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         Haines, Richard, 1633-1685.
      
       
         
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             England's weal & prosperity proposed: or, Reasons for erecting publick vvork-houses in every county, for the speedy promoting of industry and the woollen manufactory, shewing how the wealth of the nation may be encreased, many hundred thousand pounds per annum. And also that many thousand persons may be so reformed, to their own and the whole kingdoms present and future wealth and glory, that there may no more be a begger bred up in the nation. Humbly offered to the consideration of the great wisdom of the nation, and presented to the honourable House of Commons. By R. Haines. To which is added A model of government for such works houses prepared by the same author, and printed in the year (79) intended to have been presented to the last Parliament. Pursuant to a breviate of proposals for the promoting of industry, and speedy restoring the woollen manufactory, by him formerly published.
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           Almshouses -- England -- Early works to 1800.
           Wool industry -- England -- Early works to 1800.
           Public welfare -- England -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
     
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               ENGLAND'S
               Weal
               &
               Prosperity
               PROPOSED
               :
               OR
               ,
               REASONS
               For
               Erecting
               
                 Publick
                 VVork-Houses
              
               In
               every
               COVNTY
               ,
               For
               the
               speedy
               promoting
               of
               Industry
               and
               the
               
                 Woollen
                 Manufactory
              
               ,
               shewing
               how
               the
               Wealth
               of
               the
               Nation
               may
               be
               encreased
               ,
               many
               Hundred
               thousand
               pounds
               
                 per
                 Annum
              
               .
               And
               also
               that
               many
               Thousand
               persons
               may
               be
               so
               Reformed
               ,
               to
               their
               own
               and
               the
               whole
               Kingdoms
               present
               and
               future
               Wealth
               and
               Glory
               ,
               that
               there
               may
               no
               more
               be
               a
               Begger
               bred
               up
               in
               the
               Nation
               .
            
             
               Humbly
               offered
               to
               the
               Consideration
               of
               the
               Great
               Wisdom
               of
               the
               Nation
               ,
               and
               presented
               to
               the
               Honourable
               HOUSE
               of
               COMMONS
               .
            
             
               By
               
                 R.
                 HAINES
              
               .
            
             
               To
               which
               is
               added
               
                 A
                 Model
                 of
                 Government
              
               for
               such
               
                 Works
                 Houses
              
               prepared
               by
               the
               same
               Author
               ,
               and
               Printed
               in
               the
               year
               (
               79
               )
               intended
               to
               have
               been
               presented
               to
               the
               last
               Parliament
               .
            
             
               Pursuant
               to
               
                 a
                 Breviate
                 of
                 Proposals
              
               for
               the
               promoting
               of
               Industry
               ,
               and
               speedy
               restoring
               the
               
                 Woollen
                 Manufactory
              
               ,
               by
               him
               formerly
               published
               .
            
             
               〈…〉
            
          
           
             
             
             
               To
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Sir
               
                 PATIENCE
                 WARD
              
               ,
               Knt.
               Lord
               MAYOR
               of
               LONDON
               .
            
             
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
              
            
             
               THough
               the
               ensuing
               Reasons
               ,
               by
               the
               Nature
               of
               the
               Thing
               ,
               are
               addressed
               to
               the
               Honourable
               House
               of
               Commons
               ,
               whereof
               you
               are
               so
               valuable
               a
               Member
               ;
               It
               being
               that
               Great
               Council
               ,
               whose
               Vnited
               Votes
               can
               alone
               promote
               with
               Effect
               ,
               what
               is
               herein
               humbly
               offered
               .
               Yet
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               by
               reason
               this
               Work
               is
               of
               very
               great
               Import
               ,
               and
               (
               as
               in
               all
               such
               Cases
               )
               requires
               the
               more
               time
               to
               demonstrate
               the
               Value
               ,
               Vsefulness
               ,
               Necessity
               and
               Feaseableness
               thereof
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               is
               apt
               to
               be
               neglected
               or
               thrown
               by
               ;
               Therefore
               I
               have
               taken
               the
               boldness
               to
               Dedicate
               the
               same
               in
               particular
               to
               your
               Honour
               ,
               as
               a
               most
               proper
               Advocate
               and
               Patron
               ,
               humbly
               intreating
               ,
               that
               as
               you
               are
               a
               known
               Publick
               Spirited
               Promoter
               and
               Encourager
               of
               all
               things
               tending
               to
               the
               Weal
               ,
               Safety
               and
               Prosperity
               of
               the
               King
               and
               Kingdom
               ,
               so
               your
               Honour
               would
               be
               pleased
               to
               recommend
               these
               Reasons
               and
               the
               Matter
               Proposed
               ,
               to
               that
               Honourable
               House
               ,
               and
               to
               improve
               your
               Interest
               to
               have
               the
               same
               read
               before
               them
               ,
               If
               after
               your
               Perusal
               ,
               your
               Honour
               shall
               find
               them
               worthy
               of
               such
               your
               Countenance
               and
               Approbation
               ;
               wherein
               I
               hope
               you
               will
               do
               your
               King
               ,
               City
               and
               Country
               no
               inconsiderable
               Service
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               a
               very
               great
               Honour
               to
               ,
            
             
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
              
               
                 Your
                 Lordship
                 's
                 most
                 Humble
                 Servant
                 ,
                 
                   Richard
                   Haines
                
                 ,
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               England's
               
                 Weal
                 and
                 Prosperity
                 Proposed
                 :
                 Or
                 ,
              
               Reasons
               
                 for
                 the
                 Erecting
              
               Publick
               Work-Houses
               
                 in
                 every
                 County
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               FOrasmuch
               as
               our
               Wool
               is
               the
               main
               Support
               of
               that
               Trade
               which
               maintains
               and
               encreases
               the
               Wealth
               ,
               Strength
               and
               Glory
               of
               the
               English
               Nation
               ;
               therefore
               ,
               of
               all
               Commodities
               of
               our
               own
               Growth
               ,
               this
               ought
               to
               be
               most
               carefully
               maintained
               and
               encouraged
               in
               that
               way
               it
               is
               
                 THVS
                 SERVICEABLE
              
               ,
               which
               consists
               not
               in
               the
               Exportation
               of
               unwrought
               Wooll
               ,
               nor
               in
               the
               Consumption
               of
               our
               Woollen-Draperies
               at
               Home
               ;
               but
               in
               the
               Exportations
               of
               ,
               and
               quick
               Markets
               for
               our
               Woollen-Draperies
               abroad
               ,
               as
               fast
               as
               they
               can
               be
               made
               and
               spared
               at
               home
               ;
               That
               this
               may
               be
               done
               ,
               and
               that
               for
               the
               doing
               thereof
               ,
               
                 Publick
                 Work-Houses
              
               to
               be
               Erected
               in
               every
               County
               ,
               will
               be
               a
               most
               certain
               and
               effectual
               Expedient
               .
               These
               following
               Reasons
               are
               prepared
               for
               the
               Satisfaction
               of
               all
               concern'd
               therein
               .
            
             
               
                 Reason
                 I.
                 
              
               
                 Because
                 such
                 Work-Houses
                 (
                 are
                 no
                 New
                 Project
                 ,
                 but
                 )
                 have
                 already
                 in
                 Fact
                 proved
                 the
                 best
                 Expedients
                 to
                 bring
                 all
                 .
                 Idle
                 ,
                 poor
                 People
                 ,
                 Beggars
                 ,
                 Vagrants
                 ,
                 &c.
                 into
                 such
                 a
                 Habit
                 of
                 Industry
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 not
                 a
                 Beggar
                 ,
                 &c.
                 bred
                 up
                 ,
                 or
                 suffered
                 in
                 those
                 Countries
                 where
                 such
                 Houses
                 are
                 Erected
                 and
                 well-governed
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Reason
                 II.
                 
              
               
                 Because
                 ,
                 without
                 such
                 Houses
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 such
                 poor
                 ,
                 and
                 now
                 idle
                 People
                 may
                 be
                 kept
                 to
                 Labour
                 under
                 good
                 Government
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 altogether
                 improbable
                 to
                 convert
                 them
                 to
                 such
                 Habit
                 of
                 industry
                 ,
                 and
                 keep
                 them
                 employed
                 in
                 such
                 profitable
                 Manufactures
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 the
                 Trade
                 ,
                 Wealth
                 and
                 Safety
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 may
                 be
                 promoted
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Reason
                 III.
                 
              
               
                 Because
                 ,
                 as
                 by
                 these
                 Expedients
                 ,
                 there
                 may
                 not
                 be
                 any
                 Beggars
                 in
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 so
                 shall
                 not
                 they
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 poor
                 People
                 have
                 occasion
                 to
                 complain
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 an
                 honest
                 Employment
                 ,
                 Food
                 ,
                 Raiment
                 ,
                 or
                 Habitation
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Reason
                 IV.
                 
              
               
                 Because
                 ,
                 by
                 these
                 Expedients
                 ,
                 an
                 Hundred
                 or
                 two
                 Hundred
                 Thousand
                 People
                 may
                 be
                 suddainly
                 converted
                 ,
                 to
                 their
                 own
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Nations
                 present
                 and
                 future
                 Happiness
                 ;
                 and
                 as
                 it
                 hath
                 been
                 the
                 fatal
                 Practice
                 of
                 this
                 Nation
                 ,
                 to
                 breed
                 up
                 30
                 or
                 40000
                 persons
                 every
                 Year
                 to
                 be
                 maintain'd
                 for
                 Begging
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 So
                 by
                 these
                 Expedients
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 breed
                 up
                 every
                 Year
                 successively
                 30
                 or
                 40000
                 ingenious
                 Cloth-makers
                 ,
                 who
                 may
                 convert
                 Wool
                 enough
                 to
                 make
                 as
                 much
                 Cloth
                 as
                 may
                 encrease
                 the
                 Wealth
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 many
                 Hundred
                 Thousand
                 pounds
                 
                   per
                   Annum
                
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Reason
                 V.
                 
              
               
                 Because
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 such
                 Expedients
                 ,
                 whereby
                 Industry
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Woollen
                 Manufactory
                 may
                 be
                 effectually
                 promoted
                 ,
                 our
                 Wooll
                 is
                 fallen
                 from
                 12
                 d.
                 to
                 6
                 
                   d.
                   per
                
                 pound
                 ,
                 by
                 reason
                 that
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 the
                 people
                 at
                 present
                 employed
                 therein
                 ,
                 are
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 convert
                 our
                 Wooll
                 half
                 so
                 fast
                 as
                 it
                 grows
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 it
                 seems
                 very
                 unreasonable
                 to
                 prohibit
                 the
                 Exportation
                 of
                 unwrought
                 Wooll
                 ,
                 whilst
                 the
                 Expedients
                 by
                 which
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 converted
                 at
                 Home
                 are
                 rejected
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Reason
                 VI.
                 
              
               
                 Because
                 ,
                 that
                 as
                 our
                 Clothiers
                 and
                 Merchants
                 do
                 infallibly
                 demonstrate
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Exportation
                 of
                 unwrought
                 Wooll
                 ,
                 hath
                 destroyed
                 our
                 Forreign
                 Markets
                 for
                 the
                 Sale
                 of
                 our
                 Cloth
                 ;
                 so
                 it
                 is
                 as
                 easie
                 to
                 be
                 demonstrated
                 ,
                 that
                 had
                 not
                 such
                 quantities
                 of
                 English
                 and
                 Irish
                 Wooll
                 been
                 exported
                 ,
                 as
                 at
                 present
                 there
                 is
                 in
                 abundance
                 ,
                 it
                 would
                 have
                 fallen
                 from
                 12
                 d.
                 to
                 3
                 
                   d.
                   per
                
                 pound
                 ;
                 because
                 as
                 the
                 Stock
                 of
                 Wooll
                 increases
                 ,
                 the
                 Price
                 must
                 decrease
                 .
                 So
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 way
                 to
                 raise
                 the
                 Price
                 of
                 Wooll
                 ,
                 nor
                 yet
                 to
                 keep
                 it
                 up
                 where
                 it
                 is
                 ,
                 but
                 either
                 the
                 Nation
                 will
                 be
                 brought
                 to
                 extreme
                 Poverty
                 ,
                 or
                 made
                 to
                 encrease
                 mightily
                 in
                 Wealth
                 and
                 Power
                 ,
                 viz.
                 either
                 we
                 must
                 Export
                 
                 our
                 Wooll
                 ,
                 asdaily
                 (
                 especially
                 within
                 these
                 last
                 nine
                 Months
                 )
                 we
                 do
                 to
                 those
                 that
                 destroy
                 our
                 Trade
                 thereby
                 ,
                 or
                 bring
                 all
                 idle
                 ,
                 poor
                 people
                 to
                 Industry
                 ,
                 to
                 convert
                 it
                 at
                 Home
                 as
                 fast
                 as
                 it
                 grows
                 ;
                 by
                 which
                 means
                 only
                 ,
                 our
                 Wooll
                 will
                 soon
                 mount
                 to
                 12
                 d.
                 yea
                 ,
                 18
                 
                   d.
                   per
                
                 pound
                 ,
                 which
                 will
                 also
                 quickly
                 remove
                 the
                 occasion
                 for
                 the
                 Exportation
                 thereof
                 .
                 This
                 being
                 done
                 ,
                 the
                 Woollen
                 Manufactures
                 of
                 
                   France
                   ,
                   Flanders
                
                 ,
                 &c.
                 will
                 soon
                 be
                 destroyed
                 to
                 that
                 degree
                 ,
                 as
                 not
                 to
                 hinder
                 the
                 Sale
                 of
                 ours
                 ,
                 seeing
                 they
                 cannot
                 make
                 Cloth
                 without
                 a
                 Mixture
                 of
                 our
                 Wool
                 ,
                 but
                 on
                 very
                 unequal
                 Terms
                 (
                 as
                 our
                 Clothiers
                 have
                 affirmed
                 before
                 a
                 Committee
                 of
                 the
                 last
                 Long
                 Parliament
                 .
                 )
                 Wherefore
                 as
                 the
                 ready
                 way
                 to
                 destroy
                 the
                 Wealth
                 and
                 Trade
                 of
                 our
                 Nation
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 export
                 our
                 Wooll
                 ,
                 and
                 maintain
                 our
                 many
                 thousands
                 of
                 Poor
                 in
                 Idleness
                 and
                 Debauchery
                 :
                 So
                 the
                 most
                 certain
                 Expedient
                 by
                 which
                 we
                 may
                 revive
                 and
                 regain
                 the
                 Woollen
                 Manufactory
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 prosecute
                 these
                 Expedients
                 that
                 will
                 bring
                 all
                 the
                 people
                 aforesaid
                 to
                 Industry
                 .
                 By
                 which
                 we
                 may
                 raise
                 the
                 price
                 of
                 Wooll
                 at
                 Home
                 ,
                 and
                 afford
                 our
                 Cloth
                 and
                 Draperies
                 cheaper
                 than
                 our
                 Supplanters
                 ,
                 in
                 Markets
                 Abroad
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 the
                 Expedients
                 proposed
                 .
              
               
                 Obj.
                 If
                 it
                 be
                 objected
                 ,
                 That
                 if
                 our
                 Wool
                 should
                 be
                 raised
                 to
                 18
                 d.
                 &c.
                 per
                 pound
                 ,
                 then
                 other
                 Nations
                 will
                 under-sell
                 us
                 with
                 Cloth
                 they
                 make
                 of
                 French
                 and
                 Spanish
                 Wooll
                 .
              
               
                 Answ
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 I
                 answer
                 ,
                 this
                 cannot
                 be
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 Spanish
                 Wooll
                 is
                 so
                 short
                 and
                 fine
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 French
                 so
                 short
                 and
                 course
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 will
                 neither
                 work
                 together
                 ,
                 nor
                 yet
                 apart
                 ,
                 without
                 a
                 Mixture
                 of
                 ours
                 ,
                 but
                 upon
                 very
                 unequal
                 Terms
                 .
                 The
                 Truth
                 of
                 this
                 is
                 well
                 known
                 and
                 affirmed
                 by
                 Persons
                 of
                 good
                 Judgment
                 and
                 Experience
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Reason
                 VII
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 without
                 these
                 Expedients
                 for
                 promoting
                 Industry
                 ,
                 all
                 the
                 Laws
                 and
                 Statutes
                 now
                 in
                 being
                 ,
                 can
                 never
                 raise
                 the
                 Price
                 of
                 our
                 Wooll
                 ,
                 nor
                 keep
                 it
                 up
                 at
                 the
                 price
                 it
                 now
                 yields
                 ,
                 nor
                 yet
                 have
                 it
                 converted
                 at
                 Home
                 ,
                 because
                 all
                 the
                 Wooll
                 of
                 England
                 and
                 Ireland
                 is
                 (
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 )
                 monopoliz'd
                 into
                 the
                 Hands
                 of
                 the
                 Clothiers
                 by
                 Act
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 they
                 
                 cannot
                 by
                 their
                 present
                 course
                 of
                 Trade
                 convert
                 it
                 half
                 so
                 fast
                 as
                 it
                 grows
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 so
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 keep
                 down
                 the
                 price
                 at
                 their
                 pleasure
                 ,
                 (
                 they
                 having
                 Power
                 to
                 hang
                 ,
                 &c.
                 those
                 that
                 Export
                 it
                 from
                 them
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 could
                 catch
                 them
                 )
                 which
                 intollerable
                 grievance
                 by
                 the
                 Expedients
                 proposed
                 ,
                 would
                 most
                 happily
                 be
                 removed
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 great
                 Satisfaction
                 of
                 all
                 that
                 wish
                 well
                 to
                 the
                 Interest
                 of
                 England
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Reason
                 VIII
                 .
              
               
                 Because
                 ,
                 by
                 these
                 Expedients
                 ,
                 many
                 Hundreds
                 of
                 well-skill'd
                 ,
                 but
                 poor
                 decayed
                 Clothiers
                 ,
                 who
                 have
                 little
                 or
                 no
                 Stock
                 of
                 their
                 own
                 ,
                 may
                 promote
                 this
                 Manufactory
                 in
                 every
                 County
                 ,
                 where
                 every
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 may
                 as
                 easily
                 employ
                 200
                 People
                 in
                 Work
                 ,
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 Publick
                 Honse
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 could
                 Ten
                 elsewhere
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Reason
                 IX
                 .
              
               
                 Because
                 in
                 such
                 Houses
                 a
                 Multitude
                 may
                 be
                 instructed
                 in
                 Art
                 and
                 Skill
                 in
                 short
                 time
                 without
                 Difficulty
                 or
                 Charge
                 :
                 For
                 beginning
                 upon
                 the
                 very
                 coursest
                 :
                 Wooll
                 there
                 can
                 be
                 no
                 Loss
                 ,
                 but
                 rather
                 Advantage
                 ,
                 because
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 coursest
                 Cloth
                 is
                 as
                 ready
                 Money
                 as
                 the
                 finest
                 ,
                 so
                 the
                 greater
                 Quantity
                 is
                 made
                 ,
                 the
                 greater
                 will
                 be
                 the
                 Consumption
                 of
                 our
                 Wooll
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 doubted
                 ,
                 That
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 our
                 double
                 encrease
                 of
                 Clothing
                 ,
                 there
                 will
                 be
                 want
                 of
                 Market
                 for
                 our
                 Cloth.
                 My
                 Answer
                 in
                 short
                 ,
                 is
                 ,
                 That
                 if
                 all
                 the
                 Wooll
                 in
                 Europe
                 were
                 converted
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 there
                 would
                 no
                 more
                 Cloth
                 be
                 made
                 than
                 what
                 was
                 before
                 :
                 For
                 what
                 Wooll
                 is
                 not
                 converted
                 here
                 ,
                 is
                 converted
                 elsewhere
                 ;
                 therefore
                 the
                 Trade
                 for
                 our
                 Draperies
                 will
                 be
                 as
                 good
                 as
                 ever
                 ,
                 and
                 much
                 better
                 ,
                 seing
                 by
                 the
                 Expedients
                 and
                 Methods
                 proposed
                 ,
                 we
                 may
                 make
                 and
                 sell
                 our
                 Cloth
                 cheaper
                 than
                 our
                 Supplanters
                 .
                 That
                 we
                 may
                 under-sell
                 them
                 is
                 plain
                 ,
                 because
                 we
                 have
                 greater
                 Advantages
                 than
                 any
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 we
                 having
                 
                   Fullar's
                   Earth
                
                 ,
                 they
                 have
                 none
                 :
                 Our
                 Wooll
                 is
                 the
                 kindest
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 to
                 be
                 converted
                 without
                 mixture
                 of
                 other
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 cannot
                 convert
                 theirs
                 without
                 some
                 mixture
                 of
                 ours
                 ,
                 unless
                 upon
                 costly
                 and
                 unequal
                 Terms
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Reason
                 before-mentioned
                 .
                 Therefore
                 as
                 by
                 the
                 Expedients
                 proposed
                 ,
                 we
                 may
                 double
                 our
                 O●●●●●●
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 
                 we
                 may
                 under-sell
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 encrease
                 and
                 double
                 our
                 Markets
                 proportionably
                 .
              
               
                 As
                 for
                 the
                 Charge
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 no
                 more
                 ,
                 than
                 as
                 if
                 every
                 Parish
                 were
                 obliged
                 to
                 that
                 which
                 Law
                 and
                 Reason
                 already
                 requires
                 ,
                 viz.
                 To
                 provide
                 Habitations
                 and
                 Employments
                 for
                 their
                 chargeable
                 Poor
                 ;
                 only
                 with
                 this
                 difference
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 these
                 Houses
                 ,
                 far
                 greater
                 Numbers
                 will
                 be
                 employed
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 far
                 greater
                 Advantage
                 when
                 under
                 such
                 Government
                 as
                 will
                 teach
                 them
                 Skill
                 and
                 Art
                 ,
                 administring
                 Councel
                 ,
                 Encouragement
                 and
                 Correction
                 .
                 So
                 that
                 twice
                 the
                 Work
                 will
                 be
                 done
                 ,
                 and
                 less
                 time
                 spent
                 idly
                 ,
                 than
                 where
                 they
                 are
                 apart
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Reason
                 X.
                 
              
               
                 Because
                 without
                 these
                 Expedients
                 ,
                 the
                 Wealth
                 and
                 Strength
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 will
                 unavoidably
                 be
                 invaded
                 and
                 destroyed
                 at
                 the
                 pleasure
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 our
                 Supplanters
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 Woollen
                 Manufactory
                 is
                 the
                 grand
                 Support
                 of
                 our
                 Trade
                 of
                 Merchandize
                 :
                 For
                 't
                 is
                 affirmed
                 by
                 some
                 of
                 very
                 good
                 Knowledge
                 and
                 Judgment
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 all
                 the
                 Manufactures
                 of
                 England
                 that
                 are
                 exported
                 ,
                 were
                 divided
                 into
                 Thirteen
                 Parts
                 ,
                 the
                 Woollen
                 Manufactures
                 would
                 make
                 Ten
                 of
                 the
                 Thirteen
                 .
                 So
                 that
                 if
                 the
                 Expedients
                 which
                 may
                 promote
                 and
                 uphold
                 the
                 Woollen
                 Manufactory
                 be
                 rejected
                 ,
                 and
                 our
                 Supplanters
                 increase
                 in
                 Trade
                 ,
                 as
                 of
                 late
                 years
                 they
                 very
                 much
                 have
                 done
                 ,
                 then
                 of
                 necessity
                 ,
                 our
                 flourishing
                 Trade
                 of
                 Merchandize
                 ,
                 which
                 alone
                 encreased
                 our
                 Wealth
                 and
                 Treasure
                 must
                 be
                 destroyed
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 our
                 Seamen
                 and
                 Navies
                 of
                 Ships
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Hazard
                 and
                 Ruine
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 were
                 it
                 so
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 were
                 upon
                 equal
                 Terms
                 with
                 the
                 Dutch
                 in
                 respect
                 of
                 Industry
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 easie
                 to
                 be
                 demonstrated
                 ,
                 that
                 England
                 would
                 excell
                 all
                 Nations
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 in
                 that
                 Trade
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 only
                 Mother
                 and
                 Nurse
                 to
                 bring
                 forth
                 ,
                 and
                 encrease
                 Riches
                 ,
                 Seamen
                 ,
                 and
                 Navies
                 of
                 Ships
                 ,
                 &c.
                 as
                 appears
                 ,
                 if
                 we
                 consider
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 United
                 Netherlands
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 their
                 Provisions
                 for
                 Bread
                 ,
                 Beer
                 ,
                 Flesh
                 ,
                 Clothing
                 ,
                 Timber
                 ,
                 Iron
                 ,
                 Materials
                 for
                 Manufactures
                 ,
                 &c.
                 together
                 with
                 their
                 vast
                 Expence
                 to
                 maintain
                 their
                 Land
                 against
                 the
                 〈◊〉
                 All
                 which
                 costs
                 them
                 (
                 as
                 't
                 is
                 adiudged
                 )
                 at
                 least
                 
                 ten
                 times
                 more
                 than
                 the
                 Natural
                 Product
                 of
                 their
                 Land
                 is
                 worth
                 ;
                 yet
                 we
                 know
                 ,
                 that
                 for
                 Trade
                 ,
                 Fulness
                 of
                 People
                 ,
                 Moneys
                 ,
                 Treasure
                 ,
                 Seamen
                 and
                 Shipping
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 more
                 famous
                 than
                 any
                 Nation
                 in
                 Europe
                 .
                 But
                 now
                 put
                 Case
                 their
                 Industry
                 were
                 as
                 little
                 as
                 ours
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 also
                 were
                 to
                 breed
                 up
                 and
                 maintain
                 their
                 Poor
                 for
                 Begging
                 ,
                 &c.
                 as
                 we
                 do
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 might
                 we
                 not
                 then
                 infallibly
                 conclude
                 ,
                 That
                 within
                 one
                 Age
                 ,
                 nay
                 in
                 twenty
                 years
                 they
                 would
                 be
                 the
                 poorest
                 ,
                 miserable
                 ,
                 and
                 most
                 despicable
                 people
                 in
                 all
                 the
                 world
                 .
                 Wherefore
                 we
                 having
                 all
                 sorts
                 of
                 provisions
                 for
                 Food
                 and
                 Rayment
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 for
                 nothing
                 ,
                 several
                 hundred
                 thousand
                 of
                 people
                 to
                 be
                 employed
                 ,
                 and
                 Materials
                 enough
                 of
                 our
                 own
                 likewise
                 for
                 nothing
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 richest
                 Manufactures
                 .
                 Our
                 Industry
                 ,
                 were
                 it
                 but
                 proportionable
                 to
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 Dutch
                 ,
                 must
                 needs
                 encrease
                 our
                 Wealth
                 three
                 times
                 more
                 and
                 faster
                 than
                 theirs
                 .
                 So
                 that
                 most
                 plain
                 it
                 is
                 ,
                 that
                 Industry
                 ,
                 not
                 Money
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 Life
                 of
                 that
                 Trade
                 which
                 encreaseth
                 both
                 Money
                 ,
                 Treasure
                 ,
                 Seamen
                 ,
                 and
                 Shipping
                 .
              
               
                 Furthermore
                 ,
                 as
                 these
                 Houses
                 are
                 the
                 Mother
                 of
                 Industry
                 ,
                 so
                 't
                 is
                 most
                 certain
                 ,
                 That
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Expedients
                 ,
                 in
                 every
                 100
                 l.
                 worth
                 of
                 Wooll
                 exported
                 unwrought
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 1000
                 l.
                 losses
                 to
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 our
                 Wooll
                 being
                 at
                 6
                 d.
                 or
                 8
                 
                   d.
                   per
                
                 pound
                 ,
                 as
                 now
                 it
                 is
                 ;
                 of
                 which
                 ,
                 if
                 any
                 be
                 not
                 satisfied
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 thus
                 demonstrate
                 it
                 to
                 themselves
                 :
                 A
                 yard
                 of
                 Fine
                 Broad-Cloth
                 of
                 16
                 s.
                 or
                 18
                 s.
                 price
                 will
                 not
                 exceed
                 a
                 pound
                 in
                 weight
                 and
                 the
                 like
                 for
                 fine
                 Worsted
                 Stockins
                 of
                 6
                 s.
                 price
                 will
                 not
                 weigh
                 six
                 ounces
                 .
                 So
                 that
                 put
                 Case
                 two
                 pounds
                 of
                 Wooll
                 should
                 be
                 allowed
                 for
                 one
                 pound
                 ,
                 yet
                 still
                 every
                 Shilling
                 in
                 Wooll
                 will
                 amount
                 to
                 more
                 than
                 10
                 s.
                 in
                 Cloth
                 and
                 Stockins
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 what
                 was
                 to
                 be
                 demonstrated
                 .
                 Thus
                 all
                 this
                 which
                 might
                 so
                 have
                 been
                 got
                 by
                 Workmanship
                 ,
                 &c.
                 being
                 ten
                 times
                 the
                 value
                 of
                 the
                 Wooll
                 is
                 clearly
                 lost
                 to
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 whilest
                 those
                 that
                 might
                 do
                 it
                 are
                 maintain'd
                 for
                 Begging
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Reason
                 XI
                 .
              
               
                 Because
                 ,
                 as
                 by
                 these
                 Expedients
                 Industry
                 ,
                 Trade
                 ,
                 Treasure
                 ,
                 Seamen
                 and
                 Navies
                 will
                 encrease
                 ,
                 so
                 the
                 intollerable
                 charge
                 
                 bred
                 up
                 to
                 such
                 Habit
                 of
                 Industry
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 learn
                 whilst
                 they
                 are
                 young
                 ,
                 to
                 gain
                 their
                 Living
                 while
                 they
                 come
                 old
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 very
                 rare
                 to
                 find
                 any
                 chargable
                 ,
                 but
                 such
                 as
                 are
                 meer
                 objects
                 of
                 Charity
                 ,
                 viz.
                 those
                 that
                 by
                 Infancy
                 ,
                 Old
                 Age
                 ,
                 or
                 Sickness
                 are
                 uncapable
                 of
                 all
                 kind
                 of
                 Imployment
                 ,
                 neither
                 of
                 which
                 continue
                 long
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Reason
                 XII
                 .
              
               
                 Because
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 again
                 and
                 again
                 demonstrated
                 by
                 several
                 Printed
                 sheets
                 )
                 by
                 the
                 Expedients
                 proposed
                 ,
                 the
                 Wealth
                 of
                 our
                 Nation
                 may
                 increase
                 30
                 or
                 40
                 hundred
                 thousand
                 pounds
                 
                   per
                   Annum
                
                 ,
                 the
                 greatness
                 of
                 which
                 makes
                 many
                 rash
                 persons
                 contemn
                 all
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 proposed
                 as
                 a
                 thing
                 impossible
                 .
                 Nevertheless
                 upon
                 diligent
                 and
                 repeated
                 Inquiries
                 and
                 deliberate
                 Consideration
                 ,
                 I
                 dare
                 affirm
                 ,
                 with
                 all
                 Confidence
                 ,
                 That
                 it
                 will
                 amount
                 to
                 much
                 more
                 .
              
               
                 
                   1.
                   
                   Because
                   the
                   Returns
                   of
                   our
                   Woollen
                   Draperies
                   that
                   are
                   now
                   Exported
                   do
                   amount
                   to
                   more
                   than
                   Ten
                   Millions
                   
                     per
                     Annum
                  
                   ;
                   as
                   is
                   attested
                   by
                   such
                   as
                   are
                   well
                   skilled
                   and
                   experienced
                   in
                   this
                   matter
                   .
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   Wherefore
                   there
                   being
                   as
                   much
                   more
                   English
                   and
                   Irish
                   Wooll
                   to
                   be
                   converted
                   ,
                   as
                   is
                   now
                   converted
                   by
                   the
                   present
                   Course
                   of
                   Trade
                   (
                   as
                   most
                   certainly
                   there
                   is
                   .
                   )
                   Then
                   if
                   all
                   the
                   people
                   aforesaid
                   (
                   being
                   double
                   the
                   number
                   of
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   now
                   Imployed
                   therein
                   )
                   were
                   brought
                   to
                   Industry
                   ,
                   as
                   by
                   these
                   Expedients
                   they
                   certainly
                   and
                   speedily
                   might
                   ,
                   it
                   as
                   certainly
                   follows
                   ,
                   That
                   a
                   double
                   quantity
                   of
                   Woollen
                   Draperies
                   would
                   be
                   made
                   .
                
                 
                   3.
                   
                   And
                   considering
                   there
                   's
                   none
                   of
                   these
                   Draperies
                   to
                   be
                   deducted
                   out
                   of
                   such
                   our
                   additional
                   Trade
                   to
                   be
                   consumed
                   at
                   home
                   ,
                   or
                   to
                   be
                   carried
                   to
                   the
                   dismal
                   low
                   Markets
                   in
                   Golgotha
                   ,
                   from
                   whence
                   there
                   are
                   no
                   Returns
                   :
                   but
                   the
                   whole
                   of
                   what
                   is
                   raised
                   by
                   this
                   our
                   New
                   Trade
                   ,
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   Exported
                   to
                   such
                   Markets
                   as
                   will
                   afford
                   good
                   and
                   quick
                   Returns
                   .
                
                 
                   4.
                   
                   It
                   will
                   therefore
                   ,
                   from
                   all
                   this
                   infallibly
                   likewise
                   follow
                   ,
                   That
                   if
                   the
                   old
                   ,
                   viz.
                   The
                   present
                   Trade
                   of
                   Clothing
                   ,
                   af
                   〈…〉
                   
                   said
                   doth
                   now
                   bring
                   in
                   more
                   than
                   
                     Ten
                     Millions
                     per
                     Annum
                  
                   ;
                   then
                   must
                   the
                   New
                   ,
                   out
                   of
                   which
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   defalcations
                   bring
                   in
                   much
                   more
                   .
                
              
               
                 Which
                 at
                 least
                 amounts
                 to
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 what
                 was
                 to
                 be
                 demonstrated
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 put
                 Case
                 we
                 have
                 not
                 Wooll
                 enough
                 to
                 imploy
                 all
                 the
                 people
                 aforesaid
                 ,
                 yet
                 the
                 Expedients
                 still
                 remain
                 unshaken
                 ,
                 because
                 we
                 may
                 imploy
                 them
                 in
                 making
                 of
                 Linnen
                 with
                 great
                 Advantage
                 ;
                 For
                 as
                 the
                 first
                 will
                 bring
                 Treasure
                 into
                 the
                 Nation
                 ;
                 so
                 the
                 other
                 will
                 preserve
                 it
                 from
                 going
                 out
                 ,
                 (
                 and
                 then
                 whether
                 our
                 Dead
                 be
                 buried
                 in
                 Woollen
                 or
                 Linnen
                 it
                 matters
                 not
                 .
                 )
                 So
                 that
                 the
                 Case
                 is
                 plain
                 we
                 have
                 Wooll
                 enough
                 ,
                 Hemp
                 and
                 Flax
                 enough
                 ,
                 Fullers-Earth
                 enough
                 ,
                 and
                 Poor
                 People
                 enow
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 Draperies
                 enough
                 to
                 make
                 our
                 Nation
                 to
                 excel1
                 all
                 Kingdoms
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 in
                 Wealth
                 and
                 Power
                 ,
                 Strength
                 and
                 Safety
                 :
                 And
                 as
                 certainly
                 may
                 the
                 same
                 be
                 accomplisht
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Honour
                 of
                 Almighty
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 happy
                 Reformation
                 of
                 many
                 Thousands
                 ,
                 who
                 are
                 bred
                 up
                 in
                 Idleness
                 ,
                 and
                 live
                 in
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 Debauchery
                 ,
                 and
                 dye
                 most
                 miserably
                 .
              
               
                 Nor
                 may
                 any
                 Member
                 that
                 wishes
                 well
                 to
                 the
                 Interest
                 of
                 England
                 oppose
                 it
                 :
                 For
                 as
                 for
                 the
                 Landlord
                 ,
                 he
                 above
                 all
                 men
                 ,
                 ought
                 to
                 promote
                 it
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 Charge
                 properly
                 belongs
                 to
                 the
                 Tenant
                 or
                 Possessor
                 ,
                 who
                 is
                 accustomed
                 to
                 contribute
                 to
                 the
                 Relief
                 and
                 Maintenance
                 of
                 the
                 Poor
                 .
                 Nor
                 ,
                 Secondly
                 ,
                 may
                 the
                 Tenant
                 or
                 Possessor
                 complain
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 will
                 not
                 only
                 be
                 much
                 eased
                 in
                 such
                 their
                 Charge
                 ,
                 but
                 vastly
                 advantaged
                 by
                 quick
                 and
                 good
                 Markets
                 ,
                 for
                 Wooll
                 ,
                 Corn
                 and
                 Cattel
                 ,
                 when
                 so
                 many
                 thousands
                 are
                 imployed
                 more
                 than
                 now
                 are
                 ,
                 and
                 earn
                 ,
                 and
                 pay
                 for
                 all
                 that
                 they
                 eat
                 ,
                 drink
                 and
                 wear
                 .
                 Nay
                 ,
                 what
                 they
                 now
                 suffer
                 by
                 Hous-rents
                 ,
                 Hedg-breaking
                 ,
                 Pilfering
                 ,
                 and
                 unnecessary
                 Contributions
                 to
                 Beggars
                 ,
                 &c.
                 amounts
                 to
                 near
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 will
                 pay
                 for
                 the
                 Building
                 of
                 these
                 Houses
                 :
                 For
                 ,
                 put
                 case
                 there
                 be
                 200000
                 Beggars
                 and
                 idle
                 ,
                 chargeable
                 People
                 in
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 they
                 eat
                 ,
                 drink
                 and
                 wear
                 ,
                 amount
                 but
                 to
                 5
                 
                   l.
                   per
                   Annum
                
                 a
                 piece
                 ,
                 this
                 amounts
                 to
                 one
                 Million
                 in
                 〈…〉
              
            
             
               
               
                 Reason
                 XIII
                 .
              
               
                 Because
                 the
                 Charge
                 of
                 such
                 Houses
                 of
                 Industry
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 the
                 Wealth
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 may
                 encrease
                 so
                 many
                 Millions
                 
                   per
                   Annum
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 considered
                 as
                 a
                 National
                 Charge
                 ,
                 is
                 no
                 Charge
                 at
                 all
                 to
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 Money
                 that
                 must
                 pay
                 for
                 doing
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 never
                 goes
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 but
                 like
                 the
                 Blood
                 in
                 its
                 Circulation
                 ,
                 remains
                 within
                 the
                 Body
                 for
                 the
                 Comfort
                 and
                 Benefit
                 of
                 every
                 Limb
                 and
                 Member
                 .
                 Nor
                 hath
                 any
                 person
                 reason
                 to
                 think
                 ,
                 that
                 his
                 just
                 share
                 of
                 Contribution-money
                 might
                 be
                 better
                 bestow'd
                 ,
                 seeing
                 that
                 by
                 this
                 Expedient
                 ,
                 his
                 Posterity
                 to
                 all
                 Generations
                 shall
                 be
                 secured
                 from
                 Beggary
                 ,
                 so
                 as
                 never
                 to
                 be
                 destitute
                 of
                 a
                 Lawful
                 Imployment
                 ,
                 Food
                 ,
                 Raiment
                 and
                 Habitation
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Reason
                 XIV
                 .
              
               
                 Because
                 ,
                 by
                 these
                 Expedients
                 ,
                 His
                 Majesties
                 Revenue
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 encrease
                 of
                 Customes
                 ,
                 Poundage
                 and
                 Tollage
                 ,
                 cannot
                 amount
                 to
                 less
                 than
                 100000
                 
                   l.
                   per
                   Annum
                
                 ,
                 because
                 answerable
                 to
                 the
                 encrease
                 of
                 Trade
                 ,
                 so
                 the
                 encrease
                 of
                 Customes
                 will
                 be
                 near
                 proportionable
                 :
                 Wherefore
                 it
                 concerns
                 His
                 Majesty
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 to
                 encourage
                 the
                 Expedients
                 that
                 will
                 hasten
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 greatest
                 Objections
                 raised
                 against
                 this
                 Expedient
                 ,
                 proceed
                 from
                 two
                 sorts
                 of
                 men
                 ,
                 the
                 one
                 against
                 it
                 ,
                 the
                 other
                 for
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 Obj.
                 As
                 for
                 the
                 First
                 ,
                 all
                 that
                 they
                 alledge
                 centres
                 in
                 this
                 ,
                 namely
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 Expedient
                 is
                 impracticable
                 ,
                 because
                 people
                 are
                 generally
                 so
                 base
                 ,
                 deceitful
                 and
                 dishonest
                 ,
                 that
                 one
                 may
                 not
                 trust
                 another
                 ;
                 and
                 (
                 say
                 some
                 )
                 Let
                 the
                 Poor
                 beg
                 ,
                 starve
                 ,
                 steal
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 hang'd
                 and
                 damn'd
                 ;
                 it
                 's
                 best
                 for
                 me
                 and
                 mine
                 to
                 keep
                 our
                 Money
                 whilst
                 we
                 have
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 Answ
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 I
                 shall
                 only
                 say
                 ,
                 That
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 reason
                 to
                 account
                 that
                 impracticable
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 daily
                 see
                 done
                 before
                 our
                 Eyes
                 by
                 our
                 next
                 next
                 Neighbours
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 say
                 the
                 English
                 are
                 less
                 trusty
                 ,
                 is
                 too
                 gross
                 an
                 Affront
                 to
                 be
                 put
                 upon
                 our
                 Country
                 :
                 However
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 offered
                 such
                 a
                 Method
                 for
                 erecting
                 and
                 Manageing
                 these
                 Houses
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 shall
                 be
                 the
                 Interest
                 ,
                 as
                 
                 and
                 effectually
                 to
                 promote
                 the
                 good
                 Ends
                 thereby
                 design'd
                 ;
                 and
                 as
                 for
                 the
                 latter
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Objection
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 such
                 a
                 Misery
                 ,
                 Uncharitable
                 and
                 Atheistical
                 Folly
                 ,
                 as
                 deserves
                 no
                 further
                 Regard
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Obj.
                 The
                 most
                 important
                 Objection
                 is
                 of
                 the
                 latter
                 ,
                 which
                 calls
                 loud
                 for
                 Answer
                 :
                 We
                 approve
                 (
                 say
                 they
                 )
                 of
                 the
                 thing
                 ,
                 but
                 't
                 is
                 next
                 to
                 impossible
                 ,
                 that
                 this
                 Honourable
                 House
                 should
                 take
                 Cognizance
                 thereof
                 before
                 they
                 have
                 establisht
                 and
                 secured
                 that
                 Religion
                 which
                 God
                 hath
                 appointed
                 for
                 his
                 own
                 Worship
                 and
                 Service
                 ,
                 without
                 which
                 ,
                 all
                 hope
                 of
                 obtaining
                 his
                 Mercies
                 and
                 Blessings
                 for
                 the
                 Wealth
                 and
                 Prosperity
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 is
                 in
                 vain
                 .
              
               
                 Answ
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 I
                 answer
                 ,
                 First
                 ,
                 As
                 to
                 Religion
                 and
                 Worship
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 already
                 establisht
                 by
                 Law
                 ,
                 &c.
                 but
                 how
                 to
                 secure
                 this
                 Religion
                 ,
                 
                 together
                 with
                 the
                 Peace
                 and
                 Safety
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 depends
                 only
                 upon
                 the
                 Nations
                 Submission
                 unto
                 ,
                 and
                 Concurrence
                 with
                 the
                 Will
                 and
                 good
                 Pleasure
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 other
                 Cases
                 ,
                 to
                 wit
                 ,
                 the
                 good
                 of
                 the
                 Poor
                 ,
                 &c.
                 without
                 which
                 ,
                 our
                 Religion
                 and
                 Worship
                 ,
                 although
                 it
                 be
                 the
                 same
                 which
                 himself
                 hath
                 appointed
                 ,
                 is
                 altogether
                 unacceptable
                 ,
                 as
                 is
                 most
                 fully
                 declared
                 by
                 all
                 the
                 Prophets
                 ,
                 and
                 confirm'd
                 by
                 our
                 Saviour's
                 own
                 words
                 .
              
               
                 We
                 know
                 ,
                 that
                 God
                 always
                 had
                 a
                 Nation
                 ,
                 Church
                 ,
                 and
                 People
                 in
                 all
                 Ages
                 ,
                 (
                 although
                 in
                 every
                 Age
                 subject
                 to
                 Error
                 in
                 an
                 high
                 degree
                 )
                 so
                 also
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 
                   Babylon
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 as
                 a
                 Rod
                 in
                 the
                 Hand
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 to
                 correct
                 them
                 for
                 their
                 wilful
                 Failings
                 and
                 Offences
                 .
                 Litteral-Babylon
                 in
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 and
                 Mystery-Babylon
                 in
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 Gospel
                 .
                 The
                 First
                 ,
                 to
                 correct
                 his
                 People
                 ,
                 Kings
                 and
                 Princes
                 of
                 Israel
                 :
                 And
                 the
                 Last
                 ,
                 to
                 correct
                 his
                 own
                 Christian
                 Kings
                 ,
                 Princes
                 and
                 Churches
                 under
                 the
                 Gospel
                 .
                 This
                 we
                 know
                 is
                 true
                 ,
                 if
                 we
                 believe
                 the
                 Prophets
                 ,
                 Christ
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Apostles
                 ,
                 and
                 modern
                 Writings
                 .
                 And
                 as
                 true
                 it
                 is
                 also
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Rod
                 is
                 now
                 in
                 an
                 high
                 manner
                 lifted
                 up
                 against
                 the
                 whole
                 Land
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Church
                 
                 appointed
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 Misery
                 ,
                 Desolation
                 ,
                 Death
                 ,
                 and
                 unmerciful
                 Cruelties
                 ,
                 do
                 (
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 )
                 stare
                 in
                 our
                 Faces
                 ,
                 and
                 nothing
                 remains
                 for
                 our
                 Comfort
                 but
                 this
                 ,
                 namely
                 ,
                 That
                 this
                 Revengful
                 and
                 Bloody
                 Rod
                 ,
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 Hands
                 of
                 a
                 Gracious
                 and
                 Merciful
                 God
                 ,
                 who
                 will
                 assuredly
                 throw
                 it
                 into
                 the
                 Fire
                 before
                 it
                 ever
                 hurt
                 us
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 Crying
                 Sins
                 by
                 which
                 his
                 most
                 Holy
                 Majesty
                 is
                 most
                 highly
                 provoked
                 and
                 displeased
                 ,
                 be
                 put
                 away
                 ,
                 whereof
                 this
                 ever
                 was
                 ,
                 and
                 now
                 at
                 this
                 time
                 ,
                 is
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 intollerable
                 and
                 provoking
                 Evils
                 ,
                 namely
                 ,
                 The
                 lamentable
                 Condition
                 of
                 those
                 many
                 Thousands
                 of
                 Poor
                 People
                 ,
                 Widdows
                 ,
                 and
                 Fatherless
                 Children
                 ,
                 the
                 many
                 Thousands
                 that
                 have
                 been
                 ,
                 and
                 are
                 bred
                 up
                 in
                 Ignorance
                 ,
                 Idleness
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 Debaucheries
                 ,
                 unserviceable
                 to
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 unfit
                 for
                 Church-members
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 live
                 and
                 die
                 most
                 miserably
                 .
                 And
                 for
                 this
                 very
                 thing
                 which
                 the
                 Most
                 High
                 could
                 never
                 endure
                 ,
                 God
                 was
                 offended
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Wrath
                 kindled
                 against
                 his
                 own
                 People
                 ,
                 their
                 Kings
                 ,
                 and
                 Nation
                 ,
                 to
                 that
                 Degree
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 abhorr'd
                 their
                 most
                 Solemn
                 Services
                 and
                 Worship
                 which
                 himself
                 had
                 commanded
                 .
                 Yea
                 ,
                 when
                 by
                 Fasting
                 ,
                 Praying
                 ,
                 &c.
                 they
                 cried
                 unto
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 hear
                 ,
                 nor
                 regard
                 ;
                 it
                 was
                 Iniquity
                 ,
                 even
                 their
                 Solemn
                 Meeting
                 ,
                 until
                 this
                 intollerable
                 thing
                 was
                 effectually
                 reform'd
                 .
              
               
                 Which
                 is
                 an
                 infallible
                 Demonstration
                 ,
                 that
                 God
                 hath
                 a
                 greater
                 Regard
                 to
                 the
                 Poor
                 ,
                 &c.
                 than
                 he
                 had
                 to
                 the
                 External
                 Religion
                 and
                 Worship
                 which
                 himself
                 commanded
                 :
                 And
                 for
                 this
                 insufferable
                 Crime
                 ,
                 he
                 delivered
                 his
                 People
                 into
                 the
                 Hands
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 Babylon
                 ,
                 who
                 worshipped
                 Images
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 Now
                 that
                 the
                 Sum
                 of
                 this
                 is
                 true
                 ,
                 Moses
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 Prophets
                 do
                 testifie
                 .
                 And
                 that
                 the
                 same
                 Love
                 and
                 Care
                 for
                 the
                 one
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Indignation
                 against
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 remains
                 and
                 continues
                 to
                 this
                 day
                 ,
                 is
                 also
                 as
                 certain
                 .
                 Witness
                 our
                 Saviour's
                 Parable
                 of
                 the
                 Rich
                 Man
                 and
                 the
                 Beggar
                 ;
                 when
                 the
                 Rich
                 Man
                 ,
                 for
                 being
                 regardless
                 of
                 the
                 Beggar
                 's
                 Condition
                 ,
                 lift
                 up
                 his
                 Eyes
                 in
                 the
                 Flames
                 of
                 Hell
                 ,
                 and
                 finding
                 it
                 impossible
                 to
                 obtain
                 Ease
                 or
                 Relief
                 ,
                 made
                 earnest
                 Request
                 in
                 the
                 behalf
                 of
                 his
                 Brethren
                 ,
                 That
                 a
                 Messenger
                 might
                 be
                 sent
                 to
                 testifie
                 the
                 Verity
                 of
                 the
                 matter
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 repent
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 But
                 behold
                 the
                 Answer
                 
                 from
                 Heaven
                 was
                 
                   (
                   No
                   ,
                   let
                   them
                   alone
                   )
                   they
                   have
                
                 Moses
                 
                   and
                   the
                   Prophets
                
                 ,
                 viz.
                 their
                 Sayings
                 and
                 Writings
                 )
                 if
                 they
                 will
                 not
                 hear
                 them
                 ,
                 neither
                 will
                 they
                 be
                 perswaded
                 if
                 one
                 arose
                 from
                 the
                 Dead
                 .
                 Which
                 doth
                 plainly
                 shew
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Will
                 and
                 Mind
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 delivered
                 by
                 Moses
                 and
                 the
                 Prophets
                 in
                 this
                 matter
                 ,
                 still
                 remains
                 so
                 unchangeable
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 a
                 man
                 should
                 keep
                 all
                 the
                 Commandements
                 of
                 God
                 besides
                 ,
                 and
                 offend
                 in
                 this
                 matter
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 profit
                 him
                 nothing
                 :
                 As
                 is
                 positively
                 declared
                 by
                 Christ
                 ,
                 when
                 upon
                 this
                 very
                 occasion
                 ,
                 he
                 turned
                 himself
                 from
                 the
                 hopeful
                 Rich
                 Man
                 ,
                 whom
                 he
                 loved
                 ,
                 and
                 said
                 ,
                 
                   How
                   hard
                   is
                   it
                   for
                   a
                   Rich
                   Man
                   to
                   enter
                   into
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   God
                   :
                   It
                   is
                   easier
                   for
                   a
                   Camel
                   to
                   go
                   through
                   the
                   Eye
                   of
                   a
                   Needle
                   ,
                   than
                   for
                   a
                   Rich
                   man
                   to
                   enter
                   into
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   Heaven
                   .
                
              
               
                 So
                 that
                 for
                 a
                 Nation
                 or
                 Person
                 to
                 have
                 more
                 Love
                 or
                 Regard
                 to
                 Worldly
                 Wealth
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 the
                 low
                 and
                 despicable
                 Poor
                 ,
                 though
                 Beggars
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 defer
                 the
                 relieving
                 them
                 ,
                 appears
                 to
                 be
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 highest
                 provoking
                 Sins
                 for
                 which
                 God
                 will
                 be
                 aveng'd
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 sum
                 up
                 the
                 whole
                 ,
                 it
                 amounts
                 to
                 this
                 ,
                 that
                 although
                 we
                 worship
                 no
                 false
                 God
                 ,
                 nor
                 bow
                 to
                 any
                 Image
                 ,
                 but
                 do
                 worship
                 ,
                 the
                 true
                 God
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 his
                 Appointments
                 ,
                 do
                 Fast
                 ,
                 pray
                 ,
                 and
                 humble
                 our selves
                 before
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 keep
                 all
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 his
                 Commandments
                 from
                 our
                 Youth
                 up
                 ;
                 yet
                 if
                 we
                 judge
                 not
                 the
                 Cause
                 of
                 the
                 Fatherless
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Right
                 of
                 the
                 Needy
                 ,
                 shall
                 not
                 I
                 visit
                 for
                 these
                 things
                 ,
                 saith
                 God
                 ?
                 Shall
                 not
                 my
                 Soul
                 be
                 aveng'd
                 upon
                 such
                 a
                 Nation
                 as
                 this
                 ?
                 —
                 
                   God
                   Almighty
                   grant
                   that
                   this
                   may
                   never
                   be
                   said
                   of
                
                 England
                 .
                 
                   And
                   to
                   prevent
                   the
                   dreadful
                   Stroke
                   of
                
                 Babylon
                 .
              
               
                 
                   May
                   it
                   please
                   this
                   Honourable
                   House
                   ,
                
              
               
                 To
                 Consider
                 ,
                 That
                 as
                 National
                 Sins
                 and
                 Provocations
                 incur
                 the
                 Displeasure
                 of
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 so
                 likewise
                 to
                 reflect
                 how
                 much
                 this
                 present
                 Parliament
                 may
                 concilliate
                 to
                 themselves
                 and
                 this
                 poor
                 Nation
                 ,
                 the
                 Favour
                 and
                 Blessing
                 of
                 the
                 Almighty
                 ;
                 and
                 also
                 how
                 gloriously
                 the
                 Renown
                 shall
                 to
                 all
                 Posterity
                 be
                 Recorded
                 ;
                 when
                 by
                 one
                 Act
                 more
                 than
                 an
                 Hundred
                 Thousand
                 shall
                 be
                 converted
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 at
                 once
                 ,
                 in
                 your
                 day
                 ,
                 to
                 their
                 own
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 whole
                 Nations
                 present
                 and
                 future
                 Happiness
                 〈…〉
                 
                 Posterity
                 (
                 yea
                 ,
                 every
                 individual
                 in
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 )
                 in
                 all
                 Ages
                 may
                 call
                 you
                 Blessed
                 .
              
               
                 Wherefore
                 if
                 this
                 Honourable
                 House
                 do
                 believe
                 ,
                 that
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 with
                 all
                 Humility
                 and
                 Zeal
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 ,
                 offered
                 to
                 your
                 Grave
                 and
                 Pious
                 Consideration
                 ,
                 be
                 well
                 pleasing
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 accordingly
                 be
                 approved
                 of
                 by
                 this
                 Honourable
                 House
                 (
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 by
                 the
                 King
                 's
                 Most
                 Excellent
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 who
                 hath
                 been
                 Graciously
                 pleas'd
                 to
                 declare
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 be
                 ready
                 in
                 his
                 Station
                 ,
                 to
                 encourage
                 it
                 all
                 he
                 could
                 )
                 then
                 my
                 humble
                 Petition
                 to
                 this
                 Honourable
                 House
                 ,
                 is
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   That
                   I
                   may
                   obtain
                   leave
                   to
                   bring
                   in
                   a
                   Bill
                   ,
                   which
                   I
                   have
                   prepared
                   ,
                   containing
                   such
                   Clauses
                   ,
                   Rules
                   and
                   Methods
                   as
                   may
                   (
                   with
                   such
                   Corrections
                   and
                   Amendments
                   ,
                   as
                   this
                   Honourable
                   House
                   shall
                   think
                   meet
                   )
                   in
                   short
                   time
                   compass
                   the
                   Design
                   in
                   such
                   manner
                   ,
                   that
                   all
                   Cheats
                   and
                   Frauds
                   may
                   be
                   so
                   far
                   prevented
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Contributers
                   cannot
                   be
                   injured
                   unless
                   they
                   themselves
                   will
                   willfully
                   be
                   regardless
                   of
                   their
                   own
                   Interest
                   ,
                   together
                   with
                   such
                   Rules
                   and
                   Methods
                   for
                   prosecuting
                   the
                   Design
                   ,
                   as
                   may
                   for
                   ever
                   secure
                   it
                   from
                   failing
                   or
                   ceasing
                   after
                   it
                   is
                   begun
                   .
                
              
               
                 FINIS
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
               A
               METHOD
               OF
               GOVERNMENT
               FOR
               SUCH
               Publick
               Working
               ALMS-HOUSES
               As
               may
               be
               Erected
               in
               every
               County
               for
               bringing
               all
               idle
               hands
               to
               Industry
               .
               AS
               The
               best
               known
               Expedient
               for
               restoring
               and
               advancing
               the
               Woollen
               Manufacture
               .
            
             
               HUMBLY
               Offered
               to
               the
               KINGS
               most
               Excellent
               MAJESTY
               and
               both
               Houses
               of
               PARLIAMENT
               .
            
             
               BY
               
                 R.
                 Haines
              
            
             
               With
               Allowance
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               A
               Method
               of
               Government
               for
               Publick
               Working
               Alms-houses
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               THE
               Scope
               or
               End
               aimed
               at
               ,
               and
               promised
               by
               my
               former
               Proposals
               ,
               is
               ,
               That
               all
               the
               Wool
               of
               England
               ,
               and
               what
               Scotland
               and
               Ireland
               have
               to
               spare
               ,
               may
               be
               Manufactured
               in
               England
               ,
               as
               fast
               as
               it
               grows
               and
               arises
               ,
               on
               such
               Terms
               as
               that
               all
               the
               Cloth
               we
               have
               to
               spare
               ,
               being
               exported
               ,
               may
               find
               quick
               Markets
               as
               fast
               as
               't
               is
               made
               .
            
             
               The
               Expedients
               or
               means
               to
               Effect
               All
               this
               ;
               are
               ,
            
             
               First
               in
               General
               ,
               To
               bring
               all
               poor
               People
               and
               idle
               hands
               to
               Industry
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               in
               particular
               ,
               as
               the
               only
               effectual
               Way
               or
               Method
               ,
               to
               do
               this
               to
               the
               best
               advantage
               it
               is
               proposed
               ,
               
                 That
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 ,
                 or
                 more
                 ,
                 Publick
                 Work-houses
                 be
                 Erected
                 in
                 every
                 County
                 ,
                 where
                 all
                 such
                 poor
                 people
                 and
                 idle
                 hands
                 may
                 under
                 good
                 Government
                 be
                 constantly
                 employed
                 in
                 that
                 Manufacture
                 ,
              
            
             
               Which
               having
               been
               perused
               and
               considered
               by
               several
               Publick
               Spirited
               Persons
               ,
               known
               Promoters
               of
               the
               Nations
               wealth
               and
               safety
               ,
               they
               have
               generally
               very
               much
               approved
               and
               encouraged
               the
               said
               Expedient
               ,
               as
               most
               certain
               ,
               feasible
               ,
               and
               effectual
               to
               accomplish
               the
               great
               and
               good
               ends
               aforesaid
               ;
               If
               I
               could
               but
               propose
               such
               a
               Method
               of
               Government
               in
               these
               Work-houses
               as
               the
               Nation
               may
               be
               secured
               of
               these
               four
               things
               ,
               viz.
               The
               Country
               from
               being
               cheated
               of
               their
               Money
               raised
               for
               erecting
               and
               furnishing
               such
               Houses
               ;
               the
               Poor
               from
               being
               abused
               ;
               unfit
               Persons
               kept
               from
               being
               Officers
               and
               bearing
               Rule
               in
               them
               ;
               and
               Justice
               from
               being
               wrested
               so
               as
               not
               to
               redress
               Grievances
               and
               punish
               Offenders
               .
            
             
               Wherefore
               (
               with
               all
               submission
               to
               better
               Judgments
               )
               I
               humbly
               offer
               such
               a
               Method
               of
               Government
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               concerns
               the
               preservation
               of
               the
               Stock
               raised
               ,
               and
               prevention
               of
               Frauds
               and
               Corruptions
               in
               Officers
               ,
               as
               will
               ,
               I
               conceive
               ,
               remove
               all
               Apprehensions
               of
               any
               the
               before
               mentioned
               mischiefs
               ,
               that
               so
               all
               ju
               〈…〉
            
             
             
               Since
               all
               Parishes
               are
               to
               contribute
               to
               this
               Work
               ,
               and
               every
               Parishoner
               is
               concerned
               in
               the
               Charge
               ,
               and
               may
               reap
               Benefit
               by
               it
               ,
               if
               honestly
               managed
               ,
               Therefore
               ,
               because
               it
               cannot
               be
               imagined
               that
               any
               people
               will
               cheat
               or
               injure
               themselves
               ,
               let
               each
               person
               in
               every
               Parish
               be
               concerned
               in
               or
               about
               the
               Government
               or
               Inspection
               thereof
               ;
               as
               follows
               .
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 That
                 it
                 be
                 Enacted
                 ,
                 that
                 all
                 contributing
                 Parishioners
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 greatest
                 part
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 meet
                 Quarterly
                 in
                 their
                 own
                 Parish
                 ,
                 and
                 elect
                 one
                 ,
                 or
                 more
                 ,
                 as
                 their
                 Overseer
                 or
                 Delegates
                 for
                 this
                 Inspection
                 ;
                 And
                 so
                 every
                 Parish
                 to
                 chuse
                 and
                 send
                 their
                 Overseers
                 every
                 Quarter
                 of
                 the
                 Year
                 to
                 inspect
                 the
                 State
                 of
                 that
                 house
                 to
                 which
                 they
                 belong
                 .
                 Each
                 Parish
                 neglecting
                 to
                 chuse
                 ,
                 to
                 forfeit
                 5
                 l.
                 to
                 the
                 Treasury
                 of
                 the
                 said
                 Hospital
                 .
                 Each
                 Overseer
                 to
                 be
                 allowed
                 2
                 s.
                 6
                 d.
                 a-day
                 by
                 his
                 Parish
                 for
                 the
                 time
                 he
                 is
                 out
                 on
                 this
                 Affair
                 on
                 Horseback
                 ;
                 and
                 1
                 s.
                 6
                 d.
                 being
                 out
                 on
                 Foot
                 ,
                 provided
                 that
                 none
                 continue
                 out
                 above
                 6
                 or
                 7
                 days
                 at
                 one
                 time
                 .
                 Or
                 if
                 this
                 seem
                 too
                 burdensome
                 ,
                 two
                 ,
                 or
                 three
                 ,
                 or
                 more
                 ,
                 small
                 Parishes
                 may
                 joyn
                 to
                 this
                 purpose
                 as
                 one
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 That
                 these
                 Overseers
                 ,
                 being
                 Assembled
                 ,
                 may
                 have
                 full
                 Power
                 to
                 elect
                 Governours
                 ,
                 prescribe
                 Rules
                 and
                 Orders
                 ,
                 chuse
                 Trustees
                 ,
                 appoint
                 Officers
                 ,
                 enquire
                 into
                 the
                 Welfare
                 of
                 their
                 respective
                 Poor
                 there
                 ,
                 hear
                 and
                 redress
                 their
                 Grievances
                 ,
                 see
                 that
                 they
                 be
                 not
                 abused
                 or
                 discouraged
                 ,
                 reform
                 all
                 disorders
                 ,
                 call
                 each
                 Officer
                 or
                 Trustee
                 to
                 an
                 account
                 ,
                 turn
                 them
                 out
                 ,
                 and
                 elect
                 new
                 ones
                 as
                 often
                 as
                 they
                 think
                 necessary
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 To
                 which
                 purpose
                 they
                 may
                 subdivide
                 themselves
                 into
                 several
                 Companies
                 ,
                 and
                 dispatch
                 much
                 business
                 in
                 little
                 time
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 That
                 all
                 men
                 in
                 this
                 Assembly
                 may
                 be
                 of
                 equal
                 Authority
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 one
                 person
                 over-rule
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 who
                 shall
                 likewise
                 before
                 they
                 are
                 admitted
                 ,
                 oblige
                 themselves
                 by
                 Oath
                 ,
                 or
                 solemn
                 Promise
                 made
                 before
                 a
                 Magistrate
                 ,
                 to
                 do
                 those
                 things
                 that
                 are
                 just
                 and
                 honest
                 ,
                 to
                 suffer
                 no
                 wrongs
                 or
                 injuries
                 to
                 pass
                 uncorrected
                 ,
                 to
                 do
                 nothing
                 for
                 favour
                 or
                 prejudice
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 perform
                 all
                 that
                 lies
                 in
                 his
                 power
                 for
                 the
                 safety
                 and
                 publick
                 good
                 of
                 the
                 Stock
                 and
                 House
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 give
                 a
                 〈…〉
                 
                 ted
                 to
                 have
                 any
                 Office
                 there
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 for
                 the
                 encouragement
                 of
                 such
                 as
                 are
                 sent
                 to
                 the
                 House
                 to
                 earn
                 their
                 Living
                 ,
                 all
                 inferior
                 Offices
                 or
                 Places
                 of
                 Preferment
                 may
                 be
                 conferred
                 on
                 such
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 as
                 most
                 deserve
                 it
                 ,
                 if
                 capable
                 .
              
               
                 5.
                 
                 That
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 known
                 any
                 Person
                 or
                 Persons
                 ,
                 directly
                 or
                 indirectly
                 ,
                 hath
                 given
                 or
                 taken
                 any
                 Bribe
                 or
                 Fee
                 ,
                 or
                 offered
                 so
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 obtain
                 or
                 confer
                 any
                 Office
                 or
                 Trust
                 ,
                 or
                 do
                 improve
                 his
                 Interest
                 to
                 promote
                 or
                 continue
                 any
                 dishonest
                 scandalous
                 person
                 in
                 Office
                 ,
                 then
                 every
                 such
                 Person
                 shall
                 thenceforth
                 for
                 ever
                 be
                 incapable
                 of
                 having
                 or
                 holding
                 any
                 Office
                 in
                 the
                 said
                 Work-houses
                 ,
                 or
                 giving
                 his
                 Voice
                 concerning
                 the
                 same
                 in
                 any
                 meeting
                 of
                 the
                 Parish
                 or
                 Overseers
                 .
              
               
                 6.
                 
                 That
                 the
                 Assembly
                 of
                 Overseers
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Assistance
                 of
                 a
                 Magistrate
                 ,
                 have
                 power
                 to
                 injoyn
                 all
                 Officers
                 and
                 Trustees
                 of
                 the
                 house
                 ,
                 either
                 by
                 Oath
                 or
                 solemn
                 Promise
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 shall
                 act
                 according
                 to
                 such
                 Rules
                 and
                 Orders
                 as
                 shall
                 be
                 agreed
                 on
                 in
                 the
                 said
                 Assembly
                 ;
                 that
                 they
                 shall
                 not
                 conceal
                 any
                 ill
                 Practises
                 in
                 any
                 but
                 discover
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 next
                 Quarterly
                 Assembly
                 :
                 That
                 they
                 shall
                 every
                 Quarter
                 give
                 a
                 fair
                 and
                 just
                 Account
                 to
                 that
                 Assembly
                 of
                 all
                 Moneys
                 by
                 them
                 received
                 or
                 disbursed
                 ;
                 what
                 Goods
                 they
                 buy
                 or
                 sell
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 quantity
                 and
                 prizes
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 Goods
                 or
                 Money
                 they
                 have
                 in
                 their
                 Custody
                 ;
                 And
                 that
                 any
                 one
                 breaking
                 such
                 their
                 Oath
                 or
                 solemn
                 Promise
                 shall
                 be
                 punisht
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 Case
                 of
                 Perjury
                 ;
                 and
                 besides
                 ,
                 the
                 Offender
                 to
                 make
                 satisfaction
                 ,
                 for
                 what
                 he
                 hath
                 detained
                 ,
                 imbeziled
                 ,
                 or
                 defrauded
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 house
                 ,
                 or
                 those
                 that
                 intrusted
                 him
                 .
              
               
                 7.
                 
                 That
                 the
                 Overseers
                 neglecting
                 at
                 the
                 time
                 appointed
                 to
                 use
                 their
                 utmost
                 endeavour
                 to
                 take
                 a
                 true
                 and
                 just
                 account
                 of
                 all
                 persons
                 intrusted
                 ,
                 or
                 failing
                 to
                 deliver
                 a
                 true
                 account
                 thereof
                 to
                 their
                 respective
                 Parishes
                 ,
                 shall
                 forfeit
                 five
                 pound
                 a-piece
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 paid
                 to
                 the
                 Treasury
                 of
                 the
                 Hospital
                 .
              
               
                 8.
                 
                 That
                 for
                 the
                 building
                 and
                 first
                 stocking
                 such
                 Work-houses
                 ,
                 every
                 Parish
                 ,
                 or
                 Parishes
                 united
                 ,
                 shall
                 (
                 till
                 the
                 same
                 are
                 finisht
                 and
                 Government
                 settled
                 )
                 send
                 their
                 Overseers
                 every
                 Fortnight
                 ,
                 or
                 Month
                 ,
                 who
                 shall
                 carry
                 the
                 proporti
                 〈…〉
                 
                 rying
                 on
                 the
                 work
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 chosen
                 by
                 such
                 Overseers
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 accountable
                 to
                 them
                 till
                 the
                 house
                 be
                 finisht
                 and
                 settled
                 .
              
               
                 9.
                 
                 That
                 if
                 any
                 difference
                 arise
                 between
                 the
                 Overseers
                 of
                 the
                 Parishes
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Trustees
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 ,
                 it
                 shall
                 be
                 refered
                 to
                 a
                 meeting
                 of
                 the
                 respective
                 Parishes
                 ,
                 concern'd
                 in
                 such
                 Workhouse
                 ;
                 And
                 in
                 case
                 the
                 like
                 difference
                 arise
                 between
                 the
                 Parishioners
                 and
                 their
                 Overseers
                 ,
                 the
                 same
                 be
                 referr'd
                 to
                 the
                 next
                 quarter
                 Sessions
                 ,
                 or
                 if
                 it
                 require
                 speed
                 ,
                 then
                 to
                 two
                 Justices
                 ,
                 one
                 to
                 be
                 chosen
                 by
                 the
                 Parish
                 ,
                 the
                 other
                 by
                 the
                 Overseers
                 ;
                 Provided
                 none
                 shall
                 have
                 power
                 to
                 hinder
                 the
                 Parish
                 or
                 Parishes
                 from
                 chusing
                 such
                 Overseers
                 as
                 they
                 shall
                 think
                 most
                 fit
                 to
                 be
                 trusted
                 ;
                 or
                 turning
                 out
                 such
                 as
                 they
                 find
                 dishonest
                 .
              
               
                 10.
                 
                 That
                 every
                 Parish
                 ,
                 and
                 Parishes
                 united
                 ,
                 do
                 bring
                 a
                 fair
                 account
                 of
                 what
                 Moneys
                 are
                 Collected
                 for
                 the
                 present
                 year
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 disposed
                 of
                 ,
                 what
                 remains
                 in
                 hand
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 poor
                 they
                 relieve
                 at
                 home
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 Hospital
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Justices
                 at
                 their
                 Easter
                 sitting
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 manner
                 now
                 practised
                 .
              
               
                 11.
                 
                 That
                 the
                 Parishes
                 united
                 shall
                 be
                 equally
                 Taxt
                 at
                 a
                 pound-rate
                 for
                 the
                 relief
                 of
                 their
                 poor
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 their
                 Taxes
                 and
                 accounts
                 be
                 confirm'd
                 by
                 the
                 Justices
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Justices
                 may
                 in
                 join
                 the
                 Parishes
                 to
                 contribute
                 what
                 is
                 fit
                 ,
                 when
                 otherwise
                 they
                 refuse
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 any
                 poor
                 Inhabitant
                 when
                 abused
                 ,
                 and
                 cannot
                 be
                 Redress'd
                 ,
                 may
                 make
                 his
                 case
                 known
                 to
                 the
                 Justice
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Governors
                 or
                 Overseers
                 shall
                 refuse
                 to
                 do
                 their
                 Office.
                 
              
            
             
               This
               Method
               of
               Government
               or
               Inspection
               I
               humbly
               offer
               as
               most
               safe
               ,
               because
               from
               head
               to
               foot
               the
               Interest
               of
               one
               Member
               hath
               its
               dependance
               on
               the
               other
               .
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 'T
                 is
                 the
                 Interest
                 of
                 each
                 Parish
                 to
                 Elect
                 honest
                 Overseers
                 ,
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 'T
                 is
                 the
                 Interest
                 of
                 these
                 Overseers
                 to
                 Act
                 righteous
                 things
                 ,
                 and
                 Elect
                 honest
                 Trustees
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 because
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 betray
                 their
                 Trust
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 in
                 danger
                 of
                 punishment
                 and
                 dishonour
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 ,
                 because
                 their
                 own
                 private
                 Interest
                 lies
                 at
                 stake
                 in
                 the
                 Common
                 interest
                 of
                 their
                 Parishes
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 'T
                 is
                 the
                 Interest
                 of
                 the
                 Officers
                 &
                 Trustees
                 ,
                 whether
                 Honest
                 men
                 or
                 Knaves
                 ,
                 to
                 do
                 honestly
                 ,
                 because
                 then
                 they
                 may
                 con
                 〈…〉
                 ,
                 
                 they
                 cannot
                 hope
                 to
                 conceal
                 their
                 misdemeanors
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 must
                 be
                 severely
                 corrected
                 ,
                 and
                 pay
                 dearly
                 for
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               Thus
               much
               for
               the
               Form
               of
               Government
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Governors
               ;
               I
               shall
               now
               add
               a
               few
               words
               concerning
               the
               Persons
               to
               be
               Governed
               ;
               The
               rather
               for
               that
               our
               design
               is
               abusively
               Represented
               ,
               as
               if
               we
               intended
               these
               houses
               to
               be
               places
               of
               Slavery
               ,
               and
               to
               keep
               people
               per
               force
               there
               all
               their
               Lives
               ,
               whereas
               we
               propose
               only
               this
               .
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 That
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 all
                 poor
                 people
                 ,
                 who
                 are
                 Chargeable
                 to
                 the
                 Parish
                 ,
                 be
                 without
                 abuse
                 imployed
                 in
                 these
                 Houses
                 at
                 six
                 years
                 old
                 and
                 upwards
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 Impotent
                 people
                 who
                 are
                 capable
                 of
                 imployment
                 ,
                 and
                 do
                 not
                 Earn
                 their
                 livings
                 at
                 home
                 ,
                 having
                 no
                 Children
                 under
                 the
                 Age
                 of
                 six
                 years
                 to
                 be
                 maintained
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 That
                 the
                 Men-children
                 brought
                 up
                 in
                 these
                 Houses
                 have
                 their
                 Liberty
                 to
                 go
                 to
                 Trades
                 ,
                 or
                 Husbandry
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 come
                 to
                 the
                 age
                 of
                 18.
                 years
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 Maiden-Children
                 liberty
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 age
                 to
                 learn
                 Housewifry
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 That
                 all
                 Beggars
                 ,
                 Vagrants
                 &c.
                 who
                 have
                 no
                 habitation
                 ,
                 nor
                 will
                 earn
                 their
                 Livings
                 in
                 any
                 lawful
                 Imployment
                 ,
                 be
                 placed
                 there
                 .
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 That
                 all
                 dangerous
                 persons
                 ,
                 Criminals
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 Whom
                 the
                 law
                 condemns
                 to
                 be
                 hang'd
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 (
                 Except
                 in
                 the
                 Case
                 of
                 Murther
                 and
                 Treason
                 )
                 especially
                 such
                 as
                 are
                 guilty
                 of
                 Perjury
                 &
                 Forgery
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 confined
                 to
                 these
                 Houses
                 during
                 Life
                 ,
                 or
                 for
                 a
                 certain
                 Term
                 of
                 years
                 ,
                 to
                 serve
                 the
                 publick
                 ,
                 being
                 able
                 by
                 their
                 Labour
                 to
                 maintain
                 as
                 many
                 more
                 as
                 themselves
                 .
              
               
                 5.
                 
                 That
                 all
                 Debtors
                 in
                 prison
                 ,
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 pay
                 their
                 Debts
                 ,
                 or
                 maintain
                 themselves
                 (
                 whereof
                 many
                 hundreds
                 there
                 are
                 ready
                 to
                 starve
                 )
                 may
                 remove
                 themselves
                 to
                 this
                 Hospital
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 may
                 live
                 Comfortably
                 and
                 be
                 Instruments
                 for
                 publick
                 good
                 .
              
            
             
               These
               are
               the
               persons
               that
               may
               compose
               &
               fill
               up
               these
               Houses
               .
               As
               for
               the
               Officers
               way
               of
               providing
               their
               Diet
               ,
               Cloaths
               ,
               and
               other
               circumstances
               ,
               we
               need
               not
               here
               particularize
               ,
               
                 Christs
                 Hospital
              
               ,
               or
               the
               like
               Foundation
               ,
               may
               afford
               a
               good
               President
               for
               〈◊〉
               to
               imitate
               .
               〈…〉
               
               like
               ,
               which
               to
               prevent
               the
               most
               happy
               Reformation
               and
               Weal
               of
               our
               Nation
               ,
               remains
               a
               Gazing-stock
               to
               discourage
               all
               publick
               Spirits
               ,
               as
               the
               Devil
               and
               self-interested
               people
               would
               have
               it
               ,
               The
               same
               ought
               to
               be
               no
               plea
               or
               obstruction
               to
               what
               we
               propose
               .
               For
               ,
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 That
                 which
                 rendred
                 that
                 and
                 other
                 Houses
                 unsuccessful
                 ,
                 was
                 the
                 ill-government
                 thereof
                 ,
                 but
                 such
                 regular
                 method
                 of
                 Government
                 as
                 we
                 have
                 offered
                 ,
                 at
                 least
                 with
                 some
                 amendments
                 ,
                 will
                 prevent
                 all
                 such
                 inconveniencies
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 As
                 for
                 that
                 House
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 nothing
                 strange
                 that
                 it
                 did
                 miscarry
                 ,
                 rather
                 it
                 would
                 have
                 been
                 strange
                 if
                 it
                 had
                 not
                 ;
                 since
                 the
                 persons
                 governing
                 such
                 Houses
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 inferior
                 to
                 those
                 by
                 whom
                 they
                 are
                 intrusted
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 latter
                 may
                 speedily
                 bring
                 them
                 to
                 account
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 they
                 find
                 any
                 one
                 dishonest
                 ,
                 correct
                 and
                 turn
                 him
                 out
                 of
                 doors
                 ;
                 whereas
                 the
                 Governors
                 of
                 Clerkenwell
                 house
                 were
                 great
                 men
                 ,
                 and
                 authorized
                 to
                 raise
                 money
                 at
                 pleasure
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 corrected
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 Act
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 So
                 that
                 their
                 quality
                 ,
                 and
                 business
                 ,
                 or
                 want
                 of
                 honesty
                 ,
                 hindred
                 them
                 from
                 using
                 that
                 inspection
                 over
                 inferior
                 Officers
                 as
                 was
                 necessary
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 money
                 came
                 into
                 their
                 hands
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 diverted
                 who
                 could
                 force
                 them
                 to
                 an
                 account
                 ?
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 If
                 this
                 be
                 a
                 precedent
                 of
                 ill-success
                 ,
                 and
                 only
                 for
                 the
                 reason
                 aforesaid
                 ,
                 we
                 can
                 shew
                 you
                 many
                 precedents
                 in
                 
                   Holland
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 of
                 such
                 Work-houses
                 erected
                 &
                 managed
                 with
                 good-success
                 ;
                 nay
                 there
                 is
                 scarce
                 any
                 thing
                 contributes
                 more
                 to
                 the
                 wealth
                 and
                 strength
                 of
                 that
                 Nation
                 ,
                 than
                 their
                 prudence
                 and
                 industry
                 in
                 this
                 respect
                 ;
                 but
                 there
                 they
                 are
                 managed
                 not
                 by
                 Grandees
                 ,
                 as
                 Clerkenwell
                 was
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 honest
                 laborious
                 men
                 ,
                 who
                 if
                 they
                 fail
                 in
                 their
                 duty
                 are
                 forthwith
                 severely
                 corrected
                 .
                 A
                 person
                 intrusted
                 in
                 a
                 Spin-house
                 in
                 Amsterdam
                 ,
                 was
                 publickly
                 whipt
                 and
                 turn'd
                 out
                 of
                 doors
                 for
                 being
                 partial
                 ,
                 viz.
                 because
                 by
                 his
                 connivance
                 a
                 young
                 woman
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 sent
                 thither
                 to
                 work
                 for
                 her
                 living
                 ,
                 made
                 her
                 escape
                 .
                 Another
                 Officer
                 was
                 whipt
                 and
                 committed
                 to
                 the
                 Rasp-house
                 ,
                 for
                 diminishing
                 what
                 was
                 allowed
                 for
                 the
                 comfortable
                 maintenance
                 of
                 the
                 Poor
                 .
                 At
                 Leiden
                 I
                 saw
                 a
                 fellow
                 most
                 severely
                 whipt
                 upon
                 a
                 Scaffold
                 ,
                 erected
                 for
                 
                 thousands
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 committed
                 to
                 the
                 Rasp-house
                 ,
                 for
                 that
                 he
                 under
                 pretence
                 of
                 being
                 zealous
                 to
                 serve
                 the
                 States
                 ,
                 inricht
                 himself
                 by
                 abusing
                 and
                 oppressing
                 the
                 Poor
                 .
                 'T
                 was
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 such
                 strict
                 Government
                 
                   Clarkenwell
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 came
                 to
                 naught
                 .
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 If
                 because
                 that
                 House
                 ,
                 meerly
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 right
                 method
                 ,
                 and
                 persons
                 of
                 fit
                 qualifications
                 to
                 govern
                 it
                 ,
                 miscarried
                 ,
                 therefore
                 no
                 such
                 Houses
                 must
                 be
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 ;
                 may
                 not
                 our
                 Merchants
                 as
                 well
                 conclude
                 ,
                 that
                 because
                 some
                 Ships
                 ,
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 an
                 honest
                 fit
                 Master
                 or
                 skilful
                 Pilot
                 ,
                 have
                 been
                 cast
                 away
                 ;
                 therefore
                 tho
                 there
                 be
                 men
                 enough
                 whose
                 qualifications
                 and
                 integrity
                 are
                 sufficient
                 ,
                 yet
                 they
                 will
                 never
                 venture
                 to
                 send
                 forth
                 any
                 more
                 Ships
                 ;
                 If
                 you
                 say
                 the
                 case
                 is
                 different
                 ,
                 for
                 tho
                 the
                 Houses
                 have
                 failed
                 ,
                 yet
                 we
                 know
                 most
                 of
                 our
                 Ships
                 return
                 safe
                 ,
                 then
                 I
                 may
                 return
                 you
                 the
                 same
                 answer
                 ;
                 In
                 Holland
                 none
                 of
                 these
                 Houses
                 fail
                 ,
                 therefore
                 if
                 we
                 take
                 right
                 method
                 of
                 government
                 ,
                 our
                 Houses
                 will
                 not
                 fail
                 so
                 often
                 as
                 our
                 Ships
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 become
                 as
                 profitable
                 to
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 for
                 if
                 the
                 Houses
                 prosper
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 sure
                 our
                 Shipping
                 will
                 increase
                 ,
                 therefore
                 whoever
                 is
                 an
                 enemy
                 to
                 these
                 Houses
                 ,
                 is
                 as
                 great
                 an
                 enemy
                 to
                 the
                 encrease
                 of
                 our
                 Ships
                 and
                 Seamen
                 ,
                 and
                 consequently
                 an
                 enemy
                 to
                 the
                 true
                 ,
                 Wealth
                 ,
                 Safety
                 and
                 Interest
                 of
                 the
                 English
                 Nation
                 .
              
            
             
               At
               least
               since
               this
               expedient
               is
               no
               new
               Project
               ,
               but
               dayly
               practised
               with
               extraordinary
               success
               and
               advantage
               by
               our
               Neighbors
               ;
               'T
               is
               humbly
               hoped
               that
               the
               same
               shall
               not
               be
               contemned
               or
               rejected
               by
               any
               ,
               
                 before
                 they
                 have
                 first
                 found
                 out
                 ,
                 and
                 demonstrated
                 some
                 more
                 certain
                 ,
                 effectual
                 and
                 feasible
                 expedients
                 to
                 accomplish
                 the
                 work
                 in
                 hand
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 the
                 proposer
                 humbly
                 offered
                 ,
                 viz.
              
               To
               convert
               all
               the
               Wool
               of
               England
               ,
               and
               what
               Scotland
               and
               Ireland
               have
               to
               spare
               ,
               into
               Cloth
               ,
               on
               such
               terms
               as
               to
               vend
               the
               Cloth
               as
               fast
               as
               't
               is
               made
               ,
               whereby
               30
               of
               40
               hundred
               thousand
               pounds
               ,
               
                 per
                 annum
              
               ,
               may
               be
               gain'd
               to
               the
               Nation
               ,
               and
               all
               poor
               people
               bred
               up
               to
               such
               an
               habit
               of
               industry
               ,
               that
               for
               the
               future
               a
               Beggar
               may
               not
               be
               seen
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               ;
               but
               neither
               they
               their
               childrens
               children
               shall
               ever
               want
               a
               lawful
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               .
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
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             ,
             23
             ,
             24.
             
             Isaiah
             1
             from
             the
             11.
             to
             the
             24
             verse
             Isai
             .
             58.
             from
             1.
             to
             the
             10.
             v
             Mark
             10.
             21
             ,
             22
             ,
             25.
             
             Luke
             16.
             from
             the
             19.
             to
             the
             31.
             v.
             Jer.
             18.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10.
             and
             Jer.
             5
             ,
             28
             ,
             29.
             
          
        
      
    
  

