Stra {lords Plot dilicovered;

  o . AND Tran 
Parliament vindicated,  

in their juﬂice executed Up()nl1l1Yl,

' By the late Difcovery ofcertain Propon-

tions delivered to His ‘Mrrtjeﬁie by the late Earl
of 3 TB. AF 0 RD 3 21 little before his Trial,
with this linigwiption :
Prajooﬁtzimxférr the hriqtllmg hf Parliumfeawgsg Md fbr the incrcaﬁng
ofﬂzls (J1/liﬁjci-2zI'€5.R:."Z/fﬁﬁld mmrb {mint/1enécfv'rc.  

In which is contained ,. not onely thematter of the
  llmpolitiotis fuggeftedl, but 2l.1fi)3tfi;lV€r3 lll'0I}g_£‘tnd forci...
ble Reafbns to pt"!'i~W-ade the I{ing to the praéiife hercoﬁ
Together with his Advice for the forming of Fortiﬁcations,
and the hringing of tnany High-ways into one , to that none
V might travel but W:-th their leave and liking.

As alfo, a Form or Model for the difcipline of this

Deﬁgne,what men to have, and how quztliﬁed, and how to
engage them- {are and firm to His Majeltéc , V and how in an infinuating
way to t'l'§f&t“lI1fll1‘.;’!if'k‘I‘C<‘1 Nations , and they Vﬂmuld never have
" known it till the thing had been done. As alto. Seventeen

,ways for the railing of money for the atlvancing of delignts.

In all which, the Councel is fo pernicious, and tends [0 much

to the mine of the three Kingdoms , and the ;intht;alling of the Subjeélsg
thereof , as he himfelf cotxfcﬁeth that it is not (it to: any En;g,lilh man tofknow.
t Bu; tbefwre 1': broken, and blclled be God we are ejhzped.

plirintcd 5] Aﬂtkaritie ; together with the Approﬁatiawa of  Spea/twcr 9]} the
’ _i Honogralvle Hamfe of C‘ammcm*:. V

. M 1.0 N D 0 I, Prinzoed by .Rmrl.v Rmwonln, for faint: I‘) altlmm, dwelling‘
t in B!M'1g-ji']a.'rI, net: C1tter;iane.A 1646. I ~ - n  4



 

A % ‘T%or%he~Right Henwrable,  th§ 
Lords and Commons

: V . Affgmbled in A A.
PARLIAMENI‘

‘  Right Honourable,

...-‘ .. Q’/A“) *‘

   Ivvizw Providence bringivgyvery

      
  
  

..  permw/aofe I7;fcriptTion#4bu)zdantl,_y
“  . 'f¢_ ‘A decl;:re.ritA%to}be1NIdnPcrAu[11 Hof-
f‘é:11‘cji‘um‘,z§‘=c§.A " I Vc¢;irici*e4iéz/e‘ it my duty tahpnblzjb
it, WtVAb£zt all %tr5z»e4b¢}ir%t'cd  moi: may 5::

fully fatz.y2edin% tbcjuﬂiéc .oftIac Honamble  

Houfckj on) JtI9ef Au$tbor af

‘ the Pdptrx, the late
*Earl“ofS“trafTord. V     A A A

 A %T~bat;iCanterburywMAtbcV great Engine
A      ‘ " "   M  “ working

A:

  lately mm my band; 4 rertainI’zi- V

T1:s*c_‘hEpie{i"Ie e:;~m:;caco1~;r.    

 

Wow’

1 if "our itrue Proteﬂaizf Ke'ligiec22. 3 mid A intro"rI;u-5

i§ing.'of1’o1g“ery.,  already 2'12 Part , Varied» 
ﬂxeedzilyh he   p7erfe52’e*ct! igitzze/g  fqrthieetofhie
uw*ld,f hyethe‘ ham! the W. VV. P.,zvhich
will r1‘.en:+;=27z.fz‘_r¢iz—‘eehirz~zeA,_e iazvhom ‘the _‘I’o._.pi”/AN)’ {ﬂe-
ffed deem-eed at Saint) to h;-zezze bear but little

riizg deeply gxzid };.¢liI*i(*l'*\/‘)1 ';fhef14htvh‘er]ib’?5§z T

{§hehttcr;t:haé22.ai‘eﬂeqiéil 1r4m~ap;mta.   "tr’u‘el_y QI , A

  H   t    C’   I‘ d   I‘€d

into the Khhi;;g.gMaje§'ie:& hezndy hy thefaiel  
Iia1‘laf“'St1‘aﬁﬁ;'rd7, will alfo demonﬂrate him.

the did“ Earl to./meve hcejz the other greztt E72-

  gizze eﬂeiiualfy wrought on by the¥PriI2ce bf
 Darlgzeﬁa, and quicigzzedhlzyithe f]>iriteafA;Reo—

M11) iwfh _%A‘ez2tic‘heri§f, _ i*.oJha?ve ezihﬂafzxeezi the threei
b;geciejzrgi42;g*rb¢ Liwxjmzd Lihertieif,
M   wide‘ Aréitmry Tymmicézle
ff. ii??? j  '  ‘ 
ffﬁnd,  :26le%zfed   etlvis ifarli
 mi; 4éz2di~ble;y}dy“ozzwiiléfb mail; «zeal, iwiﬁﬂ-»

  ‘their   difconi)ered 1 thefe ;
12.2220 mzglzty .eC4.3"“t1”;'4l*.A’1g5?”:' to have beezrmoji

  ifézjﬁljv ehgizged iziirhefe (,ei}'7&17:h2£1E.. ‘iI’loit.c,h,]?iiiIai:tIa he ‘

e.9'vu1’eiimP4?ti4! eeC+hmﬁm=j"ﬁ1yi Maverick?” We
,"h‘Th%¢ijfga:e“is biélzhen‘ , jthrohg/JGod.i'“ hleﬂing;

4114 21'“

The Epiﬁlc eDedi"cat_ory.
icmcly-rxnrygreat ~n;v]&.:Iom : ,th e.y— are: fa H ’é11~,a‘n~d'
We yareﬁicaped, ( under God) to-imgzzzfia and
loleﬂoyiou.

T/ye height of my emzhitionyeizzgpuhliﬂaing
tbefe paper: being orzely to rzzindieate ‘your:
rig/Jteom proceeding; againﬁ» the faid Earl,
To ﬂop the_ member of all _'CdlﬂI71ﬂl.(¢?0?‘J"‘,
(who inopartially: pan-derileg thefe -plot: fug-
geﬂeel  that great o1\/Iachavilian to the utter
fulwenf/ion of our Lazvyand Libertiey, camzot

[mt hehereh coozqvinocd in aheir confcimcer of  

hie: deﬂ:r=vedfz1fering) y and to profeﬂ: my

 ypreﬁ to ferwc ihi»: Honourable I’arlia-  

ment ‘in rwhatevver employment may fate with
the utmoff ahilitiemof him who /54]! ever he at

Yong; Honours Command;

PROPOSIlTIONS

Dlelirvcred toVH13s Majeffie by,‘ tbeﬁczrl of
S t-r'a~ﬁbrd,‘ for tbéfecuringof'H12s~MajeﬁieJ‘
Eﬁate hand the /Jrid/ing of ‘Pzzrliameiztm,
arzdﬁir tlwelincreafe of His K"e«zIeIzzte._rA’7Izz>zV"¢b"
mare.tbe-n‘~it-i4‘.~ ’   ‘ ' 

 

.» _.  txons or praﬁicés of troublefome fpi-V
” A V  ritsg, then to fol'irtiﬁ"<: your Kingdom
by l1z5wilngaa‘ Fortmlllé--‘in every*c«hief~ Towxrand
impdrtant place thr:t'ebF,furniﬂJed with‘>O1‘tlna‘nce5

Munitiun and faithful men, as they ought tobe, ‘

with all «other Cimum{lancr:s_ ..to be digetflved in a
bhﬁr1eﬂel_§5f this nat~1ht*le.l-» ~ 4 - A” T A V“    
 * Orde-

V.
R .
..,.

Trayned

(2)

Ordering witha1th+eTrayne-d Souldiers of the

50“‘dim- Countrey to‘be. united with one dependency with

 ‘Foamy’, TbarMod¢mkEaxrre,yfa: rm

the {aid Forts , as Well to fecure their 'b‘egiz1nings5
ass to fecure them In anyoccalmn of Stiipeﬂrg and

alfo toretain and keep their Arms for more fecu.

rity , whereby the Countreys are no, l.Cﬁ7ii‘ to be
brcyught into fubjeétiona then the Cmcs them-*
felves, and confequently the whole Kingdom 
Your M-ajeﬁie having by this courfe tin: Power
thereof.in your ‘ownhands. V ~   V

The Rcafons of theft: SuggePﬁion§.

Flrﬁ, That in Polikie it is 4 great*e»} tye of

the people by Forte 4224- NecVrﬂ2t}% -, tbeiz
me6?fl)’..5yi pLo‘m and ﬂﬁ?26fi.on%4~‘-‘»%4& Y7qrAék_by%‘ the
one , the G07/errzmerzt feﬂ'£?I]y4‘ _22%1r4,;~,.§_/é¢;z;4;;:e 5

but by the other, Tmv%lmgér H?:W£".'I2L %t/ye Peaple are
zvell cmztevzteci. A

. % SC?_c_:0I1d1_y 3 A.Itfbrqetlé,40/ﬂirinzvie.{£Szé17je§;rf‘ to
be no more _prefumptuom  A T7/36272 it plwfeté/of Tom-
M4_j.eHz'éw permit’ them.‘  ;*4 ‘ _A _

'I4'hAViJrd1y , T/with %I&.5arveV at State m.zfurr)z"/7»
 t‘6{, 55 tfigiéze the Vléridle t/J6rwﬁwm*;: ta-be Subjmii,

I ypbcn. by A tine c*anfrary -it ‘re§Az5'e_tb oiielyi m tbé

Frincey hanclm. % "

_  ,4

long

(5)

la» 3 time in winning , with fetch charge 

‘At! t ’ ~c“ttlt_y* as no Snhjcét in thefe time: hath any i   h

mm‘: prahahle to attempt them. ’

1 V Fifthly , Iihet-tit. 135 aﬁtre remedy ageing e
.R.8b6”i‘0i2J‘ and popular Mzttiiziee , or againft
Forrazgn Po were, heczmﬁe they cemtot weI1fue-

_ hceed ” when 12 this war e the 4 ttrerzt mean: “is
> 7

taken away, to feree the King and S tzzte upon at

;el¢m'I2tful F ortzme of - 4 fet-Bezttel , M the

ctmje that tezjotzieel h the ztztczzdeel Izzvmzfioiz agaiiaﬂ
theglgmzd attempted lay the King of Spain, A
k5SixthI y , That Tour M4zjwefi3ie:hGo«ver2zI?te_et':t
72r“}zewﬁ'cured by the Peaplennoreuhjeﬁtien 3  
and hy their Suhjeétiom, Teztrlhrliamentttmu
heforeeel to alter A their S13/le,ean'r1 te l9aitttce7zﬁ:r-
mahle to Tezir If/ill tmclI’letzfztre : For their
2W4e..472d oteofﬂim imﬁortetb ﬁot/éiee» Where
  in" Tater Mejeﬂiea" awe‘: hdézck” tatele

A

hwithvtlhemwhat Tau filezzfé , being ittrleedh the  

chiefp1trp"efe of thid‘ Dzfcouffrg and thefejcret

iztt§gtt4 ﬂaerebf,  to 534, a""”3_céalecl ‘ﬁ'0!?¢t km}?
Engltfhat 411., either Cotmcelleztr  h State‘ ‘ or ‘'
other:. A " 34 ht A     ' 7 ‘    
' *Eor%tthef§ §§t:ht€te~t.Wei§hty uﬂtéefotis,  be
 Q 7% A B con-

».l~s v

(4)

" conﬁdtered in this place‘, to make Your Maj-effiee

more powerful and ftrcmg: , fome Orders be obfer-
ved that t_ are ufed in Fortiﬁed Countreys 5, the Go-

vernmentxthereof importeth as much as the State

tliemfelves 5 "I mean in times—of Doubt andSuf-
pea: .3 whichare thﬁfc. '

Ihpriinis, Tbnt mnewear Ar‘m:.or Weafvom .1145‘, ei-=

tbkr in Citie or Countney , but fuck aw Tonr"cﬂ4’4je.&‘i¢~

may t/yin/cﬁt tnpri-viledge 5 and they to be inrolled. .4
Secondly,” T/mt ne .m4m]_ Higlmvzyr 4: conveniently

mnynbe done, may be made pajjlzble tbamv tbnfe Cities. and 

Towmfartifiéd 7;, ta eon./ifain tbepafﬂnger to travel tlzarm
tlfem. '
Thirdly 3 Tbet Sonldiers of Fortreffes are pm-

time: cbafen qf «umber Nation, if Suéjeftfx to the ﬂame .

Ifrinaas éut--lmvfoe-uer tutta be ban: in tlrejnxne Province,
tr within fonrty mile: cf: the Fortre]]m‘e‘,.A% and not~to have

ﬁicnd:'—0r carre/?‘ande‘ncy~neer it".

Fourthly,  mulled ?-nTown.v,
be 4 pointed officer: not re fujﬁr any Nun;/eneavn paffenger ta
pa/£]{ witbtnt 4 Ticket 5 ﬂmvingfram wbenee be came and
uv itber begoetb4 5 *dﬁd"t/ant I/2:.G4te: of each c‘z"ty]lve pm:
arnig/1?, and the Keykept by the” telilnior or tGn)ernonr‘»~¥3
mlfo "tint tlrelnne‘--leeepm do delz?uer«.tl:e name: of ‘ all 3:».
Mom» fajfengerx that lodge in their banfge. 5 and  t/fey
ﬂ."¢y'fnj]u'tz'oujlj at my time , to prefent tlaent" to the Gaver-5
nonr .- wbercéy dézngemze ferfons"/E”eing‘tlve[eﬂr1t7 ebnrfeig
mﬂ be more mar} aftbeir nétiam, eaneit/2crebytnif:.'biest/one
Attempt: will ﬁe prevented. All which being referred
to Your Majefties Wife conﬁdetrgttion : 7 A e ‘
- ‘It-giameetafor me with-ale"-to give ~Y‘(‘9"u- {om-e fatiji.

fa Ctione 

cs)

 fa&io1i'of tl*ie'charge»a, d time to perform what

is propofedjtlrat «youma~y—~not be difcouraged in
the diﬂicultyrof f the one , aorprolongation of the
other; Both which Doubts are relolved in one

and the fame reafon.
In refpeét that in England fl1ClI~Cl'1i€f Town com-

monly hath a ruinated Caftle well {cared for

ﬁrength , whofe foundation and Ptones remaining,

‘may be both quickly repaired for this ufe , and

with little charge, and made firong enough (I

hope) "for this purpofe in the fpace of .one ,yeer, by

“Ordnance, according to the Rules of Fortiﬁca

adding withal Bulwarks and Rampiers for the

tion.
I  ;”IfheOrdnance for thofe Forts may be of Iron,

and not to disfurnifh Your Majefties Navie , or be

ata greater Charge then is needful,ato maintain
yeer y the I~"orts._g Imake account in ordinary pa?!
Three thoufand men will be fuﬂicient, and wil
require Foutt-y thoufand poundscharge qnnum,
or thereaboutsgbeing an Expence that Inferiour
Princes undergo for their neceffary fafety. All
which prevention added to the Invincible :Sea-;

"Forces Your Ma jeflie hath already, and mayhavea

will make You the moft powerful and obeyed

Prince of the worlds which I could likewife con-
‘ﬁrm by many examples 5 but I omit «themfor bre-

vity, pp 7 4 _ t I   n
And not rtotconfufe Your Majeﬁie with too

much matter 3 Your Gracious f_l\/lajeflie may rﬁnde

by the {Cope of this Difcourfe the means Ihewed in
general to bridle VYourl*Su‘bjeél.-'s , that may «either
i I I B 21 be

(5)
be clifcont-ented or obftinate. So l"il’«:e;wife am I“
to cnclude the fame intent particularly againﬁ"
the-pelirverfenehﬂeof _Your Pa-rltirament, as yvell to
fuppreffe that pernicioushumourg as_toavo1d their
oppoﬁtions agarnft Your Proﬁt 3 being the fecond

part to be difcourfed of.  

And therefore have ﬁrﬁ thought ﬁt for bet-teri

prevention thereof, to ‘make known to Your Ma-

jeftie the purpofe of a general Oath Your Subjects

may takes for fure avoidin y all rubbs that may hin-,
der the concluﬁon of tl’10i€.,l)Uﬁn€ﬂvCS: 5  ‘

It is further meant that “no Subjects upon: pain

of high Treafon may refute the fame Oath con-
tainingonely matter of Allegeance, and not fetu-
pleks‘ or points of confcience that may gain pretence
to be denied; ~ T ? t   ‘ "

The eﬁieét of the Oath 13.: this. n

h 2. Hat all' HiEs S’t1bje&si do-n
h  acknowledge You to be abfolute,
King and Monarch Within Your Doniini-

one, as  a'mo‘nga the Chriftian Princes,
and Your Prerogative asagreat whereby
You may and {hall of Your Self by Your
Majefcies Proclamation  as well as any to»
ther Soyeraign”1?rinees doingi the like) ei-

ther make Laws, 0~ry.r_eve»rfet any made, 
any 0,lIh€1't3& fo great a tMo»narc=hl as Yours

Self

(7) Th e

 Selflllmay "do ,, Anal that without further

cornfent ofP‘a:1*liamem:sl 1, orneed to call
them at all in ﬁlch cafes. Conﬁrmingf that
the Parliament in all matters (excepting
(laufest to be cenfured as the high Cgutt 
taught tolbi_e“lﬁ1&bje& to? Your‘ll.MajlelPciest
will; to-gi_ve the Negative or Afﬁrmative

* Cencluﬁohn ,tand1l1ot&to be conftrziineld by

‘ their i111p*erteineneiest t4: ‘antyFijin'lc'011Venitencétil

appertaixiixig to Your Majeﬁies Royal Au--
thority 5 and this not‘wit;hftand_ing anybad
p»retence.:‘ov1= lcuﬁfome . to the coIitrawty*in".‘pra-

0 étilce; wl1ich<(ihld’etel‘d)ltwere lﬁltterltoll be of-V-t

fered a Prince »‘ ,ele&ed without: any other
right , then to Your Majeilﬁelt born fucceﬂ
ﬁtvely King of A England ,\.Sco.ilanJ~,% it razmel
and Ireland , and Your Heirs for everl, and

fo refumed not onely of Your Subje<9cS,_but

alfo of thewholic Wo'rld.?   A

Q

How neceffary the dangerous S*up.hrema"lcielof"

Parliament-ufurpation is to be prevented, the ex»

ampleof F Lewis the .eleventh =I‘s'iiit1g;hht:;o"f«t.F'r4ric& déth
mlatnifefc , V W11 found the. like opjpoﬁtion as» Your

Majeftie.:doth,'.and by his lwifeldbm futiprefhitg and ~

‘ th’atltolt11epurpofe herelirxmtevnded,” which&srnofl;‘to
» putdown alﬂtbgctherPa>r_l1aments and;«thT€lfA»Uthﬂ9  A

B. 3 my

(8)

irity (being inimany cafes very n,eceﬂ‘ar.y and fit)
but to abridge them fo far as they feek to derogate

from Your Majefties Royal Authority and ad-
-vancement of Your Greatnefle.

The Caution in offering the aforef aid,Oath, may
require Tome policie, for the eaﬁer paffage of it
at the ﬁrfl , either by, ﬁngular or particular tra€i:a-
tion , and’ that to neer about one time over the
Land, as one Government may not know ‘What
the other intendethg fo it may paﬂe theeaﬁer, by
having no timeof Combination.or~Oppoﬁtion;

There is another means alfo more certain then
this, to brin to ‘paﬂ"e that Oath more eafily, as
alfo your proét, and what is pretended,which here
I omit for brevity, re ,uirin_g,a long Difcourfc by
it felf, and have fet it owninparticular InI‘trué’ti-
ons to inform Your Ma eﬁie.  

The fecond part of this Difcourfe, is touchingi

Your Majeﬂsies Proﬁt,  after Your State is fecuredg

wherein I ﬂhall obﬁ:rv~c~‘bot’rr£onre' l‘rea“fonable con-y

tent to the People ,- as alfo confidcr the great ex-
pences that Princeshave now adays more then in
times pail’, to maintain their Greatneffe, and fafety
of their Subjeéis , who if they have not wit or
will to confider their own Intereft , fo much Your
Maj eﬁies Wifedom muff repair their defefts, and
force them by compulﬁon. ‘ Y
But I hope there fhallbe no fuch caufein points
fo reafonable : To increafe Your Majeﬂies Re-
venue, I fer down divers means for Your Gracious

Self to make choiceiof, either all tor part at Your Y

pleafure , ii and to put itin execution by fuch De-
.t so i ' grees

greets and Eonditions as Your greataiwifedom fhasll
think ﬁt in a buﬁneﬂe of this nature. . W
  — Inprimzls , The ﬁrft courfe or means intended; to
increafe Your Ma jellies Revenue or Proﬁt withal,
it is of greatefl confequenee, and I call it a Decima,
Bein fo termedin Italy , Where in»-fome parts it is
in ufge 5 V importing the Tenth part*~*oFl all Subjeéts
eflates to be paid as ayeerlyl rent‘to the Prin’ce.5

and as well moneyed men in Towns, as landed"

men in the «Countreys their value and Eflates e‘-n
fleemedpj~uﬁly' asitris 3 .to‘tl1e true value ( though
with reafon) and this paid yeerlyirrmone »5wh*i“cli
courfe applied in England for Your Maje ies fer-
vice, may ferve in {lead of Subﬁdiese, Fifteens, and
fuoh like,Which in this cafe are fit to’ be releafed for

the»Subj‘e€ts+beneﬁt and content, in recompence of A
the faidiDtc'irm , which willtyeeld Your Majeﬁie l
more in certainty , then they do cafuallyg  Five l

hundred thoufand pounds psr~4nnm a%t»le;a=Il°. -.

  2. Item; That when Your Malipgithgotten “
money into Your hands, by fome courfes--to be fejt l
downs, it would be a proﬁtable courfe toincreafe r ‘
Your Intr4tu,to buy out all Eftates and Leafes upon -

Your Own Lands , in fuch fortvasthey be made no
lofers gwlrerclﬁ‘ , having Your Lands free-Sand rent-
ing it out to t etruc value, as it is tzuofl in ‘ufe,
and not employed as heretofore at an old rent,
and {mall Fines: You ma /rent it out. for»-atwleaft
Four or Fivetirnes more t “en the old rrent «comes

a u:nto7 ; [ Soas if Your Majeflies t Lands fibe-~ already r

but ‘Threefcorel tthoufand apoutids per aunumg. by this:
eourfe itwill be.aug1nented:a.tleaf’:"I‘wo¢hyndr¢d~.t ’-

thQnfan.d:‘p0M*@d$£.w "

 Ami tglmyvi ‘#3131 111? =.

’I2¢.:xaritsA ¢..ci?ta§rs~s ,«wiIl-a..»mmA¢~.. m1Ft§Mby~;;

1

that c'9urf;e,t;Qa1Iaak}€4;11tm¥=10%-l¢Qf¢ES§Q0"I1ﬁSi¢riﬂg t._h;6.."L-

gains A they ham a1%r¢ea;dy?r:m:a<1<= ‘tumn «the,  ¢
A.ndAAthi1s;is:¢h.e rath?ae1:w;% be‘.d0n¢ ,%.T,an%dVthe }~xefenvt4
Co}u-r_fe ¢;ha%n%"g¢d:,ﬁ b%¢cai;;fe%;;1t«.;4ha%th% :b§Cn,;L  Cluﬂom -,

1m":;e’i'ly¢ toc¢o;z¢n%:heK:ing.%  $1 

3.j Item,Whereas moi’: Prmces, gm 1*¢c§:i.3z ¢i},th%é be; « 

neg: QE. ;S}a‘1t.%in%;.th ei1ﬂOWn»1;a11ds- ,3 . as ‘ T11 1,1,1z3,:I:t¢r,1,Qf

grcIa¢1;. p;rQﬁt,1 b%ecaufe\.theyre—ceivf: »it“a1s the lqweﬁi

price .pofﬁbl_e,»and V7_jémi it witl’iNdf;>u_bl&e ga-«i-nj,y s:<:_1f1y 5

the‘ fdmrc courfe ufed;%by; Y01arA,.MajcPcic%,:Wc.rc‘-;

wbrtl1 §An.:hI,1nV17¢d:qn.d%~3fifty th0u~f;;m'.d %p.0u'nds_ ate

lehffhﬂ ;:J,It%:is.ufe.c:,1 i;1,:dthcrA$paV1,:c.s*;;,, Vmhm» :*a11$ Weights% 2
2I}FL  Meafures_, «M (Df.»t‘hc, »Land'-5»;-¢i’th;¢r  ;§_p.m.{atc   7
VHo,ufes5»,:Shw0ps 5 or publ1kavM-arkpts ,4‘; ﬂat;-11ldi‘V».b,e.%:

vi.ewedVt-owbeve.juf?r5 :md.f¢aled, oncg ~a.y;<:e~,1:.,3 paying »

to! it;h7e P“rincc £Qr»%it  Wh:i*Ch~  £ngl4m1V%a»pp1icdto:A
Your: Marjeﬁxie with Order topay six pence.:fQ1‘ thc‘ ;
fealing pi? taclhfgid.  1A"11m._..;%A ..w;o.u1<:1 !

y€i.61'djy@~C1'4Y.r-Siﬁtythﬂllfand.»P0u1}W15xﬂ(f;lﬂ??ﬂ}lQ;,, A    ;

 Item, .Iha!2a.»11 Gauntﬂe s. ‘pAayjA»-WMMIA. for-
tranfportation 0fC10t‘h,,andAfo%11kew,ifc in ,Ez¢glmwI; 

yet it%1.Sp:ai2} thﬂlfsttiS_Im;“pOf}11QDIithe Wo.o1l.,,4Which

is fo igxm; bgnbfit and«;Wej_a1'th¢  the 4AS:heep—Ma+ 
Hers ~,, as they may zwcyll  pay: %you« Five; poundﬁfer A

Cmam pf nhg:§%At:ru-e valuc Qf ~t;hc_.ir ﬂlearing , Awhxch
I cémcemvea Wluabe «VWofrth~F1ftee11 thoufand4ipo;unds
V}2cVx;az12az§m4;:_ ‘ V ”   V V A   A A W

in ‘

5+-~Item,’Whe;jcas the LVa:{,Wy'crs Fees and .Gains in  

E2iugl4nb1~be}.%excc{ﬁvc_2",f; to Your Subj eé’:~s=. prej411diCc,  ‘j
I: w;em2to YQu1:.:MaJ¢ﬁ_y_ ;twu»%%m.gk%c -ufc%44 thc;rwt7, 3- and V

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to"ii!'lj:’df'eon allCa:u’{‘es fentenced with the party
to pay Five pounds per centum of the true V;1l~'t’I*e
that the Caufe had gained him. And for a re-
compence -thereof, to limiital1La‘wyers Fees and
gettings, whereby the fubjcét ll1~alllfavclnotré2 in
Fees and Charges, thenhe giveth in Gasbtﬂa, 
I believe may be worth one lyeer with another F iii
ty thoufand pounds. - %

6. Item, Whereas the Innes and ViCtualli”ng-
houfes in England are more chargeable to the Tra-
vellers then "in other Cou-ntreys , It were good for
Your Majeﬁic to limit them to certain Ordina-
ries,and raife bcﬁdes a largelmpofitionﬁs it is ufed
in 7‘-afawy and other parts 5 that is, prohibiting all
Innes and Viélualling-houfes but fuch as {hall pay
itg And to imipofe upon the chief Inne! and Ta-
verns to pay Ten pounds ayeer to Your Majeﬁic 5
and the wvorft, Five pounds per ammm 5'And all

the Ale-houfes Twenty fhillings per‘ anmm more or

lelle as they are in cul-‘tom. Of all fortstthcre are

* To manyin England, that this Import} will yeeld Am
‘ hundred thoufand pounds per antﬁmz to Your Mn-

jeflie.

7«. Item , In.7’ufcarzy and other parts, there is a
Gabe//4 of all Cartel»; or Flelh, dr§Horfesefold iln
theMa;rket, paying T hreeor Fdur‘- p’oun(l§percen—
um for w‘hT9;t they ate‘ fold“ for; \vHiChl~by‘C0ﬂ3-Q9
Cture may be worthin England Twenty thoufahd
plounds"pcr4mmm, uling the like Cuflom upon F ifh

e~ and oth‘er"lV1é’tu21lsrt (tb‘re:id ‘e)tcet$tetj) and for this,

can!" e all Fleﬂi, Fifh, an”d‘lVi&uals to be firaifed and
fold by Weighgwhereby theSubjeét faveth more in
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not-beingt coz.encd,,ehen. the rlmpofition imgorteth
th¢mo.'i," ii   .l ’   ii

if 8. 11;»; 3 t In Tufmt; iguf ed a Taxation of Seven
poundspcr ccntum upon all Alienationstof A Lands to
the true value , g-and alfo Seven. pounds per centum
upon :_il1Dowries or M'ar‘riage—m0I_1”eys the like i:
If it be jufily ufcdt in Englaxdjt were worth at leaﬁ
An hundred thoufand pounds per amm .- with ma-
ny other Taxations upon Meal, and upon all Mer-
chandize in all Towns , as well Port-T owns ,

which here I omit‘, with divers “others , as not fit

for England. And in fatisfaéftion of the Subjeéi
for thefe Taxes , Your Majeflie may be pleafed to

t’ releafe them of Wardlhips, and to enjoy their E-

flates at Eighteen yeers old , and in the mean time
their proﬁts to be preferved for their own bene-

‘ ﬁts: Andalfo in Forfeitures of Eflates by Con-
«r demnation,eYour Majeflie may releafe the Subjeﬂ:
~_as not to take the Forfeiture of their Lands but

their Goods, high Trenfon onely excepted 5 And

r to allow the counfel of Lawyers in Cafes of Life
. and Deathg as alfo, not to be cendemnacdiwithout

% two Wit-neﬂ'es, with fuch like beneﬁts 5 which im-

  proveth much more their good, then all the Ta-

e   xaftions named can prejudice them, “

V  9». Item , That‘ fame of the former Taxations

= be ufed in Vscntlamd and Ireland , as may eaﬁly be

brought ébout by the ﬁtﬂ: example thereof ufed

in England , ma very well be made to-increafe
‘Your Revenue t ere, more then it is by Tiwo hun-

dred thoufand poundsfer ammm. A
40;. Item, t That all Oﬂicers in the Land great
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  raatraarxassur Pv‘iai:efiiies crane, ‘majr’b.e "granted.

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with condition to 1)? you a part yeerly according
to‘the ttiuevalue : h A '

Is in time may be Worth (as *

I conceive) an hunldredithoufand poundspzr drinurri...

Aelpfo Notaries‘; ’Attorney;s , "and Tuch like ,“‘-to‘ pay
‘famespropworitionyeerly towards it; ‘F or bein-g"a1..

  lowed by Your Majeliie to praiﬁifei,‘ and 

ting elf: any to praétife in fuch places. i p

p 11.‘ Item,’ I know can all red courfei ”in¥Your

Majefiies Navie, which mayfave at ‘leaft Fourty

thoufand pounds per tnrzurn, which requiring

Whole Difcourfeiiby It felf , I omit, onelyipromife
you to do it, whenfoever you command. - “T i

I 2. Item , To reduce Your Majefiiespl-Iouﬂuold

to boord-wages’ (as trioﬂt‘ other Princeiiis do )-V>re-
fervin Tome fe'w”Tablesi {This will fave Your

uMa)i€li1e Sixtg thoufand ‘pounds perhchriuiaa, :r'a‘nd

ilvlajeliie mightin Honour oit; ~  

cafe’ greatly t e’ Subj e&s be{ides”b*ot'hr inCarri'ages
and Proviﬁon , which is a dgood reafon that" 

A I~3._ Imp, Whereas Your Majeﬁies"Law‘s do
command the min keeping of Fafiinga-days; You
may alfo prohibit on thofe days “to eat; Egges,
Cheefe, or White. meats ._, but onely Iiich that are

p contented to pay Eighteen pence per anmm; for
‘ M their liberty to eat them 5 and the better fort, Ten

llﬁllings.‘ ‘The Q employmenteof this _“money may
be for the defence of theiL’aind, inm"aintaininwg~the

 Navie, Garifons and i'u"ch~'llike ,“ much after the fa-

V “ ‘iIi.aIi'liy; rI'h”a.ire 5' cgurfefiupbh Catholikegand
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Ihion of 1 Criqadt in Spain, asYour'MajeI’cieknow-
eth. i. ‘ A  ‘  ‘l      is »

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very

 fv7e‘ny vﬁ1£€.fO1’_-Y:~0uI' Majc{tie1b‘e~ing Wiﬁgilﬂthﬁitlgbcd
 liking as itmay be wrrorught, toyeg-’.lc;1—y,ou'*p1‘,l C

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rndr

M .3;:1’eaﬁTwo hundrenl tho11f;m-d {pounds per muym,

. by raiﬁng acertarin .va1ue,; upon thrcir&L:gnds,.8C£Qmer
other .I-mpoﬁtipns; .5 whi1:h.r1*cquiring yarr long 'DiC-
‘courfe by it felf‘,‘Irwi:ll:ror1ni~=t here ,— rfettingit down ‘
jnLmy.Ir1~{h*u~Ciions; It will fave Your Majcﬁic at

therleaﬁ Ten thoufand pounds per ammmr, toI;n:tke~
it pain of deat~h , and cornﬁfcatxon of Goodsiirapdr

VL%ar1ds, for any of die Ofﬁcers to cozen Yougwliichr
rnowris much to -be feared they do, or clrfe:.thAcy

couldntatbﬁr. Co rich. : and herein ,_toa1low a fourth
part bcneﬁr to them. that {half}: ﬁndre out the co;

,Z€n3g€;~"1 .'"

 are is» not rmrcam A Ofﬁecrs of Sta cc, as,~.theA Lord

ArTrea,fu.rcr,r'(/yo. bci:ngOfﬁcers of the Crown.   1 ma

 Ihca fumrof all this amountcth to Two Mtillir-
(ms and Two hundred thoufand pqunds per; am.
7W.'??-  3. -3;.-‘, 4 vr s ’    ‘ ‘ 7 H I‘ 3  " 3  
,:_.,3I1.pP0f'¢ it b¢. but One Midlionwmgd a half, as
i}i;1,;7c1y Y_q111j_ ,Mrajcrftic may make bylthc couzrfgs for
down 5 yer it is more than I promifcdejnAmyLet+-
:§;»rr£sxr;Y 91,1»: Maj:e»~Pcics dFcr~vice  bcﬁdses, «fame. Sums,
 m91:u3_yqi;n§ pr€.f¢:nE;b}{ thcreou-rfcs follrowjng. » ;

~:,g;_I. Ian,r»AimrI?,,Byr;rq})c;I?rinces.rMarrriagc.?  r

1 7!; S«¢caﬁd1y:,:   E3_zI’1‘3;:r‘Tirn,_Eﬂg”1}1‘
G_aea‘nsz1§i:*:s,;rra§ in.Sp4in, and»=r1?rinripi~i5r  rfmsh Iikq-1
.1.)~.-¥T‘i;."'»i?1"*’5~{J§§3r*’;.va".  no pay#T~w¢mty thaufa;n.,d::peunds:
3Pi,5c.$$£Q:Rj.-II...-.~j ~     r   

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'  ?-3’-% Tfrhirdly, ;A1f;3,if' Your‘-inrrakérrthem Feﬁﬂdirim:

‘.:§.£%hﬁ$I;Q5YZg§fbQ;QHgi£Q§_1i'Q-fthail? Eaxlel¢z:n1i.L:'Ef:rvl:s-2ﬂ;y1r~
?.;;}‘,.]‘§.J;‘ A  L  W

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svili pgy“; fem: befidesv  it as; they,“ do »tO.;"thC"?Ki1‘}Jgf.,

of S“pia=1niin*theiKingdom of Naples “ .-  fQifii¢Ii;{:_ C

_:vvife Barons to be »1mde Earls   and I5:eteifs;,,g ,i:o  ..
-‘Niineteient thoufand potmds ‘a»;5ie‘c‘e~:iI third: it t‘mighw_,~.

-yeield Fivoihufndrcd thouf:m$d$ pounds ,_ anci,obl¥ig‘c

.t’h;€m more“ furc to Your ‘ M:1’j':::?ﬁiieg

27'  Ttoiinakeiuchoici *o£T‘wo buiimlr¢a_.i;io.f:~'thc.

 ".ri‘c3fiv;{i men in England intiﬁﬁatégl that be Nobl:c~

’fmﬁn, and make ti1emTi»tula5r,."a's ibis 11;f¢>d.u,ig§1-Ngipilggég
and paying for it; that -i;s,i a Duke Thirty .tho.11::f;2;.nEi
p1ound's,. a Ma.rqueﬂi=: Fifteen tho.ul7andt poux:1.dus,uan

Earl T cintthoufafndi p®11I.lCiS~, as Baron . or Vifcomunit
Fxvethoufandpounds. ‘ ‘ "   » 

It is to be underﬁood‘ that aucicm: N.obii:1ity?‘of’

.%B;a‘rons [and ‘Earls ‘are tompreCe‘de't7‘thefetats‘Pcctgg
thoL1tgh;t"hef_e  made,M.3rqus.*HE;stt or Dukt:.SL. 'Ihis
may raife a Millionof‘ pounds, and mo:re,to~YoL1r
Majefiic. ‘ A‘ ‘ - ' A i ' 
To make Gentlemen of low qua1ity,a”nd Frank-
lins or rich Farmers , A Efquires to proceed them,
would yeeldi Your Majoeﬁié alfo‘ a great fum ofmo-
may in tprcfent. t ‘ A A i "
I know another courfc to yeeid Your Majeftio
Three hundred thomufamdi pounds in money, which
as yet the time ferveth not to difcover, until Your
Majeﬁie be rcfolvcd to proceed in form: of the
former courfcgwhichtill thcnlomit.  ‘ ‘ 4
Other courfeé alfothait may mziképtcfént mo;
ncyi,I:ﬂ1all ﬁudic for Your Majcftics fcrvicc , and
as I {hall ﬁnde them out, acquaint You withal. A . “

‘V .«La>fﬂy~:;iT to oiontcludc tiail thc'fe="‘= Difdourfcs ,j   

thcéapplicatioh of this com-fc_ ufcd» for Your proﬁt,
.*J,'~+w C 3 A that

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that is not onely the means to make You the rjcheﬁ
King that ever 1:’ land had, but alfo Your fafety
augmented there y , to be moﬂ: fccureg beﬁdes
what it fhewed in the ﬁrft Part of this Dif-
courfeg I mean by the occaﬁon of the taxation and
railing of Moneys, Your Majeftie {hall have caufe

and means to employ in all places of the Land ('0
many Officers and Miniﬂrers to be obliged to

You, for their own proﬁt and intereft , as nothin
can beattempted a ainft Your Perfon and Royﬁ
State over the Lao , but fome of thefe {hall have
rneans in all yrobability to finde it out and hinder
It. ‘

Beﬁdes, this courfe will repre ffe marry cﬁﬂbrdera,
and abufcs in the Publike Government which

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were hard to be difcovered by men mdiﬁerent.