item: #1 of 10
          id: A14517
      author: Counseil for Virginia (England and Wales)
       title: By His Maiesties Councell for Virginia whereas sundrie the aduenturers to Virginia, in their zeale to that memorable worke, the plantation of that country with an English colony ... haue published a little standing lotterie consisting of but 12 pence for euery lot ... in consideration whereof, we do certifie all men, that we do purpose ... to begin the drawing of this lotterie the 10 day of May next ...
        date: 1613.0
       words: 1298
      flesch: 58
     summary: Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A14517) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 28128)
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        item: #2 of 10
          id: A32535
      author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.
       title: By the King, a proclamation for the better regulating lotteries within the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland
        date: 1665.0
       words: 1707
      flesch: 50
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        item: #3 of 10
          id: A43319
      author: T. H.
       title: A proposal to make good the coyn of this kingdom without diminishing the species thereof.
        date: 1695.0
       words: 1485
      flesch: 59
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        item: #4 of 10
          id: A46561
      author: England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II)
       title: By the King, a proclamation for protecting and securing patentees of the Royal Oak, and all other lotteries, prohibiting all others to use or exercise the same
        date: 1687.0
       words: 1339
      flesch: 57
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        item: #5 of 10
          id: A51373
      author: Morgan, William.
       title: Proposals by William Morgan His Majesties cosmographer, for vending Mr. Ogilby's works in a standing lottery to enable him to finish Britannia, with the second part of Asia, and Europe. By His Majesties authority under the Great Seal, &c.
        date: None
       words: 2276
      flesch: 58
     summary: In general, first editions of a works in English were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably Latin and Welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A51373) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 33887)
    keywords: asia; china; lots; royal; volume
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        item: #6 of 10
          id: A52728
      author: Neale, Thomas, d. 1699?
       title: The best way of disposing of hammer'd money and plate as well for the advantage of the owners thereof, as for raising one million of money, in (and for the service of) the year 1697. By way of a lottery.
        date: None
       words: 2200
      flesch: 70
     summary: Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). EEBO-TCP is a partnership between the Universities of Michigan and Oxford and the publisher ProQuest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by ProQuest via their Early English Books Online (EEBO) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com).
    keywords: money; text; tickets; year
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        item: #7 of 10
          id: A52729
      author: Neale, Thomas, d. 1699?
       title: Fourteen hundred thousand pound, made into one hundred forty thousand bills, of ten pound apiece, to be given out for so much, as occasion requires, and to be paid as chance shall determine in course, out of 1515000 l. to be raised on a duty on malt, the odd 115000 l. being left to be only made use of to pay interest, premium and charge
        date: 1697.0
       words: 1947
      flesch: 68
     summary: Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL).
    keywords: bills; pound; text
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        item: #8 of 10
          id: A52731
      author: Neale, Thomas, d. 1699?
       title: 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.
        date: None
       words: 1525
      flesch: 66
     summary: 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). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 30915)
    keywords: money; pounds; tcp; text
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        item: #9 of 10
          id: A52736
      author: Neale, Thomas, d. 1699?
       title: A translation of the articles established by the most excellent magistracy of revisors and regulators of the publick revenue in the exchequer at Venice and approved by the Senate the 5th of March, 1693 in matter of erecting a profitable adventure for the fortunate of one hundred and fifty thousand tickets or bolletines of two ducats each : March the 9th, 1693.
        date: 1693.0
       words: 3926
      flesch: 54
     summary: And to farther explain the practical Part of this Matter , Note : Books will be purposely printed , containing the whole number of Tickets , and of those three of each Sort ( as hereunder described ) just marked and numbred alike ; No. 1. C. D. Or any other mark the Adventurers desire may be put No. 1. C. D. No. 1. C. D. No. 2. B. F. No. 2. B. F. No. 2. B. F. from which Book the outermost Ticket Signed by the Goldsmith shall be first cut , and given to the Person that so pays the Ten shillings for it ; the next , which will be just like the Tickets given out , is to be cut , and put into a strong Box , whence it is to be drawn ; and then the third , just the same with the other two , will remain still in the said Book , so that to whoever Chance gives a Ticket that entitles him to a Benefit , must bring or send the said Ticket to the place where the same shall be drawn , and there it must answer ( to prevent all mistakes ) the Ticket of the same number drawn , which will likewise answer that that 's left in the Book , and it so appearing to do , the Benefit to be forthwith delivered . IN IMITATION now of this Venetian Adventure , but without the Possibility of one third of the Profit that will be got by it there , and with much more Advantage to Adventurers , Mr. Neale the Groom-Porter , at the special Request and Desire of many eminent Merchants , and others ( so fond of the Matter , that they return Money to Venice to invest in those Tickets , which would never be done , if it might be on better terms here ) does in the same manner propose the giving out Fifty thousand Tickets , at Ten shillings per Ticket , to be in like manner drawn at the end of Four Months , to be reckoned from the First day of this Iuly 1693. or sooner , if the same shall be sooner filled up against so many Blanks , wanting only Two Hundred and Fifty , which are to be Benefitted Tickets , and in value as herein after exprest .
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        item: #10 of 10
          id: B03741
      author: Hamilton, Alexander, merchant.
       title: Articles established by Alexander Hamilton, formerly merchant in Rouen in France, now in Edinburgh, and his partners in the erecting in the said city, a profitable adventure for the fortunat, of fifty thousand tickets, of half a crown each. December 9, 1693.
        date: 1693.0
       words: 2644
      flesch: 67
     summary: 6. d. per Ticket , which he will begin to do on Thursday the 14 Instant , at the Old Post-Office , on the north side of the Street a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Cross ▪ where the Adventurers shall be attended every Work day , from 8 in the Morning to 4 a Clock at Night : And if in the above mentioned time the whole number of Tickets be not compleated , the draught shall yet be made for those that have put in , and the Benefits proportioned to the number of Tickets , of which ( by the Overseers ) a diligent Calculate shall be made .
    keywords: alexander; eebo; hamilton; tcp; text; tickets
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