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flich does by very much the greater part of Mankind 
"confsft ; otherwife it is plain, that there might well be 
four times as many Births as we now find. For by com- 
putation from the Table, I find that there are nearly 
1 5000 Perlons above 1 6 and under 45*, of which at kaft 
7000 are Women capable to bear Children. Ot thefe 
notwithftanding there are but 1238 born yearly, which 
is but little more than a fixth part : So that about one in 
fix of thefe Women do breed yearly ; whereas were they 
all married , it would not appear ftrange or unlikely, 
that four of fix fhould bring a Child every year. The 
Political Confequences hereof I fhall not infill on, only 
the Strength and Glory of a King being in the multitude 
of his Subje&s, I (hall only hint, that above all things, 
Celibacy ought to be difcouraged, as, by extraordinary 
Taxing and Military Service : And thofe who have nu- 
merous Families of Children to be countenanced and en- 
couraged by luch Laws as the Jus trtum Liberorum a- 
mong the Romans. But efpecially , by an effectual 
Care to provide for the Subfiftence of the Poor, by find- 
ing them Employments, whereby they may earn their 
iBread, without being chargeable to the Publick. 
II. What 
