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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51639	Mus rusticus		1680 (1680)	Wing M3128A; ESTC R43472	1,988	1

MUS RUSTICUS THE Exportation of One Hundred and Thirty Thousand Pounds in Gold into the Gulf of Holland in One Month and Eight Days last past as appears by our Bills of Entry with a fair Surmise that a greater quantity hath been Claudestinely Ship'd off as likewise a large quantity of Silver being join'd to the difficulty that the Woollen-Manufacturers of this Kingdom for a considerable time last past hath been under in getting Silver for Gold and that without some speedy supply of Silver Coin in Shillings and Six-pences this noble Commerce which Providence hath happily bless'd us with must inevitably sink will be a fair Justification of this Rural Address When so violent a Draught is upon us in Silver and Gold we can expect no supply from Foreign Importation nor will a total stop to the Exportation relief when Silver and Gold is as well taken in at Cadiz as here to supply the Occasions of those Trades which drain our Treasure When St. Paul preach'd down the Temple of Diana the Silver-Smiths exerted their whole Strength to support their Profit and as now left no Stone unturn'd to Maintain their Ground Even reprinted Dr. Lock 's Republican Position that Authority had no power in altering the value of our Silver What in great Submission I offer at is an immediate Advance of our Silver Coin and a Security to it when Coin'd The Ounce of Silver which from Ozlwright the Saxon King continued for many Hundred Years at Twenty-Pence was advanced to Thirty-Pence in the Second Year of King Henry the 6th it was advanced to Forty-Pence by King Edward the 4th to Forty Five-Pence and Forty Eight-Pence in the Reign of King Henry the 8th and to Sixty-Pence by King Edward the 6th The Ground upon which these Advances were made could be no other then the keeping an Equality with Foreign Standards with whom we Traded And by this Rule which was strenuously urg'd at the last new Coinage of our Silver our Standard ought to be advanced to Sixty Five-Pence to equal the Rix-Dollars of Germany and Holland and the Crown piece of France This being undeniable matter of Fact his Majesty's Proclamation in adjusting this important Affair in an Equality with Foreign Standards and giving that Advantage to those of his own Subjects that brought Plate to be Coined into Shillings and Sixpences it would immediately advance a Stock of Silver Coin and be a relief to Trade allowing the advance to our Silver Coin now standing which I take to be much less then reported by some unto a limited time that it might be new Stamp'd which advantage being strictly limited to his Majesties Natural Born Subjects it could not be look'd upon with an ill Eye altho' an easy Profit by this expedient according to our nice Polititians we shall have as much for our Crown as it Weighs and it will be some small security against its being melted down And as I have been here Labouring for this conveniency to Negotiate this noble Fabrick of ours I am now to fix this Treasure of our Silver Coin by an expedient which is much more Advantagious to our Woollen-Manufactury And in order to this I must beg leave to recite the Restrictions under which the Flourishing Trade of Queen Elizabeth was carried on All Interest of Mony was stop'd by her Brother King Edward the 6th which turn'd Drones into Bees The Wear of Silks was stop'd by her Sister Qneen Mary by all Persons under the degree of Quality and if any Servant wore any Silk if the Master did not put her forth of her Service in Fourteen Days or did retain her again he forfeited One Hundred Pounds By a Law made in the Fifth Year of Queen Elizabeth no Foreign Fabrick could be sold otherwise than for ready Mony And in the Thirteen Year of Queen Elizabeth it was Enacted that every Person above the Age of Seven Years shall wear upon the Sabbath and Holy-Day a Knit Cap made of the Wool of this Kingdom under the Penalty of Ten Groats for every Day not wearing it except Maids Ladies c. What I now in great Submission propose is the Revival of this last Act in changing the Name of Cap to Hat in the making of which we are now come to great Perfection and there can be no more decent Distinction or becoming Dress to our Women This Hat will be like the Stern of a Ship guide all other Habits of the Body and introduce the wear of the Fine-Flaxen-Linnens of Germany Flanders and Holland Lace c. which are the Natural Effects of our Woollen-Manufacture and stop the wear of Muslings to purchase which our Silver is now issued out and what I farther propose is a strict Injunction of the wear of the Woollen-Manufacture of this Kingdom by all Servants for their upper Garments with a Penalty upon the Master if the said Act was not complied with as was the Case of Silk in the Reign of Queen Mary In the most Flourishing Reigns of this Kingdom as Edward the 3d Edward the 4th Henry the 7th Edward the 6th and Queen Elizabeth we were under Sumptuary Laws and a total stop put to the Cotton Commodities of India and Presidents are safe rules to waik by And as this Distinction will tend to the Encouragement of our own Products and be a means to keep the Ballance of Trade upon our side and secure our Silver Coin it will likewise be an inducement to Virtue and Good Manners and Servants will not think themselves above their proper Imployments In Kersey Joan her Pot did Scower Dress'd in Callico she look'd demure Despis'd that Work she got it done By Wife well stuff'd of Thrasher John Sic cesinit mus Rusticus redit in rurem