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large yet faitliful Offer or Undertaking for tlie 

 benefit of tliem tliat will joyn in tliis good and 

 publick Work. Imparted some years ago to Mr. 

 Samuel Hartlib ; And now by bim re-imparted to 

 all ingenuous Englishmen^ tbat are willing to 

 advance the Prosperity, Wealth, and Plenty of 

 their Native Country. — ^London, Printed by J. C. 

 4to. 1651. 



Samuel Hartlib addresses the " Christian Eeader'^ 

 with the statement, that '' It is a common complaint, 

 that Trade doth decay, and that the poor are multiplyed 

 for want of employment,^^ the natural result of ^^ civil 

 warres.^' He calls on all to act as best they can, and 

 avoid a selfish spirit. His own effort consists in offer- 

 ing this ^^ brief Treatise and the propositions which 

 were imparted unto me above 3 years ago ;'' and he 

 adds, '' now the hopes of our public settlement have 

 invited me to put them forth .^' 



From page 1 to 12 is in the form of a letter, without 

 signature or mark, addressed to Mr. Hartlib, and from 

 page 12 to 14, is entitled, ^^ The most especiall Persons 

 (or Purposes) that may readily advance or recover 

 .estates, by joyning to set forward the practice of this 

 work,'' — consisting of seven propositions amounting to 

 a kind of Insurance to secure property, annuities, &c. 



This pamphlet has an address to the reader on the 

 first leaf, and the Discourse occupies 14 pages, closely 

 and indifferently printed. 



