it
             ;
             and
             too
             many
             men
             and
             women
             ,
             though
             not
             so
             good
             or
             well
             able
             to
             bear
             it
             as
             King
             
               William
               Rufus
            
             ,
             doe
             think
             their
             clothes
             not
             costly
             enough
             ;
             many
             of
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             have
             wasted
             and
             spent
             themselves
             almost
             quite
             out
             of
             themselves
             ,
             and
             left
             themselves
             little
             more
             then
             their
             Titles
             and
             Pedigrees
             .
             The
             Citizens
             doe
             all
             they
             can
             to
             our-doe
             them
             infolly
             ;
             the
             Farmers
             ,
             Yeomanry
             and
             Countrymen
             all
             they
             can
             to
             overtake
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             Servants
             to
             come
             as
             near
             as
             they
             can
             to
             their
             Masters
             ,
             Ladies
             or
             Mistresses
             :
             And
             they
             that
             first
             spend
             themselves
             to
             nothing
             ,
             or
             very
             near
             it
             ,
             are
             like
             to
             quit
             the
             race
             to
             those
             that
             come
             after
             ;
             and
             they
             which
             come
             last
             to
             the
             brink
             of
             ruining
             their
             fortunes
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             probably
             the
             common
             and
             lower
             ranks
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             are
             likely
             to
             learn
             by
             those
             that
             ruined
             themselves
             before
             them
             ,
             to
             stay
             where
             they
             left
             ,
             &
             be
             Masters
             of
             the
             others
             Estates
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             such
             as
             shall
             wear
             any
             habits
             or
             kinds
             of
             Apparrel
             forbidden
             ;
             be
             rated
             in
             all
             publick
             Assessments
             according
             to
             the
             estate
             and
             quality
             of
             such
             persons
             as
             are
             allowed
             to
             wear
             the
             like
             ,
             that
             whosoever
             shall
             not
             be
             of
             the
             degree
             and
             quality
             to
             keep
             a
             Coach
             ,
             or
             live
             in
             the
             Country
             not
             farre
             distant
             from
             the
             Parish
             Church
             and
             keepeth
             one
             ,
             shall
             forfeit
             and
             pay
             5.
             l.
             for
             every
             year
             in
             which
             he
             shall
             so
             keep
             it
             ;
             that
             the
             Justices
             of
             Peace
             in
             every
             Country
             be
             the
             Collectors
             of
             all
             the
             penalties
             concerning
             Apparel
             ,
             Habits
             and
             keeping
             of
             Coaches
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             a
             ●ourth
             part
             of
             the
             forfeitures
             
             upon
             the
             receipt
             ,
             conviction
             or
             recovery
             thereof
             :
             that
             the
             Masters
             and
             Mistresses
             of
             Servants
             trangressing
             that
             Act
             ,
             shall
             out
             of
             the
             wages
             due
             to
             such
             Servants
             pay
             and
             answer
             every
             of
             the
             penalties
             forfeited
             by
             the
             Servants
             ,
             not
             exceeding
             their
             said
             wages
             ,
             and
             stop
             and
             detain
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             for
             their
             care
             therein
             have
             and
             receive
             to
             their
             own
             use
             one
             third
             part
             in
             four
             to
             be
             divided
             of
             the
             said
             penalties
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             residue
             of
             all
             the
             said
             penalties
             ordained
             and
             forfeited
             by
             the
             said
             Act
             ,
             shall
             be
             collected
             and
             answered
             to
             the
             use
             of
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             .
          
           
             Whereby
             that
             grand
             improvement
             of
             all
             Sins
             and
             Wickedness
             ,
             which
             hath
             now
             overspread
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             that
             consumption
             of
             Estates
             ,
             and
             destruction
             of
             good
             Manners
             ;
             And
             that
             high
             unparralleld
             and
             inordinate
             excess
             of
             Apparel
             and
             pride
             ,
             which
             being
             the
             canker
             of
             all
             honesty
             and
             virtue
             ,
             ruined
             Rome
             the
             Conqueror
             and
             Mistress
             of
             all
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             ,
             as
             Histories
             have
             told
             us
             ,
             never
             failed
             to
             undo
             many
             other
             Kingdoms
             permitting
             or
             allowing
             it
             ,
             which
             our
             Ancestors
             and
             former
             inhabitants
             of
             England
             would
             have
             abhorred
             and
             blushed
             at
             ,
             may
             be
             restrained
             ,
             and
             those
             sinfull
             necessities
             and
             plenty
             of
             all
             manner
             of
             knaveries
             ,
             dishonesties
             ,
             Cheatings
             ,
             and
             villanies
             ,
             to
             maintayne
             it
             ,
             depressed
             and
             extinguished
             ,
             which
             the
             book
             of
             God
             ,
             danger
             of
             Sinne
             ,
             Hell
             ,
             and
             Damnation
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             can
             be
             said
             and
             done
             by
             the
             Bishopps
             ,
             Ministers
             ,
             Preachers
             ,
             and
             men
             of
             holy
             Church
             ,
             without
             the
             assistance
             of
             such
             sumptuary
             Lawes
             ,
             can
             never
             ,
             as
             experience
             hath
             sufficiently
             told
             us
             ,
             be
             able
             to
             beat
             downe
             ,
             extirpate
             ,
             or
             lessen
             .
          
           
             Which
             the
             pretended
             loss
             of
             the
             Kings
             Customes
             by
             
             Silkes
             ,
             and
             other
             vanities
             imported
             ,
             should
             not
             deterre
             him
             and
             his
             great
             Councel
             from
             attempting
             ,
             when
             the
             prevention
             of
             the
             great
             wast
             of
             gold
             and
             silver
             in
             making
             lace
             and
             habiliments
             for
             such
             as
             ought
             not
             to
             wear
             them
             ,
             the
             vent
             of
             our
             Cloth
             and
             other
             English
             Manufactures
             in
             stead
             of
             them
             ,
             suppressing
             of
             an
             universall
             pride
             and
             Sinne
             ,
             which
             the
             land
             groaning
             under
             ,
             is
             not
             able
             to
             bear
             ,
             the
             causing
             of
             a
             greater
             duty
             and
             obedience
             to
             superiors
             ,
             which
             is
             now
             too
             much
             wanting
             ,
             and
             the
             pacifying
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             and
             Judgments
             which
             are
             ready
             to
             fall
             upon
             the
             Nation
             ,
             for
             it
             will
             abundantly
             recompence
             .
          
           
             That
             seeing
             the
             Excise
             of
             Beer
             ,
             
             Ale
             ,
             Perry
             and
             Sider
             greatly
             discontents
             and
             lies
             heavy
             upon
             the
             People
             and
             the
             management
             and
             way
             of
             gathering
             it
             ,
             adds
             to
             their
             affliction
             ,
             and
             makes
             them
             repine
             at
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             upon
             a
             supposition
             ,
             that
             to
             ease
             themselves
             of
             that
             which
             was
             surmised
             to
             be
             a
             burden
             by
             Tenures
             in
             Capite
             and
             by
             
               Knight
               service
            
             ,
             with
             the
             wardships
             and
             incidents
             thereof
             ,
             they
             have
             contrived
             and
             raised
             the
             burden
             of
             more
             then
             one
             
               hundred
               thousand
            
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
            
             Excise
             to
             be
             laid
             upon
             them
             ,
             whereas
             the
             losses
             and
             damages
             of
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             of
             England
             ,
             (
             besides
             what
             they
             may
             sometimes
             save
             in
             their
             own
             wardships
             ,
             and
             by
             reason
             of
             Lands
             holden
             of
             the
             King
             in
             Capite
             and
             by
             
               Knight
               Service
            
             )
             in
             the
             profit
             and
             honor
             of
             Tenures
             holden
             of
             them
             by
             
               Knight
               service
            
             ,
             and
             of
             Wardships
             and
             other
             Incidents
             ,
             and
             their
             just
             and
             legal
             superiorities
             and
             commands
             over
             their
             Tenants
             ,
             which
             will
             now
             be
             wanting
             :
             will
             if
             rightly
             estimated
             ,
             amount
             to
             as
             much
             yearly
             dammage
             and
             inconveniencies
             as
             that
             one
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
            
             ,
             or
             more
             ,
             
             will
             come
             to
             by
             that
             Excise
             ,
             in
             which
             their
             expences
             may
             tell
             them
             they
             bear
             a
             share
             likewise
             with
             the
             common
             people
             ,
             some
             of
             the
             Knights
             and
             Gentry
             loosing
             as
             much
             by
             the
             taking
             away
             of
             Tenures
             
               in
               Capite
            
             and
             by
             
               Knight
               service
            
             ,
             as
             two
             hundred
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
               communibus
               annis
            
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             the
             Nobility
             four
             or
             five
             hundred
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
            
             ,
             and
             the
             least
             of
             what
             every
             of
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             doe
             yearly
             loose
             thereby
             ,
             will
             be
             more
             then
             any
             particular
             Brewer
             or
             Aleseller
             can
             be
             damnified
             ,
             when
             as
             the
             Beer
             and
             Ale
             ,
             and
             next
             buyer
             or
             expender
             ,
             are
             sure
             enough
             to
             pay
             for
             that
             and
             many
             times
             more
             .
          
           
             That
             for
             the
             remedying
             of
             the
             great
             Deceipts
             ,
             and
             Sophistications
             used
             by
             Brewers
             
             of
             Ale
             and
             Beer
             ,
             as
             their
             false
             gaugings
             and
             measures
             ,
             not
             half
             or
             not
             enough
             boyling
             it
             ,
             to
             spare
             fewel
             and
             fire
             ,
             putting
             in
             Broom
             ,
             Coriander-seed
             ,
             Wormwood
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             newly
             devised
             and
             noxious
             ingredients
             instead
             of
             Hops
             ,
             or
             to
             make
             it
             taste
             the
             stronger
             ,
             which
             may
             much
             endanger
             the
             lives
             and
             health
             of
             the
             people
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             abuses
             of
             Merchants
             ,
             Wine-Coopers
             and
             Vintners
             
             in
             conjuring
             their
             Wines
             as
             they
             call
             it
             ,
             mingling
             it
             with
             
               Stum
               ,
               Molosse
               or
               scum
               of
               Sugar
               ,
               Perry
               ,
               Sider
               ,
               Lime
               ,
               Milk
               ,
               Whites
            
             of
             
               Eggs
               ,
               Elder-berries
            
             ,
             putting
             in
             raw
             flesh
             ,
             and
             using
             so
             many
             Adulterations
             and
             mixtures
             ,
             as
             the
             Taverns
             and
             places
             of
             retail
             doe
             too
             commonly
             ,
             vent
             intoxicating
             and
             unwholsome
             drink
             by
             the
             name
             of
             wine
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Wine-coopers
             ,
             whose
             Trade
             was
             originally
             and
             properly
             only
             to
             make
             and
             amend
             vessels
             for
             wines
             ,
             are
             now
             by
             a
             knowledge
             and
             taste
             of
             wines
             ,
             pertaking
             of
             the
             Merchants
             evil
             secrets
             and
             doings
             ,
             and
             bringing
             some
             
             ease
             and
             conveniences
             to
             them
             by
             uttering
             and
             taking
             off
             their
             hands
             great
             quantities
             of
             wines
             upon
             long
             dayes
             and
             many
             moneths
             of
             payment
             given
             them
             ,
             become
             as
             it
             were
             the
             Merchants
             Masters
             ,
             and
             the
             only
             Merchants
             and
             Sellers
             of
             wine
             to
             the
             Vintners
             and
             Retailers
             (
             which
             was
             formerly
             forbidden
             them
             )
             after
             they
             have
             adulterated
             ,
             unwholsomed
             ,
             and
             almost
             poysoned
             them
             ,
             to
             the
             distemper
             and
             breeding
             of
             sickness
             in
             the
             bodies
             of
             men
             ,
             who
             for
             a
             little
             wine
             to
             warm
             and
             chear
             their
             hearts
             or
             stomachs
             ,
             or
             entertain
             one
             another
             with
             mutuall
             refreshments
             ,
             are
             by
             such
             ungodly
             tricks
             and
             devices
             to
             purchase
             to
             the
             Merchants
             ,
             Wine-Coopers
             and
             Vintners
             filthy
             and
             wicked
             gain
             and
             lucre
             ,
             many
             times
             enticed
             into
             the
             confines
             of
             death
             and
             their
             own
             destruction
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             many
             deceipts
             and
             abuses
             of
             Bakers
             ,
             
             whose
             weights
             of
             bread
             and
             honest
             gains
             of
             their
             Trade
             is
             by
             the
             Statutes
             of
             
               Assisa
               ,
               Panis
               &
               Cervisiae
               ,
               in
               Anno
               51
            
             of
             King
             Henry
             the
             third
             ,
             to
             be
             yearly
             regulated
             by
             the
             Kings
             Baker
             of
             his
             Houshold
             ,
             and
             the
             bread
             of
             his
             Court
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             several
             yearly
             rates
             and
             prices
             of
             corn
             ,
             and
             their
             transgressions
             contrary
             thereunto
             by
             many
             other
             Lawes
             to
             be
             severely
             punished
             ,
             and
             the
             offendors
             put
             upon
             the
             Pillory
             .
          
           
             Which
             this
             last
             Century
             or
             Age
             by
             a
             
             Non-execution
             of
             Lawes
             have
             not
             been
             so
             happy
             to
             see
             .
             But
             the
             Bakers
             are
             now
             so
             disused
             to
             these
             antient
             good
             Laws
             and
             Regulations
             ,
             and
             so
             used
             to
             a
             custome
             and
             cunning
             of
             blinding
             the
             Magistrates
             ,
             or
             such
             Officers
             as
             they
             entrust
             therewith
             or
             by
             evading
             ,
             or
             diminishing
             their
             punishments
             ,
             as
             they
             can
             by
             a
             custome
             or
             necessity
             of
             sinning
             ,
             which
             their
             deluded
             consciences
             do
             perswade
             them
             
             to
             be
             lawfull
             and
             warrantable
             enough
             ,
             make
             their
             bread
             5
             or
             6
             ounces
             too
             light
             ,
             or
             short
             of
             the
             legal
             proportions
             nor
             assize
             ,
             when
             corn
             is
             very
             dear
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             deal
             to
             light
             when
             it
             is
             cheaper
             :
             And
             to
             add
             to
             their
             wickedness
             as
             if
             otherwise
             it
             would
             not
             be
             enough
             ,
             are
             suspected
             to
             mingle
             chalk
             and
             lime
             amongst
             their
             meal
             ,
             which
             makes
             the
             white
             bread
             ,
             and
             do
             by
             combination
             with
             the
             Vintners
             ,
             Inn-keepers
             and
             Chandlers
             (
             who
             are
             the
             Belly-Brokers
             to
             the
             poor
             )
             make
             their
             white
             bread
             so
             little
             as
             to
             afford
             them
             16.
             or
             18.
             to
             the
             dozen
             :
             and
             if
             the
             Mayor
             and
             Sheriffs
             of
             London
             ,
             or
             the
             Magistrates
             of
             other
             Cities
             or
             great
             Towns
             doe
             sometimes
             goe
             about
             to
             trie
             and
             weigh
             their
             bread
             ,
             and
             find
             any
             Basket
             or
             small
             parcel
             of
             bread
             to
             be
             faulty
             (
             which
             by
             the
             Serjeants
             and
             under
             Officers
             too
             often
             giving
             notice
             over
             night
             or
             before
             hand
             what
             day
             or
             way
             the
             scrutiny
             goes
             makes
             their
             care
             and
             diligence
             to
             be
             most
             commonly
             ineffectuall
             ,
             or
             to
             little
             purpose
             ,
             or
             may
             be
             easily
             prevented
             by
             some
             bread
             honestly
             made
             when
             all
             the
             rest
             doe
             want
             waight
             laid
             in
             their
             passage
             )
             and
             seised
             and
             sent
             to
             prisons
             ,
             the
             next
             dayes
             or
             weeks
             bread
             shall
             be
             sure
             to
             be
             made
             the
             lighter
             ,
             to
             recompence
             the
             loss
             of
             the
             former
             .
             And
             lesser
             Corporations
             being
             most
             commonly
             governed
             by
             retailing
             Tradesmen
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             have
             a
             fellow
             feeling
             of
             one
             anothers
             mysteries
             ,
             or
             that
             which
             they
             suppose
             to
             be
             their
             Callings
             ,
             but
             are
             usually
             attended
             with
             fraud
             and
             cheatings
             ,
             doe
             take
             no
             care
             at
             all
             to
             obstruct
             ,
             discover
             ,
             or
             punish
             one
             anothers
             knaveries
             ;
             by
             which
             the
             poor
             and
             their
             wives
             and
             children
             ,
             whose
             daily
             hard
             labours
             can
             scarcely
             bring
             them
             to
             other
             diet
             then
             brown
             bread
             ,
             and
             skummed
             cheese
             ,
             and
             a
             cup
             of
             good
             beer
             when
             they
             can
             get
             it
             ,
             are
             daily
             and
             
             very
             much
             oppressed
             ,
             and
             their
             poverties
             made
             to
             encrease
             the
             riches
             of
             those
             who
             are
             so
             farre
             from
             relieving
             their
             miseries
             &
             hardships
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             a
             great
             part
             of
             the
             cause
             and
             increase
             of
             it
             ;
             by
             which
             great
             and
             not
             to
             be
             endured
             villanies
             and
             knaveries
             ,
             not
             seldome
             ,
             but
             daily
             and
             very
             often
             practised
             in
             a
             Kingdom
             ,
             professing
             Christ
             and
             Christianity
             ,
             by
             Vintners
             ,
             Brewers
             ,
             and
             Bakers
             ,
             in
             Wine
             ,
             Beer
             and
             Bread
             ,
             the
             main
             supports
             of
             life
             and
             nourishment
             ,
             (
             which
             might
             have
             been
             suppressed
             if
             the
             Stewards
             of
             Courts
             Leet
             ,
             Sheriffs
             in
             their
             Turnes
             ,
             and
             the
             grand
             Jury
             men
             of
             every
             County
             twice
             a
             year
             impannelled
             and
             solemnly
             charged
             by
             the
             Judges
             to
             look
             better
             to
             these
             &
             other
             generall
             abuses
             ,
             not
             by
             a
             strange
             custom
             neglected
             &
             slept
             over
             their
             had
             oathes
             and
             duties
             )
             those
             grand
             principles
             and
             fundamentall
             necessaries
             for
             food
             and
             sustenance
             are
             corrupted
             ,
             abused
             ,
             and
             unwholsomed
             ,
             diseases
             and
             evils
             ,
             and
             oftentimes
             death
             arising
             thereby
             secretly
             instilled
             and
             conveyed
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             forced
             into
             the
             bodies
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             which
             may
             well
             call
             and
             crie
             for
             a
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             As
             well
             as
             the
             great
             abuse
             of
             Leather
             ,
             which
             under
             colour
             of
             transporting
             Calve
             skins
             ,
             and
             obtaining
             licence
             to
             send
             thither
             a
             certain
             number
             of
             hides
             or
             skins
             of
             Leather
             ,
             doe
             ten
             times
             exceed
             the
             number
             ;
             and
             by
             multitudes
             of
             Coaches
             more
             then
             formerly
             ,
             false
             Cocquets
             and
             connivance
             of
             Searchers
             and
             Officers
             in
             the
             Ports
             ,
             which
             should
             look
             better
             to
             it
             ,
             there
             is
             (
             notwithstanding
             great
             quantities
             of
             Russia
             and
             other
             Leather
             ,
             &
             Hides
             imported
             from
             forreign
             parts
             )
             so
             great
             a
             scarcity
             and
             dearth
             of
             Leather
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             the
             Shoemakers
             ,
             not
             long
             agoe
             ,
             were
             wont
             to
             pay
             but
             fifteen
             shillings
             ,
             for
             
             they
             must
             now
             pay
             double
             as
             much
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             they
             buy
             is
             (
             by
             the
             knavery
             of
             the
             Tanner
             ,
             who
             to
             save
             the
             charge
             of
             Bark
             ,
             doth
             not
             permit
             it
             to
             lie
             in
             the
             Tannepit
             half
             the
             time
             appointed
             by
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Currier
             and
             the
             carelesness
             and
             worse
             of
             the
             Lord
             Mayor
             of
             London's
             Officer
             who
             keeps
             the
             knife
             ,
             as
             they
             call
             it
             ,
             at
             
               Leaden
               Hall
            
             ,
             and
             should
             seise
             all
             bad
             Leather
             )
             neither
             well
             tanned
             ,
             good
             ,
             or
             cheap
             ;
             by
             which
             villanies
             ,
             deceipts
             ,
             careless
             looking
             to
             the
             execution
             of
             good
             Lawes
             ,
             evils
             of
             transportation
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             the
             Nobilities
             and
             Gentries
             profuse
             rates
             and
             prices
             given
             to
             their
             Shoemakers
             the
             shoes
             which
             they
             wear
             ,
             are
             come
             to
             the
             price
             of
             five
             shillings
             and
             six
             pence
             ,
             and
             six
             shillings
             a
             pair
             ;
             and
             sober
             and
             more
             carefull
             men
             in
             the
             laying
             out
             of
             their
             money
             must
             now
             doe
             what
             they
             can
             ,
             pay
             four
             shillings
             six
             pence
             or
             five
             shillings
             for
             a
             pair
             of
             Neats
             Leather
             shoes
             ,
             for
             which
             within
             this
             twenty
             years
             was
             paid
             but
             two
             shillings
             eight
             pence
             ;
             and
             when
             they
             have
             come
             up
             to
             those
             strange
             prices
             ,
             have
             their
             inner
             soles
             many
             times
             made
             with
             chill
             and
             soaking
             Seal
             skins
             or
             Horse
             hides
             ▪
             and
             all
             the
             upper
             Leather
             and
             under
             of
             their
             Shoes
             so
             ill
             tanned
             ,
             as
             it
             being
             scarcely
             separated
             or
             to
             be
             known
             from
             a
             raw
             hide
             ,
             it
             lets
             in
             water
             like
             brown
             paper
             or
             bayes
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             showre
             of
             rain
             ,
             or
             a
             little
             wet
             shrivels
             and
             runs
             into
             wrinckles
             and
             an
             unhansomeness
             ,
             and
             scarcely
             keeps
             out
             a
             little
             rain
             or
             dirt
             which
             breeds
             Rheums
             ,
             Colds
             and
             Diseases
             in
             the
             people
             who
             being
             Islanders
             ,
             and
             living
             in
             a
             Country
             of
             so
             much
             rain
             and
             wet
             ,
             which
             by
             some
             other
             Nations
             living
             in
             drier
             Countries
             ,
             called
             the
             
               Matella
               Planetarum
            
             ,
             Piss-pot
             of
             the
             Planets
             ,
             cannot
             walk
             or
             live
             so
             healthfully
             as
             they
             doe
             in
             warmer
             Countries
             ,
             
             with
             wooden
             Shoes
             or
             Sandalls
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             remedied
             as
             to
             the
             peoples
             better
             usage
             in
             their
             Bread
             ,
             Beer
             ,
             Wine
             and
             Shoes
             ,
             the
             grand
             necessaries
             of
             life
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             By
             a
             better
             execution
             of
             the
             Laws
             already
             enacted
             ,
          
           
             2.
             
             By
             not
             altogether
             trusting
             Tradesmen
             with
             the
             care
             thereof
             in
             Corporations
             ,
             who
             being
             either
             of
             the
             same
             Trades
             ,
             or
             others
             furnished
             with
             as
             evil
             Artifices
             ,
             are
             but
             bad
             Overseers
             or
             Suppressors
             of
             deceits
             in
             Trade
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             all
             now
             more
             then
             ever
             enrich
             themselves
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             If
             the
             Justices
             of
             Peace
             in
             every
             County
             by
             as
             Oath
             particularly
             to
             be
             framed
             for
             that
             purpose
             ,
             which
             in
             a
             time
             of
             heeding
             no
             Oathes
             ,
             or
             an
             age
             of
             equivocation
             or
             putting
             false
             constructions
             or
             interpretations
             upon
             them
             ,
             may
             be
             more
             then
             formerly
             needfull
             ,
             were
             enjoyned
             better
             to
             look
             to
             Lawes
             already
             made
             ,
             or
             to
             be
             enacted
             for
             that
             end
             ,
             and
             allowed
             upon
             the
             discovery
             or
             prosecution
             a
             fourth
             part
             of
             the
             forfeitures
             and
             penalties
             ,
             which
             will
             help
             to
             put
             them
             in
             mind
             of
             their
             duty
             ;
             and
             to
             be
             like
             the
             Athenian
             Nomophylaces
             ,
             more
             vigilant
             in
             the
             finding
             out
             ,
             prosecution
             and
             conviction
             of
             any
             such
             transgressors
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             That
             there
             be
             yearly
             appointed
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             the
             Lord
             Chancellor
             or
             the
             Lord
             Treasurer
             in
             his
             behalf
             ,
             Assayers
             or
             Surveyors
             of
             the
             Bread
             ,
             Beer
             ,
             Wine
             and
             Leather
             made
             ,
             or
             to
             be
             made
             or
             vented
             in
             every
             County
             and
             City
             ,
             which
             as
             concerning
             Ale
             and
             Beer
             will
             be
             but
             the
             same
             with
             the
             Ale-conners
             and
             Tasters
             ,
             which
             our
             antient
             Lawes
             and
             Customes
             thought
             necessary
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             for
             his
             pains
             ,
             discovery
             ,
             prosecution
             ,
             and
             conviction
             of
             offenders
             contrary
             to
             the
             Laws
             made
             
             or
             to
             be
             provided
             ,
             one
             part
             in
             four
             of
             the
             penalties
             ,
             and
             to
             attend
             therein
             also
             ,
             and
             observe
             the
             directions
             of
             the
             Justices
             of
             Peace
             therein
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             That
             the
             Wines
             according
             to
             the
             Statutes
             be
             ,
             as
             formerly
             ,
             rated
             at
             a
             reasonable
             price
             set
             as
             well
             for
             the
             Merchants
             as
             the
             Vintners
             or
             Retailers
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             That
             no
             Wine-Cooper
             be
             upon
             a
             great
             penalty
             suffered
             to
             buy
             or
             sell
             wines
             ,
             which
             can
             never
             be
             for
             the
             good
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             when
             the
             Devil
             or
             the
             Conjurer
             having
             mingled
             and
             sophisticated
             what
             he
             bought
             pure
             from
             the
             Merchant
             ,
             shall
             have
             power
             to
             make
             it
             as
             bad
             as
             he
             will
             ,
             and
             put
             it
             to
             sale
             when
             he
             hath
             done
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             That
             every
             Merchant
             and
             Vintner
             doe
             as
             the
             Victuallers
             and
             Cooks
             are
             by
             Statutes
             appointed
             for
             the
             keeping
             of
             Lent
             ,
             yearly
             enter
             into
             Recognizances
             to
             the
             King
             not
             to
             corrupt
             or
             alter
             their
             wines
             ,
             nor
             willingly
             or
             wittingly
             permit
             them
             to
             be
             adulterated
             or
             altered
             by
             the
             Wine-Coopers
             ,
             but
             to
             sell
             them
             according
             to
             the
             lawfull
             measures
             ,
             and
             observe
             and
             keep
             the
             rates
             and
             prices
             yearly
             to
             be
             set
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             That
             every
             Brewer
             and
             Baker
             doe
             yearly
             enter
             into
             Recognizances
             to
             make
             wholsome
             Bread
             and
             Beer
             and
             keep
             the
             Assize
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             That
             every
             Tanner
             and
             Currier
             doe
             the
             like
             as
             touching
             the
             well
             tanning
             and
             dressing
             of
             their
             Leather
             :
             And
             that
             the
             Officer
             which
             shall
             keep
             the
             knife
             at
             Leaden
             Hall
             in
             London
             do
             the
             like
             well
             and
             truly
             to
             execute
             the
             duty
             of
             his
             place
             .
          
           
             10.
             
             That
             the
             Vintners
             who
             by
             a
             late
             invention
             and
             ill
             use
             of
             glass
             bottles
             doe
             evade
             the
             rates
             of
             wines
             limited
             by
             a
             late
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             recompence
             the
             abatement
             of
             price
             by
             the
             falseness
             of
             their
             measures
             ,
             
             may
             be
             ordered
             to
             use
             as
             formerly
             ;
             Pint
             ,
             Quart
             ,
             Pottle
             and
             Gallon
             ,
             Pots
             marked
             and
             allowed
             according
             to
             Law.
             
          
           
             11.
             
             That
             for
             the
             first
             offence
             every
             of
             the
             said
             Tradesmen
             shall
             forfeit
             one
             hundred
             pounds
             ,
             for
             the
             second
             two
             hundred
             pounds
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             third
             be
             disfranchised
             and
             never
             more
             permitted
             to
             use
             that
             Trade
             .
          
           
             12.
             
             And
             that
             a
             conviction
             of
             any
             such
             offences
             may
             be
             pleaded
             in
             barre
             unto
             them
             in
             any
             Action
             to
             be
             brought
             ,
             commenced
             and
             prosecuted
             .
          
           
             To
             be
             delivered
             from
             which
             great
             and
             many
             deceipts
             and
             frauds
             ,
             and
             every
             dayes
             often
             committed
             oppression
             ,
             by
             a
             tyranny
             of
             the
             rich
             over
             the
             poor
             and
             needy
             ,
             and
             to
             keep
             the
             Wolves
             from
             their
             morning
             and
             evening
             preys
             ,
             and
             rejoycing
             in
             the
             spoil
             of
             the
             widdows
             and
             fatherless
             ,
             the
             hungry
             and
             necessitous
             ,
             which
             by
             a
             cheating
             and
             blinding
             of
             their
             consciences
             ,
             they
             will
             whether
             the
             Laws
             of
             God
             and
             man
             will
             or
             no
             ,
             suppose
             to
             be
             lawfull
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             their
             Trade
             ,
             and
             the
             misteries
             of
             it
             ,
             or
             because
             their
             Fathers
             or
             their
             Masters
             did
             it
             before
             them
             ;
             every
             one
             else
             doth
             it
             ,
             and
             every
             man
             must
             live
             and
             make
             use
             of
             their
             time
             ,
             labour
             ,
             calling
             or
             opportunities
             .
          
           
             The
             people
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             being
             so
             universally
             endamaged
             by
             the
             evils
             happening
             by
             them
             ,
             and
             concerned
             ,
             and
             like
             to
             be
             benefitted
             by
             the
             remedies
             ,
             may
             (
             as
             those
             of
             
               Spain
               ,
               Florence
            
             ,
             and
             other
             forreign
             Countries
             ,
             who
             in
             bearing
             some
             burdens
             and
             Taxes
             laid
             upon
             them
             are
             many
             times
             rather
             gainers
             then
             losers
             by
             the
             benefit
             of
             a
             Bands
             ,
             or
             rule
             of
             rating
             Butchers
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             Commodities
             to
             be
             bought
             or
             sold
             ,
             so
             as
             children
             cannot
             be
             cozened
             .
          
           
           
             Be
             very
             willing
             that
             their
             representatives
             in
             Parliament
             shall
             consent
             .
          
           
             That
             upon
             every
             Tun
             of
             wine
             ,
             
               French
               ,
               Spanish
            
             and
             Rhenish
             to
             be
             vented
             in
             England
             there
             be
             by
             the
             first
             buyer
             forty
             shillings
             
               per
               Tunne
            
             paid
             to
             his
             Majesty
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             ,
             and
             accounted
             for
             half
             yearly
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             Exchequer
             .
          
           
             That
             instead
             of
             an
             Excise
             upon
             Ale
             ,
             Beer
             ,
             Perry
             and
             Sider
             ,
             every
             one
             that
             shall
             in
             a
             publick
             Alehouse
             sell
             Ale
             ,
             Beer
             ,
             Perry
             or
             Sider
             ,
             shall
             yearly
             pay
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             forty
             shillings
             
               per
               annum
            
             ;
             and
             every
             publick
             Brewer
             twenty
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
            
             ,
             and
             a
             further
             rate
             proportionable
             to
             the
             quantities
             of
             their
             Brewings
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             to
             restore
             this
             antient
             Monarchy
             ,
             
             and
             heretofore
             famous
             and
             flourishing
             Kingdome
             to
             its
             former
             honour
             ,
             safety
             and
             defence
             ,
             and
             an
             ease
             from
             the
             charge
             of
             mercenary
             Armies
             and
             Guards
             ,
             and
             to
             prevent
             the
             great
             and
             many
             dangers
             and
             inconveniencies
             which
             may
             happen
             thereby
             ,
             as
             also
             to
             fatherless
             Children
             by
             Guardianships
             and
             breaches
             of
             trust
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             and
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             ,
             may
             have
             and
             enjoy
             his
             and
             their
             antient
             rights
             of
             Tenures
             in
             Capite
             and
             by
             
               Knight
               Service
            
             ,
             and
             all
             mesne
             Lords
             &
             their
             Heirs
             their
             Tenures
             by
             
               Knight
               Service
            
             ,
             with
             all
             incidents
             thereunto
             belonging
             ,
             allowing
             unto
             every
             one
             holding
             of
             the
             King
             by
             those
             Tenures
             the
             liberty
             of
             being
             freed
             from
             the
             marriage
             of
             his
             Heir
             ,
             to
             be
             compounded
             for
             by
             yearly
             paying
             unto
             the
             King
             into
             the
             Exchequer
             ,
             or
             into
             the
             Court
             of
             Wards
             ,
             next
             after
             his
             age
             of
             one
             and
             twenty
             years
             and
             livery
             sued
             forth
             ,
             the
             sum
             of
             twenty
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
            
             rent
             for
             every
             Knights
             Fee
             which
             he
             shall
             
             hold
             ,
             or
             proportionably
             according
             to
             the
             partes
             thereof
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             in
             the
             granting
             of
             Wardships
             to
             the
             Mother
             or
             next
             friends
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Instructions
             of
             King
             James
             ,
             with
             those
             reasonable
             cares
             and
             considerations
             of
             debts
             and
             younger
             children
             used
             by
             the
             Court
             of
             Wards
             and
             Liveries
             ,
             the
             marriages
             of
             the
             Wards
             and
             Rents
             of
             their
             Lands
             during
             all
             the
             time
             of
             their
             minorities
             computed
             together
             ,
             be
             never
             above
             one
             years
             improved
             value
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             but
             the
             half
             of
             that
             which
             is
             now
             accompted
             to
             be
             a
             reasonable
             Fine
             ,
             and
             is
             frequently
             paid
             by
             many
             Copihold
             Tenants
             whose
             Fines
             are
             certain
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             the
             Archbishop
             of
             Canterbury
             and
             Bishop
             of
             Durham
             ,
             who
             by
             antient
             exemptions
             and
             priviledge
             are
             to
             have
             the
             wardships
             of
             Tenants
             ,
             holding
             of
             them
             by
             
               Knight
               service
            
             in
             their
             minorities
             ,
             though
             they
             hold
             other
             Lands
             in
             Capite
             and
             by
             
               Knight
               service
            
             of
             the
             King
             may
             be
             ordained
             to
             doe
             the
             like
             favours
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             all
             that
             hold
             in
             Capite
             and
             by
             
               Knight
               service
            
             be
             according
             to
             their
             antient
             liberties
             and
             rights
             granted
             by
             the
             Charter
             of
             King
             Henry
             the
             first
             ,
             freed
             (
             as
             in
             reason
             they
             ought
             )
             from
             all
             Assessments
             of
             their
             demeasn
             Lands
             touching
             warre
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             That
             
               Primer
               Seisins
            
             be
             taken
             away
             of
             such
             kind
             of
             Tenures
             ,
             and
             no
             more
             paid
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             That
             the
             Lands
             holden
             in
             Socage
             ,
             or
             of
             any
             other
             mesne
             Lords
             in
             case
             of
             minority
             of
             any
             in
             ward
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             Tenure
             in
             Capite
             ,
             or
             
               pour
               cause
               de
               gard
            
             ,
             being
             taken
             into
             consideration
             only
             as
             to
             the
             Fine
             ,
             for
             the
             marriage
             may
             not
             be
             put
             under
             any
             Rent
             or
             Lease
             to
             be
             made
             by
             the
             Court
             of
             Wards
             ,
             but
             freed
             ,
             
             as
             they
             were
             frequently
             and
             antiently
             by
             Writs
             sent
             to
             the
             Escheators
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             That
             the
             King
             in
             recompence
             thereof
             may
             have
             and
             receive
             of
             every
             Duke
             or
             Earl
             dying
             seized
             of
             any
             Lands
             or
             Hereditaments
             in
             Capite
             and
             by
             
               Knight
               service
               two
               hundred
               pounds
            
             ,
             of
             every
             Marquess
             ,
             Viscount
             and
             Baron
             
               two
               hundred
            
             marks
             ,
             and
             of
             every
             one
             that
             holdeth
             by
             a
             Knights
             Fee
             twenty
             pounds
             for
             a
             Relief
             ,
             or
             proportionably
             according
             to
             the
             quantity
             of
             the
             Fee
             which
             he
             holdeth
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             That
             incroachments
             and
             wast
             grounds
             holden
             in
             Capite
             and
             by
             
               Knight
               Service
            
             ,
             may
             be
             no
             cause
             of
             wardship
             ,
             or
             paying
             any
             other
             duties
             incident
             to
             that
             Tenure
             ,
             if
             it
             shall
             upon
             the
             first
             proof
             and
             notice
             be
             relinquished
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             That
             only
             Escuage
             and
             Service
             of
             warre
             (
             except
             in
             the
             aforesaid
             cases
             of
             the
             Archbishop
             of
             Canterbury
             and
             Bishop
             of
             Durham
             )
             and
             all
             other
             incidents
             (
             except
             Wardships
             )
             due
             by
             their
             Tenants
             which
             hold
             of
             them
             by
             
               Knight
               service
            
             ,
             be
             restored
             to
             mesne
             Lords
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Reliefs
             of
             five
             pounds
             for
             a
             whole
             Knights
             Fee
             ,
             or
             proportionably
             according
             to
             the
             quantity
             of
             Lands
             of
             that
             kind
             of
             Fee
             holden
             ,
             shall
             be
             after
             the
             death
             of
             every
             such
             Tenant
             twenty
             pounds
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             That
             to
             lessen
             the
             charges
             of
             Escheators
             and
             Juries
             for
             every
             single
             Office
             or
             Inquisition
             to
             be
             found
             or
             taken
             ,
             after
             the
             death
             of
             every
             tenant
             in
             Capite
             and
             by
             Knight
             Service
             ,
             the
             time
             of
             petitioning
             within
             a
             moneth
             after
             the
             death
             of
             the
             Ancestor
             ,
             may
             be
             enlarged
             to
             three
             moneths
             ,
             and
             the
             Shire
             ,
             Town
             ,
             City
             ,
             or
             principall
             place
             of
             every
             County
             be
             appointed
             with
             certain
             dayes
             or
             times
             for
             the
             finding
             of
             Offices
             ,
             to
             the
             
             end
             that
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Meeting
             ,
             and
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Jury
             ,
             with
             one
             and
             the
             same
             charge
             ,
             or
             by
             a
             contribution
             of
             all
             parties
             concerned
             ,
             may
             give
             a
             dispatch
             thereunto
             .
          
           
             10.
             
             That
             in
             case
             of
             neglecting
             to
             petition
             within
             three
             moneths
             after
             the
             death
             of
             the
             Tenant
             in
             Capite
             and
             by
             
               Knight
               Service
            
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             concealing
             any
             Wardships
             ,
             or
             not
             suing
             out
             of
             Livery
             ,
             if
             upon
             information
             brought
             ,
             issue
             joyned
             ,
             and
             witnesses
             examined
             ,
             or
             any
             time
             before
             Hearing
             or
             Tryall
             of
             the
             Cause
             ,
             the
             party
             offending
             or
             concerned
             shall
             pay
             the
             Prosecutor
             his
             double
             costs
             ,
             and
             satisfie
             the
             King
             the
             mesne
             rates
             ,
             he
             shall
             be
             admitted
             to
             compound
             .
          
           
             11.
             
             That
             the
             unnecessary
             Bonds
             formerly
             taken
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             Wards
             at
             two
             shillings
             six
             pence
             ,
             or
             three
             shillings
             charge
             upon
             suing
             out
             of
             every
             
               Diem
               clausit
               extremum
            
             ,
             or
             Writ
             to
             find
             an
             Office
             ,
             obliging
             the
             Prosecutor
             thereunto
             ,
             may
             be
             no
             more
             taken
             ,
             when
             as
             the
             time
             limited
             for
             petitioning
             to
             compound
             for
             Wardships
             ,
             and
             the
             danger
             of
             not
             doing
             of
             it
             will
             be
             engagement
             sufficient
             .
          
           
             12.
             
             That
             Grants
             Leases
             and
             Decrees
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             Wards
             may
             not
             (
             to
             the
             great
             charge
             of
             the
             Wards
             or
             others
             concerned
             therein
             )
             be
             unnecessarily
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             been
             ,
             inrolled
             at
             length
             or
             otherwise
             ,
             with
             the
             Auditors
             of
             that
             Court
             ,
             when
             as
             the
             same
             was
             recorded
             before
             by
             other
             Officers
             of
             that
             Court
             to
             which
             the
             Auditors
             may
             have
             a
             free
             access
             ,
             and
             at
             any
             time
             take
             extracts
             out
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             13.
             
             That
             a
             severe
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             be
             made
             against
             such
             as
             shall
             misuse
             or
             wast
             any
             Wards
             Estate
             ,
             Lands
             ,
             Woods
             and
             Timber
             committed
             or
             granted
             to
             
             them
             ,
             or
             any
             personal
             Estate
             which
             belongeth
             unto
             them
             or
             shall
             not
             give
             the
             Wards
             fit
             education
             ,
             or
             shall
             disparage
             them
             in
             their
             Marriages
             ,
             or
             marry
             them
             without
             any
             competent
             Portion
             ,
             or
             shall
             not
             within
             a
             moneth
             after
             the
             death
             of
             such
             Ward
             ,
             or
             coming
             to
             his
             or
             her
             age
             of
             one
             and
             twenty
             years
             make
             a
             true
             accompt
             and
             payment
             unto
             the
             said
             Ward
             or
             his
             or
             her
             Heirs
             or
             Executors
             ,
             of
             all
             that
             shall
             be
             by
             them
             due
             and
             payable
             to
             him
             or
             them
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             said
             Wardship
             ,
             upon
             pain
             to
             pay
             to
             the
             use
             of
             the
             said
             Ward
             ,
             his
             or
             her
             Heirs
             ,
             Executors
             or
             Administrators
             ,
             besides
             the
             said
             moneys
             due
             and
             payable
             to
             the
             use
             of
             the
             said
             Ward
             double
             costs
             and
             damages
             expended
             or
             sustained
             therein
             .
          
           
             That
             all
             Lands
             hereafter
             escheated
             and
             forfeited
             to
             his
             Majesty
             (
             in
             cases
             where
             there
             shall
             be
             no
             restoration
             to
             the
             next
             in
             discent
             or
             remainder
             )
             be
             inseparable
             ,
             
             and
             as
             a
             
               Sacrum
               patrimonium
            
             annexed
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             never
             to
             be
             aliened
             ,
             leased
             ,
             or
             charged
             with
             any
             Rent-charge
             or
             Annuity
             further
             then
             for
             life
             or
             one
             and
             twenty
             years
             .
          
           
             That
             all
             Corporations
             of
             Trade
             ,
             
             may
             besides
             Fines
             and
             Amerciaments
             to
             be
             imposed
             and
             taken
             to
             their
             own
             use
             ,
             have
             also
             power
             to
             impose
             Fines
             and
             Amerciaments
             to
             the
             use
             of
             his
             Majesty
             and
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             ,
             and
             have
             no
             power
             to
             release
             or
             discharge
             any
             Penalties
             ,
             and
             Issues
             forfeited
             to
             the
             King
             :
             And
             that
             the
             Town
             Clerks
             of
             Cities
             and
             Towns
             Corporate
             ,
             and
             Clerks
             of
             every
             Corporation
             or
             Company
             of
             Trade
             shall
             be
             bound
             by
             Oath
             and
             Recognizance
             to
             the
             King
             to
             certifie
             and
             estreat
             into
             the
             Exchequer
             all
             Fines
             ,
             Issues
             and
             Amerciaments
             forfeited
             and
             lost
             ,
             at
             two
             usuall
             Terms
             in
             every
             year
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             Easter
             and
             Michaelmas
             .
          
           
           
             That
             the
             By-lawes
             of
             every
             Corporation
             and
             Company
             of
             Trade
             ,
             
             and
             every
             City
             and
             Town
             Corporate
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             perused
             and
             approved
             by
             the
             Lord
             Chancellor
             of
             England
             and
             Lord
             ,
             Chief
             Justices
             of
             either
             Benches
             ,
             or
             Justices
             of
             Assize
             ,
             or
             any
             three
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             are
             not
             to
             be
             contrary
             to
             the
             Lawes
             ,
             may
             be
             according
             to
             the
             Statute
             of
             19
             
               Hen.
               7.
               cap.
            
             7.
             perused
             and
             allowed
             by
             them
             .
          
           
             That
             upon
             every
             bloodshed
             or
             breach
             of
             the
             peace
             ,
             
             as
             by
             the
             Civil
             Law
             in
             forreign
             parts
             ,
             and
             heretofore
             was
             anciently
             used
             in
             England
             by
             the
             Common
             Law
             thereof
             ,
             a
             reasonable
             mulct
             or
             penalty
             be
             imposed
             to
             be
             gathered
             by
             the
             Magistrates
             ,
             as
             the
             Drossaerts
             do
             in
             many
             places
             in
             Holland
             ,
             and
             be
             answered
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             though
             the
             parties
             do
             agree
             or
             release
             and
             discharge
             one
             another
             .
             That
             all
             Misericordia's
             which
             are
             now
             the
             only
             Vestigia's
             ,
             left
             of
             that
             antient
             Custome
             and
             Prerogative
             in
             Cases
             of
             Nonsuits
             ,
             and
             Pleas
             of
             
               Non
               est
               factums
            
             not
             verified
             ,
             may
             be
             put
             into
             certain
             reasonable
             penal
             sums
             ,
             duly
             collected
             and
             answered
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             ,
             which
             besides
             an
             annual
             and
             casual
             profit
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             will
             quiet
             and
             lessen
             contentions
             ,
             and
             bring
             a
             great
             ease
             to
             the
             people
             .
          
           
             That
             in
             cases
             of
             Manslaughter
             there
             be
             before
             any
             pardon
             granted
             a
             reasonable
             satisfaction
             made
             according
             as
             it
             was
             heretofore
             practised
             in
             our
             Lawes
             of
             England
             ,
             
             both
             before
             and
             since
             the
             Conquest
             ,
             made
             to
             the
             wives
             and
             children
             of
             the
             Deceased
             ,
             or
             if
             none
             to
             the
             next
             of
             kindred
             ,
             unless
             the
             parties
             concerned
             shall
             otherwise
             agree
             their
             recompence
             or
             satisfaction
             ,
             and
             an
             
               Estimatio
               capitis
            
             ,
             or
             value
             of
             the
             party
             offending
             also
             paid
             to
             the
             King.
             That
             upon
             convictions
             
             of
             Adulteries
             &
             Fornication
             ,
             as
             was
             antiently
             used
             ,
             there
             be
             paid
             to
             the
             King
             a
             penalty
             proportionable
             to
             the
             offence
             ;
             and
             that
             in
             all
             Tryals
             for
             Manslaughter
             ,
             Murder
             or
             other
             crimes
             ,
             that
             hard
             and
             unreasonable
             custom
             now
             and
             heretofore
             used
             in
             England
             ,
             that
             witnesses
             may
             not
             be
             brought
             ,
             heard
             ,
             or
             examined
             against
             the
             King
             be
             abolished
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             good
             and
             lawfull
             testimonies
             which
             may
             tend
             to
             the
             discovery
             of
             the
             fact
             ,
             may
             be
             ,
             as
             in
             other
             Cases
             and
             Tryals
             ,
             heard
             and
             received
             .
          
           
             That
             there
             be
             in
             every
             Circuit
             ,
             
             as
             antiently
             ,
             a
             Clerk
             ,
             besides
             the
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Assize
             ,
             appointed
             to
             enter
             in
             a
             Roll
             the
             Fines
             imposed
             by
             the
             Justices
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             Estreats
             thereof
             duly
             into
             the
             Exchequer
             .
          
           
             That
             in
             all
             Actions
             of
             Trespass
             ,
             
             or
             any
             other
             Action
             ,
             to
             be
             brought
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             the
             Kings
             Bench
             at
             Westminster
             ,
             or
             by
             
               Quo
               minus
            
             in
             the
             Office
             of
             Pleas
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             the
             Kings
             Exchequer
             at
             Westminster
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             the
             Marshalsea
             ,
             or
             Court
             of
             the
             Virge
             of
             the
             Kings
             Palace
             at
             Westminster
             ,
             whereupon
             any
             declaration
             shall
             be
             in
             debt
             ,
             there
             be
             upon
             the
             first
             Process
             or
             Writ
             such
             Fines
             paid
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             in
             such
             manner
             as
             have
             been
             antiently
             and
             are
             now
             paid
             to
             the
             King
             upon
             actions
             of
             debt
             retornable
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             Common
             Pleas
             at
             Westminster
             :
             And
             that
             upon
             every
             such
             first
             Writ
             the
             Plaintiffs
             Attorney
             doe
             in
             order
             thereunto
             indorse
             the
             just
             sum
             in
             debt
             ,
             which
             he
             intendeth
             to
             declare
             upon
             .
          
           
             That
             every
             Merchant
             or
             Trader
             that
             shippeth
             any
             goods
             to
             be
             exported
             ,
             
             or
             unlades
             any
             imported
             ,
             shall
             under
             his
             hand
             attested
             ,
             or
             if
             need
             be
             ,
             upon
             his
             oath
             deliver
             unto
             his
             Majesties
             Farmers
             or
             Customers
             a
             true
             note
             or
             Cocquet
             of
             all
             such
             goods
             exported
             and
             
             imported
             ,
             and
             the
             true
             contents
             and
             value
             thereof
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             whosoever
             shall
             wittingly
             or
             knowingly
             deceive
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             
             his
             Heirs
             or
             Successors
             therein
             ,
             shall
             for
             the
             first
             offence
             forfeit
             five
             times
             the
             value
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             second
             ten
             times
             the
             value
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             third
             to
             be
             disfranchised
             ,
             and
             never
             more
             permitted
             to
             trade
             :
             And
             that
             every
             conviction
             of
             any
             such
             offence
             shall
             if
             pleaded
             be
             a
             bar
             to
             them
             in
             any
             Action
             to
             be
             brought
             ,
             commenced
             and
             prosecuted
             by
             them
             .
          
           
             That
             once
             in
             every
             three
             years
             Commissions
             be
             issued
             to
             carefull
             and
             worthy
             men
             in
             every
             County
             and
             City
             uninterressed
             ,
             
             to
             enquire
             of
             all
             charitable
             uses
             ,
             and
             the
             imployments
             and
             abuses
             thereof
             ,
             and
             if
             need
             be
             to
             put
             a
             better
             order
             therein
             for
             the
             future
             :
             and
             that
             the
             Arrears
             be
             also
             collected
             and
             paid
             ,
             the
             one
             moity
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             to
             be
             imployed
             to
             the
             charitable
             uses
             .
          
           
             That
             Commissions
             be
             likewise
             issued
             now
             (
             more
             then
             formerly
             necessary
             by
             the
             dissolution
             of
             Monasteries
             and
             Religious
             Houses
             ,
             
             and
             the
             great
             disuse
             of
             Hospitalities
             and
             Almes
             deeds
             )
             to
             enquire
             and
             certifie
             the
             number
             of
             Poor
             requiring
             almes
             in
             every
             Parish
             in
             every
             County
             and
             City
             ,
             that
             all
             vagabond
             and
             wandring
             Beggars
             be
             returned
             to
             the
             several
             Parishes
             where
             they
             were
             born
             ,
             and
             where
             it
             cannot
             may
             be
             reduced
             to
             some
             Parishes
             in
             every
             County
             or
             City
             less
             troubled
             then
             others
             with
             poor
             ,
             and
             more
             able
             to
             maintain
             them
             ,
             that
             the
             Church-wardens
             or
             Governours
             of
             every
             Parish
             (
             as
             is
             usually
             done
             in
             Holland
             ,
             where
             by
             their
             excellent
             orders
             and
             care
             of
             their
             Poor
             ,
             very
             few
             are
             to
             be
             seen
             either
             wandring
             or
             miserable
             )
             may
             upon
             poverty
             happening
             to
             any
             Family
             ,
             or
             the
             death
             
             of
             a
             Father
             or
             Mother
             of
             children
             ,
             goe
             or
             send
             to
             their
             houses
             as
             the
             Commissioners
             
               de
               aflictis
            
             at
             Amsterdam
             usually
             do
             ,
             lift
             up
             the
             broken
             hearted
             ,
             and
             enquire
             what
             are
             their
             necessities
             ,
             or
             what
             there
             is
             to
             maintain
             them
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             make
             provision
             for
             them
             ,
             by
             relieving
             the
             aged
             ,
             sick
             ,
             or
             impotent
             ,
             providing
             work
             for
             such
             as
             are
             able
             ,
             and
             putting
             out
             of
             children
             at
             fitting
             ages
             to
             be
             Apprentices
             ,
             or
             to
             service
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             imployments
             ,
             wherein
             we
             may
             well
             hope
             for
             those
             good
             effects
             which
             the
             like
             courses
             in
             
               France
               ▪
            
             by
             the
             erecting
             of
             the
             Hospitals
             
               de
               dieu
            
             ,
             or
             other
             Hospitals
             in
             or
             about
             Paris
             have
             lately
             assured
             ,
             that
             the
             encrease
             and
             decrease
             of
             the
             poor
             in
             every
             Parish
             ,
             and
             the
             Collections
             and
             Assessments
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             Legacies
             and
             charitable
             uses
             given
             to
             the
             poor
             be
             yearly
             certified
             to
             the
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Peace
             of
             every
             City
             &
             County
             at
             the
             Quarter
             Sessions
             to
             be
             holden
             after
             Michaelmas
             ,
             to
             be
             by
             him
             entred
             into
             fair
             Books
             with
             Calenders
             and
             Tables
             fitted
             thereunto
             ,
             &
             publickly
             read
             before
             the
             Justices
             at
             the
             next
             Quarter
             Sessions
             after
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             the
             Justices
             there
             assembled
             may
             duly
             consider
             thereof
             ,
             and
             make
             such
             further
             orders
             and
             Provisions
             ,
             as
             shall
             be
             fitting
             and
             requisite
             :
             And
             that
             when
             the
             English
             Captives
             at
             Algier
             shall
             be
             released
             ,
             and
             no
             more
             likely
             to
             be
             in
             that
             condition
             ,
             the
             
               one
               pound
               per
               cent
            
             .
             granted
             by
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             for
             that
             purpose
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             allowance
             and
             proportion
             for
             seven
             years
             to
             be
             allowed
             out
             of
             the
             Custome-house
             may
             be
             imployed
             to
             relieve
             and
             make
             a
             stock
             for
             the
             Poor
             of
             England
             :
             And
             in
             regard
             that
             such
             as
             sue
             at
             Law
             
               in
               forma
               pauperis
            
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             the
             cares
             which
             have
             been
             hitherto
             taken
             by
             the
             Courts
             of
             Justice
             in
             assigning
             them
             Counsel
             and
             Attornies
             ,
             and
             ordering
             that
             
             no
             Fees
             should
             be
             taken
             ,
             they
             doe
             for
             want
             of
             money
             and
             those
             cares
             and
             diligences
             which
             are
             only
             purchased
             and
             procured
             by
             mony
             ,
             many
             times
             ,
             but
             tire
             themselves
             to
             no
             purpose
             ,
             and
             after
             many
             years
             expence
             of
             time
             and
             labour
             in
             trudging
             to
             and
             fro
             ,
             with
             their
             foul
             and
             tatered
             Bundles
             and
             Papers
             ,
             wither
             away
             ,
             &
             die
             in
             the
             hopes
             of
             that
             which
             for
             want
             of
             a
             due
             assistance
             and
             vigorous
             prosecution
             they
             could
             never
             bring
             to
             pass
             .
          
           
             That
             an
             Utter-Barrister
             or
             Councellor
             at
             Law
             ,
             be
             once
             in
             every
             three
             years
             appointed
             by
             the
             Lord
             Chancellor
             or
             Lord
             Keeper
             of
             the
             great
             Seal
             of
             England
             for
             the
             time
             being
             ,
             and
             to
             continue
             for
             that
             time
             ,
             and
             no
             longer
             ,
             in
             the
             high
             Courts
             of
             Chancery
             and
             the
             Courts
             of
             Kings
             Bench
             ,
             Exchequer
             and
             Dutchy
             of
             Lancaster
             ,
             and
             a
             Sergeant
             at
             Law
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             Common-pleas
             to
             be
             for
             the
             like
             time
             nominated
             and
             appointed
             by
             the
             Lord
             chief
             Justice
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             Common-pleas
             for
             the
             time
             being
             ,
             to
             be
             of
             councell
             &
             assistant
             for
             all
             rights
             and
             duties
             of
             men
             and
             women
             suing
             in
             
               forma
               pauperis
            
             ,
             and
             as
             Counsel
             to
             assist
             and
             help
             the
             poor
             of
             the
             respective
             places
             in
             the
             prosecution
             and
             recovery
             of
             all
             Legacies
             and
             charitable
             uses
             given
             to
             them
             or
             penalties
             given
             or
             ordained
             by
             any
             Statute
             to
             be
             had
             or
             levied
             for
             their
             use
             ,
             or
             any
             Parish
             collections
             and
             assessements
             withheld
             from
             them
             ,
             for
             which
             they
             shall
             take
             no
             Fees
             but
             in
             a
             reasonable
             manner
             upon
             the
             recovery
             thereof
             ,
             or
             end
             of
             the
             said
             Suits
             :
             And
             for
             their
             better
             encouragement
             may
             in
             all
             the
             Courts
             of
             Justice
             of
             this
             kingdom
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             said
             several
             nominations
             and
             appointments
             ,
             as
             well
             Superior
             as
             Inferior
             ,
             have
             a
             
               prae
               audience
            
             in
             those
             &
             other
             causes
             next
             to
             the
             Councel
             learned
             of
             the
             Kings
             and
             Queens
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             the
             Prince
             or
             Heir
             apparent
             .
          
           
           
             That
             in
             every
             County
             and
             City
             there
             be
             a
             publick
             Work-house
             to
             imploy
             the
             Poor
             in
             the
             manufacture
             of
             Woollen
             or
             Linnen
             cloth
             ,
             making
             fishing
             Nets
             ,
             or
             other
             Manufacture
             ;
             and
             that
             for
             their
             better
             encouragement
             they
             may
             as
             they
             doe
             in
             Holland
             ,
             after
             a
             competent
             number
             of
             hours
             in
             every
             day
             imployed
             in
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Publick
             ,
             be
             allowed
             two
             hours
             in
             a
             day
             to
             work
             for
             their
             own
             advantage
             ,
             notwithstanding
             that
             their
             lodgings
             ,
             diet
             ,
             and
             fitting
             apparrel
             be
             defrayed
             out
             of
             the
             Publick
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Governours
             thereof
             may
             for
             their
             encouragement
             have
             the
             benefit
             and
             liberty
             of
             Exportation
             and
             Importation
             of
             any
             the
             said
             commodities
             without
             any
             Custome
             to
             be
             paid
             for
             the
             same
             ,
             upon
             the
             Certificate
             of
             the
             next
             Justice
             of
             Peace
             of
             such
             County
             or
             City
             ,
             upon
             the
             oath
             of
             every
             such
             Governour
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             quantities
             to
             be
             exported
             were
             made
             or
             wrought
             at
             the
             said
             publick
             Workhouse
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             oath
             of
             such
             Governour
             ,
             that
             the
             commodities
             imported
             are
             to
             be
             imployed
             ,
             and
             used
             only
             in
             the
             said
             publick
             Workhouse
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             the
             kindred
             of
             Poor
             living
             in
             any
             part
             of
             England
             and
             Wales
             not
             taking
             almes
             ,
             or
             overburdned
             with
             poverty
             ,
             may
             be
             sought
             out
             and
             enforced
             to
             a
             reasonable
             contribution
             according
             to
             their
             abilities
             towards
             the
             maintenance
             ,
             or
             providing
             for
             such
             Poor
             and
             decayed
             as
             within
             the
             eighth
             degree
             are
             of
             their
             own
             blood
             and
             lynage
             ;
             and
             where
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             put
             them
             into
             such
             a
             way
             of
             living
             as
             may
             exempt
             them
             from
             the
             fate
             of
             common
             servants
             ,
             or
             people
             taking
             almes
             ,
             or
             from
             being
             placed
             in
             common
             Workhouses
             ,
             that
             by
             such
             means
             and
             provisions
             to
             be
             made
             for
             the
             Poor
             ,
             which
             our
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             the
             careless
             and
             many
             
             times
             purloyning
             Collectors
             and
             Overseers
             of
             the
             Poor
             in
             severall
             Parishes
             ,
             have
             not
             yet
             performed
             .
             And
             that
             all
             Nobility
             ,
             Gentlemen
             and
             others
             ,
             excepting
             such
             whose
             constant
             and
             necessary
             attendance
             upon
             the
             persons
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             Queen
             or
             Prince
             shall
             not
             permit
             the
             same
             ,
             having
             an
             Estate
             of
             Lands
             of
             Inheritance
             of
             the
             yearly
             value
             of
             one
             hundred
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
            
             ,
             or
             more
             ,
             above
             reprises
             and
             their
             houses
             of
             residence
             in
             any
             Parish
             of
             England
             or
             Wales
             not
             keeping
             their
             Christmas
             in
             the
             said
             house
             or
             Parish
             ,
             shall
             at
             every
             of
             the
             said
             Feasts
             pay
             unto
             the
             Poor
             of
             the
             said
             parish
             the
             sum
             of
             forty
             shillings
             ,
             or
             proportionably
             according
             to
             that
             rate
             of
             his
             or
             their
             Lands
             lying
             or
             being
             in
             the
             said
             Parish
             ,
             besides
             their
             other
             payments
             to
             the
             Poor
             collected
             and
             assessed
             in
             the
             said
             Parish
             .
          
           
             That
             so
             the
             multitude
             of
             Beggars
             in
             England
             may
             no
             more
             be
             a
             Byword
             amongst
             other
             Nations
             ,
             that
             there
             may
             be
             no
             complaining
             in
             our
             streets
             ,
             nor
             such
             dismall
             and
             sad
             spectacles
             ,
             as
             the
             leprous
             ,
             blind
             ,
             lame
             and
             aged
             people
             and
             young
             children
             crying
             out
             for
             bread
             ,
             and
             ready
             to
             starve
             for
             want
             of
             food
             or
             clothing
             ,
             nor
             so
             many
             counterfeits
             or
             tricks
             to
             make
             an
             ill
             use
             of
             charities
             to
             uphold
             their
             lazy
             and
             ugly
             condition
             of
             life
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             Clerks
             of
             the
             Peace
             and
             Assizes
             ,
             
             and
             every
             Justice
             of
             Peace
             shall
             take
             their
             oathes
             not
             to
             release
             or
             discharge
             ,
             or
             respite
             any
             Fines
             ,
             Issues
             ,
             Recognizances
             and
             Amerciaments
             forfeited
             &
             due
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             but
             carefully
             and
             duly
             estreat
             and
             certifie
             them
             every
             half
             year
             into
             the
             Exchequer
             in
             the
             Terms
             of
             Easter
             and
             St.
             Michael
             ,
             which
             the
             example
             of
             Hengham
             a
             Judge
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             King
             Edward
             the
             first
             ,
             who
             for
             reducing
             an
             Amerciament
             
             or
             Fine
             of
             thirteen
             shillings
             four
             pence
             ,
             to
             six
             shillings
             eight
             pence
             ,
             in
             favour
             and
             pitty
             of
             a
             poor
             man
             ,
             was
             grievously
             fined
             ,
             and
             ordered
             to
             provide
             at
             his
             own
             charge
             the
             great
             Clock
             at
             Westminster
             ,
             may
             perswade
             them
             not
             to
             violate
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             Ballance
             ,
             
             and
             In
             and
             Out
             of
             forraign
             Trade
             may
             be
             observed
             and
             reduced
             into
             Books
             ,
             to
             be
             yearly
             brought
             into
             the
             Exchequer
             ,
             but
             not
             with
             Blanks
             ,
             fair
             Seals
             ,
             Covers
             and
             Labels
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             used
             to
             be
             to
             little
             purpose
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             more
             to
             encourage
             Merchants
             to
             an
             honest
             accompt
             and
             payment
             of
             their
             Customes
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             
             and
             to
             deal
             better
             with
             him
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             enacted
             that
             where
             any
             Ships
             of
             any
             Merchants
             ,
             and
             their
             goods
             and
             lading
             shall
             be
             taken
             in
             times
             of
             hostility
             with
             any
             other
             Prince
             ,
             so
             as
             it
             be
             not
             by
             the
             carelesness
             and
             neglect
             of
             the
             Merchants
             in
             carrying
             prohibited
             goods
             ,
             or
             the
             Captain
             or
             owner
             of
             the
             Ships
             in
             not
             making
             so
             good
             a
             defence
             ,
             or
             not
             arming
             or
             providing
             themselves
             so
             well
             as
             they
             ought
             ,
             the
             losses
             of
             such
             Merchants
             and
             shipowners
             duely
             estimated
             and
             proved
             before
             the
             Judges
             of
             the
             Admiralty
             shall
             be
             refunded
             out
             of
             the
             next
             Prizes
             which
             shall
             be
             taken
             from
             that
             Nation
             ,
             Prince
             or
             Enemy
             that
             took
             it
             ,
             the
             accustomed
             allowances
             to
             the
             Lord
             high
             Admiral
             and
             others
             first
             deducted
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             wages
             of
             Servants
             now
             trebled
             more
             then
             what
             it
             was
             twenty
             years
             agone
             ,
             
             and
             of
             Labourers
             and
             Workmen
             very
             much
             increased
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             intollerable
             and
             unbecomming
             pride
             of
             clothes
             now
             in
             fashion
             amongst
             them
             by
             licence
             ,
             and
             imitation
             of
             times
             of
             pride
             ,
             disobedience
             ,
             disorder
             and
             rebellion
             ,
             and
             the
             folly
             of
             some
             of
             their
             Masters
             and
             Mistresses
             enjoyning
             
             them
             to
             wear
             clothes
             too
             high
             for
             them
             ,
             may
             be
             limited
             and
             ordered
             to
             be
             as
             they
             were
             before
             these
             last
             twenty
             years
             ,
             that
             every
             Master
             or
             Mistress
             that
             giveth
             more
             shall
             forfeit
             double
             the
             value
             to
             the
             King
             ;
             and
             that
             no
             Servant
             who
             hath
             formerly
             served
             in
             any
             other
             place
             be
             received
             or
             taken
             into
             service
             without
             a
             certificate
             or
             testimony
             of
             their
             good
             behaviour
             from
             their
             Maister
             or
             Mistress
             where
             they
             last
             served
             ,
             if
             they
             shall
             not
             appear
             to
             be
             unreasonable
             ,
             or
             for
             malice
             ,
             or
             any
             sinister
             ends
             to
             deny
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             Tenths
             of
             all
             the
             Fishing
             in
             the
             British
             or
             English
             Seas
             by
             Barks
             or
             Busses
             ,
             
             now
             beginning
             to
             be
             instituted
             ,
             and
             taken
             into
             consideration
             ,
             which
             in
             part
             was
             intended
             to
             be
             had
             by
             King
             Edward
             the
             sixth
             upon
             the
             coasts
             of
             
               Wales
               ,
               Ireland
            
             and
             Baltimore
             ,
             by
             building
             a
             Fort
             or
             Castle
             upon
             the
             streight
             to
             command
             (
             as
             Captain
             
               John
               Smith
            
             relates
             in
             his
             discourse
             of
             the
             benefits
             of
             Fishing
             in
             our
             English
             Seas
             )
             a
             tribute
             for
             Fishing
             ,
             and
             if
             industry
             fail
             not
             ,
             is
             like
             (
             if
             we
             but
             imitate
             the
             Hollanders
             ,
             who
             have
             hitherto
             enjoyed
             that
             which
             was
             none
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             and
             enriched
             themselves
             by
             our
             carelesnes
             )
             to
             grow
             up
             to
             a
             great
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             be
             estimated
             National
             profit
             be
             paid
             and
             accompted
             for
             to
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             ,
             who
             may
             well
             deserve
             it
             ,
             when
             as
             besides
             his
             Soveraignty
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             and
             the
             guard
             and
             protection
             of
             them
             by
             his
             Navie
             and
             Shipping
             ,
             he
             hath
             of
             late
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             his
             own
             wants
             and
             necessities
             for
             the
             better
             encouragement
             of
             his
             people
             to
             seek
             their
             own
             good
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             our
             British
             Seas
             will
             plentifully
             afford
             them
             ,
             given
             all
             his
             Customs
             inward
             and
             outward
             for
             any
             the
             returns
             to
             be
             made
             by
             the
             sale
             of
             Fish
             in
             the
             
               Baltick
               Seas
               ,
               Denmark
            
             and
             France
             
             for
             seven
             years
             for
             the
             first
             entrance
             into
             the
             Trade
             of
             Fishing
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             rivers
             in
             England
             and
             Wales
             not
             yet
             navigable
             ,
             
             and
             fit
             to
             be
             made
             navigable
             ,
             may
             by
             a
             publick
             purchase
             of
             the
             Mills
             or
             Wears
             standing
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             pulling
             down
             the
             Wears
             &
             Kiddels
             hindring
             it
             ,
             attempted
             in
             the
             Reigns
             of
             King
             Henry
             the
             third
             and
             Edward
             the
             third
             ,
             by
             several
             Statutes
             made
             for
             the
             taking
             of
             them
             away
             ,
             be
             made
             navigable
             ,
             and
             a
             reasonable
             Toll
             or
             Custome
             upon
             every
             Vessell
             and
             Fraight
             ,
             paid
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             .
          
           
             That
             for
             the
             better
             support
             of
             our
             Nobility
             ,
             
             and
             the
             honours
             which
             they
             enjoy
             ,
             and
             that
             as
             starres
             in
             our
             firmament
             ,
             they
             may
             be
             able
             to
             attend
             the
             Sun
             their
             Soveraign
             ,
             and
             not
             suffer
             such
             Eclypses
             in
             their
             Estates
             and
             Revenues
             ,
             as
             too
             many
             have
             lately
             done
             ,
             that
             the
             Lions
             which
             should
             guard
             the
             Thrones
             of
             our
             Kings
             ,
             may
             not
             pine
             away
             or
             languish
             ,
             and
             the
             stately
             columns
             and
             pillars
             thereof
             moulder
             into
             ruins
             and
             decay
             ,
             and
             have
             small
             ,
             or
             unbecoming
             Estates
             ,
             to
             maintain
             them
             in
             the
             splendor
             of
             their
             Ancestors
             ,
             and
             the
             Royal
             Revenue
             not
             to
             be
             troubled
             or
             lessened
             by
             suits
             or
             requests
             to
             supplie
             them
             ,
             they
             may
             according
             to
             the
             intent
             and
             custome
             of
             the
             Fewdall
             Laws
             ,
             and
             the
             locality
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             in
             Earldoms
             and
             Baronies
             ,
             not
             be
             without
             some
             honorary
             possessions
             ,
             which
             was
             so
             usual
             and
             frequent
             in
             England
             ,
             as
             through
             the
             three
             first
             Centuries
             after
             the
             Conquest
             the
             Lands
             belonging
             to
             Earldomes
             and
             Baronies
             were
             accompted
             to
             be
             parcels
             and
             members
             thereof
             ,
             and
             the
             word
             Honor
             so
             comprehensive
             as
             it
             conteined
             and
             comprised
             all
             the
             Lands
             belonging
             thereunto
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             
             Earldomes
             ,
             Baronies
             and
             Title
             which
             did
             in
             sundry
             of
             of
             our
             former
             Kings
             reigns
             grants
             pass
             and
             comprehend
             the
             Land
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Titles
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             according
             to
             that
             laudable
             and
             ever
             to
             be
             imitated
             example
             of
             Thomas
             late
             Earl
             of
             Arundel
             and
             Surrey
             ,
             in
             obtaining
             an
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             in
             the
             third
             year
             of
             the
             Reign
             of
             King
             Charles
             the
             Martyr
             for
             the
             annexing
             of
             divers
             Baronies
             and
             Lands
             to
             the
             Castle
             and
             Earldome
             of
             Arundel
             ,
             inseparable
             and
             unalienable
             in
             contemplation
             of
             the
             poverty
             and
             small
             Estates
             of
             the
             then
             Lord
             Stafford
             ,
             and
             some
             other
             of
             the
             antient
             English
             Nobility
             wetherbeaten
             and
             wasted
             by
             the
             injuries
             of
             time
             or
             the
             luxuries
             ,
             and
             carelesness
             of
             their
             Ancestors
             .
          
           
             The
             Dukes
             ,
             Marquesses
             ,
             Earls
             ,
             Viscounts
             ,
             Barons
             ,
             and
             Baronets
             of
             England
             ,
             leaving
             some
             other
             Lands
             to
             their
             own
             disposing
             ,
             for
             the
             preferring
             of
             younger
             children
             ,
             payment
             of
             debts
             ,
             and
             supply
             of
             necessities
             ,
             which
             accidents
             may
             cast
             upon
             them
             ,
             may
             be
             ordered
             to
             settle
             &
             annex
             by
             like
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             the
             
               Capita
               Baroniarum
            
             ,
             and
             chief
             Castles
             ,
             Manors
             and
             Lands
             belonging
             to
             their
             Earldomes
             ,
             Baronies
             or
             Estates
             competent
             and
             sufficient
             to
             keep
             up
             and
             sustain
             the
             honour
             and
             dignity
             thereof
             from
             the
             gripes
             or
             defilements
             of
             poverty
             and
             Adversities
             not
             to
             be
             aliened
             or
             separated
             from
             their
             Earldomes
             ,
             Baronies
             or
             Dignities
             as
             long
             as
             it
             shall
             please
             God
             to
             continue
             them
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             antient
             use
             of
             the
             Exchequer
             be
             restored
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Kings
             revenues
             carefully
             collected
             and
             answered
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Justices
             in
             Eyre
             of
             the
             Kings
             Forrests
             and
             Chases
             ,
             on
             this
             side
             and
             beyond
             Trent
             ,
             Clerkes
             of
             the
             Market
             ,
             and
             Commissioners
             ,
             and
             Clerks
             of
             the
             
             Commissioners
             of
             Sewers
             do
             duely
             certifie
             into
             the
             Exchequer
             all
             Fines
             ,
             Issues
             ,
             Amerciaments
             imposed
             and
             forfeited
             .
          
           
             That
             upon
             all
             manufactures
             made
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             ,
             
             and
             all
             things
             to
             be
             imported
             tending
             to
             excess
             and
             luxury
             ,
             as
             Tobacco
             ,
             Silks
             ,
             &c.
             there
             be
             an
             Imposition
             more
             then
             ordinary
             ,
             which
             the
             wisdom
             of
             Neighbor
             Nations
             have
             ever
             thought
             expedient
             ,
             and
             was
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             King
             James
             the
             prudent
             advice
             in
             Parliament
             of
             the
             Lord
             Treasurer
             Salisbury
             .
          
           
             That
             in
             the
             deplorable
             Cases
             of
             wreck
             at
             Sea
             ,
             
             the
             Masters
             or
             Owners
             of
             such
             Ships
             ,
             not
             being
             Pirates
             or
             Robbers
             (
             whether
             there
             be
             any
             living
             thing
             remaining
             or
             not
             in
             the
             Ship
             )
             all
             and
             every
             part
             of
             the
             lading
             ,
             Tackle
             ,
             and
             Ship
             which
             shall
             be
             saved
             from
             the
             fury
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             or
             found
             on
             shore
             ,
             notwithstanding
             any
             detestable
             custome
             to
             the
             contrary
             ,
             may
             according
             to
             the
             Ancient
             Equitable
             Laws
             of
             Oleron
             be
             saved
             and
             preserved
             for
             the
             right
             Owners
             coming
             within
             a
             year
             and
             a
             day
             to
             claim
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             tendring
             such
             just
             charges
             and
             recompence
             ,
             as
             by
             two
             of
             the
             next
             Justices
             of
             Peace
             not
             interessed
             ,
             shall
             be
             found
             to
             be
             reasonable
             ,
             for
             those
             that
             were
             Instrumental
             in
             the
             preservation
             thereof
             ,
             that
             so
             the
             inhumane
             and
             unchristian
             customes
             of
             too
             many
             who
             live
             upon
             the
             Sea
             Coasts
             ,
             being
             in
             a
             Shipwrack
             as
             pittiless
             and
             cruel
             as
             the
             Winds
             and
             Seas
             ,
             taking
             away
             that
             which
             they
             left
             ,
             and
             rejoycing
             in
             the
             disasters
             and
             miseries
             of
             those
             that
             are
             afflicted
             ,
             may
             be
             abolished
             .
          
           
             That
             Champerty
             and
             maintenance
             being
             now
             crept
             through
             the
             care
             and
             severity
             of
             all
             our
             former
             good
             Laws
             and
             Statutes
             made
             to
             prevent
             it
             ,
             
             into
             such
             a
             general
             
             practice
             and
             profit
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             confidence
             of
             dark
             contrivances
             ,
             and
             the
             impossibility
             or
             difficulty
             of
             discovery
             of
             them
             .
             Some
             of
             our
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Gyges
             ring
             or
             
               invisible
               Estates
            
             ,
             in
             a
             way
             which
             they
             have
             found
             out
             to
             live
             ,
             aswell
             without
             a
             Revenue
             ,
             or
             other
             lawful
             means
             and
             professions
             as
             with
             them
             ,
             can
             like
             Nimrods
             ,
             or
             mighty
             Hunters
             ,
             by
             shares
             gained
             in
             the
             driving
             of
             Causes
             ,
             support
             an
             idle
             Gallantry
             by
             the
             spoil
             and
             oppression
             of
             others
             ;
             some
             women
             more
             wily
             then
             good
             can
             be
             Agitators
             or
             Retrivers
             of
             causes
             ,
             not
             concerning
             them
             ,
             for
             a
             part
             of
             the
             hoped
             for
             Booty
             ;
             and
             many
             Citizens
             and
             Tradesmen
             do
             buy
             pretended
             Titles
             and
             Interests
             ,
             and
             ingage
             and
             furnish
             money
             for
             no
             small
             parts
             to
             be
             had
             upon
             the
             success
             of
             Suites
             in
             Law
             ;
             and
             too
             many
             Attornyes
             ,
             Sollicitors
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             can
             make
             it
             the
             best
             of
             their
             employments
             to
             deal
             in
             gross
             and
             by
             whole
             sale
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             as
             the
             Law
             enjoyns
             them
             ,
             make
             Bills
             or
             Tickets
             to
             their
             Clyents
             of
             their
             just
             and
             allowed
             Fees
             and
             disbursments
             .
             Some
             good
             Laws
             and
             powerful
             restrictions
             may
             be
             made
             to
             prevent
             or
             punish
             those
             grand
             abuses
             ,
             and
             that
             if
             either
             the
             Plaintiff
             or
             Defendant
             in
             any
             Action
             shall
             require
             it
             ,
             an
             Oath
             or
             Oaths
             may
             be
             given
             at
             the
             Tryal
             or
             Hearing
             of
             such
             Suites
             or
             Causes
             ,
             to
             any
             who
             may
             discover
             such
             Champerties
             or
             Maintenance
             ;
             and
             if
             any
             shall
             be
             found
             offending
             therein
             ,
             either
             by
             disbursing
             of
             money
             ,
             to
             have
             any
             share
             or
             part
             of
             the
             thing
             inquestion
             ,
             on
             ,
             or
             by
             any
             pre-contract
             ,
             or
             other
             ingagement
             ,
             the
             Verdict
             may
             not
             be
             taken
             ,
             nor
             Judgement
             entered
             ;
             or
             if
             it
             shall
             be
             discovered
             and
             proved
             after
             the
             Verdict
             taken
             and
             Judgement
             entred
             ,
             before
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Term
             ,
             wherein
             such
             Judgement
             shall
             be
             entred
             ;
             the
             
             said
             Judgement
             be
             by
             the
             Judges
             of
             that
             Court
             arrested
             or
             made
             void
             ,
             and
             whether
             it
             be
             discovered
             and
             proved
             before
             Judgement
             entred
             ,
             or
             after
             the
             parties
             offending
             ,
             as
             well
             those
             that
             committed
             the
             Champerty
             and
             Maintenance
             ,
             as
             all
             their
             Abettors
             may
             every
             one
             of
             them
             forfeit
             and
             pay
             to
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             ,
             the
             sum
             of
             one
             hundred
             pounds
             ,
             and
             be
             imprisoned
             without
             Bail
             or
             Maineprise
             ,
             untill
             they
             shall
             have
             paid
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             also
             forfeit
             and
             pay
             to
             the
             party
             greived
             ,
             his
             double
             Costs
             and
             Damage
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             moyety
             ,
             or
             half
             of
             the
             matter
             in
             question
             .
          
           
             That
             there
             be
             no
             pardon
             or
             reversal
             of
             any
             Outlary
             ,
             
             in
             Civil
             aswell
             as
             Criminal
             Causes
             ,
             or
             Actions
             ,
             without
             five
             Marks
             first
             paid
             to
             the
             King
             in
             discharge
             of
             his
             Contempt
             ,
             and
             a
             Charter
             of
             Pardon
             ,
             as
             was
             anciently
             used
             ,
             first
             sued
             out
             under
             the
             Great
             Seal
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             That
             all
             Sheriffs
             ,
             
             under-Sheriffs
             ,
             and
             their
             Deputies
             ,
             do
             at
             the
             entrance
             or
             admission
             into
             their
             Offices
             ,
             take
             an
             Oath
             not
             to
             imbrace
             any
             Juror
             or
             Juries
             ,
             or
             for
             any
             Fee
             or
             Reward
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             to
             nominate
             any
             ,
             at
             the
             request
             either
             of
             the
             Plaintiffs
             or
             Defendants
             ,
             or
             of
             any
             on
             their
             behalf
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             shall
             not
             make
             out
             ,
             or
             deliver
             ,
             or
             willingly
             or
             wittingly
             permit
             to
             be
             made
             in
             their
             names
             ,
             any
             Blanck
             Warrant
             or
             Precept
             to
             Arrest
             any
             person
             without
             a
             Writ
             under
             the
             Seal
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             wherein
             such
             Action
             is
             laid
             or
             to
             be
             tryed
             ,
             first
             had
             and
             delivered
             unto
             them
             ;
             and
             that
             no
             Sheriff
             or
             under-Sheriff
             ,
             do
             crave
             allowance
             or
             respit
             for
             any
             debts
             of
             the
             Kings
             ,
             but
             upon
             just
             cause
             ,
             That
             every
             Juror
             ,
             if
             the
             Plaintiff
             or
             Defendant
             ,
             or
             their
             Attorneys
             
             shall
             before
             they
             besworn
             require
             it
             ,
             do
             also
             take
             an
             Oath
             that
             he
             hath
             not
             received
             any
             Instructions
             or
             Evidence
             before
             hand
             from
             the
             Plantiff
             or
             Defendant
             ,
             or
             their
             Attornyes
             ,
             or
             any
             on
             their
             behalf
             .
          
           
             That
             all
             English
             Merchants
             trading
             into
             Foreign
             parts
             ,
             
             may
             be
             ordained
             to
             bring
             into
             England
             ,
             at
             or
             in
             their
             return
             ,
             a
             certain
             and
             reasonable
             quantity
             of
             Bullion
             or
             coin
             of
             Gold
             or
             Silver
             ,
             to
             be
             yearly
             certified
             and
             Registred
             in
             the
             Exchequer
             ,
             and
             that
             such
             as
             shall
             be
             brought
             in
             ,
             may
             not
             as
             it
             is
             now
             ,
             be
             bought
             and
             Registred
             in
             the
             name
             and
             for
             the
             use
             of
             the
             East
             Indian
             Company
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             East
             Indian
             Company
             to
             prevent
             any
             disguise
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             made
             use
             of
             betwixt
             them
             and
             the
             Merchants
             ,
             may
             also
             be
             ordered
             yearly
             to
             Register
             and
             Certifie
             into
             the
             Exchequer
             ,
             all
             such
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             Bullion
             or
             coin
             thereof
             as
             shall
             be
             imported
             by
             the
             said
             East
             Indian
             Company
             .
          
           
             That
             all
             Foreign
             Merchants
             ,
             
             Trading
             into
             England
             ,
             or
             any
             the
             Dominions
             thereof
             ,
             be
             ordained
             to
             export
             at
             their
             returns
             English
             Manufactures
             and
             Commodities
             ,
             to
             the
             value
             of
             what
             they
             imported
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             make
             their
             returns
             in
             money
             ,
             or
             by
             Bills
             of
             Exchange
             ,
             as
             the
             Jews
             in
             great
             numbers
             trading
             hither
             ,
             are
             known
             now
             to
             do
             .
             And
             that
             all
             Merchants
             Alien
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             not
             such
             as
             have
             houses
             and
             habitations
             here
             ,
             or
             if
             they
             have
             ,
             do
             at
             their
             first
             beginning
             to
             Trade
             ,
             enter
             into
             Recognizances
             of
             great
             penalties
             in
             Chancery
             ,
             not
             to
             Transport
             ,
             or
             cause
             to
             be
             Transported
             out
             of
             England
             ,
             as
             was
             in
             part
             provided
             for
             by
             the
             Statute
             of
             2
             
               H.
               6.
               chap.
            
             6.
             
             Or
             returned
             by
             Bills
             of
             Exchange
             any
             more
             then
             the
             sum
             of
             five
             pounds
             for
             their
             necessary
             charges
             ,
             upon
             pain
             of
             forseiting
             treble
             the
             value
             thereof
             .
          
           
           
             That
             the
             many
             more
             then
             formerly
             used
             deceipts
             ,
             
             in
             the
             Shearing
             ,
             Tentering
             ,
             hot
             Pressing
             ,
             and
             false
             Dying
             of
             our
             English
             Clothes
             ,
             which
             do
             much
             or
             more
             endamage
             our
             Trade
             of
             Cloathing
             ,
             then
             the
             Transportation
             of
             Fullers
             Earth
             ,
             Sheeps
             Pelts
             with
             the
             Wool
             upon
             them
             ,
             or
             the
             Clothes
             in
             the
             Whites
             ,
             may
             be
             by
             some
             good
             Laws
             ,
             restrained
             and
             suppressed
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Aulnage
             aswell
             of
             Cloth
             as
             Stuffs
             ,
             may
             according
             to
             sundry
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             and
             other
             provisions
             be
             better
             looked
             unto
             and
             put
             in
             execution
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             great
             and
             many
             Deceipts
             ,
             
             Abuses
             ,
             and
             Adulterations
             now
             used
             in
             most
             or
             too
             many
             Trades
             and
             Manufactures
             ,
             surpassing
             all
             the
             Cheats
             and
             Tricks
             of
             
               Hocus
               Pocus
            
             ,
             or
             which
             the
             Pillories
             ,
             &
             the
             Court
             of
             
               Star
               Chamber
            
             heretofore
             punished
             ,
             ingrossings
             of
             Commodities
             ,
             or
             carrying
             them
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             ,
             on
             purpose
             to
             make
             a
             scarcity
             ,
             and
             bring
             them
             in
             again
             at
             double
             or
             greater
             Rates
             ,
             unlawful
             confederacies
             to
             make
             the
             Manufactures
             so
             slight
             or
             evil
             wrought
             ,
             as
             they
             may
             the
             sooner
             be
             worn
             out
             ;
             or
             by
             a
             small
             price
             paid
             to
             the
             Workmen
             ,
             get
             the
             greater
             Rate
             in
             the
             Retail
             ,
             Bonds
             or
             Securities
             enforced
             from
             Workmen
             not
             to
             make
             or
             sell
             at
             that
             rate
             to
             any
             other
             ;
             Combinations
             to
             inhaunce
             Prices
             ,
             and
             so
             many
             more
             ungodly
             Artifices
             imployed
             ,
             as
             Tricks
             and
             Trades
             ,
             are
             now
             grown
             to
             be
             Termes
             convertible
             ,
             and
             the
             Divels
             Registers
             have
             not
             precedents
             enough
             for
             them
             ,
             whereby
             not
             onely
             numberless
             &
             great
             oppressions
             are
             daily
             exercised
             upon
             the
             people
             ,
             to
             the
             impoverishing
             of
             many
             of
             them
             ,
             by
             those
             that
             like
             Pikes
             in
             the
             Fish
             Ponds
             ,
             do
             live
             only
             better
             then
             others
             ,
             by
             devouring
             and
             undoing
             the
             smaller
             Frye
             ,
             and
             industriously
             imploy
             themselves
             therein
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             
             same
             time
             cry
             out
             of
             injustice
             and
             oppression
             where
             it
             was
             not
             ,
             and
             busied
             themselves
             about
             Religion
             and
             Gospel
             Purity
             ,
             when
             they
             never
             intended
             nor
             could
             not
             afford
             to
             practice
             it
             ,
             whereby
             all
             our
             English
             Trade
             and
             Manufactures
             are
             disparaged
             and
             brought
             into
             a
             slight
             esteem
             ,
             and
             made
             to
             be
             unsaleable
             ,
             or
             at
             very
             low
             rates
             in
             the
             parts
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             place
             to
             the
             Commodities
             and
             Manufactures
             of
             other
             Nations
             more
             honestly
             made
             ,
             and
             if
             not
             speedily
             remedied
             ,
             will
             render
             all
             his
             Majesties
             cares
             of
             reviving
             and
             promoting
             the
             English
             Trade
             and
             Merchandise
             of
             no
             avail
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             that
             Canker
             ,
             or
             a
             principal
             cause
             of
             the
             decay
             and
             ruine
             of
             it
             shall
             be
             permitted
             ,
             may
             by
             some
             good
             Laws
             be
             restrained
             and
             suppressed
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             many
             good
             propositions
             heretofore
             made
             by
             
               Mr.
               Henry
               Robinson
            
             and
             some
             others
             ,
             
             concerning
             the
             Regulation
             or
             bettering
             of
             the
             ways
             of
             Trade
             and
             Merchandise
             ,
             may
             now
             after
             a
             Committee
             of
             Trade
             in
             the
             times
             of
             Usurpation
             and
             Confusion
             ,
             sleeping
             too
             much
             over
             it
             ,
             and
             doing
             nothing
             ,
             whilst
             Trade
             it self
             came
             to
             be
             almost
             ruined
             ,
             be
             taken
             into
             a
             more
             serious
             consideration
             ,
             and
             some
             good
             Laws
             enacted
             in
             pursuance
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             Manufacture
             of
             Linnen
             Cloth
             ,
             the
             importation
             whereof
             from
             Flanders
             and
             other
             Foreign
             parts
             ,
             
             expends
             the
             Nation
             ,
             little
             less
             then
             100000
             
               l
               ,
               per
               annum
            
             ,
             by
             reason
             that
             too
             many
             of
             our
             Wives
             in
             England
             have
             exchanged
             their
             good
             Housewisfery
             for
             Gallantry
             ,
             and
             Spinning
             for
             spending
             ,
             may
             be
             more
             incouraged
             in
             England
             by
             Injoyning
             six
             Acres
             in
             every
             hundred
             Acres
             of
             errable
             Land
             in
             England
             and
             Wales
             ,
             to
             be
             yearly
             sowed
             with
             Hemp
             &
             Flex
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             be
             an
             Aulnage
             
             of
             Linnen
             Cloth
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             of
             Stuffs
             and
             Woollen
             Cloth.
             
          
           
             That
             our
             Laws
             be
             not
             (
             as
             too
             many
             of
             them
             use
             to
             be
             )
             
               Still
               Born
            
             ,
             
             or
             expiring
             by
             that
             time
             they
             can
             be
             read
             or
             recorded
             ,
             or
             Starved
             at
             Nurse
             ;
             but
             that
             some
             good
             Laws
             may
             be
             made
             to
             prevent
             or
             cure
             their
             Swouning
             or
             Convulsion
             fits
             ,
             and
             bring
             them
             up
             to
             the
             good
             ends
             or
             purposes
             ,
             for
             which
             they
             were
             ordained
             ,
             and
             put
             them
             in
             execution
             .
             That
             our
             Paths
             being
             restored
             ,
             we
             may
             rejoyce
             in
             our
             Laws
             and
             Constitutions
             ,
             and
             abhor
             those
             wandring
             after
             
               Dark
               Lanthorns
            
             ,
             or
             the
             
               ignis
               fatuus
            
             of
             newlights
             ,
             which
             have
             lead
             us
             into
             many
             great
             miseries
             and
             confusions
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             Excise
             of
             Ale
             ,
             
             Beer
             ,
             Perry
             ,
             and
             Syder
             ,
             and
             the
             charges
             affliction
             ,
             and
             troubles
             ,
             which
             it
             brings
             upon
             the
             people
             ,
             which
             before
             our
             times
             of
             misery
             ,
             would
             have
             brought
             death
             and
             ruine
             any
             private
             contriver
             ;
             and
             was
             at
             the
             first
             created
             by
             Oliver
             and
             his
             Impes
             to
             maintain
             a
             cursed
             Rebellion
             ,
             and
             set
             up
             a
             destroying
             and
             detestable
             Anarchy
             ,
             may
             be
             abolished
             ,
             and
             taken
             away
             ,
             and
             the
             Nation
             restored
             to
             the
             freedom
             and
             quiet
             which
             they
             formerly
             enjoyed
             under
             this
             our
             ancicent
             and
             excellently
             composed
             Monarchy
             .
          
           
             That
             his
             Majesties
             Ancient
             and
             just
             Rights
             of
             Royal
             Pourveyances
             upon
             a
             due
             Regulation
             of
             any
             evils
             or
             oppressions
             which
             may
             be
             proved
             to
             have
             been
             committed
             in
             the
             manner
             of
             taking
             of
             them
             ,
             
             may
             be
             restored
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             ,
             and
             that
             very
             great
             Consumption
             of
             his
             Estate
             ,
             occasioned
             by
             an
             enhaunce
             ,
             and
             trebling
             of
             the
             Rates
             and
             prices
             of
             Provision
             for
             his
             Houshould
             ,
             which
             hath
             laid
             heavy
             burdens
             upon
             his
             too
             small
             and
             overmuch
             
             impoverished
             Revenues
             ,
             multiplyed
             his
             wants
             and
             necessities
             ,
             disturbed
             and
             disparaged
             the
             order
             and
             honor
             of
             his
             house
             ,
             and
             produced
             very
             many
             great
             Inconveniences
             worthy
             to
             be
             remedied
             by
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             the
             care
             which
             they
             usnally
             take
             for
             the
             support
             of
             his
             Imperial
             Crown
             and
             Dignity
             ,
             may
             be
             cured
             .
          
           
             And
             when
             a
             long
             and
             generall
             observation
             and
             experience
             can
             tell
             every
             man
             ,
             who
             is
             not
             a
             stranger
             to
             his
             own
             affairs
             ,
             or
             of
             other
             men
             ,
             how
             hard
             a
             thing
             it
             is
             for
             one
             that
             is
             behind
             hand
             to
             overcome
             his
             Povertie
             and
             get
             before
             hand
             ;
             how
             impossible
             it
             will
             be
             for
             a
             private
             man
             to
             live
             out
             of
             Debt
             ,
             when
             his
             yearly
             and
             necessary
             expences
             and
             disbursements
             shall
             far
             surmount
             his
             Receipts
             and
             Revenues
             ;
             how
             necessary
             a
             Treasury
             ,
             Banke
             ,
             or
             overplus
             of
             money
             which
             is
             
               Robur
               belli
               &
               fundamentum
               ac
               firmamentum
               pacis
               ,
            
             is
             for
             a
             King
             in
             times
             of
             War
             ,
             and
             its
             many
             chargeable
             occasions
             ,
             and
             the
             power
             and
             reputation
             of
             it
             in
             times
             of
             Peace
             to
             preserve
             it
             ;
             and
             that
             all
             Kingdoms
             and
             people
             never
             were
             or
             could
             think
             themselves
             safe
             without
             it
             .
          
           
             That
             in
             order
             to
             publick
             good
             ,
             and
             to
             consolidate
             the
             hoped
             for
             happiness
             of
             King
             and
             People
             ,
             which
             the
             pretended
             Parliaments
             of
             our
             late
             Times
             of
             Usurpation
             ,
             busying
             themselves
             in
             laying
             Burdens
             and
             Taxes
             upon
             the
             People
             ,
             for
             the
             maintenance
             of
             a
             War
             ,
             and
             an
             Arbitrary
             power
             ,
             and
             Tyranny
             ,
             and
             the
             continuance
             of
             their
             miseries
             ,
             could
             never
             find
             the
             way
             or
             leisure
             to
             establish
             .
          
           
             A
             Royal
             and
             Princely
             yearly
             Revenue
             may
             be
             settled
             upon
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             ;
             and
             to
             the
             end
             to
             make
             the
             Plaister
             or
             the
             Tent
             proportionable
             to
             the
             wound
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             cure
             intended
             ,
             and
             not
             make
             the
             repaires
             of
             his
             Revenues
             to
             be
             insufficient
             or
             
             more
             chargeable
             and
             burdensome
             ,
             by
             doing
             it
             by
             parcels
             or
             at
             several
             times
             ,
             whereby
             it
             may
             ruine
             ,
             before
             it
             can
             be
             repaired
             ,
             or
             suddainly
             after
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             better
             satisfaction
             of
             some
             of
             the
             Purchasers
             ,
             who
             were
             the
             cause
             of
             their
             own
             and
             his
             Majesties
             troubles
             and
             miseries
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Kings
             Loyal
             Party
             who
             suffered
             with
             him
             in
             it
             ?
          
           
             The
             highest
             monethly
             Assessement
             or
             Tax
             which
             in
             our
             late
             times
             of
             confusion
             ,
             was
             
               One
               hundred
               and
               twenty
               thousand
               pounds
               per
               mensem
               ,
            
             may
             by
             Assessement
             or
             Subsidies
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             way
             proportionable
             unto
             it
             for
             the
             next
             two
             years
             ,
             if
             the
             Parliament
             shall
             think
             fit
             ,
             be
             assented
             unto
             ,
             and
             yearly
             collected
             and
             paid
             into
             such
             hands
             as
             they
             shall
             appoint
             ,
             and
             such
             part
             thereof
             not
             exceeding
             the
             sum
             of
             two
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             ,
             be
             destributed
             by
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             to
             the
             suffering
             and
             Loyal
             English
             who
             took
             Armes
             for
             him
             or
             his
             Royal
             Father
             ,
             and
             never
             deserted
             their
             Loyalty
             ;
             or
             to
             their
             Wives
             and
             Children
             surviving
             them
             ,
             as
             his
             Majesty
             under
             his
             sign
             Manual
             shall
             direct
             ,
             and
             some
             other
             part
             of
             the
             said
             moneys
             ,
             not
             exceeding
             the
             sum
             of
             
               one
               hundred
               thousand
               pounds
            
             arising
             out
             of
             the
             said
             Assessements
             be
             imployed
             for
             satisfaction
             ,
             without
             allowance
             for
             Interest
             (
             which
             should
             not
             be
             for
             wickedness
             or
             sinfull
             contracts
             )
             of
             such
             Wives
             and
             Children
             of
             Purchasers
             ,
             or
             the
             Purchasers
             of
             Purchasers
             ,
             which
             have
             yet
             received
             no
             satisfaction
             according
             to
             his
             Majesties
             Declarations
             ,
             by
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             Deanes
             ,
             and
             Chapters
             ,
             or
             Prebends
             ,
             or
             out
             of
             his
             Majesty
             or
             his
             Royal
             Mother
             the
             Queens
             Revenues
             ,
             or
             which
             have
             not
             been
             Purchasers
             by
             false
             Debenturs
             ;
             and
             the
             other
             remaining
             undisposed
             moneys
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             of
             the
             said
             two
             years
             Taxe
             ,
             to
             be
             and
             remain
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             his
             Heirs
             
             and
             Successors
             ,
             as
             a
             sacred
             Patrimony
             unalienable
             to
             be
             annexed
             ,
             inseparably
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             England
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             Leased
             or
             Rent
             charged
             ,
             further
             then
             for
             one
             or
             two
             Lives
             ,
             or
             one
             and
             twenty
             years
             .
          
           
             That
             after
             the
             end
             of
             five
             years
             next
             ensuing
             ,
             there
             be
             another
             monthly
             Tax
             or
             Subsidy
             of
             120000
             l.
             more
             for
             two
             whole
             years
             then
             next
             ensuing
             ,
             to
             be
             raised
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             and
             disposed
             of
             by
             such
             as
             the
             Parliament
             shall
             appoint
             for
             his
             Majesties
             use
             ,
             of
             which
             ,
             if
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             please
             ,
             there
             may
             also
             be
             issued
             by
             Warrant
             under
             his
             Majesties
             sign
             Manual
             ,
             such
             moneys
             as
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             think
             fitting
             ,
             not
             exceeding
             the
             sum
             of
             two
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             ,
             to
             be
             imployed
             for
             the
             further
             relief
             of
             such
             of
             the
             Loyal
             suffering
             party
             in
             England
             for
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             or
             his
             late
             Royal
             Father
             ,
             as
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             appoint
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             residue
             of
             the
             monys
             to
             be
             collected
             and
             raised
             by
             the
             said
             monethly
             Tax
             or
             Assessement
             for
             two
             whole
             years
             be
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             conveniently
             it
             may
             ,
             laid
             out
             and
             disposed
             for
             the
             purchasing
             of
             an
             honorable
             Revenue
             in
             Land
             for
             the
             King
             &
             his
             Successors
             unalienable
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             and
             to
             no
             other
             use
             or
             purpose
             ,
             which
             they
             that
             could
             pay
             as
             much
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             deal
             more
             to
             uphold
             a
             Slavery
             ,
             may
             be
             better
             contented
             to
             pay
             ,
             to
             establish
             a
             redemption
             and
             freedom
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             after
             the
             end
             of
             three
             years
             next
             after
             the
             said
             two
             years
             ,
             there
             be
             a
             like
             monethly
             Tax
             gathered
             and
             collected
             for
             two
             whole
             years
             next
             ensuing
             ,
             to
             be
             disposed
             of
             by
             such
             as
             the
             Parliament
             shall
             appoint
             ,
             for
             the
             buying
             of
             an
             honorable
             and
             Princely
             Revenue
             in
             Lands
             of
             inheritance
             for
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             ,
             never
             to
             be
             aliend
             from
             the
             Crown
             of
             England
             ,
             other
             then
             as
             aforesaid
             .
             And
             although
             it
             may
             
             seem
             to
             be
             a
             great
             sum
             of
             mony
             in
             the
             Total
             ,
             to
             be
             raised
             out
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             yet
             it
             being
             the
             more
             probable
             and
             easie
             way
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             deal
             more
             necessary
             then
             what
             hath
             been
             done
             for
             worser
             ends
             and
             occasions
             ,
             and
             being
             to
             be
             born
             by
             so
             many
             Cities
             ,
             Towns
             ,
             Counties
             ,
             and
             people
             as
             are
             to
             contribute
             thereunto
             in
             several
             yeers
             ,
             and
             with
             several
             respirations
             ,
             will
             the
             eby
             not
             onely
             free
             them
             from
             many
             of
             the
             like
             publike
             Taxes
             and
             Assessements
             hereafter
             ,
             and
             save
             them
             in
             their
             purses
             and
             estates
             ,
             as
             much
             or
             more
             then
             that
             will
             amount
             unto
             ,
             by
             some
             good
             Laws
             and
             provisions
             to
             be
             made
             for
             the
             freeing
             of
             them
             from
             many
             of
             the
             gripings
             and
             oppressions
             of
             one
             another
             ,
             but
             entail
             our
             happiness
             and
             a
             greater
             then
             formerly
             freedom
             ,
             quiet
             and
             safety
             upon
             themselves
             and
             their
             posterity
             .
          
           
             For
             there
             was
             ,
             is
             ,
             and
             ever
             will
             be
             ,
             a
             necessity
             of
             power
             ,
             strength
             ,
             and
             riches
             to
             be
             in
             a
             King
             that
             intends
             either
             to
             protect
             or
             make
             happy
             himself
             and
             his
             people
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             to
             have
             their
             love
             and
             affection
             ;
             and
             though
             David
             when
             he
             was
             in
             his
             private
             condition
             ,
             could
             before
             he
             was
             King
             of
             Israel
             rescue
             a
             Lamb
             of
             his
             flock
             ,
             slay
             a
             Lyon
             and
             a
             Bear
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             sling
             and
             a
             peeble
             stone
             kill
             the
             dreadful
             Goliah
             ;
             and
             that
             Nathan
             the
             Prophet
             (
             no
             flatterer
             but
             a
             man
             of
             God
             )
             had
             after
             he
             was
             a
             King
             ,
             said
             unto
             him
             ,
             
               The
               Lord
               is
               with
               thee
            
             ,
             and
             brought
             him
             a
             message
             from
             God
             ,
             that
             
               His
               house
               ,
               and
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               throne
               should
               be
               established
               for
               ever
               ,
            
             yet
             neither
             he
             ,
             nor
             his
             subjects
             the
             men
             of
             Judah
             and
             Israel
             ,
             could
             believe
             him
             or
             themselves
             to
             be
             in
             any
             condition
             of
             safety
             without
             his
             mighty
             men
             of
             war
             ,
             Militia
             ,
             Captaines
             of
             thousands
             ,
             and
             Captains
             over
             hundreds
             ;
             nor
             did
             son
             Solomon
             after
             God
             had
             
             given
             him
             a
             large
             and
             understanding
             heart
             ,
             and
             a
             portion
             of
             wisdom
             beyond
             that
             which
             ever
             was
             granted
             to
             mankind
             ,
             with
             a
             promise
             likewise
             of
             riches
             and
             honor
             ,
             suppose
             it
             to
             be
             any
             policy
             ,
             to
             neglect
             his
             Tributes
             and
             Presents
             ,
             the
             improvement
             and
             well
             ordering
             of
             his
             Revenues
             ,
             and
             putting
             an
             honorable
             order
             in
             his
             houshold
             ,
             to
             build
             Cities
             of
             Store
             ,
             and
             Cities
             for
             his
             Chariots
             ,
             and
             Cities
             for
             his
             Horsemen
             ,
             and
             a
             Navy
             of
             Ships
             in
             
               Ezion
               Geber
            
             ,
             and
             send
             them
             to
             Ophir
             to
             fetch
             Gold.
             
          
           
             Nor
             can
             it
             be
             certainly
             for
             the
             good
             and
             safety
             of
             the
             people
             to
             do
             by
             their
             earthly
             King
             ,
             who
             untied
             the
             chains
             and
             fetters
             of
             their
             folly
             ,
             restored
             them
             to
             their
             Laws
             and
             Liberties
             ,
             and
             ,
             as
             a
             balm
             of
             Gilead
             ,
             cured
             and
             healed
             the
             wounds
             of
             those
             that
             never
             could
             do
             it
             themselves
             .
          
           
             Nor
             accord
             well
             with
             their
             gratitude
             ,
             or
             the
             many
             protestations
             and
             promises
             which
             they
             made
             of
             sacrificing
             their
             lives
             and
             fortunes
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             they
             had
             in
             order
             to
             his
             happiness
             .
          
           
             Or
             with
             the
             repentance
             and
             satisfaction
             (
             which
             makes
             repentance
             efficacious
             )
             of
             those
             that
             were
             the
             causes
             of
             his
             twelve
             years
             misery
             and
             affliction
             ,
             greater
             ,
             longer
             ,
             and
             sharper
             then
             any
             of
             his
             own
             hundred
             and
             eight
             Royal
             Progenitors
             ever
             endured
             ,
             enough
             to
             have
             turned
             his
             youth
             into
             the
             gray
             hairs
             and
             infirmities
             of
             an
             old
             and
             decrepit
             age
             .
          
           
             To
             doe
             by
             him
             as
             they
             doe
             by
             their
             heavenly
             King
             ,
             take
             ,
             get
             ,
             and
             receive
             all
             they
             can
             from
             him
             ,
             but
             return
             as
             little
             as
             they
             may
             for
             it
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             earth
             their
             common
             feeder
             and
             nourisher
             in
             their
             lifetimes
             ,
             and
             the
             receiver
             and
             entertainer
             of
             them
             at
             their
             deaths
             ,
             by
             making
             furrows
             on
             her
             back
             ,
             and
             enforcing
             it
             to
             serve
             all
             
             their
             designs
             and
             business
             ;
             and
             for
             all
             her
             fruits
             and
             kindness
             ,
             doe
             not
             so
             well
             by
             her
             as
             the
             Heathen
             ,
             who
             could
             sacrifice
             to
             Tellus
             and
             Ceres
             ,
             but
             think
             they
             do
             enough
             ,
             if
             in
             the
             moneths
             of
             April
             and
             May
             they
             shall
             be
             pleased
             to
             admire
             her
             beauty
             ,
             and
             beat
             Harvest
             well
             contented
             to
             fill
             their
             Barns
             with
             her
             bounty
             .
          
           
             And
             will
             be
             as
             likely
             to
             be
             for
             their
             good
             ,
             as
             for
             children
             to
             have
             their
             parents
             so
             poor
             and
             impotent
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             be
             able
             to
             protect
             them
             ,
             or
             for
             those
             that
             are
             to
             go
             a
             Sea
             Voyage
             ,
             to
             have
             the
             ships
             ill
             or
             not
             at
             all
             victualled
             ,
             or
             to
             adventure
             in
             a
             War
             or
             Garrison
             ,
             when
             the
             Commander
             in
             chief
             ,
             or
             the
             General
             ,
             upon
             whose
             wisdom
             ,
             valour
             ,
             strength
             ,
             and
             conduct
             the
             safety
             of
             all
             dependeth
             ,
             shall
             be
             every
             day
             to
             seek
             for
             victuals
             to
             feed
             them
             or
             himself
             ,
             Ammunition
             or
             Weapons
             to
             defend
             ,
             and
             mony
             to
             pay
             them
             .
          
           
             Unless
             they
             could
             be
             assured
             by
             no
             doubting
             Oracle
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             be
             for
             the
             good
             ,
             honor
             ,
             peace
             and
             plenty
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             to
             have
             the
             head
             ,
             faim
             ,
             languish
             ,
             &
             want
             its
             necessary
             support
             &
             Food
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             members
             in
             the
             body
             natural
             although
             never
             so
             warmely
             clad
             ,
             or
             made
             much
             of
             ,
             can
             thrive
             whilst
             the
             Head
             is
             sick
             and
             infirme
             .
          
           
             Or
             unless
             they
             would
             be
             as
             wise
             as
             the
             Citizens
             of
             Constantinople
             ,
             who
             rather
             then
             they
             would
             impart
             any
             of
             their
             Riches
             to
             their
             Emperor
             for
             the
             most
             necessary
             defence
             of
             their
             City
             ,
             Estates
             ,
             and
             Religion
             ,
             against
             the
             Turk
             when
             their
             City
             was
             besieged
             by
             him
             ,
             would
             reserve
             it
             for
             a
             prey
             to
             their
             enemies
             ,
             and
             a
             perpetual
             slavery
             for
             themselves
             and
             their
             posterities
             ,
             or
             as
             our
             late
             men
             of
             Reformation
             ,
             and
             murmerers
             at
             their
             own
             happiness
             ,
             did
             in
             their
             complaints
             ,
             and
             taking
             away
             Ship-money
             ,
             and
             exchanging
             it
             for
             more
             miseries
             then
             
             ever
             any
             of
             their
             Ancestors
             endured
             ,
             when
             afterwards
             they
             were
             enforced
             to
             call
             their
             slavery
             a
             happiness
             ,
             and
             to
             pay
             and
             pray
             ,
             and
             give
             God
             thanks
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             When
             as
             the
             great
             charge
             of
             Government
             in
             times
             of
             peace
             ,
             and
             the
             quietest
             imaginable
             ,
             and
             the
             necessity
             of
             the
             peoples
             Aids
             and
             Taxes
             to
             support
             it
             may
             the
             better
             be
             believed
             ,
             when
             
               Augustus
               Caesar
            
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             enjoyment
             and
             full
             possession
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             or
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             with
             the
             riches
             and
             spoils
             thereof
             laid
             up
             in
             the
             publike
             Treasuries
             and
             their
             Capitol
             ,
             enough
             (
             besides
             what
             
               Julius
               Caesar
            
             had
             in
             the
             civil
             Wars
             consumed
             )
             to
             make
             it
             the
             greatest
             that
             ever
             was
             together
             at
             one
             time
             above
             ground
             ;
             and
             his
             great
             frugality
             and
             care
             in
             managing
             his
             Revenue
             ,
             by
             keeping
             a
             book
             or
             memorials
             ,
             as
             Tacitus
             saith
             ,
             wherein
             
               Opes
               publica
               continebantur
               quantum
               Civium
               sociorumque
               in
               armis
               quot
               classes
               Regna
               Provinciae
               Tributa
               vectigalia
               &
               necessitates
               ac
               largitiones
               ,
            
             and
             had
             as
             Bodin
             saith
             ,
             received
             
               Immanem
               pecuniarum
               summam
               ex
               Testamentis
            
             ,
             great
             Estates
             of
             Inheritance
             from
             those
             very
             many
             that
             made
             him
             their
             Heir
             ,
             could
             not
             subsist
             without
             Tributes
             and
             Taxes
             ,
             but
             though
             the
             bloody
             and
             expenceful
             Bellona
             was
             laid
             to
             sleep
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             nothing
             likely
             to
             disturb
             that
             happy
             and
             grateful
             calm
             of
             peace
             with
             which
             the
             world
             was
             then
             blessed
             found
             a
             necessity
             to
             Tax
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             even
             Joseph
             with
             Mary
             the
             mother
             of
             the
             Redeemer
             of
             it
             ,
             must
             go
             up
             to
             Bethlehem
             to
             be
             taxed
             and
             pay
             Poll-mony
             ,
             and
             for
             all
             that
             with
             all
             his
             care
             and
             providence
             in
             governing
             that
             Empire
             ,
             having
             spent
             two
             paternal
             Patrimonies
             
               ceterasque
               hereditates
               in
               Rempublicam
            
             ,
             and
             much
             of
             his
             own
             Estate
             upon
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             left
             but
             a
             small
             
             and
             inconsiderable
             Revenue
             to
             his
             heir
             .
          
           
             And
             when
             as
             the
             King
             by
             his
             inestimable
             charges
             ,
             great
             and
             daily
             expences
             for
             the
             protection
             and
             good
             of
             his
             people
             ,
             and
             necessary
             maintenance
             of
             his
             Royal
             Dignity
             ,
             is
             in
             a
             worse
             condition
             then
             any
             of
             his
             Nobility
             or
             Gentry
             ,
             who
             may
             when
             their
             necessities
             enforce
             them
             strike
             sail
             if
             they
             please
             ,
             and
             measure
             their
             expences
             by
             their
             Estates
             .
          
           
             Because
             he
             cannot
             defend
             himself
             without
             defending
             his
             people
             ,
             must
             do
             like
             a
             Prince
             ,
             and
             live
             like
             a
             Prince
             ,
             and
             it
             cannot
             be
             for
             the
             good
             ,
             safety
             ,
             and
             honor
             of
             them
             that
             he
             should
             either
             live
             or
             do
             otherwise
             .
          
           
             But
             should
             rather
             believe
             as
             King
             James
             the
             fifth
             ,
             in
             Anno
             1540.
             his
             Majesties
             great
             Grandfather
             did
             ,
             when
             in
             a
             preamble
             to
             an
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             in
             Scotland
             for
             the
             annexation
             of
             Lands
             inseparable
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             he
             did
             declare
             ,
             that
             it
             
               Was
               understood
               and
               weill
               advisedly
               considered
               be
               the
               Kingis
               grace
               ,
               and
               the
               Estates
               of
               his
               Realm
               beand
               assembled
               in
               Parlement
               ,
               that
               the
               patrimony
               of
               his
               Crown
               and
               Revenues
               thereof
               beand
               angmented
               is
               the
               great
               weill
               and
               profit
               baith
               to
               the
               Kingis
               Grace
               and
               his
               Leiges
            
             ;
             and
             that
             King
             James
             the
             sixth
             ,
             his
             Majesties
             Grandfather
             ,
             and
             his
             Parliament
             of
             Scotland
             in
             
               Anno
               1600.
            
             did
             not
             erre
             in
             the
             preamble
             of
             an
             Act
             ,
             
               Of
               Annexation
               of
               forefaulted
               Lands
               and
               others
               to
               the
               Crown
               ,
            
             wherein
             they
             did
             declare
             ,
             
               That
               it
               is
               clearly
               understand
               by
               the
               Kings
               Majesty
               and
               Estates
               of
               the
               Realm
               ,
               that
               the
               augmentation
               of
               the
               patrimony
               and
               Revenues
               of
               the
               Crown
               ,
               not
               onely
               serves
               for
               the
               forth
               setting
               and
               maintenance
               of
               his
               Highness
               Honor
               and
               Royall
               Estate
               ,
               but
               alsorelieves
               greatly
               his
               Subjects
               of
               divers
               charges
               and
               heavy
               burdings
               .
            
             And
             when
             after
             his
             coming
             to
             enjoy
             the
             Crown
             
             of
             England
             ,
             he
             did
             in
             his
             Declaration
             in
             the
             year
             1619.
             
             Declaring
             what
             things
             he
             would
             be
             moved
             to
             grant
             to
             his
             servants
             and
             suitors
             by
             way
             of
             bounty
             ,
             and
             what
             he
             would
             not
             signifie
             his
             
               desire
               not
               to
               cast
               himself
               and
               his
               posterity
               into
               these
               wants
               or
               straits
               which
               might
               drive
               them
               to
               lay
               burdens
               on
               the
               people
               .
            
          
           
             Nor
             should
             the
             people
             of
             this
             nobler
             and
             better
             natured
             Nation
             ,
             who
             have
             in
             the
             times
             of
             Monarchy
             been
             blest
             with
             a
             greater
             freedom
             then
             
               France
               ,
               Spain
               ,
               Holland
               ,
               Venice
               ,
            
             or
             any
             Christian
             or
             Heathen
             people
             ,
             or
             Kingdom
             were
             ever
             owners
             of
             ,
             be
             unwilling
             to
             imploy
             as
             much
             of
             their
             care
             and
             well
             wishes
             in
             setling
             the
             Kings
             Revenue
             ,
             now
             so
             much
             weakened
             by
             age
             and
             kindness
             ,
             and
             ruined
             for
             want
             of
             repairs
             ,
             and
             being
             repaired
             ,
             will
             be
             but
             to
             help
             to
             protect
             and
             defend
             themselves
             as
             they
             usually
             and
             commonly
             do
             in
             the
             repairing
             and
             building
             a
             new
             their
             owne
             houses
             ,
             amending
             or
             making
             new
             their
             Clothes
             when
             they
             perceive
             them
             to
             decay
             ,
             or
             refreshing
             or
             bringing
             to
             heart
             again
             their
             Lands
             which
             by
             doing
             them
             good
             have
             needed
             it
             .
          
           
             When
             as
             those
             who
             contrived
             and
             assented
             unto
             Olivers
             Instrument
             of
             Government
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             called
             ,
             who
             was
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             of
             Villians
             and
             Tyrants
             in
             the
             Christian
             world
             ,
             and
             not
             only
             murdered
             his
             King
             ,
             but
             did
             all
             he
             could
             to
             destroy
             the
             Bodies
             ,
             Estates
             ,
             and
             Souls
             of
             his
             good
             people
             ,
             did
             more
             resemble
             Antichrist
             then
             either
             Pope
             or
             Turke
             ,
             highly
             deserve
             a
             burying
             place
             under
             the
             Gallows
             ,
             &
             all
             that
             Ignomany
             could
             devise
             to
             lay
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             was
             of
             neither
             Royal
             or
             Noble
             Birth
             or
             breeding
             ,
             and
             could
             be
             well
             contented
             to
             allow
             him
             Ten
             thousand
             Horse
             &
             Dragoons
             ,
             &
             twenty
             thousand
             Foot
             ,
             and
             the
             Navy
             to
             be
             maintained
             by
             a
             constant
             yearly
             Revenue
             
             to
             be
             raised
             for
             that
             purpose
             ,
             with
             the
             remainder
             of
             the
             Kings
             ,
             Queens
             ,
             and
             Princes
             Revenues
             ,
             not
             disposed
             of
             (
             except
             Forests
             and
             Chases
             ,
             and
             the
             Mannors
             thereunto
             belonging
             )
             all
             the
             Lands
             of
             Delinquents
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             in
             the
             Counties
             of
             
               Dublin
               ,
               Kildare
               ,
               Clare
            
             and
             Katerlaugh
             ,
             the
             forfeited
             Lands
             in
             Scotland
             (
             which
             were
             great
             and
             considerable
             )
             the
             two
             parts
             of
             Recusants
             Lands
             in
             England
             ,
             not
             compounded
             for
             ,
             and
             all
             Debts
             ,
             Fines
             ,
             Penalties
             ,
             Issues
             ,
             and
             Casual
             Profits
             belonging
             to
             the
             Keepers
             of
             the
             Liberties
             of
             England
             ,
             so
             miscalled
             ,
             with
             two
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
            
             yearly
             Revenue
             ,
             for
             the
             Administration
             of
             Justice
             and
             charge
             of
             Government
             ,
             to
             be
             and
             remain
             to
             that
             Minotaure
             or
             Protector
             ,
             so
             called
             ,
             and
             his
             successors
             ,
             and
             the
             Framers
             of
             that
             which
             was
             called
             the
             Petition
             and
             Advice
             ,
             could
             afterwards
             in
             the
             year
             1656.
             by
             a
             fancied
             Authority
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             not
             onely
             confirm
             unto
             him
             that
             Revenue
             in
             Land
             setled
             upon
             him
             ,
             with
             the
             Casual
             profits
             belonging
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             England
             ,
             but
             intreat
             him
             to
             accept
             of
             
               ten
               hundred
               thousand
            
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
            
             ,
             yearly
             Revenue
             ,
             to
             be
             raised
             upon
             the
             people
             without
             a
             Land
             Tax
             for
             the
             maintenance
             of
             the
             Army
             and
             Navy
             ,
             with
             such
             other
             supplies
             ,
             as
             should
             be
             needful
             to
             be
             raised
             from
             time
             to
             time
             by
             consent
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             three
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
            
             in
             like
             manner
             to
             be
             raised
             for
             his
             support
             of
             the
             Government
             .
          
           
             Need
             not
             repine
             or
             think
             that
             ,
             or
             a
             greater
             Revenue
             to
             be
             too
             much
             for
             the
             highest
             born
             Prince
             in
             Christendom
             ,
             and
             the
             Heir
             of
             a
             Succession
             of
             Kings
             for
             more
             then
             one
             thousand
             years
             last
             past
             ;
             who
             could
             suffer
             their
             Regal
             Power
             and
             Authority
             so
             to
             be
             bound
             with
             the
             Cords
             of
             love
             to
             their
             people
             and
             the
             rules
             of
             right
             
             reason
             ,
             as
             the
             Sun
             in
             all
             his
             Travails
             hath
             never
             yet
             beheld
             a
             people
             enjoying
             better
             or
             so
             good
             Laws
             ,
             and
             Liberties
             ,
             and
             less
             Taxed
             or
             burdened
             with
             their
             Princes
             occasions
             .
          
           
             And
             when
             as
             there
             is
             not
             any
             City
             or
             Town
             Corporate
             in
             England
             ,
             but
             have
             received
             and
             enjoyed
             their
             Charters
             and
             Liberties
             from
             the
             King
             or
             his
             Progenitors
             ,
             not
             any
             of
             the
             Nobility
             or
             Gentry
             ,
             but
             have
             had
             their
             honors
             ,
             priviledges
             and
             dignities
             ,
             and
             all
             or
             some
             of
             their
             Lands
             and
             Estates
             from
             them
             ;
             nor
             any
             kinred
             or
             family
             in
             England
             ,
             which
             either
             by
             him
             or
             some
             of
             his
             famous
             Progenitors
             ,
             or
             the
             many
             Josephs
             and
             Mordecai's
             in
             every
             age
             advanced
             by
             them
             ,
             have
             not
             mediately
             or
             immediately
             been
             preferred
             and
             advanced
             ,
             and
             had
             all
             that
             they
             have
             or
             enjoy
             by
             their
             bounty
             and
             munificence
             ,
             or
             had
             much
             kindness
             or
             Royal
             favors
             shewed
             unto
             them
             ,
             and
             like
             the
             lesser
             Trees
             or
             Shrubs
             in
             the
             Forest
             ,
             have
             comfortably
             grown
             up
             and
             been
             protected
             and
             shadowed
             by
             Druinas
             Royal
             Oak
             ,
             for
             which
             in
             the
             care
             of
             their
             own
             good
             and
             safty
             which
             are
             involved
             in
             his
             ,
             they
             are
             as
             their
             forefathers
             were
             ,
             more
             then
             ordinarily
             obliged
             by
             those
             eternal
             Bonds
             of
             gratitude
             ,
             which
             time
             or
             adversity
             should
             never
             be
             able
             to
             break
             or
             obliterate
             ,
             to
             contribute
             all
             they
             can
             to
             his
             wellfare
             ,
             and
             this
             our
             once
             most
             famous
             Monarchy
             .
          
           
             That
             so
             our
             Hercules
             may
             not
             want
             his
             Club
             to
             defend
             Himself
             and
             his
             people
             ,
             that
             the
             cry
             of
             Debts
             and
             people
             wanting
             their
             mony
             ,
             being
             the
             worst
             of
             Anguishes
             to
             a
             virtuous
             and
             generous
             mind
             ,
             may
             no
             longer
             afflict
             him
             ;
             that
             the
             looking
             upon
             a
             small
             Revenue
             may
             not
             dishearten
             him
             to
             take
             the
             accompts
             of
             
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             a
             greater
             may
             ,
             now
             our
             Janus
             Temple
             is
             shut
             ,
             put
             him
             in
             mind
             to
             do
             as
             
               Augustus
               Caesar
            
             did
             when
             all
             the
             world
             was
             at
             quiet
             ,
             keep
             an
             Exact
             account
             of
             his
             Revenues
             and
             Expences
             .
          
           
             That
             he
             who
             hath
             
               builded
               up
               our
               wasts
            
             ,
             and
             
               raised
               up
               the
               former
               desolations
            
             ,
             may
             be
             at
             rest
             from
             his
             sorrows
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             people
             in
             his
             Dominions
             break
             forth
             
               into
               singing
               praises
            
             to
             the
             Most
             High
             ,
             which
             hath
             made
             him
             an
             Instrument
             to
             do
             wonderful
             things
             ,
             and
             like
             the
             Dove
             sent
             out
             of
             Noahs
             Ark
             ,
             to
             bring
             us
             the
             Olive
             Branch
             ,
             which
             the
             Deep
             and
             the
             rage
             of
             
               many
               waters
            
             had
             covered
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
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