the Equality of Imposition consisteth rather in the
Equality of that which is consumed, than of the riches
of the persons that consume the same. For what reason
is there that he which laboureth much, and sparing the
fruits of his labour, consumeth little, should be more
charged, than he that living idlely getteth little, and
spendeth all he gets: seeing the one hath no more protection
from the Common-wealth than the other? But when
the Impositions are layd upon those things which men
consume, every man payeth Equally for what he useth:
Nor is the Common-Wealth defrauded by the luxurious
waste of private men