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             To the supreme authority the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England some considerations about the excise of 4s. 8d. per barrell upon sope, humbly offered by the sope-makers of London, who lately presented their petition to your Honors.
             Hayes, John.
          
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             [London :
             1650]
          
           
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           Soap -- Taxation -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800.
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           To
           the
           supreme
           Authority
           the
           Parliament
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           of
           ENGLAND
           ;
           Some
           Considerations
           about
           the
           Excise
           of
           4
           
             s.
          
           8
           
             d.
          
           per
           Barrell
           upon
           SOPE
           ,
           humbly
           offered
           by
           the
           
             Sope-makers
          
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           who
           lately
           presented
           their
           Petition
           to
           your
           Honors
           .
        
         
           I.
           THat
           the
           laying
           Excise
           upon
           Sope
           ,
           is
           a
           requiring
           Excise
           for
           the
           labor
           of
           their
           hands
           ,
           they
           having
           paid
           Excise
           before
           for
           their
           Potashes
           ,
           Oyl
           and
           Tallow
           ,
           being
           the
           materials
           whereof
           they
           make
           their
           Soap
           ,
           and
           it
           hath
           been
           always
           reputed
           of
           ill
           consequence
           to
           discourage
           Labour
           and
           industry
           by
           taking
           away
           the
           profit
           that
           the
           Labourer
           expects
           .
        
         
           II.
           That
           the
           Sope-makers
           pay
           Excise
           for
           a
           Contingency
           ,
           a
           certain
           profit
           to
           the
           State
           out
           of
           their
           probable
           hopes
           that
           they
           shall
           make
           some
           profit
           of
           their
           Labour
           ;
           so
           that
           after
           they
           have
           made
           their
           Sope
           ,
           if
           the
           price
           of
           their
           Materials
           fall
           (
           as
           is
           ordinary
           )
           they
           then
           pay
           Excise
           only
           because
           they
           have
           taken
           pains
           ;
           for
           they
           lose
           by
           their
           Sope
           ;
           and
           besides
           ,
           they
           run
           no
           small
           hazard
           in
           their
           Boyling
           their
           Sope
           ,
           which
           makes
           their
           profit
           the
           more
           uncertain
           .
        
         
           III.
           The
           Sopemakers
           have
           harder
           measure
           (
           in
           paying
           Excise
           both
           for
           their
           Materials
           ,
           and
           their
           Sope
           )
           then
           most
           of
           the
           Tradesmen
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           :
           most
           that
           pay
           Excise
           for
           their
           Materials
           ,
           have
           the
           benefit
           to
           themselves
           of
           their
           own
           Art
           and
           Industry
           ,
           in
           changing
           those
           Materials
           into
           other
           forms
           :
           Now
           certainly
           ,
           't
           is
           Justice
           and
           best
           Policy
           to
           lay
           the
           burthens
           of
           charge
           upon
           the
           people
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           way
           ,
           that
           all
           men
           may
           equally
           bear
           their
           proportion
        
         
           IV.
           'T
           is
           almost
           impossible
           to
           impose
           the
           Excise
           upon
           Sope
           equally
           upon
           all
           Sopemakers
           ,
           because
           near
           half
           the
           Sope
           that
           's
           now
           made
           is
           boyled
           in
           Holes
           and
           Corners
           in
           small
           Panns
           ,
           for
           which
           no
           Excise
           is
           paid
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           burthen
           lies
           only
           upon
           the
           most
           visible
           Traders
           ,
           whose
           places
           of
           Boyling
           are
           known
           and
           always
           open
           ;
           and
           hereby
           those
           Sopemakers
           that
           bear
           the
           greatest
           share
           in
           other
           Publick
           payments
           ,
           have
           their
           Trades
           spoiled
           by
           those
           that
           pay
           little
           or
           none
           .
           And
           this
           was
           thought
           a
           good
           ground
           to
           take
           off
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Excise
           of
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           Wyer
           ,
           for
           that
           it
           was
           drawn
           in
           holes
           ,
           and
           little
           Excise
           paid
           for
           it
           by
           most
           .
        
         
           V.
           The
           Excise
           of
           4
           
             s.
             8
             d.
             per
          
           Barrell
           upon
           Sope
           ,
           is
           a
           gain
           so
           great
           to
           those
           that
           can
           Boyle
           privately
           ,
           and
           steal
           it
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           worth
           the
           cost
           to
           erect
           privat
           boyling
           Pans
           wherby
           they
           will
           be
           more
           in
           use
           daily
           ,
           and
           the
           Excise
           be
           no
           considerable
           advantage
           to
           the
           State
           ,
           though
           a
           destruction
           to
           some
           that
           have
           faithfully
           served
           them
           ;
           and
           thus
           it
           appeared
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           the
           Refiners
           of
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           ,
           that
           two
           Thirds
           of
           the
           Excise
           of
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           Wyer
           being
           taken
           off
           ,
           there
           would
           be
           more
           money
           advanced
           by
           it
           to
           the
           State
           then
           was
           before
           .
        
         
           VI
           .
           That
           since
           the
           Excise
           of
           Sope
           was
           raised
           from
           3
           
             s.
             per
          
           Barrel
           unto
           4
           
             s.
             8
             d.
          
           the
           Revenue
           of
           it
           hath
           bin
           less
           then
           it
           was
           before
           ;
           for
           now
           men
           will
           run
           more
           hazard
           to
           steal
           it
           ,
           and
           now
           the
           Trade
           of
           those
           whose
           boyling
           is
           most
           visible
           is
           decayed
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           continue
           ,
           will
           come
           to
           nothing
           .
        
         
           VII
           .
           Sope
           is
           most
           necessary
           for
           all
           sorts
           of
           people
           next
           to
           Victuals
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           used
           by
           the
           poorest
           people
           ;
           and
           it
           hath
           been
           thought
           Justice
           and
           Policy
           to
           lay
           the
           burden
           of
           Excise
           upon
           such
           Commodities
           as
           the
           poor
           are
           least
           necessitated
           to
           use
           ,
           and
           not
           a
           double
           burthen
           upon
           the
           most
           necessary
           Commodities
           .
        
         
           And
           though
           we
           desire
           to
           preserve
           the
           Trade
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           and
           our selves
           ,
           yet
           we
           desire
           not
           to
           diminish
           the
           Revenue
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           in
           the
           Excise
           ,
           and
           therefore
           we
           humbly
           propose
           ,
        
         
           That
           
             12d
             .
          
           per
           pound
           may
           be
           imposed
           upon
           all
           the
           imported
           materials
           ,
           whereof
           Sope
           is
           made
           ;
           whereby
           all
           that
           buy
           the
           materials
           ,
           shall
           equally
           bear
           the
           burden
           ,
           and
           those
           whose
           names
           are
           hereunto
           subscribed
           wil
           ingage
           ,
           that
           in
           case
           they
           or
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           may
           be
           intrusted
           to
           collect
           the
           Excise
           of
           those
           imported
           materials
           ,
           and
           have
           such
           allowance
           per
           pound
           therefore
           ,
           as
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Excise
           confess
           by
           their
           Certificate
           it
           costs
           them
           ,
           then
           they
           will
           advance
           the
           Revenue
           of
           that
           Excise
           of
           the
           materials
           ,
           to
           a
           value
           equal
           to
           what
           hath
           bin
           advanced
           these
           two
           last
           years
           from
           the
           Excise
           ,
           both
           of
           Sope
           &
           the
           materials
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Yet
           they
           begg
           not
           the
           Office
           ,
           but
           humbly
           leave
           it
           to
           the
           wisdome
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           intrusted
           therein
           ,
           to
           imploy
           such
           Officers
           as
           they
           think
           fit
           to
           Collect
           it
           ,
           onely
           they
           propose
           so
           to
           ingage
           to
           secure
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           they
           shall
           suffer
           no
           prejudice
           in
           their
           Revenue
           ,
           by
           condescending
           to
           their
           just
           desires
           in
           taking
           off
           the
           Excise
           of
           Sope
           ,
           which
           they
           humbly
           crave
           may
           be
           speedily
           done
           for
           the
           Reasons
           offered
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 John
                 Hayes
              
               
                 Ia.
                 Baker
              
               
                 Tho.
                 Howlett
              
               
                 William
                 Hester
              
               
                 Robert
                 Burfoote
              
               
                 Robert
                 Drinkwater
              
               
                 Iohn
                 Hutchest
              
               
                 Iohn
                 Hardwicke
              
               
                 Tho.
                 Pulteney
              
               
                 Roger
                 Peares
              
               
                 Caleb
                 Phinnies
              
               
                 Tho.
                 Bromley
              
               
                 Edw.
                 Leader
              
               
                 Iohn
                 Wolcott
                 .
              
               
                 Iohn
                 Lilburne
              
               
                 Edw.
                 Whittwell
              
               
                 Symon
                 Weeden
              
               
                 Richard
                 Cox
              
               
                 Thomas
                 Woodstock
              
               
                 Edw.
                 Halley
              
            
          
        
      
    
    

