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           SOME
           THOUGHTS
           CONCERNING
           The
           Affairs
           of
           this
           Session
           OF
           
             PARLIAMENT
             ▪
          
           1700.
           
        
         
           
             —
             Quis
             ,
             eum
             ruat
             ardnus
             Aether
          
           
             Complos
             tenuisse
             Manus
             .
             —
          
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           M.
           DCC
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           Some
           Thoughts
           concerning
           the
           Affairs
           of
           this
           Session
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
             1700.
          
           
        
         
           OF
           all
           Governments
           Monarchy
           is
           the
           best
           ,
           and
           least
           subject
           to
           Inconveniences
           ;
           but
           because
           the
           Monarch
           is
           a
           man
           subject
           to
           Errors
           in
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           capable
           of
           being
           byassed
           in
           his
           Affections
           ,
           it
           was
           therefore
           necessary
           ,
           that
           the
           Common-Wealth
           ,
           as
           it
           gave
           him
           great
           Power
           over
           them
           ,
           so
           it
           should
           assigne
           him
           also
           the
           best
           Helps
           ,
           for
           directing
           both
           his
           Will
           and
           Judgement
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           Help
           was
           Law
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Rule
           both
           to
           King
           and
           People
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           ,
           were
           certain
           Councills
           and
           Counsellors
           with
           whom
           to
           consult
           in
           matters
           of
           most
           Importance
           ,
           as
           we
           see
           in
           the
           Dyets
           of
           Germany
           ,
           the
           Courts
           
           of
           Spain
           ,
           and
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           ,
           without
           which
           no
           matters
           of
           moment
           can
           be
           concluded
           .
           The
           Romans
           had
           their
           Senat
           ,
           and
           the
           Graecians
           their
           Ephori
           .
        
         
           As
           We
           are
           happy
           in
           a
           Limited
           Monarchical
           Government
           ,
           so
           it
           has
           succeeded
           well
           with
           our
           Kings
           when
           they
           have
           had
           VVise
           Counsellours
           ,
           and
           have
           been
           advised
           by
           their
           Parliaments
           in
           things
           relating
           to
           the
           Publick
           Good.
           
        
         
           The
           Nature
           of
           our
           Parliament
           is
           explained
           in
           the
           8.
           
           
             Par.
             K.
             Ja.
          
           6.
           
           Act
           2.
           where
           it
           's
           said
           ;
           That
           by
           the
           court
           of
           Parliament
           under
           GOD
           ,
           the
           Kingdom
           hath
           been
           upholden
           ;
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           Traiterous
           Subjects
           punished
           ;
           the
           Good
           and
           Faithfull
           Preserved
           ,
           and
           maintained
           ,
           and
           the
           Laws
           and
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           (
           by
           which
           all
           good
           men
           are
           Governed
           )
           are
           made
           and
           established
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           This
           Act
           was
           made
           whilst
           our
           King
           was
           yet
           amongst
           Our selves
           ,
           but
           no
           sooner
           did
           We
           loose
           Him
           ,
           than
           We
           dwindled
           all
           of
           a
           sudden
           into
           old
           Age
           :
           
           and
           altho'
           the
           whole
           Island
           has
           been
           Christened
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           the
           English
           only
           have
           reaped
           the
           Honour
           and
           Advantage
           of
           this
           Union
           .
        
         
           Henry
           VII
           .
           of
           England
           said
           to
           one
           of
           his
           Counsellours
           ,
           that
           the
           Marriage
           between
           his
           Daughter
           ,
           and
           Our
           King
           ,
           would
           make
           Scotland
           an
           Accession
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           ,
           some
           VVay
           or
           other
           :
           nor
           could
           it
           be
           otherways
           ,
           when
           our
           Kings
           ,
           ever
           since
           the
           Union
           ,
           have
           lived
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           English
           being
           made
           secret
           to
           our
           nearest
           Concerns
           have
           had
           the
           Art
           to
           Influence
           Our
           Counsells
           for
           their
           own
           Interest
           .
        
         
           Kingdoms
           are
           United
           either
           when
           they
           become
           the
           same
           People
           in
           Subjection
           :
           (
           such
           is
           our
           Union
           with
           England
           )
           or
           when
           they
           are
           United
           in
           Laws
           and
           Interest
           ;
           so
           that
           they
           become
           the
           same
           Common-Wealth
           :
           one
           Head
           Rules
           them
           ,
           and
           all
           inferiour
           Members
           conspire
           for
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           the
           whole
           Body
           .
        
         
         
           The
           last
           of
           these
           Unions
           is
           Good
           for
           both
           :
           Whereas
           the
           first
           is
           neither
           lasting
           ,
           nor
           can
           all
           Parties
           be
           justly
           dealt
           with
           by
           the
           same
           Master
           .
           We
           Knovv
           Portugall
           soon
           Revolted
           from
           Spain
           .
        
         
           If
           We
           are
           Stated
           ,
           That
           ,
           as
           the
           Poorer
           Part
           of
           this
           Island
           ,
           VVe
           are
           to
           Enjoy
           nothing
           that
           the
           English
           may
           think
           of
           ill
           Consequence
           to
           them
           ;
           The
           Question
           is
           ,
           
             Whether
             We
             should
             prefer
             their
             Interest
             or
             our
             own
             ?
          
           And
           surely
           ,
           a
           just
           King
           who
           is
           Father
           of
           both
           countries
           ,
           must
           be
           put
           to
           it
           ,
           by
           Deliberate
           Reflections
           upon
           the
           Oaths
           He
           has
           taken
           to
           both
           Kingdoms
           .
        
         
           Our
           Secretaries
           who
           have
           been
           obliged
           to
           attend
           at
           Court
           ,
           were
           the
           Persons
           by
           whom
           the
           Advice
           of
           the
           Privy
           Council
           concerning
           the
           Affairs
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           has
           been
           communicated
           to
           our
           Kings
           ,
           and
           by
           whom
           their
           Majesties
           have
           signified
           their
           Will
           to
           the
           Subject
           ;
           But
           it
           may
           be
           doubted
           whether
           the
           Advice
           ,
           followed
           by
           those
           Kings
           ,
           
           has
           been
           that
           of
           England
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           Secretaries
           ,
           or
           that
           of
           the
           Council
           here
        
         
           By
           the
           great
           Trust
           Our
           Secretaries
           have
           ,
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           Guardians
           to
           their
           Country
           ;
           that
           by
           their
           Vigilant
           Care
           and
           Probity
           ,
           Subjects
           may
           find
           experimentally
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           as
           much
           for
           their
           Advantage
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           Power
           and
           Dignitie
           .
        
         
           No
           privat
           Advantage
           ,
           no
           Self-Ends
           should
           move
           them
           to
           Betray
           their
           Charge
           ;
           No
           English
           Dependence
           should
           Dare
           them
           ;
           but
           by
           their
           Virtue
           they
           should
           raise
           their
           Character
           above
           the
           Envy
           of
           wicked
           men
           .
        
         
           They
           should
           mind
           what
           Tacitus
           says
           ;
           that
           tho'
           the
           Deliberations
           of
           all
           other
           men
           do
           commonly
           consist
           in
           the
           Considerations
           of
           Utility
           ,
           and
           Profit
           ,
           yet
           the
           state
           of
           a
           Prince
           is
           such
           that
           He
           ought
           principalie
           to
           respect
           Fame
           and
           Reputation
           .
        
         
           It
           should
           be
           a
           great
           Awe
           upon
           them
           to
           be
           Honest
           ;
           that
           Favorites
           of
           Princes
           
           have
           been
           so
           often
           Sacrificed
           to
           an
           oppressed
           People
           .
        
         
           Plutarch
           sayeth
           that
           the
           Counsellors
           of
           
             Dionysius
             ,
             Phalaris
          
           ,
           and
           Apollodorus
           ,
           were
           justlie
           Tormented
           by
           the
           People
           ;
           because
           he
           who
           Seduceth
           a
           Prince
           deserveth
           no
           less
           to
           be
           abhor'd
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           than
           one
           that
           should
           Poyson
           a
           publick
           Fountain
           ,
           whereof
           all
           men
           should
           Drink
           .
        
         
           Henry
           VIII
           .
           in
           the
           Beginning
           of
           his
           Reign
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           his
           English
           Subjects
           who
           Importuned
           Him
           for
           Justice
           against
           Emson
           and
           Dudly
           for
           the
           evill
           Council
           they
           had
           given
           to
           Henry
           VII
           .
           in
           matters
           of
           Exactions
           and
           Impositions
           ,
           delivered
           them
           to
           be
           Punished
           according
           to
           Law.
           
        
         
           VVe
           might
           be
           liable
           to
           suffer
           ,
           if
           we
           had
           no
           other
           to
           informe
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           about
           our
           Ease
           and
           Riches
           ,
           than
           Secretaries
           and
           Courtiers
           ,
           from
           whom
           must
           depend
           the
           Character
           of
           every
           one
           in
           Publick
           Trust
           here
           .
        
         
           It
           's
           our
           Parliaments
           therefore
           that
           
           have
           taken
           Notice
           of
           our
           Concerns
           ▪
           and
           it
           is
           to
           this
           Parliament
           we
           have
           Recourse
           for
           our
           present
           Affairs
           ;
           seeing
           His
           Majestie
           is
           for
           the
           present
           so
           occupied
           in
           Managing
           the
           Interests
           of
           England
           and
           Holland
           ,
           that
           He
           leaves
           tacitely
           to
           our
           Honourable
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           call
           missinformers
           to
           an
           Account
           ,
           but
           to
           inform
           himself
           in
           every
           thing
           concerns
           our
           Good.
           
        
         
           We
           would
           have
           been
           very
           happy
           to
           have
           had
           the
           Presence
           of
           His
           Majesty
           in
           this
           Session
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           according
           to
           His
           Royal
           Promise
           ,
           which
           has
           been
           allways
           necessary
           for
           us
           :
           That
           He
           might
           be
           informed
           at
           one
           View
           ,
           what
           is
           fit
           to
           be
           done
           in
           every
           Juncture
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           that
           He
           might
           know
           what
           part
           of
           His
           Kingdom
           Flourishes
           ,
           and
           what
           part
           of
           it
           Languishes
           :
           That
           He
           who
           is
           above
           all
           in
           Honour
           and
           Authority
           ,
           would
           be
           likeways
           Interessed
           for
           the
           Benefit
           of
           the
           Publick
           ,
           and
           that
           He
           might
           have
           Occasion
           to
           influence
           His
           People
           to
           their
           Duty
           ,
           by
           His
           Piery
           
           Justice
           ,
           Valour
           ,
           Clemency
           ,
           and
           other
           Princely
           Qualities
           .
        
         
           
             Noble
             was
             that
             Speech
             of
          
           Henry
           
             IV.
             of
          
           France
           ,
           
             and
             worthy
             of
             so
             good
             a
             King
             ,
             when
             he
             Assembled
             the
             States
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             at
          
           Rouen
           
             1596.
             which
             he
             ends
             thus
          
           .
           I
           have
           not
           called
           you
           to
           this
           Place
           ,
           as
           my
           predecessors
           have
           done
           ,
           to
           oblige
           you
           blindly
           to
           approve
           of
           my
           Will
           ;
           I
           have
           Summoned
           you
           to
           Receive
           ,
           to
           Believe
           ,
           and
           to
           Follow
           Your
           Councils
           :
           In
           a
           Word
           ,
           to
           make
           You
           my
           Guardians
           .
        
         
           How
           acceptable
           would
           such
           a
           discourse
           be
           to
           this
           present
           Parliament
           ,
           from
           His
           Majesty
           ?
           and
           what
           might
           we
           hope
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           watched
           over
           ;
           our
           Good
           ,
           our
           Ease
           ,
           and
           Wellfare
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           End
           of
           His
           Undertakings
           ,
           and
           the
           Happiness
           ,
           Strength
           ,
           Wealth
           ,
           and
           Honour
           of
           our
           Country
           to
           be
           His
           Joy
           and
           Satisfaction
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           's
           You
           ,
           most
           Honourable
           Members
           ,
           He
           makes
           at
           present
           Judges
           of
           every
           thing
           is
           for
           the
           Benefit
           of
           this
           
           Nation
           ,
           and
           in
           whose
           hands
           He
           Depositates
           His
           Royal
           Care
           of
           the
           People
           .
        
         
           And
           surely
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           who
           has
           been
           our
           Deliverer
           ,
           will
           Abominat
           that
           Base
           and
           Dishonourable
           Method
           Publick
           Ministers
           had
           of
           Corrupting
           our
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           by
           Places
           ,
           Money
           ,
           or
           Promises
           ,
           to
           Betray
           the
           Interest
           of
           this
           Nation
           .
        
         
           Every
           one
           knows
           the
           Plot
           was
           first
           Hatched
           at
           Court
           ,
           of
           making
           or
           abrogating
           such
           and
           such
           Laws
           :
           some
           Favourit
           read
           the
           List
           of
           our
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           as
           they
           found
           a
           Name
           for
           their
           purpose
           ,
           they
           Marked
           it
           with
           a
           Capital
           Letter
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           Names
           marked
           did
           not
           exceed
           the
           Remainder
           of
           the
           List
           ,
           so
           much
           Money
           was
           order'd
           to
           increase
           the
           Number
           :
           and
           this
           was
           recommended
           to
           the
           Management
           of
           the
           Commissioner
           ,
           and
           Secretaries
           ,
           who
           so
           soon
           as
           they
           Arriv'd
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           set
           all
           Hands
           to
           Work
           for
           the
           Imploying
           it
           to
           good
           purpose
           .
        
         
         
           May
           all
           our
           present
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           Detest
           those
           Ancient
           Vices
           ,
           and
           Remember
           ,
           rhat
           our
           King
           knows
           the
           Reward
           belongs
           to
           Merit
           ;
           knows
           the
           Dutie
           of
           a
           good
           Patriot
           ,
           and
           the
           Treacherie
           of
           one
           betrays
           His
           Country
           ;
           Let
           them
           all
           then
           lay
           to
           Heart
           the
           good
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           A
           Nobleman
           ,
           as
           a
           Nobleman
           ,
           is
           obliged
           to
           Imploy
           his
           Powerful
           Assistance
           to
           the
           Publick
           ,
           to
           Maintain
           it
           with
           his
           Wealth
           ,
           his
           Riches
           ,
           and
           his
           Blood
           ▪
           He
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           Supporter
           and
           Pillar
           of
           his
           Country
           ,
           a
           Defence
           to
           the
           Poor
           and
           oppressed
           ,
           and
           a
           Check
           to
           the
           Violence
           of
           wicked
           Men.
           These
           were
           the
           Qualities
           have
           made
           the
           Predecessors
           of
           some
           of
           our
           Nobility
           so
           Famous
           in
           Historie
           ,
           and
           their
           Memorie
           so
           dear
           to
           Posteritie
           .
        
         
           A
           Gentleman
           who
           's
           a
           Member
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           Faithfull
           to
           his
           Trust
           ,
           both
           out
           of
           Principles
           of
           Honour
           and
           Interest
           ;
           for
           if
           We
           take
           away
           Honestie
           from
           him
           ,
           He
           will
           differ
           
           nothing
           from
           the
           Refuse
           of
           Society
           ;
           or
           by
           what
           other
           distinguishing
           Character
           can
           we
           know
           him
           from
           the
           Mob
           ?
           If
           He
           betray
           the
           Liberties
           of
           his
           Countrie
           ,
           how
           can
           He
           hope
           to
           transmit
           his
           Estate
           to
           his
           Heirs
           ,
           or
           Secure
           his
           Friends
           from
           Slaverie
           and
           Oppression
           ▪
        
         
           And
           all
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           are
           to
           remember
           ,
           that
           as
           they
           are
           the
           Representativ●…
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           so
           they
           are
           the
           Protectors
           of
           its
           Priviledges
           ;
           who
           ought
           to
           Examine
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           contribute
           to
           their
           Wealth
           and
           Security
           ,
           be
           Mediators
           between
           them
           and
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           endeavour
           to
           Remove
           ill
           Counsellours
           from
           Him
           ;
           And
           they
           ought
           to
           act
           in
           every
           part
           ,
           as
           Men
           of
           Probity
           :
           Being
           bound
           to
           Discharge
           their
           Trust
           ,
           both
           by
           Duty
           and
           Oath
           .
        
         
           Nor
           let
           them
           degenerate
           from
           that
           Boldness
           becomes
           every
           Man
           stands
           up
           for
           His
           Country
           ;
           but
           be
           Couragious
           like
           
             Helvidius
             Priscus
          
           when
           he
           receaved
           a
           Message
           from
           the
           Emperour
           Vespasian
           ,
           not
           to
           appear
           in
           the
           Senat
           ,
           or
           
           if
           He
           came
           ,
           not
           to
           interpose
           his
           Opinion
           in
           a
           Debate
           which
           was
           to
           be
           moved
           there
           ;
           Sent
           back
           Word
           ,
           that
           his
           Character
           of
           a
           Senator
           required
           his
           Attendance
           ,
           nor
           would
           he
           baulk
           any
           Thing
           that
           became
           him
           according
           to
           Conscience
           and
           Duty
           .
           Vespasian
           ,
           provoked
           with
           what
           He
           thought
           insolence
           in
           this
           Reply
           ,
           Threatned
           to
           put
           Him
           to
           Death
           .
           To
           which
           second
           Message
           He
           returned
           thus
           :
           
             Did
             I
             ever
             tell
             the
             Emperour
             that
             I
             was
             immortal
             ?
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             I
             suppose
             ,
             will
             do
             His
          
           Pleasure
           and
           I
           will
           do
           my
           Duty
           ;
           it
           is
           in
           his
           Power
           to
           put
           Me
           to
           Death
           unjustly
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           in
           my
           Power
           to
           Die
           Virtuously
           .
        
         
           The
           preferring
           the
           Good
           of
           the
           Common-Wealth
           to
           any
           self-Interest
           ,
           is
           the
           greatest
           Ornament
           of
           the
           Soul
           ;
           and
           when
           all
           our
           Actions
           are
           measured
           in
           Respect
           of
           their
           Objects
           ,
           most
           Noble
           are
           these
           which
           Aim
           most
           at
           the
           Publick
           Good
           ;
           By
           which
           Virtue
           the
           Heathen
           Heroes
           became
           the
           Peoples
           Gods
           ;
           
           whereas
           Private
           Interest
           has
           been
           allways
           the
           Business
           of
           Slaves
           .
           Who
           is
           it
           deserves
           Universal
           Praise
           ,
           but
           those
           who
           designe
           Universal
           Advantages
           ?
           those
           are
           deservedly
           called
           Fathers
           of
           their
           Country
           ;
           and
           it
           should
           be
           enacted
           a
           
             Paricide
             ▪
          
           to
           wound
           the
           Reputation
           of
           such
           ,
           whose
           ▪
           Fame
           shall
           be
           like
           Medals
           ,
           grow
           stil
           the
           more
           Illustrious
           the
           older
           they
           grow
           .
        
         
           Epaminondas
           is
           admired
           who
           was
           allways
           more
           busied
           in
           raising
           the
           Glory
           of
           his
           Country
           than
           in
           heaping
           Pelf
           for
           himself
           .
           Decius
           who
           threw
           himself
           amongst
           his
           Enemies
           to
           gain
           a
           Victory
           to
           his
           Country
           shall
           live
           to
           Eternity
           .
           And
           for
           the
           love
           of
           their
           Country
           it
           was
           that
           Aristides
           of
           Athens
           ,
           being
           sent
           Ambassador
           with
           Themistocles
           who
           was
           his
           Enemie
           ,
           willed
           him
           ,
           at
           their
           Departure
           out
           of
           Town
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           leave
           all
           their
           Emulations
           .
        
         
           Altho'
           the
           Law
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           hath
           attained
           to
           a
           great
           Perfection
           by
           its
           few
           and
           clear
           Statutes
           ,
           nevertheless
           
           as
           the
           Affairs
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           our
           own
           Circumstances
           Change
           ,
           we
           must
           have
           Parliaments
           to
           Provide
           us
           with
           new
           Laws
           .
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           our
           Parliament
           will
           take
           into
           their
           Consideration
           ▪
           our
           Trade
           ,
           our
           Publick
           Society's
           ,
           our
           standing
           Armie
           ,
           and
           our
           Publick
           Treasurie
           .
           Upon
           which
           separatly
           ▪
           I
           shall
           make
           these
           following
           Reflections
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Trade
           is
           necessary
           to
           any
           Nation
           that
           either
           will
           have
           Riches
           ,
           or
           their
           Poor
           Imployed
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           a
           Truth
           so
           well
           known
           ,
           and
           all
           Nations
           perswaded
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           Thoughts
           of
           most
           men
           are
           turned
           that
           way
           .
        
         
           It
           will
           be
           happy
           for
           us
           ,
           that
           it
           be
           Carefully
           looked
           after
           ;
           especially
           the
           Affairs
           of
           our
           Company
           Trading
           to
           America
           ,
           and
           the
           Colony
           they
           have
           planted
           in
           Darian
           ,
           in
           Spite
           ,
           both
           of
           forreign
           and
           domestick
           Enemies
           ;
           our
           just
           Title
           to
           which
           ,
           of
           late
           ,
           has
           been
           proved
           by
           unanswerable
           Arguments
           ;
           So
           that
           it
           's
           the
           Nations
           Honour
           for
           Our
           
           Parliament
           both
           to
           assist
           our
           Directors
           with
           Money
           ,
           and
           Authority
           to
           retrive
           their
           Losses
           ;
           and
           to
           Frown
           upon
           all
           their
           Enemies
           ;
           as
           being
           no
           Friends
           to
           this
           Country
           .
        
         
           I
           'm
           perswaded
           no
           Tax
           will
           be
           more
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Subject
           ,
           nor
           more
           readilie
           payed
           ,
           than
           for
           carrying
           on
           this
           Project
           ,
           that
           has
           made
           the
           name
           of
           our
           Nation
           Reign
           in
           all
           Forraigne
           Courts
           ,
           after
           it
           has
           been
           in
           Oblivion
           for
           almost
           this
           Century
           ;
           and
           which
           has
           made
           us
           Formidable
           to
           the
           Spaniards
           ,
           whose
           Grand-Fathers
           thought
           that
           Scotland
           was
           a
           Province
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           The
           Profit
           that
           may
           arise
           to
           Us
           from
           our
           Colony
           ,
           if
           it
           prosper
           ,
           is
           evident
           to
           everie
           one
           knows
           the
           Riches
           of
           the
           Spanish
           Plantations
           ;
           And
           let
           us
           but
           Suppose
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           only
           able
           to
           Keep
           in
           our
           Possession
           ,
           the
           Port
           of
           SAINT
           ANDREW
           in
           CALEDONIA
           ,
           it
           may
           serve
           to
           be
           a
           Magazin
           for
           all
           our
           Commodities
           in
           the
           
             West
             Indies
          
           ,
           and
           to
           Manage
           a
           private
           
           Trade
           with
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           Advantage
           of
           this
           Nation
           .
        
         
           But
           let
           Us
           have
           a
           more
           Noble
           End
           than
           Gain
           alone
           ;
           The
           Propagation
           of
           the
           
             CHRISTIAN
             RELIGION
          
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           were
           the
           only
           Motive
           ,
           We
           ought
           to
           part
           with
           our
           Money
           freely
           for
           the
           Glory
           of
           GOD.
           
        
         
           To
           Oppose
           our
           Designs
           we
           have
           but
           one
           declared
           Enemy
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           ;
           who
           if
           He
           endeavour
           to
           drive
           us
           from
           our
           Possession
           ,
           Honour
           obliges
           Us
           to
           Defend
           our selves
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           English
           or
           Dutch
           oppress
           Us
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           Nations
           ,
           I
           don't
           see
           what
           should
           hinder
           Us
           to
           take
           Protection
           wherever
           it
           may
           be
           found
           .
        
         
           It
           may
           be
           some
           People
           will
           object
           ,
           that
           our
           Darian
           Business
           will
           occasion
           a
           War
           with
           Spain
           ;
           or
           ,
           that
           our
           Directors
           have
           mis-managed
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           such
           Objections
           there
           's
           more
           Humour
           ,
           than
           Love
           for
           the
           Country
           ;
           
           because
           by
           the
           same
           Argument
           we
           may
           be
           Bullied
           out
           of
           any
           thing
           the
           
             Spaniard
             ,
             Dutch
          
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Nation
           has
           a
           Likeing
           to
           ;
           and
           even
           be
           Obliged
           at
           last
           ,
           by
           another
           Step
           of
           Complaisance
           ,
           to
           renounce
           the
           Title
           of
           a
           free
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           If
           our
           Directors
           have
           failed
           either
           by
           Ignorance
           or
           Negligence
           in
           their
           Designs
           ,
           that
           should
           not
           keep
           Us
           from
           doing
           our
           Duty
           ,
           nor
           to
           contribute
           all
           that
           's
           in
           our
           Power
           ,
           for
           Recovering
           the
           Losses
           of
           our
           Companie
           ;
           otherways
           all
           advantageous
           Projects
           may
           be
           balked
           ,
           because
           ther
           's
           allways
           Knaves
           Embarqued
           in
           them
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           Body
           has
           the
           Impudence
           to
           amuse
           us
           with
           Fisheries
           and
           other
           usefull
           Projects
           ,
           it
           should
           be
           looked
           on
           as
           Banter
           ;
           For
           when
           His
           Majestie
           has
           discountenanced
           us
           to
           gratifie
           the
           English
           or
           rather
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           we
           don't
           Know
           what
           more
           he
           will
           doe
           for
           his
           Native
           country
           .
        
         
           2
           ly
           .
           Society
           is
           a
           great
           Support
           to
           Trade
           ,
           for
           great
           Interprises
           can
           be
           better
           
           carryed
           on
           by
           the
           Credit
           of
           many
           ,
           than
           by
           one
           single
           Family
           or
           Person
           ;
           and
           it
           has
           been
           the
           Practice
           of
           our
           Neighbouring
           Countries
           to
           Establish
           Companies
           ,
           Trading
           to
           different
           places
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           severall
           Societies
           at
           Home
           to
           mind
           their
           Manufactories
           ,
           and
           have
           protected
           them
           with
           particu-Laws
           and
           Immunities
           .
        
         
           It
           's
           by
           Honesty
           and
           fair
           Dealing
           that
           all
           Societies
           flourish
           ;
           and
           vvell
           did
           the
           Romans
           Know
           that
           ,
           when
           they
           punished
           the
           Members
           of
           Societies
           for
           Frauds
           and
           supine
           Negligence
           ,
           with
           Infamy
           .
           l.
           1.
           
             ff
             .
             de
             his
             qui
             not
             .
             infa
             .
          
           §
           
             poen
             .
             Inst
             .
             de
             poen
             .
             tem
             .
             litig
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Nature
           of
           Man
           is
           so
           prone
           to
           Wickedness
           ,
           and
           so
           easily
           led
           away
           by
           Temptation
           ,
           that
           if
           there
           be
           not
           some
           severe
           means
           taken
           to
           prevent
           all
           ill
           Practices
           :
           Ther
           's
           no
           Society
           but
           may
           be
           ruined
           ,
           being
           exposed
           to
           the
           catch
           of
           everie
           miserable
           S●arper
           ,
           and
           specially
           here
           where
           some
           Merchants
           know
           better
           how
           to
           impose
           upon
           people
           that
           
           deal
           with
           them
           ,
           than
           to
           preserve
           that
           Candor
           which
           becomes
           every
           honest
           Trader
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           it
           's
           advisable
           that
           it
           should
           be
           made
           Death
           and
           Forfeiture
           to
           every
           one
           who
           is
           found
           Defrauding
           the
           Society
           of
           which
           he
           is
           member
           ;
           and
           Punishable
           for
           all
           other
           delinquences
           Proportionably
           to
           their
           Nature
           .
           The
           one
           half
           of
           the
           Forfeiture
           should
           be
           added
           to
           the
           stock
           of
           the
           Companie
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           half
           given
           to
           Him
           who
           Accuses
           the
           said
           Member
           ;
           by
           such
           Laws
           ill
           men
           will
           be
           keep'd
           in
           their
           duty
           and
           honest
           men
           will
           not
           easily
           be
           Imposed
           on
           .
        
         
           3
           ly
           .
           Every
           well
           Governed
           Nation
           must
           be
           in
           a
           Posture
           to
           Defend
           her self
           ,
           and
           upon
           good
           ground
           to
           assist
           her
           Allyes
           abroad
           .
        
         
           Had
           we
           therefore
           either
           fear
           to
           be
           attaked
           by
           our
           Enemies
           ;
           or
           Allyes
           to
           assist
           ;
           we
           should
           have
           all
           the
           reason
           imaginable
           to
           keep
           a
           standing
           Armie
           :
           and
           I
           believe
           no
           Subject
           would
           repine
           
           to
           be
           Taxed
           for
           It's
           Subsistence
           Proportionably
           to
           his
           Abilities
           .
        
         
           Why
           should
           we
           be
           affraid
           for
           Enemies
           abroad
           ,
           when
           England
           which
           is
           the
           better
           part
           of
           this
           Island
           thought
           it self
           secure
           immediatly
           after
           the
           Peace
           ?
           and
           Kept
           no
           more
           Force
           than
           to
           Secure
           the
           Peace
           at
           Home
           ,
           and
           prevent
           all
           Disturbances
           .
        
         
           What
           Allyes
           have
           We
           to
           assist
           ?
           unless
           We
           are
           so
           officious
           as
           to
           call
           those
           of
           England
           and
           Holland
           our
           Allyes
           ;
           like
           the
           Highland
           Countrey-man
           who
           called
           all
           his
           Master
           ,
           s
           Cousins
           his
           own
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           Treatie
           of
           Rysewyck
           ,
           was
           ever
           the
           name
           of
           our
           Nation
           mentioned
           any
           more
           than
           as
           one
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Titles
           ?
           did
           ever
           any
           bodie
           endeavour
           to
           Recover
           our
           old
           priviledges
           from
           France
           ?
           or
           what
           have
           we
           Reaped
           ,
           for
           all
           that
           our
           Country
           men
           shewed
           either
           in
           Valour
           or
           Adress
           ,
           for
           Obtaining
           an
           Honourable
           Peace
           ?
        
         
           We
           are
           neglected
           by
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           when
           they
           don't
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           us
           ;
           
           Contempt
           is
           our
           only
           Reward
           for
           declaring
           Warr
           against
           France
           ,
           when
           we
           had
           not
           a
           Ship
           to
           defend
           our
           little
           Trai●e
           ;
           And
           our
           Souldiers
           are
           sent
           home
           Poor
           and
           Mutilated
           ,
           to
           eat
           our
           Bread
           ,
           till
           such
           time
           the
           Dutch
           or
           English
           find
           service
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           Is
           it
           not
           time
           to
           look
           to
           our selves
           when
           everie
           other
           Nation
           minds
           their
           particular
           Interest
           ;
           and
           either
           at
           present
           ,
           to
           declare
           our selves
           mercenary
           Fools
           ,
           or
           to
           act
           as
           a
           wise
           &
           Free
           Nation
           ?
        
         
           Let
           our
           Parliament
           remember
           that
           Mercy
           is
           to
           be
           used
           to
           the
           Purse
           of
           the
           Subject
           ;
           Or
           ,
           how
           dangerous
           standing
           Armies
           have
           proved
           to
           
             France
             ,
             Denmark
             Poland
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Countries
           ;
           nor
           do
           we
           Know
           what
           Influence
           our
           Forces
           might
           have
           upon
           Us
           at
           present
           ,
           were
           they
           ill
           inclined
           .
        
         
           Let
           our
           Honourable
           Members
           consider
           the
           Poverty
           of
           our
           Country
           ,
           the
           Decay
           of
           Trade
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Treasure
           our
           Courtiers
           and
           Pensioners
           carry
           every
           Year
           from
           this
           to
           England
           .
           So
           
           accordingly
           may
           they
           inform
           their
           Judgements
           about
           the
           Necessitie
           of
           a
           standing
           Armie
           .
        
         
           Alltho
           '
           it's
           absolutelie
           necessarie
           to
           Disband
           the
           most
           of
           Our
           Troops
           ;
           yet
           Justice
           and
           Interest
           require
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           well-deserving
           Officers
           should
           be
           provided
           with
           Pensions
           ,
           to
           keep
           them
           in
           this
           Countrie
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           in
           a
           Readiness
           to
           Serve
           when
           the
           common
           Defence
           requires
           .
        
         
           Wise
           Men
           know
           that
           in
           Time
           of
           Necessitie
           good
           Officers
           are
           ill
           to
           be
           got
           ;
           and
           the
           Confoederats
           ,
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           last
           War
           ,
           found
           that
           all
           the
           Advantages
           the
           French
           had
           over
           them
           were
           occasioned
           by
           the
           Pawness
           of
           their
           Officers
           .
           And
           it
           's
           also
           remarkable
           that
           the
           French
           ,
           who
           are
           absolute
           Masters
           of
           War
           ,
           set
           a
           great
           Value
           upon
           experienced
           and
           brave
           Commanders
           .
        
         
           In
           Time
           of
           Peace
           ,
           were
           We
           to
           augment
           our
           Force
           ,
           it
           should
           be
           at
           Sea
           ,
           because
           everie
           Countrie
           is
           to
           be
           Guarded
           according
           to
           its
           Situation
           .
        
         
         
           Lastly
           ,
           As
           Advice
           is
           the
           Head
           ,
           so
           Money
           moves
           the
           Springs
           ,
           &
           strengthens
           the
           Nerves
           of
           every
           State
           ;
           by
           which
           it
           Moves
           ,
           Acts
           ,
           and
           is
           Knit
           together
           .
        
         
           No
           Orator
           is
           so
           perswasive
           upon
           the
           Wills
           and
           Affections
           of
           men
           ;
           nor
           no
           Conqueror
           so
           Successfull
           by
           Force
           of
           Arms
           ,
           as
           a
           good
           Treasure
           ;
           and
           such
           is
           the
           Temper
           of
           most
           men
           ,
           that
           they
           serve
           Money
           with
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           obey
           it
           without
           Grudging
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           our
           Interest
           according
           to
           the
           custome
           of
           all
           wise
           Governements
           ,
           both
           to
           Provide
           good
           Funds
           ,
           and
           to
           Imploy
           the
           money
           arising
           from
           them
           to
           proper
           Uses
           .
        
         
           There
           's
           many
           ways
           to
           raise
           Money
           from
           different
           Funds
           :
           Yet
           the
           Ease
           of
           the
           subject
           is
           to
           be
           had
           in
           Consideration
           ,
           and
           all
           Impositions
           so
           qualified
           that
           they
           may
           be
           laid
           upon
           persons
           proportionablie
           to
           their
           Estates
           ;
           for
           it
           's
           not
           just
           that
           all
           People
           should
           be
           levelled
           ,
           where
           Fortune
           hath
           made
           a
           vast
           difference
           ▪
           it
           's
           therefore
           that
           all
           Excises
           
           upon
           Meat
           ,
           Drink
           ,
           Cloaths
           ,
           &c
           ▪
           are
           equal
           for
           all
           ;
           every
           Body
           being
           obiged
           to
           contribute
           according
           to
           their
           Luxurie
           .
        
         
           If
           considerable
           Taxes
           were
           laid
           upon
           
             Moneyed
             Men
          
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           forced
           to
           apply
           their
           Money
           upon
           Trade
           ,
           where
           they
           might
           have
           the
           greatest
           Gain
           .
        
         
           Poll
           and
           Hearth-Money
           should
           be
           avoided
           ,
           being
           too
           heavie
           Taxes
           for
           the
           Poor
           .
        
         
           Great
           Duties
           should
           be
           laid
           upon
           everie
           Forraigne
           Commodity
           for
           which
           the
           subject
           has
           not
           an
           absolute
           necessity
           ,
           or
           a
           way
           to
           vent
           it
           abroad
           ▪
           and
           and
           it
           would
           be
           for
           the
           advantage
           of
           Trade
           that
           the
           Rates
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Customs
           were
           revised
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           Exported
           Goods
           should
           pay
           Custom
           .
        
         
           No
           Custom
           ,
           or
           Taxes
           should
           be
           Fermed
           ,
           because
           we
           know
           by
           Experience
           that
           they
           serve
           to
           Enrich
           particular
           People
           ,
           who
           have
           the
           Art
           of
           Jugling
           with
           these
           who
           are
           Deputed
           to
           Examine
           their
           Accounts
           ▪
           
           and
           what
           Favours
           are
           given
           to
           the
           said
           Publicans
           by
           his
           Majestie
           it
           would
           be
           for
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           given
           to
           the
           Poor
           ,
           who
           are
           never
           spared
           by
           the
           Insolent
           Tax
           men
           ,
        
         
           Publick
           Collectors
           should
           be
           appointed
           for
           gathering
           all
           customs
           ,
           and
           each
           Collector
           ought
           to
           have
           a
           good
           Salary
           to
           make
           him
           Honest
           ,
           and
           he
           obliged
           to
           find
           Bail
           for
           his
           Intromissions
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Nation
           might
           be
           Honestly
           served
           .
        
         
           To
           imploy
           the
           Money
           arising
           from
           funds
           ,
           to
           the
           advantage
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           Our
           Parliament
           is
           to
           take
           notice
           ;
           because
           all
           Supplyes
           run
           in
           Form
           of
           free
           gifts
           from
           the
           Subjects
           to
           his
           Majestie
           ,
           for
           their
           own
           behoofe
           :
           Now
           whither
           these
           gifts
           are
           applyed
           to
           the
           publick
           good
           ,
           the
           members
           of
           Parliament
           that
           gave
           them
           are
           most
           capable
           to
           Judge
           ;
           and
           when
           ther
           's
           a
           good
           understandiug
           between
           Prince
           and
           People
           ,
           I
           believe
           the
           Parliament
           will
           do
           it's
           
           Duty
           ,
           that
           neither
           his
           Majestie
           be
           imposed
           on
           ,
           nor
           the
           People
           cheated
           out
           of
           their
           Money
           and
           Liberties
           by
           pensions
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           the
           exemple
           of
           this
           present
           Parliament
           in
           England
           ,
           to
           state
           the
           present
           defects
           of
           our
           Treasury
           ;
           to
           examen
           the
           occasions
           exhausted
           it
           :
           and
           then
           to
           make
           the
           People
           sensible
           of
           the
           necessity
           of
           new
           Supplies
           .
        
         
           A
           great
           many
           good
           Laws
           are
           usefull
           to
           be
           made
           this
           Session
           of
           Parliament
           to
           prevent
           severall
           inconveniencies
           our
           Constitution
           is
           lyable
           too
           ,
           and
           which
           might
           secure
           both
           the
           authoritie
           of
           future
           Parliaments
           and
           the
           liberties
           of
           the
           Subject
           .
        
         
           All
           Officers
           ,
           or
           any
           body
           that
           depends
           upon
           Court
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           declared
           incapable
           to
           vote
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           because
           such
           Persons
           are
           supposed
           to
           move
           according
           to
           the
           Inclination
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           from
           whom
           they
           receave
           their
           bread
           immediatly
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           would
           doe
           little
           for
           the
           Good
           of
           the
           Subject
           
           when
           it
           happens
           that
           the
           Interests
           of
           Prince
           and
           People
           are
           not
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           This
           should
           be
           one
           of
           the
           Preliminary
           Votes
           ,
           and
           no
           sooner
           is
           this
           Vote
           stated
           but
           all
           Pensioners
           become
           incapable
           to
           Vote
           for
           themselves
           .
        
         
           We
           may
           Learn
           by
           the
           English
           Practice
           ,
           and
           our
           own
           Parliaments
           ,
           how
           Convenient
           it
           is
           that
           all
           Ovetrures
           concerning
           the
           affairs
           of
           the
           People
           be
           Voted
           and
           Receave
           the
           Royall
           Assent
           before
           any
           Supplyes
           be
           granted
           to
           his
           Majestie
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           may
           we
           not
           expect
           from
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           for
           the
           meeting
           of
           which
           ,
           we
           have
           so
           Languished
           ?
           but
           that
           all
           Grievances
           will
           be
           redressed
           that
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           Subject
           will
           be
           minded
           ;
           and
           that
           every
           Law
           will
           be
           made
           that
           can
           contribute
           to
           the
           Glory
           and
           Safety
           of
           this
           Nation
           .
        
         
           Then
           let
           Us
           lay
           aside
           all
           Animosities
           and
           confide
           in
           each
           other
           ,
           Aiming
           all
           at
           the
           Publick
           Good
           ;
           Let
           everie
           Member
           Act
           as
           a
           man
           of
           Honour
           and
           
           Conscience
           :
           Let
           our
           most
           Noble
           High
           Commissioner
           behave
           as
           above
           the
           frouns
           of
           Fortoune
           ,
           as
           one
           that
           's
           Mortall
           ,
           whose
           Fame
           must
           be
           Transmitted
           to
           Posterity
           ;
           never
           had
           any
           a
           greater
           Opportunity
           of
           becoming
           Universally
           Beloved
           ,
           or
           Universally
           Hated
           ;
           never
           had
           any
           such
           an
           Occasion
           to
           shew
           his
           Zeal
           for
           his
           Country
           ,
           or
           his
           Love
           for
           his
           Friends
           :
           Nor
           ever
           did
           this
           Nation
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           so
           Vertuous
           a
           Person
           ▪
        
         
           Let
           us
           all
           then
           Concur
           with
           good
           wishes
           and
           advice
           for
           Pos●erity
           to
           our selves
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Floorishing
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .