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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B070819.tech.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>The true State of the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e of Gla&s;&s;e of all kindes, as it now
&s;tandeth both in the price of Gla&s;&s;e and Materialls, how &s;old the&s;e fifteen
yeers la&s;t pa&s;t, and how formerly, The price of Materialls as they are
now bought, and what hath been formerly paid, with a re|port
of the condition of all kinds of Gla&s;&s;es.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Ordinary Drinking-Gla&s;&s;es</HI>&mdash;FOr Beer, &s;old formerly for 7^s, 4^d. and never under 6^s. <HI>per</HI> dozen are now, and have been for
15. yeers pa&s;t &s;old by me, for 4^s. <HI>per</HI> dozen.</P>
<P><HI>Ordinary Drinking-Gla&s;&s;es</HI>&mdash;For Wine, formerly &s;old for 4^s. <HI>per</HI> dozen, have been, and are now con&s;tantly &s;old by me for 2^s.
6^d. <HI>per</HI> dozen.</P>
<P><HI>Mortar-Gla&s;&s;es</HI>&mdash;Formerly &s;old for 2^s. <HI>per</HI> dozen, and are now &s;old by me, for 1^s. 4^d. <HI>per</HI> dozen.</P>
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<HEAD>The Materialls for the making of the&s;e &s;everall kindes of Gla&s;&s;es formerly
bought by me for 20^l. <HI>per</HI> Tun, and many times under, do now, and have
for divers yeers pa&s;t co&s;t, 25. 26. 27. and 30^l. per Tun.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Cri&s;tall Beer-Gla&s;&s;es</HI>&mdash;FOrmerly brought from <HI>Venice</HI> have anciently been &s;old for 20. and 24^s. <HI>per</HI> dozen without
Covers, and are now &s;old by my Merchant for 10^s. <HI>per</HI> dozen, and 11^s. of extraordinary
fa&s;hions.</P>
<P><HI>Cri&s;tall Wine-Gla&s;&s;es</HI>&mdash;Formerly made and imported from <HI>Venice,</HI> were &s;old for 18^s. <HI>per</HI> dozen, and are now &s;old by my
Merchant for 7^s and 8^s. <HI>per</HI> dozen.</P>
<P><HI>Cri&s;tall Beer-Gla&s;&s;es</HI>&mdash;Made by me (which never were before in this Kingdome) and of all fa&s;hions that are de&s;ired and
be&s;poken, were heretofore &s;old for 18^s the dozen, and are now &s;old for 9^s the deare&s;t.</P>
<P><HI>Cri&s;tall Wine-Gla&s;&s;es</HI>&mdash;Made by me, were formerly &s;old for 16^s. <HI>per</HI> dozen, and are now &s;old for 5^s 6^d <HI>per</HI> dozen, and
the deare&s;t being of extraordinary fa&s;hions for 7^s <HI>per</HI> dozen.</P>
<P><HI>Looking-Gla&s;&s;es and Spectacle</HI>&mdash;Gla&s;&s;e Plates are likewi&s;e made by me here in <HI>England,</HI> being undertaken and perfected by me
with great charge and hazzard, and the expence of twenty yeers time, which work I did the
rather undergo in that I under&s;tood, the State of <HI>Venice</HI> had re&s;trained the tran&s;portation of
that Commoditie rough and unpolli&s;hed upon pain of confi&s;cation, and other heavy puni&s;h|ments,
in re&s;pect the grinding, graving, polli&s;hing, and foyling thereof doth imploy great num|bers
of poor people, and afford them maintenance, which benefit doth hereby redound to
the Natives of this Kingdome.</P>
<P><HI>Window-Gla&s;&s;e</HI>&mdash;Is made of <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Materialls, as A&s;hes, &amp;c. And though the price of A&s;hes, is of late yeers rai&s;ed
from 6. 7. and 8^d. the Bu&s;hell to 9. 10. and 11^d. the Bu&s;hell: And although the mea&s;ure of this
&s;ort of Gla&s;&s;e heretofore was ever uncertain, And that the number of feet formerly contained
in each Ca&s;e of Gla&s;&s;e, did greatly differ, As &s;ometimes the Ca&s;e contained 120 feet, &s;ometimes
140 feet, and never above 160 feet; Now each Ca&s;e in the mea&s;ure is reduced to a certainty,
always containing 180 feet, And the price al&s;o certain at 22^s. 6^d. <HI>per</HI> Ca&s;e, at the Furnace doore,
which containing as before, amounteth but to threehalfpence the foot at the mo&s;t. All Window
Gla&s;&s;e in this Kingdome is &s;old for the price afore&s;aid except a &s;mall quantity made by me at
<HI>Woolwich,</HI> which work I erected to prevent any &s;car&s;ety of Gla&s;&s;e that might happen in the
Winter time, And notwith&s;tanding I ever &s;old the Gla&s;&s;e made there to my great lo&s;&s;e and
hinderance.</P>
<P><HI>Green-Gla&s;&s;es</HI>&mdash;Of all &s;orts are made likewi&s;e of <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Materialls, which works after I had &s;u&s;tained great
lo&s;&s;e, and undergone great vexation&punc; (in the di&s;po&s;ing of them) I let to a Gentleman of
known hone&s;ty, and of experience in Gla&s;&s;e, and a man every way re&s;pon&s;eable for any errour
that can be laid to his Charge, And though I know his Materialls, and Fewell are dearer
then in former times, yet I did never hear of any complaint of his carriage, nor of any price
rai&s;ed by him of his Gla&s;&s;e either in the Citie or Country, But that he &s;old his Gla&s;&s;e at the
rates which were many yeers &s;ince &s;et down by the agreement of all the Gla&s;&s;e-&s;ellers, and
Gla&s;&s;e-makers.</P>
<P>THe whole Manufacture of Gla&s;&s;e with Sea-coale, and Pit-coale hath been perfected and
pre&s;erved in this Kingdome by me, with the expence of above 30000^l. of my Fortune,
whereby the great con&s;umption of Tymber and Wood is prevented, Many thou&s;ands
of the Natives of this Realm are imployed and maintained, who (if liberty of im|portation
of forraign Gla&s;&s;e &s;hould be permitted) mu&s;t of nece&s;&s;ity be deprived of
their means of livelihood, And many others of the Natives are brought up and in|&s;tructed
in the My&s;tery of Gla&s;&s;e-making, be&s;ides the great &s;ummes of money paid for
wages in the &s;everall branches of the Manufacture, are retained in the Kingdome.
There are al&s;o many other great benefits that accrew to the Common-Wealth from
the&s;e branches of His Maje&s;ties grants to me, All which particulars, received a full
and deliberate hearing, and examination in the Parliament held in <HI>Anno</HI> 21^o. <HI>Jacobi
Regis.</HI> And His Maje&s;ties &s;aid grant was then priviledged by a &s;peciall Provi&s;o in the
Act of Parliament then made, with the generall approbation of both Hou&s;es, As by
the &s;aid Act may appear.</P>
<P>From the con&s;ideration of all which rea&s;ons I have taken humble boldne&s;&s;e to ten|der
my &s;uite by way of Petition for a &s;peedy hearing and examination of the Premi&s;&s;es
which I be&s;eech you, to further, when it &s;hall be pre&s;ented.</P>
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