An abstract of a proposal already laid before the Honourable the House of Commons assembled in Parliament, for employing our poor, and preventing the exportation of our coin
Kent, Dircy.
1694
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An abstract of a proposal already laid before the Honourable the House of Commons assembled in Parliament, for employing our poor, and preventing the exportation of our coin
Kent, Dircy.
1 sheet ([1] p.)
s.n.,
[London? :
1694]
Signed at end: Dircy Kent.
Wing lists author as Dixey Kent.
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An
ABSTRACT
of
a
PROPOSAL
Already
laid
before
the
Honourable
The
House
of
Commons
Assembled
in
Parliament
,
FOR
Employing
our
Poor
,
AND
PREVENTING
The
Exportation
of
our
Coin.
THat
the
Monies
now
collected
throughout
England
and
Wales
,
for
the
Maintainance
of
the
Poor
in
Idleness
,
be
settled
in
the
Hands
of
such
Trustees
as
this
Honourable
House
shall
appoint
,
to
be
a
Fund
to
employ
,
them
able
,
in
the
Linnen
or
other
Foreign
Manufactures
,
or
such
Manufactures
or
Employments
of
our
own
that
are
not
in
a
flourishing
Condition
;
and
to
maintain
all
such
who
are
or
shall
from
Time
to
Time
become
chargeable
to
their
Parishes
.
That
it
ought
speedily
to
be
done
,
whilst
Linnens
are
near
double
the
Value
as
they
us'd
to
be
at
in
Time
of
Peace
;
and
we
(
as
well
as
the
Germans
,
Spanish
,
Portuguees
,
Dutch
,
&c.
)
make
use
of
such
Advantages
as
God
and
Nature
,
and
the
present
Juncture
doth
afford
us
;
Whereby
we
shall
be
able
to
work
cheaper
than
any
of
our
Neighbours
,
all
the
Poor's
Labour
being
clear
Profit
;
for
the
same
Mony
that
maintains
them
now
in
Idleness
will
do
it
much
better
when
imployed
and
in
a
Community
.
By
which
means
we
may
be
some
Millions
yearly
Gainers
,
near
Fifteen
Hundred
Thousand
Pounds
per
Annum
being
paid
in
Specie
to
the
French
alone
,
in
Time
of
Peace
,
by
this
Kingdom
,
for
their
Linnen
Manufactures
,
to
be
here
expended
,
or
,
by
us
,
sent
to
other
Countries
;
which
Alteration
will
,
at
least
,
annually
save
the
Exportation
of
so
much
of
our
Coin
or
Bullion
:
And
that
only
by
setting
the
Poor
to
Work
,
without
other
Charge
than
what
now
maintains
them
in
Idleness
.
All
which
at
large
is
ready
to
be
again
laid
before
this
Honourable
House
,
when
they
shall
think
fit
,
by
Dixcy
Kent
.