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<HEAD>Rea&s;ons and grounds for the nece&s;sitie, equa|litie, and expediencie of an Exci&s;e, to be granted upon the particulars contained herein.</HEAD>
<P N="1">I. WE would con&s;ider the nece&s;&s;itie of rai&s;ing this Army for defence of our Religion and Liberties, and of contributing to the &s;ub&s;i&s;tence of our Army in Ireland.</P>
<P N="2">II. The money granted by the Loan and Taxt, as al&s;o the moneys &s;ent from England being exhau&s;ted by the Levie moneyes for foot and hor&s;e, and other provi&s;ion knowne to &s;ome of the Coun&s;ell of Edinburgh, and may be &s;een in the particulars to any that &s;hall de&s;ire to have &s;atisfaction therein, inforces a nece&s;&s;ity of this Kingdome, for contributing to the maintenance of the Army; if the Kingdome of England by their extreme pre&s;ent &s;traits, &s;hall be di&s;abled to provide timou&s;ly and competently for them according to the treaty.</P>
<P N="3">III. That in all other Kingdomes nece&s;&s;itate to maintaine armies; the way of Exci&s;e after the experience of all other waies, is judged and practi&s;ed as the mo&s;t equall, indifferent, &s;olid and ju&s;t way.</P>
<P N="4">IV. That the Parliament in this Kingdome, in the yeare 1640. and the Convention of E&s;tates in July la&s;t, being of the &s;ame judgement, with the con&s;ent of all the Burrowes of Scotland, gave power to the Committees of E&s;tate, for the maintenance of the Armies, to lay on Exci&s;es upon all vi|vers, and all other commodities.</P>
<P N="5"><PB N="2" REF="2">V. That the E&s;tates now Conveened again (knowing from the &s;everall Shires and Burghs of the Kingdome, that a new Loane or Taxt upon the &s;ame cropt, would be extreme hea|vie to all men, as well to Burgh as Land, and in &s;peciall to the Commons of Edinburgh; who are (to the regrate of the Committee of E&s;tates) overburdened with the reking out of the Regiment appointed to goe out of Edinburgh) did conceive that an Exci&s;e would be far more welcome to them becau&s;e it much ea&s;eth the frugal doth little touch the poore, and lieth mo&s;t upon the rich and idle &s;penders &s;uperfluou&s;ly upon their backs and bellies, and &s;o favoureth vertue, and pu|ni&s;heth vice.</P>
<P N="6">VI. That the information &s;pred, will appeare to be mo&s;t fal&s;e by the Roll after following; whereby all bre<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">d, meal, fi&s;hes, all native Commodities nece&s;&s;ary for the backe or belly are free, except ale and fle&s;h: and that all wrought com|modities of the crafts at home are free, and all wrought com|modities; as gloves, &s;addles, chaires, iron work, &amp;c. impor|ted from abroad to the ruine of the crafts and manifactories at home are to be Exci&s;ed, which joynd with their freedom from the burden of a new Loan, otherwayes ab&s;olutely nece&s;&s;ary, and offered by them&s;elves, will be a far greater benefit to the Commons and Crafts, and to every per&s;on. And which at the time of the la&s;t Parliament they would have bought at a dearer rate, then paying one yeare a placke for a pint of ale.</P>
<P N="7">VII. That &s;eeing God every yeare in his providence, by &s;carcity and dearth of the victuall, may, and often doth rai&s;e the prices of drink and fle&s;h; and &s;eeing the Lords of Coun|cell and Se&s;&s;ion, may, and often have altered the prices, and the Magi&s;trates of Burghs every yeare almo&s;t doth the &s;ame: yea, oftentimes the O&s;tlers and Taverners at their owne hand, without any warrant from authority, or tumult of the people, doth lay on greater Exci&s;es: It is a &s;trange <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">hing to people to grudge at the laying on the &s;ame allanerly
<PB N="3" REF="2"> during one yeare for the maintenance of the Cau&s;e of God, who in his ju&s;tice for this grudge, may by dearth lay it on for many yeares, or by the peri&s;hing of our Armies, and de|livering us and our liberties into the hands of our adver&s;aries, may make us &s;laves thereunto, and to wor&s;e tyrannies both over our &s;ouls and bodies.</P>
<P N="8">VIII. That this Exci&s;e cometh not off the Merchants and &s;ellers, but off the buyers and &s;penders: That the forraigne Commodities Exci&s;ed being &s;uperfluous, comes off the rich, and not off the poore: That experience &s;heweth both, that the importers thereof have at their owne hand doubled this Exci&s;e, and that notwith&s;tanding thereof, the trade of the&s;e &s;uperfluities dayly increa&s;ed to the ruine of the &s;ub|&s;tance of the Kingdome: That the fewer &s;uperfluities be im|ported, it is the better for the Commons, and the re&s;t of the Kingdome; and the highne&s;&s;e of their Rate, is many times the mother of frugality: That the exporting of all Commo|dities, except coale and &s;alt, (which makes them &s;tay and &s;ell the cheaper at home) is free of Exci&s;e; and that for ale and fle&s;h, and other Commodities Exci&s;ed, wherein the Com|mons may &s;eeme to have any common burden with the re&s;t, it is evident by the Roll, that all in Countrey, or in Citie, payes alike according to the mea&s;ure of their &s;pending, and that the Nobleman and Gentleman, payes as much for the drinke which he breweth of his ow<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">e malt, in his owne hou&s;e, for his owne private families u&s;e, as is paid in the Taverns: And &s;uch like for his owne kyne, and &s;heep, as is paid in the Markets, that the burden may bee every way equall, and lie rather upon the rich then upon the poore.</P>
<P N="9">IX. That the &s;tricte&s;t cour&s;e that can be advi&s;ed, will bee re&s;olved upon, for the lifting of it up as exactly in every landward Pari&s;h, as in the Burghs; and that in &s;uch a way, as may be mo&s;t beneficiall unto the Publick, without being
<PB N="4" REF="3"> con&s;umed by the charges of Subcollectours: and what&s;oe|ver money is gotten thereby, is re&s;olved to be no wayes &s;ent out of the Kingdome, or applied to any private u&s;e, but to provide within the Countrey all manner of provi&s;ions to be &s;ent unto the Army; and for that end, and during the time of extreme nece&s;&s;ity allanerly.</P>
<P N="10">X. That whereas &s;ome may feare the dangerou&s;ne&s;&s;e of the preparative, and apprehend that it will never be removed: They would con&s;ider the like objection may be made again&s;t the Taxt or Loane, giving in of &s;ilver works, and all manner of contributions, and that as the Parliament and Convention gave onely warrant to lay it on for the maintenance of the Army, &s;o they cannot bee pre&s;umed to be &s;o di&s;po&s;ed, as to de&s;ire the continuance of &s;uch a burden upon them&s;elves on whom none can impo&s;e it or continue it, but them&s;elves; and whether now it bee done or not, if any &s;ub&s;equent Parlia|ment be pre&s;umed to be &s;o di&s;po&s;ed, the Objectours knowes as well that they may legally do it, as they know that none of the E&s;tates now living and guiding the Kingdome, who have &s;o heartily ventured their lives and fortunes to pre&s;erve the liberties of the Kingdome from &s;lavery would ever con|de&s;cend to it.</P>
<P N="11">XI. We would &s;eriou&s;ly ponder that by our Covenant fir&s;t and la&s;t we have &s;worne unto God to &s;pend our lives and e&s;tates in this Cau&s;e of Religion, to pre&s;erve the Liberties of the Kirk and Kingdome, which mainely con&s;i&s;ts in the maintenance of the authoritie and dignitie of the &s;upreme Ju|dicatories thereof, and to promove by all lawfull meanes all &s;uch publick re&s;olutions as by them &s;hould be found to con|duce to &s;o good a cau&s;e, and not to &s;uffer our &s;elves to be divided or withdrawne therefrom, or to ca&s;t in any let or im|pediment to hinder the &s;ame, e&s;pecially &s;eeing the impeders of a publick re&s;olution of the Convention, which &s;hall be taken with the con&s;ent of all the re&s;t of the Kingdome, doth
<PB N="5" REF="3"> know what perjurie before God, &s;hame before the world, breach of Treatie to our brethren, de&s;truction to our &s;elves, advantage to the adver&s;aries, and ruine to the cau&s;e it would be, if we &s;hould &s;uffer this Armie now on foot to di&s;-band or peri&s;h (which God forbid) for want of maintenance: As al&s;o how impo&s;&s;ible it is for the publick faith, without a publick pur&s;e and &s;tocke of credit, to finde provi&s;ion for them, yet doe both &s;top this common way taken by all other Nations in the like ca&s;es, and thought upon onely here for the pre&s;ent nece&s;&s;ity, and &s;howes no other clear way for their &s;ub&s;i&s;tance.</P>
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<HEAD>Here followeth the Roll of the particulars conceived lea&s;t burthen&s;ome to beare Ex|ci&s;e, but wherein there is nothing as yet determined.</HEAD>
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<CELL ROLE="label">s.</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">d.</CELL>
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<CELL>FOr every pint of ale and &s;mall beare &s;old, to be paid by the Brewer or maker thereof, and to be allowed to him in the price thereof, or which any Hou&s;ekeeper breweth for his own &s;pending, to be paid by every &s;uch Hou&s;e-keeper&mdash;</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>0<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"></CELL>
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<CELL>Beare or ale exported for provi&s;ion of Ships is to pay no Ex<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">i&s;e.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
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<CELL>For forraine imported beere every pint,</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>01</CELL>
<CELL>0<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"></CELL>
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<CELL>For every pint of &s;trong beere to be paid &s;icklike by the Brewer or Hou&s;e-keeper,</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>0<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"></CELL>
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<CELL>For every pint of French wine already imported, or to be imported, to be paid by the fir&s;t buyer thereof from the mer|chant or importer, whether for &s;ale or for private u&s;e, and &s;o after that rate for a greater or le&s;&s;er quantity,</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>02</CELL>
<CELL>0<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"></CELL>
</ROW>
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<CELL>Sicklike for every pint of Spani&s;h wine,</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>04</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
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<CELL>Which prices &s;o to be paid by the retailers of wine &s;hall be <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="left margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters">owed to them upon the &s;ale thereof in the price.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
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<CELL>For every pint of &s;trong water and Aqua vitae made or <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="left margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters">d within the Realme, to be paid by the maker or &s;eller <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="left margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters">ereof,</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>04</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
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<CELL>For every pound of Tobacco of all &s;orts, imported or to <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="left margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"> imported, to be paid by the fir&s;t buyer thereof from the <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="left margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters">erchant,</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>06</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
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<CELL>For all manner of Oxen, Bulls, and Kine, to pay for the <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="left margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters">ece &s;laughtered, whether for &s;ale or private u&s;e,</CELL>
<CELL>01</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
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<CELL>Sicklike for all Stirkes &s;laughtered of two yeares old and <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="left margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters">neath,</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>10</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
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<CELL>For &s;wine, &s;heep, calfe, and goats the peece,</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>06</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
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<CELL>For all lambs and kids the peece,</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>03</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
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<CELL>For every elne of &s;ilke &s;tuffe of any kinde from five merks <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="left margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"> ten,</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>08</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
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<CELL>For every elne of &s;tuffe above ten merks,</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>13</CELL>
<CELL>04</CELL>
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<CELL>For every elne of plu&s;h or panvelvet,</CELL>
<CELL>01</CELL>
<CELL>04</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
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<CELL>For every elne of &s;attin plaine or wrought,</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>18</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
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<CELL>For &s;ilver and gold lace or perline the Scotti&s;h ounce,</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>13</CELL>
<CELL>04</CELL>
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<CELL>For every elne of cloth of gold or &s;ilver,</CELL>
<CELL>03</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
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<CELL>For every bever hat,</CELL>
<CELL>01</CELL>
<CELL>10</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
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<CELL>For every halfe bever,</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>18</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
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<CELL>For every paire of &s;ilke &s;tockings,</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>18</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
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<CELL>For every elne of broad cloth of five or &s;ix quarters <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="left margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters">redth imported, not exceeding &s;even pound the elne,</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>06</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
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<CELL>And for the elne of cloth imported exceeding the &s;ame,</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>12</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
</ROW>
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<CELL>For the elne of narrow cloth, &s;erges, and other wi&s;&s;et or <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="left margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters">aire &s;tuffs imported,</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>03</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
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<CELL>For the elne of freezes and bai&s;es of all &s;orts imported,</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>02</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
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<CELL>For all imported cambricke, lawne, or holland cloth, for the <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="left margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters">alue of every twenty &s;hillings,</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>01</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
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<PB N="7" REF="4">
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<CELL>All imported perline of threed or &s;ilke betwixt three and &s;ix pound for the elne,</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>12</CELL>
<CELL><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"></CELL>
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<CELL>For the elne betwixt &s;ix and twelve pound, and &s;o forth proportionably,</CELL>
<CELL>01</CELL>
<CELL>04</CELL>
<CELL><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"></CELL>
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<CELL>For coale exported of twelve pound value.</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>06</CELL>
<CELL><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"></CELL>
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<CELL>For &s;alt exported of twelve pound value,</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>03</CELL>
<CELL><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>All kinde of made worke brought home to pay for every twelve pound value,</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>15</CELL>
<CELL><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters"></CELL>
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<P>And all manner of worke made within the Kingdome to be free of all kind of exci&s;e.</P>
<P>And this to endure onely &s;o long as the nece&s;&s;itie of the armie &s;hall require, and at farthe&s;t but for this pre&s;ent yeare 1644. and that the prices of all vivers and others be regulate according to the lawes of the Countrey.</P>
<P>That what wines &s;hal not be gotten &s;old by the merchant before the fir&s;t of Augu&s;t, &s;hall thereafter be free of ex|ci&s;e.</P>
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