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Excerpt from The Remarkable History of the Rise and Fall of Masaniello, the Fisherman of Naples: Containing an Exact and Impartial Relation of the Tumults and Popular Insurrections That Happened in That Kingdom, on Account of the Tax Upon Fruits The Royal City of Naples is full' of People, and many Families were undone by the Weight of Taxes 5 but this Gabel upon Fruit was the greatelt Grievance, and they refolved not to indure it. They had often by their Agents, reprefented the Hardfhips of this A612, to the molt Excellent the Duke of Arcos, Viceroy of the Kin g dom; the Women and Children wou'd often meet him in' the Street, and With miferable Cries and Lamentations beg of him to releal'e the Gabel: and the Citizens of Lavinaro, and other Quarters, placed themfelves in Com panics, as he pan'ed upon a Day thro' the market-place, to pay his Donation to the mol't holy mother of Carmine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.