The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (Of 12)
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In the will of every considerable person he inheritedwith the children and relations, and such devises formed noinconsiderable part of his revenue: a monstrous practice, which let anabsolute sovereign into all the private concerns of his subjects, andwhich, by giving the prince a prospect of one day sharing in all thegreat estates, whenever he was urged by avarice or necessity, naturallypointed out a resource by an anticipation always in his power. Thispractice extended into the provinces. A ki...ng of the Iceni[16] haddevised a considerable part of his substance to the emperor. But theRoman procurator, not satisfied with entering into his master's portion, seized upon the rest, --and pursuing his injustice to the most horribleoutrages, publicly scourged Boadicea, queen to the deceased prince, andviolated his daughters. These cruelties, aggravated by the shame andscorn that attended them, --the general severity of the government, --thetaxes, (new to a barbarous people, ) laid on without discretion, extortedwithout mercy, and, even when respited, made utterly ruinous byexorbitant usury, --the farther mischiefs they had to dread, when morecompletely reduced, --all these, with, the absence of the legate and thearmy on a remote expedition, provoked all the tribes of the Britons, provincials, allies, enemies, to a general insurrection.
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In the will of every considerable person he inheritedwith the children and relations, and such devises formed noinconsiderable part of his revenue: a monstrous practice, which let anabsolute sovereign into all the private concerns of his subjects, andwhich, by giving the prince a prospect of one day sharing in all thegreat estates, whenever he was urged by avarice or necessity, naturallypointed out a resource by an anticipation always in his power. Thispractice extended into the provinces. A ki...ng of the Iceni[16] haddevised a considerable part of his substance to the emperor. But theRoman procurator, not satisfied with entering into his master's portion, seized upon the rest, --and pursuing his injustice to the most horribleoutrages, publicly scourged Boadicea, queen to the deceased prince, andviolated his daughters. These cruelties, aggravated by the shame andscorn that attended them, --the general severity of the government, --thetaxes, (new to a barbarous people, ) laid on without discretion, extortedwithout mercy, and, even when respited, made utterly ruinous byexorbitant usury, --the farther mischiefs they had to dread, when morecompletely reduced, --all these, with, the absence of the legate and thearmy on a remote expedition, provoked all the tribes of the Britons, provincials, allies, enemies, to a general insurrection.
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