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4. and prejudices of the several Historians; from these however we draw our Chief materials, they must be followed though with caution; and the value of money and the price of provisions compared at different periods, and examined by the present standard, will not only prevent gross errors in calculations of these old times, but give us also more just ideas of the power of the Prince, and Wealth of the Nation during the dark Æras of Our History.
Taxes have in this Country not only varied in their nature, their number, and their produce; but they have also changed their names according to the different Nations that possessed the Crown; to prevent therefore frequent repetitions and great obscurity in the following pages, we shall here premise a short Account of the Revenue of
