Reasons humbly offered to the consideration of Parliament, why stock-fish and live eels should be imported into England: Notwithstanding the same being at present prohibited by the act, which prohibits the importation of Irish cattle and forreign fish. 1679-1680? Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B04927 Wing P67 ESTC R181378 47012563 ocm 47012563 174530 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B04927) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 174530) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2691:15) Reasons humbly offered to the consideration of Parliament, why stock-fish and live eels should be imported into England: Notwithstanding the same being at present prohibited by the act, which prohibits the importation of Irish cattle and forreign fish. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : between 1679 and 1680] Reproduction of original in: University of London. Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. 2008-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-04 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-05 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-05 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion REASONS Humbly offered to the Consideration of PARLIAMENT , why STOCK-FISH and Live EELS should be Imported into ENGLAND : Notwithstanding the same being at present Prohibited by the ACT , which Prohibits the Importation of Irish CATTLE and Forreign FISH . Firstly , THE said Cod-fish , alias Stock-Fish , is Caught and Cured in Iseland , which is in the King of Denmarks Dominions , and no where else ; and is Cured without Salt , by the Coldness of the Air and Frost ; only which Fish is made use of by all our Ships trading to the East and West Indies , Guinney , and other parts , where no other s ; ort of Fish will keep good , but decay . Secondly , The said Stock-Fish is never made use of in any other place then where our own Fish will never keep or hold good : So that there is never the less of our English Fish spent , by the Stock-Fish imported into the Kingdom ; in as much as no Person will Eat that if they can get our English Cod or Ling. Thirdly , This sort of Fish is absolutely necessary for our Seamen ; and is observed and allowed to have been of great use and benefit to them , by preserving them in their long Voyages from the Scurvey , which they are subject unto , by reason that all other of their Provisions are extreamly salt : So that divers Commanders have affirmed that for want of that sort of Fish , two thirds of their Men have in some Voyages fallen down with the Scurvey , to that degree that they have hardly had Men enough on Board able to stand on their Legs for managing their Sails . Fourthly , If our Shipping cannot be furnished with Stock-Fish here , they will have it from other parts beyond the Seas , Holland , or some other places : And therefore better for the English to Import it than Forreigners . As for the Live Eels prohibited in the same Act , they are taken at or near Copenhagen , within the said Kingdom of Denmark , and brought to London Market . Firstly , The said Eels are taken in Fresh Water within the Land , and are of the Natural Growth of that Countrey ; and therefore no way prejudicial to the Fishery of this Kingdom . Secondly , That the Trade of bringing Live Eels from Denmark to London Market , is but for one Voyage in the year , which time is about Michaelmass , and that but only for two Ships or Hoys which are built on purpose for that Trade . Thirdly , That formerly ( as Ancient Men affirm ) there hath been Fourteen Ships or Hoys at one time in the River of Thames ( all Foreigners ) all which Eels were sold in London Market , although the number of People then inhabiting in and about the City , not half so many as now ; which Places where those Ships or Hoys were Laden , are since drained , and great Towns built in the room thereof . Fourthly , That our Fenns in England being now drained also , there is not the hundredth part sufficient taken in England to supply the Kingdom . And whereas there can be but two Ships imployed upon that Trade , if there were Lading to be had for more than twenty , they would be all sold in London Market . Fifthly , That the aforesaid Trade of bringing live Eels into London Market , hath been Practised time out of mind , as will appear by all the Ancient Mapps of the City of London , where you will find the Eel-Ships alwayes figured out in the River of Thames , lying at Anchor over against Queenhithe . Sixthly , That the said Live Eels are Esteemed ( as in Truth they are ) most Excellent Food ( The Price being set by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of London ) are bought and sold , at very reasonable Rates . Seventhly , That the said Trade hath heretofore been managed by Dutchmen who Sayled from Holland to Denmark , and bought them there , and brought them to London Market , but is now solely managed by the English , who are Fishmongers in London ( No Forreigner being concerned with them . ) Eighthly , That the aforesaid Stock-Fish and Eels are the Returns and Effects of our own Manufactories and Growth of this Kingdom , Our Woollen Cloth , Serges , Perpetuanes , Norwich Stuffs , Stockings , Pewter , Cheese , and Spirits ; going out of this Land in Exchange for the same . Wherefore it is most humbly prayed , That the said Stock-Fish and Live Eels may be Imported , notwithstanding the Prohibitions aforesaid , or any new Act that shall be made to perpetuate the aforesaid Acts.