Selected quad for the lemma: nation_n
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A67041
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A word in season about guineas, and the poor's clipp'd mony
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1696
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Wing W3544; ESTC R221052
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a_o word_n in_o season_n about_o gvineas_n and_o the_o poor_n clip_v money_n guineas_fw-la at_o thirty_o shilling_n be_v a_o very_a great_a evil_n to_o we_o the_o nation_n be_v loss_n thereby_o be_v one_o three_o of_o the_o value_n of_o the_o coin_v gold_n we_o have_v and_o no_o remedy_n unless_o they_o who_o intoxicate_v we_o do_v the_o like_a for_o no_o other_o will_v do_v so_o wicked_o to_o some_o other_o country_n and_o they_o take_v our_o gold_n from_o we_o at_o that_o price_n which_o i_o believe_v to_o be_v impossible_a though_o if_o they_o can_v to_o do_v it_o to_o they_o be_v less_o unnatural_a than_o their_o have_v do_v it_o to_o their_o own_o country_n i_o need_v not_o name_v the_o chief_a projector_n and_o promoter_n of_o this_o evil_a it_o be_v well_o know_v who_o plead_v for_o it_o and_o who_o against_o it_o the_o last_o summer_n at_o the_o council-board_n their_o excellency_n the_o lord_n justice_n then_o present_a and_o who_o before_o and_o since_o have_v all_o along_o be_v remit_v money_n to_o fetch_v in_o gold_n from_o holland_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v agree_v by_o all_o that_o guineas_n ought_v to_o fall_v unto_o twenty_o two_o shilling_n every_o one_o seem_v content_a that_o it_o shall_v be_v so_o in_o time_n and_o why_o not_o now_o the_o loss_n will_v be_v more_o to_o the_o nation_n six_o month_n hence_o because_o there_o will_v be_v daily_o more_o gold_n and_o guineas_n in_o it_o than_o now_o and_o no_o man_n can_v be_v sure_a that_o he_o shall_v have_v less_o of_o they_o but_o what_o shall_v we_o have_v for_o payment_n why_o our_o new-coined_n money_n and_o the_o guineas_n we_o have_v for_o no_o other_o country_n will_v take_v either_o from_o we_o if_o we_o reduce_v guineas_n to_o that_o price_n when_o foreign_a exchange_n be_v in_o our_o favour_n as_o they_o will_v then_o be_v our_o new_a coin_n and_o our_o broad_a money_n will_v remain_v with_o we_o otherwise_o it_o will_v not_o and_o these_o with_o the_o bank_n of_o england_n bill_n now_o acceptable_a to_o the_o nation_n and_o more_o useful_a for_o great_a payment_n will_v supply_v and_o quiet_v we_o if_o the_o mean_a people_n as_o they_o do_v a_o while_n ago_o in_o old_a groat_n and_o half_a crown_n with_o much_o ease_n will_v now_o cry_v down_o guineas_n to_o 22_o s._n or_o 22_o s._n 6_o d._n the_o rich_a will_v pay_v they_o so_o for_o that_o it_o can_v be_v no_o man_n interest_n to_o hoard_n they_o at_o that_o price_n beside_o continue_v guineas_n at_o 30_o s._n will_v cost_v the_o nation_n 500000_o l._n extraordinary_a in_o pay_v our_o army_n and_o fleet_n abroad_o and_o render_v it_o very_o difficult_a the_o ill_a consequence_n of_o which_o be_v obvious_a if_o the_o parliament_n please_v to_o make_v the_o stock-jobbing_a of_o guineas_n penal_a it_o will_v prevent_v many_o inconvenience_n to_o the_o nation_n in_o general_n i_o hear_v of_o no_o provision_n make_v in_o the_o coin-act_n for_o those_o who_o be_v unable_a to_o lend_v to_o the_o king_n these_o be_v numerous_a their_o necessity_n be_v great_a they_o will_v be_v clamorous_a our_o enemy_n will_v improve_v it_o and_o the_o consequence_n may_v be_v very_o ill_a to_o the_o kingdom_n why_o may_v not_o every_o parish_n or_o hundred_o be_v oblige_v to_o take_v from_o the_o mean_a people_n and_o poor_a all_o their_o base_a silver_n money_n and_o give_v they_o credit_n for_o it_o at_o present_a and_o new_a coin_n when_o they_o can_v the_o say_v parish_n or_o hundred_o may_v pay_v their_o tax_n with_o it_o and_o lend_v to_o the_o king_n whereby_o they_o will_v be_v repay_v in_o new_a mony_n all_o this_o may_v be_v do_v with_o ease_n and_o with_o little_a or_o no_o charge_n and_o it_o will_v prevent_v the_o put_v guineas_n upon_o the_o mean_a and_o poor_a people_n at_o thirty_o shilling_n which_o when_o they_o come_v to_o lose_v by_o as_o they_o must_v will_v renew_v their_o necessity_n and_o complaint_n and_o then_o our_o enemy_n will_v put_v the_o nation_n into_o a_o second_o ferment_n more_o dangerous_a than_o the_o first_o and_o at_o a_o worse_a time_n when_o the_o king_n be_v absent_a and_o no_o parliament_n sit_v london_n january_n 1695_o 6_o