An essay upon the excising of malt: as also, the present case of tallies consider'd. By A. Burnaby, of the Middle-Temple.
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- Title
- An essay upon the excising of malt: as also, the present case of tallies consider'd. By A. Burnaby, of the Middle-Temple.
- Author
- Burnaby, A. (Anthony)
- Publication
- London :: printed for the author,
- 1696.
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- Subject terms
- Malt -- Taxation -- Early works to 1800.
- Beer -- Taxation -- Early works to 1800.
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"An essay upon the excising of malt: as also, the present case of tallies consider'd. By A. Burnaby, of the Middle-Temple." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A30310.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.
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Page 17
The Parliament has found by Experience, the Trouble they have had in Levying a Fresh or New Tax, to make good the Defi∣ciency of an Old one: The King has found the Disappointments, and the Effects of it. The Colle∣ctors of those Taxes, the Trouble of them, and the People are always sure to pay them with more Re∣gret, than the Old one, tho, per∣haps, they did not amount to a∣bove a Fifth part so much. And, in my humble Opinion, 'tis an Er∣ror on the right side, If the Tax surmount the Sum it's given for.