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REFLECTION'S ON THE DISTRESS OF 

 THE POOR, AND THE INCREASE OF 

 THE RATES FOR THEIR ASSIST- 

 ANCE. 



^c n^HO U fialf not muzzle the ox when 

 he treadetb out the corn" is a di- 

 vine law, figuratively fignifying, that the 

 poorer race of people, who are the in- 

 flruments by which the earth is culti- 

 vated, ought to enjoy a reafonable portion 

 of its produce. 



The landlord, tenant, and labourer 

 are intimately connedled together, and 

 have their reciprocal intereH:, though in 

 different proportions -, and when the juft 

 ej:^uilibriurri' between them is interrupt- 

 ed, the one or the other mufl receive 

 injury. At prefent the balance is con* 

 fiderably againft the labourer; and yet, 

 tfiough it feems a paradox, the other 

 S 2 parties 



