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 I Believe Mankind will agree, that they lictle 
 thought to fee in this Nation private Men ob* 
 liged to draw their Pens in Defence of the Trade 
 \\ of it : That the fair Merchant, inftead of fedately 
 profecuting his Aflairs, to the Welfare of his Fami- 
 ly and his Country, would be compelled to turn his 
 I Thoughts to the Danger and Mifery that threateas 
 * him, amazed and helplefs to fee a Torrent of 
 Woes falling on the Commerce of his Country: 
 And all chiefly owing to the Midakes or (iniller 
 , Views of one Man, which have been hitherto 
 i uncontrouled, or rather acquie(ced in. What 
 I can the Conduft of this Man proceed from ? 
 ^ Is it Contempt of the Merchant, Envy of hif 
 !Happine(s, Stupidity or Treachery, that ic muft 
 ibe imputed to? I( the fir ft, fuch (\i there are any) 
 |who (ignorant of the (upport of their Luxury and 
 fGrandeur) are ftupidly contented with the Pl'^fure 
 |)f meerlyfpending Life, might foon go to the Woods 
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 tants of our Ifltnd, but for the afiiftance of the 
 Merchant. He is the Support of Empires and of 
 Kingdoms } without his Aid, the attempt of Con- 
 quest would be vain: 'Tis he augments the I^rice of 
 Land, enriches the Tenant to pay his Rent, ena- 
 bles every Subjed chearfully to contribute te hit 
 Princes Taxes i and who pays a larrsr Share than 
 the Merchant himfclf ? What Kingdom or Sate is 
 there, that is not even raised by him to their prefent 
 Grandure ? Have any of our Neighbours acquired 
 theirs without his Adidanoe ? He is the very Axis 
 of the Treafure and Power of all Countries whatfo- 
 cver. They that dcfpife him, (infenfibly contemn- 
 ing the dufe of their own Happinefs) are ObjeAs 
 ofthc Pity rf all Mankind. 
 
 Is it Stupidity and Ignorance? 'Tis certain all 
 Countries are more or lefs formidable as they ebb 
 or flow rn Trade. Holland and Flanders are no* 
 table Examples of this. When Tyranny, loads 
 of Taxes and other Oppreilions tofled the Com- 
 mercial Ball from Flanders^ by the Deflru£bion of 
 the Trade of Bruges^ Slttys^ and Antwerp \ HoUdnd 
 caught it with open Arms, who by carrciling it e- 
 ver fince, has made it flouri{h to (b great a De- 
 force, that it has raifed the United Netberlajtds to a 
 Power, able, at times, to witbftand alone the Shocks 
 of all the mod Potent Princes of Europe. Prance is 
 another Example*, for my Witucfs, 1 bring a French 
 Author lately publiHied at Paris, where fpeaking of 
 1 rade, he fays, ' There are few things in Govern- 
 
 * ment that deferve more Attention ^ to be convin- 
 
 * ced of this, let Men only refleft on the State of 
 *• Europe^ and obfcrve the difference between Coun- 
 
 * tries that have Commerce, and thofe thafi have 
 
 * not. England^ and HoUandy on whom in the prefenc 
 
 * Age all depends, ^ do (oi {hou*d^ govern their 
 
 Intereft 
 
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 Intereft abroad with refpcftcvcr to their Tra flick. 
 Husbandry and Commerce nouri(h and enrich a 
 Nation: 'Tis thofe two Arts that give it Life and 
 Strength : A Truth that ought to be written in Let* 
 ten of Gold in all the Cabinets of Princes and Mini* 
 ftersy to admonijh them to confijer the Husbandmen 
 and Traders as they deferve. By Commerce, the 
 Riches of the moit diltant Countries are brought 
 ta a State; Ti/ a Mine that affords the more, tbt 
 more ^tis wrought, and is never to be exhaufied. The 
 Lord Chancellor Bacon fays, That Merchants ^nd 
 Traders are in a State, what the Blood is in the 
 Body. It may be proved by Examples, as ancient 
 as the World, that Nations have been powerful 
 in proportion to their Application to Commerce; 
 witnefs the Tyrians, the Athenians, the Carthagi' 
 nians: But without recurring to fuch diflant In- 
 fiances, it will be fiiflficient to examine the fur- 
 prifing Changes which Commerce has made in our 
 Times among our Neighbours. 
 
 * England, by the Prote&ion and Encouragement' 
 which Queen Elizabeth, during her Reign, gave 
 to Commerce, has from that time fo enlarged her 
 Trade and Naval Strength, that (he has been able 
 to maintain eafily thofe mighty Fleets which have 
 rendered her the Terror of the Ocean. 
 
 * Nothing is comparable to what the Dutch have 
 done by following this M. *'ii: But we have in 
 France,SLnd under our own E^-'^s, convincing Proofs 
 of the ufefulnefs of Commerce. * Cardinal Rich* 
 
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 * NoffondtrtheCardinal had n$ better fucctfs in his Attempt effrtno" 
 tingCommerce, his tw» Ceimter-projeBs were too great to be accomfli(heJ, 
 in the time he govern' d as prime Minifteri his firfi Attempt (ottrs mtfi 
 certainly can never be the fame) vas to defiroy Commerce } by his Sucufs in it, 
 hefo impoveriflt'd the Subjeils of France, that they were foon qualified 
 for Slavery by which he gaind his firfi Point, and made the Monarchy 
 Tyrannical : His Second was, by retrieving and increafing the Commerce^ 
 fi to tmtth thutTyramctd Monitrchy at tt mftkedM reft of Europe foon 
 
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 lieu^Md. MonHeur Colbtrt^ thofe excellent Miniftersy 
 fo zealous for aggrandizing the Prcncb Monarchy, 
 thofe Men of greac Knowledge and clear Judg- 
 ment, applied themfelves very much to enlarge our 
 Commerce \ they did not take Mcafures jud e- 
 nou.^h and their good Intentions had but mode- 
 rate Succffs: Yet the Auv^menration of Traffick 
 has enabled France tofu^ort three Wars offeveral 
 Tears conunuance again^i all Europe united. What 
 wou'd our Nation be then, if this never-failing 
 Spring of Wealth were as ably manag'd by us as 
 our Neighbours? My Lord Belafyje ufcd to fay, 
 that if che turks did but know what they might 
 be capa' le of doing by Se^, and if the French 
 JfjOH^d come to apprehend rightly to what a Pitch 
 they wight carry their Commerce^ the refi of Europe 
 wou*dfoon become their Conquefl. 
 * The Fxample of Bruges^ Slnys, and Antvperpj 
 proves thac Commerce may flounih in a Monar- 
 chy, as well as in a Common- Wealth, * when 
 the Prince and his Minifters know thoroughly the 
 Importance of it, protc£b it with a high Hand, 
 follow the true M ixims relating to it, prevent en* 
 grolfing and deftruSiive Comfanies, leave the Mer- 
 chant all the Liberty requifite for carrying it on, 
 do not take upon them to fubjeS it to the interejied 
 Views of their Courtiers, do not load it with too 
 high Duties, do not prefer ^like the Owner of the 
 Hen that laid Golden Eggsj pr^^fent Gain, how 
 great foever, to a long Train of durable and cer- 
 tain Advantages, which wou*dbe a continual Fund 
 
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 become their Conqueft, and render it tmiverfal. How near this vat being 
 accompliflfd. is ftill fre/h in our Memories, and the Circumftance thef 
 are again p$tt in of effe^ing it, is now the Terror of Europe. The von- 
 derfid Effects of Commerce! 
 
 * IVou'd the Minijiers ofG. B. But allow one Hour in t Weeh^ to th* 
 ftudy of Commerce, 'twou'd be haffyftr this Nation. A poor Requefli 
 
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 • of Supplies to them, by the continual Increafe 
 « of the Riches of their People. 
 
 If it proceeds from Treachery, fcarce any Punifli- 
 ment can be adequate to the OBence. 
 
 Sir, *tis to you 1 thus fpeak, who Patronize our 
 Trade, and am convinced you 11 agree co the Truth 
 of what 1 fay. We all know that it was to your A- 
 bility the Care of our Trade was left at the late 
 Treaties, and to your difccrning Judgment the Cars 
 of the Crown*s Property in jimericd was recom- 
 mended. The Fatigues you underwent in your 
 Journey to Taris^ the mdefatigable Induftry and Skill 
 you have (hew'd in your Management of the late 
 Treaties* and your difimerefled Aims through the 
 whole Courfe of them, are evident Proofs how 2^^- 
 loH$ you are for the Welfare of our Country. To 
 whom then mud I complain, but to you, of any At- 
 tempts to the Prejudice of our Commerce, or of any 
 Afperfions thrown on thofe who zealouily oppole 
 them? Give me then leave to bemoan our living in 
 an Age among Cotemporaries, who not being 
 contented to calumniate the living Patriots of our 
 Trade and Welfare, even unjuftly afperfe and rake in 
 the AHies of the Dead. I fay, in the A(hes of one, 
 who has done more for the Trade of this Ifland than 
 ever was done by any one Man : 1 mean the late 
 Mr. Metbuen, The Experience of the pad and pre- 
 fent Age judifies the excellent Treaty he made with 
 Tortugal, 1 am fure you intirely agree in thcfe Sen- 
 timents, and did 1 not know the Zeal you have for 
 the Juftiflcation of it to the Publick, I {hou*d wave 
 the producing any Vouchers to manifeft this noto- 
 rious Truth. 
 I The laft time 1 had the Honour of being with 
 f you, you may remember you reached from your 
 I Shelf, a Book call'd, ^alt andFiJhery, by John CoU 
 l/w/, Accomptant to the Royal Filhcry Company, 
 'ijrinted Anno i68i. 1 was not a little furprizcd when 
 
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 you tornM to that Part wherein he fpeaki of Cmuny 
 and Portugal Wine, to find the following Remon- 
 Urance, which he fays was delivered by the Mer« 
 hand of Lofkkn, to the Lad Long Parliament. 
 « Whereat the Portugal Trade it very advantagi- 
 oos to this Nation, becaufe it does annuilly con- 
 fume a great quancicy of our Manufa&uref, Fifh, 
 &c. and of late declincf, becaufe the Sugar and 
 other Commodities of that Country, are either fo 
 fallen in Price here, or grown fo fcarce there, as 
 that the Merchants trading thither cannot procure 
 wherein to have retHrnv, nor the People of that 
 Country wherein to make Satisfaftion for the 
 Goods they take, which hath occafion'd the fet- 
 ting up of Fabricks of their own, and the prohi- 
 biting of our Commodities *, to prevent the faid 
 Inconveniency> being that Country abounds with 
 feveral forts of good Wine, and is capable to af- 
 ford great Quantities thereof, which are in a man- 
 ner totally prohibited firom being brought into 
 this Kingdom, by the great Cuftom charged there- 
 on, of i6 I. i8 /. II d. fif Ton, as on Spanijb 
 Wine, whereas their Ufe, norGoodnefs, doth noc 
 render them capable of paying more than the 
 French. 
 
 * It is humbly conceived, it may be the Intercft 
 of this Nation, that by Ad of Parliament, theCu- 
 ilom of the faid Wines may be abated, ^mJ that fee' 
 ing the Freight from Portugal is 40 s. pcrTbw more 
 than from 1" ranee, thai the Otftom may he lefs than 
 what is charged on French Wine^ for the Rcafons 
 following. 
 
 * fiVy?, The abating of the Cuftoms would cer- 
 tainly introduce the Expence of the faid Wines, 
 and make them ferve to fupply the great wane of 
 Returns, at prcfent experimented in that Trade, 
 and confecjuently be a great Means to increafe the 
 confumptioa ofou; Manufa^ory in that Country. 
 
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 reat wane of 
 that Trade, 
 increafe the 
 lat Country. 
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 * Sectmdfyt h would diminl(h the Importation cf 
 French Wines, which ic is well known, are pur^ 
 chafed with Monies \ whereas it is probable, tbefe 
 will always be fur chafed with our Aianufatlory\ and 
 it may be convenient, to encourage the growth of 
 Wines in Portugal^ thereby to lejfen the French 
 Trade, 
 
 • Thirdly^ Whereas the Prince of /^or/M^^i/ did, a- 
 bout a Year fince, make a Law to prevent the 
 weuring of Foreign Cloth, Gold and Silver Lace, 
 and fome other Commodities, and did alfo let up 
 Fabricks of Bay«, and Serges in that Country, be- 
 caufe they have not Eflfeos to Ballance their Im- 
 portations, which hath already proved of greac 
 Prejudice to the faid Trade, and may prove very 
 
 ' fatal if purfued : It may be hoped, that by thus 
 ' introducing the Expence of their Commodicief, 
 ( and the taking of them in Exchange of our Ma- 
 ' nufa6^ures, they may be brought to negled the 
 ' ObferVation of the faid Law, and the (aid Fa- 
 ^ bricks, becaufc the Occafion of them will be thus 
 ' taken away. 
 
 * Fourthly^ It may advance his Majefty's Revenur, 
 « for the prefen: extraordinary Cullom is lirtle Icfs 
 
 * than a total Prohibition, fo that the faid Wines 
 
 * yield at prefent very little to his Majefty % where- 
 
 * as if theCuftom be abated, they may yieldacon- 
 
 * fidcrable Sum. and whatfocvcr may be received 
 
 * Icfs on the French Wines, will be advanced on 
 
 * thefe, and probably more, becaufc of their Varie- 
 
 * ty and Goodnefs, and alfo bccaufe a great quanti- 
 < ty of the Wines of that Country arc not fo ftrong 
 
 * as the French. 
 
 The Remark you made is very jufl, that the 
 
 Merchants in thofe Days who made the Remon- 
 
 ilrance, and Mr. Collins^ who many Years after gave 
 
 us this Copy, cannot befaid by any one to have 
 
 orefeen the Controverdcnow in difputc about the 
 
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 Trade 0^ Great Bfitain^ and therefore it mull be al- 
 lowed by every body to be &n Impartial Account of 
 our Trade to Poy/wg^?/ and l*rrf«c^ J the World will 
 cert i inly be pleafed with this Copy, especially if 
 I Jet them know that a Pcrfon of your long Expert" 
 ence^ and excellent Judgment in Trade, ftudyed and 
 
 y?«c/^ clofe to the Hints of ir, in the late T ty of 
 
 Commerce J other wife, how is *•" pofHble the excel- 
 lent T ty you made with France^ could fo eX' 
 
 m^ly agree with it in each Particular, 
 
 I am of Opinion^ that Mr. Methuen had a fight 
 of this Paper, if not, I do affirm, that he under- 
 fiood the Advantage of the Portugal Trade, and the 
 Pernicioufnefs of the French^ as well as any Man in 
 E^glandy except your felf. 
 
 We may obfervc, that in thofc Days the PortU' 
 gal Trade was (even before their Gold Mines were 
 difcover'dj extreamly advantagious to this Nation. 
 That it declined, bccat fe thofe People had not 
 wherewithal to pay us o r Ballance, and the Dutiet 
 on their Wines being e 'jal or higher than thole 
 on the French : Thcfe wt e alfo the Caufes of the 
 Prohibition of our Commr lities ; but by the Difcove- 
 ry of their Mines, and the naking the Portugal Trea- 
 ty, thefe Obftrudions are ow removed ^ Experience 
 fbews'us how good Jud, :$ our Merchants were in 
 thofe Days of proper iv^medies to continue the 
 Advantages of that Trade, and prevent the damage 
 we fuftain'd by that of France. 
 
 We find that they gain'd 40 x. per Too, more by 
 the Freight of our Ships fi:om thence, than they 
 did from France. 
 
 Wc may obfeive, that the raifing of the Duties 
 on French Wines higher, than on thofe of Portugal^ 
 (which is an Equivalent to what they defircd^ has 
 brought the Wines of that Country into ufc in 
 Great Britain^ and that it occafions a great Con- 
 fumption of our Manufaftures* 
 
 It 
 
 per 
 
luft be tl- 
 ccount of 
 orld Xvill 
 >ccially if 
 ftg Expert- 
 udyed and 
 — ty of 
 the cxccl- 
 uld fo eX' 
 
 ad a fight 
 he undcr- 
 e, and the 
 ny Man in 
 
 the TortU' 
 Aines were 
 lis Nation, 
 had not 
 the Dutiet 
 than thofe 
 ufes of the 
 heDifcove- 
 tugal Trea- 
 Experience 
 Dts were in 
 ntinue the 
 :he damage 
 
 n, more by 
 than they 
 
 the Duties 
 of Portugal^ 
 Ic fired j has 
 into ufe in 
 great Con- 
 
 I 
 
 ["] 
 
 It ftiould be particularly regarded, that the 
 French Wines in tbofe Days were purcbafeJ with 
 Money : And as the FiencbYi^MG cxtreimly encreafed 
 their Manufactures of Wool, mull be again pur- 
 chafed with our Money, if the Wines of each 
 Country are charged with an equal Duty : Nay» 
 (hould the Duties on the Wines of each Country 
 be lowcr'd, fo as to fink that of the French confi- 
 derably from the prcfent Rate, and bring it near as 
 Low as the Duty on Portugal and other Wines, the 
 fmall Difference there would then be between them, 
 would have Hill the fame Effcd. As for Example : 
 
 Suppofe the Duty on "Portugal Wines was funk to 
 iSl.per Ton, and that on French Wine to 27/. per 
 Ton, (by which we ihould ftill keep up to the For- 
 tugal Treaty) yet the Difference then, between one 
 and the other, being fo little, would encourage the 
 Confumption of French Wines, and abate that of 
 other Wines. French Wines pay now about jo/. 
 per Ton more than other Wines, but if the Duty 
 ihould be fix'd on this Foot, the Difference would 
 be but 9 /. per Ton, and of Courfe but nine Far- 
 things per Bottle* out of which is to be dedud:ed three 
 Farthings per Bottle as an Equivalent for the dearer 
 Freight of other Wine, France being fo very nigii, 
 fo that French Wine will pay but three half Pence 
 per Bottle more xhvMFortugal and other Wines. 
 
 I appeal to all the World, efpecially to you, Sir, 
 if it is to be imagin*d, that any Body that can af- 
 ford to drink Wine, will not fooner be at the ex- 
 traordinary Expence of three halfpence for a Bottle 
 oi French Wine, than confine themfelves to diink 
 Torttigal Wine, for the fake of faving three half 
 Pence, efpecially when French Wine is fo much 
 more coveted than the other. 
 
 *Tis plain, by Experience, fince Mr. Methuen's 
 Treaty, that the Importation and Confumption of 
 French Wines has been diminifhed, and tt 
 
 \ 
 
 \ 
 
 
 
 \l I dicial Tr«ide Icfien'd. 
 
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 preju- 
 And 
 
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 i!*Wj^ 
 
 •«*35fafer 
 
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I 
 
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 And that the Wines and GOLD o£ Portugal has 
 been wholly purchafcd by our Manufafturcs, Fifli, 
 and other Produds. By our Fifh, our Newfoundland 
 Trade has been in ibme Meafure fupported, as well 
 as that Nurfery of Seamen mainrain'd. 
 
 France by infuppor table Duties, has prohibited 
 our Filhjin order codifcouragc that Trade, but with 
 a greater View to deftroy our Nurfery of Seamen. 
 Arc they not in the right on^t ? 
 
 We fee that by Mr. Methuen^ Treaty with Por^ 
 tugal^ our Manufudures are re-admitted, and their 
 Fabricks ncgle^Vcd. But by the prcfent Treaty with 
 Trancey there is nothing (lipulated that can have 
 that Confequencc there, but on the contrary, the 
 French Manufafturers working 7^. in a i j. cheaper 
 than ours, the vait Quantities of their Silks, Lin« 
 nens, and Paper, that will continually glut our Mar- 
 kets, mud efFedually deftroy all thofe Manufa&ures 
 here. 
 
 We cannot but be fenfible of the Advantages this 
 Nation has received by Mr. Methueni Treaty; that 
 the beneficial Trade of "Portugal in thofe Days decli- 
 ning, has not only been retrieved and mod confide^ 
 rably improved, but we have been faved by it from 
 Ruin, by the deftruftive Trade of France. 'Tis to 
 be h >ped thefc things will be fo well weigh*d, that 
 we {hall never venture to put thofe two Trades on 
 the ancient Foot, only to Ex; erience what we know 
 already has been fatal ; if wc Ihou'd, we are fure to 
 lofe by one moit confiJerably, and being deprived 
 of the vail Advantages we make by the other, fhali 
 be able to gain n thing by it to fupport our Loft: 
 How long we fhall be able to pay out of the Bag 
 without putting in, I leave the World to judge. 
 
 Thus much as to that Remonftrancc, which, no 
 doul-t> arofc from the Experience of that Age, a- 
 grceable to the Obfervations which Mr. Samuel For-- 
 trey made, amongft other Trades, on that of France^ 
 
 and 
 
 c 
 c 
 
 c 
 
 < 
 c 
 ( 
 c 
 
 h4 
 
 rr— ■> .. 
 
^ortugtl has 
 urcs, Fi(h, 
 fvpfmndland 
 :cd, as well 
 
 prohibited 
 
 c, but with 
 of Seamen. 
 
 y tvith For' 
 
 d, and their 
 Treaty with 
 It can have 
 ontrary, the 
 , I s. cheap'tr 
 r Silks, Lin- 
 ;lut our Mar- 
 S4anufa&ures 
 
 (vantages this 
 Treaty, that 
 (C Days dccli- 
 ^oft confide^ 
 td by it from 
 mce. 'Tis to 
 weighed, that 
 ro Trades on 
 hat we know 
 j^re are fure to 
 >eing deprived 
 le other, (hall 
 3ort our Loft : 
 Lie of the Bag 
 i to judge. 
 :c, which, no 
 that Age, a- 
 [r. Samuel FoT" 
 hat of France^ 
 and 
 
 and prefentcd to King Charles II. in the Year i66^ 
 by which it appears we loll; to France above One 
 Million Hx hundred thoufand Pounds a Year, by 
 the Account the French themfelves made of the An- 
 nual Gain they got by England, I give it in his own 
 Words. 
 I. * In the next Place, our Manufadures are to 
 be confider*d, on which chiefly depends both the 
 Wealth and Profperity of this Kingdom } for by the 
 Encreafe and Encouragement thereof, the SubjeAs 
 are employ d in honed and indudrious Callings, 
 mainrain'd and preferv'd from Want, and thofe 
 Mifchicfs which commonly effcA Idlenefs: The 
 People furniHi'd at Home with all things both of 
 Neceflity and Pleafure , and by the Overplus pro- 
 cure from Abroad, whatever for Ufe or Delight is 
 wanting. 
 
 £. * The chief Manufa£i:ures amongft us at this 
 Day, are only woollen Clothes, woollen StuS 
 of all forts, Stockings, Ribandings, and perhaps 
 fome few Silk Stuffs, and fome other fmall things, 
 fcarce worth the Naming ; and thefe already na- 
 med, fo decay'd and adulterated, that they are aU 
 mofl out ofEfteem both at Home and Abroad, 
 
 3. ^ And this, becaufe Foreign Commodities are 
 grown into fo great Eileem amon^fl us, as we 
 wholly undervalue and negleci the Ufe of our own ; 
 whereby that great Expence of Treafure, that is 
 yearly wafled in Clothing, Furnitures, and the like, 
 redounds chiefly to the Profit of Strangers, and to 
 the Ruin of his Majefly's Subje£ts. 
 
 4. * And this will more plainly appear, if we ex- 
 amine the vafl Sums of Money the French yearly 
 delude us ofy either by fuch Commodities as 
 we may as well have of our own, or elfe by (iich 
 others, as we might as well in great part be with- 
 out : Whereby no doubt our Treafure willfoon be ex' 
 hanjied^ and the People ruin'd^%& this Particular may 
 
 ' make 
 
 S 
 
 ^ 
 
 J 
 
 
 

 , -.' / 
 
 make appear, which not long fince was delivered 
 in to the King of France, upon a Defign he had 
 to have forbidden the Trade between France and 
 England\ fuppofing the Value of EngUlb Commo- 
 dities fent into France^ did furmount the Value of 
 thofe thstt were tranfported hither. 
 I . * There is tranfported out of France into Eng' 
 landj great Quantitiei of Velvets plain and wrought, | 
 Sattins plain and wrought, Cloth of Gold and f 
 Silver, Armoyflns, and other Merchandizes of 
 Silk, which are made at Lhns^ and are valued to 
 be yearly worth One hundred and fifty thou- 
 fand Pounds. i 
 
 2 * In Silk, Scuffs, TafFaties, Poudufoys, Ar- ' 
 moyfins. Cloths of Gold and Silver, Tabbies plain 
 ?md wrought* Silk-ribbands, and other fuch like 
 Silk Stuffs as are made at Tours^ valued to be 
 woiih by the Year above Three hundred thou* 
 fand Pounds. 
 
 3 . * In Silk-ribbands, Galloons, Laces, and But- 
 tons of Silk, which are made at Faris^ Roven, 
 Cbaimnntj St. Eftienes in Forrefis^ by the Year a- 
 buuc One hundred and fifty rhnufand Pounds. 
 
 4. ' A great Quantity of Serges, which are made 
 at Cbalons, Cbartres, EJiamines, and Rbeimesy and 
 great Quantities of Serges made at Amiensy Cre- 
 vecoeur^ Blicourtj and other Towns in Picardy^ by 
 the Year above One hundred and fifty thoufand 
 Pounds. 
 
 f . ' In Beaver, Demicaftor and Felt Hats, made 
 in the City and Suburbs of Paris •, befides many ' 
 others made at Roven^ Lions, and other Places, 
 by the Year about One hundred and twenty thou- 
 fand Pounds. 
 
 <J. * In Feathers, Belts, Girdles, Hatbands, Fans, 
 Hoods, Masks, gilt and wrought Looking-GlafTes, | 
 Cabinets, Watches, Pidures, Cafes, Medals, Ta- 
 blets, Bracelets, and other fuch like Mercery 
 
 t Ware, 
 
 c 
 c 
 
 C 
 
 « 
 
 « 
 
 « 
 
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 c 
 
 « ai 
 
 C rl 
 
 tl 
 
 tl 
 
 b>- 
 
 
 .i 
 
I 
 
 \ 
 
 delivered 
 
 m he had 
 
 ranee and 
 
 t Comnio* 
 
 Value of 
 
 into Eng' 
 wrought. 
 Gold and 
 ndizes of 
 valued to 
 ifty thou- 
 
 ufoys, Ar- 
 bbies plain 
 r fuch like 
 ucd to be 
 dred thou- 
 
 i, and But- 
 rfx, Rovtn, 
 he Year a- 
 'ounds* 
 ch are made 
 beifftesy and 
 Imiens^ Cre» 
 Picardyy by 
 ty thoufand 
 
 Hats, made 
 efides many * 
 :hcr Places, 
 srcnty thou- 
 
 bands, Fans, 
 :ing-Glafles, 
 Medals, Ta- 
 ic Mercery 
 * Ware, 
 
 1 
 
 « Ware, by the Year above One hundred and fifty 
 thoufand Pounds. 
 
 7. < In Pins, Needles, Box-combs, Tortois-diel- 
 ombs, and fuch like, by the Year about Twenty 
 
 thoufand Pounds. 
 
 8. ' In perfumed and trimmed Gloves, tbat are 
 made at Paris^ Roven^ Vendofme^ Clerimnt^ and 
 other Places, by the Year about Ten thoufand 
 Pounds. 
 
 9. * In Papers of all Sorts, which are made at 
 jiuvergne^ PoiSiott^ Umofin^ CbampaignCj and Nor^ 
 mandy^ by the Ye;ir above One hundred thoufand 
 Pounds. 
 
 10. * In all Sorts of Iron-mongers Wares, that 
 are made in Forrefis^ Auvergney and other Places, 
 by the Year about Forty thoufand Pounds. 
 
 11. * In Linnen Cloth that is made in Britain^ 
 and Normandy^ as well coarfe as fine, there is 
 tranfported into England^ by the Year above Four 
 hundred thoufand Pounds. 
 
 12. ^ In Houdiold-StufF, condiling of Beds, Ma- 
 trefies, Coverlids, Hangings, Fringes of Silk, and 
 other Furniture, by the Year above One hundred 
 thoufand Pounds. 
 
 13. ^ In Wines from G^o/We, Nantois^ and o- 
 thcr Places on the River of Loire^ and alfo from 
 Baurdeauxy Rockelie, Nantes^ Roven, and other 
 Places, are tranfported into England^ by the Year, 
 above Six hundred thoufand Pounds. 
 
 14. * In jiqua Vita^ Cider, Vinegar, Verjuice, 
 and fuch like, by the Year about One hundred 
 thoufand Pounds. 
 
 T f . * In Saffron, Caftle-Soap, Honey, Almonds, 
 Olives, Capers, Prunes, and fuch like, by the 
 Year about One hundred and fifty thoufand Pounds; 
 
 iC. ^ Befides five or fix hundred VefTels of Salt, 
 loaded at Maron^ Rocbelhy BouagCy the Ifle of O/?- 
 r(7», and Ifle of Rbee^ tranfported into England 
 
 * and 
 
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 M; 
 
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 ['6] 
 
 « and Holland^ of a very great Value. So as by thii 
 
 * Calculation, it doth appear, that the yearly Value 
 
 * of luch Commodiues as are tranfporced from 
 
 < France to England amounts to above Six and cwen* 
 
 < ty hundred thoufand Pounds. 
 
 ^ And the Commodities exported out of Eng- 
 
 * land into France^ confiding chiefly of Woolen 
 ' Cloths, Serges, Knic Stockings, Lead, Pewter, 
 
 * Allom, Coalsy and uU elfe, do not ainounc to a- 
 i bove Ten hundred thoufand Pounds a Year. By 
 
 * which it appears, that our Trade with France is 
 
 * at leaft Sixtef^n hundred thoufand Pounds a Year 
 
 * clear Lois to ihis Kingdom. 
 
 ' Whereby the King o( France ^ finding it would 
 
 * prove io his Lof-^, to forbid the Trade with £*g- 
 ' lanJy foon laid afide the Defign *, however, raifed 
 
 * the Cuilom of fome of our EngJi/h Commodities, 
 
 * by which means the rem of thofs Comtnod'tties is 
 J very much lejfen'd and kindred 
 
 *• Hereby it may appear how infcnfibly our Trea- 
 « fure will beexhaufled, and the Nation bc^gar*d, 
 
 * whilfl we carelejly negleEl our own Interefiy and 
 f Strangers abroad arc diligent to make their Advan* 
 
 * fages by us. 
 
 In the fecond Paragraph, where Mt. Fortrey men- 
 tions the different forts of ManufaAurcs we had 
 then in England, he does not fo much as Name 
 thofe of Silk, Linnen and Paper, from whence we 
 may infer that they were, eithcir fo inconflderable 
 as not to be worth Notice, or that we had then 
 none at all, and that they have been flnce that time 
 brought to the great Perfc6fcion they are now in. 
 Mufi they for the fake of France be deftrofdl 
 
 From the fourth, 1 muft beg leave to obferve, 
 that it was the Intention of the French King, for 
 his Country's Good, to have forbid the Trade be« 
 tween France and England^ had he, upon this Exa- 
 mination, found it prejudicial to his Kingdom^ as 
 
 he 
 
 I 
 
 he 
 
 to 
 he 
 Gail 
 
o as by this 
 early Value 
 >rceci from 
 K and cwen- 
 
 ut of Efjg" 
 sf Wooilcn 
 d, Pewtt^r, 
 lount to a- 
 Ycar. By 
 th France is 
 inds a Year 
 
 Dg it would 
 c with Eng* 
 ever, raifed 
 bmmodities, 
 mmod'tties is 
 
 y our Trea- 
 •n beggar*d, 
 nterefiy and 
 beir Advati" 
 
 Forney men- 
 res we had 
 h as Name 
 whence we 
 confiderable 
 7c had then 
 cc that tine 
 are now in. 
 ofd} 
 
 to obferve, 
 b King, for 
 c Trade be- 
 >n this Exa* 
 ingdom, as 
 he 
 
 
 he fufpeded it was. Yet, notwithdanding he found 
 it, upon this view, fo cxtreamly Advantaeious 
 to France^ and fo greatly Prejudicial to Englandt 
 he was fo far from being fatished with the yreac 
 Gain he made, that he loaded cur Commodities 
 with farther Duties, to prevent the Confumption of 
 them in France^ and to encourage his own Manu* 
 fafbures. 
 
 We have the fame reafon on our fide, at leaft* 
 to continue the high Duties and Prohibitions on all 
 his Commodities, that are prejudicial to our Ma* 
 nufaftures : Efpecially fince, wc feem to have led 
 nn Opportunity of fettling that Trade upon an ad* 
 vantagious Foot. What can we now exped from 
 France? Is it to be fuppofed that France will do any 
 thing in mere favour of our Trade, to the Preju- 
 dice of its own, that once intended ^vholly to have 
 prohibited it, had it been the Icaft detrimental 
 thereto ? 
 
 Mr. Fortrey has ihew*d us, how detrimental the 
 Trade oi France was in the Year ifi^Sj, he gives it 
 from the State the French themfelves took of ir, and 
 that State muft, by all impartial Men, be allowed 
 to be true. If this is to be contradidcd by the A4ef' 
 cator^ what muft wc believe ? It is probable thac 
 the French at that time took an Account of the State 
 of their Trade with all Nations. They were then 
 confidering, how to lay their Duties on Im porta-* 
 tions and Exportations equally over all Parts of 
 their Country, and to Eftablirti a general TarifFe i 
 At this time the Duties were various in fundry, 
 nay in moli Parts of France^ fome Provinces paid 
 more, and others lefs, £r the fame Commodities j 
 and the Confufion was fo great, that the Merchants 
 iff France hardly knew what Duti.s they were to 
 pay, and the King's Collectors General unable to 
 iStatc »nv txift Account of that part of the Reve- 
 nue ariling from the Cuftoms. This occaiion'd the 
 
 G fccdmg 
 
 
 / 
 
 X. 
 
■v* 
 
 C »8 ] 
 
 fettling the Tariffe of 1^64, which was the fir ft ge« 
 neral TArifFe that ever was fettled in France, 1 hope 
 from hence, no body will think it improbable, that 
 tht French \ti or before the Year 1663, fhouldtakc 
 a true State of their Trade. 
 
 The confident Authors of the Mvtcator^ not- 
 withflanding, in their very firfl Paper, they fay, it 
 is hard to contend with a General receiv*d Noti- 
 on, that the Trade to France was always Prejudici- 
 al, yet undertake to make the contrary appear, and 
 that it always was, and always will be beneficial. 
 V^hy would they have Mankind (contrary to all 
 known ^zB.%) believe that that Trade always was 
 beneficial ? I am fure I have Rcafon on my fide to 
 affirm diredly otherwife, that the Trade to France 
 always was prejudicial, and will be fo again, when- 
 ever their Commodities are re-admitted by taking 
 off the high Duties and Prohibitions. 
 
 From the State of our Trade in or about the 
 Year i65^, I come to the Year 1^74, when a 
 Scheme of the Trade with France was drawn out 
 o£ the Cuftom-Houfe Books from Michaelmas 1668, 
 to Michaelms i66p. By this Scheme ^hereto an- 
 nexed^ it appears that the Ballance France gain'd 
 from us by Trade was reduced to iibout a MilUon. 
 
 
 A SCHEME 
 
 .' I 
 
 [Here place the Scheme,"] 
 
 ^ 
 
 .r 
 
 I m*^-^:^ MrCrWSS*^*-* 
 
the (irft g^« 
 mc€» I hope 
 obable, that 
 » {houldtakc 
 
 frcator, not- 
 they fay, it 
 ceiv'd Noti- 
 jfs Prcjudici- 
 ' appear, and 
 e beneficial, 
 ntrary to all 
 always was 
 1 my fide to 
 de to France 
 isain, when- 
 :d by taking 
 
 >r about the 
 74, when a 
 s drawn out 
 aelmas 1668, 
 ^hereto an- 
 France gain'd 
 c a MilUoD. 
 
 SCHEME 
 
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 r r 
 
 
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 \' ■' 
 
 ■ F 
 
 1- ■ ' 
 
 .^ 
 
 •*«£!s 
 
 ■^.c. 
 
 *-»«»««<Serf5«^-.j)| 
 
 "^•i^-Da-^^^ 
 
 - ^M. .-! 
 
 -'' \tm tk- t0t* li t*- 
 
 .j-f«?;;^i^*^ 
 
1a 
 
 SCHEME of the TRADE, 
 
 As it is at prefcnt Carried on 
 
 Between England and France, 
 
 In the Commodities of the Native Produdl and ManufadVurc 
 of each Country; Calculated as cxacSkly as pofliblc, in Obe- 
 dience to the Command of the Right Honourable the Lords 
 Commiflioners for the Treaty oF Commerce with France: 
 And humbly tendcr'd to their Lordlhips. 
 
 CmKiiitifi /.v,-*. /r//''«nirnS'j>ul fHr>'^Ul1(:^ 
 
 XUilltn M^iH Silk hUm^AilHUs, 
 
 , -A'.PttMi of N.uwich St,:ff-. at 
 «ie»4 r.ecf- ol SerL'M 4'id ri-.p<.li- 
 
 I jnat, at 
 
 it^SiPirtMol ilj>r,'' Mj)C', it 
 f't lliinilt M HiltHi fi..)rit at 
 4^'' S'>iill JouSIr tityi;!. -it 
 XI4 n-v cil ^Ur)* Wnrllcd HoCr, It 
 ^M W.ftn M«..i\Vurica llofL. at 
 ir^i: Oii.'ifti of Chil.lient Huf., aX 
 
 l« *V.t;.N »i Kt.ii.rvl, «t 
 It ,1 l-.j,!! gf Lortoii, «t - - 
 III I (I1; I loths at • - • 
 4iKtu.it Llollil, ai ... 
 ll'*|SiM .1I, Clutt-.i, «t • - 
 <" iDouljIe Nnrlhvrii Do/eni, ut 
 r;.vlSir..^Ic NorlliLrii Do..eui, ftt k 00 
 
 M DnuJi l>u.-.o)». ai - - - » o^ 
 1-1 tJil'i R^flH-», at - - - J 00 
 fi'l\.i.i>llo.ic», it - - - - J po ' 
 IcP.'KaI.e., It - • - ' '» ' 
 
 V 'b Li-ii*uih wtouglit Silk, Jt » ' - I 
 
 1 I > 
 1 10 o 
 6 o.*) o 
 4 00 o 
 t -e o 
 t cr o 
 o c8 o 
 p 01 o 
 900 
 
 10 3 OfttCl, 
 
 8 CO o 
 If to r, 
 f 00 U 
 
 
 A J. rf. 
 
 ■^.8 JO 
 
 1^910 O >i 
 
 rrt4 ■ i- 
 
 W'i o ti 
 
 iB"^.! u .. 
 
 4l'-'i> .. a 
 I 4J u II 
 4''] ' o o 
 
 > o p I 
 
 lU J 00 
 ^Y' " " 
 
 4 ! o o 
 IT* o o 
 
 8<5r o o 
 18 a a 
 
 6;4'$6 o c 
 
 
 ^■ i ii r-c full of »!>»« »■» r,ir°«"'' 
 
 j„„,j,„- t,. tU Culloii Ho.fc U'J i«i 
 ill i-.t I'ort of Imn, Ir.im .Vr./Mi/».ii 
 l«6S, to Mulat-mil ■S'^'J. And lor -II 
 r,rj.,ni *c calculaie oi;« TKird I'an 
 mort' Aii.ountt iii all w • 
 
 SiiK iKI^, t^B Kif"'"' »' *« «i>n«i«i 
 irt diiumflickl, »ii»l not cncrcalcd. 
 
 i(oo' Foa.lcr of Lcid, at - - ii o o ;r F»y. jiroe o o 
 Cii..oj lliimlnJ ol" Till, at - - 4 » o fn-C, 14000 o o 
 ; runs ot Allom, at - - - l4oo^v#i». 140000 
 
 Calvci Skmi and Lcithtr Iiu 00 o o 
 
 Sc-erjl forti of Skim, Clew, l.ai>ihorn| 
 Lrj,c<, Butter, Coppeus, Old Shoovi,! 
 &ia(.oJ, Tobacc.'-f P", Gloicl, Red j 
 Lcail. LinfeeJ, Caii'Ue', IronWjic, Ha- 
 
 ■.caii, l-inieej, ^ai,iM*«, ,i".i-,T-,k, ■" . 
 bcrJjIliery W^irc, and oilier t[,ml Coni-| 
 moditei, which nsay aaouni i,r ^Itimm 
 
 Balance ganied by t^« f'tnth from us 
 Yearly, litCJes tiicToys,01oiej,Lacit, c"r. 
 
 84;! I oS 08 
 
 81^400 CO 00 
 171011 oC 08 
 9^f 118 17 04 
 136150 C4 CO 
 
 jSrt.M. 
 
 
 ^mmn 
 
 iMMf ^mmK9 
 
 m.'i. 
 
 ftmmtMiui tmftrttd imf EngUliJ/V** FlWlCf, 
 
 *y 
 
 •r 
 
 
 
 T*/i.w'a/. 
 
 t*^f<itt. 
 
 
 Lirmtn mJ Stlk MtmnftUkftt, 
 
 
 
 
 t. i. J. 
 
 /. f. d 
 
 ^ f.d- 
 
 fi.Hj ,W 
 
 Picai of Lmkram tiH D^m-lii, at 6 (.0 f-rT.. 
 
 Jfiuiro ao 
 
 
 I'll 
 
 Hurt.',. ! „l Viny and Nuyali Caiivat* at 6 ou t> fr i/mmi. 
 
 101010 ou 
 
 
 J"" 
 
 ll.inJ id of Nttmiaiidy Lanvatt tl - - 7 00 
 
 3fooo ou 
 
 
 IfllO 
 
 lic^i .,| *i,inti.is Jt . - - 10 OffrT,, 
 
 IkfO 00 
 
 
 Iiu . 
 
 IVa- i.r d)i.-d I.Mii.cii, at • - - 1 I'O 
 
 ifoo 00 u 
 
 
 '6 4 
 
 V-u. . t U jii-r TjM iijf, at • • ux 
 
 760 08 
 
 
 })c/^ 
 
 YirJ <'l l)4|'rr N<ipkitiing, at • • ni a 
 
 1694 16 
 
 
 M-'5 
 
 Du/iH ul ItutkraiDh at - - • t lu 
 
 344000 
 
 
 11 J 
 
 Biilti ol IMdaviv-s at • - - If 
 
 90a 00 
 
 
 I'-'i 
 
 Pair (I Old ShAia, at - - of 
 
 7ar 000 
 
 
 IJ.w. 
 
 PuunJ ul wruugl.i Sdk| 11 - - » u« 
 
 ff»tf, T!ui tVii Yt.ari itf''4t thcrt hath been rrcrived at 
 the I'on uf P»jtr unly, at we are inforiuied, ifiMo^ 
 for LuDuin of Wrought Silk : Ho that cmfidcr.ng 
 wUt may be convry'd awty |>ri*ai«ly. ai)d ih^t nn-Kt 
 
 ]0tfOOO 00 
 
 
 
 »!«!".« •tt.ri^i'.i'.'ir »,i;/';.JJ;.."» nr^r..^ 
 
 ' 
 
 
 ill Value than what ia abuvr. 
 
 
 So; I Jo o« • 
 
 IIOOO 
 
 Tuii of F.fmrh Wine one Year with a- 
 
 
 
 iikthercutt ... -t% too fm Turn, *Vf°o 00 
 
 
 40CO 
 
 Turn of Uraiidy, one Year vith ano- 
 
 
 
 
 I cr, at ----- &D 00 o/vr T***- 
 
 80000 00 ul 
 
 1 •t-J^Q QQ ^ 
 
 iCcooo 
 
 Reims rf Pai^cf, at - - - of ofn/tftim. 
 
 40000 00 
 
 ijoc'Pt:! of Truem, at - - 4000 
 
 63CO 00 0' 
 
 4.0 HiiJreJ of I'Vwhcrt - - f 00 ftrHmnd. |oco ou u 
 
 
 J .. V 1 Huiidrea of K:dilcia> - - J 00 
 
 if-00 00 
 
 
 J0O3 
 
 6000 
 
 WegK of Salt, at - - » "n Offrftf^h. 
 
 6000 00 n 
 
 
 Huidred of Rozin* tt - 1- 08 frrftimJ. 
 
 14 JO go 
 
 
 
 V.ii.gar. Rapi. Cyder, Wadd» Cork, Oakam, Soai>, Tiir- 
 
 
 
 
 leniine, Cafcra* Olirw, Brignolis, Parchment, Win- 
 
 
 
 
 Jow-OU(i, Teafeli. Corn-Fana, Baiket-Rodi, Boi- 
 
 
 
 
 Wood, and Cremor Ttrtar» which may amount fir 
 
 
 
 
 Jinmmt at Icall to - - - 
 
 4000 3 00 U 
 
 11140D 00 • 
 
 
 BefHlei all manner of Toyi for mwfli and C*<ifrfl», Faoi, 
 
 
 
 
 Jcdamin-Glovci, Licet, Point'lacei, lich inibroidered 
 
 
 M36iyoo4 • 
 
 
 Uarmenti, and rich enbroidered Bcdi, aiiJ othei: V«U- 
 
 
 
 
 oientii which art of in iiicreXble Value, 
 
 
 1 
 
 By the Account above, your Lordlhips may perceive, that the Linnen and Silk ManufaAures only. Imported from Frmci, amount to L'p 
 wards of Eight Hundred Thoufand Pounds, and the Manufadures of Wooll and Silk Exported from tHglaad thither, do not amount to 
 E'.plity Five Thoufand Pounds. As alfo all other Commodities of the ProduA and ManutaAure nf btgltmd Ejtported into Fraiui, do not 
 amount to Ninety Thoufand Pounds more: Whereas the Wines, Brandies, and other Commodities of the Produft and Manufi£lure of 
 Tr.vicc Imparted imo En^UnJ, amount to upwards of Three Hundred and Twenty Thoufand Pounds i betides an incredible Value of 
 Toy I rich Apparel, Point-Lace, c'''C So that it is apparent, that the Exports of our Native Commodities and Manutadures to France, 
 3re Icfs in Value by at lead One Million of Pounds Sterling, than the Native Commoditict and ManufaAures of Frarut, which we receive 
 from thence : And if it plcafe your Lordlhips to reflet thereupon, your Lordlhips will ealily difcern the great Prejudice the Znglifli Na- 
 tion hath futtained, and the great Advantage the French have, and do daily make, by holding ibis Treaty m Sufpencej this Nation being 
 upon the Matter excluded Trade chilher, wbile in the meao Time the french enjoy all and as great Adyaotages as ibey can rcafonably 
 expcft by any Treaty. 
 
 Patience IVardf 
 Tomas PapilloM, 
 yamet HoubloH, 
 William Bellamy ^ 
 Mifhtul Godfrey^ 
 
 Gtorge Torriautf 
 John Houbliin^ 
 Job» Hougbe, 
 John MerviM, 
 Ptttr Par»w(in*f 
 
 John Dubois, 
 Bemj. Godfrey, 
 Edm. HarrifiHf 
 Btnjt Dttamie, 
 
 IfiMi ihii SCUSME iuvtia Po^m i8 tnd 19.] 
 
 :i I 
 
' I 
 
 ir. 
 
 * f 
 
 y 
 
 
 5 
 
 M 
 
 % 
 
 •^ 
 
" f 
 
 C «9 ] 
 This SCHEME of TRADE, the MER^ 
 CATOR treats with Contempt, calls it a horrid 
 Roguery, and many other hard Names, fiich as are 
 the bed Produft of the Brain of his Prompter^ 
 who flew at firft to the Cuftont' Houfe Accounts thac 
 were iajd before the laft Parliament, to cruHi this 
 SCHEME) but (ince he has found that thofc Ac- 
 counts reduced the Lofs by France but 62,103 /. ^ '* 
 if 1 a mere Trifle, from what the S C H E M E makes 
 ir, he is grown Hck of Crtflom Houfe Accounts, and 
 now fays, that the Entries of Exports and Imports 
 in the Qiflont-Houfe Books, can give no true Account 
 if the Matter^ and that tke Judgment made from 
 them it all Fallacy and Cheat: Very find thofe 
 Books arc one Day his Refuge, another not Au- 
 ihentickj any thing to ferve his Turn. The Truth 
 |of this SCHEME ^which was fign'd about forty 
 nfears ago, by fourteen of the molt eminent French 
 Traders in London^ all of them being required (by 
 the Commidloners for making a Treaty of Com- 
 inerce with France at that time) to give their O- 
 pinions on the State of the French Trade) is Evi- 
 dently made out by the Britijh Merchant^ N** 8d 
 •nd S2, beyond the Contrndi^ion of any but fuch 
 whofe Labours are imploycd in the Service of the 
 French Trade, however detrimental to that of their 
 own Country. 
 
 I (hall only obferve, that the Price of our Ex- 
 ports mention'd in the Scheme are put at much 
 higher Rates than they are now worth. Lead over- 
 Valued above three Pounds />tfr Fodder, AUom eight 
 Pounds per Tun, and other things in Proportion. 
 Norwich StufFi, Serges, Perpetuanaes, and mod 
 of the Woollen-Goods, are rated one fourth Part 
 more than they will now yield. On the other hand, 
 the imports are as much under valued, as Wine at 
 ill. 10 s. per Tun, which is now worth 2f /. Bran- 
 ^ at 20/. which is now fold in France for 2f /. the 
 
 C a 
 
 V'llus 
 
 **i 
 
 
 •*%-^ 
 
 
I 
 
 t 
 
 'I 
 
 ' \ 
 
 C 20] 
 
 V2\nt o( French wrought Silks ought at leaft to be 
 doubled, in the firft Flace they arc very much un- 
 der-rated, in the next, more were clandeftinly Im- 
 ported, than paid Duty> Had this Scheme been 
 exadly calculated, 'twould have fallen very little 
 fhort of Mr. Forney's Account, which muft be cx^ 
 a£t, becaule the French could better come at the 
 Qjiintity and Value of the Goods exported from 
 thence hither, by their Cufiom'Houfe Books, than we 
 poflibly can at the Quantity of our Importations 
 from thence by ours, by reafon of the many clan- 
 ^eftine Importations. 
 
 I will therefore, upon a modeft 
 Calculation, add to the Ballance 
 of 
 
 Said to be loft to France by this 
 Scheme,but a fourth part of the value 
 of the Exports, tho* forae of them 
 are over rated near half the value. 
 
 To the Wine 12 /. los. per Ton, 
 
 To the Brandy 5/.ferTun, 
 
 To the Silks only, 
 thoMt ought to be a great deal more, 
 and the whole comes to 14^5384 4 o 
 
 ^55118 17 4 
 
 427f 5 6 8 
 
 i57foo 
 
 20000 
 
 ^ooeoo 
 
 o 
 o 
 o 
 
 o 
 o 
 o 
 
 This Sum, befidcs all the Goods at the Foot of the 
 Scheme not rated, andfaid to be of an incredible Value, 
 we are yearly to pay to France upon ratifying the 
 
 T ty of Commerce in P~l-m— t, the whole will 
 
 be abf^ut the Sum Mr. Fortrey mentions. A Free- 
 giit cf 1 J. in the Pound by a Voluntary Aflcfment 
 on Stock in Trade, or otherwifc, to be paid by the 
 Britifh Merchants to the French Monarch inftcad of 
 Commerce on fuch a Foot, would be a faving of 
 above 500000/. a Year to the Nation. 
 
 The King of France judged right, when he con- 
 iider'd that if France tock more Goods from Fvg- 
 
 layjd 
 
 \ 
 
 -^-^s.. 
 
lead to be 
 much un- 
 edinly Im- 
 hemc been 
 very little 
 nud be ex* 
 >me at the 
 or ted from 
 ks, than we 
 nportations 
 nany clan- 
 
 /. /. d. 
 • 5118 17 4 
 
 27; 5 6 8 
 
 7foo o o 
 .0000 o o 
 
 )000O o o 
 
 ^5384 4 o 
 
 Foot of the 
 edible Value, 
 atifying the 
 : whole will 
 I. A Free- 
 y Aflcfment 
 paid by the 
 ^ in (lead of 
 a faving of 
 
 hen he con- 
 irom Ef}g' 
 
 I 
 
 C"] 
 
 land than Et%Jand took from France^ his Nation 
 mud lofe by ours, and his Intentions to prohibit 
 the Trade were calculated for his Intered. 
 
 As this Nation has found by long Experience*^ 
 that confiderably greater Quantities of Goods have* 
 been imported from France^ than ever were expor- 
 ted thither, and that we lofe mod confiderably by 
 France^ 'tis our Intered to continue that Trade up- 
 on the prefent Edablidiment ; For the Confcquence 
 to us would be more fatal than to France^ if they 
 lod by us^ it would not oe only the lofs of a Mil- 
 lion and a half in Money» but greatly Impair, if 
 not totally Ruin mod of our other foreign Trades. 
 For Example: 
 
 Wc Import and Confume annually a certain quan- 
 tity of Wines, fuppofe it be £0000 Tens, or any 
 other quantity ^ if we import from France 14000 
 Tons additional to this quantity^ we yet fhall be 
 able to confume no more, than now we do. As 
 we (hall certainly covet to drink the bed Wine, 
 we mud import (o much the lefs from other Nati- 
 ons, which is now purchafed by our Manufadures, 
 our Manufactures mud then lye on our Hands % when 
 the Vent is doptt our Looms mud dand dill, and 
 our Manufadlurers darve, come upon the Paridies 
 for a Maintainance, or go to France to find Work, 
 as many did from Ireland^ when their Woollen 
 Manufactures were prohibited to be exported to 
 foreign Parts, we not having work for them here j 
 to that A£b of Parliament the Woollen Manufadure 
 of France is extreamly obliged. I hope we ihall 
 not now oblige them with fuch another. 
 
 1 am very apt to think that when the Authors of 
 the Mercator threatened to prove that the Trade 
 to France was always beneficial, they imagin'd, 
 after poring on this Scheme, that the 965 128/. 17 j. 
 4^. ballance, was our Gain» becaufe it dands in the 
 
 Column 
 
 4' 
 
 '■>'■ 
 
 A 
 
 -'•^j^- 
 
 
 -^..r^,,^.- 
 
 'im liiJIIyi —<»--■.>. 
 

 LI 
 
 
 I 
 
 
 Column of the Exports : And this may be as 
 well fuppofal, as that fuch an one fhould ven- 
 
 tiire at T tics of Commerce, who has not 
 
 Brains enough to diftinguilh between the Gain of 
 a private Merchant, and the Gain of a Nation. 
 This Creature fays, that we cannot gain above zo 
 per Cent, of the Value of the Woollen Manufadures 
 we export to Portugal-, that to gain a Million year- 
 ly by our Trade to Portugal, we muft export thi- 
 ther five Millions yearly \n Woollen Manufadlurer. 
 
 If Portugal pays to England for the Value of a 
 thoufand Pound in Woollen Manufadure, a thou- 
 fand Pound in Money ; does not Portugal pay for 
 the Wooll and Labour of all the People cenccrn'd 
 in the working up of this Manufafture? And is not 
 the whole Sum clear Gains to the Nation ? 
 
 If England pays to Portugal a thoufand Pound 
 for a quantity of Wine, does not England pay for 
 the Produ6fc of the Vineyard, and to the Labourers 
 of Portugal, conccrn'd in making of the Wine, their 
 Wagci > And is not this Sum clear Gains to PoT' 
 iugal? 
 
 But, Sir, to fet this matter in a light that you 
 will perfectly undcrlhnd, Suppofe thnt the King 
 o£ France (hould pay to a Subjed of Great Britain 
 fifty or one hundred thoufand Pounds for any good 
 Service, is not this Sum clear Gains to that Subjed, 
 for his boneft Indullry and Labour ? 
 
 Ic is julfc the fame thing between Nation and Na* 
 tion, whatever one Nation vends in another, of its 
 own Produd and Manufadure, the Sum ic is vendec| 
 tor is clear Gains to the Vending Nation. 
 
 A Merchant may gain one thoufand Pounds to 
 his Country, and yet get nothing, nay even lofe, 
 hy the Adventure himfelf. 
 
 Wha| 
 
 
 o 
 
 ai 
 
 P 
 
 Vi 
 V 
 
 C 
 
 S 
 b 
 h 
 
 "wH' 
 
 iw» ,T .- 
 
be as 
 
 d yen- 
 ^as not 
 Gain of 
 Nation. 
 >ove 2o 
 fadures 
 m ycar- 
 irt chi- 
 adurcf. 
 le of a 
 a thou- 
 pay for 
 nccrn'd 
 1 is not 
 
 Pound 
 
 pay for 
 tourers 
 C) their 
 :o PoT' 
 
 at you 
 : King 
 Britain 
 
 f good 
 ubjed, 
 
 id Na- 
 , of its 
 rendecl 
 
 ids to 
 1 lofei 
 
 Wha| 
 
 .ftA 
 
 What can we fay of the French Trade, if we 
 may not believe the Experience of former Times ? 
 What Judgment can be made? There has been no 
 open Trade between us for about twenty or thirty 
 Years. I hope we (hall relie on what is Evident, 
 and not on the Judgment, Computations, and Pro-^ 
 phefies of the Authors of the Mercator, 
 
 I miift trouble you with one Voucher more, to 
 prove the Difadvantage of the French Trade to this 
 Nation, and that it was acknowledged fo at a Time, 
 when every thing that was French was generally fa- 
 voured amongftus; 'tis the Senfe of King, Lords and 
 Commons, about three or four Years after this 
 Scheme lad mentioned was made* and when nothing 
 but a Profpe6t of the Ruin of our own Trade could 
 have occation'd it. 
 
 Prohibition Ad, Anno 30, Car. z, 
 
 < "inOrafMuch as it bath been by long Experience 
 JL * founds that the Importing of French Wines^ 
 Brandy^ Linnen, Silk, Salt and Paper, and other 
 Commodities of the Gromh, Produ^, or Adanufa' 
 Sures of the Territories and Dominions of the French 
 King, bath much exhaufted the Treafure of this Na- 
 tion, lejfened the Value of the Native Commodities 
 and Manufactures thereof and caufcd great detri- 
 ment to this Kingdom in general : Be it EnaBed by 
 the King's moft Excellent Majejiy, the Lords Spi- 
 ritual and Temporal, and Commons in Parliament 
 affembledy and by Authority of the fame, &c. 
 
 Thefe Vouchers will eafily find Pardon at your 
 Hands, they are fo exadly conformable to your O- 
 pinion 1 you would lay your Country under an ex- 
 tream Obligation, if you would be pleafed to give 
 us fuch farther Remarks on 'em, in behalf of the 
 
 Trade 
 
 • > 
 
 A*. 
 
 ■«*inwi m tiiiw'tt w^^jW 
 
 ^-^»»fc i >»^a>w ^ ii< 
 
(I 
 
 4 * 
 
 hi 
 
 I Hi 
 Trade of Great Britain^ as a PcrToO of your Abili- 
 ties, and unfuffeBed Integrity is capable of ; and I 
 doubt not, but with a very little of your help, all 
 fiich will eafily be confuted, who dare prefume to 
 write againft the Trade of our Country. I point in 
 particular at the MERCATOR and his Prompter^ 
 and fince I have mention'd them» I muft with hum* 
 ble Submidion, give you the bed Information of 
 them that 1 am able^ and leave the World to judge, 
 if the AiTcrtions of two fuch Wretches merit any 
 Credit : They being both the OfF-fpring of the Pillo- 
 ry, no doubt are naturally endowed with a large Porti- 
 on of Sincerity. One of 'em, I muft acquaint you, is 
 fo infolent as to interfere in your Province, and to 
 affume the Management of our Commerce to him- 
 felf, he fays he is Prime Miniller of Trade, and has 
 
 the AiTurance to ftand at the Door of the M try, 
 
 and forbids Entrance to any who offer to Adven- 
 ture with any Informations for the Benefit of our 
 Trader he is a huge Fellow, and has a Face that 
 *Arikes Terror into all who approach him, he has 
 kept this Pofl fb long, and feared fo many, that 
 none of late dare go nigh *em. You know. Sir, 
 he has afTumed your Province^ and vill do unfjpeak- 
 able Damage to our Country, if you don*t take 
 care to get him turned out. Such an Impoflor as this 
 
 ought to be fent to Nevogate^ and from thence 
 
 The Man has good Underftanding, and talks 
 well, but makes a bafe \Jk of all his Talents*, he 
 has however raifed himfelf by his Genius, from a 
 mean Native of the Town of Monoghan in Ireland^ 
 to the Titles of Don Artiirio^ le Comte de Tariffe^ 
 Marquis d^Ajfiento. The firft and laft of his Fami- 
 ly that ever was upon Record, had a Poft cf pub- 
 lick Truft in the Town, and the Marquis d*Ajfen^ 
 tu was born at the Paternal Seat of his Family, 
 the Tap-houfc at the Prifon-gatc. 
 
 As 
 
 to 
 
 .w ~^- 
 
As lam unwilling to eciipfe the Ambition of any 
 great Man, I muft aflurc you, this AfEiir was told 
 mc as a very great Secret j however, I venture to 
 impart it to a Perfon of your Integrity^ being Con- 
 fidenc you'll let it go no f .riher. 
 
 As to his Secretary Daniel^ I believe he muft 
 mike a fccond Entry, and another Hymn, before he 
 can have any Pretences to vie Merits with the Fa- 
 mily. 
 
 Having given fomc Account of the Mercator^ and 
 his Di^ator^ 'twon*t be amifs to ihew the Meihod 
 of their Writings. They go on; without confu- 
 ting; or anfweiing any Objection made againft their 
 Affcrtions, as a Lawyer at the Bar pleading a bad 
 Caufe : Having proved this Pointy my Lord, I proceed 
 to /bew your Lord/hip, &c. 
 So Don Arturio. 
 
 Having confuted the general received Notiony that 
 the Trade to France was always prejudicial to this 
 Nation, notwith (landing it appears to have beea 
 fo by the Experience of many Ages, and the Opi- 
 nion of Parliaments long before the Revolution, and 
 of she late Houfe of Commons \ and proved that that 
 Trade was always Beneficial and that the Opinions 
 of thofe Parliaments, and of the late Houfe of Com* 
 monsf are the Clamours of the prefent Fafbion : I 
 proceed to ihew, that by de{lroyiri» the Portugal 
 and other Trades, and E»gland*s jfing above a 
 Million a Year to France^ we (hall Le greater Gain-* 
 crs, than ever we were before. 
 
 He will much fooner be believed, if he fhcuM 
 
 fiy» 
 
 Having proved that Daniel D F ■ comes 
 
 every Night to my Houfe in Bl y Sq-'^re, 
 
 I proce^cd to fhew, that Birds of a Feather flock to* 
 getber, 
 
 . D Thac 
 
 As 
 
 .-wr: 
 
u 
 
 u 
 
 ■ 
 
 II 
 
 That there is not one Whig or Tory in G. B. 
 that can fay cither of us is an honed Man ; I pro- 
 ceed to fliew hotb Parties jpeak Truth, 
 
 That, when I was an Arbitrator between Sir T. 
 
 key SirB. 
 
 — F h , and the E L 
 
 Company, 1 extorted of the faid Gentlemen a Bribe 
 of above Ten thoufand Pounds in /— <» Stock, for 
 awarding and Procuring them a general Rcleafe^ 
 1 proceed to (hew that / am no FcoL 
 
 That the chief Value of a Man centers in his 
 Honefty and Integrity i 1 proceed to {hew that I 
 am not of that Opinion. 
 
 That I order'd Captain M rs to leave 
 
 his Remonllrance of the Importance of the liland 
 of £../.» at my Houfe, it being referred to me, and 
 funk it from the M*-*— ry; I proceed to (hew that 
 Aionfiew de T— y is m generous Man, 
 
 That all my Tranfadions in the publick Affairs 
 are with a View to Stock- jobbing » I proceed co 
 (hew, that ^hcn ever t am Bit, my Broad-brim'd 
 Jefuit'tcal Lyon in Sheeps Cloathing at Jonathan's 
 fiawls out, What ! does the Wind hlotp in your 
 Face? 
 
 That it is for the Honour of the Nation to pro- 
 ftitute the Dignity of the Cr— n» to the little 
 Tricks and Arts of Stock-jobbing : I proccd to 
 
 ihew, That by mijleading the M — J'» I am a 
 
 Man of inteRYity. 
 
 That at wttling the T' ty of Commerce, 
 Monfieur de T"cy fhaked me by the Hand, I pro- 
 ceed to fhew he vpas a wife Minifler in fo doing. 
 
 That the Trade of the Nation is neither Whig 
 or Tory: I proceed to ihcw, ^tis a very Whimsi- 
 cal thing to he an honejl Man. 
 
 That my Countryman Don M — uel M ffes 
 
 Gil ». an hip: T^ift, was the only fit Pcr- 
 
 fon to make the Aff-nto T ty : I proceed to 
 
 ihew, 
 
 (s 
 
G. B. 
 
 I pro- 
 Sir T. 
 
 : E L 
 
 a Bribe 
 
 :k, for 
 
 1 in his 
 ' that I 
 
 o leave 
 e liland 
 me, and 
 icw thit 
 
 c Affairs 
 oceed co 
 d-brim'd 
 
 in your ' 
 
 to pro- 
 be little 
 oced to 
 
 I am a 
 
 )tninerce, 
 I pro- 
 mg, 
 |er Whig 
 
 HIMSI- 
 
 ^Jfes 
 
 fit Per- 
 
 [occcd to 
 
 fhew. 
 
 'fj for a tmt 
 
 ' 
 
 
 f *r] 
 
 ihew, / impofed b'tm on the M — 
 frotejiant. 
 
 That by my. Mountainous Water-works of 
 Le dy I vie with the French King ; I pro- 
 
 ceed to (hew, V/j whb bis own Money, 
 
 That as a Reward for my Honefly, I? , _^^ 
 
 enjoy as C r of Tr per Ann, 5 '' ^^^^ 
 
 As the K. of Sp'-n's Agent for the AJj-nto^ 5000 
 As D/V/o, by Qil an, my Deputy, 3000 
 
 As Pay-maftcr, , 6oco 
 
 And I proceed to fhcw, I pay out of it to my 
 two Deputies, my Brother M'—re, and G— <j«, 
 but ^00 1. per Annum each. 
 
 That by the Ruin of the Tr— de of the Nation, 
 I hazard the Fall of the prcfcnt M y: I pro- 
 ceed to ihcw, I am bired by tbe Whigs for that Pur* 
 pofe, 
 
 Inftead of proving the above Facts, or ary 
 thing elfe, that has the lead Tendenoy to Truth, 
 he goes on thus : 
 
 Having proved that thirty Shillings per Ton 
 Freight from France^ brings a larger Gain to the 
 Nation than four Pounds per Ton Freight from 
 Portugal^ drc. I proceed to fliew that thirty Shil- 
 lings is a larger Sum than four Pounds. 
 
 That the French Weavers have nine Sols, or five 
 Pence Englifi, per Ell, for weaving of Luteftring,and 
 the Efiglt/fj Weavers twelve Pence per Ell, and 
 each work in Proportion in all other Manufaftures; 
 I proceed to (hew that Luteftrings and all other Ma- 
 nufadiures are made cheaper in England^ than in 
 France. 
 
 That the more Luteftrings and other Silks are im- 
 ported into England^ the ftwer Weavers will be 
 cmployM in France -, I proceed to (hew that the 
 more will be em ploy M in E^fgland. 
 
 D z That 
 
 IS- 
 
 
 '^•i*,^»r^^:^ ^ 
 
 
\ 
 
 i ■ 
 
 \ 
 
 r*8] 
 
 That the larger Quantities of Silk, Linncn, and 
 Paper that we imporc, the more will be made here *, 
 I proceed to ihew that the Icfs will be made in 
 France. 
 
 That the greater the Woollen Manufadure is in 
 France^ the larger Qumtities they will take from 
 us^ I proceed to fhew that the higher the Duties 
 are they lay on ours, the more it ^'\\\ facilitate our 
 Tnde. 
 
 That France has no Commodities that wc can 
 take from them, without Prejudice to our own 
 Manufactures i 1 proceed to fhew that therefore we 
 ought to pafs a Bll of C— m— rcc on the Foot of the 
 prcfent T ty. 
 
 That two Woollen Drapers, two Mercers, two 
 Linnen Drapers, and two Stationers, vying for Cu- 
 flomers, in their diftinft Trades, ought only to 
 trade with each other; I proceed to (hew that we 
 ftiouM only trade with Brance. 
 
 That forafmuch as our A6ls of Parliament fay. 
 No Alien whatfoever fliall have Liberty to Fiih at 
 Newfoundland i I proceed to Ihew that Ads of Par- 
 liament contrary to the Fr^cb IniereA are not in 
 Force, 
 
 That the more the French and Spaniards fiili in 
 our American Seas, the greater Number of Seamen 
 we ihall raifc} I proceed to {hew that a Prohibiti- 
 on of our Fifli in France^ is the only way to eii- 
 creafe that Trade. 
 
 That the French have ever had as much right to 
 Nevpfoundlandy and other Parts of Amerrca^ as the 
 FngUflr^ \ proceed to (hew that they have alfo a 
 Right to the Indurtry, Labour, and Gain made by 
 the People of G. B- in all other Trades. 
 
 That by our Entries to be raide only at St. Va- 
 lery upon the Somme, Roven, Nantes^ Lihourne^ and 
 Bomdeauxj with a Prohibition in the Mediterranean^ 
 
 is 
 
and 
 
 en, 
 
 le here 
 nade in 
 
 
 ire IS in 
 kc from 
 : Duties 
 tate our 
 
 we can 
 )ur own 
 efore we 
 3C of the 
 
 ers» two 
 for C u- 
 only to 
 
 ' that we 
 
 nent fay, 
 
 Fifli at 
 ts of Par- 
 re not in 
 
 is fiiTi in 
 f Seamen 
 Prohibiti- 
 
 -ay to eii- 
 
 rigbr to 
 a^ as the 
 ive alfo a 
 
 1 made by 
 
 It St. Va- 
 'mrnCy and 
 Herranean^ 
 is 
 
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 is meant, at all Places of Entrance in the Kingdom, 
 Countries and Territories under the Dominion of the 
 French king \ I proceed to lliew that the May-Pole 
 in the Strand^ is the Pike ofTeneriff. 
 
 Such are his Arguments, as if his Readers had 
 the fame Motives to believe them, as he has to 
 write thcn^, and took for granted all he aflerts to 
 be true. This fort of procec ding may do with fuch 
 as undcrftand nothing of Trade, and read only his 
 Papers \ but they who read all, and fuch who have 
 been bred to Merchandizing, and know what Trade 
 is, muft have other fort of Proofs than his Papers, 
 to convince 'cm that the French Trade, on the 
 Foundation he would have it, can ever be other- 
 wife than ruinous and den:ru61:ivc. Trade can on- 
 ly be cultivated by Flxperience, and never fupported 
 in Oppoficion to it, by any Shim Sham Pro- 
 jedts, tho' form'd in the refined Air of Bl y 
 
 Sq— re. 
 
 The Pufillanimity of Mankind muft be exream- 
 ly great, if among fo many worthy Gentlemen 
 who walk the Exchange of London^ and are fin- 
 cere Lovers of their Country, mift loyal and dutiful 
 ul SuSje6ts to Her Majefty, and heaity Well-wifh- 
 
 crs of her M rs, there are not a Nunribcr 
 
 to be found, who out of Rcfpcft and Service to 
 
 the M y will commit to writing their iincere 
 
 Thoughts on the prclent T ty of C— mm— rce, 
 
 and fubfcribe their Names, that we miy fee who 
 are for preferving the Trade of G. Britain, and 
 who are for yielding it to France. For my Part, 
 I fhrill readily make one of the former, but do 
 not care alone to be the fingle Burt : Tho' if I 
 fhou'd, I am certain I can incur the Difpieafure of 
 no M — r, nor can I conceive it to be any blot in 
 
 a M r of S tc, according to the unfortunate 
 
 Falhion of G / B », not to be a perfect Ma- 
 iler 
 
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 (tec of ics Trade: 1 will be bold to fay, but v/ith 
 Sorrow, no Man in this liland is, tho* particular 
 Branches are extreamly well undcrftood by thofe 
 concerned in them. 1 believe in all T— ties of 
 €■ rcc, as well as the prefent, it has been the 
 Cuftom of M— rs to pitch upon fomc one Pcr- 
 fon or Perfons, who they thought Judges of Trade, 
 to confult with. A M*— r in fuch a Cafe nsay 
 eafily be miftaken in the Pcrfon he chufes, efpecial- 
 ly if he on whom the Choice falls has a good Af- 
 furance% a Man that has but a fmall Portion of 
 Knowledge in Trade, or a few general Notions, 
 may eafily ihine before another who is no way Ma- 
 iler < f it, or pretends to it. If fuch is our Cafe, 
 whoever the Perfon is, he ought to acknowledge 
 the Miftakes he has made, and r.he M ry be in- 
 formed of the Truth, by fuel) as underfland it: And 
 not endeavour by perfifting in his Errors to bring 
 Reflexions on the well-mcining M — ry, Deftru- 
 £l:ion on the Trade of the Nation, and on our 
 Country, by ufing Arts and Tricks to get it paft. 
 The owning his Ignorance will merit Forgivenefs^ 
 and it would be too (cvere even to think he un- 
 dcrftood it. 
 
 I am of the Opinion fo good a M— ^ry as ours, 
 will think tbcmfelves obliged to any Gentlemen, 
 who {hall endeavour to fee them right in the Af- 
 fair of our Commerce, and make 'em fenfible how 
 much they have been imposed upon, by the Perfon 
 they rely on, who ftands between them 4^nd the 
 World, and Brow-beats all Mankind that endea- 
 vour to approach them with Zeal for theirs and 
 
 their Country's Service. When thcM ry is fen- 
 
 fible of this, no doubt but they will diicountenance 
 fuch a Procedure. Had we a bad and deftrudive 
 
 M ry, as England has too often had, they would 
 
 for thtir own lukes, as their Intereft, redifie fuch 
 
 notorious 
 
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 notorious Abufcs: AVhac then is tiere that maf 
 not be cxpedcd from a wife, juft, and prudeno 
 M ry? 
 
 I fay again, had we the worft M— — ry 
 that ever were at ihe Head of Affairs, can they de- 
 ter the Gentlemen of the Exchange of London and 
 other Part?, from fpeaking up for the Trade of 
 our Gauntry ? What dependdnce can they have on a 
 M ■ ry ? what do they, or can they expe£b 
 from them ? nothing, but what they may demand ; 
 the juft Prott6fcion of our Trade : And can any 
 M ■ ry refufc it ? Why Ihould wc then be a- 
 fraid to defend our Trade? The Expectation of Pofts 
 and Places is fordid and defpicable, when compar'd 
 with the more, noble Profcflion of the Merchant. 
 How many have on this Foundation raifed them* 
 felves to grace the f refent Age, and will leave a 
 Race to grace Pofterity ? Mud they then be St« 
 lent, when their Eftates, the Product of their In* 
 duftry, lyes at flake, and this profpedt of their Po* 
 flcrity may not only be precarious, but they thera- 
 felvcs deprived even of the Means whereby their 
 Anceftors obtained them ? No! they will defend 
 their Caufe. Sir, if you (hould be asked who fpeaks 
 this, fay 'tis a Merchant, fay 'tis a Briton^ fay 'tis 
 one that like a Roman dares defend his Country's 
 Good, that detefts the Name of Fadion, of 
 Whig and Tory, of Parties contending for Pofts 
 and Places, 'tis one that regards no Country under 
 Heaven, whofe Intereft interferes with that of his 
 ov/n, fay 'tis one that wiU never fell the Trade of 
 bis Country, 
 
 You'll pardon this Warmth, a Man of your Virtue 
 and Zeal I am fure can't do othcrwife. 
 
 1 have another Secret to impart to you. I am juft 
 now informed that our Don has lately furniih'd his 
 
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 Man Daniel with Materials for a Pamphlet. The 
 Duif, nocwichdandiiig his Love For Money, has 
 been To Zealous in communicating it, that he has 
 difpcrft many thoufinds by the Penny-Pofl, Amonuft 
 the Afpcrlions on many worthy GeniKmen, the 
 Don chiefly aims at Her M.tjctly's abitil and bell 
 M r. 
 
 He Taxes him with Trimmings and with Cowar- 
 dkCi he cills him a Waxen L. L. and pronounces 
 him Contemptible. What ! Is this gre.;t and expe- 
 rienced Statcfman, to be taxed with Trimmin/;, 
 bec.iufc he docs not implicitcly follow the Didat^s 
 
 of a Little Tricking Policician, a M r of 
 
 Yefterday ? Is the Dcfccndant of that noble Family, 
 from whofe Valour c ur Sovereign bears the Title 
 Qi France t to be taxed with Cowardice, becaufe he 
 was the firft who olTercd to the P. of Q 
 his Sword and his Purfe, to refcuc the Liberty of 
 his Country? Is he ^ Waxen L. L. becaufe he did 
 not receive Impreffions deftruftive to the Intereft of 
 the Kingdom which he governs ? Is he Contempti- 
 hhf who will not give into thofe Meafures which 
 can only make him fo? Muft all the ancient No- 
 bility of this Kingdom be render'd Defpica- 
 ble, by Upftarts ? Mull the illuitrious Name of 
 
 T f, which for many hundred Years harf 
 
 been the Terror of France, be now branded with 
 Cowardice becaufe it was fo ? and becaufe the pre- 
 fent great Owner of it cannot d'^generatc from his 
 noble Ancellors, and dare not ('if that be Co war-: 
 dice) comrly with Schemes which may in the end 
 give up his Country to Tyranny, and a French 
 p. \ver. 
 
 '^uc ro rrnirn to the Mercator. Says Don Artw'to^ 
 Fvj}^ The Dntch are our Rivals, and have robb'd 
 Us oi ma:.)' ot our beft Trades^ therefore 'tis our 
 
 Intcrclt 
 
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 liitereil to give the Benefit of tbcfe we have left to 
 France. 
 
 Secondlyy The Dutch have robb*d u? of our Spice^ 
 therefore the French lhou*d have our Sti^ar 
 
 Ihirdly^ The Dw/cib wholly reap the Hciufii of our 
 Herfitigs^ therefore we ihould give our Cod to France* 
 
 Fourthly^ ThcDd/cirby bubbling of us have raise! 
 A great Naval Vmer^ therefore the French ihou'd 
 have our Nurfery of Seamen to raifefuch another. 
 
 Fifthly^ '! he Dutch embrace the French Trade, 
 therefore we fhould do the fame. 
 
 Sixthly^ The Dutch are our Rivals more than the 
 French. 
 
 It mud be from Ignorance, or a bafer Motive, 
 v^hich makes any one aflert that the Dutch rival- 
 ling and interfering with us in Trade, can fufficient- 
 ly juftifie any of the Don\ late Conccfldons in Fa- 
 vour of France, if wc arc SuflFerers by the Dutch 
 in our Trade, as we moil certainly are, mufl we 
 likewife be greater Sufferers by the French, tho* 
 in our Power to avoid it ^ Mu(l every Body be 
 afraid to open his Mouth againft a T — ty injuri- 
 ous to our Country, for fe!\r the Don and Daniel 
 fhou'd call him a clamorous fidlious Party- Man? 
 have they not had the Infolence to call the Gentle- 
 men of the 1 ite Hufe of Cnwruons fuch, who wife- 
 ly rejeftcd that T ty? When all the Gentle- 
 
 men of G. B. are abufed by thnfc Wretches, you 
 may b^: affured, ic is for their good Adions j They 
 can rail at nothing that is Bafe. 
 
 'Tis no new thing, and 1 believe will not fooncr 
 be forgotten than the Injuries w« have receiv'd 
 from France, that the Dutch robb'd us of our Spice 
 Iflands in the Eaji-Inaies, an ineftimable Treafure/ 
 Are wc therefore to agree that the French ihall pro- 
 hibit our IVefi'India Commodities ? 
 
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 Can any Briton thiok it reafonable, that becaufe 
 our bupintls has given up the Herring- Fijhery to the 
 Iniluitry of 'he Dutcby and becaufe our Greenland 
 fifbery is Iharcd by the Dutch and French \ thar wc 
 ihould give that of our Cod in America to France, 
 v/hich is our beft Nurfcry of Seamen? We have e- 
 lUblifh'd and confirm'd the French in the largeft and 
 beft Part of that Fifliery, to which before they ne- 
 ver had any manner of Title, as will be made appear 
 at a proper time. 
 
 Are we juft to our Country, in eftablifhing to the 
 Trench Nation a Nurfcry of Seamen Cwho thirft af- 
 ter a Naval Power, and whofe Fleet, entirely raifed 
 in the latter Years cf her pretent Monarch by this 
 Fidiery, has ilngly contended againft the united 
 Naval Power of G. B. and Flolland^) becaufe the 
 Dutch have through our Indolence and Stupidity, 
 raifed to themfelves, in our Fi(heries,a greater Num- 
 ber of Ships and Seamen than the reft of Europe is 
 Mafter of? 
 
 Is it a Reafon that we ftiould embrace the French 
 Trade on the Foot of that T— — ty, becaufe the 
 Dutch Trade to France ? The French Trade, con- 
 fidcring the different Circumftances of the Dutch 
 and Oursy may be Beneficial to them) tho' it is de- 
 ftrudive to us. Holland is to be look'd upon as 
 a Sea-port to a vaft Country on the Continent, they 
 corfume but a trifle of the Goods they import from 
 France j after receiving a very good Toll of them, 
 they are fent to other inland Countries to be con- 
 fumed*, Great Britain mu^ confume all her Imports, 
 by which fhe would prevent the Confumption of 
 thofe from fuch Countries, whofe Goods flic has in 
 Exchnng? for her Manufadures, and fuch Goods 
 of France as interfere with her Manufa^ures muft 
 in time, by the cheapnefs of the French Labour^ de- 
 ftroy fuch Manufafturcsi Can any Goods of France 
 
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 raifcd 
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 united 
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 pidicy, 
 
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 irope is 
 
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 ipon as 
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 nports, 
 tion of 
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 Goods 
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 pafs 
 
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 pafs through Gra*/ Br/><i/« or its Dominions, a$ rhey 
 do through holland, to other Countries, that can- 
 not be carried much cheaper to thofe Countries, 
 diredly from France^ If not, ihe mud conlumc 
 them her felf. 
 
 As to our Manufadures of Woo?, we know the 
 French King wears his own, nor dare his People 
 appear in his Prefcncc clad in any other. . Vv^ ho 
 then can fuppofe he will ever encourage ours ? But 
 to come ctofcr to the Point, the Manufafturers and 
 Labourers of frame work feven Pence in a Shilling 
 cheaper than ours, they have Sheep all over France^ 
 and of courfe have Wool : Their Wool indeed is 
 not fo good as ourr, but they have Spanijh to mix 
 with it much cheaper than we can have; France and 
 Spain join; with their own, and Sfanijb Wool, 
 they make very good Manuf^flurcs, with which 
 they content thcmfelvcs. Their Gentkmen of 
 Eftates may now and then fancy a Suit of Englifi 
 Cloth, if they do, they'll have it as the Trade 
 now Itands, and if the Bill of Commerce were p^ft, 
 'they'll not take a Piece the more. The great Con- 
 fumption of Wool does not iyc amongfl thefe 
 Sort of People, *tio amongft the infcriour Sort, and 
 the Manulaftures they confume are made much 
 cheaper in France than any we can fend them. 
 What View cun we then have of encrcafing our 
 
 Woolen-Maaufafture by this T ty ? 
 
 Befide?^ our fireft SpaniJIj Cloaths have no mix- 
 ture of FtiglifJ:) Wool ; others have, as from one 
 Pound ot Spanijh in twelve P )unds o^ Engiifb^ to 
 all Degrees, till the major Pri t is EngliJJj-^ th(?y 
 are Coarfer or Finer according to the S.)rts oi Spa- 
 nijjj Woo!, and in Proportion to the Qi^iantity of 
 £Mglfjh ; by the firil Sore we Vcr-d only the La- 
 bour of our People, not the Product: of our Coun- 
 try. Thus we fee the French want not Wool, only 
 the Art to make as fine Cloth as we. 
 
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 <?rtf^/ 2^f>tf/if and Trance^ are like two Woollen- 
 drapers ftrugling to get ofF their Commoditres, with 
 this diilin^tion that France makes her Goods above 
 ^o fer Cent, cheaper than Great Britain ; will yon eon* 
 fine tbefe two Drapers to deul met her ? 
 
 Their Manufactures of Silk^ Linnen and Paper, 
 are made ftill much cheaper in proportion than thofe 
 of Wool: Their Silks are better fancied, and our 
 Ladies fond of them } our Silk Manufadure is won* 
 derfully encreafed and improved within thefd 
 tv CRty Years, and may ftill improve, if not difcou« 
 
 raged by this T ty, even to excel thofc of 
 
 France* Improvement is peculiar to the Genius of 
 the ^riti/h Nation, we excel all Nations in mofi 
 Arts we learn from them : Tij pity we Jhould then 
 deftroy thofe ManufaElures^ that are already brought 
 fo fu great PerfeSiion, 
 
 Tis very plain that their Silks, Linnen, Papery 
 Wines and Brandies, admitted on the Foot of the 
 
 T— ty pf Corammerce, will Ruin the Woollen, 
 
 and all other Manufa6hires of this Iflandi 
 
 The Coft and Freight of French Wines and Bran- 
 dies, being cheaper than thofe of other Countries, 
 will prevent the Confumption of fuch as we ndw 
 have from thofe Countries, of courfe; if we do not 
 take the Wines cf Pmugal^&c, and they cannot pay 
 us for our Manufactures otherwife, and will there* 
 fore take none, who will be our Chapmen ? We 
 have already proved how very incondderable Quan- 
 tities the French can take. 
 
 Their Silks, Linnen?, and Paper, will more im- 
 mediately deftroy thofe Manufactures in our Coun- 
 try, by being cheaper imported than we can make 
 them *, as alfo prevent the Importation of fuch from 
 other Countries, as we have in Exchange f^r our 
 WooUen-Manufafturcs. 
 
 I v/ould willingly ask an honeft Country Gentje- 
 ^aii) that loves to drink a Glafs of Claret, and to 
 
 fee 
 
olkfi- 
 
 with 
 
 ibove 
 
 » eon* 
 
 ?»pcr, 
 
 thofd 
 
 id our 
 
 won- 
 
 thefd 
 
 lifcou* 
 
 ofe of 
 
 ills of 
 
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 d then 
 
 Wougbt 
 
 Papery 
 of the 
 oollen, 
 
 \ Bran- 
 
 intriefi, 
 
 e now 
 
 do noc 
 
 lot pay 
 
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 ? We 
 
 Quan- 
 
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 Coun- 
 
 make 
 
 h from 
 
 far our 
 
 Scntje- 
 
 and to 
 
 fee 
 
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 fee his Wife and Daugbter in French Silks ^ whe- 
 thcr it would be more welcome to him, to beat 
 that the la' ouring People of France are well em- 
 ployed, their Wines aiu) Silk very clieapv andthae 
 bis own Tenants are come upon the Pariih} or 
 that French Silks and Wines arc dear, and bis Te- 
 nants thrive* and pay their Rents? 
 
 Thofe that are for the former may be for the 
 T— -ty of C rce. 
 
 I take this to be our prefent Cafe, there are no 
 Comnrodities in France bat will in fame Meafore be 
 prejudicial to our Manufadures. 
 
 We haTe many Commodities in G,M, that France 
 mud and will have. 
 
 For thefe latter they mud pay us ready Mony, 
 and did in the laft Interval of Peace^ when wegain*d 
 on our Ballance between ^ ooooo and 40000a hf^An, 
 by them \ and French Pifloles were alnioft as plenty 
 as Guineas. I fay we now gain by them in the 
 fame Manner, and are paid in Gold for our Commo- 
 dities ^ 1 appeal to the Gentlemen of the Mint in the 
 Tovper^ if they have noc "had (ince the Treaty of 
 Peace confiderably above half a Million of French 
 Money lent in to be recoin*d. 
 
 If the Trade is open'd on the Foot of theT— ;— ty, 
 they will not only pay for our Commodities, in 
 Commodities, but by 2a\ Innundation of them, pre- 
 vent not only the Confumption of our own, as well 
 at the Commodities of other Foreign Nations, and 
 hinder the Exportation of ours, but require above a 
 Million fer An. in ready Money, and they mud be 
 paid it. ' • ' 
 
 Since this AfFair of our Commerce appears to be 
 fo prejudicial, 'tis our wifeft vfay to keep upon the 
 Foot we now are. I would not be underftood to 
 mean that Commerce with France could not have 
 been fettled upon an advantagious Foot to us; it 
 
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 mod certainly mighr, but as the time is pad, I fhall 
 only ask you a few Queitions. 
 
 If we had been as much in the Power of the 
 French^ as they lately were in ours, what T— ty 
 of C— — — rce fhould we have been compeli'd to 
 have accepted from them ? 
 
 Would they have fufFer*d us to have continued 
 the lead Prohibition on any of their Commodities 
 or Manufafkures ? 
 
 Would they have aIlow*d Imports at a few par- 
 ticular Ports, to be a proper way to facilitate their 
 Trade? 
 
 Would they have permitted us and the Butch to 
 have fiihM at Newfoundland^ as we do them and the 
 Sfaniardi ? 
 
 Would they have yielded the Ifle of Breton tous, 
 as we have afFe£bionately done to them? 
 
 Sir, Thefc Queftions you can eafily anfwer. But 
 pray, what does Don jirturh mean, by faying the 
 butch are our Rivals more than the French \ he al- 
 lows both to be our Rivals, but how are they 
 fo? 
 
 • Are the Butch fucb, becaufe they indullrioufly 
 reap thofe Bleilings which Providence and Nature 
 defign'd for us, and which from our Indolence and 
 jStupidity* we rcfufc ? 
 
 Are the French fo, becaufe they are grown fen- 
 flble of the Importance of Commerce to a Nation* 
 zealous to propagate their Naval Force by the 
 Treafure of our Jimerican Seas? Which Naval 
 Force, for many Years the Terror of this Ifland, has 
 now a Foundation laid to become the Terror not 
 only of Europe^ but even of the World, and all ow- 
 ing to their M ters, induftrioufly Wife, and 
 
 iludious in the Affairs of Commerce, the chief con-^ 
 cern of Nations; which with ours are Trifles, ber 
 ncath the Care of ihe Great •, the Bufinefs of Foot- 
 
 men. 
 
 Or 
 
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 Or are they both our Rivals ! becauTe their 
 M ten and Managers of their Commerce 
 
 are too hard for ours, and (hew as much Skill and 
 Care of their Trade, as we can Ignorance and Neg- 
 ligeecc of our own i 
 
 Thcfe, Sir, I fuppofe are the J)on^% Reafons, for 
 calling them Rivals, but you and I cannot call 
 them fo, for laying bold of thofe Advantages, de- 
 fpifed and negleded by thofe they are faidto Ri- 
 val, but on the contrary each of them a wife, an in- 
 duftrious, and a great People. What Opinion 
 the World will have of us, I leave you to judge, 
 who am, 
 
 SIR, 
 
 Tour Humble Servant. 
 
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