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 "Tub lick Nufances., 
 
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 A Remonftrancc againfl the great 
 
 I^umber of Shops^ ^c. that fell 
 
 Gencoa and other Drams to the 
 
 Poor, and the evil Confeqiienccs 
 
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 ^I4^^i our Country >ycre 
 the firft Principle; 
 of Aclion in Men of Bu- 
 fmefs, evenfoi their pwa 
 Sakes ; for when the. 
 World be.9;ins to examine 
 into their Ccnduec, the, 
 nerality, who have no 
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 Share in, or Hopes of 
 any Part in Power or 
 Riches, but what is the 
 EfFed of their own La- 
 bour or Property, will 
 judge of them by no o- 
 ther Method, than that 
 how profitable their Ad- 
 miniflration has been to 
 the Whole. 
 
 But however general. 
 Cuftom may hurry us a- 
 way in the Stream of 
 common Error, there is 
 no Evil, no Crime, fo 
 great as that of being 
 cold in Matters vv^hich 
 relate to the common 
 
 Ciood. 
 
 IntfodiiBmi, in. 
 Good. Can then the mod 
 generous Motive of Life, 
 . the Good of others, be 
 fo eafily. banillied thr 
 Breaft of Man? Is ic 
 poffible to. drav/ all our 
 Paffions inward ? . Yet 
 fuch an Effed has it 
 had, that to fpeak freely, 
 the very Senfe of Pub- 
 lick Good has no lon- 
 ger a Part even in our 
 Converiations. j .^ 
 
 ^W■HATfolidSatisfaai-' 
 On IS there in this Life, 
 ii this h not fo, to have 
 a moderate Competency, 
 honeftly , and defervediy 
 :.- ' ' • got; 
 
xy IntroduBion* 
 p_;ot, with the Pleafure td 
 behold our^ Relations, 
 Fellow Creatures, Fel- 
 low Subjeds, and Chri- 
 ftians, Happy as well as 
 we J dnd that we have" 
 contributed on our part 
 to make them fo. 'Tis 
 ^ rirange Curfe laid up- 
 on a Man, that when he 
 has got Fifty Thoufaild 
 Poup^d, he wants to make 
 it up a Hundred Thou- 
 fand, and then is not fa- 
 tisified but mud make 
 that up Two, tho* 'tis 
 ten to one, whether he 
 enjoys the Comforts, or 
 has a Soul to enjoy e- 
 
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 Veil tile Neeeflafies of 
 Life half fo much as -a^ 
 Man that has but FiS^^: 
 Hundred Pound a Year.- 
 
 ' It will, Iriloubt n^^^ 
 be objefled to jchis Way 
 of expqfing the Jnconye-- 
 niencies w hich make thej 
 Subjed: of the; ■following^ 
 Pages, -rThat-diere": are; 
 Perfons proper to be ap-- 
 plied - to ibr-^ Remedy : 
 thereof. , To ^y h ich i t ■ 
 may be replied, that the, 
 Perfon who fliall go a- 
 bout fuch an Office, will 
 be fubjc^l to be made a 
 Ridicule "of, and pointed 
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 put for. a Bufie-Body, and 
 one who is Troublefom; 
 or at leaft: Impertinent: 
 Befides, thofe proper JPeri 
 fons are iio\v-a-clays o- 
 thefwiife employed,/ be- 
 ing -more intent Uipon' 
 making their private For-^ 
 tunes than' - difchaf ging^ 
 tTi'e publick Duties ' of- 
 their Places. But ^as P 
 intend not to entejr into? 
 a long detail of Particii-' 
 lars, I Mll'ufe asTe#-^ 
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 i OiVZ)0 A^,' What it Is; 
 
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 Of the foulnejs of the Streets, cmd 
 Tajjages, in the City and Su- 
 hirbs ^London. 
 
 gjO?J0OHIS is fo obvious to every, one vsfhofe 
 g?'T^O Affairs obliges him to be much a- 
 
 S??--?--?'-! ^^°*^' ^'^^^ "° """^^^ '^"'l be fail! 
 than to ask the Inhabitants of the 
 
 City and Suburbs whether they do not think 
 
 they are fulTiciently aflefled in their Qiiarter- 
 
 Jy^ Payments to have the Ways kept freer 
 
 from Filtl) and Dirt ? 
 
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The high Streets are generally in Co bad a 
 Condition through the ncglcAing to take away 
 the Soil therein, that there is fcarce any crofing 
 them in the Winter time; which how detri- 
 ^' incntal it proves to many Sliopkeepers in re- 
 Ipcft to their Trade, is beft known to themi 
 But it feems the worthy Mr. Scavenger, or his 
 Deputy, is not fo ready to perform his Bufi- 
 -Dels as to take his Money; tho* he ought 
 to remember it is paid to keep the Ways clean, 
 and not to let the Soil lie fometimes a whole 
 Wqek, or more, .-before . he . is at leifure t^ 
 fetch it away': And when he' cbrnes, is very 
 often in fuch Hafte, that he is gone before 
 -Feople can well get what he comes for to thelf 
 Poors, In fine, he oi:ght to confider that it 
 
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 'Of the Filthinejs of the Markets, 
 
 THE Markets,' tho' Orders are frequently 
 publiftied to keep them clean, arc com- 
 monly in fo bad a Condition, that there is 
 hardly fetting foot in them without being up 
 to the Ancles in Dirt; which, not to mention 
 the many other offenfxve Inconveniencies there- 
 of, occafxonM by the Negligence of BuuUru 
 Pouherers, &c. in not taking due Care of their 
 Blood and Offals, ought to be kept in a little 
 better Order, in fo large and populous a City 
 and Suburbs as thi? is, becaufe of the ba^ 
 Efteas it may produce, fhould they be fufr 
 fered to remain in the Condition they hav^ 
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 The illEffeas of Offal-Houres' 
 Slanghter-Houjes, &c. h^'tt 
 
 n^HE^ench of the/^ are morj WoLL 
 
 ^-^^ bad. enough; «„d, if i, n.ould 
 f c? ;". ^°^ «"^ Jii'^s.^ro' vifit „s with- 
 -ny S:ckncfs more than common/ ic ouobr o 
 
 te. .n^yl^^ghtcn tl-.e Calamity, by corruD. 
 ■ ^l^f^%r ^ "" ^^''^i^'kU Bufchcr-iuii 
 
 ^-h of uhat is nflbrtcJ, and .vhid, I u' 
 to be with>n the City. ■''-•■■ ■ . 3 
 
 ' I M i:.y no more on this Hc.d, bein<. 
 P^fnaded ti..t the worthy Gentlemen in whofe 
 Breafis u l,cs to prevent Inconvenienclcs of 
 th,s Nature are not altogether ..pp:I.ed Ovhat- 
 e^cr their Undcr-OHIccrs may be) of thei^ 
 n-v/brtofDealersinfboptLtaCit^t 
 
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 %:edy uJl be applied thereto. ' ^ ' 
 
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 ; Of '/he lad Co7ifepte?tces of fnf^ 
 ■ JhifigYiogs, ^x. to he 'kept 
 •near the CUy and in the Suhurbs 
 
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 H E keeping of Swhw, I am apt to be- 
 lieve, is. , hardly tolerated in the Su-' 
 biu-bs of any City in the World befides this 
 -whofc Inhabitants, have the leaft .Regard 'for 
 tlicir Prefervation from Infeftious oi^ Conta- 
 gious Diftempeis, which it cannot be. denied^ 
 that the keeping of fuch noifom and ofTcn-' 
 five Creatures is fubjea to produce, cfpecial- 
 ly in large and populous Places. : . 
 
 It is commonly reported that Two or Tlnxc , 
 Hundred of thofe Animals are kept, and Siies 
 made for them, no farther off than \xi JVhite^ 
 hyrsy near the Temple; which, if it be true, • 
 ought CI humbly conceive^ to be examined • 
 into by thofe whofc Bufincfs it is::to take • 
 Care of a better: Regulation in that Point; • 
 .-.there being (if I am not . miflakcn) at Icaft • 
 one Aa of Parliament againft fuch a Nu- • 
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 The Inconve7tkncies of Soitc-bol-' 
 krs, Tallow-ChancUcrs, find c- 
 iher offenffve Trades hemg per- . 
 ' 7mtted to ivork in the Ctty and 
 Suhurhs. . : ^v V^ 
 
 rr^H E Ciiy of Londm dnd its Subut6s, ty. 
 X . the great incrcafe of Buildings within; 
 a. few Years, being become one of the Inrgeft'^ 
 in the World, nnd the ^Tun^ber of its Inha- 
 bitants, increafng anfwcrably thereto, ought,- 
 for that Reafon. to be the^ njrc carefully; 
 prefevvcd from all Manner' of Nufances; that ; 
 fo it mav (humanly fpcaking) enjoy the great' 
 and valuable BletTmg of contiuuing in its pre- 
 lcnt'bcaUh:ul Conditictt. . ,.".^ .^ V , .' ' ■ 
 
 '■The'Air of i>»M confidcring the Extent; 
 
 of it. h undoubtedly very healthful > and wc • 
 
 nL in a great tr.eafure ftUl enjoy fo >»efa- ; 
 
 pile a Happinefs, if wc are hpt wanting to 
 curfelves. by fuffcriug it to be corrupted o, 
 
 U,c Profit of a few, vvhofe vet greater^ In tc^ 
 ,^a it would be to contribute to tne Prelci- 
 Uon thereof: But fo great an Influence has - 
 
 ,he fordid thirft of Ga>.. over the gencr-.uuy 
 of Mankind, that all oilier Confiderat.o.s are 
 forced to give, way to that alo»e. ^, 
 
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 Of the great Nur/iher of Shops, 
 ^c. that fell Geneva, and o- 
 ther 1)rams, to the Toor, end 
 
 ^^ the evil Co'afequerices thereoj , 
 
 IT is a general Complaint, that our ' ■: 
 incrcafe every Day, notwithflanding all ti 
 Regulations. hitherto made to. provide for thcm^ 
 which, if duly executed, would confiderably 
 Jeflen the Number of thofc who are. really to 
 be confider'd as fucli i for v.'q. cannot, ftriftly 
 ipeaking, include all in that Number who are 
 reduced to that unhappy Condition, bccaufe 
 Hundreds (I might have fa id Thoufands) are 
 fo through their own Fault. , .. , . ' ' 
 
 '■ This is in a great meafure owin^, to the 
 vafi Number of Places which fell th. *> perni- 
 cious Drams oi Geneva, 8ic. and whei fo ma- 
 ny fpend all they get, to the utter . uin of 
 
 their Health and Families. ^ 
 
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 iiut this is fet forth In fuch lively Colours 
 in the following Piece publifhed about nine 
 Months age, that we could not do othc; ivife 
 (in Juftice to thofe worthy Gentlemen ^■.'ho 
 fubfcribcd the fame) than give it here ac 
 Length, as a-. Pattern of a truly Publick Tpi- 
 
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 ^•et \M the defircd Eftect. 
 
 •Jb H/^^ Majefifs'jupces of theVeac'cp the 
 "County 0/ Middlerex, in thsir.Generd 
 ' 'Quarter Sefjms a^emUeA. 
 
 IN purfuance of an Order made in the lafi Qiiaf- 
 t^r SefTions held for this County, whereby it 
 Avas referred to us, among others, to inquire into 
 th^ Number of Houfes and Places, within fuch 
 pArts'of this Town and County as arc, therein 
 mentioned, whef^- Geneva and ^6ther Strorg 
 Watei-s are fold by Retail, and the Mifchiefs 
 occafioned thereby: Wc who/e Names are fub- _ 
 fcribed, do hereby certify, That by the Re- 
 
 ■ turns of the High and Petty Conftables, made 
 upon their Oaths, it appears, there are within 
 the Weekly Bills of. Mortality, and fuch other 
 -Parts of this County, as are now by the Con-, 
 tiguity of Buildings become part of this Town, 
 (exclufive of London and Southwayk) Six Thou- 
 fand One Hundred and Eighty Seven Houfes and 
 Shops, wherein Geneva or other Strong VVaters 
 ire publickly fold by Retail. And altho' this 
 Number is exceeding great, and far beyond all 
 Proportion to the real Wants of the Inhabitants,^ 
 (being'in fome 'Parinics every tenth Hotife, in 
 
 - -^i-vs- every feventh, and in one of the largcfl 
 
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 every fifth Hpufc) we have great Rcafon to be- 
 lieve, 'it is very fiiort of the true Number, 
 there being none retiirncd but fiich who fell 
 publicly in Shops or Houfes, though 'tis known 
 there arc many others who fell by Retail, evea 
 So the Streets and Highways, Ibme on Bulks 
 and Stalls fet up for that purpofe, and others 
 in Wheelbarrows, who are not returned ; and 
 many more tvho fell privately in Garrets, Cel- 
 lars, Back Rooms, and other Places, not pub- 
 lickly exp()[ed to View, and ; which thereby ef- 
 jcapcd the Notice of Our Officers j and yet there 
 have been a confiderable Number lately fup- 
 prefs'd, or obliged to leave off, by the Juftiqes 
 ■within their Parifhes, though this has proved of 
 •no Effed, having only lerved to drive thofc who 
 before were ufed to thefe Liquors, into grea- 
 ter Shops, which are' now to be fccn full of 
 Poor People from Morning to Night. But in 
 this Kumber.df Six Thojafand One Hundred 
 ■:and Eighty Seven, are_ included fuch Viclual- 
 .krs who fell Geneva or_ other Strong Waters, 
 as well- as 'Ale and Beer ; though 'tis hi^hlv 
 probable, from the great and fiidden Decay of 
 the Brewing Trade, without any Diminution in 
 the Number of Viftuallers, -that the Qiiantities 
 of Strong Waters now drank in Alehoufcs, i<; 
 iViiftly irtcrcafcd of late, beyond what was for- 
 ■merly ufual : And it appears by the ConRnhlc"; 
 
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 ■Returns, where they are" aiftlngulfhed, that the 
 •Number of Geneva and other Strong Wnter 
 Shops are fully equal to the Number of Ale- 
 "houfcs, and rather exceed than otherwjfe. ^ - _ 
 
 ! It is with the deepeft Concern your Committee 
 .obferve the ftrong Inclinationof the inferior lort 
 'of People to thefe dellruaive Liquors, and yet, 
 -as if that were not fuffident, all. Arts are ufcd 
 •to tempt and invite them'. All Chandlers, many 
 -Tobacconifts, and feveraf who :. feU : Fruit or 
 •Herbs in Stalls or Wheelbarrows, "fell Geneva, 
 •and many inferior' Tradefinen begin now to 
 lieep it in their Shops for their Cuftomcrs, 
 whereby it is fcarce polTible for Soldiers, Sea- 
 men, Servants, or others of their Rank, to go 
 .any where, without being drawn in, either by 
 •thofe who fell it.- or by their Acquaintance 
 ' they mecr with in the Streets, who generally 
 begin with inviting them to a Dram, which is 
 -every where near at Haiid, efpecially, where of 
 .all other Places k ought to be kept at the great- 
 eft Diflance, near Churches, VVork-Houfes, 
 • Stable-Yards, and Markets. 
 
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 Your Committee, afrer having informed them- 
 felvcs, r.s v,cll as they were able, of the Number 
 of theic Houfes, proceeded to enquire, according 
 |o your Djrcc^tions, .into the Mifchi<,fs ariling 
 frcpi them, «nd from the , immoderate Ufc of 
 
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 thefe Liquors, iind more efpecially of Gcnck: 
 ^And thefc apj.'car to be cndlcfs and innumera- 
 ble,' aft'cfting not- only- particular Perfons and 
 Families, but alfo the Trade of the -Nation, 
 and the publick Welfare. ■■■■"''" ■'■ s'- u •■,i 
 
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 (With Re/iieft to particular Perfons; it de- 
 prives them of their Money, Time,. Health, 
 0nd Underftanding; weakens and enfeebles them 
 to the .laft Degree, and yet while under its im- 
 mediate Influence, raifes the moft violent and 
 outrageous PafTions, renders them incapable of 
 hard Labour, as vvell as indilpofes "them tq jr, 
 ruins their Health, and deftroys their Lives; 
 befides the fatal Eitefts it has on. their , Morals 
 and Religion. And among the Women, .. (who 
 fcem, to be almofl equally infe(fted),j't..has this 
 further Effects, by inflaming their JBlood, andl 
 ftnpifying their Scnfcs, to expofe theiiV an 'cuCy 
 Prey to the Attacks of vicious Men; and yet 
 many of them are fo blind to 'thefe difriial Con- 
 fequcnces, that they are ofcen Icen to give it to 
 their youngeft Children, even to fuch whom thc^ 
 carry in their Arms. With Regard to. their 
 Families, this pernicious Liquor; is ftill . more 
 fatal: Whilll the Husband, and perhaps his 
 Wife alfo, are drinking and Ipending their 
 Money in Geneva Shops, their Children are 
 Aarv'd and naked at Home, without Bread to 
 cat, or Cloatjis to put on, and either become 
 
 
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 Si EurtheH tS their Pariflies, or being fuffcie4 
 to ramble about the Streets, rac forced to, beg 
 >vhlle they arc Children,, and learn as they grow 
 up to pilfer and fteal ; which your Committee 
 conceive to be one of the, chief Caufes of the vaft 
 Increafe of Thieves and Pilferers of all kinds, not- 
 withftaiiding the great Numbers who have been 
 ti-anfported by Virtiie'o'fthe excellent Lawmadd 
 for that- Purpofe. Under this Head may,allb 
 be added, the common 'Praftice of pawning their 
 own ai^d Childrens Cloarlis 6vhich expofes them 
 to alt the' Extortions of Pawhbrolicrs) and their 
 tunning in' Debt, and cheating by all the Ways 
 ^nd Mc'ahs' they can devifei to get ' Money to 
 rpend in this deftruaive Liquor,, which generally 
 ends iri'the Husband's being thrown intoGoiir, 
 •and hiswl'jole Family on y^e Pari fh. And thi^s 
 your' Committee conceive to be one of the prin- 
 cipal Caufes of the great Increafe of BcggaiS 
 knd Parifh iPoor, nbtwithaanding the high 
 \V^ges noy.: given to aU forts of Workmen;^ an4 
 Servants. .• _ ;, ;,^ ■/:.•■) {,..■', 
 
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 - And laaiy, With Regard to Trade;' and tK6 
 publick Welfare, the Confequenccs are^ yc-t 
 ■Jnore ruinous and deftruftive. It has been ab 
 jeady obfcrv'd, that the conftant Uil- of Stro>ig- 
 Watcrs, and particularly of Geneva, never fails 
 to produce an invincible A'crnon to Work' and 
 
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 Labour-, this by ncceflkry ConfcqUcnce, deprives 
 'tis of great Numbcirs of ufeful Hands, which 
 Would othenvife be employed to the Advantage 
 > ©f the Publick. And as to thofe who yet do 
 work fo^metimes, or' follow any Employment, 
 the Ldfs of their Time in frequent Tipling, 
 the getting often, drunk in the Morning, and 
 the fpending of their Money this Way, muft 
 very much cramp and flrcightcn tlicm, and fo 
 fair diminim their Trade, and the Profit whicli 
 %vould accrue from tliencc to the Publick, as 
 Veil as to thcmfelvcs. But it is further to' be 
 obferved, that although the Retail Trade of 
 Wine .and Ale is generally confined to Vintnei-S 
 and Viduallers, this of Geneva is now fold, noc 
 pnly by Diflillcrs and Geneva Shops, but by 
 nipa other inferior Traders, particularly by all 
 Chandlers, many Weavers, and feveral Tobac- 
 con ifts. Dyers, Cajpcucrs, Gardlners," Barbers, 
 S,hoemakers, Labourers, and otiiers, tliere be- 
 ing in "the Hamlet ot Bcthn.il-Green only, above 
 ?°"5^ }Y.'l^'"^'^ ^^'^'0 ^<-'J this Liquor; and thefc 
 ^'ncf other Trades whicli make our Manufac- 
 tures, generally employing many Journeymen 
 and Artificers under them, who having always 
 this Liquor ready at. Hand, are cafily tempted 
 to drink freely of 'ir, cfpeclaliy as they may 
 ^rmk th.e ivliolc Week ui>on Score, and perhaps 
 Without minding hou' faft the Score rifes upon' 
 
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 t1,cnn Whereby at the Week's End tlicy find - 
 thcmfclves without any Surplufage to carvy 
 Jiome to their Families, which of Courfc mull 
 ilarvc, or be thrown on the Parlfh. And as this 
 Evil (wherein the Mafters may perhaps find their 
 own Account, by drawing back the greatcft 
 Part of their Workmcns Wages) will naturally 
 go' on increafing, and extend to moft other 
 .Trades where Numbers of Workmen arc em- 
 ployed, your Committee apprehend, it may (if 
 iiot timely prevented) affea our Manufaftures 
 in the moft fenfible Manner, and be of the laft 
 •Confequence to our Trade and Welfare. 
 
 ^ Under this Head, it may be proper cdfo to 
 take f^i^c Notice of the pernicious Influence, 
 ihe permitting of Chandlers, and other inferior 
 Trades, to deal in this deftruflive Liquor, or 
 aby other Strong Waters, has ii^ this Town, 
 on the Servants of the Nobility and Gentry^ 
 it being too common a Praaice aniong Chand- 
 lers and others, where Servants arc continually 
 going on one Occafion or other, to tempt and 
 prcf? them to drink, and even to give them 
 Drams of this Liquor, which wc may rcafonably 
 fiippofe muft be paid for by the Mailers, cither 
 in the Price, Weight or Mcafure of the Goods 
 they .are lent lor, and winch bcfides the immedi- 
 ate Damage, encourages them to wrong their 
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 Maftcrs in greater Matters, and as wc conceive 
 may be one Ca'ufc of the great Complaints thac 
 are made againft Servants. ■ ;_,.^,,.- 1.;. r 
 
 'And if wc may judge what will happen in 
 other Work-Houfcs now cre^ing, by what has 
 already happened in that of St. Giles's in the 
 PielJs, >vc have Reafon to fear, that the violent 
 Fondnefs and Dcfire pf this Liquor, which' 
 unaccountably poflcflcsall our Poor, may prevent 
 in great Mcafure the good . Effeds propos'd by 
 them, and which in all other Rclpcds feein 
 very hopeful and promifing; it appearing by' 
 the Return from Holboiim Divifion, wherein 
 that Work-Houfe is fituatc, that notwithflanding 
 all the Care that has been taken, Geneva is 
 clandeftinely brought in among the Poor there, 
 and that they will fuffcr any Puniflimenc or 
 Inconvenience' rather then live without it, tho* 
 they cannot avoid feeing its fatal Effeds by thp 
 Death of .thofe amongft them who had drank 
 moft freely of iti and 'tis found by Experience 
 there, that thofe who iifc this Liquor, are not 
 only the mofl; lazy and unfit for Work, but 
 nlfo the moft trubulcnt and ungovernable, and 
 on that Account fcveral of them have been 
 turned out, and left to ftrnggle with the grcateft 
 Wants --abroad, which they fubmic to, rather 
 tbaa they ivHl difcovcr wh:3 brought in the 
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 Your Committee having thus laid before you 
 the Numbers of the Houfes, and Places wherein 
 Geneva and other Strong- Waters arc. fold, as 
 nlfo fpme of the. many mifchievous Effeds dc-. 
 rived from them, fubmit to the Confidefatioii 
 and Judgment of the Sefllons, how far it is in. 
 their Poiwer, and by what Means, to fupprefs. 
 this great ,Nufance; or whether any, and what; 
 Appiication to our SuperiouiS may be proper/ 
 in order to a more effcftual Remedy. . 
 
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 -tX' Poor may be juftly attributed to the uh- 
 I'eafbnable and exorbitant rife of the common 
 Neceflaries of Life, without any vifible Reafoa 
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 thoCe Pretences which are commonly made ufe 
 of, , than which nothing, can be move, nof 
 torioufly "f^lfe. And I dare appeal to all .uu-' 
 prejudiced . Perfons, whether it is not very . in-r 
 humane, that when the bountiful Hand of Pro- 
 Vidcncc ^ath blcflcd a Nation ^with fo great a 
 Plenty of all the Produfts of the Earth,, any 
 Packs of Camibah (for I can give no fofter a 
 >3ame -to 'tli'ofc ' Cabals' who arc the' bccafion 
 thereof^ flibuld be fuftcr'd to a^ in fb arhi- 
 trar'y a' manner," as to' raife the Price of thofe 
 things which they deal in, to what Rate and as 
 often as they plcafe, without giving fuflicient:' 
 Rcafons; or being called to 'accoiinr for their fo 
 
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 certainly one of the grcatcfi; Pieces ofln^'iiftice 
 to the Poor at this Time,.confidering the great 
 I'lciny of Corn the laft Harveft yielded, and 
 the immenfe Qiianiities exported" or fent out of 
 the Kingdom J Co that the very Shadow of any 
 Reafon cannot be given for the rife thereof. 
 
 As to that ot Flcfli of all forts, our Coun- 
 . try produces as great a plenty . as any in 
 the World, and that plenty as. good j but 
 how frequently it is raifed to an exorbitant 
 Price, upon the moft frivolous Pretences^ and 
 fometimcs none at all, I leave to thofe con- 
 cerned to deicrmine. *Tis faid we have feme 
 Laws agai nil ForcJlaUers of Markets^ which if 
 ilill in force, as 'tis very probable they may bcj 
 ho\v they come to be fo totally neglefted as' 
 It is apparent they arc, by thofe whole Pro- 
 vince it is to put them in E«ecution, may* 
 perhaps, irt a /liort time, be fet in a true 
 Light. • ' 
 
 The other, I mean, that pf Candles, is as 
 imreafonable as cither of the former, feein^g- 
 there muli of c-urfe be. .plenty of. TaUow, 
 v.hen ^licrc is no fcarcity of Flcfli. This falls- 
 very li'-avy upon many 'JVadcS whofe Liveli- 
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 that Commodity, and which runs away v/ith 
 fo much of the Profit of their Labour, that 
 the remainder is fcarcc fufflcient to maintain 
 their Families, and by that means infenfibly 
 reduces them to Poverty. 
 
 Thus I have given a fmall Sketch of what 
 has occurred to mc, which I have put down 
 in Hafte ; leaving it to an abler Pen to rcpre- 
 fcot what I have but juft touched upon. 
 
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