Corrupt Ministers, the Cause of Publick Calamities, Or, The Interest of the King and His People, One: Being a Brief Relation of Some Publick Crimes Committed in the Government During the Late War ... |
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... evil Treat- ment I received ; have I been ( as others were ) almost worried to Death ( having been ill treat- ed in my private Affairs , as well as publickly oppreffed : For , three Years have I been kept out of the Intereft of 600 ...
... evil Treat- ment I received ; have I been ( as others were ) almost worried to Death ( having been ill treat- ed in my private Affairs , as well as publickly oppreffed : For , three Years have I been kept out of the Intereft of 600 ...
Page 18
... feem'd to be much furpriz'd . But to fecure and make all faft , they took the principal Witneffes that proved the Fact , into his Majeftics Service , fo the matter was was hushed up , but a further Evil attended this ( 18 )
... feem'd to be much furpriz'd . But to fecure and make all faft , they took the principal Witneffes that proved the Fact , into his Majeftics Service , fo the matter was was hushed up , but a further Evil attended this ( 18 )
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... Evil attended this Matter , for great part of this Hemp ( which was the Ribbs and Bands of Hemp , and not the beft , which at that time was worth twenty fix , or twenty feven pound per Tun ) was wrought into Cordage , and fent to ...
... Evil attended this Matter , for great part of this Hemp ( which was the Ribbs and Bands of Hemp , and not the beft , which at that time was worth twenty fix , or twenty feven pound per Tun ) was wrought into Cordage , and fent to ...
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... Evil practice . To which the Comptroller anfwer'd , and faid , Kings and Princes are born to be cheated . So would not meddle in it . This Sayl - maker afterwards proved it to his Face , before divers of the Chief and Principal ...
... Evil practice . To which the Comptroller anfwer'd , and faid , Kings and Princes are born to be cheated . So would not meddle in it . This Sayl - maker afterwards proved it to his Face , before divers of the Chief and Principal ...
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... Evil Ufage ; by which it's manifeft to the World , many thou- fands of poor Saylers have Perished , to the Eter- nal Scandal and Reproach of this Nation ( were there no greater evil in it ) for while the Dutch and French were ...
... Evil Ufage ; by which it's manifeft to the World , many thou- fands of poor Saylers have Perished , to the Eter- nal Scandal and Reproach of this Nation ( were there no greater evil in it ) for while the Dutch and French were ...
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Page 18 - For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office ; so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
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Page 9 - ... king's command, examined before the lords of the Admiralty, &c. And it will appear, that the said commission has been very injurious to the poor sailors in particular, and very detrimental to the government in general. Artie. 2. That the lords of the Admiralty and commissioners of the navy have acted contrary to the publick good, by countenancing, supporting, and preferring criminals ; and on the contrary, persecuting the discoverers, and turning just men out of their offices. Artie. 3. That...