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             Severall proposals humbly tendered to the consideration of those that are in authority, for the ease, security, & prosperity of this common-wealth by William Cole.
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           Severall
           PROPOSALS
           HUMBLY
           TENDERED
           To
           the
           
             CONSIDERATION
          
           Of
           those
           that
           are
           in
           Authority
           ,
           For
           the
           
             Ease
             ,
             Security
             ,
             &
             Prosperity
          
           of
           this
           
             Common-wealth
             .
          
        
         
           By
           
             WILLIAM
             COLE
             ,
          
           a
           Constant
           Asserter
           of
           the
           Rights
           and
           Priviledges
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           Opposer
           of
           the
           late
           Tyranny
           and
           Apostacy
           .
        
         
           Nehemiah
           ch.
           5.
           vers.
           14
           ,
           15.
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             
               I
               and
               my
               Brethren
               have
               not
               eaten
               the
               bread
               of
               the
               Governour
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               the
               former
               Governours
               that
               had
               been
               before
               me
               ,
               were
               chargeable
               unto
               the
               People
               ,
               and
               had
               taken
               of
               them
               bread
               and
               wine
               ,
               besides
               fourty
               shekels
               of
               silver
               :
               Yea
               ,
               even
               their
               Servants
               bare
               rule
               over
               the
               people
               :
               but
               so
               did
               not
               I
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               fear
               of
               God
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             :
          
           Printed
           MDCLIX
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           
             Several
          
           Proposals
           
             humbly
             tendred
             to
             the
             Consideration
             of
             those
             that
             are
             in
          
           Authority
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           THat
           it
           would
           be
           very
           much
           for
           the
           Security
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           Satisfaction
           of
           the
           honest
           party
           ,
           to
           have
           a
           review
           of
           all
           the
           Officers
           in
           the
           Commonwealth
           ;
           That
           so
           all
           those
           that
           have
           been
           put
           in
           Imployments
           chiefly
           to
           serve
           the
           Lusts
           and
           Ends
           of
           the
           late
           Single
           Person
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           respective
           places
           to
           be
           Informers
           ,
           Pimps
           ,
           and
           Trapans
           ,
           both
           to
           entrap
           ,
           and
           ensnare
           ,
           those
           that
           were
           Assertors
           of
           the
           Native
           Rights
           ,
           may
           be
           expunged
           ;
           And
           that
           the
           Fawnings
           and
           Flatteries
           of
           Time-serving
           men
           (
           who
           are
           
             Terrae
             Filii
             ,
          
           sons
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           will
           serve
           the
           worst
           of
           Tyrants
           in
           the
           worst
           of
           wickedness
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           their
           Covetous
           and
           Ambitious
           spirits
           )
           may
           not
           be
           Credited
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           men
           may
           be
           imployed
           not
           on
           Principles
           of
           favour
           ,
           but
           from
           principles
           of
           Ability
           and
           Integrity
           ;
           And
           that
           plurality
           of
           Offices
           ,
           either
           Civil
           or
           Military
           ,
           may
           be
           laid
           aside
           :
           That
           so
           those
           men
           that
           are
           brought
           lowe
           ,
           either
           by
           sufferings
           for
           their
           Constancy
           ,
           or
           by
           losse
           of
           Trade
           in
           these
           sad
           Times
           ,
           may
           find
           
           in
           some
           measure
           ,
           a
           way
           open
           ,
           to
           procure
           a
           livelihood
           for
           their
           Families
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           in
           Collection
           of
           
             Customes
          
           and
           
             Excise
             ,
          
           it
           is
           convenient
           ,
           that
           men
           of
           Ability
           ,
           and
           Affability
           ,
           may
           be
           imployed
           ,
           who
           may
           also
           be
           able
           to
           inform
           the
           Merchants
           and
           others
           ,
           Why
           this
           present
           
             Parliament
          
           is
           yet
           inforced
           to
           continue
           these
           great
           burthens
           ?
           and
           who
           was
           the
           occasion
           thereof
           ;
           which
           will
           much
           cool
           and
           qualifie
           the
           heat
           ,
           that
           at
           present
           hath
           much
           exasperated
           the
           people
           of
           this
           Nation
           against
           it
           ,
           by
           the
           imperious
           carriage
           of
           insulting
           Spirits
           ;
           especially
           if
           they
           may
           have
           assurance
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Excise
          
           (
           which
           is
           the
           bane
           of
           all
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           )
           may
           in
           short
           time
           cease
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           That
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           Poverty
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           care
           taken
           ,
           to
           collect
           all
           publique
           Monyes
           at
           as
           cheap
           a
           rate
           as
           may
           be
           ,
           and
           that
           whereas
           some
           men
           have
           vast
           sums
           given
           for
           Sallaries
           heretofore
           ,
           it
           was
           more
           from
           a
           principle
           of
           Designe
           than
           Necessity
           ,
           that
           so
           their
           Mercenary
           spirits
           might
           be
           obliged
           to
           destroy
           their
           Countries
           rights
           ,
           and
           keep
           a
           strict
           hand
           and
           eye
           over
           the
           constant
           honest
           party
           :
           If
           there
           be
           care
           taken
           in
           this
           businesse
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           many
           thousand
           pounds
           yearly
           added
           to
           the
           publique
           Treasury
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           That
           some
           men
           of
           ability
           and
           activity
           may
           be
           imployed
           ,
           Superintendents
           or
           Over-seers
           of
           the
           Navies
           stores
           in
           
             Chattam
             ,
             Porsmouth
             ,
          
           and
           
             Plymouth
             ,
          
           who
           may
           :
           If
           they
           are
           able
           and
           honest
           ,
           save
           the
           State
           above
           40000
           l.
           
             per
             annum
             ,
          
           it
           being
           a
           practice
           in
           most
           of
           the
           
           Officers
           to
           comply
           and
           connive
           at
           one
           anothers
           Offences
           ;
           whereby
           Tymber
           ,
           Cables
           ,
           Sayls
           ,
           Powder
           ,
           Cordage
           ,
           Provisions
           ,
           &c.
           are
           usually
           sold
           by
           Officers
           in
           great
           quantities
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           That
           the
           Number
           of
           Officers
           ,
           especially
           of
           the
           
             Custome
          
           and
           
             Excise
             ,
          
           and
           value
           of
           their
           Salaries
           may
           be
           regulated
           and
           lessened
           ;
           For
           that
           in
           many
           places
           the
           Salaries
           of
           the
           
             Custome-Officers
          
           exceeds
           the
           Receipts
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           That
           the
           Farming
           of
           the
           
             Custome
          
           and
           
             Excise
          
           may
           forthwith
           cease
           ;
           which
           is
           so
           cruelly
           executed
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           general
           Out-cry
           against
           it
           throughout
           the
           three
           Nations
           ,
           which
           much
           endangereth
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           
             Common-Wealth
             .
          
        
         
           8.
           
           That
           there
           are
           150
           Sayl
           of
           
             English
          
           Ships
           employed
           the
           less
           yearly
           by
           the
           means
           of
           
             Martin
             Noel's
          
           Farming
           the
           Custome
           of
           Coals
           ,
           which
           very
           much
           lesseneth
           the
           Number
           of
           Shipping
           ,
           and
           prejudiceth
           the
           increase
           of
           Mariners
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           a
           very
           ill
           Consequence
           ;
           For
           that
           the
           Shipping
           are
           
             England's
          
           Walls
           ;
           and
           Saylors
           ,
           the
           Garrison
           to
           defend
           them
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           That
           it
           is
           of
           Considerable
           Importance
           ,
           to
           employ
           an
           able
           publique-spirited
           Person
           to
           be
           Governour
           of
           the
           Isle
           of
           
             Barbadoes
             ,
          
           which
           at
           present
           is
           ,
           and
           so
           like
           to
           be
           ,
           a
           Trade
           of
           great
           advantage
           for
           the
           expence
           of
           the
           Manufactures
           of
           this
           Common-wealth
           ,
           if
           the
           said
           Governour
           shall
           wisely
           und
           uprightly
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Act
           of
           Trade
           made
           by
           this
           present
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           prevent
           the
           Importation
           of
           the
           Manufactures
           of
           
             Holland
          
           and
           other
           Countries
           ,
           at
           which
           there
           hath
           
           been
           of
           late
           (
           as
           is
           generally
           reported
           )
           a
           great
           connivance
           either
           through
           Bribery
           ,
           or
           Neglect
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           That
           it
           will
           be
           of
           very
           great
           Consequence
           to
           the
           encrease
           of
           Shipping
           and
           Navigation
           ,
           (
           in
           some
           speedy
           time
           )
           to
           make
           some
           free
           Ports
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           whereby
           we
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           Equal
           and
           Match
           the
           
             Dutch
          
           in
           the
           Trade
           of
           the
           
             Zound
          
           and
           
             Baltique-Seas
          
           ,
           and
           Equal
           them
           with
           Magazines
           of
           Goods
           to
           furnish
           all
           Parts
           at
           as
           cheap
           a
           rate
           ,
           as
           the
           aforesaid
           
             Dutch
          
           or
           
             Hamburgers
          
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           That
           there
           may
           be
           a
           Survey
           of
           all
           the
           penal
           Statute
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           a
           brief
           Collection
           of
           them
           that
           are
           profitable
           and
           necessary
           ,
           for
           the
           well
           and
           peaceable
           Government
           of
           this
           Commonwealth
           ,
           owned
           by
           this
           supreame
           Authory
           ,
           and
           all
           those
           that
           are
           grounded
           on
           principles
           of
           Tyrranny
           and
           Oppression
           ;
           &
           repugnant
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           and
           reason
           ,
           and
           unnecessary
           or
           vexatious
           may
           be
           exploded
           :
           And
           that
           they
           that
           are
           owned
           may
           be
           Printed
           in
           one
           Volume
           ,
           that
           so
           the
           people
           may
           know
           what
           is
           their
           duty
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           punished
           by
           Trapps
           and
           Snares
           of
           absolete
           Laws
           ,
           through
           the
           malice
           or
           Subtilty
           of
           corrupt
           Judges
           or
           Justices
           ,
           it
           being
           a
           desperate
           and
           cruel
           principle
           for
           the
           Rulers
           to
           require
           obedience
           to
           Laws
           that
           the
           People
           are
           not
           capable
           to
           understand
           ,
           and
           a
           known
           Maxime
           that
           a
           Multitude
           of
           Laws
           are
           a
           multitude
           of
           Fetters
           to
           inslave
           the
           Ignorant
           ,
           and
           destroy
           the
           Simple
           hearted
           .
        
         
           12.
           
           That
           seeing
           the
           whole
           Commonwealth
           is
           in
           a
           Lamentable
           condition
           of
           poverty
           ,
           Trade
           almost
           utterly
           
           lost
           ,
           and
           Thousands
           of
           Poor
           ready
           to
           starve
           ,
           Let
           Piety
           ,
           Pity
           ,
           and
           desire
           of
           true
           renown
           perswade
           those
           that
           have
           Thousands
           and
           Hundreds
           yearly
           means
           ,
           to
           forbear
           Sallaryes
           for
           some
           years
           ,
           that
           so
           the
           People
           may
           have
           food
           ,
           and
           the
           Commonwealth
           by
           their
           examples
           be
           encouraged
           and
           invited
           to
           Charity
           and
           Pity
           .
           This
           noble
           and
           true
           Christian
           practise
           and
           example
           was
           acted
           by
           
             Nehemiah
             ,
          
           whose
           pattern
           I
           earnestly
           beseech
           our
           present
           Law-makers
           to
           imitate
           ,
           in
           freeing
           this
           Commonwealth
           from
           Bondage
           ,
           Slavery
           ,
           and
           Tyranny
           ;
           God
           forbid
           they
           should
           follow
           
             Jehu
             ,
          
           who
           destroyed
           
             Ahab's
             House
             ,
          
           onely
           to
           seat
           himself
           and
           his
           posterity
           in
           the
           Throne
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .