To the King and both Houses of Parliament in Parliament assembled
         Watson, S.
      
       
         
           1677
        
      
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             To the King and both Houses of Parliament in Parliament assembled
             Watson, S.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             Printed by H. Brugis,
             [London] :
             in the year 1677.
          
           
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             Signed at end: S. Watson.
             A petition to encourage the fishing industry.
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           Fisheries -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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           TO
           THE
           KING
           And
           BOTH
           HOUSES
           OF
           PARLIAMENT
           In
           PARLIAMENT
           Assembled
           .
        
         
           THE
           Proposal
           contained
           in
           this
           Paper
           is
           (
           with
           submission
           )
           conceived
           of
           general
           advantage
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           thereby
           sufficiently
           recommended
           to
           obtain
           admission
           to
           present
           it self
           before
           you
           ,
           whose
           Providence
           and
           Justice
           secure
           the
           Proposer
           of
           a
           readiness
           to
           embrace
           and
           promote
           whatever
           may
           improve
           the
           Welfare
           of
           the
           Publick
           :
           'T
           is
           his
           part
           to
           make
           the
           Proposal
           appear
           of
           advantage
           to
           your
           Common-Interest
           ,
           wherein
           the
           welfare
           of
           the
           Publick
           consists
           .
        
         
           
             THE
             PROPOSAL
             .
          
           
             THAT
             an
             
               Act
               of
               Parliament
            
             may
             pass
             for
             building
             and
             fitting
             out
             with
             expedition
             a
             Fleet
             of
             500
             Busses
             of
             about
             70
             Tuns
             burthens
             a
             piece
             ,
             to
             be
             imploy'd
             in
             fishing
             for
             Herrings
             ,
             Cod
             and
             Ling
             ,
             in
             his
             Majesties
             Seas
             ;
             and
             profits
             to
             be
             disposed
             for
             the
             increasing
             of
             the
             said
             Fishing-Vessels
             to
             the
             number
             of
             2000
             or
             thereabouts
             ,
             as
             it
             will
             be
             thought
             necessary
             ;
             And
             after
             the
             paying
             of
             publick
             debts
             ,
             and
             the
             defraying
             of
             all
             necessary
             charges
             ,
             the
             property
             of
             the
             said
             Fleet
             to
             be
             setled
             in
             the
             Crown
             .
          
        
         
           
             THE
             ADVANTAGES
             .
          
           
             A
             Fleet
             of
             two
             thousand
             Busses
             will
             imploy
             yearly
             at
             Sea
             ,
             at
             15
             Men
             to
             a
             Busse
             30000
             Men
             !
             besides
             at
             least
             30000
             more
             at
             Land
             in
             the
             service
             of
             the
             Fleet
             :
             It
             will
             save
             the
             Kingdom
             300000
             
               l.
               per
               Annum
            
             paid
             yearly
             to
             the
             Dutch
             for
             Fish
             taken
             by
             them
             in
             His
             Majesties
             Seas
             ,
             and
             sold
             to
             the
             English
             —
             besides
             as
             much
             more
             in
             Taxes
             to
             the
             Poor
             .
             The
             first
             year
             the
             said
             2000
             Busses
             Sails
             ,
             may
             (
             with
             God's
             blessing
             )
             defray
             the
             whole
             charge
             of
             Building
             ,
             Tackle
             ,
             Victualling
             ,
             Fitting
             out
             ,
             Officers
             and
             Seamens
             wages
             for
             that
             year
             ,
             with
             an
             everplus
             of
             1835033
             l.
             06
             s.
             8
             d
             and
             will
             every
             year
             after
             ,
             
               Communibus
               annis
            
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             the
             Fleet
             lasts
             ,
             yield
             His
             Majesty
             the
             clear
             profit
             of
             at
             least
             2644033
             l.
             06
             s.
             08
             d.
             Which
             is
             demonstrated
             as
             followeth
             :
          
           
             
               
                 
                    
                
                 
                   l.
                   
                
                 
                   s.
                   
                
                 
                   d.
                   
                
                 
                   l.
                   
                
                 
                   s.
                   
                
                 
                   d.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Fish
                   usually
                   taken
                   in
                   Busses
                   of
                   70
                   Tuns
                   ,
                   
                     Communibus
                     annis
                  
                   ,
                   is
                   at
                   least
                
                 
                   Herrings
                   100
                   last
                   worth
                   
                     de
                     claro
                  
                   at
                   least
                
                 
                   1000
                
                 
                    
                
                 
                    
                
                 
                   2250.
                   
                
                 
                   00.
                   
                
                 
                   00.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Cod
                   15000
                   worth
                   
                     de
                     claro
                  
                   at
                   least
                
                 
                   0450
                
                 
                    
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   Ling
                   10000
                   worth
                   
                     de
                     claro
                  
                   at
                   least
                
                 
                   0800
                
                 
                    
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Charge
                   of
                   a
                   Busse
                   70
                   Tuns
                   the
                   first
                   year
                   (
                   ready
                   to
                   be
                   demonstrated
                   )
                   will
                   not
                   exceed
                
                 
                   Building
                   ,
                   and
                   fitting
                   for
                   sail
                
                 
                   0403
                
                 
                   10
                
                 
                   00
                
                 
                   1332.
                   
                
                 
                   09.
                   
                
                 
                   08.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Victualling
                   ,
                   and
                   furnishing
                   with
                   lasting
                   and
                   wasting
                   Commodities
                
                 
                   0695
                
                 
                   18
                
                 
                   08
                
              
               
                 
                   Officers
                   ,
                   and
                   Seamen's
                   Wages
                
                 
                   0233
                
                 
                   01
                
                 
                   00.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Remains
                   profit
                   
                     de
                     claro
                  
                   each
                   Busse
                
                 
                   0017
                
                 
                   10
                
                 
                   04.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Which
                   for
                   2000
                   Busses
                   for
                   the
                   first
                   year
                   will
                   be
                   clear
                   profit
                
                 
                   1835033
                
                 
                   06
                
                 
                   08.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Profit
                   of
                   each
                   Busse
                   after
                   the
                   first
                   year
                   as
                   above
                
                 
                   2250
                
                 
                   00
                
                 
                   00.
                   
                
                 
                    
                
                 
                    
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   Charge
                   of
                   Fitting
                   ,
                   Victualling
                   ,
                   Sallaries
                   and
                   Wages
                
                 
                   0928
                
                 
                   19
                
                 
                   08.
                   
                
                 
                    
                
                 
                    
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Profit
                     de
                     claro
                  
                   of
                   each
                   Busse
                
                 
                   1321
                
                 
                   00
                
                 
                   04.
                   
                
                 
                    
                
                 
                    
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   Which
                   from
                   2000
                   Busses
                   will
                   amount
                   to
                   
                     per
                     Annum
                  
                
                 
                   2647033
                
                 
                   06
                
                 
                   8.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             This
             Fleet
             will
             be
             a
             Nursery
             of
             Seamen
             ,
             no
             less
             necessary
             than
             useful
             for
             asserting
             His
             Majesties
             Dominion
             of
             the
             Seas
             ,
             and
             the
             Rights
             of
             his
             Crown
             ,
             in
             Regulating
             Trade
             ,
             against
             the
             encroachments
             of
             Strangers
             .
          
           
             The
             Profits
             of
             this
             Fleet
             will
             lessen
             the
             necessity
             of
             Taxes
             for
             Support
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             will
             improve
             the
             value
             of
             Land
             ,
             and
             the
             Wealth
             of
             the
             nation
             by
             saving
             300000
             pound
             now
             yearly
             exported
             by
             the
             Hollanders
             for
             Fish
             bought
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Importation
             of
             Coyn
             from
             abroad
             by
             Vent
             of
             Fish
             ,
             taken
             and
             sold
             by
             His
             Majesties
             Subjects
             ;
             the
             Monopoly
             of
             Fish
             taken
             by
             the
             Hollander
             in
             His
             Majesties
             Seas
             ,
             being
             one
             main
             support
             of
             that
             Government
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             Men
             and
             Materia's
             for
             the
             Fleet
             ,
             there
             will
             be
             sufficient
             of
             both
             ,
             unless
             Money
             be
             wanting
             to
             carry
             on
             the
             Design
             .
          
           
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 The
                 Interest
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 doth
                 concern
                 every
                 particular
                 Person
                 ,
                 his
                 undertaking
                 of
                 it
                 is
                 for
                 every
                 Man's
                 advantage
                 ;
                 whatsoever
                 he
                 gets
                 thereby
                 saves
                 the
                 Nation
                 so
                 much
                 in
                 their
                 purses
                 :
                 For
                 if
                 the
                 King
                 gains
                 as
                 much
                 by
                 this
                 as
                 will
                 maintain
                 his
                 Crown
                 and
                 Dignity
                 ,
                 His
                 Majesty
                 may
                 in
                 time
                 come
                 to
                 have
                 the
                 less
                 need
                 of
                 Parliamentary-Taxes
                 .
                 He
                 may
                 also
                 alleviate
                 his
                 Customs
                 as
                 low
                 as
                 any
                 Nation
                 whatsoever
                 ,
                 which
                 will
                 bring
                 the
                 Trade
                 of
                 
                   Holland
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 into
                 this
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 invite
                 all
                 Ingenuous
                 Manufactors
                 into
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 rich
                 Men
                 into
                 this
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 His
                 Majesties
                 Dominions
                 ,
                 and
                 also
                 will
                 preserve
                 the
                 Peace
                 of
                 this
                 Nation
                 from
                 being
                 disturbed
                 and
                 violated
                 more
                 than
                 private
                 Persons
                 or
                 Corporative
                 Bodies
                 will
                 or
                 can
                 do
                 in
                 their
                 undertaking
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 who
                 cannot
                 protect
                 the
                 Fishing-Fleet
                 from
                 the
                 attemps
                 and
                 injury
                 of
                 Strangers
                 ,
                 and
                 may
                 be
                 apt
                 upon
                 evill
                 instigations
                 and
                 discontents
                 to
                 strenghthen
                 either
                 domestick
                 or
                 forreign
                 Enemies
                 with
                 their
                 power
                 both
                 of
                 thi●●i●●
                 and
                 M●●
                 〈◊〉
                 by
                 〈…〉
              
               
                 〈…〉
                 less
                 probable
                 grounds
                 of
                 advantage
                 than
                 here
                 are
                 proposed
                 ,
                 it
                 had
                 lost
                 to
                 that
                 Crown
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 did
                 to
                 this
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 French
                 ,
                 the
                 first
                 discovery
                 of
                 the
                 Mynes
                 in
                 the
                 Indies
                 ;
                 But
                 this
                 is
                 addressed
                 to
                 His
                 Majesty
                 and
                 His
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 for
                 raising
                 six
                 hundred
                 thousand
                 pounds
                 ,
                 whereof
                 one
                 hundred
                 thousand
                 pounds
                 to
                 be
                 imploy'd
                 for
                 Docks
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 Store-houses
                 and
                 Wharfs
                 ,
                 adjoyning
                 one
                 to
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 goods
                 may
                 be
                 convey'd
                 from
                 the
                 Wharfs
                 to
                 the
                 Store-houses
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 charge
                 of
                 Carting
                 (
                 which
                 said
                 sum
                 will
                 be
                 demonstrated
                 an
                 ample
                 Fund
                 )
                 to
                 carry
                 on
                 and
                 compleat
                 this
                 Design
                 worthy
                 their
                 Encouragement
                 ,
                 and
                 reserved
                 by
                 Providence
                 (
                 after
                 the
                 weak
                 Essays
                 of
                 former
                 times
                 )
                 to
                 be
                 perfected
                 under
                 the
                 Auspicious
                 Government
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 of
                 Princes
                 ,
                 and
                 wisest
                 of
                 Parliaments
                 ,
                 who
                 cannot
                 neither
                 want
                 either
                 power
                 or
                 will
                 to
                 compleat
                 what
                 appears
                 so
                 clearly
                 and
                 eminently
                 advantagious
                 for
                 the
                 publick
                 good
                 and
                 the
                 interest
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 order
                 thereto
                 raise
                 the
                 Fund
                 proposed
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 secure
                 the
                 Imployment
                 of
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 use
                 it
                 is
                 designed
                 for
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 The
                 Proposers
                 are
                 ready
                 when
                 commanded
                 to
                 demonstrate
                 at
                 large
                 the
                 facility
                 of
                 bringing
                 the
                 design
                 to
                 effect
                 ,
                 the
                 probability
                 and
                 greatness
                 of
                 its
                 advantages
                 when
                 effected
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 necessity
                 of
                 it
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 any
                 considerable
                 Improvement
                 of
                 the
                 Wealth
                 ,
                 Strength
                 and
                 Honour
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 :
                 And
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 Objection
                 ,
                 they
                 doubt
                 not
                 but
                 to
                 clear
                 all
                 can
                 made
                 against
                 it
                 ,
                 except
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 want
                 of
                 six
                 hundred
                 thousand
                 pounds
                 to
                 carry
                 on
                 the
                 Work
                 ;
                 yet
                 they
                 conceive
                 they
                 have
                 already
                 removed
                 this
                 Objection
                 ,
                 by
                 having
                 demonstrated
                 the
                 Return
                 of
                 this
                 Fund
                 with
                 so
                 great
                 an
                 encrease
                 into
                 the
                 Publick
                 Coffers
                 ,
                 and
                 presented
                 that
                 Demonstration
                 to
                 them
                 who
                 have
                 power
                 to
                 give
                 and
                 lay
                 out
                 the
                 Money
                 proposed
                 ,
                 but
                 cannot
                 lay
                 it
                 out
                 to
                 better
                 advantage
                 ,
                 for
                 improving
                 their
                 and
                 their
                 Posterities
                 Safety
                 ,
                 Honour
                 and
                 Wealth
                 ,
                 than
                 by
                 bringing
                 to
                 perfection
                 this
                 Design
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 not
                 the
                 Project
                 of
                 a
                 Privat-brain
                 ,
                 but
                 
                   An
                   Enterprize
                   of
                   Publick
                   good
                
                 ,
                 approved
                 by
                 
                   Queen
                   Elizabeth
                
                 ,
                 and
                 upon
                 solemn
                 and
                 mature
                 deliberation
                 ,
                 embraced
                 and
                 encouraged
                 by
                 
                   King
                   James
                   ,
                   King
                   Charles
                   the
                   First
                   ,
                
                 and
                 His
                 now
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 several
                 Privy-Counsels
                 ,
                 and
                 furthered
                 by
                 several
                 Grants
                 under
                 the
                 
                   Great-Seal
                   of
                   England
                
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 respective
                 Reigns
                 of
                 the
                 Princes
                 last
                 mentioned
                 ;
                 And
                 by
                 this
                 present
                 Parliament
                 by
                 a
                 Vote
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Honourable
                   House
                   of
                   COMMONS
                   17
                   February
                
                 1670
                 :
                 That
                 a
                 Bill
                 should
                 be
                 brought
                 in
                 for
                 Encouragement
                 of
                 the
                 Fishery
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 S.
                 WATSON
                 .
              
               
                 S.
                 WATSON
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Printed
           by
           
             H.
             Brugis
          
           in
           the
           Year
           1677.
           
        
      
       
         
           Licensed
           March
           the
           26.
           
        
         
           
             Ro.
             L'Estrange
             .