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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	rent_n	value_n	yearly_a	1,574	5	10.4477	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26549	The present state of the United Provinces of the Low-Countries as to the government, laws, forces, riches, manners, customes, revenue, and territory of the Dutch in three books / collected by W.A., Fellow of the Royal Society.	Aglionby, William, d. 1705.	1669 (1669)	Wing A766; ESTC R21416	140,978	444

measure of Salt high or low as they please 2. The Excise upon Beer which all the Citizens pay without distinction comes to twenty pence a Barrell except the small Beer which is not worth above half a Crown a Barrell paies nothing 3. Another Excise upon Beer paid only by Brewers which comes to twelve pence a Barrell Besides all Seamen Marriners and Merchants pay Excise for all English and German Beer they bring in 4. The Victuallers and those that sell Beer pay other twenty pence for every Barrell 5. Every Hogshead of Vinegar paies nine shillings 6. The Impost upon French Wines mounts to six pence upon every Stoop Rhenish and Spanish Wines pay twelve pence a Stoop Brandyes of Wine pay ten pence Of Beer five pence 7. Butter payes six shillings a Barrell which contains three hundred and twenty pound And for the little Barrells call'd Kops tuchen there is paid a Farthing a piece 8. A piece of Oyl paies six shillings if Fish Oyl then four shillings and six pence 9. Candles of Wax and Tallow pay ten pence a hundred weight 10. The Impost of round measures is that money which is paid for all those commodities that are measur'd in round measures as Corn Seeds Salt Lime c. And the Merchants that buy great quantities do nevertheless pay this Impost 11. Turfs for fewell pay a penny half-penny a Tun and Coals from England and Scotland pay thirty shillings for every hundred Tun. The Coals burnt in the light Houses pay nothing 12. The Impost upon hard merchandizes as five pence for every hundred of Lead three half-pence for every thousand of Lime-Stones 13. For Wood to burn is paid the eight part of what it costs 14. Silk and gold Stuffs pay of twelve pence one in every Yard or Ell. 15. Woollen Cloths pay thus every piece of English Cloth not being yet dyed payes three pound if the said piece be worth sixteen Florins of Flanders that is nine pound or thereabouts Every piece worth twelve pound payes four pound c. Hangings and other Houshold-stuff pay one penny in nine of what they are worth The way of prising Merchandize is to ask the Merchant himself what he values it at if he undervalue it to save Custom then the Master of the Custom-house may take it and pay to the Merchant the price he values it at 16. The Impost upon all Corn that is ground in the Mills in Holland which every body payes without exception comes to five pound one crown and twelve pence for every quarter of Wheat to half as much for the quarter of Rye to five and thirty shillings for Barley and Oates 17. The Impost upon all Cattle Sheep or Hogs that are kill'd comes to one penny in seven of the money they are sold for 18. There is also three pence a moneth paid for every Horn'd Beast above three years old as also two pence a moneth for every Horse above three years old 19. The Imposts upon Herrings and Salt-Fish brought to the Citizens houses to sell comes to twenty pence a Pannier 20. The retail Fishmonger payes for S●urgeons and Salmons the 9th penny of what they cost 21. Tobacco payes 10 pence a pound the Barrel of Soap 11 shillings every Barrel of Pitch 16 pence 22. Every Chariot and little Bark payes 20 pence a year every Coach payes 10 shillings a year 23. All Farms and Rack Rents pay the 16th penny of the value they yield yearly and those Lands that the Proprietary keeps in his own hand are valued and estimated by the Magistrate 24. All Lands that are sowed with any sort of Grain whatsoever or whatsoever Trees they are planted with pay 4 pence half-penny an acre reckoning from the moneth they were sowed or planted to the moneth that the recolt is made in 25. Every house payes about the 8th part of the Rent it is let for as if for 48 pound a year it payes 6 pound to the States but because the Rent of houses is subject to rise or fall the Magistrate sets a constant price upon them according to their bigness and conveniency 26. The Tribute for Servants and Maids comes to 20 pence a head which every Master or Mistress is bound to pay for them 27. The Impost upon all Immovables that are sold under which title great Ships are comprehended comes to the 40th penny that is out of the price of the thing sold the State has the 40th part which is a very considerable tax for there is no place in the World where Immovables alter their property so often as in Holland it being a Proverb of Leyden that every three year half of the Town is sold or alienated 28. The Tribute due for the Great and Little Seals is a groat for every sheet of paper where the Great Seal is applyed to two pence where the Little To understand the greatness of this Tribute the Reader must know that the States of Holland have ordain'd for no other end than for this that no Wills Contracts or any sort of Writings that shall be produc'd before the Judges shall be written in any other paper than that which is sealed by the States else they shall be void and hereupon they thought fit to have two Seals one for businesses of small importance and a great one for important affairs There are many other sorts of Tributes which it would be too long to relate besides they have all been publish'd together by the States order Now let us consider the wayes of levying these Tributes which that we may the better do let us consider those deliberations and opinions touching this matter which were had when it was first debated The Proposition of finding a way of raising these Revenues being made some were of opinion to give Authority to the Magistrates of Towns or to some persons whom the State should pay to gather these Taxes and be accomptable for them thinking it neither safe nor profitable for the States to farm them out And here are the Reasons they relyed upon 1. Because publick persons and particularly Magistrates have a greater Authority with them and so are fitter to keep the people more in awe 2. Because many of these Revenues as the Excise upon Beer for example could not be fixed and certain for sometimes one Town consumes more one year than another so that there could be no measures taken with Farmers 3. They represented that it was dangerous to trust in Subjects hands the publick Revenue for what if the Farmers should play the Knaves and break and hereupon they concluded that Farmers were not fit men Some of a quite contrary opinion did maintain that there were certain Imposts which ought to be Farm'd out for so much a year adding that the Impositions were laid upon two sorts of things upon stable and constant ones as Houses and Lands which remain and whose number and value were easily known and upon uncertain ones as the consumption of Wine and Beer c. The