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A88529 A looking-glasse for sope-patentees: or A prospective-glasse, making discovery of a new project contrived and propounded (by the sope-projectors) to the Parliament, to monopolize the soping-mystery, under pretences of good to the state in the duty of excise. 1646 (1646) Wing L3026; Thomason E316_26; ESTC R200536 5,105 10

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A LOOKING-GLASSE FOR Sope-Patentees OR A Prospective-Glasse making discovery of a new Project contrived and propounded by the Sope-Projectors to the PARLIAMENT TO Monopolize the Soping-mystery under Pretences of good to the STATE in the Duty of EXCIZE PROV 24.21 22 23. My Son Fear thou the Lord and the King and meddle not with them that are given to change For their calamity shall rise suddenly and who knoweth the ruine of them both These things also belong to the wise it is not good to have respect of persons in judgement London Printed in the Year 1646. The Sope-boylers of London's New-project or the last Sope-Patentees and most ancient projecting Monopolizers of the Sope-boyling Art Propositions now presented by them to the Honourable House of Commons for the Monopolizing of the Sope-boyling art by Authority of Parliament first proposed then answered or expounded First Their Propositions The Grievances THat there are divers persons of mean condition who in many by-corners in and about London and Westminster do make and sell Sope not having bin Apprentices to that Trade I. That this Sope for the most part is deceitfull and unserviceable II. That abundance of this Sope being made and vented here and abroad by stealth they wholly deceive the State of the Excise thereof III. That by this meanes they sell it at cheaper rates then the Tradesmen paying the Excise can afford his Exciz'd Sope and so draw all the trade from the Tradesmen whereby their trade is decayed and so consequently the losse falls upon the Excise produced out of that Trade besides the ruine of the Tradesmen The Remedies Whereas the Excise is but 6. d. per pound on pot-ashes and 3 s. on every barrell of Sope. I. That the Excise may be advanced to 6 s. on every hundred weight of Pot-ashes being the principall materiall without which Sope cannot be made in lieu of the 3 s. per barrell which amounts to more then both the former Excises on Pot-Ashes and Sope II. That the Sope-makers may be enabled at their own charges to collect the said Excise and to proceed that due search be made on all Pot-Ashes imported that the Excise be not evaded III. The former Excise of Sope and the materialls thereof being cast up what it comes to per Annum they will farm the same and secure the State 1000 l. per Annum in certain more then the former revenew which is cast all up and by the Fraudes aforesaid daily deceived and 〈◊〉 without the enha●●cing the usuall price to the Subject That they propound really without any by-ends for the publike good to preserve their Trade by which both themselves and the Excise subsist otherwise if either by this or some other like meanes the former Fraudes be not prevented or if any further imposition be laid upon Sope themselves add their Trade must necessarily fall to ruine Secondly the Parts or Division of them The generall Parts are three I. The Reasons or Arguments on which they ground these their Propositions or the grievance of the State and sufferings of the subject demonstrated by 1. The Persons charged as offenders 2. The manner how or the prescription of their offence by these three Particulars 1. By illegall boyling of Sope. 2. By making deceitfull and unserviceable Sope. 3. By not paying the duty of Excise thereof 2. The Propositions themselves or the remedies by them propounded 3. Their Protestations or Declaration of their simplicity in their Propositions Thirdly the Exposition The answer which I shal give to these general parts will declare that these Propositions what ever these Patentees do declare and protest by them are a new project under vain and deceiving words by them contrived and propounded to Monopolize the Sope-trade and to trample upon the liberties lively hoods and estates of other Sope boylers and Tradesmen which are better Subjects and as free-born as themselves now by the Authority of Parliament as heretofore they have done by the Authority of the Kings Majesty and the Lords of the Privy Councel in their prosecution of their illegal Patent gained of them by the self same false pretence of good to King and Kingdom This being premised I come now to the answer or exposition of these three Generals I will speak first of the Persons charged as offenders described by these two Characters 1 Men of mean condition 2. Not Freemen boyling in Corners First They are now mean indeed and they never shall be but mean if these projecting Patentees can but trample upon them by Authority of Parliament and the reason of their poverty is this because these projecting Monopolers have by their several burlaryes or forcible breaking open of their houses Fellonies or forcible taking away their goods acted upon them spoiled their materials and by imprisoning their persons yea by their cruel prosecution have committed several murthers or that which amounts to as much And lastly did binde them in Bonds not to boyle Sope to which they have as much right as themselves by all which oppressing practises together with the general oppressions of the Kingdom they have built their Nest on high they have built their houses with blood of these poor men and have heaped much riches to themselves by their oppressing Patent These Patentees being covetous dealt with these poor men as the unbelieving Iews of Thessalonica moved with envy dealt with Paul namely they did take to them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort to act their cruelty Secondly They are Freemen and have as much right to the Sope-boyling Art as themselves and did serve Apprentises for their Freedom to Trade And the truth is these Patentees are not Sope-boylers in right of serving Apprentiships thereunto but Salters and Lether-sellers although they charge these as usurpers of a Trade and concerning Sope-boyling it is not a Manufacture within the Statute of 5. Eliz. limiting Trades as they would make men believe as they well know themselves but an Art or Mystery which every Freeman that knows how to boyl may as lawfully as themselves use Sope-boyling As for their charging of boyling Sope in corners they mean did boyle Sope in corners if they did mean to speak the truth and then this prescription is to be considered as words of Patentees and are thus to be understood to be a Declaration what they forced men to in the time of their Patent to escape their cruel and barbarous prosecution of the illegal oppressing Patent and not that any now boyle Sope in corners as they here falsly charge them Besides this I know that there are 36. or 37. Complainants in the Committee and ready to be put in for reparation for their several damages and yet there is but two of them that boyle Sope and as publiquely as themselves Having spoken of the persons charged as offenders I come now to speak to the offences charged upon them which are these two 1. Making deceitfull and unserviceable Sope this suffering relates to the Subjects 2. Deceiving