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An Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies

PART II
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But now of late there is no mention of any discharge by Money.

[The Profits that accrue to the King from Corn-Lands.] So that in time all Houses and Families in the Kingdom will be liable to the Payment of this Tax of Corn; which will bring in no small quantity of Provision to the King.

Only Soldiers that are slain in the Wars, their Lands are free from the Payment of this Tax; but if they die naturally they are not.

The Farmers all in general, besides their measures of Corn, pay a certain Duty in Money, with their Rents.
If they Sell or Alienate their Inheritances, the Kings accustomed Duties must not be diminished, whosoever buyeth or enjoyeth them.

Neither is here any Land which doth not either pay, or do some Duty to the King.


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