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         Speech in Parliament wherein he sheweth the cause of the decay of coyne and trade in this land, especially of merchants trade
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             Sir Thomas Roe his speech in Parliament wherein he sheweth the cause of the decay of coyne and trade in this land, especially of merchants trade, and also propoundeth a vvay to the House, how they may be increased.
             Speech in Parliament wherein he sheweth the cause of the decay of coyne and trade in this land, especially of merchants trade
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           Sir
           Thomas
           Roe
           HIS
           SPEECH
           IN
           PARLIAMENT
           .
           WHEREIN
           He
           sheweth
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           decay
           of
           Coyne
           and
           Trade
           in
           this
           Land
           ,
           especially
           of
           Merchants
           Trade
           .
           And
           also
           propoundeth
           a
           VVay
           to
           the
           House
           ,
           how
           they
           may
           be
           increased
           .
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           yeare
           ,
           1641.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           SIR
           THOMAS
           ROE
           HIS
           SPEECH
           IN
           PARLIAMENT
           ,
           1640.
           
        
         
           IT
           is
           a
           generall
           opinion
           that
           the
           Trade
           of
           
             England
          
           was
           never
           greater
           ,
           and
           it
           may
           be
           true
           ,
           that
           if
           it
           be
           so
           ,
           yet
           it
           will
           not
           absolutely
           conclude
           that
           the
           Kingdome
           doth
           increase
           in
           riches
           ,
           for
           the
           Trade
           may
           be
           very
           aboundant
           ,
           and
           yet
           by
           consumption
           and
           importance
           of
           more
           then
           is
           expected
           ,
           the
           stock
           may
           waste
           .
        
         
           The
           Balance
           would
           be
           a
           true
           solution
           of
           the
           Question
           ,
           if
           it
           could
           be
           rightly
           had
           :
           but
           by
           reason
           it
           must
           be
           made
           up
           by
           a
           
             Medium
          
           of
           the
           Books
           of
           Rates
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           very
           uncertaine
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           we
           must
           seeke
           another
           rule
           that
           is
           more
           sensible
           ,
           upon
           which
           we
           may
           all
           judge
           ,
           and
           that
           may
           be
           by
           the
           plenty
           orscarcity
           of
           money
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           a
           true
           rule
           ,
           if
           money
           increase
           ,
           the
           Kingdome
           doth
           gaine
           by
           Trade
           ;
           if
           it
           be
           scarce
           ,
           it
           loseth
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           therefore
           consider
           ;
           first
           ,
           whether
           our
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           be
           not
           decreased
           ,
           and
           then
           by
           what
           meanes
           it
           is
           drained
           ;
           and
           lastly
           ,
           how
           it
           may
           be
           prevented
           ,
           and
           what
           remedies
           are
           appliable
           to
           effect
           it
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           out
           of
           doubt
           our
           Gold
           is
           gone
           to
           travaile
           without
           Licence
           ,
           that
           is
           visible
           beyond
           Seas
           ,
           and
           every
           receiver
           
           of
           sums
           of
           money
           must
           finde
           it
           privately
           ;
           and
           I
           feare
           the
           same
           of
           Silver
           ,
           for
           observing
           the
           species
           of
           late
           Coyning
           many
           halfe
           Crownes
           were
           stamped
           ,
           which
           are
           no
           more
           to
           be
           seene
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           measure
           I
           conclude
           the
           Kingdome
           growes
           poore
           .
        
         
           The
           causes
           of
           this
           decay
           of
           Money
           may
           be
           many
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           stolne
           out
           for
           profit
           ,
           going
           much
           higher
           beyond
           Seas
           ,
           especially
           in
           France
           and
           Holland
           .
        
         
           Much
           hath
           beene
           drawne
           away
           by
           the
           Stanger
           upon
           feares
           of
           our
           Troubles
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           have
           experience
           by
           exchanges
           ;
           and
           Exchanges
           are
           the
           great
           mystery
           ,
           especially
           such
           as
           are
           used
           as
           a
           Trade
           ,
           and
           governed
           by
           Bankers
           who
           make
           many
           returnes
           in
           a
           yeere
           ,
           and
           gaine
           by
           every
           one
           ,
           more
           then
           the
           interest
           of
           a
           yeere
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           danger
           to
           a
           State
           is
           ,
           
             when
             money
             is
             made
             Merchandize
             ,
             which
             should
             be
             but
             the
             measure
             thereof
             .
          
        
         
           And
           here
           I
           will
           propose
           a
           Probleme
           ,
           whether
           it
           were
           profitable
           to
           a
           Kingdome
           or
           not
           ,
           that
           the
           Stranger
           for
           many
           yeeres
           had
           a
           great
           stock
           here
           at
           interest
           ,
           and
           still
           hath
           some
           ;
           I
           confesse
           it
           hath
           supplied
           the
           necessities
           of
           Merchants
           ,
           and
           helped
           to
           drive
           Trade
           .
           But
           my
           
             Quaere
          
           is
           this
           ,
           suppose
           the
           first
           principall
           were
           truely
           brought
           in
           by
           the
           Stanger
           ,
           yet
           doubling
           every
           tenne
           yeeres
           ,
           what
           becomes
           of
           the
           increase
           ;
           have
           they
           not
           lived
           by
           our
           Trade
           and
           the
           Merchant
           adventurers
           ,
           and
           soaked
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           as
           many
           times
           principall
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           practised
           this
           Vsury
           many
           times
           ten
           yeeres
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           end
           drawne
           or
           carried
           all
           away
           ?
           This
           is
           a
           point
           to
           a
           State
           very
           considerable
           .
        
         
           Much
           Coyne
           hath
           been
           drawn
           away
           without
           doubt
           by
           the
           French
           ,
           who
           have
           brought
           in
           Wares
           of
           little
           Bulke
           ,
           perhaps
           without
           custome
           ,
           but
           of
           deare
           price
           ,
           and
           having
           turned
           it
           into
           Gold
           ,
           have
           returned
           without
           investing
           any
           part
           thereof
           :
           and
           such
           petty
           Merchants
           cannot
           be
           reached
           by
           the
           Statute
           of
           imployments
           .
        
         
         
           Another
           cause
           of
           scarcity
           of
           Coyne
           ,
           may
           be
           the
           over-strict
           rule
           of
           the
           uncurrentnes
           of
           any
           good
           Coyne
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           must
           be
           sold
           here
           as
           Bullion
           ;
           in
           that
           case
           ,
           what
           stranger
           will
           bring
           in
           money
           ?
           
             Whereas
             ,
             if
             every
             good
             species
             current
             ,
             according
             to
             this
             allay
             ,
             and
             weight
             in
             proportion
             to
             our
             Coyne
             ,
             or
             rather
             a
             little
             higher
             ,
             it
             will
             draw
             ,
             namely
             money
             by
             degrees
             into
             England
             ;
             as
             lower
             grounds
             doe
             water
             from
             higher
             ,
             though
             they
             see
             not
             the
             Channels
             :
             and
             we
             see
             France
             ,
             Holland
             and
             Germany
             adm●t
             all
             good
             Coynes
             ,
             though
             forraigne
             ,
             for
             and
             above
             their
             in●nsique
             value
             .
          
        
         
           But
           I
           will
           end
           this
           search
           by
           proposing
           some
           generall
           Remedies
           ;
           for
           if
           I
           doe
           now
           but
           make
           Essayes
           ,
           a●d
           give
           occasion
           to
           more
           subtill
           and
           particular
           disquisition
           ,
        
         
           1
           
             To
             the
             first
             lea●e
             of
             stealing
             away
             Coyne
             ,
             I
             would
             make
             it
             felony
             ●y
             an
             Act
             :
             for
             if
             a
             man
             may
             justly
             suffer
             death
             for
             robbing
             of
             a
             private
             man
             ,
             I
             see
             no
             injustice
             nor
             cruelty
             to
             inflict
             the
             same
             punishment
             upon
             him
             that
             robs
             a
             Kingdome
             .
          
        
         
           2
           
             That
             the
             neighbour
             Princes
             and
             States
             doe
             cry
             up
             our
             money
             ,
             and
             so
             entice
             it
             from
             us
             .
             This
             in
             my
             judgement
             ought
             to
             be
             provided
             for
             by
             our
             Treaties
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             old
             way
             ,
             especially
             of
             Commerce
             ,
             by
             agreeing
             and
             publishing
             of
             Placarts
             according
             to
             a
             true
             Par
             :
             For
             that
             Prince
             that
             will
             make
             a
             treatie
             of
             Commerce
             ,
             doth
             it
             for
             the
             use
             of
             the
             commodity
             ,
             which
             certainly
             I
             would
             deny
             any
             Prince
             that
             would
             not
             consent
             to
             keepe
             monies
             even
             ,
             by
             their
             true
             values
             ,
             at
             least
             ,
             that
             would
             set
             a
             higher
             price
             upon
             our
             money
             ,
             then
             the
             King
             hath
             done
             ;
             and
             if
             our
             Coyne
             did
             either
             keepe
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             the
             English
             value
             ,
             or
             were
             Bullion
             and
             uncurrent
             ,
             the
             stranger
             should
             have
             as
             little
             of
             our
             money
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             of
             theirs
             .
          
        
         
           How
           to
           recover
           the
           strangers
           money
           drawne
           away
           since
           our
           troubles
           ,
           is
           a
           hard
           endeavor
           ,
           and
           can
           no
           wayes
           be
           brought
           to
           passe
           but
           by
           Peace
           and
           Trade
           ,
           and
           the
           resolution
           
           of
           this
           will
           fall
           into
           the
           generall
           remedy
           which
           I
           shall
           propose
           .
        
         
           The
           pedling
           
             French
          
           Trade
           must
           be
           met
           with
           by
           diligent
           search
           at
           the
           landing
           of
           these
           
             Creamers
             ,
          
           what
           they
           bring
           in
           ,
           and
           by
           suffering
           none
           of
           them
           to
           passe
           any
           goods
           by
           private
           Warrants
           ;
           but
           that
           according
           as
           they
           shall
           be
           valued
           ,
           they
           give
           bond
           to
           invest
           it
           in
           English
           Commoditie
           ,
           naturall
           or
           naturalized
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           surety
           :
           
             Nay
             ,
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             not
             to
             allow
             them
             exchange
             by
             bils
             ;
             for
             it
             will
             not
             hurt
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             if
             by
             any
             rigor
             they
             were
             beaten
             out
             of
             their
             private
             toyish
             traffique
             .
          
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           doubt
           to
           offend
           any
           but
           the
           Mint
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           recompenced
           to
           his
           Majesty
           in
           his
           Customes
           ,
           if
           money
           be
           plentifull
           ;
           for
           all
           goods
           will
           follow
           money
           .
           If
           I
           did
           propose
           the
           currentnesse
           of
           all
           goods
           ,
           and
           great
           species
           of
           forreigne
           Coines
           ,
           for
           their
           true
           intrinsive
           value
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           pay
           with
           ours
           ,
           and
           if
           I
           say
           a
           little
           higher
           ,
           according
           to
           occasions
           ,
           keeping
           our
           own
           Coyne
           pure
           and
           constant
           to
           be
           cryed
           downe
           as
           much
           under
           according
           to
           occasions
           ,
           I
           thinke
           it
           will
           be
           a
           policy
           both
           reasonable
           and
           profitable
           ,
           by
           experience
           tryed
           in
           other
           States
           .
        
         
           But
           leaving
           these
           Empiricall
           practices
           ,
           I
           come
           now
           to
           the
           great
           and
           infallible
           Rule
           and
           Remedy
           ,
           which
           is
           in
           plaine
           English
           ,
           to
           settle
           &
           assure
           the
           ground
           of
           Trade
           upon
           Staple-commodities
           ;
           then
           like
           the
           Lady
           of
           Whitsonide
           to
           her
           Pipe-money
           ,
           will
           dance
           after
           that
           :
           for
           as
           Merchandize
           doth
           follow
           mony
           ,
           so
           doth
           mony
           Commodity
           .
        
         
           I
           said
           at
           first
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           generall
           opinion
           ,
           that
           Trade
           never
           flourished
           more
           then
           now
           ,
           and
           it
           may
           be
           so
           ,
           but
           we
           must
           consider
           this
           be
           not
           accidentall
           and
           changeable
           ,
           and
           depending
           more
           upon
           the
           iniquity
           or
           misery
           of
           the
           times
           ,
           then
           upon
           our
           owne
           foundation
           and
           industry
           ,
           and
           if
           that
           be
           so
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           no
           sure
           ground
           for
           a
           state
           
           to
           rely
           upon
           ;
           for
           if
           the
           causes
           change
           ,
           the
           effects
           will
           follow
           .
        
         
           Now
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           our
           great
           Trade
           depends
           upon
           the
           troubles
           of
           our
           neighbours
           ,
           and
           wee
           enjoy
           almost
           the
           Trade
           of
           Christendome
           ;
           but
           if
           a
           peace
           happen
           betwixt
           France
           ,
           Spaine
           ,
           and
           the
           Vnited
           Provinces
           ,
           all
           these
           will
           share
           what
           we
           now
           possesse
           alone
           ,
           and
           therefore
           wee
           must
           provide
           for
           that
           day
           ,
           for
           nothing
           stands
           secure
           but
           upon
           his
           owne
           foundation
           .
        
         
           To
           make
           then
           our
           owne
           Trade
           secure
           ,
           we
           must
           consider
           our
           owne
           Staple-commodities
           ,
           whereof
           Wooll
           is
           the
           chiefest
           ,
           and
           seeke
           the
           way
           to
           both
           ,
           to
           keepe
           up
           the
           price
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           the
           estimation
           of
           all
           commodity
           made
           of
           that
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           vented
           abroad
           .
        
         
           Some
           other
           helpes
           we
           have
           ,
           as
           Tynne
           ,
           Lead
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           ,
           but
           I
           dare
           confidently
           affirme
           ,
           
             That
             nothing
             exported
             of
             our
             owne
             growth
             hath
             balanced
             our
             riotous
             consumption
             at
             home
             ,
             but
             those
             forraine
             commodi
             ies
             ,
             which
             I
             call
             naturalized
             ,
             that
             is
             that
             surplus
             of
             our
             East-India
             Trade
             ,
             which
             being
             brought
             home
             in
             greater
             quantity
             then
             are
             spent
             ,
             within
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             are
             exported
             againe
             ,
             and
             become
             in
             value
             and
             use
             as
             naturall
             commodities
             ,
             and
             therefore
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             I
             hold
             it
             absolutely
             necessary
             to
             maintaine
             that
             Trade
             by
             a
             regulation
             with
             the
             Dutch
             ,
             of
             which
             more
             reason
             shall
             be
             given
             ,
             when
             that
             particular
             shall
             be
             taken
             into
             consideration
             .
          
        
         
           We
           have
           yet
           another
           great
           helpe
           which
           is
           our
           owne
           ,
           and
           wants
           only
           our
           industry
           to
           gather
           the
           harvest
           ,
           which
           is
           our
           fishing
           and
           erecting
           of
           Busses
           ,
           both
           for
           the
           enriching
           of
           our
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           the
           breeding
           of
           Mariners
           ,
           
             and
             this
             by
             private
             industry
             (
             though
             to
             private
             losse
             )
             is
             beaten
             out
             already
             ,
             and
             shall
             be
             offered
             to
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             if
             they
             please
             to
             accept
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             you
             one
             onely
             encouragement
             .
             I
             doe
             avow
             ,
             that
             before
             the
             Dutch
             were
             lately
             interrupted
             by
             the
             Dunkerks
             ,
             by
             their
             industry
             ,
             and
             our
             fish
             ,
             they
             made
             at
             great
             Returnes
             betweene
             Dansicke
             and
             Naples
             
             as
             the
             value
             of
             all
             our
             Cloth
             ,
             which
             is
             one
             million
             yearely
             ,
             and
             this
             in
             a
             due
             place
             I
             desire
             should
             have
             his
             due
             weight
             and
             consideration
             .
          
        
         
           We
           have
           one
           helpe
           more
           ,
           if
           we
           knew
           how
           to
           use
           it
           ,
           
             that
             is
             ,
             by
             the
             new
             drained
             Lands
             in
             the
             Fens
             ,
             most
             fit
             for
             Flax
             and
             Hempe
             ,
             to
             make
             all
             sorts
             of
             Linen
             for
             the
             body
             ,
             for
             the
             house
             ,
             and
             sailes
             for
             ships
             ;
             that
             is
             a
             Dutch
             and
             French
             Trade
             :
             but
             in
             Holland
             one
             Acre
             of
             ground
             is
             rented
             at
             three
             pounds
             ,
             which
             if
             the
             Hollanders
             may
             have
             in
             the
             Fens
             for
          
           10.
           s.
           
             or
          
           12.
           s.
           
             it
             will
             be
             easie
             to
             draw
             the
             manufacture
             into
             England
             ,
             which
             will
             set
             infinite
             people
             a
             worke
             ,
             and
             we
             may
             be
             able
             to
             serve
             other
             Nations
             with
             that
             which
             we
             buy
             deare
             from
             them
             ,
          
           and
           then
           the
           State
           and
           Kingdome
           will
           be
           happy
           and
           rich
           ,
           when
           the
           Kings
           customes
           shall
           depend
           upon
           commodities
           exported
           ,
           and
           those
           able
           to
           returne
           all
           things
           which
           we
           want
           ,
           and
           then
           our
           money
           must
           stay
           within
           our
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           trade
           returne
           in
           money
           :
           to
           incourage
           you
           to
           this
           ,
           I
           give
           you
           one
           example
           .
        
         
           That
           if
           the
           severall
           sorts
           of
           Callicoes
           made
           of
           Cotton
           woolls
           in
           the
           Moguls
           and
           Dans
           Dominions
           ,
           doth
           clothe
           from
           head
           to
           foot
           all
           Asia
           ,
           a
           part
           of
           Europe
           ,
           Aegypt
           ,
           much
           of
           Africa
           ,
           and
           the
           Easterne
           Islands
           as
           farre
           as
           Sumatra
           ,
           which
           makes
           that
           Prince
           without
           Mines
           the
           richest
           Prince
           in
           the
           world
           :
           and
           by
           his
           Majesties
           Grace
           and
           Priviledges
           granted
           to
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           I
           am
           confident
           wee
           may
           make
           and
           undersell
           in
           all
           Linen
           cloth
           in
           all
           the
           Nations
           in
           Europe
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           have
           now
           wandred
           far
           from
           my
           Theam
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           decay
           of
           Trade
           and
           of
           Woollen
           commodity
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           first
           therefore
           present
           to
           your
           consideration
           the
           causes
           thereof
           in
           my
           observations
           ,
           whereof
           some
           are
           internall
           ,
           and
           some
           externall
           .
        
         
           The
           internall
           have
           proceeded
           from
           her
           owne
           false
           making
           ,
           a
           stretchning
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           practices
           ,
           whereby
           indeed
           our
           Cloth
           is
           discredited
           ;
           I
           speake
           by
           experience
           from
           Dansick
           and
           Holland
           ,
           northward
           to
           Constantinople
           ,
           as
           I
           will
           instance
           in
           due
           time
           .
        
         
         
           This
           false
           Lucre
           of
           our
           owne
           ,
           and
           the
           interruption
           in
           the
           dying
           and
           dressing
           projected
           and
           not
           overcome
           ,
           gave
           the
           first
           wound
           ,
           though
           could
           it
           have
           beene
           compassed
           ,
           had
           doubled
           the
           value
           of
           our
           Commodity
           .
        
         
           This
           hath
           caused
           the
           
             Dutch
             Silesians
          
           and
           
             Venetians
          
           to
           attempt
           the
           making
           of
           Cloath
           ,
           and
           now
           byy
           experience
           (
           as
           I
           am
           informed
           )
           
             the
             halfe
             is
             not
             vented
             ,
             that
             was
             in
             the
             latter
             Age
             .
          
        
         
           
             Another
             internall
             cause
             hath
             risen
             from
             such
             Impositions
             ,
             as
             hath
             made
             our
             cloath
             too
             deare
             abroad
             ,
             and
             consequently
             taught
             others
             to
             provide
             for
             themselves
             .
          
        
         
           
             Another
             internall
             cause
             hath
             sprung
             from
             pressaries
             upon
             tender
             consciences
             ,
             that
             many
             of
             our
             Clothiers
             and
             others
             have
             forsaken
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             carried
             their
             Arts
             with
             them
             to
             the
             unexpressable
             det●iment
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             .
          
        
         
           The
           externall
           causes
           have
           been
           the
           want
           of
           perfection
           ,
           and
           countenance
           to
           our
           Merchants
           ,
           established
           abroad
           in
           Factories
           by
           the
           State
           and
           by
           the
           Treaties
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Capitulations
           have
           not
           beene
           kept
           nor
           assured
           unto
           them
           ,
           neither
           in
           
             Prussia
             ,
          
           nor
           in
           the
           
             ●ound
             ,
          
           nor
           
             Humburgh
             ,
          
           nor
           
             Holland
             ,
          
           nor
           in
           the
           East
           :
           and
           this
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           
             that
             Laban
             never
             changed
             Iacobs
             wages
             so
             often
             ,
             as
             the
             Hollanders
             have
             forced
             our
             Merchants
             to
             change
             their
             residences
             ,
          
           and
           the
           very
           course
           of
           this
           Trade
           ,
           by
           Lawes
           and
           Tricks
           for
           their
           own
           advantage
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Merchant
           adventurers
           will
           more
           fully
           informe
           you
           .
        
         
           Another
           externall
           cause
           is
           lamentable
           ,
           
             Report
             ,
             the
             increase
             of
             the
             Pirates
             ,
             and
             the
             insecurity
             of
             the
             Meditirranean
             Seas
             ;
             whereby
             Bristow
             and
             the
             Westerne
             Ports
             ,
             that
             cannot
             have
             so
             great
             shipping
             as
          
           London
           ,
           are
           beaten
           out
           of
           Trade
           and
           fishing
           ;
           and
           if
           once
           those
           Theeves
           shal
           finde
           the
           way
           to
           Banke
           and
           New-found-land
           ,
           they
           will
           undo
           the
           West
           parts
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           trouble
           you
           with
           a
           Consideration
           very
           considerable
           in
           our
           Government
           ,
           whether
           indeed
           London
           doth
           not
           monopolize
           all
           Trade
           :
           in
           my
           opinion
           it
           is
           no
           good
           state
           of
           a
           body
           to
           have
           a
           fat
           Head
           ,
           thin
           Guts
           ,
           and
           leane
           Members
           .
        
         
         
           But
           to
           bring
           something
           before
           you
           of
           Remedy
           ,
           I
           say
           thus
           for
           my
           first
           ground
           ,
           that
           if
           our
           Cloth
           be
           not
           vented
           as
           in
           former
           yeeres
           ,
           let
           us
           imbrace
           some
           other
           way
           to
           spend
           and
           vent
           our
           Wools
           .
           Cloth
           is
           a
           heavie
           and
           hot
           wearing
           ,
           and
           serves
           but
           one
           cold
           corner
           of
           the
           World
           :
           But
           if
           we
           embrace
           the
           new
           Draperies
           ,
           and
           encourage
           the
           Wallons
           ,
           and
           others
           by
           Priviledges
           ,
           and
           Naturalizations
           ,
           we
           shall
           imploy
           all
           the
           wooll
           we
           have
           ,
           set
           more
           people
           a
           worke
           then
           by
           Cloth
           ,
           and
           a
           pound
           of
           wooll
           in
           those
           stuffes
           true
           made
           ,
           will
           out-sell
           two
           pounds
           in
           cloth
           ;
           
             and
             this
             we
             may
             supply
             France
             ,
             Italy
             ,
             Spaine
             ,
             Barbary
             ,
             and
             some
             parts
             of
             Asia
             ,
             by
             such
             light
             and
             fine
             stuffes
             as
             will
             fit
             those
             warmer
             Regions
             ,
             and
             yet
             have
             sufficient
             for
             the
             cold
             Climates
             to
             be
             spent
             and
             adventured
             in
             true
             made
             cloth
             ,
             by
             the
             reputation
             both
             of
             our
             Nation
             and
             commodity
             .
          
        
         
           But
           in
           this
           course
           I
           must
           observe
           ,
           that
           these
           strangers
           so
           fit
           to
           be
           nourished
           ,
           and
           being
           Protestants
           ,
           may
           have
           priviledges
           to
           use
           their
           owne
           rights
           in
           Religion
           ,
           so
           as
           they
           be
           not
           scandalous
           ,
           as
           the
           Dutch
           and
           French
           had
           granted
           unto
           them
           by
           Queene
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           and
           certainly
           the
           setling
           of
           religion
           secure
           in
           England
           ,
           the
           fear
           wherof
           made
           many
           weak
           mindes
           to
           waver
           and
           abandon
           this
           Countrie
           ,
           is
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           a
           great
           meanes
           to
           resettle
           both
           the
           great
           and
           lesser
           manufactures
           of
           wollen
           cōmodities
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           externall
           causes
           ,
           we
           must
           flye
           to
           the
           Sanctuary
           of
           his
           Majesties
           gracious
           goodnesse
           and
           protection
           ,
           who
           ,
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           when
           the
           whole
           businesse
           shall
           be
           prepared
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           have
           shewed
           him
           our
           duty
           and
           love
           ,
           and
           setled
           his
           customes
           in
           such
           a
           bountifull
           way
           ,
           as
           he
           may
           reape
           his
           part
           of
           the
           fruit
           of
           Trade
           ;
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           vouchsafe
           you
           all
           favour
           fit
           to
           be
           conferred
           upon
           good
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           not
           onely
           to
           protect
           you
           abroad
           ,
           by
           his
           forces
           and
           authority
           ,
           and
           by
           treaties
           with
           his
           neighbours
           ,
           but
           by
           increasing
           the
           priviledges
           of
           Merchants
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           confirming
           all
           their
           Charters
           ,
           the
           breach
           whereof
           hath
           bin
           a
           great
           discouragement
           unto
           them
           ;
           and
           without
           which
           duely
           observed
           ,
           they
           cannot
           regulate
           their
           Trade
           .
        
         
         
           There
           are
           some
           particulars
           in
           the
           Spanish
           Trade
           ,
           perhaps
           worthy
           of
           animadversiō
           ,
           as
           underselling
           good
           commodity
           to
           make
           money
           ,
           or
           barter
           for
           Tobacco
           ,
           to
           the
           imbasement
           of
           our
           own
           Staple
           for
           Smoake
           ,
           which
           in
           a
           due
           place
           ought
           to
           be
           taken
           into
           Regulation
           .
        
         
           Another
           consideration
           for
           a
           ground
           of
           Trade
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           nature
           of
           it
           ,
           with
           whom
           ,
           and
           for
           what
           wee
           trade
           ,
           and
           which
           Trade
           is
           most
           principally
           to
           be
           nourished
           ;
           which
           out
           of
           doubt
           ,
           are
           the
           Northerne
           Trades
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           root
           of
           all
           other
           ,
           because
           the
           materials
           brought
           from
           those
           parts
           ,
           as
           from
           Wx
           ,
           Muscove
           ,
           Norway
           ,
           Prussia
           ,
           and
           Livonia
           ,
           are
           fundamentall
           and
           of
           absolute
           necessity
           ;
           for
           from
           these
           Trades
           we
           get
           the
           materials
           of
           Shipping
           ,
           as
           Pitch
           ,
           Tar
           ,
           Cordage
           ,
           Masts
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           ,
           which
           inable
           us
           to
           all
           the
           Southerne
           Trades
           themselves
           ,
           of
           lesse
           use
           ,
           being
           onely
           Wine
           ,
           Fruit
           ,
           Oranges
           ,
           and
           curiosities
           for
           Sauces
           ,
           or
           effeminacy
           ;
           but
           by
           these
           we
           sayle
           to
           the
           East-Indies
           ,
           and
           may
           erect
           a
           Company
           of
           the
           West-Indies
           ;
           for
           the
           golden-fleece
           which
           shall
           be
           prepared
           for
           you
           ,
           whensoever
           you
           are
           ready
           for
           so
           great
           a
           Consultation
           .
        
         
           The
           right
           way
           to
           nourish
           these
           Northerne
           Trades
           ,
           is
           by
           his
           Majesties
           favour
           ,
           to
           presse
           the
           King
           of
           Denmarke
           to
           Iustice
           ,
           not
           to
           come
           as
           his
           intollerable
           Taxes
           newly
           imposed
           upon
           Trade
           in
           the
           passage
           of
           the
           Sound
           ;
           in
           Examples
           whereof
           ,
           the
           Elector
           of
           Brandenburgh
           joyned
           with
           the
           King
           of
           Poland
           ,
           hath
           likewise
           more
           then
           trebled
           the
           ancient
           and
           capitulated
           Duties
           ;
           which
           if
           that
           they
           shall
           continue
           ,
           I
           pronounce
           all
           the
           Commerce
           of
           the
           Baltique
           Sea
           so
           over-burthened
           ,
           
             that
             the
             East-●and
             Company
             cannot
             subsist
             ,
          
           nor
           without
           them
           and
           the
           Muskove
           Company
           the
           Navigation
           ;
           but
           that
           the
           Materials
           for
           shipping
           will
           be
           doubled
           ,
           which
           will
           eat
           out
           all
           Trades
           .
           I
           have
           given
           you
           but
           Essayes
           ,
           and
           strooke
           little
           sparkes
           of
           fire
           before
           you
           ;
           
             my
             intention
             is
             but
             to
             provoke
             the
             wit
             and
             ability
             of
             ot●ers
             ;
             I
             have
             drawne
             you
             a
             Map
             ,
             wherein
             you
             cannot
             see
             things
             cleerly
             and
             distinctly
             ;
             onely
             I
             
             introduce
             matter
             before
             you
             ,
             and
             now
             I
             have
             done
             ,
             when
             I
             have
             shewed
             you
             the
             way
             how
             to
             enlarge
             and
             bring
             every
             particular
             thing
             into
             debate
             .
          
        
         
           To
           which
           end
           ,
           my
           motion
           and
           desire
           is
           this
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           send
           to
           every
           severall
           Company
           of
           Merchants
           trading
           in
           Companies
           ,
           and
           under
           Government
           and
           Priviledges
           ,
           and
           to
           aske
           of
           them
           ,
           what
           is
           their
           Grievances
           in
           their
           generall
           Trade
           (
           not
           to
           take
           in
           private
           complaints
           )
           what
           is
           the
           causes
           of
           decay
           or
           abuses
           in
           their
           Trades
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           want
           of
           money
           ,
           which
           is
           visible
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           great
           losses
           ,
           both
           to
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           to
           every
           particular
           ,
           by
           the
           late
           high
           exchanges
           ;
           and
           to
           desire
           every
           one
           of
           these
           Companies
           to
           set
           downe
           their
           judgement
           in
           writing
           to
           the
           Committee
           by
           a
           day
           appointed
           :
           and
           having
           from
           them
           all
           the
           generall
           state
           of
           the
           Complaints
           severally
           ,
           wee
           shall
           make
           some
           judgements
           of
           these
           relations
           one
           to
           another
           :
           this
           done
           ,
           I
           desire
           to
           require
           all
           the
           same
           severall
           Companies
           upon
           their
           owne
           papers
           to
           propose
           to
           us
           in
           writing
           the
           Remedies
           appliable
           in
           their
           judgement
           ;
           which
           materials
           having
           altogether
           ,
           and
           comparing
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           we
           shall
           discover
           that
           trueth
           which
           we
           seeke
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           Whether
           Trade
           and
           Money
           decay
           or
           not
           ?
           and
           how
           to
           remedy
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           have
           one
           request
           more
           ,
           and
           so
           I
           will
           ease
           you
           of
           my
           losse
           of
           your
           time
           .
           That
           when
           from
           all
           these
           Merchants
           wee
           shall
           have
           before
           us
           so
           much
           matter
           ,
           and
           without
           such
           variety
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           not
           without
           private
           and
           particular
           ends
           ,
           that
           then
           you
           will
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           represent
           to
           you
           the
           names
           of
           some
           generall
           ,
           and
           others
           disinteressed
           and
           well
           experienced
           in
           many
           particulars
           ,
           who
           may
           assist
           our
           judgements
           in
           all
           the
           premises
           particularly
           in
           moneyes
           and
           Exchanges
           ,
           and
           give
           us
           great
           light
           to
           prepare
           our
           result
           and
           resolution
           ,
           to
           be
           by
           the
           whole
           House
           of
           Commons
           represented
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           for
           expedition
           that
           a
           sub-Committee
           may
           be
           named
           to
           direct
           this
           Information
           from
           the
           Merchants
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
    

