The Political Progress of Britain, or an Impartial History of Abuses in the Government of the British Empire, in Europe, Asia and America, Vol. 1

Excerpt from The Political Progress of Britain, or an Impartial History of Abuses in the Government of the British Empire, in Europe, Asia and America, Vol. 1: From the Revolution, in 1688 to the Present Time

In the war of 1689, that feed-bed of the future calamities of Britain, money was borrowed upon annuities for lives. Four teen per cent. Was granted for one life, twelve per cent. For two lives, and tenpfr cent. For three. Such terms were, in t1: e [ugl degree extravagant particularly as no attention was paid to dgfirmce sf agery.

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