A profitable adventure to the fortunate, and can be unfortunate to none. Being a proposal for raising one million of money, by setling a fund of one hundred and forty thousand pounds per annum for fifteen years only for it. Neale, Thomas, d. 1699? 1694 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2004-05 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A52731 Wing N343 ESTC R214319 99826512 99826512 30915 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A52731) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 30915) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1765:28) A profitable adventure to the fortunate, and can be unfortunate to none. Being a proposal for raising one million of money, by setling a fund of one hundred and forty thousand pounds per annum for fifteen years only for it. Neale, Thomas, d. 1699? 1 sheet ([2] p.) printed by F. Collins, in the Old-Bailey, [London : 1693/4] Caption title. Signed at end: T.N. (i.e. Thomas Neale). Imprint from colophon. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Lotteries -- England -- Early works to 1800. 2003-12 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2004-01 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2004-02 Jonathan Blaney Sampled and proofread 2004-02 Jonathan Blaney Text and markup reviewed and edited 2004-04 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A Profitable Adventure TO THE FORTUNATE , And can be UNFORTUNATE to NONE . BEING A PROPOSAL for Raising One Million of Money , by setling a Fund of One Hundred and Forty Thousand Pounds per Annum for Fifteen Years only for it . THAT there be Tickets Numbred from One to an Hundred Thousand , given out at Ten Pounds a piece , to make up that Million of Money . The said Tickets to be answered by such another Hundred Thousand of Tickets , whereof Two Thousand Five Hundred to be Benefitted , in such sort as is herein after exprest , besides One Pound Yearly which every Ticket will have ; so that whoever puts in Ten Pounds , will be sure to have One Pound Yearly for Fifteen Years ; and therefore cannot lose , but may possibly gain very much by it : Nor can the Objection made use of as a great Argument against any sort of Adventures , viz. The taking away Money , and losing it quite from Servants , and such as have but a little , weigh at all in this Case . For Note , Whoever puts thus in his Money , viz. Ten Pounds , though he meets with none of the Two Thousand Five Hundred Tickets , which are to be called Benefits , he 'll have Twenty Shillings Yearly for Fifteen Years , which is near Six per Cent. certain for the Money , and so can be no loser by it , and consequently there will be no prejudice to any sort of Mankind that thus shall lay out his Money . 'T will draw much Money from abroad , as also a great deal that is in this Kingdom laid up ; and make many Thousands , who only have small bu●s , and cannot now bring them into the Publick , to engage themselves in this Fund . And the Money upon 't being made easily transferrable , in all probability on One Hundred Forty Thousand Pounds Yearly , so seteld , there would soon a Million , and all Ready Money , be raised . The Numbers , Blanks , and Benefitted Tickets thus : One Hundred Thousand Tickets , Numbred from One , to One Hundred Thousand , to be drawn from one Box , against One Hundred Thousand other Tickets , to be drawn from another Box , whereof Ninety Seven Thousand Five Hundred ( though Blanks ) are to entitle the Numbers against which each is drawn to one Pound Yearly , for the Fifteen Years . And the other Two Thousand Five Hundred , which together , make up the One Hundred Thousand Tickets , are to entitle the Numbers against which they are drawn , to the several Benefits here-under exprest ; which with the Benefit allowed to the First and Last drawn , makes up the Forty Thousand Pounds Yearly , the Fortunate will gain by this Thing . The Benefitted Tickets are Proposed to be as followeth ; Viz. To the First Number drawn , besides the Benefit may come up with it , the Sum of 150 l. Yearly 1 Ticket of Yearly 1000 9 Of each 500 l. Yearly 4500 20 Of each 100 l. Yearly 2000 80 Of each 50 l. Yearly 4000 90 Of each 25 l. Yearly 2250 300 Of each 20 l. Yearly 6000 2000 Of each 10 l. Yearly 20000 2500 The Last Ticket drawn , besides the Benefit that may come out with it 100 Money 40000 l. Note , The Two Thousand Five Hundred , called Benefitted Tickets , not being to have the One Pound Yearly allowed for such Ticket as shall have no other Benefit , there will be Two Thousand Five Hundred Pounds out of the One Hundred and Forty Thousand Pounds Yearly saved , for the Charge of Trustees and Office , which must be employed about it , if any such thing should be done . T. N. Groom-Porter . Printed Decemb. 5. 1693. Reprinted Feb. 6. 1693 / 4. Note , Instead of 15 , 't is likely that 16 Years will be allowed . London : Printed by F , Collins , in the Old-Bailey . 1693 / 4.