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　relating　to　the　Government　and　the　Law；　the　same　will　consist　in　abolishing　the　superfluous；　supernumerary；　and　antiquated；　and　withall；　in　retrenching　the　Fees　of　others；　to　what　the　labour；　art；　and　trust　of　their　respective　employments　do　require。　For　there　by　many　Offices　wholly　executed　by　Deputies　for　small　wages；　whereas　the　Masters　of　them　have　ten　times　as　much；　although　they　know　nothing　either　of　what　is　done；　or　ought　to　be　done　in　the　business。　　　　　25。　Now　such　Surplusages　as　these　should　be　either　restored　unto　the　people　who　gave　them　unto　the　King；　at　a　time　when　those　Fees　made　up　but　a　just　reward　for　the　Officer；　or　else　the　King　keeping　them　still　might　take　them　for　so　much　toward　the　Publick　Charge；　but　not　give　them　away　to　stop　the　importunate　suits　of　any　particular　person；　in　whom　and　in　all　his　dependants；　such　benefits　do　but　cause　a　laziness　as　to　the　true　original　gain　of　the　Nation；　and　themselves　in　particular；　together　with　a　total　negligence　and　ignorance　of　the　publick　good。　　　　　26。　Many　are　the　particulars　that　might　be　instanced　of　this　kinde；　but　my　aim　not　being　to　prejudice　any　man　in　particular；　I　descend　no　lower；　wishing　onely　that　there　might　be　an　universal　Reformation　of　what　length　of　time　hath　warped　awry；　in　which　case　no　particular　men　are　to　be　troubled；　for　if　all　suffer；　none　suffers；　and　all　men　would　be　no　poorer　then　now　they　are　if　they　should　lose　half　their　Estates；　nor　would　they　be　a　whit　the　richer　if　the　same　were　doubled；　the　Ratio　formalis　of　Riches　lying　rather　in　proportion　then　quantity。　　　　　27。　To　lessen　the　charge　of　Universities；　unto　which　I　adde　the　Inns　of　Court；　which　is　not　much；　were　to　lessen　the　number　of　Students　in　Divinity；　Law　and　Medicine；　by　lessening　the　use　of　those　Professions。　　　　　Now　having　spoken　already　of　Divinity；　I　come　next　to　the　Law；　and　say；　that　if　Registers　were　kept　of　all　mens　Estates　in　Lands；　and　of　all　the　Conveyances　of；　and　Engagements　upon　them；　and　withal　if　publick　Loan…Banks；　Lombards；　or　Banks　of　Credit　upon　deposited　money；　Plate；　Jewels；　Cloth；　Wooll；　Silke；　Leather；　Linnen；　Mettals；　and　other　durable　Commodities　were　erected；　I　cannot　apprehend　how　there　could　be　above　one　tenth　part　of　the　Law…suits　and　Writings；　as　now　there　are。　　　　　28。　And　moreover；　if　by　account　of　the　people；　of　their　Land　and　other　wealth；　the　number　of　Lawyers　and　Scriveners　were　adjusted；　I　cannot　conceive　how　their　should　remain　above　one　hundredth　part　of　what　now　are；　forasmuch　as　I　have　heard　some　affirm；　that　there　be　now　ten　times　as　many　as　are　even　now　necessary；　and　that　there　are　not　ten　times　as　many　Law…suits；　as　upon　the　abovementioned　Reformation；　there　would　be。　It　follows　therefore；　that　upon　the　whole　there　would　not　need　one　in　a　hundred　of　the　present　number　of　Retainers　to　the　Law；　and　Offices　of　Justice；　the　occasions　as　well　of　crimes　as　injuries　being　so　much　retrenched。　　　　　29。　As　for　Physicians；　it　is　not　hard　by　the　help　of　the　observations　which　have　been　lately　made　upon　the　Bills　of　Mortality；　to　know　how　many　are　sick　in　London　by　the　number　of　them　that　dye；　and　by　the　proportions　of　the　City　to　finde　out　the　same　of　the　Countrey；　and　by　both；　by　the　advice　of　the　learned　Colledge　of　that　Faculty　to　calculate　how　many　Physicians　were　requisite　for　the　whole　Nation；　and　consequently；　how　many　Students　in　that　are　art　to　permit　and　encourage；　and　lastly；　having　calculated　these　numbers；　to　adoptate　a　proportion　of　Chyrurgeons；　Apothecaries；　and　Nurses　to　them；　and　so　by　the　whole　to　cut　off　and　extinguish　that　infinite　swarm　of　vain　pretenders　unto；　and　abusers　of　that　God…like　Faculty；　which　of　all　Secular　Employments　our　Saviour　himself　after　he　began　to　preach　engaged　himself　upon。　　　　　30。　Moveover；　if　it　were　agreed；　what　number　of　Divines；　Physicians　and　Civilians　（that　is；　of　men　bred　in　Universities）　were　requisite　to　the　publick　service？　As　suppose　13000　in　the　present　way；　and　perhaps　not　above　6000　in　that　way　of　Retrenchment　which　we　propound；　then　supposing　that　but　one　in　forty　dyes　per　annum；　it　follows　that　less　than　350　might　suffice　to　be　sent　yearly　out　of　the　Universities：　Where　supposing　they　stay　five　years　one　with　another；　it　followeth　also　that　about　1800　is　the　number　of　Students　fit　to　be　allowed　in　the　Universities　at　a　time；　I　mean；　of　such　as　intend　to　make　Learning　their　Trade　and　way　of　Livelihood。　　　　　31。　I　might　intimate　that　if　1800　Students　were　enough；　and　that　if　there　were　40000　Parish　Children　and　Foundlings　in　England；　it　were　probable　that　one　in　twenty　of　them　might　be　of　excellent　wit　and　towardness。　　　　　Now　since　the　Publick　may　dispose　of　these　Children　as　they　please；　and　since　there　is　Maintenance　in　both　Universities　for　above　1800　what　if　our　Professors　of　Art　were　in　this　manner　selected　and　educated？　But　of　this　but　in　transitu。　　　　　32。　Hereunto　may　be　added；　that　by　reason　of　Loan　Banks　aforementioned；　whereby　the　Credits　and　Estates　of　all　Dealers　may　be　known；　and　all　the　mysterious　dangers　of　money　prevented；　and　that　by　good　Accompts　of　our　growth；　Manufacture；　Consumption；　and　Importation；　it　might　be　known　how　many　Merchants　were　able　to　mannage　the　Exchange　of　our　superflouus　Commodities　with　the　same　of　other　Countreys：　And　also　how　many　Retailers　are　needful　to　make　the　subdistributions　into　every　Village　of　this　Nation；　and　to　receive　back　their　superfluities。　Upon　these　grounds　I　presume　a　large　proportion　of　these　also　might　be　retrenched；　who　properly　and　originally　earn　nothing　from　the　Publick；　being　onely　a　kinde　of　Gamesters；　that　play　with　one　another　for　the　labours　of　the　poor；　yielding　of　themselves　no　fruit　at　all；　otherwise　then　as　veins　and　arteries；　to　distribute　forth　and　back　the　blood　and　nutritive　juyces　of　the　Body　Politick；　namely　the　product　of　Husbandry　and　Manufacture。　　　　　33。　Now　if　the　numerous　Offices　and　Fees　relating　to　the　Government；　Law；　and　Church；　and　if　the　number　of　Divines；　Lawyers；　Physicians；　Merchants；　and　Retailers　were　also　lessened；　all　which　do　receive　great　wages　for　little　work　done　to　the　Publick；　with　how　much　greater　ease　would　common　expences　be　defrayed？　and　with　how　much　more　equality　would　the　same　be　assessed？　　　　　34。　We　enumerated　six　Branches　of　the　Publick　Charge；　and　have　slightly　spoken　how　four　of　them　might　be　lessened；　we　come　next　to　the　other　two　Branches；　whereof　we　shall　rather　recommend　the　augmentation。　　　　　The　first　of　these　two　Branches　I　call；　generally　speaking；　Care　of　the　Poor；　consisting　of　Receptacles　for　the　aged；　blinde；　lame；　etc。　in　health；　Hospitals　for　noysome；　chronical；　curable　and　uncurable；　inward　and　outward　Diseases。　With　others　for　acute　and　contagious。　Others　for　Orphans；　found　and　exposed　Children；　of　which　latter　sort　none　should　be　refused；　let　the　number　be　never　so　great；　provided　their　names；　families；　and　relations　were　well　concealed：　The　choice　of　which　Children　being　made　at　their　being　about　eight　or　ten　years　old；　might　afford；　the　King　the　fittest　Instruments　for　all　kinde　of　his　Affairs；　and　be　as　firmly　obliged　to　be　his　faithful　servants　as　his　own　natural　Children。　　　　　35。　This　is　no　new　nor　rare　thing；　onely　the　neglect　of　it　in　these　Countreys