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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	france_n	time_n	year_n	1,932	5	4.5978	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51451	The most equal and easie method of raising a sufficient fund to carry on a vigorous war against France		1691 (1691)	Wing M2874; ESTC R7114	8,194	16

Gold will overcome Brass-Money Since the Session of this Parliament there has been Published a Treatise designedly writ against Excises by an excellent Pen and a Judicious Head who fears that by Excises our Liberties will come to be in danger and our Constitution so excellent that whatsoever is said for its Preservation deserves the highest Esteem our very Constitution will run the Hazard of being thereby subverted But upon the whole it may be consider'd that very great and wise Men are sometimes led by Prejudices as well as others that in all Ages of the World great Errors and Neglects have been committed and great Misfortunes have happened to the Publick through fond and often groundless Jealousies of that most excellent Blessing Liberty that there was never a Juncture of time wherein any danger of our precious Liberty might be less justly suspected And especially considering that the Settlement even of the Revenue of the Crown is but for a short term only four years more no Man can doubt but it will be the Interest and Prudence of the Crown not to aspire at any thing which may give just Jealousie to the Parliament and at the expiration of that term it will be in the power of the then Parliament to take what Precautions they shall judge necessary if these shall be then found needful for the Preservation of our Constitution And as to what that worthy Gentleman so exceedingly prejudiced against Excises does Object that the Liberty of Elections of Members to serve in Parliament will be in no small danger through the great influence of Excise-Men in that particular it is easie to make such Provisoes to any Bill of Excise as shall prevent all Excise-Men from any Ways intermeddling in the point of Elections and to render such persons liable both to forfeit their places upon any good Evidence of it and to make them for ever uncapable of any such Office for the future If ever Jealousies can be safely laid aside this is the time for it when we and almost all Europe are together fighting for Liberty against the Common Oppressor and indeed little is like to be done against him unless we also engage with all our might A happy Issue of this War with France will serve to deter Ambitious Princes from oppressing their Free-born Subjects There is another Objection against an Excise which if true were of moment but I believe those who make it are wiser than really to fear what they pretend by it And it is that hereby there may be danger of Discontents and Murmurings from the Common People if their Provisions or their Cloathing should come to be Excised as well as their Drink To which I answer that such Taxes can never possibly be more seasonable nor less Grievous than at present when Food in general bears so low and overcheap a price But if it were much dearer than now it is there can be no just apprehension of any such dangers to the Publick upon that Account For whatever Scruples some Persons of Rank among us may have had in relation to the present Oaths or Settlement now by Law established yet for the Common People and the lower Rank of Men whose General Voice is said to be the Voice of God and often in common things in the plain and natural Interest of their Countrey is more Infallible than a General Council in things Speculative Metaphysical and such as are above the reach of Human Knowledge or not plainly Revealed I dare boldly averr that there never yet happened a Juncture of Time wherein there was less danger of Disturbances from Them than there is at present The People of England in general were never embark'd in a Cause they more heartily espoused than they now do this of the Present Government To say nothing of the late universal Expressions of Joy in London that were never known among us before the late Custom of Illuminations in almost every Corner and Alley as well as the great Streets upon his Majesty's Return among us and on his Birth-Day tho perhaps it be a greater and more evident Argument for the Peoples Loyalty than can easily be thought on yet I shall wave it and rather take notice that a War with France the true Interest of the Nation has been eagerly and for many years past Long'd for and in vain till now both by the Parliament and People and the Universal Readiness of the whole Kingdom to oppose the French the last year is a a strong and sufficient Argument of the Peoples Disposition and Inclination under any Burthen to support this Government And it was at a time when by the unfortunate Conduct of our Fleet the French hovered some Weeks on our Coasts and had the pleasure a little to feed their Vain-glory and even threatened us with the Fears of an Invasion they did not dare to make but had withal the Mortification to find that the few Friends they had among us and whom they had ridiculously magnified into mighty numbers had neither the Courage nor the Strength to give us the least manner of Disturbance at the only Critical Time they are like to have this Age. It is objected also that the Multiplication of Excises will likewise multiply Officers who are apt to domineer where they come even sometimes to the raising of Tumults and that by this Encrease of Officers Gentlemen will be in danger of being continually disturbed by them in their own Houses To which I Answer that there may be timely Care taken by good Provisoes to keep the Officers within the due Bounds of their Duty that whatsoever unavoidable Inconvenience does happen is like to be but for a year or two in which short time if we effectually raise Good Summs we may reasonably hope through God's Blessing on a Good Cause and his Majesty's admirable Conduct to see Frante well humbled and brought to reason If we neglect to raise sufficient Summs the War must necessarily be prolonged or which is worse France left in a condition to give Laws to us all and perhaps the present fair opportunity of humbling France may never again be retrieved If Excise-Men as well as Collectors of other Taxes have been found to transgress their Duty to make Seizures very oppressive or such as may cause loud Clamours in the Neighbourhood even to the raising Tumults or Riots this is no Argument against the Tax it self but against the Indiscretion and Folly or Barbarity of some Cockscomb who has thus abused his Trust and who deserves to be severely punish'd for his Misdemeanor If a Judge should happen to be corrupted with Bribery must we exclaim against the Law it self or if a Minister should happen to be guilty of Symony shall we presently cry down the Order of Priesthood By the same Rule nothing in the World tho never so excellently instituted will be able to avoid our Censure and Dislike And as to the Molestation of Gentlemen in their Houses by Excise-Men it is well known