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^ T4xes are here fuffered patiently, and witliout murmuring, for 
the-falceof the Lihen^, and Security they enjoy. They are all laid a*; 
cijugUy as poflible *, and he that can invent a ISlew and tafy Tax, that will 
not be Grievous to the People, ftialibe furenoc to fail ofapablick Re 
ward. Whatever is faid o£ La^t, theit Taxes are not Wkc Cob'9isebs» in 
ulitch the lefler Flies are ufually catch’d, whilft the greater break through 
and efcape. The im'erir»r People, and the Rich, do pay to a Penny the 
fame Pound-rate, in proportion to their Abilities. No body there thinks it 
their Inter efi ( or at leaft it was never pradiifed ) to promote Vnequal, of 
Vneafy Taxes, that fliall eruOi one part with an infuppQrtable burthen, and 
leave other parts free from feeling the weight. And their Fxcifes, 
although they reach almoft every thing imaginable, arc buc little felt ty 
the generality, or caufe but few Conjplaincs, byre-fon that all do (hare 
alike in the payments, according to their couiumption; and that they 
reach the Luxurious and Expenfive, more than the Poor, o Frugal Peo- 
pie. • Their having buc one Fh/^ JAFarkety and one Fijh Market, &c. in 
a large Town, renders the Collection alfo eify and certain. 
^ujitce isfo welldiflribuced among them, and Teverely executed, that 
many do think a Traveller may with more Safety pafs riiro^?gh all the feven 
Provinces mt\\ his Purfeinhishand, by Day and by Night, than go ten 
miles out of LonJtmyfAth Money in his Pocket. Infomuch that few do 
fiiiTcr here on the account of Felonies and BurgUries, excepting fomc 
S'wart makers of late, who did blacken their Faces to conceal them- 
(elves in their Robberies. But that Gang has been happily difeovered, 
and I think extirpated before this time. Thofe that ever Rob, or Steal, 
are all bang'd in Chains on the GaUowsy or remain on the ISOheel they were 
broke upon, until the Fowls of the Air have done picking their Bones* 
xnd they drop afunder. The which exemplary Punifliment has that good 
in deterring others from the like Offences, that it is thought more 
do dye by the hands of the Common Executioner in London at one or two 
Seffimsy than do on fuch accounts in a Year in all the Seven Provin- 
ces. 
Though all Opinions, that are not Dangerous to the State, do here 
find a refuge, and are tolerated without fcruple *, yet Idle People, who v/ili 
ROC work for a Livelihood, and have novifibleway of fubfifting honeftly, 
will not long meet with a iafe Sandluary in thefe Provinces. The Magi- 
Rrate will fooo find them out, and make them give a probable account how 
they live and fubiilf. They who defire to fee what becomes of Idle 
“Drones, or Trofiigate Ul retches, may take a walk to the ^afp-houfes, and 
Spln-boufes, w\here they will find them bufily imployed at their daily Tasks; 
but if they will not work there according to appointment, the Pump is 
ready for the one to Wo/k or Drown, and due Corred^ion to enforce the 
