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he late _Bill of Treasons_ (tho it reach'd not so far as many wou'd have had it) a Favourite of the _Old Whigs_; they thought it a very desirable one whenever it cou'd be compass'd, and perhaps if not at that very Juncture, wou'd not have been obtained all: 'twas necessary for Two different Sorts of People to unite in this, in order for a Majority, whose Weight shou'd be sufficient to enforce it. And I think some _Whigs_ were very unjustly reproach'd by their _Brethren_, as if by voting for this Bill, they wilfully exposed the late _King's_ Person to the wicked Designs of his Enemies. _Lastly_, The supporting of Parliamentary Credit, promoting of all _publick Buildings_ and _Highways_, the making all _Rivers Navigable_ that are capable of it, employing the _Poor_, suppressing _Idlers_, restraining _Monopolies_ upon Trade, maintaining the liberty of the _Press_, the just _paying_ and _encouraging_ of all in the publick Service, especially that best and usefullest Sort of People the _Seamen_: These (joined to a firm Opinion, that we ought not to hearken to any _Terms of Peace_ with the _French King_, till it be quite out of his Power to hurt us, but rather to dye in Defence of our _own_ and the _Liberties_ of _Europe_) are all of them Articles of my _Whiggish Belief_, and I hope none of them are _heterodox_. And if all these together amount to a _Commonwealthsman_, I shall never be asham'd of the Name, tho given with a Design of fixing a Reproach upon me, and such as think as I do. Many People complain of the Poverty of the Nation, and the Weight of the Taxes. Some do this without any ill Design, but others hope thereby to become _popular_; and at the same time to _enforce a Peace_ with _France_, before that Kingdom be reduced to too low a Pitch: fearing, lest that _King_ shou'd be _disabled_ to accomplish their Scheme of bringing in the _Pretender_, and assisting him. Now altho 'tis acknowledg'd, that the _Taxes_ lye very heavy, and _Money_ grows scarce; yet let the _Importance_ of our _War_ be considered, together with the _Obstinacy, Perfidy_, and _Strength_ of our Enemy, can we possibly carry on such a _diffusive_ War without _Money_ in Proportion? Are the _Queen's_ Subjects more burden'd to maintain the publick _Liberty_, than the _French_ King's are to confirm their own _Slavery_? Not so much by three Parts in four, God be prais'd: Besides, no true _Englishman_ will grudge to pay Taxes whilst he has a Penny in
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