There are also governours as Lord Lieutenant of Jreland—that sometymes is held in Commission. There is also Lords Justices there, all which have their Salleryes ariseing out of the same kingdom. There is also to all our forreign plantations govern^{rs} sent from England and their salleryes arise from the plantation. The Kings revenues arise from y^e Customs of goods exported and jmported, from the Excise on all Liquors that are made in England and sold, besides which there is a Considerable revenue from Lands belonging to y^e Crown, tho’ that is much Lessen’d by the severall donations of our kings for many yeares to their favourites. Out of those revenues all y^e Civil List is maintain’d, which is y^e Judges salleries, the great officers, the household of y^e king. There is another great revenue in y^e Post Office, besides at all Extraordinary occasions of the marriage of any of our princess’s their portion, or any warre, then the Parliament raises taxes on the nation on Land or trade, additional Customs, and also on the Excise, Encreasing that under the Civil List is the Expences of the Court, the guards, and also the ambassadors which are sent by the king into forreign kingdoms to treate matters for Each others good: their Expences while there are allowed and so of all Envoyes or Consulls w^{ch} are lesser Embassadours. There is also the maintaining the navy, building shipps, the wood of which Indeed is out of the King’s fforest. There remaines now only in what manner the kings or queenes of England give publick audience to fforreigne ambassadours Either when they Come in their first Entrance or at the tyme of their takeing Leave; but first I may give account of our Bishops and Gentry. There is 26 Bishopricks with the two Archbishops Canterbury and york and there are as many Cittyes and Cathedralls which in my travells have described. All these Bishopricks are held of the Crown and are Given by the king, to whome is due the first fruites which is one yeares income of the Bishopricks. They are held for Life, true jndeed they admit of being removed from one Bishoprick to another for advancem^t, nay they may forfeit their Bishoprick by not being qualify’d, if they will not sweare to be faithfull to y^e government and so they may be suspended, as in y^e Case of severall in the last revolution would not sweare to King William and Queen Mary and so now refuse also to sweare to her present Majesty Queen Ann. These Bishops are only Barrons in themselves, their wives have noe honnour thereby nor their Children; but for all peeres of England theirs is hereditary from father to son and their Ladies partake of it, nay y^e honour descends on a daughter in default of male jssue. The peere must first be made Barrons by which they hold all their priviledges—Barrons of England—which is from y^e king by patent; all his Children are Called y^e hon^{bl} adding the Christian name to their sirname, and this remaines to daughters when marry’d.