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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	court_n	defendant_n	plaintiff_n	3,417	5	10.5128	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51808	To the honourable the knights, citizens, and burgesses of the House of Commons in Parliament assembled, proposals most humbly offered for raising (in all likelyhood) upwards of five millions of money, without charging the poor, or burthening the rich by such ways and means, that (for the greatest part thereof) the payers will voluntarily tax themselves : as also some objections answered, and a method proposed for the easie collection thereof, with much certainty and small charge.	J. M.	1696 (1696)	Wing M49; ESTC R12289	4,407	8

To the Honourable the Knights Citizens and Burgesses OF THE House of Commons In PARLIAMENT Assembled PROPOSALS Most Humbly Offered FOR Raising in all Likelyhood upwards of Five Millions of Money without Charging the Poor or Burthening the Rich. BY Such Ways and Means that for the greatest part thereof the Payers will voluntarily Tax themselves AS ALSO Some Objections answered And a Method proposed for the easie Collection thereof with much Certainty and small Charge London Printed for the Author 1696 PROPOSALS c. The Means are as followeth viz. 1. THAT the Sum of one Shilling be laid on every Thousand of Bricks and Tyles payable by the Buyer except for such as shall be used in the King's Buildings and Repairs and of those used in Building and Repairing of Churches Chappels Hospitals and Alms-Houses And the Brick or Tyle-maker to pay Duty for what he shall convert to his own Use in Building This will chiefly but easily affect only Moneyed Men infected with the Plaguy Itch of Building 2. That for every Person who shall Learn Musick Singing or Dancing the Sum of Two Shillings per Month or Quarter payable at the beginning of each Month or Quarter one Moiety by the Master or Teacher and the other by the Schollar This will as much affect the Moneyed Mechanick as the Duke Lord or Esquire 3. That twelve Pence in the Pound be laid on the Price of all Gold Chains Rings Pearl and Jewels whatsoever Clocks Gold and Silver Watches And three Pence per Ounce on all Silver Plate Bought or Exchanged and on Gold and Silver Lace and Fringe or any Lace or Fringe mixed with Gold or Silver payable by the Consumptioner These though not absolutely Necessary will equally affect from the Crown to the Moneyed Clown 4. That twelve Pence in the Pound Value be laid on all China Ware Cabinets Tables and Stands Strong Boxes and Escritoires payable by the Consumptioner 5. That the Sum of Five Shillings per Piece be laid on all Pictures Imported payable by the Importer And the Sum of two Shillings in the Pound for all Pictures sold by Auction or otherwise and the like Sum of two Shillings in the Pound on all Pictures Drawn by the Life or otherwise in Oyl Water or dry Colours The one Moiety by the Drawer or Seller and the other by the Buyer Also two Shillings for every Engraved Sculpture on Brass or Copper or Meza-tinta Plate or Cutt payable by the Engraver before it shall be printed off 6. That the Sum of Twelve Pence in the Pound value be laid on all Hatts Peruques and Commodes or Head-Dresses for Women and on Muffs and Tippets except for Common-Soldiers Hatts and such as are under the Price of Five Shillings to be paid by the Consumptioner It is here meant and so in other things that from Five Shillings and under Twenty Shillings to pay but Sixpence and so to advance and pay at the Rate of Sixpence for every Ten Shillings in the Price of any Commodity and all under Five Shillings for ease of the Poor in paying nothing 7. That Six Pence be laid on every Play-house Ticket for Box or Pit and so proportionably for other places and for all Stage-Plays and Shows at Fairs c. payable by the Spectators at their entrance into such Play or Show c. 8. That Twelve Pence in the Pound value be laid on every original Copy of Book Pamphlet or Play that shall be printed the one Moiety by the Author and the other by the Purchaser of such Copy unless the Author shall at his own Charge Print the same In that case he to pay the whole Tax according to the Value to be adjudged by two or more Printers to be Sworn for that purpose before such Book shall be put into the Press Except for such Books of Devotion as shall be given in Charity In all the before Particulars all Persons Tax themselves according to such Degrees as their Extravagancies shall prompt to exceed the Decent and Necessary Uses of them Several whereof not being at all absolutely requisite viz. Musick Singing Dancing Gold Chains Rings Pearl and Precious Jewels Clocks Watches Plate Fringe and Lace China Pictures c. nor indeed the Excesses in Perukes and Commodes and particularly Extravagant Building especially in the middle and under Rank of People during the present Chargeable War However such whose Quality and Fortunes ought chiefly to have and that can afford them and such others whose Pride Humour and Excesses in those Vanities do and will far exceed such Decent and Necessary Uses a thing often wish'd and attempted to be restrain'd I think with most Humble Submission are the Persons who with most Ease and least Damage or Burthen can and ought most largely to contribute to the Extraordinary Expence of the War since every such Person may and can abridge at pleasure But few Men are so Critically knowing in the Intrinsick Value of any Commodity herein named Plate excepted as to tell within the Sums mentioned for Taxes whither they Buy Dear or Cheap so by consequence cannot feel it And because very few Yeomen or Farmers will be concern'd in any of the aforementioned Particulars who have as yet born but small share in the Charge of the War though seldom if ever better Markets for Corn Butter Cheese c. than since the War That if 9. One Shilling per Quarter were laid on every Plow of Horses or Oxen whose owner Farms or Rents above _____ Pounds per Annum having regard herein for such Free-holders who have paid the Land-Tax for their Free-holds And one Shilling per Quarter payable by all Persons who wear or pretend to wear Swords Excepting the Army and with other due Exceptions together with twelve Pence to be paid for every Motion at any of the Bars of His Majesty's Courts of Record and also Twenty Shillings for every Cause or Trial c. in any of the said Courts or at Assizes upon a Verdict given for any thing above the Value of _____ Pounds to be first paid down by the Plaintiff and allowed him in his Bill of Costs by the Defendant if cast otherwise not they would make considerable Additions to the Fund It may probably be objected That 'T will be hard on the Buyer who parts with his Money for any thing herein named to pay the Tax when perhaps he may be out-reach'd in the price therefore more reasonable to be paid by the seller who gets pro●●i●● c. The Answer hereunto is Obvious if Consider'd that first none will be Burthen'd with Taxes for any Commoditie that lies on hand dead and unsold Secondly the seller is debarr'd of any Just pretensions for Inhancing the price thereof beyond the usual Value now common in all things Taxed as Bottles Glass Coles Stamp'd Paper and Parchment c. But in the Manner here Proposed such pretensions are wholly taken away And Lastly the Tax will more certainly be pay'd for no seller will put himself at the