A discourse of the growth of England in populousness and trade since the Reformation
Subtitle: of the clerical revenue, and the same asserted to be reasonable and necessary here : of the numbers of the people of England, founded on the poll bills, and the bishops survey, in the year 1676 : of the Bills of mortality, and political observations thereon : of the necessity of future publick taxes for the support of the government and our religion : of the advancement of the linen manufacture, with an account of the linen cloaths, canvas, linen-yarn, hemp, flax, and cordage, imported into the port of London ... from Mich. 1689 : with various political remarks and calculations relating to most parts of Christiandom : shewing likewise from natural causes the impossibility of the advancement of popery (and consequently the folly of those that attempt to restore it) in England : with some observations on the Jesuites principles savouring fraud or calumny : therein also is largely discuss'd that papal tenet of the lawfullness of burning heretical cities : by way of letter to a person of honour.
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 771:26.
Publisher: Printed, and are to be sold by Randall Taylor ...
Published: 1689
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Catholic Church -- England.; Economics -- England -- History -- Early works to 1800.; Taxation -- England.; Linen -- England.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Happy future state of England; Happy future state of England.
Work titles: Happy future state of England. Part 1
Notes: Reissue of the first part of The happy future state of England, first published in 1687, without the preface and index. cf. BM.

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Wing P1882

Arber's Term cat. II 276

Available electronically as part of Early English books online.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1977. 1 microfilm reel. 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 771:26)