never burdened with any further tax for the repair of the highways.

And that I may not propose a matter in general, like begging the
question, without demonstration, I shall enter into the particulars
how it may be performed, and that under these following heads of
articles:

1. What I propose to do to the highways.
2. What the charge will be.
3. How to be raised.
4. What security for performance.
5. What profit to the undertaker.

1. WHAT I PROPOSE TO DO TO THE HIGHWAYS.--I answer first, not
repair them; and yet secondly, not alter them--that is, not alter
the course they run; but perfectly build them as a fabric. And, to
descend to the particulars, it is first necessary to note which are
the roads I mean, and their dimensions.

First, the high post-roads, and they are for the county of Middlesex
as follows:

Miles.
Staines, which is . . . . 15
Colebrook is from Hounslow 5
Uxbridge . . . . . . . . . 15
From London to Bushey, the Old Street-way 10
Barnet, or near it . . . . 9
Waltham Cross, in Ware Road 11
Bow . . . . . . . . . 2