The political anatomy of Ireland with the establishment for that kingdom when the late Duke of Ormond was Lord Lieutenant ... : to which is added Verbum sapienti, or, An account of the wealth and expences of England, and the method of raising taxes in the most equal manner ... / by Sir William Petty ...

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The political anatomy of Ireland with the establishment for that kingdom when the late Duke of Ormond was Lord Lieutenant ... : to which is added Verbum sapienti, or, An account of the wealth and expences of England, and the method of raising taxes in the most equal manner ... / by Sir William Petty ...
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Petty, William, Sir, 1623-1687.
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London :: Printed for D. Brown and W. Rogers ...,
1691.
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Ormonde, James Butler, -- Duke of, 1610-1688.
Taxation -- England.
Ireland -- Politics and government -- 17th century.
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"The political anatomy of Ireland with the establishment for that kingdom when the late Duke of Ormond was Lord Lieutenant ... : to which is added Verbum sapienti, or, An account of the wealth and expences of England, and the method of raising taxes in the most equal manner ... / by Sir William Petty ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A54620.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 6, 2024.

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The TABLES.

  • 1. THAT the Customs, managed by the States-Officers, yielded An∣no 1657. under 12,000 l. but was farm'd Ann. 1658. for above thrice that Sum.
  • 2. That the Stock which drives the Foreign Trade of Ireland, doth near half

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  • of it belong to those who live out of Ire∣land.
  • 3. That Ann. 1664. before the Cat∣tel-Statute, ¾ of the Ireland Foreign Trade was with England, but now not ¼ part of the same.
  • 4. That the Manufacture bestowed up∣on a years Exportation out of Ireland, is not worth above 8000 l.
  • 5. That because more eatables were exported Anno 1664. than 1641. And more Manufactures 1641. than Ann. 1664. It follows, there were more people in Ire∣land, Ann. 1641. than 1664. and in that proportion as was formerly mention'd.
  • 6. That the Exportations appear more worth than the Importations, excepting that the Accompts of the former are more true, but of the latter very conjectural, and probably less than the Truth.
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