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Before ye. Restoartion, ye. expense off State was boren by ye. Crown, & whenever ye. Crown Revenue became insufficient, they were afsisted by ye. People, in ye. proportion thought proper by Part; & whatever savings ye. crown could make upon supplies So grated, accnu'd to ye. himself; After ye. Restoration & ye. had ye. Tunnage & Poundage, ye. two Excuses, Post Office, Wine Licences, & deletion half /deletion addition Harth /addition money granted him for life; these were £ given for 1,200,000 per An. to support as it is said ye. dignity of ye. Crown, & defray addition ye. /addition ordinary charges of Government. At first these taxes did not produce ye. intended Sum, but increasing yearly they came towards ye. End of K. Charles's Reign to exceed it greatly; besides these ye. Crown then had their Hereditary Estate, ye 1 underline st /underline fruits & tenths, ye. alientation fines, ye. Post fines, ye. Sherifs proffers, ye. compositions & seizures of unclear & prohibited goods, ye. Revenue of ye. P-ty of Wales & D-y of Conwal, ye. Rents of Ye. Crown Lands, & fines for Leases, with ye. 4 1/2 plantation Duty; ye. amount of all these according £ to Sir William Petty was 30,000 ye. produce therefore of ye. above Hereditary & Temporary grants join'd with ye. Supplies annually voted by Part. were to defray ye. Expences of Government as well as support ye. unclear Dignity, so yt. tile a Civil List Revence was settl'd (which did not happen till ye. Revolution) whatever was more than Sufficient to serve ye. Purposes of Government, became applicable by this K. to ye. same purposes yt. ye. Civil has Revenue does at present. This unclear net produce of K Charles's deletion unclear /deletion Revenue from catchword Ktmas /catchword