Truth brought to light, or, The corrupt practices of some persons at court laid open whereby Their Majesties and the kingdom have been prejudiced near one hundred and fifty thousand pounds this year; besides other evils that have and do attend it.
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             Truth brought to light, or, The corrupt practices of some persons at court laid open whereby Their Majesties and the kingdom have been prejudiced near one hundred and fifty thousand pounds this year; besides other evils that have and do attend it.
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           Truth
           brought
           to
           Light
           :
           OR
           ,
           THE
           
             Corrupt
             Practices
          
           OF
           SOME
           PERSONS
           at
           COURT
           Laid
           Open.
           Whereby
           Their
           MAJESTIES
           ,
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           have
           been
           prejudiced
           near
           One
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           Thousand
           Pounds
           this
           Year
           ;
           besides
           other
           Evils
           that
           have
           and
           do
           attend
           it
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           MDCXCIV
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           Right
           Honourable
           THE
           LORDS
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           ,
           AND
           COMMONS
           In
           Parliament
           Assembled
           .
        
         
           THE
           Happiness
           and
           Well-being
           of
           Man
           does
           no
           ways
           consist
           in
           being
           possess'd
           of
           much
           Wealth
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           Mediocrity
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           Enjoyment
           of
           the
           Purity
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           
           and
           of
           good
           and
           wholesome
           Laws
           :
           And
           of
           all
           Governments
           now
           extant
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           English
           Monarchy
           is
           the
           Noblest
           ,
           and
           comes
           nearest
           to
           that
           Native
           Liberty
           which
           Man
           first
           enjoy'd
           ;
           and
           God
           and
           Nature
           have
           laid
           an
           indispensable
           Duty
           upon
           every
           Man
           to
           endeavour
           the
           Preservation
           of
           the
           Municipal
           Laws
           of
           his
           Country
           .
           But
           notwithstanding
           ,
           Humane
           Frailty
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           many
           Instances
           of
           Persons
           (
           otherways
           prudent
           and
           wise
           )
           either
           through
           Pride
           ,
           Ambition
           ,
           or
           Covetousness
           ,
           that
           have
           had
           almost
           overthrown
           this
           Noble
           Fabrick
           :
           but
           it
           was
           never
           in
           such
           eminent
           Peril
           as
           before
           the
           late
           Revolution
           ;
           when
           our
           Religion
           ,
           Laws
           and
           Liberty
           ,
           were
           near
           being
           swallow'd
           up
           ;
           and
           then
           God
           was
           pleas'd
           to
           make
           his
           Majesty
           the
           happy
           Instrument
           of
           our
           Deliverance
           .
           But
           notwithstanding
           ,
           the
           Danger
           's
           not
           over-past
           ;
           for
           we
           have
           ever
           since
           been
           engag'd
           in
           a
           great
           and
           dangerous
           War
           ,
           upon
           the
           Success
           whereof
           (
           under
           God
           )
           depends
           our
           future
           Happiness
           :
           therefore
           Men
           would
           think
           that
           all
           Persons
           in
           Publick
           Trust
           ,
           should
           with
           great
           Zeal
           and
           Affection
           pursue
           such
           Ways
           and
           Methods
           as
           tend
           to
           the
           putting
           a
           Period
           to
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           no
           ways
           obstruct
           their
           Majesties
           and
           the
           Publick
           Interest
           ;
           
           but
           scorn
           and
           slight
           all
           those
           little
           mean
           Thoughts
           of
           enriching
           themselves
           ,
           at
           a
           time
           the
           Safety
           and
           Honour
           of
           their
           Native
           Country
           lies
           at
           stake
           .
           But
           through
           Covetousness
           the
           Understandings
           of
           Men
           are
           darkned
           ,
           and
           so
           see
           not
           the
           Evils
           they
           draw
           upon
           themselves
           and
           others
           :
           And
           those
           who
           are
           in
           the
           highest
           Orb
           ,
           many
           times
           discern
           not
           (
           having
           sublimer
           Thoughts
           )
           those
           things
           others
           do
           ,
           who
           act
           in
           a
           lower
           Sphear
           .
           And
           as
           all
           Governments
           are
           incident
           and
           liable
           to
           Corruptions
           ,
           so
           it
           cannot
           seem
           strange
           if
           they
           have
           crept
           in
           among
           us
           :
           But
           ours
           will
           be
           found
           to
           be
           (
           like
           some
           Distempers
           )
           hard
           to
           be
           remov'd
           ;
           for
           there
           are
           so
           many
           link'd
           together
           by
           Interest
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           not
           fail
           to
           support
           each
           other
           ,
           and
           crush
           (
           if
           not
           ruin
           )
           him
           that
           opposes
           them
           .
           So
           it
           's
           not
           for
           any
           single
           Person
           whatever
           ,
           to
           engage
           with
           them
           ;
           and
           therefore
           for
           that
           Reason
           ,
           I
           have
           here
           collected
           such
           of
           them
           as
           have
           come
           to
           my
           Knowledg
           :
           Which
           ,
           with
           all
           Humility
           ,
           I
           lay
           before
           this
           most
           August
           Assembly
           ;
           whose
           peculiar
           Care
           has
           always
           been
           to
           root
           out
           Corruptions
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           appear'd
           formidable
           and
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           Safety
           of
           the
           Government
           :
           and
           that
           not
           the
           Greatness
           or
           Power
           of
           any
           that
           have
           abus'd
           their
           
           Prince's
           Favour
           ,
           have
           been
           able
           to
           protect
           them
           from
           the
           just
           Resentments
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           And
           't
           is
           that
           which
           hath
           continued
           this
           Government
           so
           long
           upon
           its
           Basis
           .
        
         
           There
           hath
           been
           a
           Notion
           industriously
           spread
           abroad
           by
           some
           through
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           (
           and
           which
           the
           Nation
           hath
           too
           long
           imbib'd
           )
           which
           is
           ,
           That
           to
           make
           Attempts
           upon
           the
           Maritime
           Coast
           of
           France
           were
           altogether
           impracticable
           :
           Which
           seemeth
           strange
           ,
           it
           being
           directly
           contrary
           to
           the
           received
           Opinion
           of
           the
           rest
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           the
           Practice
           of
           all
           Ages
           ;
           for
           the
           Romans
           ,
           Carthaginians
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           Nations
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           strong
           at
           Sea
           ,
           and
           even
           the
           Venetians
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           have
           ship'd
           potent
           Armies
           both
           Horse
           and
           Foot
           ,
           and
           made
           Descents
           upon
           their
           Enemies
           ;
           which
           have
           been
           attended
           with
           good
           Success
           .
           And
           although
           the
           Circumstance
           of
           Affairs
           may
           alter
           and
           change
           ,
           yet
           the
           Nature
           of
           things
           never
           will
           :
           But
           if
           Men
           shall
           land
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           Smoak
           and
           Fire
           ,
           and
           where
           their
           Enemies
           lie
           intrench'd
           ,
           it
           's
           no
           Wonder
           if
           they
           are
           beaten
           off
           ;
           even
           at
           that
           rate
           may
           the
           best-laid
           Designs
           be
           frustrated
           .
        
         
         
           And
           France
           hath
           so
           strong
           a
           Barrier
           on
           every
           Side
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           the
           utmost
           Endeavours
           of
           the
           Allies
           for
           several
           Years
           past
           ,
           yet
           we
           see
           they
           have
           not
           been
           able
           to
           break
           into
           it
           ;
           and
           therefore
           with
           all
           due
           Submission
           ,
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           (
           Humanely
           speaking
           )
           it
           's
           impossible
           of
           making
           any
           Impression
           on
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           otherways
           than
           by
           making
           a
           Descent
           upon
           their
           Maritime
           Coast
           with
           a
           Royal
           Army
           .
           Certainly
           there
           's
           nothing
           can
           embarrass
           them
           like
           it
           :
           the
           Vicinity
           of
           their
           Country
           makes
           it
           so
           much
           the
           more
           practicable
           ;
           and
           England
           has
           been
           the
           Ballance
           of
           Europe
           ,
           and
           may
           yet
           ,
           if
           not
           wanting
           to
           it self
           .
           My
           Design
           is
           not
           to
           embroil
           ,
           but
           further
           their
           Majesties
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           things
           may
           work
           together
           for
           the
           Publick
           Good
           ;
           which
           hath
           been
           the
           only
           Scope
           and
           End
           of
           this
           my
           Undertaking
           .
           So
           doubt
           not
           but
           I
           shall
           meet
           with
           a
           favourable
           Construction
           :
           and
           if
           a
           Publick
           and
           National
           Interest
           be
           preferable
           before
           all
           others
           ,
           then
           I
           cannot
           be
           much
           out
           in
           what
           I
           have
           done
           ;
           only
           must
           acknowledg
           to
           have
           handled
           the
           Matter
           but
           weakly
           :
           Yet
           the
           Sincerity
           of
           my
           Intentions
           will
           plead
           for
           me
           ,
           and
           excuse
           the
           many
           Defects
           therein
           ;
           and
           so
           hope
           I
           shall
           not
           only
           
           find
           Protection
           ,
           but
           a
           Reward
           of
           my
           Labours
           ,
           and
           Danger
           I
           undergo
           ,
           for
           the
           Honour
           and
           Safety
           of
           my
           Country
           .
        
         
           
             I
             am
             ,
             My
             Lords
             and
             Gentlemen
             ,
             Your
             Honours
             most
             humble
             ,
             faithful
             ,
             and
             obedient
             Servant
             ,
             ROBERT
             CROSFEILD
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Truth
           brought
           to
           Light
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           IT
           's
           recorded
           in
           Holy
           Writ
           ,
           that
           the
           Children
           of
           Israel
           serv'd
           the
           Lord
           all
           the
           Days
           of
           Joshua
           ,
           and
           of
           those
           Elders
           that
           surviv'd
           him
           ,
           having
           a
           thankful
           Remembrance
           of
           his
           Mercy
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           in
           giving
           them
           Victory
           ,
           and
           delivering
           them
           from
           the
           Hands
           of
           their
           Enemies
           .
           And
           we
           the
           People
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           have
           received
           as
           eminent
           and
           great
           Mercies
           from
           the
           Hand
           of
           God
           as
           ever
           did
           the
           Jews
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           are
           hardly
           to
           be
           parallel'd
           in
           any
           Age
           ;
           for
           we
           were
           brought
           to
           the
           very
           brink
           of
           Ruine
           ,
           and
           even
           ready
           to
           be
           devour'd
           by
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           had
           no
           Prospect
           or
           Hope
           of
           Deliverance
           .
           Then
           did
           God
           raise
           up
           a
           Prince
           (
           unthought
           or
           unforeseen
           by
           us
           )
           to
           rescue
           and
           deliver
           us
           ;
           and
           gave
           our
           Enemies
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Fear
           and
           Trembling
           ,
           and
           they
           fled
           when
           no
           Man
           pursu'd
           .
           These
           things
           have
           we
           seen
           with
           our
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Astonishment
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           were
           deliver'd
           without
           Blood-shed
           .
           But
           we
           are
           an
           unthankful
           Nation
           and
           People
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           's
           no
           wonder
           that
           the
           Hand
           of
           God
           hath
           lain
           heavy
           upon
           us
           ,
           in
           afflicting
           us
           with
           a
           long
           and
           tedious
           War
           :
           Therefore
           let
           us
           repent
           then
           ,
           and
           not
           till
           then
           may
           we
           expect
           a
           Blessing
           and
           a
           perfect
           Deliverance
           ;
           for
           whatever
           some
           Persons
           may
           think
           ,
           there
           yet
           hangs
           a
           dark
           Cloud
           over
           our
           Heads
           :
           Do
           we
           not
           see
           plotting
           against
           the
           Government
           ,
           (
           and
           that
           by
           no
           mean
           Persons
           )
           ?
           and
           how
           far
           that
           Poison
           's
           spread
           ,
           we
           know
           not
           ,
           being
           back'd
           by
           a
           Potent
           and
           Great
           Monarch
           :
           And
           not
           only
           
           so
           ,
           but
           it
           will
           appear
           that
           some
           of
           our
           Brethren
           ,
           who
           probably
           in
           some
           Cases
           may
           have
           been
           serviceable
           to
           their
           Majesties
           ,
           do
           (
           making
           the
           most
           modest
           Construction
           of
           their
           Actions
           )
           sacrifice
           the
           Publick
           Interest
           to
           their
           own
           Private
           Lucre.
           This
           ,
           by
           the
           Blessing
           of
           God
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           evidently
           to
           make
           appear
           :
           And
           I
           am
           no
           ways
           unsensible
           of
           the
           Danger
           I
           undergo
           by
           this
           my
           Undertaking
           ;
           and
           that
           I
           run
           a
           greater
           Hazard
           than
           he
           that
           engages
           in
           Battel
           :
           but
           I
           know
           not
           why
           I
           should
           be
           afraid
           ,
           having
           Truth
           and
           Justice
           on
           my
           Side
           :
           And
           in
           former
           Ages
           (
           however
           this
           may
           be
           degenerated
           )
           it
           was
           ever
           accounted
           an
           Honour
           for
           a
           Man
           to
           venture
           his
           Life
           for
           the
           Publick
           Good.
           
        
         
           At
           the
           first
           opening
           of
           the
           last
           Session
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           I
           published
           a
           Book
           entituled
           ,
           
           England's
           
             Glory
             Reviv'd
          
           ;
           which
           I
           dedicated
           to
           their
           Majesties
           ,
           and
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           but
           it
           was
           never
           presented
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           occasion'd
           (
           I
           being
           ill
           )
           by
           the
           Timorousness
           of
           the
           Bookseller
           ,
           who
           was
           oblig'd
           so
           to
           have
           done
           .
           There
           are
           several
           things
           therein
           proposed
           ,
           which
           are
           now
           put
           in
           practice
           ,
           as
           shall
           be
           made
           appear
           in
           the
           ensuing
           Discourse
           :
           And
           that
           the
           not
           rewarding
           Persons
           that
           do
           things
           which
           contribute
           to
           the
           Publick
           Service
           ,
           is
           a
           real
           Injury
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           but
           at
           present
           I
           shall
           wave
           that
           ,
           and
           fall
           upon
           other
           Matters
           .
        
         
           I
           had
           observ'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Collecting
           the
           Land
           Taxes
           ,
           was
           a
           great
           Charge
           to
           the
           Crown
           ;
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           which
           I
           conceiv'd
           might
           be
           sav'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Receiver-Generals
           wholly
           laid
           aside
           ;
           so
           all
           that
           Poundage
           they
           were
           allow'd
           ,
           might
           accrue
           to
           the
           Government
           .
           Upon
           which
           having
           made
           a
           Proposal
           ,
           presented
           it
           to
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Treasury
           ,
           in
           the
           Month
           of
           December
           last
           :
           And
           at
           the
           same
           time
           I
           deliver'd
           it
           ,
           did
           acquaint
           
           their
           Lordships
           by
           Letter
           ,
           that
           I
           did
           then
           wait
           their
           Commands
           ,
           and
           desired
           to
           be
           heard
           :
           But
           they
           took
           no
           notice
           thereof
           ,
           which
           I
           attributed
           to
           their
           multiplicity
           of
           Business
           ;
           so
           conceiv'd
           my self
           obliged
           to
           give
           farther
           Attendance
           ,
           which
           I
           did
           ,
           and
           humbly
           desir'd
           I
           might
           be
           heard
           upon
           those
           Proposals
           :
           This
           I
           did
           for
           many
           Days
           ,
           and
           prest
           (
           as
           much
           as
           in
           Modesty
           was
           fit
           to
           do
           )
           that
           I
           might
           be
           heard
           ,
           but
           all
           to
           no
           purpose
           ;
           for
           I
           found
           it
           was
           not
           grateful
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           were
           no
           ways
           inclin'd
           to
           hear
           me
           :
           Then
           conceiv'd
           I
           had
           no
           other
           way
           ,
           but
           to
           petition
           his
           Majesty
           in
           Council
           ;
           which
           I
           accordingly
           did
           ,
           and
           delivered
           it
           to
           Mr.
           Bridgman
           in
           Secretary
           
           Trenchard's
           Office
           ,
           (
           with
           the
           Proposal
           annexed
           )
           that
           so
           my
           Proposal
           might
           be
           read
           ,
           and
           referred
           to
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Treasury
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           Prayer
           of
           my
           Petition
           :
           and
           when
           Council-Day
           came
           ,
           I
           was
           with
           him
           again
           ,
           and
           he
           told
           me
           it
           was
           transferred
           to
           the
           Council-Office
           ,
           where
           I
           found
           it
           ;
           and
           the
           Gentleman
           to
           whom
           I
           apply'd
           my self
           ,
           promis'd
           me
           it
           should
           be
           carried
           to
           the
           Council-Chamber
           .
           And
           when
           the
           Council
           was
           actually
           sitting
           ,
           I
           went
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           he
           inform'd
           me
           ,
           my
           Petition
           and
           Proposal
           were
           before
           the
           Council
           .
           And
           being
           afterwards
           to
           examine
           ,
           whether
           I
           had
           a
           Reference
           granted
           ,
           found
           my
           Petition
           had
           not
           been
           read
           :
           Upon
           which
           I
           asked
           the
           foresaid
           Person
           ,
           what
           was
           the
           meaning
           that
           a
           Matter
           of
           so
           great
           Moment
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           should
           be
           so
           little
           taken
           notice
           of
           ?
           His
           Answer
           was
           ,
           he
           knew
           not
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           he
           had
           faithfully
           carried
           it
           to
           the
           Council
           ,
           (
           it
           being
           all
           was
           requir'd
           of
           him
           )
           and
           that
           he
           should
           not
           fail
           to
           do
           the
           same
           next
           Council-Day
           .
           After
           this
           manner
           was
           I
           serv'd
           several
           Council-Days
           ,
           and
           never
           could
           obtain
           my
           Petition
           to
           be
           read
           ,
           and
           found
           all
           I
           did
           was
           but
           Labour
           in
           vain
           ;
           and
           conceiv'd
           I
           had
           just
           reason
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           some
           Persons
           endeavour'd
           to
           stifle
           
           it
           .
           Upon
           which
           I
           addrest
           my self
           to
           the
           Earl
           of
           —
           ,
           a
           Privy-Counsellor
           ,
           to
           whom
           I
           presented
           a
           Copy
           of
           my
           Proposal
           ,
           and
           sometime
           after
           was
           to
           wait
           on
           him
           ;
           and
           his
           Lordship's
           Answer
           was
           ,
           The
           thing
           he
           lik'd
           well
           ,
           there
           could
           nothing
           be
           objected
           against
           it
           ,
           but
           said
           ,
           he
           durst
           not
           meddle
           in
           it
           ,
           it
           would
           create
           him
           so
           many
           Enemies
           :
           But
           notwithstanding
           all
           this
           ,
           I
           was
           resolv'd
           further
           to
           prosecute
           the
           Matter
           ;
           and
           being
           acquainted
           with
           the
           Duke
           of
           —
           his
           Chaplain
           ,
           by
           his
           means
           presented
           his
           Grace
           with
           a
           Copy
           of
           it
           :
           Whose
           Answer
           to
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           were
           he
           a
           Privy-Counsellor
           ,
           he
           would
           prosecute
           the
           Matter
           ,
           but
           as
           he
           was
           not
           ,
           he
           durst
           not
           meddle
           with
           it
           ,
           it
           would
           create
           him
           so
           many
           Enemies
           .
        
         
           From
           all
           which
           I
           may
           conclude
           and
           say
           ,
           it
           's
           too
           evident
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           Corrupt
           Party
           at
           Court
           (
           which
           yet
           shall
           be
           more
           fully
           made
           out
           )
           that
           carry
           on
           a
           separate
           Interest
           from
           that
           of
           their
           Majesties
           and
           the
           Publick
           ;
           and
           are
           grown
           to
           that
           height
           ,
           that
           Persons
           of
           great
           Honour
           ,
           and
           known
           Loyalty
           ,
           dare
           not
           encounter
           ,
           as
           knowing
           they
           will
           not
           leave
           them
           till
           they
           have
           thrown
           them
           out
           of
           all
           Employments
           ,
           and
           so
           for
           the
           future
           incapacitate
           them
           to
           serve
           their
           Majesties
           .
           And
           however
           I
           may
           be
           censur'd
           by
           some
           for
           what
           I
           do
           ,
           yet
           I
           have
           the
           Satisfaction
           in
           my
           own
           Breast
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           done
           nothing
           but
           what
           my
           Duty
           obliges
           me
           to
           ;
           and
           doubt
           not
           but
           I
           shall
           have
           the
           Concurrence
           of
           all
           true
           Englishmen
           .
           The
           Proposal
           is
           as
           follows
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           Proposal
           humbly
           offer'd
           for
           laying
           aside
           all
           the
           Receiver-Generals
           .
        
         
           IT
           's
           undeniably
           their
           Majesties
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           's
           Interest
           (
           which
           are
           inseparable
           )
           that
           what
           Money
           is
           given
           for
           Publick
           Uses
           ,
           should
           be
           apply'd
           to
           that
           End
           ;
           and
           to
           have
           all
           unnecessary
           Officers
           laid
           aside
           ;
           and
           none
           are
           so
           useless
           as
           the
           Receiver-Generals
           ,
           there
           being
           no
           manner
           of
           occasion
           for
           them
           :
           for
           the
           Collector
           of
           the
           Excise
           in
           each
           County
           is
           every
           way
           capable
           of
           acting
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           and
           with
           greater
           Ease
           to
           the
           County
           ;
           and
           more
           Satisfaction
           it
           would
           be
           to
           the
           Subject
           to
           see
           the
           Money
           imploy'd
           to
           Publick
           Uses
           ,
           to
           which
           it
           was
           primarily
           intended
           :
           And
           I
           shall
           be
           as
           brief
           in
           the
           Matter
           as
           possibly
           I
           can
           ,
           and
           so
           shall
           bring
           but
           one
           Instance
           ,
           which
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           will
           fully
           demonstrate
           what
           I
           assert
           ;
           Viz.
           
        
         
           The
           Receiver-General
           for
           the
           County
           of
           Hertford
           goes
           to
           four
           Places
           (
           as
           Hertford
           ,
           &c.
           )
           and
           no
           more
           ;
           and
           by
           his
           Circular-Letters
           to
           the
           High-Constables
           of
           the
           several
           Hundreds
           ,
           the
           Collectors
           of
           the
           Tax
           meet
           him
           at
           the
           Day
           prefix'd
           ,
           and
           pay
           in
           the
           Money
           :
           which
           creates
           much
           Trouble
           to
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           who
           bring
           it
           a
           great
           Way
           (
           although
           it
           be
           a
           small
           County
           )
           which
           they
           need
           not
           undergo
           ;
           which
           I
           shall
           evidently
           make
           appear
           :
           for
           the
           Collector
           of
           the
           Excise
           for
           the
           said
           County
           is
           oblig'd
           to
           go
           to
           all
           Market-towns
           through
           the
           whole
           Shire
           ,
           and
           there
           are
           eighteen
           in
           the
           County
           :
           and
           it
           may
           with
           much
           Facility
           and
           Ease
           be
           so
           order'd
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           same
           time
           he
           may
           receive
           the
           Quarterly-payment
           for
           the
           Land-tax
           ,
           according
           to
           
           the
           Districts
           of
           the
           said
           Towns
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           now
           settled
           in
           the
           Excise
           :
           But
           if
           it
           be
           found
           that
           Method
           will
           not
           do
           ,
           they
           can
           then
           but
           take
           the
           same
           Measures
           the
           Receiver-Generals
           now
           do
           ,
           which
           they
           will
           be
           both
           willing
           and
           able
           to
           perform
           .
           There
           can
           no
           Objection
           be
           made
           against
           this
           being
           put
           into
           practice
           ,
           other
           than
           that
           it
           's
           a
           great
           Trust
           ;
           and
           the
           Collectors
           have
           not
           given
           sufficient
           Security
           for
           the
           same
           :
           but
           it
           's
           probable
           they
           are
           capable
           of
           so
           doing
           ;
           if
           not
           ,
           there
           's
           never
           a
           Receiver-General
           but
           what
           will
           willingly
           embrace
           the
           Opportunity
           of
           having
           the
           Imploy
           ,
           and
           give
           good
           Security
           ,
           if
           his
           Majesty
           shall
           be
           pleas'd
           to
           augment
           the
           Salary
           fifty
           Pounds
           a
           Year
           during
           the
           War
           ;
           and
           when
           all
           's
           done
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           found
           his
           Majesty
           will
           be
           a
           Saver
           above
           Forty
           thousand
           Pounds
           
             per
             Annum
          
           .
           The
           Receiver-General
           for
           the
           County
           of
           Hertford
           received
           in
           the
           Year
           1692
           ,
           Sixty
           odd
           Pounds
           for
           Travelling
           ,
           and
           other
           contingent
           Charges
           :
           which
           Money
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           would
           fully
           satisfy
           the
           Collector
           of
           the
           Excise
           ,
           were
           it
           given
           him
           ,
           over
           and
           above
           the
           travelling
           Charge
           he
           's
           usually
           allow'd
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           calculated
           what
           the
           Poundage
           doth
           amount
           to
           that
           the
           Receiver-Generals
           are
           allow'd
           ;
           (
           which
           any
           Man
           may
           easily
           do
           ,
           supposing
           the
           Land-tax
           and
           Poll-bill
           to
           be
           Three
           Millions
           of
           Money
           ,
           as
           I
           cannot
           conjecture
           it
           to
           be
           less
           )
           and
           it
           will
           be
           found
           to
           be
           Thirty
           seven
           thousand
           five
           hundred
           Pounds
           .
           And
           I
           did
           design
           to
           have
           offer'd
           some
           thing
           more
           ,
           which
           was
           this
           :
           It
           has
           always
           been
           the
           Custom
           to
           allow
           the
           Collectors
           of
           the
           Tax
           three
           Pence
           in
           the
           Pound
           for
           Collecting
           ;
           and
           with
           Submission
           ,
           I
           conceive
           if
           they
           were
           allow'd
           but
           two
           Pence
           in
           the
           Pound
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           a
           full
           Compensation
           for
           the
           Trouble
           they
           undergo
           .
           It
           's
           no
           Argument
           to
           say
           ,
           three
           Pence
           has
           always
           
           been
           allow'd
           :
           the
           Kingdom
           's
           in
           danger
           ;
           and
           the
           Money
           was
           given
           to
           publick
           Uses
           ;
           and
           as
           they
           receive
           no
           Detriment
           by
           what
           they
           do
           ,
           it
           's
           but
           reasonable
           they
           should
           put
           forth
           their
           Helping-hand
           ,
           and
           I
           think
           no
           good
           English-Man
           would
           grumble
           at
           it
           .
           And
           by
           the
           same
           Rule
           ,
           this
           Penny
           a
           Pound
           will
           be
           found
           to
           amount
           to
           Twelve
           thousand
           five
           hundred
           Pounds
           .
           So
           that
           if
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Treasury
           had
           been
           pleas'd
           to
           have
           given
           me
           a
           Hearing
           ,
           their
           Majesties
           had
           sav'd
           Fifty
           thousand
           Pounds
           this
           Year
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Money
           that
           the
           Receiver-Generals
           are
           allow'd
           for
           Travelling
           and
           other
           contingent
           Charges
           ,
           would
           fully
           satisfy
           the
           Collectors
           of
           the
           Excise
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           seen
           by
           the
           Accompts
           in
           the
           Exchequer
           .
           But
           supposing
           it
           had
           not
           been
           in
           their
           Lordships
           Power
           to
           have
           made
           the
           Collectors
           of
           the
           Excise
           Receiver-Generals
           ;
           yet
           with
           Submission
           ,
           it
           was
           their
           Duty
           to
           have
           propos'd
           it
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           (
           who
           would
           readily
           have
           received
           it
           )
           that
           an
           Act
           might
           have
           past
           .
        
         
           And
           one
           thing
           I
           observe
           to
           be
           of
           most
           dangerous
           Consequence
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           (
           considering
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           Quarrel
           we
           are
           engaged
           in
           )
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Selling
           of
           Imployments
           .
           It
           's
           too
           well
           known
           it
           has
           always
           been
           practised
           ;
           so
           it
           can
           be
           no
           Scandal
           to
           relate
           it
           :
           but
           there
           are
           many
           Evils
           attend
           it
           ;
           we
           have
           no
           Shibboleth
           whereby
           to
           distinguish
           Men
           ,
           whether
           Friends
           or
           Foes
           :
           and
           there
           being
           now
           a
           Competitor
           for
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           a
           dangerous
           Faction
           among
           us
           ,
           no
           question
           but
           it
           's
           an
           Inlet
           to
           our
           Adversaries
           to
           all
           sorts
           of
           Imployments
           ;
           and
           by
           this
           Means
           I
           conceive
           it
           may
           not
           be
           difficult
           for
           them
           to
           get
           into
           the
           Admiralty
           ,
           or
           Navy-Office
           ,
           Custom-House
           ,
           &c.
           and
           so
           may
           be
           capable
           of
           doing
           much
           Mischief
           ,
           as
           thus
           :
           Suppose
           we
           look
           back
           to
           the
           Time
           the
           Turky-Fleet
           went
           out
           ,
           when
           we
           received
           that
           Loss
           by
           the
           French
           in
           the
           
           Straits
           :
           and
           when
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Admiralty
           issue
           out
           Orders
           for
           the
           Fleet
           to
           sail
           such
           a
           time
           ,
           it
           's
           not
           difficult
           for
           any
           corrupt
           Person
           planted
           in
           that
           Office
           ,
           to
           get
           a
           Sight
           of
           it
           ,
           (
           or
           it
           's
           not
           improbable
           but
           it
           may
           pass
           through
           his
           Hands
           )
           :
           upon
           which
           he
           gives
           his
           Correspondents
           at
           
             Plimouth
             ,
             Falmouth
          
           ,
           &c.
           notice
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           any
           of
           them
           may
           easily
           corrupt
           a
           poor
           Fisher-man
           ,
           who
           sails
           any
           where
           without
           suspition
           :
           So
           our
           Enemies
           from
           time
           to
           time
           soon
           have
           Intelligence
           of
           all
           our
           Proceedings
           ;
           and
           no
           doubt
           we
           owe
           our
           Losses
           at
           that
           time
           to
           such
           like
           Practices
           as
           these
           .
           And
           therefore
           with
           Submission
           ,
           I
           conceive
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           great
           Inspection
           made
           into
           all
           that
           are
           in
           Publick
           Imploys
           ,
           and
           to
           throw
           out
           such
           as
           are
           found
           to
           be
           disaffected
           :
           but
           then
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           Persons
           of
           great
           Integrity
           that
           are
           entrusted
           in
           such
           an
           Affair
           ,
           otherwise
           it
           may
           be
           made
           use
           of
           only
           as
           an
           Artifice
           to
           get
           Money
           ;
           and
           many
           an
           honest
           Man
           turn'd
           out
           that
           hath
           it
           not
           ,
           or
           is
           not
           willing
           to
           part
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           now
           proceed
           to
           give
           some
           Relation
           of
           a
           Matter
           which
           has
           been
           offer'd
           to
           the
           Government
           by
           one
           Mr.
           
             George
             Everett
          
           ,
           (
           which
           he
           published
           the
           last
           Session
           of
           Parliament
           )
           ;
           wherein
           he
           proposes
           to
           save
           their
           Majesties
           an
           Hundred
           thousand
           Pounds
           a
           Year
           ,
           in
           the
           Building
           and
           Repairing
           the
           Royal-Navy
           :
           and
           it
           hath
           been
           before
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Admiralty
           (
           who
           are
           the
           proper
           Judges
           of
           it
           )
           a
           Year
           and
           a
           half
           ;
           yet
           all
           this
           while
           they
           cannot
           (
           or
           will
           not
           )
           apprehend
           it
           ,
           there
           being
           nothing
           effectually
           done
           in
           it
           ;
           nay
           ,
           the
           Author
           has
           been
           brow-beaten
           by
           those
           whose
           Duty
           it
           was
           to
           have
           encouraged
           him
           .
           It
           's
           certainly
           a
           most
           ingenuous
           Thing
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           confuted
           ;
           and
           were
           it
           put
           in
           practice
           ,
           would
           fully
           answer
           what
           he
           hath
           propos'd
           .
           What
           is
           writ
           ,
           is
           not
           
           to
           cast
           Aspersions
           on
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Admiralty
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Nation
           may
           have
           Justice
           done
           :
           For
           there
           's
           no
           Man
           that
           reads
           that
           Book
           ,
           (
           unless
           biass'd
           by
           Prejudice
           or
           Interest
           )
           but
           what
           will
           be
           of
           the
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           the
           Obstruction
           of
           that
           Matter
           hath
           been
           greatly
           to
           the
           Detriment
           of
           their
           Majesties
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           It
           has
           been
           long
           since
           highly
           approv'd
           on
           by
           many
           Persons
           of
           Honour
           and
           Quality
           :
           the
           Names
           of
           some
           of
           which
           take
           as
           follows
           ;
        
         
           
             His
             Grace
             the
             Duke
             of
          
           Leeds
           
             Lord
             President
             ,
             Admiral
          
           Russel
           ,
           Lord
           Lucas
           ,
           Lord
           Cornwallis
           ,
           Sir
           John
           Lowther
           of
           Lowther
           ,
           Sir
           Cloudsly
           Shovel
           ,
           Sir
           Henry
           Goodrick
           ,
           Sir
           Richard
           Onsloe
           ,
           Sir
           Samuel
           Dashwood
           ,
           Sir
           James
           Houblon
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           But
           this
           is
           not
           all
           ,
           for
           there
           are
           several
           other
           Honourable
           and
           Eminent
           Persons
           (
           that
           they
           might
           further
           so
           good
           a
           Work
           )
           have
           been
           pleas'd
           to
           subscribe
           their
           Names
           to
           several
           Certificates
           ;
           and
           which
           are
           as
           followeth
           :
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   We
                   the
                   Lord-Mayor
                   and
                   Aldermen
                   of
                   the
                   City
                   of
                   London
                   ,
                   whose
                   Names
                   are
                   here-under
                   subscrib'd
                   ,
                   do
                   approve
                   ,
                   and
                   conceive
                   that
                   the
                   Methods
                   in
                   this
                   Book
                   for
                   the
                   more
                   speedy
                   and
                   effectual
                   Building
                   and
                   Repairing
                   their
                   Majesties
                   Royal
                   Navy
                   ,
                   will
                   be
                   very
                   advantagious
                   to
                   their
                   Majesties
                   and
                   the
                   Government
                   ,
                   (
                   if
                   the
                   same
                   be
                   put
                   in
                   practice
                   )
                   :
                   And
                   we
                   do
                   recommend
                   Mr.
                   
                     George
                     Everett
                  
                   (
                   the
                   Proposer
                   hereof
                   )
                   as
                   a
                   fit
                   Person
                   to
                   be
                   aiding
                   and
                   assisting
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     William
                     Ashhurst
                     Mayor
                     ,
                     John
                     Moor
                     ,
                     Robert
                     Jefferies
                     ,
                     Thomas
                     Lane
                     ,
                     Edward
                     Clark
                     ,
                     Humphrey
                     Edwin
                     ,
                     Richard
                     Levet
                     ,
                     Thomas
                     Abney
                     ,
                     William
                     Hedges
                     ,
                     William
                     Pritchard
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                 
                   We
                   whose
                   Names
                   are
                   here-under
                   subscrib'd
                   ,
                   do
                   approve
                   and
                   conceive
                   the
                   Methods
                   in
                   this
                   Book
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     R.
                     Delaval
                     ,
                     Berkley
                     ,
                     Danby
                     ,
                     Thomas
                     Vernon
                     ,
                     William
                     Williams
                     ,
                     William
                     Warren
                     ,
                     William
                     Sconing
                     ,
                     Robert
                     Davis
                     ,
                     Joseph
                     Ashton
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   We
                   the
                   Master
                   and
                   Assistants
                   of
                   the
                   Company
                   of
                   
                     Free
                     Shipwrights
                  
                   ,
                   whose
                   Names
                   are
                   here-under
                   subscrib'd
                   ,
                   do
                   approve
                   and
                   conceive
                   the
                   Methods
                   in
                   this
                   Book
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Robert
                     Parsons
                     ,
                     Charles
                     Pain
                     ,
                     James
                     Cutler
                     ,
                     Richard
                     Lucas
                     ,
                     Jacob
                     Crispin
                     ,
                     Richard
                     Wooden
                     ,
                     John
                     Plummer
                     ,
                     Richard
                     Russel
                     ,
                     Robert
                     Barnwell
                     ,
                     James
                     Haydon
                     ,
                     Henry
                     Farrant
                     ,
                     John
                     Finch
                     ,
                     John
                     Crow
                     ,
                     Francis
                     Preston
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Now
           all
           these
           things
           being
           summ'd
           up
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           here
           related
           ,
           there
           's
           no
           considerate
           Man
           can
           blame
           me
           ,
           if
           I
           appear
           in
           some
           Heat
           :
           Has
           not
           the
           Kingdom
           stood
           up
           and
           vindicated
           it self
           ;
           and
           by
           God's
           Blessing
           preserv'd
           its
           Religion
           and
           Property
           ?
           And
           are
           they
           now
           less
           valuable
           than
           they
           were
           six
           Years
           ago
           ?
           No
           sure
           ,
           they
           are
           as
           much
           to
           be
           prized
           as
           ever
           :
           But
           Men
           are
           too
           apt
           to
           prefer
           their
           own
           Interest
           before
           the
           Publick
           ;
           and
           Corruptions
           naturally
           grow
           ,
           and
           no
           Place
           is
           so
           liable
           as
           the
           Courts
           of
           Princes
           ,
           or
           of
           so
           dangerous
           consequence
           .
           And
           as
           it
           's
           our
           Case
           at
           this
           day
           ;
           yet
           it
           can
           be
           no
           Reflection
           on
           his
           Majesty's
           Prudence
           ,
           (
           who
           hath
           sufficiently
           manifested
           to
           the
           World
           the
           great
           Care
           he
           hath
           of
           our
           Welfare
           ,
           by
           the
           many
           Dangers
           he
           hath
           undergone
           for
           our
           Sakes
           ;
           )
           for
           all
           he
           can
           do
           is
           but
           to
           make
           choice
           of
           such
           Persons
           as
           are
           well
           
           qualified
           for
           Business
           :
           And
           if
           they
           shall
           afterwards
           (
           forgetting
           their
           Duty
           and
           Obligations
           they
           lie
           under
           )
           prefer
           their
           own
           Interest
           before
           the
           Publick
           Good
           ,
           it
           's
           not
           in
           his
           Majesty's
           Power
           to
           discover
           it
           .
        
         
           O
           the
           Mischief
           and
           Evils
           that
           attend
           Covetousness
           !
           By
           it
           many
           Families
           ,
           nay
           Kingdoms
           ,
           have
           been
           ruin'd
           ;
           and
           therefore
           well
           might
           St.
           Paul
           call
           it
           the
           Root
           of
           all
           Evil
           :
           And
           David
           renders
           such
           Persons
           no
           better
           than
           Cannibals
           ;
           
             They
             eat
             up
             my
             People
             as
             they
             eat
             Bread.
          
           And
           he
           that
           's
           not
           wilfully
           blind
           ,
           may
           see
           the
           Kingdom
           (
           and
           indeed
           almost
           all
           Europe
           )
           in
           a
           Languishing
           Condition
           :
           and
           have
           Men
           no
           bowels
           of
           Compassion
           or
           Regard
           to
           the
           Honour
           and
           Safety
           of
           their
           Country
           ?
           Certainly
           a
           covetous
           Person
           (
           whom
           God
           abhors
           )
           can
           be
           a
           Friend
           to
           none
           :
           for
           he
           will
           sacrifice
           all
           to
           his
           own
           Lust
           ;
           and
           you
           may
           as
           well
           think
           to
           wash
           a
           Blackamore
           white
           ,
           as
           ever
           to
           reclaim
           such
           Men
           ;
           for
           they
           are
           as
           insatiable
           as
           Death
           or
           the
           Grave
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           conceive
           no
           Man
           will
           so
           much
           as
           doubt
           ,
           but
           that
           those
           very
           Persons
           that
           have
           thus
           obstructed
           their
           Majesties
           and
           the
           Publick
           Interest
           ,
           have
           not
           been
           (
           nor
           never
           will
           be
           )
           wanting
           to
           use
           all
           Artifices
           whereby
           to
           prolong
           the
           War
           
             (
             Salamander
          
           like
           )
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           make
           a
           plentiful
           Harvest
           ,
           while
           the
           Nation
           is
           spending
           its
           Blood
           and
           Treasure
           .
           This
           can
           be
           no
           unjust
           Censure
           ,
           but
           an
           Inference
           naturally
           following
           such
           Actions
           .
           And
           without
           all
           question
           ,
           such
           Men
           are
           much
           more
           dangerous
           than
           an
           open
           Foe
           :
           and
           if
           the
           War
           continue
           ,
           and
           these
           things
           are
           not
           inspected
           into
           and
           redress'd
           ,
           we
           are
           like
           to
           be
           an
           unhappy
           People
           .
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           was
           happy
           ,
           being
           all
           her
           Time
           serv'd
           with
           much
           Faithfulness
           ;
           and
           carried
           on
           great
           Wars
           ,
           and
           was
           generally
           successful
           in
           her
           Undertakings
           :
           And
           Secretary
           Walsingham
           
           has
           left
           such
           an
           Example
           behind
           him
           ,
           which
           I
           judg
           there
           's
           few
           will
           take
           as
           a
           Precedent
           for
           them
           to
           walk
           by
           .
           However
           ,
           this
           Nation
           is
           not
           so
           far
           corrupted
           and
           degenerated
           ,
           but
           that
           there
           may
           be
           found
           Persons
           of
           Honour
           and
           Worth
           capable
           of
           serving
           their
           Majesties
           in
           the
           highest
           Station
           ,
           and
           who
           will
           discharge
           their
           Duty
           with
           Faithfulness
           and
           Loyalty
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           now
           proceed
           to
           give
           some
           account
           of
           those
           things
           I
           propos'd
           in
           the
           Book
           I
           published
           the
           last
           Session
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           but
           shall
           only
           refer
           to
           such
           of
           them
           as
           are
           now
           put
           in
           practice
           :
           I
           had
           observ'd
           what
           little
           use
           we
           had
           made
           of
           our
           Shipping
           ,
           tho
           being
           so
           much
           superiour
           to
           the
           Enemy
           in
           our
           Strength
           at
           Sea
           ,
           especially
           the
           two
           preceding
           Years
           ;
           one
           of
           which
           we
           could
           not
           find
           them
           out
           ,
           the
           other
           they
           had
           gotten
           up
           into
           the
           Straits
           ,
           when
           and
           where
           they
           destroy'd
           so
           much
           of
           our
           Shipping
           :
           and
           yet
           both
           we
           lay
           idle
           (
           as
           I
           may
           say
           )
           upon
           the
           Coast
           ,
           and
           made
           no
           Attempt
           upon
           their
           Maritime
           Towns
           ;
           but
           suffer'd
           them
           to
           draw
           their
           whole
           Strength
           into
           Flanders
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           Dishonour
           of
           the
           Nation
           :
           Which
           I
           conceiv'd
           to
           be
           no
           ways
           parallel
           to
           the
           Actions
           of
           our
           Fore-fathers
           ;
           the
           Apprehension
           of
           which
           ,
           made
           me
           presume
           to
           write
           that
           bold
           Dedication
           I
           did
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           where
           you
           may
           see
           these
           following
           Words
           :
        
         
           
             It
             astonishes
             me
             ,
             when
             I
             consider
             that
             two
             Nations
             ,
             who
             are
             so
             potent
             at
             Sea
             as
             We
             and
             the
             Dutch
             are
             ,
             should
             not
             make
             a
             more
             advantageous
             use
             of
             that
             Strength
             which
             God
             hath
             given
             us
             :
             The
             being
             strongest
             at
             Sea
             ,
             was
             ever
             an
             unspeakable
             Advantage
             ;
             which
             is
             apparent
             to
             the
             whole
             World
             that
             we
             are
             ,
             notwithstanding
             those
             Losses
             we
             have
             had
             .
          
           
           
             And
             we
             may
             plainly
             see
             that
             the
             Providence
             of
             God
             generally
             works
             and
             brings
             Things
             to
             pass
             by
             Natural
             Causes
             and
             Effects
             ,
             as
             may
             evidently
             be
             seen
             by
             the
             late
             Revolution
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             :
             for
             it
             was
             by
             the
             Evil
             Administration
             of
             Government
             ,
             under
             various
             Circumstances
             of
             Affairs
             ,
             that
             contributed
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             which
             gave
             just
             Ground
             and
             Occasion
             for
             it
             ;
             and
             was
             that
             which
             turn'd
             the
             Hearts
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             thereby
             begat
             a
             Union
             of
             Parties
             ,
             and
             was
             the
             great
             outward
             Cause
             of
             our
             present
             Settlement
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             in
             vain
             will
             it
             be
             for
             us
             to
             cry
             unto
             God
             for
             Help
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             a
             Blessing
             to
             our
             Endeavours
             ,
             when
             we
             take
             not
             apt
             and
             proper
             Measures
             .
          
        
         
           And
           this
           Year
           we
           have
           seen
           quite
           different
           Measures
           taken
           ,
           from
           what
           hath
           been
           the
           whole
           Course
           of
           this
           War
           ,
           greatly
           to
           the
           Honour
           and
           Interest
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           :
           And
           the
           going
           of
           Admiral
           Russel
           into
           the
           Straits
           ,
           is
           certainly
           much
           to
           the
           Glory
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           ecchoes
           into
           all
           Parts
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           has
           not
           only
           sav'd
           an
           Ally
           from
           Ruin
           ,
           but
           hath
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           clap'd
           a
           Hook
           in
           the
           Nose
           of
           our
           great
           Adversary
           ,
           which
           makes
           him
           plunge
           like
           the
           Great
           Leviathan
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Blow
           be
           follow'd
           ,
           it
           will
           humble
           him
           ,
           and
           make
           him
           know
           he
           's
           but
           Man
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           his
           Flatterers
           are
           but
           so
           many
           false
           Prophets
           .
           And
           whoever
           will
           but
           consider
           the
           strange
           Alteration
           there
           hath
           been
           in
           the
           Publick
           Affairs
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           Prosecution
           of
           the
           War
           against
           France
           ,
           and
           read
           but
           the
           last
           recited
           Dedication
           ,
           will
           be
           apt
           to
           conclude
           ,
           I
           was
           instrumental
           in
           it
           ;
           not
           that
           I
           am
           so
           vain
           as
           to
           think
           ,
           it
           has
           been
           done
           upon
           the
           Account
           of
           my
           writing
           ,
           but
           am
           of
           the
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           many
           worthy
           Ministers
           of
           State
           ,
           who
           had
           long
           endeavoured
           
           to
           have
           had
           such
           Measures
           taken
           ,
           but
           were
           not
           able
           to
           prevail
           .
           But
           Matters
           being
           laid
           open
           to
           the
           view
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           it
           may
           no
           doubt
           ,
           in
           some
           degree
           ,
           have
           furthered
           their
           good
           Intentions
           .
        
         
           I
           presented
           to
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Admiralty
           ,
           Proposals
           for
           laying
           aside
           the
           Press-Ketches
           ,
           and
           for
           taking
           up
           the
           Sailers
           (
           in
           the
           several
           Ports
           )
           by
           the
           Custom-house
           Officers
           ,
           it
           being
           seen
           by
           Experience
           ,
           that
           they
           generally
           fly
           up
           into
           the
           Country
           ,
           or
           otherway
           abscond
           ,
           so
           soon
           as
           the
           Press-Ketches
           arrive
           in
           Port
           ;
           which
           puts
           their
           Majesties
           to
           a
           great
           and
           unnecessary
           Charge
           :
           And
           there
           are
           many
           judicious
           Persons
           (
           who
           well
           understand
           these
           Affairs
           )
           have
           thought
           this
           might
           be
           put
           in
           practice
           in
           most
           of
           the
           out-Ports
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           thereby
           prevent
           that
           great
           Obstruction
           to
           Trade
           ,
           which
           is
           occasion'd
           by
           a
           continual
           Press
           .
           And
           upon
           the
           Result
           of
           the
           Matter
           ,
           their
           Lordships
           Answer
           to
           me
           was
           ,
           That
           the
           Fleet
           was
           out
           ,
           and
           they
           could
           not
           then
           put
           my
           Proposition
           in
           execution
           ;
           so
           I
           took
           it
           for
           granted
           ,
           they
           did
           approve
           of
           what
           I
           had
           done
           ,
           (
           having
           answer'd
           all
           Objections
           )
           ;
           but
           their
           Lordships
           have
           not
           since
           thought
           fit
           to
           put
           it
           in
           practice
           :
           Therefore
           I
           could
           heartily
           wish
           the
           Matter
           were
           inspected
           into
           as
           to
           the
           Validity
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           those
           who
           have
           a
           Power
           so
           to
           do
           .
           My
           Zeal
           for
           the
           Publick
           ,
           has
           made
           me
           transgress
           and
           break
           Promise
           ,
           in
           giving
           a
           Relation
           of
           this
           Matter
           that
           is
           not
           put
           in
           practice
           ;
           but
           the
           Importance
           of
           it
           being
           consider'd
           ,
           I
           conceive
           I
           cannot
           be
           blam'd
           for
           so
           doing
           .
           And
           observing
           what
           an
           Injury
           the
           Nation
           receiv'd
           from
           the
           great
           Imbargoes
           that
           were
           every
           Year
           laid
           upon
           Shipping
           ,
           I
           did
           (
           at
           the
           same
           time
           I
           made
           the
           Proposals
           )
           what
           in
           me
           lay
           to
           remove
           so
           great
           an
           Evil
           ,
           and
           therein
           prov'd
           to
           be
           successful
           ;
           
           and
           so
           shall
           give
           some
           Account
           of
           the
           Matter
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           offer'd
           to
           their
           Lordships
           ,
           in
           a
           Copy
           of
           a
           Letter
           to
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Admiralty
           ,
           which
           you
           may
           see
           just
           after
           the
           Preface
           to
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           delivery
           of
           this
           Letter
           ,
           I
           was
           call'd
           in
           before
           their
           Lordships
           :
           where
           it
           was
           read
           ;
           and
           they
           told
           me
           it
           was
           an
           easy
           matter
           to
           say
           a
           Thing
           ,
           and
           ask'd
           me
           if
           I
           could
           give
           Reasons
           to
           prove
           what
           I
           did
           assert
           ?
           So
           they
           put
           me
           upon
           answering
           this
           ,
           If
           any
           Hardship
           must
           lie
           upon
           Shipping
           ,
           it
           should
           rather
           be
           thrown
           upon
           the
           Coasting
           Trade
           .
           Which
           I
           did
           deliver
           ,
           and
           endeavour'd
           to
           prove
           by
           another
           Letter
           to
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Admiralty
           ,
           immediately
           following
           the
           foregoing
           Letter
           .
        
         
           And
           besides
           these
           Letters
           ,
           I
           further
           fully
           demonstrated
           ,
           (
           as
           appears
           in
           the
           Book
           I
           published
           ,
           to
           which
           I
           refer
           the
           Reader
           )
           that
           there
           was
           no
           manner
           of
           Occasion
           for
           laying
           any
           Imbargo
           ,
           there
           being
           a
           sufficient
           Body
           of
           Sailers
           ,
           to
           answer
           the
           End
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           the
           Necessities
           of
           Trade
           :
           And
           this
           Year
           we
           see
           there
           has
           been
           none
           laid
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           King
           has
           taken
           several
           Thousands
           of
           Sailers
           more
           into
           his
           Service
           ,
           than
           at
           any
           time
           during
           this
           War.
           And
           their
           Lordships
           are
           now
           so
           far
           from
           laying
           an
           Imbargo
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           put
           forth
           strict
           Orders
           ,
           that
           no
           Press-Masters
           presume
           to
           meddle
           with
           any
           Sailers
           on
           board
           Outward-bound
           Shipping
           .
        
         
           By
           all
           which
           I
           have
           here
           related
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           it
           appears
           to
           any
           impartial
           Man
           ,
           that
           the
           Arguments
           I
           us'd
           was
           the
           Cause
           of
           laying
           aside
           the
           Imbargo
           ;
           if
           not
           ,
           why
           was
           it
           not
           done
           before
           ,
           when
           there
           was
           less
           occasion
           for
           an
           Imbargo
           than
           there
           is
           now
           ?
           But
           Solomon
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             A
             poor
             
             Man
             sav'd
             a
             City
             ,
             and
             no
             body
             remembered
             that
             poor
             Man
             :
          
           So
           it
           's
           no
           wonder
           at
           all
           that
           I
           go
           unrewarded
           ,
           in
           an
           Age
           and
           Nation
           where
           Corruption
           so
           much
           abounds
           .
        
         
           I
           likewise
           humbly
           propos'd
           an
           Act
           of
           Tunnage
           ,
           for
           laying
           six
           Pence
           per
           Tun
           upon
           all
           Coasters
           ,
           &c.
           which
           may
           be
           seen
           
             p.
             21
             ,
             &c.
          
           of
           my
           printed
           Book
           :
           And
           seeing
           the
           Act
           now
           in
           force
           extends
           not
           to
           Barges
           ,
           &c.
           
           I
           think
           it
           not
           amiss
           to
           repeat
           what
           I
           then
           propos'd
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           PROPOSALS
           FOR
           AN
           Act
           of
           Tunnage
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   WHEN
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   is
                   engag'd
                   in
                   War
                   ,
                   it
                   's
                   not
                   only
                   requisite
                   ,
                   but
                   equitable
                   ,
                   that
                   all
                   Persons
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   their
                   several
                   Degrees
                   and
                   Qualities
                   ,
                   should
                   contribute
                   to
                   the
                   Emergencies
                   of
                   the
                   State
                   ;
                   all
                   due
                   Regard
                   being
                   first
                   had
                   to
                   Husbandry
                   and
                   Trade
                   :
                   and
                   wherein
                   things
                   do
                   not
                   obstruct
                   or
                   impede
                   either
                   ,
                   it
                   's
                   but
                   reasonable
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   indeed
                   there
                   are
                   many
                   whose
                   Estates
                   and
                   Effects
                   lie
                   in
                   Shipping
                   ,
                   who
                   have
                   no
                   ways
                   yet
                   contributed
                   any
                   thing
                   to
                   the
                   Publick
                   ,
                   during
                   the
                   whole
                   Course
                   of
                   this
                   War
                   ;
                   and
                   who
                   are
                   under
                   good
                   Circumstances
                   ,
                   and
                   capable
                   of
                   paying
                   Taxes
                   proportionable
                   to
                   the
                   rest
                   of
                   the
                   King's
                   Subjects
                   ,
                   and
                   no
                   Injury
                   thereby
                   done
                   to
                   Trade
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   may
                   ,
                   it
                   's
                   true
                   ,
                   plead
                   they
                   are
                   at
                   great
                   Charge
                   to
                   the
                   Light-houses
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   Convoy-Money
                   ;
                   which
                   is
                   no
                   Hardship
                   upon
                   them
                   ,
                   it
                   being
                   brought
                   in
                   upon
                   the
                   Merchants
                   as
                   Average
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   Unless
                   it
                   fall
                   upon
                   Colliers
                   ;
                   and
                   it
                   's
                   well
                   known
                   they
                   get
                   a
                   great
                   deal
                   of
                   Money
                   ,
                   notwithstanding
                   all
                   the
                   Charge
                   they
                   are
                   at
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   great
                   Wages
                   they
                   give
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   it
                   may
                   further
                   be
                   objected
                   by
                   them
                   ,
                   That
                   they
                   are
                   liable
                   to
                   great
                   Dangers
                   ,
                   and
                   many
                   of
                   them
                   taken
                   by
                   the
                   Enemy
                   .
                
                 
                   All
                   which
                   is
                   no
                   more
                   than
                   what
                   the
                   Merchants
                   are
                   expos'd
                   to
                   ;
                   whose
                   Effects
                   are
                   generally
                   of
                   much
                   greater
                   Consequence
                   than
                   their
                   Shipping
                   ,
                   yet
                   are
                   no
                   ways
                   exempted
                   from
                   paying
                   greater
                   Duties
                   ,
                   both
                   Inward
                   and
                   Outward
                   ;
                   notwithstanding
                   any
                   great
                   Losses
                   they
                   have
                   had
                   ,
                   or
                   may
                   hereafter
                   meet
                   withal
                   .
                
                 
                   Therefore
                   ,
                   it
                   seems
                   altogether
                   unreasonable
                   ,
                   that
                   these
                   Persons
                   should
                   be
                   exempted
                   from
                   being
                   Tax'd
                   ,
                   when
                   there
                   may
                   thereby
                   be
                   so
                   much
                   Money
                   rais'd
                   ,
                   as
                   will
                   be
                   of
                   great
                   Importance
                   to
                   the
                   Government
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   that
                   things
                   may
                   be
                   done
                   in
                   all
                   due
                   Moderation
                   ,
                   that
                   no
                   good
                   Subject
                   shall
                   have
                   any
                   just
                   Cause
                   of
                   Complaint
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   one
                   Tax'd
                   more
                   than
                   another
                   ;
                   it
                   would
                   be
                   requisite
                   ,
                   I
                   humbly
                   conceive
                   ,
                   to
                   have
                   an
                   Act
                   of
                   Parliament
                   made
                   to
                   lay
                   it
                   as
                   a
                   Tunnage
                   ,
                   with
                   due
                   r●gard
                   being
                   had
                   to
                   the
                   Burden
                   and
                   Voyage
                   of
                   each
                   Ship
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   make
                   a
                   Distinction
                   between
                   Coasters
                   and
                   Vessels
                   outward
                   bound
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   these
                   ensuing
                   Propositions
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   
                     Proposition
                     I.
                     
                  
                   
                     That
                     all
                     Coasters
                     whatever
                     ,
                     
                       (
                       except
                       Colliers
                    
                     )
                     pay
                     six
                     Pence
                     per
                     Tun
                     to
                     the
                     Collector
                     of
                     each
                     Port
                     where
                     he
                     takes
                     his
                     Lading
                     ,
                     according
                     as
                     the
                     Ship
                     shall
                     measure
                     :
                     but
                     if
                     he
                     shall
                     not
                     have
                     his
                     full
                     Lading
                     ,
                     then
                     a
                     Deduction
                     to
                     be
                     made
                     according
                     to
                     what
                     he
                     wants
                     ;
                     or
                     if
                     he
                     shall
                     afterwards
                     have
                     the
                     Misfortune
                     to
                     fall
                     into
                     the
                     Hands
                     of
                     the
                     Enemies
                     ,
                     then
                     he
                     shall
                     have
                     the
                     liberty
                     to
                     draw
                     back
                     what
                     Tunnage
                     he
                     paid
                     that
                     Voyage
                     ,
                     and
                     be
                     paid
                     upon
                     demand
                     ,
                     or
                     be
                     allow'd
                     it
                     by
                     Debenter
                     ,
                     and
                     have
                     twelve
                     Months
                     time
                     so
                     to
                     do
                     ,
                     after
                     the
                     loss
                     of
                     the
                     said
                     Ship
                     :
                     But
                     all
                     Colliers
                     shall
                     pay
                     their
                     Tunnage
                     in
                     that
                     Port
                     they
                     break
                     Bulk
                     and
                     Vnload
                     ;
                     unless
                     it
                     be
                     such
                     of
                     them
                     as
                     are
                     outward
                     bound
                     .
                     As
                     to
                     
                       Holland
                       ,
                       Ireland
                    
                     ,
                     &c.
                     they
                     shall
                     pay
                     it
                     as
                     the
                     Coasters
                     do
                     ,
                     in
                     that
                     Port
                     in
                     which
                     they
                     take
                     their
                     Lading
                     ;
                     but
                     be
                     liable
                     to
                     pay
                     no
                     greater
                     Tunnage
                     than
                     they
                     do
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Proposition
                     II.
                     
                  
                   
                     That
                     all
                     outward-bound
                     Ships
                     ,
                     except
                     Colliers
                     ,
                     bound
                     either
                     for
                     
                       Holland
                       ,
                       Flanders
                       ,
                       Portugal
                       ,
                       Denmark
                       ,
                       Ireland
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     pay
                     twelve
                     Pence
                     per
                     Tun
                     ,
                     according
                     as
                     each
                     Ship
                     shall
                     measure
                     ;
                     and
                     in
                     case
                     any
                     of
                     them
                     shall
                     happen
                     to
                     be
                     taken
                     by
                     the
                     Enemy
                     ,
                     before
                     they
                     have
                     perform'd
                     their
                     intended
                     Voyage
                     ,
                     then
                     they
                     shall
                     draw
                     back
                     this
                     Tunnage
                     ,
                     and
                     be
                     paid
                     by
                     the
                     Collector
                     upon
                     demand
                     ,
                     or
                     be
                     allow'd
                     it
                     by
                     Debenter
                     .
                  
                   
                     And
                     all
                     inward-bound
                     Ships
                     ,
                     from
                     the
                     abovesaid
                     Countries
                     ,
                     either
                     English
                     or
                     Foreign
                     ,
                     shall
                     pay
                     two
                     Shillings
                     
                     per
                     Tun
                     ;
                     and
                     in
                     case
                     they
                     shall
                     not
                     have
                     their
                     full
                     L●…ding
                     ,
                     Deduction
                     shall
                     be
                     made
                     for
                     the
                     same
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Proposition
                     III.
                     
                  
                   
                     That
                     all
                     outward-bound
                     Ships
                     that
                     shall
                     be
                     bound
                     either
                     to
                     the
                     East
                     or
                     
                       West-Indies
                       ,
                       Straits
                       ,
                       East-Country
                    
                     ,
                     Coast
                     of
                     Africa
                     ,
                     &c.
                     shall
                     pay
                     two
                     Shillings
                     per
                     Tun
                     ;
                     but
                     in
                     case
                     they
                     shall
                     fall
                     into
                     the
                     Enemies
                     Hands
                     ,
                     and
                     not
                     perform
                     their
                     Voyage
                     ,
                     then
                     they
                     shall
                     draw
                     back
                     the
                     said
                     Tunnage
                     ,
                     and
                     be
                     paid
                     upon
                     demand
                     ,
                     or
                     by
                     Debenter
                     .
                  
                   
                     And
                     all
                     inward-bound
                     Ships
                     ,
                     from
                     the
                     foresaid
                     Countries
                     ,
                     shall
                     pay
                     four
                     Shillings
                     per
                     Tun
                     ,
                     and
                     not
                     be
                     clear'd
                     till
                     the
                     said
                     Monies
                     paid
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Proposition
                     IV.
                     
                  
                   
                     That
                     all
                     Western
                     Barges
                     ,
                     and
                     all
                     other
                     Barges
                     whatever
                     ;
                     all
                     Fish-Smacks
                     ,
                     Hoys
                     ,
                     Lighters
                     ,
                     (
                     except
                     such
                     who
                     constantly
                     carry
                     Dung
                     or
                     Soil
                     )
                     shall
                     pay
                     twenty
                     Shillings
                     per
                     Quarter
                     ,
                     and
                     pay
                     the
                     Money
                     every
                     Quarter
                     to
                     the
                     Collector
                     of
                     each
                     respective
                     Port
                     ,
                     within
                     six
                     Weeks
                     after
                     it
                     becomes
                     due
                     ;
                     and
                     upon
                     default
                     thereof
                     ,
                     to
                     pay
                     double
                     :
                     And
                     that
                     they
                     come
                     and
                     make
                     Entry
                     of
                     them
                     ,
                     with
                     the
                     Names
                     of
                     the
                     Owners
                     ,
                     at
                     the
                     Custom-House
                     of
                     that
                     Port
                     or
                     Harbour
                     they
                     use
                     ,
                     (
                     but
                     this
                     shall
                     be
                     done
                     without
                     Fee
                     )
                     within
                     six
                     Weeks
                     after
                     the
                     Act
                     takes
                     place
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           This
           foregoing
           Matter
           I
           did
           present
           to
           several
           Ministers
           of
           State
           ,
           a
           Month
           before
           it
           was
           published
           ;
           and
           they
           were
           pleased
           to
           acknowledg
           it
           the
           first
           of
           that
           Nature
           that
           had
           been
           offer'd
           to
           the
           Government
           .
           And
           Shipping
           before
           was
           ever
           look'd
           upon
           to
           be
           as
           Sacred
           as
           Church-Lands
           .
           It
           's
           not
           to
           be
           denied
           ,
           but
           that
           't
           is
           greatly
           improv'd
           ,
           beyond
           what
           I
           propos'd
           ;
           I
           always
           thought
           it
           might
           be
           so
           ,
           and
           am
           very
           glad
           to
           see
           it
           brought
           to
           that
           Perfection
           it
           is
           .
           There
           is
           a
           worthy
           Gentleman
           ,
           who
           upon
           the
           Exchange
           was
           pleased
           to
           say
           ,
           he
           was
           the
           first
           Man
           that
           propos'd
           the
           Tunnage
           Act
           to
           the
           King.
           And
           not
           unlike
           ,
           (
           but
           he
           cannot
           forget
           that
           I
           presented
           him
           with
           a
           Book
           ,
           wherein
           it
           was
           propos'd
           four
           Months
           before
           ever
           it
           was
           mov'd
           )
           ;
           and
           his
           Majesty
           has
           no
           ways
           been
           wanting
           to
           him
           ,
           but
           has
           put
           him
           into
           an
           Honourable
           Station
           .
           And
           indeed
           his
           Goodness
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           he
           never
           fails
           to
           recompence
           those
           that
           do
           him
           Service
           ,
           if
           the
           Matter
           comes
           to
           his
           Knowledg
           :
           And
           if
           others
           would
           but
           imitate
           his
           Vertue
           ,
           and
           follow
           his
           Example
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           would
           be
           better
           serv'd
           .
           And
           whoever
           those
           Worthy
           Gentlemen
           are
           ,
           that
           first
           mov'd
           and
           occasion'd
           the
           Royal
           Bank
           ,
           ought
           to
           have
           their
           Statues
           set
           in
           Brass
           ,
           to
           perpetuate
           their
           Memory
           to
           future
           Ages
           :
           for
           it
           will
           appear
           every
           Day
           more
           and
           more
           ,
           to
           be
           of
           great
           Importance
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           (
           besides
           the
           Advantage
           that
           accrues
           to
           them
           who
           are
           concern'd
           in
           it
           )
           it
           being
           that
           which
           this
           Nation
           hath
           long
           wanted
           ;
           and
           no
           Foreign
           Bank
           whatever
           can
           compare
           with
           it
           ,
           or
           appear
           to
           be
           built
           upon
           so
           solid
           a
           Foundation
           .
           And
           the
           Tunnage
           is
           the
           most
           insensibly
           felt
           of
           any
           Tax
           that
           hath
           yet
           been
           levied
           ;
           for
           altho
           the
           Merchants
           and
           Owners
           of
           Shipping
           disburse
           the
           Money
           ,
           yet
           it
           cannot
           be
           said
           to
           be
           any
           thing
           out
           of
           their
           Pockets
           ;
           for
           it
           doth
           consequently
           advance
           the
           Goods
           ,
           proportionable
           to
           what
           's
           
           paid
           ,
           it
           being
           general
           ;
           so
           it
           doth
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           diffuse
           it self
           into
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           :
           And
           by
           what
           has
           been
           before
           related
           ,
           certainly
           there
           's
           no
           Man
           but
           will
           grant
           that
           I
           laid
           the
           first
           Foundation
           of
           the
           Tunnage
           Act
           ,
           (
           or
           that
           I
           had
           the
           Gift
           of
           Prophecy
           ,
           having
           propos'd
           it
           six
           Months
           before
           it
           was
           past
           into
           an
           Act
           )
           ;
           but
           the
           Matter
           's
           too
           plain
           to
           be
           question'd
           ,
           and
           there
           are
           some
           Persons
           at
           Court
           (
           by
           the
           Station
           they
           are
           in
           )
           who
           are
           oblig'd
           in
           Honour
           and
           Justice
           to
           give
           Incouragement
           to
           Men
           that
           do
           any
           thing
           that
           contributes
           to
           the
           Publick
           Service
           ;
           who
           notwithstanding
           ,
           make
           but
           Tools
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           the
           Prejudice
           of
           their
           Majesties
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           Dishonour
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
        
         
           For
           Rewards
           and
           Punishment
           are
           the
           Support
           and
           Axis
           upon
           which
           all
           Governments
           move
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           these
           things
           are
           not
           writ
           (
           as
           St.
           Paul
           says
           in
           another
           Case
           )
           for
           his
           sake
           that
           did
           the
           Wrong
           ,
           or
           his
           that
           receiv'd
           the
           Wrong
           ;
           but
           that
           the
           Nation
           may
           see
           .
           —
        
         
           What
           is
           it
           the
           French
           King
           at
           this
           day
           owes
           all
           his
           vast
           Improvements
           by
           Sea
           ,
           and
           Conquest
           by
           Land
           too
           ,
           but
           the
           Faithfulness
           of
           his
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Rewards
           he
           never
           fails
           to
           give
           them
           that
           do
           him
           Service
           ?
           
             (
             Honos
             alit
             Artes.
          
           )
           It
           's
           that
           which
           makes
           Men
           bold
           and
           daring
           ,
           and
           even
           out-brave
           Death
           it self
           ,
           and
           knits
           the
           Minds
           of
           Men
           fast
           to
           a
           Prince
           .
           For
           all
           Men
           naturally
           are
           well
           pleas'd
           to
           see
           Persons
           rewarded
           for
           Service
           done
           :
           it
           's
           that
           which
           begets
           a
           steady
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           puts
           Hope
           in
           every
           Man
           ;
           and
           it
           's
           no
           other
           than
           what
           hath
           ever
           been
           the
           Practice
           of
           all
           the
           civilized
           Nations
           and
           Ages
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           And
           our
           Fore-fathers
           were
           always
           careful
           to
           see
           it
           executed
           :
           and
           't
           is
           the
           Method
           that
           even
           God
           himself
           takes
           with
           sinful
           Man
           ,
           that
           so
           he
           may
           wean
           his
           Affections
           
           from
           these
           transient
           Things
           below
           ,
           and
           have
           an
           Eye
           unto
           the
           Recompence
           of
           Reward
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           thus
           while
           we
           neglect
           our
           Duty
           ,
           we
           tempt
           Providence
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           until
           better
           Measures
           are
           taken
           ,
           I
           cannot
           see
           with
           what
           Confidence
           we
           can
           think
           to
           prosper
           :
           for
           Miracles
           are
           ceased
           ,
           and
           God
           expects
           we
           use
           such
           Methods
           as
           conduce
           and
           have
           a
           Tendency
           to
           Peace
           and
           Happiness
           ;
           otherwise
           ,
           if
           we
           miscarry
           ,
           it
           may
           truly
           be
           said
           ,
           we
           have
           been
           the
           Authors
           of
           our
           own
           Ruin.
           But
           it
           's
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           only
           they
           ,
           that
           are
           able
           to
           cope
           with
           ,
           and
           engage
           this
           Hydra
           (
           this
           many-headed
           Monster
           )
           ;
           for
           they
           are
           the
           great
           Council
           and
           Physicians
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           have
           never
           been
           wanting
           to
           redress
           National
           Grievances
           .
           I
           shall
           conclude
           with
           that
           excellent
           Form
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           compos'd
           by
           our
           Church
           :
        
         
           Most
           gracious
           God
           ,
           We
           humbly
           beseech
           thee
           ,
           as
           for
           this
           Kingdom
           in
           general
           ;
           so
           especially
           for
           the
           High
           Court
           of
           Parliament
           under
           our
           most
           religious
           and
           gracious
           King
           and
           Queen
           at
           this
           time
           assembled
           :
           That
           thou
           wouldest
           be
           pleased
           to
           direct
           and
           prosper
           all
           their
           Consultations
           to
           the
           advancement
           of
           thy
           Glory
           ,
           the
           good
           of
           thy
           Church
           ,
           the
           safety
           ,
           honour
           ,
           and
           welfare
           of
           their
           Majesties
           and
           their
           Kingdoms
           ;
           that
           all
           things
           may
           be
           so
           ordered
           and
           settled
           by
           their
           Endeavours
           upon
           the
           best
           and
           surest
           Foundations
           ,
           that
           Peace
           and
           Happiness
           ,
           Truth
           and
           Justice
           ,
           Religion
           and
           Piety
           ,
           may
           be
           established
           among
           us
           for
           all
           Generations
           .
           These
           and
           all
           other
           Necessaries
           for
           them
           ,
           for
           us
           and
           thy
           whole
           Church
           ,
           we
           humbly
           beg
           in
           the
           Name
           and
           Mediation
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           our
           most
           blessed
           Lord
           and
           Saviour
           .
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .