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master_n	duke_n	earl_n	lord_n	7,136	5	5.1513	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34867	Wealth discovered: or, An essay upon a late expedient for taking away all impositions and raising a revenue without taxes. Published, and presented to his most excellent Majesty, King Charles the II. By F.C. a lover of his countrey. Whereunto is added his Majesties gracious order.	Cradocke, Francis, d. 1670?	1661 (1661)	Wing C6743; ESTC R213227	47,283	54

WEALTH DISCOVERED Or An Essay upon a late EXPEDIENT For taking away all IMPOSITIONS AND Raising a REVENUE without TAXES Published and presented to his most Excellent Majesty King Charles the II. By F. C. a Lover of his Countrey Whereunto is added his Majesties Gracious Order LONDON Printed by E. C. for A. Seile over against St. Dunstans Church in Fleet-street 1661. TO THE KING'S Most Excellent Majesty Most Gracious and Royal Soveraign IF so ill-promising an Author upon so fair a tender of freenesse to serve his Countrey gratis may gain credit Great Sir accept this as a discovery of Richer Mines then any the King of Spain is Owner of and for wealth not much inferior to what Solomon possessed in all his Glory Royal Sir I humbly take leave to put you in minde of the great encrease of Wealth and Honour which King Henry the Seventh lost or mist by distrusting and refusing the offer of Christopher Columbus And of this your Majesty may as King Henry the Seventh could not make an experiment without expending Blood or Treasure Therefore out of Duty to your Majesty and Love to my Native Countrey your impoverished Kingdom I most humbly pray that it may have your favourable recommendation to the Councel of Trade which is most proper to gain it reputation since your Royal bounty and Fatherly kindnesse to your People hath so naturalized their affections to your Person and their obedience to your Precepts as it is their Duty that I hope they will unanimously pray that God Almighty will make your Reign to be long and victerious here and your new Crown of Gold to become an Everlasting Crown of Glory hereafter which is the hearty Prayer of Your Majesties most faithfull Subject and Servant Fran. Cradocke CHARLES R RIght trusty and right well beloved and trusty and well beloved We greet you well Being given to understand that Fran. Cradocke Esq hath written a fuller Explanation upon his Expedient late published for Raising a great Yearly Revenue by the Ease of the People We do out of our desire to promote so acceptable an undertaking in case it may be effected specially recommend it to your speedy consideration and if upon debate you finde the same practicable in England then to consult how it may be done with most accommodation of Trade and ease of the People and report to Us accordingly And Our Royal will and pleasure further is to order and We do hereby order and appoint That the said Francis Cradock William Godolphin Geo. March Samuel Hartlib and Henry Ford Esquires Sir Peter Leare and Sir William Petty be added to Our Councel of Trade as amply as if they had been by Us at first constituted Given at Our Court at White-hall the 12th day of April in the Thirteenth year of Our Reign To Our Right Trusty and Right well beloved and to Our trusty and well beloved Our Councel of Trade By his MAJESTIES command Will. Morice To his Excellency GEORGE Duke of Albemarle Earl of Torrington Baron Monck of Potheridge Beauchamp and Teyes Captain Generall of all his Majesties Forces by Land Lord Lievtenant of Ireland and of the County of Devon Master of the Horse and Gentleman of the Bed-chamber to his Majesty one of his Majesties most Honourable Privy Councel Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter and the never to be forgotten most renowned and happy Restorer of a most Gracious King and his Kingdoms to their Rights and Liberties May it please your Grace IT 's observed that the best Physicions having cured and cleans●d the body from all foul humours do prescribe their Patient some wholsom diet or admonition for prev●nting future Maladies which directs me to the consideration of England a monstrous body without it's Head late your Patient and so full of grosse Distempers that all the advice and help of Europe proved fruitlesse in order to its recovery untill by Divine Providence your Grace alone become the most Excellent Physician that without violating her Body or bl●eding the least Member ●ath cured her to the admiration of the World and your perpetual honour Most N●ble Sir I may not ask what wholsom Diet or Admonition you have prescribed to prevent the like evills knowing it's filter for me to hear the Proclamation then to peep in at the key hole of your Councel-chamber Yet if this which I humbly and freely offer in the behalf of my Countrey may receive the honour of your N●ble Count●nance and as you finde it to deserve your furtherance at the Councel of Trade whither the Kings Majesty is graciously pleased to recommend it I have an assured ●●●fidence it will prove a means to raise two Millions yearly by the ease of the people which if well employed can prove no prejudice to the future well-being health and fl●urishing estate of England My Lord that this so great a Revenue may be yearly raised and the people eased is truth and I again affirm it not out of design to prejudice or please others or to gain the favour of any to my self but only to enduce some to believe and encourage all to promote so great a Benefit that concerns both the King and his good Subjects in general whose Interest I ever prized before my own preservation as your Grace is my witnesse that knew my integrity before you had made known your intentions of giving this opportunity to pray in publique as I hope all will for his Majesty and your Grace to live to see his long and happy Reign over us I am My LORD Your Excellencies most humble Servant Fran. Cradock THE PREFACE Courteous READER THE Heads I have laid down in this Book to be considered are such as though very usefull in order to the Temporal good both of King and Subjects to be believed yet are least laboured in by any to be understood and therefore the more subject both to question and doubting especially with men of the sharpest wits the most publick spirits and of the richest endowments whom Natu●e hath prepared for the search of highest matters of publique Concernment from whose penetrating fiery wits will most probably arise such a confident kinde of framing Objections to themselves appearing so unanswerable that my hopes of seeing so advantagious a design reduced into practice are only supported by the delight I have taken in giving many Gentlemen and others so qualified such satisfaction in their greatest Objections that they are now become favourers of the Proposal and by finding many not only of my Judgement but some ambitious to share in the Project I could have wished that some excellent Master Work-man more plentifully abounding both in leisure and Learning would have taken this task upon him whereby the many and great advantages to all so far exceeding the prejudice to any by the erecting such Banks as were propounded in my last might have had a better Illustration assuring you it 's the publique Interest not private ends or ambition to be esteemed an Author