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Maps, piataa, charts, ate, mav ba filmad at diffarant raduction ratioa. Thoaa too larga to ba antiraly includad in ona axpoaura sra filmad baginning in tha uppar laft hand c^imar laft to right and top to bottom, aa many framaa aa raquirad. Tha following diagrama illuatrata tha mothod: Laa canaa, planchaa. tablaaux. ate pauvant 4tra filmte A daa taux da r*dt.>ction diffArants. Lorsqu* l« documant aat trop grand pour irro raproduit an un saul ciich4. il aat film* i parttr da I'angl* sup4riaur gaucha. da gaucha A droita. at da haut an ba<>, an pranant la nombra (I'imagaa n^cassaira. Laa diagrammaa suivanta illuatrant la m^thoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 A^r ACGOUN Qf THE .^•: FRENCH Ufuri^tion Arid what great damage the En^lijh ^ yenly fi'ftain hy their Cocnineioe, and bow die fame may be retraK:hed , aiul Ey|M improved in Rkhes andlneerefL ■»!• LO NTt O Ni - Printoa in the Year, MDCLXXIX. ^ i* ■a.ir-'^VMiiMirWWVHalllViWMiliiNi y > •It*.. I 7 H : *i • ^, iy- ,1 -'"^^•V £->" '^**>% »- * .' rf' T . :.'f : <.-■ atico ACCOUNT O F T H E FRENCH UP ON T H E Trade of EHGt AND. SIR, I Received yours, and do imytn the greateft tribue^of thanks, foi your exceHent'Kfn)^r«)uesi^n thtfpreijbit (tare of Affairs in Eitropg, and muft have the fktpeSleMi- mcnts, and do admire wttb yt^ thlit Franct^ whidl f not many years fmcc) was fo weak and ffecWtf, that it trembled at the very Name of the Dukes of BmrgHndj, (hould now be fo potent,as to cpntraft the mightieft Powers ot Europe. Lewit the \l paid to the King of England Hfty tHbnlana Crownt, yearly, to be his Friend, and lixfccn tboufslnd Growait©l|is MiniftcrsofStateto keep him fb. u ' - Henry the IV. having the Carkafs of «h incortfiderable Ship in the Stocks, received (harpMeffagcs from Queen Ettxjibew oiEnglandto defiit,which accordingly he did j and that Queen lent unto him, and disburfed fpr him, four millions of pounds fterting, to fupport his Wars, end had Ibwnff of Caution for them. '•■ '"r •''^^^i^ r>i\f \\ ,«^4-'a. Withio thefe few years Pr^Hct Nd' iWt iibdve ffrd*^ Gat- lies, and twenty men of War, C as tiicy called tbcm ) and was not able to put them to Sea, ' artd keep them there, for want ofmoncy j the yearly Revenues of that Grown then not exceeding ten miHions of FTdirens. ' '• But of late, the Frtnch King is tapved Up to thai magnitude of Power, fo potent in the beft Squadrons of Ships f.t Sea, (b powerful in the moft experienced Captains and Troopi at Land, fo rich in Treafure, (the Revrnues of the prelcnt King amounting unto fwt^' millions of Florerts year'y j that Ewroft begins to Gjw to hi Fow er j and to declare untQ all Chriftiaa A 2 Prin(:c8 P^lnc<^ wbat he intends, he hath taken to himfclf this MottOj Solmcontr^HQmnes, . His Dcfigns arc fo vaft, that in fome ffiort time 3\lEurope will not be Elbow- room for his Ambition. How France hath of late arrived to this Power, and Pyra- mid of Grandeur,: it's well becoming the wifdomof the raoft confidcratcpeifon to enquire, ^ , , ... It's not from the richncfs of their Soy I, nor the amplitude of Territory, ( &7/i»» having inuch greater. ) France hathnci Mines of Gold or Silver as Hunpirj and Bohemia, nor other rich Mines as Germany and other places have, yet by their natural and artificial Gommodities, peradventure their ftock • of money doth not fall muph. Oiort of the money of the reft of The Images of great thing* are beft fcen contracted into fmallGlaflcs: fiy their Wines (the natural Riches of Fr4»cf) they draw out of the Northern Regioni of Europe, twenty fiv« millions of Florcnsi for Salt, ten millions of Florensj for Brandy,five milHonsi, for Winci,Brandy and Salt, they year- ly exhauft from thcnoo forty miUions of Elorens. For their Silks, Stuffs, Toys and Fripperies,. ( which are the artificial Riches of that Kingdom ) they fpirit out of thofc Barts yearly forty millions of Florcns i and there is not iniport- al into Fr4»c*of the Commodities of all the North, forouch as doth amount unto fifteen miUions of Florens : So that f ranee doth yearly drain out of the Northern Regions of Ettrtpey fixty five millions of Florcns, the prodigious fom of money which he d#th yearly drain outof the reft of Europe^ isbcyondflfiyAiritbnjeticktateUyou. , ^ , ^ But the raoft Chrtftian King being Lord of the Commerce of that Kingdom, and being fludious t« accumulate money, and careful to bring in more daily, and rarely fuffers any to go out, and being provident todifpofeof allhisMcrchamiirc and Manufac^urts abroad, and not pcrn^.itimg any foreign Commodities ro be imported into fr^wcr, but fuch as are in- cumbred with liich great Duties, that they return to no profit to the Merchants, Fr4i»ftf will in a (hort time draw into them all the moneys ol' Europe: ^ The moftChriftian King having for his Royai Revenue fir- tv milUonsof Florcns yearly, and £r4»cr being enriched year- ly, as ubovefaid^ and by his (bpream Power, withom an- check or control, may impofc what Taxes and Impofitions upon his people he (hall plcafe, (and they will.ngly fubni.c thereunto J hchathlaidfuchanmexhauftable /ij.^ofjrea. furc .0 carry on bisDefigns, ( he being^ very atoe and cir- cumfpeft ) that, he can rarely be difappointed or fail in "^BV thisaU fubrnii to hlcFoivcr : This makes the Ephemeri- dcs\y wh-^ch he knows how all the Orbs of many Princes Courts move i by it he can work all thmgs Platonically to Sownldel; toitsfplendorandluftre, the World, thefafc- « of the Con^rnqn, wealth, and the love of liberty, do hum. Wynroftratethcmiblvesi and lodea plainly w.rh you, its the fource of aU the mifentr, and infelicities of Eur.pf. Hence it is that France noi long fince fo impotent, can now liiaintain fuch ftupendious Force*, and can (upport their Ai^ S when other Princes are enforced to beg tor peace, and Snd their Armies, becaufc their Treafures are exhautkd: FrlT only after many years War can engage in a new War, LTupoTalloccafions, by reafon of irs money, havc.nft ru- mcntsCexecutcthurDefignsi andtruly,S.r money is the ^r^mlmmMc which movcs the SplKars, wh.ch arc the hearts Tnd han^sofr^ nd it's thefo\eraign Cordial,which gives life to all noble Aftions and Defigns. ..„«,j.. Th° moftChriftian King hath (et up the £*/aBd W,f. l,d.»» T«d«rand hathengagcd In th«nnx,ft of the "ch Nob^'tV •i!! r.^..trr of that Kinedom, and hath aimed ihemwiih. ^«teScdg«!U«sand Immumtie,, and ha-hereftcd , ^aal othn triding Companies, a„d certainly h. hath thc«- SwdTf^ndation of a greater Emii.c than ever was m, ''X' toMoneysan^. Privitedge. hcdrawcth moft ^of the beft Workmen and Art.ft»,-Out of the oiher parts ot Enrop, i.ito ^"«™The Mate'r,aU too > when '|-Ta- ''-^^,~ b&mii thev make a.M."'»««.an^ fend tiKm mtothc L.ou i^STfomwhcnce they came : But if any fron, thcnce^hc ,_^ h ■ (4) ported into FranUj they are fcizcd upon, being forbidden Goods, M they prcttndv or clfc to incurabred with- Duties by them, that Earot^e czn have no profit or encouragement to trade with /'r4«cr. By thcfe Arts, France with it* Manufaftures and Commo- dities, and thofe which wiH be dt awn from the Eafi and Weft^ Indies, will furchargiB all the Marts of f^ro;?^ j and the molt Chriftian King haying fo great aTreafurc, may undcr-fell his Merchandifc and Goods, on defigii to break all other Mer- chants and Trader s,and fo in confcqucnce will have the Trade and Commerce of the Uni verfe in their hands, and we muft be content to take their Commodities and Merchandifesatfuch prices and rate«5,as they (ball pleafeto impofe upon them. And all other Princes and States muft become Hi glers and petty Cliapmcn under them. Trade is the true and intrinfick Intereft oi England^ with- out which it cannot fnbfift .- From Trade there doth not only ^ 'fe Riches to the Subjedls, rendring a Nation confiderable, bui alfo inaeafe of Revenue, and therein power and ftrength to the Soveraign ; and r«g/*««W having fo potent a Neighbour, It's abfolutely neceflary for its prefervation to advance it 5 for every Nation is more or lefs confiderable, according to the proportion it hath of Trade, and it's more or left enriched by the bSLUance of its foreign Trade. If Frawe vent more of our Commodifics than we confume of theirs in value, the overplus returns to us in Treafure j but if France confume left of ours than we of their Commodities, EMgland,vr'i\{ be im- povcrifhf d 3 for that Treafure which is brought in by the bal- lance ol our foreign Trade doth only enrich us. H')w the ba lance of Trade ftands between England and France J it's worthy of your grave Confideration. The French King not longfmce having a defign to prohibit a!l Trade with f M^/4w^,thc fr}d alx)vc four hundred thoiifaiid poiuK'.s a year. ^^ • ^•N". ^ (I ll In Houlhold-ftuff, confifting of Beds, MatreiTci, Coverlets, Hangings, Fringes of filk, and other Furnitures, above one liundrcd thoufand pounds a year. In Wines from Ga[t0igft€t iS^iwrw, and other places on the River ofLoyer^ and attb from BoHrdeAUKiRtchel^ Nattts, Rotten^ and other places, aretranfported iTAoEMglAnd above fix hun- dred thou&nd [xainds a year. In ^ijfta-vitdy Sider, Vinegart Verjuice, and fuchlike, above one hundred thoufand,pounds2,year. In Saffron, Caftle-Soap, Honey, Almonds, Olives, Capers, Prunes, and .fuchlike, abovr one hundred and fifty thoufand i)ounds a year. Bt fides five or fix hundred Veflcls of Salt, laden at Mar one, Rochelj lor age, the I fle of 0/«r»«, and Iflc of ^4>^r, tranfport- ed into England and HolUndy of a very great value. So that by this it doth appear, that the yearly value of fuch Commodities as arc tranfported from France into England, amount unto above fix and twenty hundred thoufand pounds. And the Commodities exported out of England mto France, confifting chiefly of woollen Cloaths, Serges, knit Stockings, Lead, Pewter, Allum, Coals, and other Commodities, which do not amount unto above ten hundred thoufand pounds a year. .. By which it appears, that ourTrade with fr/«»c^, isatleaft fixteen hundred thouland pounds per 4«ww«i. clear lofs -to this Kingdom. Ihc French King hereupon la»d afide his T)efign : So that in few years (if fome timely Expedient be not applied; all the money ol this Nation will be drawn into France, th^rc be- ing not. above eight millions ( if (b much )of pounds in this Kingdom, which wilj be the impoverilhing of England, but greatly to the enriching of France j and they melting down the Coyn of Engla-.d, by their allay gain near one third. France by our floth flourilh i by our foly grow wife -, by our excefs wax proud i by our money, rich j by the valour of EnglandmOiAe potent, and enabled to fight againft us. As the middle Region of the Air is wont to frame ksThun- dcr- <7) dcr-bol«, HaU, ahddread&l Thunder, agamft the Earth, out of the Exhalations it dra^s from the Earth it fclfi VoFrdnce^ outof the Riches and Subftance which it gathcreth from £)^- ropt, and the Kingdoms and DomiiMons thereof, doth raife formidable Armies, anJ potent Fleets againft them. New Maxims muft be Tramcd, and Meafurcs taken, for the retrenchment of the Power of France, or elfe lean fore- tell, without the help of an ^«^*»r, what will be the Fate of Enila»4. Enfeeble the Trade of fr4««, and money will fail, - and by confequence its potency will become impotent ; for trade is the fountairi from whence its Riches fpring, and Mo- ney is the bafis of its greatnefs and ftrength. The Parliament with great wifdom anr judgement, hath prohibited £»f/4«^ all Trade or Commerce with fr4«« j and W cannot take it ill, when the moftChnftian King had the fame defignupon Engl^, but that he obferyedit would turn tolors:U'snoprude1icetoadmittho.eManufaaures and Commodities into£»g/4«^, wherewith we now abound, or may have better than from Fr4«rtf. . , , , - . , . AndnoreaCbn of Commerce rcqu.rerh, that we fhou Id be iniarioustoour felves, to be fcrviceable to the advantages of others i the Emperor by Edift doth exclude the ^W^'^ . Wines,and many other things of the growth of that Kingdom. outof ^«i>r,4, that they of ^«A/Amay confumeand difpofe "^^AliTas fo"r Wines, England may have them from ^^«W. uluftrU, rirelr Francoma, Rh.nc, Mofel, VortngaU and elle- v/here, at better rates and cheaper, than out ofFrancf i and the Princes of thofe Countries will take off the Manufadures and native Commodities of England for them, and by that means we may fettle Trade upon a folid BaHs with them. How far thefe generous Wines do exceed thofe of France, ^«j«/?/« theEmperor, if he were alive, would tell you, wb.i when he poffelTed Italy, Spain, Cr.r4,Gr/^cr, £^Pf, andthe richeft parts of yifr^ca^ ^[^^ and Enrcpt, he would drink no other Wines j for thefe receive eftccm,dignity and value froin their aee and antiquity, and contribute much to health, ( it moderately taken j) whereas the frm^ Wines procure no- ' B tiling i \ ^11 Ir ;! ( 8^ thing but fliarp and tartarous humours, andas now adultcra^ ted in France, they arc pernicious unto us : The Wines of France, if cr-ripared with the other, arc infipid, and of no value} aIltheWinesofF74««fromtheirnanvity, willfc;arcc bear the age of one year, and fomc qf them before the Month of ^«rf«/, in the fame year in which they grew, are corrupt- ed i from whence it followcth, that they muft be drunk cor- rupted or new, in both cafes dangerous to our health. Brandy is a Liquor rery fata! to us, and it had been well for£;7^/4«^ifwenever had heard ofit-, yet if we do fo much admire it, though we have no Grapes here, yet it maybe drawn off from Corn, and therf is no better than that which is'fb drawn in Sarmatia, and drunk by the Foies. As for Salt, if the making of it were encouraged, there might be made much better here in England than we have from France, That worthy and puWick-fpirited Perfon Ri- chard Alcorn Efqi by his Salt-works near Portfmeuth, is an ex- cellent prefident for the wholcNation : The Salt of France is gro(s, foul, black, corrolive, and by no means to be compared with that of JE:«^/^«^. If you take two VelTclsof equal magnitude, and hll tnc one with £«^/#, and the other with ?>e«<;A Salt, anddecoa: them, the Enghf} decreafeth Icfs by one third part than the French i if th: £W{/fcSalt lerecoacd , an'i a requ'hte quan- tity of Sea-water"\dded, the £M^/*/fc Salt doth mcreafc one third more than the frrrcAj what great lofs by one, and ad- vantage by the other, doth accrew, is worthy of ducconfi- deration. . IhcEn^hJh Salt by reafon of its purity and extraordinary efficaas ernes Fidi or Flcih better, goes fiiitherin ufr, pre- Ihvef longer than any iinrehned Salt ; the F.di or Flelh laveti with it, is much more wholelbm to the body, vleafant aitd rratcliil to the tadc, which is the realon tha; ilie Dutch have Ktter prices tor their l-ilh than the Enghjh, and a greater Tiat'e, becaiifethcy are cured with r. hncdSalt. It will \)C oMiiij;u!ar ufr in hot Climates, becaufc it pierccthfo mich nurckcr than Salt unrehncd, and tonxd by theSun, a a will w,v ronffoi icnce vreihryr either Filh of Flcih better and longc r ; '■' ' * wheruis #• (9^ Whcfcai'tte linrtfined Salt iji hot Climates, by reafon of its corrodin|'quality, doth.dccay very fijcldenly.cither Fifhor Fleih, and m any Climate robs the FIclh of its gravy and moi- fture, makes it dry and hard, and fo prejudicial to the body. The great benefit of the Ei$gli/h Salt In curing Fi(h, the Com- pany of tlieRoyal Fifhery can give a very great account there- of; To give encouragement to the making of Salt here in EniUnd, ( which thcy may do,notoniy toferve England vwth Satt, but in the BMtick^, Wt ft- Indies, and elfc where ; is to impofe fome greatDuty upon foreign Salt,which will increafe his Majefties Revenue, if they (hall continue to bring it into this Kingdom, and to impofe half fo much upon xhcKngUJh Salt, as (hall be impofed upon the foreign, which the makers of Salt are willing to pay, becaufe Englijh Salf < by reafon of the great quantities of foreign Salt imported in fome parts ot this Kingdom ) is fold at fix pence vtr Bu(hel, whereas formerly it hath been fold at four (hillings />rr Buihel. It will much inaeafc home-Trade, by cai:fing great fums of money to circulate j it will give imployment to many per- lons which now beg, Itcal, or other wife live in a miferablc and poor condition. It will very much increafe Navigation, by imploying great niHTibersofVci Is to bring Coals to the Salt-works, and to tarry Salt to Markets} whereas foreign Salt is imported by return ol freight or foreign Veilcls. The VMtted Provinces of the NetberUnds did for feme time by puivlick Edid, prohibit all Wines, Salt and Brandy, and the Manufafturcs of France, as foreign Commodities, and not for them needful. If' the Emperor and other Princes of Germ^hhy their prag- matick Saidions, haddone the like, f>4j»<:f would have loll thofc prodigious and vaft (iims of money, which,to the impo- verifhing of many y-Axz^oi' Enrove, it harh drawn into them j thereupon their Trade would have decayed, their Momy failfd, ana by confec^uence their Fower would have aba- ted. IheirWinrf, Brandy, Salt, and other their Manufaftures, would have layn upon their hands, their people, for want of .1... 11 imnloymcnt, m^ft have begged, ana ^^ ,^ Silksand Hw^l?TgX'wKA^U Mode, being Stuffs made of W«)ll,togetn^^_^^ mull be given to ptofctibed E«jrland, all due enco s ^^ .he Weavers The f ^/^ '^^J^Xstuffsmade of Wooll j fefcon m we^vmg '^ S-^*'/' ?"^ °f f ,„,/, Commodities,they butbyrcahmof thelmpor ationo Y ^^^f^,^ ^nd have (for want f'^'P^^^^JShis .and ma^.y Strangers, chargeable to their refpeaive ""«"«> bv reafon 'hey which have come into •E"^''^' "«mmed'inM their own found fb little, impbvment f^^^^f^J'^l, encourage ftrngrr:tror.h^St^otrgivecounte„ancetoforeiga ^"rteW^ have paid V-lV ^ '^ff^J^JXIete: f».c/, Weavers SJks, befides Stuffs, wtaWg better wrought by the ^'f '^^^'^f^Xrnrodities, the fum ,,ai.l for with money, ""' "'7°'.l,,„Hredandtenpoiindi : If ;ive hundred four thoufand or. hundred and^ep So that allowing to every perfonj«)rkmgi^K, n i ,,,.«»««, itwo'Jl;! imploy 33°°° P^'^^-p.^^^.wyadvan- werc they well imiJoyed here, wouW b^ ^^^^^^^^ ,ag;ous tothi. l^'"!-' "'"^.^^XTstbVaiat work,, .ilft r ETl^r.^;' b' enS'to «arve for want therc- "•^^l,-. oreat >ru<'crcc in the Patliament, that they have ab(o- ,u,H .S^d all .iul. f,„,riComn,odit,esand Man.da- ^h.res, . nd '!"V^'Tm«Tofthef«»A Commodities (by (II) out pavincwiT Qift-wi : It'« demonftiatively true, that not oneVlecein twenty is entredorpaid for. to the deceit of his Majeftn,and theimpoverifliing of his goodSub;eits here. The Wooller. Drapery, which formerly was our glory, -iM brought much Riches to us, and imployed not fewer tlian 700000 perfons, muft be encouraged • I' f° <« f'=«''*' ^^at of late nVt one third part of the Wool! which « g™!''^ '" this Nation, isconfumed in that Manufafture j bm itsfent over to our Neighbours, and they l>"y'^e ^0* of the WooU growingin lrc'a.U, they have almoft gotten the ManufeOure from us, and we undone, ihe prices of Wfo'lbetngjo low. (the Manufacture failing) that if people u.d not fe.^ it 1»- vond 8£a», they would not m many piacrabeable to pay half their Rent, Wooll fallingin value as much as Land_ It was an obfervation of the Lord f »r/«gA, "at "Woo" fell one ftiUing in the Stone, ifsa ="t°" * V«tloft ° th« Nation If this obfervat on be true, I pray Sir conlider, now many milUons his Nation hath toft, and how much we may S, e"e «e can tecoyerour Manufafture and Iradc '^Tili the jth. of £.,Un4, wa^ fent over into F/*.4fr;,//-» • I^'a^ndZ,., toeertrapedimoStufF, Cloth.and Storkmgs . fS.helll. kokinRuponit asagreat lofs toth.s Nanon^ broueht over 70 Families of Walloon, mto EngUnd, and they d d"eachthe £»?«*ihe Manufafture of the woollen Drape- ,v. ana vanca'lefo great to this Nation, that none of >^is KefforsSi/ever effeftany thingto compare with it, and what Riches it brought to us. we can tell you by ,he fad lofs "' -,e I it^ S-atute, "l-ch I^Vthe great Wifdom of tlie Parlia- ' ' \i fs cnXj for burving inFlanne!, if it be rationally ; irc 1 and .'ueb' u in execution, and Informers encou- ;S^U great n con.^quence, and will co„(ume much of our WIT ,n nrtlcrve the linncn Cloih 'or making of Paper, ^,;:^h wUlla'veSrNation.b.-„ehund,. . thoufa.«. pouaJs a year. Thofe ^' (12) Tbofc Aftiftsin Fldu^rs which *re fo excellent in working Tapatrv and other Hangings, are much defircd by the Fr^^h Kine to come into Fr^a<^*x and inhabit there i but he harhnot prevailed with them i if they might receive countenance from Eniland, 1 doubt not but many of them would come over,and inhabit here, which would be a great enriching of this Nation, and would inaploy in that Manufacture, fome great part of the ftock of WooU ot this Nation. For want of Imrloyment, many of onr Weavers go over into France, to whom that King gives great pnviledges and countenance i their Friends here fend them over Wooll, and the Manufadure in a little time will follow after. The linnen Drapery would be of great advantage to this Nation, if it received due encouragement j no Nation pro- dueeth better Hemp and Flax than England, the fowing of which would be a great imprevemcnt j and if the EngUJh were cnjoyned by Adt of Parliament, under fome penalty, (and a confidcrable part of that penalty given to the Informer ; to fowe yearly <'^ many Acres of Hemp and Flax, m proportion to the Land they occiipy,it would return to great profit. The En'rlifh have found out the belt means, not heretofore praiti- fedt for the dreffing and preparing of Hemp and Flaxj and there are many perfons liv ing in Camhrsji^aUentme, and other parts in France^ which would come over and live here, u they might be encouraged j and then we might here in England make Hollands,Diaper8, Damasks, and other fine Cloth, not only to furnifh this Nation,tut other parts of the World i and would Ukewifc draw to us the Manufadures of making the French Sail-Cloaths,and all kind of Tackling concerning Ship?, in fmall ai.d big Cordage, Twine, Yarn, Thread, Nets, Cable- ropes, which would enrich this Nation yearly at the Icult QOOOOO /. ^. /. 1 r. 1 It would be a great inftance of Wifdom, to fcr up the Royal Fifliery here in En^Jand, an.l to countenance it with Pnvi- ledges and Immunities j certainly. Sir, it sfo neceOary, that without it hisMajefty will waatSea men for his Royal Navy ; for hisMajcftymuftfo inaeafe his Royal Power, that he he fnn-vjr.r to nHphhour Princes and States, or chc I can eafily ibrctcl what will be tlic Fate of England. This (n) This being cftabllflicd, the making of Sail-Cloaths, Rope*, Tackle^Nets, Cables, and alfoSalr, which are theneccflary attendants upon the Fi(hery,would be much encouraged. Bur, Sir, you muftnot expedthat theFiihery is to be car- ried on by any private perfons j it muft be the pubhck Adtof the State, the Laws, Powers, and management thereof, muft be fettled by Ad of Parliament, a good Fundus and Bank of Money muft be raifed for its advance and encouragement, otherwife it will return to no account, and every (mall loft which fhall fall upon it, will be the overthrow and diflblution of the whole, as it hath been heretofore found by experi- ence. The Company of the Royal Fifliery being well eftabllfhed, and taking their meafures rightly, it will in a (hort time fo increafe in Riches, that upon any exigency of State, it will be able to advance confiderable Turns of money for the fervice of the Publick j all perfons which have money will place it in this Company, if they might be fure to have the produdt and effeds of it, being the beft means for Fathers to raife Portions • for their Children, and all other perfons to improve their • Eftatcs, and enrich themfclves. It will be the aniy means to make theSubjed rich, by the circulation of Money j for a Nation may be rich in Coin, and yet the people poor, when it's gotten into few hands j and that State is in no thriving condition, when at the end of tiic Game, moft of the money is in the Box j and I muft fell fou, the Treafures of Princes are then greateft, not when their own Cotters are full only, but their Subjeds rich. For the raifin,'^ ofn fiiflicient t undus rocarry on the Fifhcry, if the WifHom of this Nation fhal! think Ht to lay one fhilling, or f()nie fiich fum, upon every Chaldron of Coals, it would muchailvaiiceii , and it's but reafbnabic, that the advantage and brnefit being general, that the cliarge fliould be fo too j and methinks ( but I humbly fubmit to more advanced judg- ments ) that xUreUmi and Scotlandcjich of them built a good f juaclron of itout men of War, and maintav. cd them at their own chari;ep,rhey would be able to juftific the Fifheiy agaiift »!i,./;. iji.-!-.,» J.,, a invi^cl" 'f- -i— "-• 'A'!iH'>'-ir licence iVom his " " ''^" "" Ma. 1^ ■ I (14) Maieftv or paTing tnbutc, as formerly hath been ufcd.and Sfed . k wo lid anfwer aU thcirchargcs i and m cafeof a Co^m°v wh°ch hath ten i'ons or more v. it^he^ arc not above c^ri V of the Nation againft all Inval.ons, and would be a SeatW.chment to the whole Qountrey, becaulc tney rmghc ftu" rt pm °ff 'heir Commodities fo near, and to bell advan- 'TheFr»'='' .Tllj' RrWASeas, but by ipecial kavc fromtheKngsof £h|/W, fwU^t otherwfc, and that with a fet and limited number arBoa s and tha for their own Family, and likew.fc to ob- ftrve the Laws and Orders of hisownFifhermen > for breach whereof dWers of their Subjedshave forfeited tae.t Veflek, Id he r perl .ns have been fcized and impnfoned m Dovcr- Caft e Bu of late the French are become fo vexations to us ,h.f,Ievhaveeivena difturbancetous. not only upon the i^-! ,&'^af buf « iV..v-/.»»J-i'.«'ii its the interell of this tt-o<,ve In interrupt- -^ to their filhing there and to pro "it Jm for the future ; for the filh.ngtlKre.is the Se- minary anH Nurfery of their Sea-men, whicli may for t.ie fu- '^B^lhc tSof'^he Fn.ch and of oUrcr Foreigners upon .he V ,^Sca.KhcCuftomsandTollsvvhicharc«ndo.b.edly duet<,h^Mai;^v, togetherwiththemcrcalyf Trade and r„„(faucntlv >i Guftoms thereby, are ii nil y ulurpea uy Tn wh -l>y tl.is Kingdom loletli thr.'. wh.ch tliey gani, :vlV;chi:'::rea)coflrade%fSh>ps,_^andr,a.n...^.anJ^^^^ bv thdr Navigation IS wouuciiuiiy ii:vii5.....w.:, ..-.:. - " - , multiplied, and their Trade incrcaled. *' TheFifticry being fct up, Trade win flourifh, the King's Revenue augmented, Lands and Rents improved, Navigati- on increafed, and it will imploy fomc hundred thoufands of men by Sea and Land,it will eafe thePublick of great charges, in giving imployment to their poor : Hemy thv? Grea of France caufed all vagrants and idle perfons to be fenr to Terr e in his Gallies, to oblige them per force to work $ for idle perfons who take not care to imploy themfelves ferioi fly in fomc thing, are unprofitable to themft^l^es, and perr/icious to the Pubiick : Therefore that State m.ulijieceflaiily be rich and profperous, which hath Argtu eyes to foreIecadvantages,and BrtAreus hands, andthofeimployed^ But, Sir, becaufe great Trades cannot be managed , or things eft'eded, without multitude of people, it would be prudence to invite Foreigners into this Nation, and to live here under fiich qualifications, as the Wifdom of the Nation fhall think fit. A fmall Countrey well peopled, will be able*to t?icCL things of more advantage and grandeur, than a great Dominion ilf. ftocked. 1\\GZv\^\€nt Romans finding nothing was more neceflTary for great and important Enterpri2es,t han multitude of men, im- ployed their care and ftudy to increafe their numbers by Mar- riages, Colonies, and fuch like helps, making their conquered Armies free Denizens of tiieir Common-wealth, by which' means the number of the Roman Citizens became fo great, that Rume could not be ruined, in Hdnnibais judgement, by any force but her own ; and tliis did fo much contribute to the agrandizing of her, tha: that City only could arm fix hundred and foity thoufand men, when Sparta could never exceed twenty thoufand, (oxthd^t Lyi,HrgHs had inhibited the acpefs of Strangers. ^ Thefeus to engreaten and enrich the C\ty of Athe>}i^ invited as many n? would come and dwell there, alluring them toen^ joy the feif-iamc Liher-ics and riiviltdges, which the vcty Citizens I h' nifclves had. * And we {cQih€Vti:tcd Provinces a^ ihc Nethtrlandi^, wlijih are not iiggcr than rurkfpirc, one County in En^U.iciy I y C inci/ *: thrir denizations and fair «s W^|^^;rpKo-, thereby to dif- ces Domm.ons, or the "^f *7"V'dco,,fequenccsandeffeas futnilh our felves ot people ; 'he (ad com 4 whereof, aretDov.f.ble.nthet™sfortuneso j^^ .^^ ^^^^^^ For fmce tholePlantat.ons l^y thatwng ^^^^^^^^ grcat Garritbns maintained .n^./-".^'^^'^'! S„,,,^, Cou«,re-s cor,fiftir.g for '^e moft pa t ot n /^^j,^^^_ thev have KV:nly with you, a great City is the fitteft En- ginrto turnanold Monarchy into a new Common- wealth. Therefove (bme co riVicratc ocifons have conceived, chat it \v(ui! ! 'v mac I rn Vjncc for a Sia^c ro have three great Cu t'l.c ;,■. ir ;>.♦ ?»!ii.*!r>.l T'oiver. that in ca!<" one Ciould rebel, iliC other two might ballance, and g'vc Law to the third. C 2 And Ur-\^ And I pray, Sir, let me tell you, ifyouiavitc Strangers into this Narion, if you do not give them encouragement, 1 doubt whether they will come 5 for the 5/.^«Mr^, to enrich the City of ^«. wcrp, and otht r Cities in the Low-Counjrcys, by t ne ac- cefs and tra bck of thi* Nation with them, Sreed us from di- vers Impofuions , which his own natural Sub;edls aually ^^ And indeed if the Cuftoms even as to the Englijb were romewhat abated, it would much advance Trade. I do not fpeak this to lellen his Majeftics Revenue, ( for I heariilywifhit were more than it is) yetl thinkh.sMa;efty would be no lofer thereby i for afmallCuftom "Pon a great Trade, would anfwer agreat Cultom upon a (nail Trade j and it's more prudence to take little out of much, thanpiudi out of little : Where the Cuftoms upon Merchants Goods are fmall, it eafily draweth all Nations to trade with them, but where great Impofuions are laid, theTraffick of that place Will foon decay. ^ ,« j • r Two Ships laden at Eourdeaux of equal Burden, j/x.. of 5 CO Tuns i the one goeth for EngU^d, the other for HotUnd -, that which co.neth into£«^/^«^ payeth for Cuftom, Price, e.^ge, Butler- edge, .and other Charges thereon, by Book of Rate?, i2co/.a;;d upwards, before {he be difchargcd 5 and the other going for IlolU.d, isdifchargedfor 60/. fter ing or thereabouts i and after the Duties paid, and Wine foKi, the buver mav trari port them into any Countrey : bunn £ugU,d thev can; otbc tranfportcd, but the Merchant muft be a great loilr by them . for the Holiandir can ftjll under-fclinim, and be a eainev thereby. « ^^ , . -n ^x^, It wv. I'd Preatlvaclvancethelntcreftof £w^AW, 1' pY /(^^ cr Par/uirre,t. all pcrfons of Honour and Quality, |only fuch leironsasa-tml his Majefty, and the Courts of juftrcc, or llichas (liould have bis Majefties fpecial Liccrxe excepted; to live upon then- Lifates in the Countrey, and not to rehde here conltantlv in Town j for thereby all their Rtnts arc drawn u^ hitiier, where they are vainly fpent, to fay no w or fe, to the •.._., ._.,.^^ fuipa rSthr Cr^untrcv, decay of their lenantSj and fiibvVi fion of UKir ramilies ; Here they change rheir old Sc^ats (19) andCaftlcs, (the illuftrieus monuments of their Honour) in- to new Coaches and Trains $ fome of them carry their Mills in their heads, and their Retinue their Woods and Lands on their backs. Sir, I pray confult the Speech and Proclamation of the So- lomon of his Age, K\ng J amesi he was very earneftwith the Nobility and Gentlemen to live in their Gountrey-houfes, and not in Londsfiy and would often fay, that Gentlemen in Lon- don, are like Ships in the Sea, which (hew like nothing, but in Countrey- Villages, they are like Ships in the River, which look like great things : And by the Edid of Henry the Great of France, made i ^98. after the Peace of /^(jrww, the Nobili^ ty and Gentry were commanded to go and live every man upon his own Eftate, improve their Lands, and take care for I he well-government artd peace of their Countrey . But ma- ny pei;^bns living here in luxury, they are become fo effemi- nate, and degenerated from the true £»^//,'fc Gallantry, and fo little known to their Tenants, (but by their oppreirion,and exuding of their Rents.that if there (hould be any difturbance in their Countrey, thev are of no more ufe, than a Sun Dial i 1 the Grave j nay, many of them are fo unfit to ferve their King and Countrey, that if there (hould be any difquiet, their prcfence there v;ould prove but asOyhto the Fire, only to inflame «t. . , n. u Sir, There is one thing more, which would reftore the an- cient Pi udence of this Nation, and add much Honour to you, and thu i?, to eftablifh fumpcuary Laws amongftus, as to Apparel, and fuperfluousExpenccs, according to the fevcral degrees and qualities of perfons, which would in a [liort time recover this Nation ; which is no other than a wife and lau- dable pa.rimony, which ihc Ramans ?.nd other well-governed Starts have Lifed. • yiHrtijiiu Cjfur inforccd the Romans to yield an account ot their fives ; a courfe full of hcahh and wifdom in a State, idlenels being the root of all private vices, and publick dif- I cannot but commend the laudable Pradice of the Great Duke oUif^jH whodoihcoaitantiy prcfcnbe wnat Habit ms ■^ Pcuplc 1 . f 5' (20) People ftiall wear, for matter and faftiion, fuitable to their condition. That wife Prince Edward the 111. in the ninth, and one and thirtieth year of his Reign, caufcd fumptuary Laws to be or- dained, to prevent riot and excefs, ( the hedick Feaver of a State; both for Apparel and Diet, appointing every degree of Men, from the meaneft Subject to the Prince, the Stuff and Habits they (hould wear, prohibiting the adornments of Gold and Silver, Silks a.'.d rich Furs, to all, excepting emi- nent Perfons, whereby foreign Superfluities were (hut out,and home Commodities only ufed. By this means thefe fprcading Evils , which have fmcc dif-fa(hioned and effeminated the Englijh Nation, were prohibited. Yet with fubmilTion CO your great Judgement, I think the vanity of the excefs of Apparel may be permitted under rhefe reftridions ; Firft, So as the expence doth not depend on fuch Commodities, as have too muchofthefubftanceof Gotd, Sil- ver, or Silk, whereby the publick Treafurc is wafted. Se- condly ,That we impoverifh not our felves to inrich Strangers, by preferring foreign Commodities, though worfe, before our own, which are better. Thirdly, That the excefs of the cx- pence confift chiefly in the Art, Manufadlure, and Workman- (hip of the Commodities made in our own Countrey, whereby Ingenuity would be encouraged, the People imployed, and our Treafare kept at home, fo as the Prince would be nothing damnified by the excefs j for the ruineof one would raife as much another of his Subjedls, and Mnnev would be more moving, which would be a great fatis^c to the People j and peradvcnture the conceit of the .!"/ ;■:;.*• nay havefome truth in it, that the excefs and luxury of the Nobility, makes much for the Princes advantage, and renders his State more fecure, becaufe thole which arc given to rioting and luxury, are never gatherers and hoaidefs up of vaft fums of money, which m^y prove the Inll umcnts of Rebellion. Then, Sir, all the Vanities, Toys, and Fripperies, which Kadam la Mode (hall bring us, wHl be laid afide. For want of (uch a Law, our servants here imitating their Maf^crs and .,liftreflcs, miift go very gay, and to fupport that vani- .iinirv demand three times more Wages than formerly, thStheTp.^ormten time, lefsfervice, which .s a great [nS amo^ngft us, and will lay a foundation of our ruine. ''c°«^;^?'srS-'' ''y '^^'-''-f •.tsfcituation, many <^ertaini) , oir, * /^ ^u- /.rhncfs of the Countrey in ma- ttrialsfor Manuid^uic > _ ^ j-htly) might exercife induftr.ous, and take heir mealu^^^^^ '•^'^ule^r for whJre th^ Peop!^ »e many, and "ihe Art" : t re th^ Traffick mull Jpcn, and the Countrey "'u would be a great means to inrich this Nation by Trade, .o'^rl-eth^EW^^^^^^^^^^ rafaXt^reth ^'^^J^ f^'^^^ rich Other Common- wealths, but hcggar 'V;!^; . , ie vented fewer of ihe f— e"whrf:retgn M te"ia^ Ire f''r "^ifuiaeT foreSn Manufl^^S^efmu^ft be prohibited. Kr;Sr3t^ superfluity, or gaintheManu- ^^'iV'' r ,^„,i^n of our own Commodities muft be frugal, ;!^rnu^:a^r^aSS^^^ g;i„V\^:aX^";eTttXtd becaurlthey ret.n to- more profit than thole at hand. . ^ , ,^ ^.^tobc All Commodities manuaaureJhere^^ .^^ ^^^ made "ithout deceit which wUg.v^ a ^ ^. ^^> ^^ they arelotobeorde ed hat th^^^^ ^,^^^ ^.^ ^^.^^ pcjllibly we ca,K lor t s touna oy t ^^^^ ^^^^^^.^„,_ „^ i4hle to le our Cloth in i ^''R?/ ^"^"^r^ , n ^^AthpLTine- , \u !>- ..«-^^»" -.nrrrared the vent thereof, andihe^*»*- (") tiafts have loft as much of their utterance in thofc Countreys, bccaufe it's dearer. It's his Majefties undoubted Intereft to promote Trade, by removing all obftrudions , and giving it all encourage- ment. It would be much for the advance of Trade, ( but 1 hum- bly fubmit to the fupream Authority ) that all Manufa(5tures made in England of foreign Materials, might be exported wkh a fmall Cultom, as all manner of wrought Silks, becaufe it would imploy many poor People, and caufe more Materials to be brought in, to the increafe of his Majefties Revenue, and of Trade, and the Manufadurc would much more in- crcafe in England, and decreafe in France, Italy, and elfc- wherc. Native ODmmodities would not be charged with over-great Cuftoms, and foreign Wares brought into England to be tranf- ported again, arc to be favoured, ocherwife this manner of Trading cannot profper or fubfift. Tilt manufacturing of any Commodity, doth redound more to the profit of the Common-wealth, than the Commodity it felf, therefore it ought to be favoured j and the /m//4«/ get more Money by manufafturiiigof therawSiIksof5/a^,than the King of Spain and hisSuhjcdts have by the Silk itfeff} and there is five times more profit by themanufadturingofWoell, than by the Wooll it fclf j compare the Wooll of England with its Cloth. It would much advance Trade, to make the transferring of Bills of Debt valid in Law, bccaufe it would be a great ad- vantage to Traders, (efpecially to voung men,of fmall ftocks) to be able to fupply thcmfclres with Money, by the (ale of their own Bills of Debt. To conftitiite a Court- Merchant after the example of Trance, and other Countreys., to pre\ cnt tedious and charge- able Suits in Law, taking men ott from their Trade and Bufi- nclr, would much promore Trade, Free Forts C if the Wiidom of rhe Nation (hall think fir) would l)e of great confeciurnce, as to improvement of Trade : Giving to Strangers as well as Natives, ( upon payment of ihiail Tmall Duties ) liberty to keep Magazine?,and Staple o' Com- modities, ready for rranfporration to other GountrevB, accor- ding to encouragement of iVIarkcts abroad, they will much increafe Trade, Navigation and Riches to England, as appears not only by //o//^»it oi IrilaKci ton, ad fo by eonfr:]:i< nc.' we mulhhive the Trade of iheWo»ld, a^ to that ManulacUire, anil have our (nvn prices for^hcm j and our Neighbours beir.^ nor liijipru d with any Wooll fiom us ^heir Manufacture wi I (ail} thegreateltparrof rhofcperlonsimployed bvthmi, \\]\\ foi want (fim^/.oymenr, cr»me over into F.U':^Liinl. 4. All our Ports an I Sea Towns will hv tiill of Sh"i^^ and Mni, a. id lloii;il]i hy ih/ir Ti^u'e. U J. The n 11 fi r. ThcRoyalFi(hrry, (which wmbring us more Riches to thil Nation, than the W to zhc Spamard) will be folly '"'6°Wc fhall have Tuch numbers of Ships, that wc may trade into an Parts, and our Fiihery and -oUen t^rapery will fully fraught us out, and in return bring us the Riches of ^'^Lo^ndo. will be the Emporium, and great Mart o(Eur.pe, for all Commoditieb vhatfoever. 8. We {hall be fit for any foreign Adion, or new Gon- '^"f We (hall be induftribus to enlarge our Trade, having perfonT from all Parts amongft us, and which know what Commodities . and where they will vent with beft pro- fit. Sir, I crave your pardon for giving you this interruption, to your more (crious Atfairs. 1 am, Sify Tour faithful Servant, J. B. g