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4.337 R173259 1 The Orange With a Fading The Orange IF in this present Reign, the War to maintain, / A Tax it is laid upon Liquor of Grain, or the Brewers. Pepys 4.337 Rollins (1) V:273-275; Wing B4431[A] Pepys Library The Pepys ballads : facsimile volume Editor W.G. Day D.S. Brewer Cambridge [England] 1987 Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 4: 337 The Brewers Answer; / Or, Their Vindication, against those Aspersions that hath been put upon them / concerning the Double Excise. The Brewers Answer; Or, Their Vindication, against those Aspersions that hath been put upon them concerning the Double Excise. The Brewers' Answer; Or, Their Vindication, against Those Aspersions that Hath Been Put upon Them Concerning the Double Excise. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?195 x 306 cropped left edge, creased surface cast fleurons 1682-1692 Printed for J. Millet, in Little-brittain. J. Millet PBA

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IF in this present Reign, the War to maintain, A Tax it is laid upon Liquor of Grain, Why shou'd People hault, to find out a fault, Which none can discern, if it lie in the Mault, or the Brewers. Our Credit to stain, much pains hath been ta'en, But justly to ballance our losses with gain, They do not intend, but this is their end, Which way that the Rabble may us most offend, slighted Brewers.
What was the intent, of the good Parliament, We will not dispute, if you'll give your consent But a little to stay, and hear what we say, Before that you thus your aspersions do lay on the Brewers. Mault cheap is, we hear, but Coals they are dear, Which adds very much to the charge of our Beer: How soon each may rise, we cannot devise, Yet both must be paid for, besides this Excise, by the Brewers.
Let us Brew when we will, our Coppers and Mill, Besides the first cost, they are chargeable still; On Sundays we work, like Pagan or Turk, And yet e'ry Draggle-tayl must give a jerk to the brewers. Our Horses are stout, or they could not hold out, And many fair pounds on them we lay out; If they happen to dye, some more we must buy, Which oft comes to pass, the Purse-strings for to try of the brewers. By Night and by Day, they eat Corn and Hay, Besides we must then buy our Harness and Dray; Both which for to mend, our Money we spend, Which to lessen the profit doth very much tend, of the brewers. All this much doth add, to make our case sad, Our Servants great wages, besides, make us mad, Whom with much to do, from Press-masters Crew, We can hardly preserve, yet must pay Taxes too. slighted brewers. Some strain all their wits, to run in our Debts, And when they do break, say it is for the betts; By cunning and slight, on'th'Evenining take flight, Carry Drink to the Mint, and bid Landlord Good-Night, and the brewer. Our losses and crosses are much many more, Then we can remember, or knew of before; Besides many rubbs, we meet with base snubbs, If we give not Barrels to make Ale-Wives Tubbs, and our Firkins. Besides this Excise, how our Charges do rise, You plainly may see, if you open your Eyes; That it is not this thing, which such profit doth bring, For this Tax it surely was made for the King, not the brewers.
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Printed for J. Millet, in Little-brittain.