Political Arithmetick Or a Discourse Concerning the Extent And Values of Lands
Political Arithmetick Or a Discourse Concerning the Extent And Values of Lands
William Petty
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Now if there be three Millions of Males in England, tjiere be above two hundred thoufond of them, who are between the age of fixteen and thirty, unmar- ried perfons; and who live by their Labour [47] Labour and Serviee, for of fo many or thereabouts, the prefent Militia con- Ms. Now if an hundred and five thoufand of thefe, were Armed, and Trayned, as Foot ; and fifty thoufand as Horfe ; (Horfe being of fpecial advantage in Iflands) the (aid Porces at Land, with thirty thoufand Men at Sea $ wou...ld by Gods ordinary blefling, defend this Na- tion, being an Ifland, againfl any Force in view: But the charge of . Arming, Difciplining, and Rendezvoufing all thefe Men, twice, or thrice a year; would be a very gentle Tax, Levyed by the people themfelves, and paid to themfelves. Moreover if out of the faid number f part were felefred, of fuch as are more than ordinarily fie and difpofed for War, and to be Exer- cifed, and r\endezvoufed fourteen or fifteen times per annum ; the charge thereof being but a fortnights Pay in the year, would be alfo a very gentle Tax.
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