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Now the reader will please to observe, I 

 call every extraordinary charge on the ne- 

 cessaries of life that he cannot manufacture 

 himself, a tax. And although there are 

 Dutchmen who live in America, and are 

 said to prosper by having one son a weaver, 

 another a shoemaker, another a taylor, 

 and tan their own leather, &c. this is a 

 miserable way of living : and it may be 

 observed in England, a man that follows 

 many trades seldom enriches himself, or 

 gives comfort to his family. And as it will 

 appear in this work a man with a family is 

 very highly taxed in America to live in the 

 same comfort as people of equal distinction 

 do in England, when he has to buy all the 

 necessaries of life that are wanting for a 

 family, he will require no greater tax, the 

 whole of his labours will be consumed. 

 Now to a farmer, or a man who is a judge 

 of stock, there is not the same opportunity 

 as in England to make use of either his 

 money or judgment, as there are no public 

 fairs, consequently he cannot exchange his 



