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             His Majesties order for taking off the chimney-money, in His gracious message to the Parliament, for the ease of His loving subjects. With some observations thereupon
             England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)
             William III, King of England, 1650-1702.
          
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             printed by George Larkin, at the Two Swans without Bishopgate,
             London :
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             His
             Majesties
             Order
          
           For
           taking
           off
           the
           CHIMNEY-MONEY
           ,
           In
           His
           Gracious
           Message
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           for
           the
           Ease
           of
           His
           Loving
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           
             With
             some
             Observations
             thereupon
             .
          
        
         
           AS
           the
           Almighty
           by
           so
           wonderful
           a
           Series
           of
           Success
           ,
           has
           Placed
           Our
           present
           Soveraign
           on
           the
           Throne
           ,
           so
           He
           has
           singled
           out
           for
           that
           Sacred
           Trust
           ,
           and
           the
           Reception
           of
           those
           wonderous
           Providences
           ,
           the
           Person
           (
           if
           Man
           can
           merit
           from
           Heaven
           )
           the
           most
           deserving
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           A
           most
           peculiar
           Instance
           of
           Royal
           Grace
           perhaps
           was
           never
           more
           Conspicuous
           ,
           then
           in
           His
           late
           Message
           to
           the
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           
             Friday
             March
             the
             First
             .
             88.
             
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Wh●rton
               Delivered
               a
               Message
               from
               the
               King
               viz.
               
            
          
           
             That
             His
             Majesty
             found
             the
             Act
             for
             Chimney-Money
             ,
             was
             grievous
             to
             the
             Subject
             ,
             and
             therefore
             left
             it
             to
             the
             Consideration
             of
             His
             Parliament
             to
             take
             off
             the
             same
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             In
             Answer
             to
             which
             ,
             was
             made
             an
             Address
             to
             the
             Effect
             following
             .
          
           
             WE
             Your
             Majesty's
             most
             Dutiful
             and
             Loyal
             Subjects
             ,
             the
             
               Knights
               ,
               Citizens
            
             ,
             and
             Burgesses
             in
             Parliament
             〈…〉
             ,
             〈…〉
             taken
             into
             Consideration
             Your
             Majesty's
             Gracious
             Message
             ,
             wherein
             Your
             Majesty
             is
             pleased
             to
             Express
             Your
             Great
             Kindness
             and
             Sense
             of
             Your
             Peoples
             Condition
             ,
             by
             Your
             Tender
             Consideration
             ,
             that
             the
             Revenue
             of
             the
             Hearth-Money
             is
             very
             Grievous
             ,
             and
             are
             pleased
             to
             Agree
             either
             to
             the
             Regulation
             of
             it
             ,
             or
             Taking
             it
             wholly
             away
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             Your
             Majesty
             is
             pleased
             in
             this
             ,
             to
             Consider
             the
             Ease
             of
             Your
             People
             ,
             we
             acknowledge
             our selves
             Obliged
             to
             declare
             that
             Your
             Majesty
             has
             fill'd
             our
             Hearts
             with
             an
             Entire
             Satisfaction
             and
             Gratitude
             ,
             by
             this
             your
             most
             Gracious
             and
             Vnprecedented
             Offer
             .
          
           
             And
             we
             humbly
             Crave
             leave
             to
             present
             this
             Assurance
             to
             Your
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             we
             will
             make
             such
             Grateful
             and
             Affectionate
             Returns
             ,
             and
             be
             so
             careful
             for
             the
             Support
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             that
             the
             World
             may
             see
             ,
             to
             the
             Discouraging
             of
             your
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             all
             Good
             Men
             ,
             that
             Your
             Majesty
             Reigns
             in
             the
             Hearts
             of
             Your
             People
             ,
             which
             God
             grant
             long
             to
             continue
             .
          
        
         
           
             How
             infinitely
             does
             this
             Glorious
             Goodness
             and
             Condescention
             to
             His
             People
             outshine
             His
             Predecessors
             !
             To
             instance
             no
             farther
             back
             then
             the
             two
             last
             Reigns
             ,
             Time
             has
             been
             when
             the
             National
             Eas●
             has
             been
             so
             little
             the
             consideration
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             that
             our
             very
             Meeting
             of
             Parliaments
             have
             dwindled
             into
             little
             other
             Use
             ,
             than
             ,
             
               Give
               us
               more
               of
               your
               Money
               ,
               and
               less
               of
               your
               Counsels
            
             ;
             and
             scarce
             one
             good
             Act
             for
             the
             benefit
             of
             the
             Subject
             obtain'd
             without
             the
             tacking
             of
             a
             Money-Bill
             at
             the
             End
             of
             it
             .
             Nay
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             English
             purses
             would
             not
             drain
             fast
             enough
             ,
             we
             have
             wretchedly
             truck'd
             to
             France
             to
             help
             out
             the
             count
             .
             But
             not
             to
             rake
             into
             the
             Ashes
             of
             one
             ,
             or
             the
             misfortune
             of
             the
             other
             ,
             what
             between
             the
             Effeminacy
             of
             one
             Reign
             ,
             and
             the
             Bigotry
             of
             the
             other
             ,
             what
             unaccountable
             summs
             ,
             and
             as
             unaccountably
             consumed
             ,
             have
             been
             expended
             ,
             and
             preverted
             directly
             contrary
             to
             the
             Intent
             of
             the
             Original
             Donation
             ,
             the
             great
             End
             they
             were
             given
             for
             ?
          
           
             But
             this
             long
             Soveraign
             fault
             amended
             ,
             (
             not
             to
             mention
             all
             the
             other
             long
             blemishes
             in
             the
             Imperial
             Scutcheon
             ,
             washt
             off
             in
             the
             Person
             of
             our
             present
             truly
             GRACIOUS
             KING
             ,
             )
             as
             vast
             a
             Revenue
             as
             the
             Chimney-money
             may
             be
             ,
             yet
             considering
             the
             Iniquity
             and
             Partiality
             of
             it
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Cryes
             against
             it
             ,
             (
             for
             never
             so
             uneven
             a
             Tax
             was
             formed
             .
             )
             He
             considers
             the
             Delight
             of
             disburthening
             His
             People
             above
             the
             Gratification
             of
             filling
             His
             Exchequer
             :
             And
             as
             weighty
             a
             Crown
             Jewel
             as
             it
             is
             ,
             He
             thinks
             His
             Diadem
             (
             on
             that
             only
             store
             )
             shines
             brighter
             ,
             though
             not
             richer
             ,
             without
             it
             .
             And
             undoubtedly
             this
             one
             unprecedented
             Act
             of
             Royal
             Grace
             ,
             attended
             with
             all
             the
             Circumstances
             of
             such
             a
             Voluntary
             Tender
             ,
             (
             even
             singly
             and
             separate
             from
             that
             unbounded
             Goodness
             ,
             and
             those
             Accumulated
             Glories
             we
             have
             so
             large
             a
             future
             prospect
             of
             ,
             from
             so
             promising
             a
             Reign
             ,
             )
             is
             sufficient
             of
             it self
             alone
             to
             stand
             a
             REGAL
             MONUMENT
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             my
             Friends
             and
             Neighbours
             ,
             after
             a
             hearty
             Farewel
             to
             your
             Chimney-Money
             ,
             listen
             to
             some
             few
             Comforts
             in
             store
             for
             you
             .
             The
             poor
             Country
             Wife
             may
             now
             boyl
             her
             Childs
             Milk
             ,
             or
             her
             Husbands
             Gruel
             ,
             without
             endangering
             the
             Consiscation
             of
             her
             Skillet
             or
             Crock
             ,
             for
             the
             use
             of
             a
             Chimney
             to
             warm
             it
             in
             .
             The
             poor
             Labourer
             ,
             that
             out
             of
             his
             Weeks
             Wages
             can
             arrive
             to
             a
             Sabbath
             ▪
             Days-Joint
             of
             Meat
             ,
             need
             not
             fear
             the
             loss
             of
             his
             Spit
             on
             Monday
             ,
             for
             eating
             of
             Roast-Meat
             on
             Sunday
             ;
             with
             the
             hearty
             Wish
             too
             ,
             perhaps
             at
             the
             Tail
             on
             't
             ,
             that
             the
             Chimney-Money-Statute-Makers
             were
             spitted
             and
             roasted
             after
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             furnishing
             his
             Hearth
             now
             ,
             shall
             not
             cost
             him
             the
             Unrigging
             of
             his
             Kitchin.
             Nor
             shall
             the
             Great
             and
             (
             before
             )
             Glorious
             Name
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             be
             longer
             debased
             to
             so
             Vile
             and
             Wretched
             a
             Voice
             of
             Authority
             ,
             as
             the
             Rifling
             of
             Cottages
             ,
             and
             Plundering
             of
             Poverty
             .
             The
             Painted
             Staff
             shall
             now
             make
             no
             more
             havock
             amongst
             their
             Dishes
             and
             Platters
             ,
             with
             the
             untuneable
             comfort
             of
             the
             Cries
             of
             the
             Poor
             to
             make
             up
             the
             Harmony
             ▪
             And
             that
             Original
             Peace-keeper
             ,
             the
             Constable
             ,
             ●●
             vertue
             of
             a
             hard
             letter'd
             Statute
             ,
             shall
             now
             no
             more
             be
             put
             to
             the
             Office
             of
             a
             
               French
               ▪
            
             Dragoon
             ,
             in
             breaking
             open
             of
             Doors
             ,
             and
             making
             Military
             Execution
             on
             the
             Goods
             and
             Chattels
             even
             of
             Indigence
             and
             Begga●●
             .
             Those
             hard-look'd
             Guests
             the
             Collectors
             ,
             a
             sort
             of
             Visitants
             as
             troublesome
             as
             a
             Cat
             in
             a
             Glass-Box
             ,
             (
             thanks
             to
             Heaven
             and
             our
             good
             King
             )
             are
             like
             to
             have
             their
             Reign
             but
             short
             .
             For
             that
             
             Egypt-Plague
             ,
             those
             House
             Locusts
             (
             GOD
             and
             Great
             William
             be
             prais●●
             )
             are
             now
             departing
             your
             Dwelling●
             ;
             and
             you
             and
             your
             Race
             for
             the
             future
             may
             live
             in
             hopes
             of
             making
             your
             Fires
             burn
             clear
             ,
             without
             melting
             down
             your
             Porridge-Pots
             into
             the
             bargain
             .
             A
             long
             and
             Everlasting
             A●ien
             to
             that
             Crown
             Grind-stone
             ,
             the
             Hearth-Statute
             .
             The
             Face
             of
             the
             Poor
             shall
             now
             be
             Ground
             no
             more
             .
             And
             so
          
           
             God
             Save
             King
             William
             and
             Queen
             Mary
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             George
             Larkin
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Two
             S●ans
          
           without
           Bishopsgate
           .
           1689.