of years purchase. Possibly if they thought themselves mistaken. ...(as the observer on the Bills of Mortality thinks they are...) 21....Butin other Countreys Lands are worth nearer thirty years purchase, by reason of the better titles, more people, and perhaps truer opinion of the value and duration of thr

three lives. 23. One the other hand, Lands are worth fewer years purchase (as in Ireland) ... by reason of the frequent rebellions. . .” The “other Countreys” could include France and especially Holland, then models of prosperity. Petty had made his fortune in Irish mortgages, and knew the years purchase