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A91168	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	A declaration and protestation against the illegal, detestable, oft-condemned, new tax and extortion of excise in general; and for hops (a native incertain commodity) in particular. By William Prynne of Swainswick, Esq;	1654.0		.xml	application/xml	11873	307	54	In * A Declaration of the Commons assembled in Parliament , for bringing to condign punishment those that have raised false and scandalous rumours against the House , how THAT THEY INTEND to assesse every mans Pewter , and LAY EXCIZE UPON EVERY COMMODITY . For , although I was a Lawyer and knew what Duties were by Law to be paid by my self and others , yet I neither knew nor understood that EXCISE in generall , much less for Hops in speciall , was a duty ; and seeing I had many Judgements and Declarations of Parliament against it , as an illegall , execrable innovation , and damning it for ever as such , I could neither in prudence nor conscience pay it as a DVTY , till hee could make it appear to mee by some true reall Act of Parliament to be so : desiring him to shew me what Legall or other Authority he had to claim it as a Duty from mee .	cache/A91168.xml	txt/A91168.txt
