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         Sheeres, Henry, Sir, d. 1710.
      
       
         
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             A discourse touching Tanger in a letter to a person of quality.
             Sheeres, Henry, Sir, d. 1710.
          
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             1680.
          
           
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           A
           DISCOURSE
           Touching
           Tanger
           :
           In
           a
           LETTER
           To
           a
           PERSON
           of
           QUALITY
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           the
           Author
           ,
           1680.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           DISCOURSE
           Touching
           Tanger
           .
        
         
           
             Honour'd
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Remember
           at
           our
           parting
           ,
           I
           made
           you
           a
           promise
           to
           gratifie
           your
           curiosity
           the
           best
           I
           could
           ,
           with
           an
           abstract
           of
           my
           judgment
           and
           observations
           ,
           touching
           his
           Majesty's
           City
           and
           Port
           of
           Tanger
           :
           and
           had
           obey'd
           you
           long
           since
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           my
           Head
           been
           rather
           oppress'd
           than
           employ'd
           ,
           by
           the
           unexpected
           difficulties
           of
           my
           toylsom
           charge
           ;
           which
           to
           this
           
           day
           render
           me
           so
           little
           Master
           of
           my
           Resolutions
           ,
           that
           the
           few
           Minutes
           I
           borrow
           ,
           like
           broken
           Slumbers
           ,
           scarce
           afford
           me
           leave
           to
           reflect
           seriously
           on
           any
           other
           Subject
           .
           Be
           pleas'd
           therefore
           to
           take
           this
           short
           account
           only
           ,
           as
           an
           earnest
           of
           what
           you
           may
           farther
           expect
           ;
           when
           with
           more
           freedom
           of
           thought
           I
           shall
           be
           enabled
           to
           send
           you
           a
           Present
           of
           the
           same
           kind
           ,
           better
           worth
           your
           acceptance
           .
        
         
           Tanger
           ,
           according
           to
           remotest
           accounts
           ,
           I
           find
           to
           have
           been
           a
           Colony
           of
           the
           Romans
           ;
           which
           conquering
           People
           did
           from
           thence
           lead
           their
           Armies
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           subdu'd
           all
           that
           part
           of
           Africa
           .
           They
           call'd
           a
           great
           Province
           by
           that
           name
           ;
           and
           thought
           it
           so
           well
           worth
           their
           labour
           ,
           that
           they
           Planted
           ,
           Peopled
           ,
           and
           Built
           it
           to
           the
           Magnitude
           of
           the
           greatest
           Cities
           ;
           as
           we
           find
           by
           the
           Fragments
           of
           their
           Structures
           ,
           where
           ever
           we
           have
           occasion
           to
           break
           ground
           in
           the
           Fields
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           noble
           Aquaeducts
           ;
           some
           whereof
           to
           this
           day
           supply
           the
           Town
           with
           Water
           ,
           said
           to
           be
           the
           best
           in
           the
           
           World.
           But
           by
           the
           declension
           of
           that
           Monarchy
           ,
           it
           shrunk
           by
           degrees
           to
           the
           dimension
           it
           now
           bears
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           here
           the
           Moors
           form'd
           ,
           and
           from
           hence
           prosecuted
           ,
           their
           great
           design
           of
           conquering
           Spain
           :
           the
           advantageous
           Situation
           whereof
           ,
           is
           thought
           to
           have
           not
           only
           incouraged
           those
           Infidels
           to
           the
           Attempt
           ;
           but
           lent
           them
           such
           aids
           ,
           as
           mainly
           conduc'd
           to
           their
           success
           .
        
         
           At
           length
           ,
           about
           the
           year
           1474
           ,
           while
           the
           Princes
           of
           Barbary
           were
           at
           War
           amongst
           themselves
           ,
           this
           ,
           with
           other
           Towns
           upon
           the
           Coast
           ,
           fell
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Portuguez
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Upon
           his
           Majesty's
           Marriage
           with
           our
           present
           Queen
           ,
           Tanger
           was
           given
           in
           part
           of
           her
           Dowry
           :
           a
           Capitulation
           much
           oppos'd
           by
           the
           Spanish
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           gave
           that
           Government
           so
           much
           apprehension
           ,
           that
           ,
           upon
           his
           Majesty's
           sending
           so
           great
           a
           Garrison
           as
           he
           did
           upon
           our
           first
           possessing
           it
           ,
           (
           jealous
           what
           design
           there
           might
           be
           )
           withdrew
           a
           great
           part
           of
           their
           Army
           from
           the
           Frontiers
           of
           Portugal
           ,
           and
           
           Quarter'd
           them
           along
           the
           Coast
           of
           Andaluzia
           ,
           to
           have
           an
           Eye
           upon
           our
           Motions
           :
           by
           which
           State
           contrivance
           as
           is
           thought
           of
           the
           Portuguez
           ,
           they
           got
           the
           respite
           of
           one
           whole
           Campaign
           from
           the
           Incursions
           of
           the
           Spaniard
           .
           This
           I
           the
           rather
           mention
           to
           excite
           our
           own
           value
           for
           Tanger
           ,
           which
           barely
           our
           possession
           of
           ,
           gives
           other
           Princes
           so
           much
           caution
           .
        
         
           This
           sufficing
           for
           the
           Historical
           part
           of
           Tanger
           ,
           to
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           possessing
           it
           .
           I
           will
           now
           proceed
           ,
           with
           the
           brevity
           of
           a
           Letter
           ,
           to
           treat
           upon
           the
           four
           following
           heads
           ,
           viz.
           Upon
           
             
               The
               Service
               Tanger
               has
               already
               rendred
               the
               Crown
               .
            
             
               What
               Service
               it
               may
               render
               it
               ,
               if
               improv'd
               .
            
             
               The
               mischief
               it
               may
               do
               us
               ,
               if
               possess'd
               by
               any
               other
               Powerful
               Prince
               .
            
             
               Some
               general
               Observations
               touching
               Trade
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           Tanger
           is
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           observ'd
           ,
           so
           advantageously
           Situated
           ,
           that
           it
           Surveys
           the
           greatest
           Thorough-fare
           of
           Commerce
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           having
           in
           one
           view
           almost
           the
           whole
           Sea
           comprehended
           between
           the
           four
           Capes
           of
           
             Travalgar
             ,
             Gibraltar
             ,
             Spartel
          
           ,
           and
           Ceuta
           ;
           those
           on
           the
           European
           ,
           these
           on
           the
           African
           shore
           :
           so
           that
           no
           Ship
           or
           Vessel
           can
           pass
           in
           or
           out
           of
           the
           Mediterranean
           ,
           unobserv'd
           from
           thence
           .
        
         
           It
           comes
           therefore
           to
           pass
           ,
           by
           means
           of
           this
           narrow
           Gap
           or
           Inlet
           ,
           that
           Men
           of
           War
           ,
           Pirats
           and
           Corsairs
           of
           all
           Nations
           ,
           covet
           to
           Ply
           and
           Cruiz
           in
           and
           about
           that
           Station
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           sure
           to
           speak
           with
           all
           Ships
           that
           pass
           .
        
         
           Here
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           a
           Squadron
           of
           the
           Dutch
           on
           two
           several
           occasions
           ,
           during
           that
           War
           ,
           lay
           in
           wait
           for
           our
           New-found-land-Fleet
           ,
           who
           had
           no
           recourse
           for
           safety
           but
           to
           Tanger
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           protected
           and
           secur'd
           ,
           till
           the
           danger
           was
           over
           :
           the
           greatest
           part
           whereof
           had
           otherwise
           demonstrably
           fallen
           into
           the
           Enemy's
           hands
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           on
           this
           Station
           that
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             
             Allen
          
           ,
           during
           the
           first
           Dutch
           War
           ,
           incounter'd
           their
           Smyrna
           Fleet
           ;
           and
           here
           ,
           in
           the
           last
           War
           with
           Algier
           ,
           a
           whole
           Squadron
           of
           Turks
           fell
           into
           our
           hands
           at
           once
           ,
           and
           were
           all
           destroy'd
           :
           and
           both
           then
           ,
           &
           since
           by
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Narbrough
          
           ,
           there
           has
           been
           by
           a
           manifold
           degree
           more
           mischief
           done
           to
           that
           Enemy
           on
           this
           Station
           ,
           than
           in
           all
           the
           Ocean
           besides
           :
           and
           we
           have
           frequent
           examples
           of
           single
           Ships
           being
           chased
           into
           this
           Port
           for
           shelter
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           Port
           ,
           upon
           the
           breaking
           out
           of
           the
           last
           Dutch
           War
           ,
           was
           sent
           us
           advice
           of
           a
           Squadron
           of
           their
           Merchant
           Ships
           ,
           that
           were
           bound
           from
           Malaga
           homeward
           ,
           but
           ill
           guarded
           ,
           with
           an
           exact
           account
           when
           they
           were
           to
           depart
           :
           which
           Squadron
           we
           incounter'd
           ;
           and
           had
           the
           Affair
           been
           more
           fortunately
           manag'd
           ,
           they
           had
           all
           fallen
           into
           our
           hands
           ;
           though
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           ,
           the
           greatest
           part
           were
           destroy'd
           and
           taken
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           Place
           ,
           on
           divers
           occasions
           both
           by
           Sea
           and
           Land
           ,
           we
           have
           received
           notice
           from
           Salli
           ,
           and
           other
           places
           
           on
           the
           Coast
           ,
           of
           proper
           Seasons
           whereby
           to
           Attack
           that
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           have
           often
           succeeded
           in
           our
           Attempts
           upon
           those
           intimations
           :
           and
           I
           think
           I
           may
           with
           good
           assurance
           aver
           ,
           That
           by
           the
           advantage
           of
           this
           Place
           ,
           we
           have
           destroy'd
           more
           of
           those
           Pirates
           ,
           than
           all
           Nations
           besides
           put
           together
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           industrious
           to
           their
           power
           to
           prejudice
           them
           ;
           especially
           the
           
             French
             ,
             Dutch
          
           ,
           and
           Portuguez
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           ,
           farther
           to
           shew
           you
           how
           this
           Place
           has
           been
           already
           useful
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           remember'd
           ,
           that
           during
           the
           Plague
           in
           England
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           penal
           in
           the
           highest
           degree
           in
           Spain
           ,
           to
           hold
           the
           least
           Commerce
           with
           us
           ;
           notwithstanding
           the
           hazard
           they
           ran
           ,
           the
           Spaniards
           themselves
           came
           over
           by
           stealth
           ,
           and
           by
           degrees
           did
           here
           supply
           their
           wants
           ,
           without
           paying
           Custom
           either
           here
           or
           there
           ;
           this
           Place
           being
           the
           general
           Magazine
           to
           all
           the
           Coast
           along
           .
        
         
           What
           quantities
           of
           French
           Commodities
           were
           lodg'd
           here
           ,
           during
           their
           War
           with
           Spain
           ,
           and
           were
           by
           little
           
           and
           little
           in
           Spanish
           Vessels
           fetch'd
           over
           ,
           and
           put
           on
           Board
           their
           Gallions
           when
           they
           were
           ready
           to
           receive
           them
           ,
           without
           ever
           Landing
           them
           ?
        
         
           With
           what
           ease
           and
           expedition
           did
           Sir
           
             Iohn
             Narbrough
          
           ,
           the
           last
           year
           ,
           Carreen
           and
           Refit
           the
           Ships
           under
           his
           Command
           within
           the
           Mole
           ;
           where
           we
           had
           neither
           Hulk
           ,
           nor
           any
           sort
           of
           Provision
           for
           that
           Service
           ?
           When
           I
           often
           heard
           him
           say
           ,
           with
           great
           satisfaction
           ,
           That
           he
           would
           undertake
           to
           Refit
           a
           Squadron
           in
           half
           the
           time
           ,
           and
           with
           half
           the
           charge
           ,
           that
           it
           could
           be
           done
           any
           where
           else
           out
           of
           England
           :
           and
           I
           think
           I
           do
           not
           give
           him
           more
           than
           his
           due
           ,
           if
           I
           presume
           to
           say
           ,
           he
           is
           as
           qualified
           for
           credit
           in
           that
           particular
           ,
           as
           any
           man
           whatever
           of
           his
           Profession
           .
        
         
           How
           many
           Merchants
           Ships
           in
           peril
           by
           Distress
           of
           Weather
           have
           been
           reliev'd
           and
           preserv'd
           by
           the
           assistance
           they
           have
           receiv'd
           from
           hence
           ?
        
         
           I
           could
           also
           insist
           on
           the
           damages
           done
           on
           the
           French
           from
           this
           Place
           ,
           during
           our
           War
           with
           them
           .
        
         
         
           Nor
           have
           the
           advantages
           been
           small
           arising
           from
           considerable
           quantities
           of
           English
           Merchandise
           ,
           Manufactures
           ,
           &c
           ,
           dispos'd
           of
           hence
           into
           Barbary
           ;
           but
           ,
           having
           an
           eye
           to
           may
           promise
           of
           writing
           you
           only
           a
           Letter
           ,
           I
           shall
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           as
           to
           this
           first
           head
           ,
           only
           say
           ,
           That
           Tanger
           may
           be
           justly
           reckon'd
           to
           have
           gon
           far
           towards
           the
           recompencing
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           the
           charge
           his
           Majesty
           has
           been
           at
           ,
           in
           its
           preservation
           and
           improvement
           .
           And
           if
           while
           in
           its
           Infancy
           ,
           when
           there
           could
           be
           no
           just
           regulation
           of
           the
           charge
           ,
           nor
           the
           place
           fram'd
           and
           cultivated
           fully
           up
           to
           the
           uses
           and
           ends
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           we
           can
           demonstrably
           make
           such
           a
           Calculation
           ;
           what
           may
           be
           hop'd
           from
           it
           ,
           when
           besides
           the
           large
           retrenchment
           it
           has
           already
           admitted
           in
           its
           charge
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           demonstrate
           so
           many
           farther
           extraordinary
           Services
           it
           is
           capable
           of
           rendring
           the
           Crown
           ,
           as
           I
           doubt
           not
           to
           prove
           in
           the
           following
           Section
           .
        
         
           Which
           is
           to
           shew
           wherein
           ,
           and
           to
           
           what
           degree
           ,
           Tanger
           is
           applicable
           to
           the
           ends
           and
           uses
           of
           the
           Government
           .
        
         
           I
           think
           I
           may
           challenge
           
             mankind
          
           to
           point
           me
           out
           ,
           in
           the
           whole
           Globe
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           a
           spot
           of
           ground
           so
           improvable
           of
           the
           honour
           and
           interest
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           as
           Tanger
           .
        
         
           What
           is
           it
           has
           rendered
           England
           so
           formidable
           ,
           so
           rich
           ,
           and
           so
           renown'd
           a
           Kingdom
           ;
           but
           the
           strength
           of
           our
           Navyes
           ,
           and
           Universality
           of
           our
           Commerce
           ?
           For
           our
           Fleeces
           might
           grow
           till
           they
           Rot
           ,
           and
           our
           Mines
           remain
           in
           the
           bowels
           of
           their
           Mother
           ;
           and
           our
           People
           rust
           into
           the
           Barbarity
           of
           their
           Ancestors
           ,
           and
           our
           Nation
           become
           a
           prey
           to
           every
           aspiring
           Monarch
           ;
           did
           not
           this
           mighty
           Machin
           set
           all
           Heads
           ,
           and
           Hands
           a-work
           ,
           quicken
           our
           understandings
           ,
           and
           polish
           our
           manners
           ,
           and
           from
           an
           object
           otherwise
           of
           pity
           ,
           or
           contempt
           ,
           render
           us
           the
           greatest
           Pattern
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           of
           the
           power
           of
           Industry
           ,
           the
           Fountain
           of
           all
           the
           Blessings
           we
           enjoy
           :
           And
           because
           there
           are
           many
           various
           Wheels
           and
           Motions
           
           therein
           ,
           why
           should
           not
           Tanger
           be
           esteem'd
           among
           the
           principal
           of
           those
           movements
           ,
           which
           keep
           this
           vast
           Engin
           going
           ?
        
         
           First
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           Spain
           ,
           in
           case
           of
           a
           War
           with
           that
           People
           ;
           he
           who
           knows
           any
           thing
           ,
           is
           not
           ignorant
           that
           the
           dammages
           we
           sustain
           by
           such
           a
           War
           ,
           are
           more
           through
           the
           Embargo
           of
           a
           free
           and
           open
           Commerce
           with
           them
           ,
           so
           useful
           and
           profitable
           to
           this
           Nation
           ,
           that
           it
           becomes
           a
           doubt
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           not
           of
           more
           account
           than
           one
           half
           of
           the
           Trade
           we
           have
           with
           all
           Europe
           besides
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           mischief
           in
           such
           case
           will
           be
           more
           ,
           by
           a
           suspention
           of
           our
           Commerce
           ,
           than
           any
           great
           damage
           can
           arrive
           us
           by
           their
           hostilities
           :
           If
           so
           ,
           then
           I
           undertake
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           Tanger
           is
           able
           in
           a
           good
           degree
           ,
           if
           not
           totally
           ,
           to
           answer
           this
           great
           objection
           .
           For
           ,
           by
           virtue
           of
           our
           vicinity
           with
           Spain
           ,
           especially
           the
           five
           principal
           Ports
           of
           
             Sevil
             ,
             Cadiz
          
           ,
           St.
           Lucar
           ,
           Port
           St.
           
           Mary's
           ,
           and
           Malaga
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           convenience
           of
           a
           good
           Harbor
           here
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           success
           of
           
           the
           Mole
           is
           now
           well
           nigh
           effected
           ;
           our
           Nation
           there
           ,
           in
           case
           of
           a
           War
           ,
           may
           remove
           ,
           and
           settle
           their
           Factories
           here
           :
           Which
           ,
           both
           for
           the
           safety
           of
           their
           Persons
           as
           well
           as
           Estates
           ,
           they
           need
           not
           be
           invited
           to
           do
           ;
           having
           to
           my
           certain
           knowledge
           ,
           sundry
           times
           been
           upon
           the
           point
           of
           taking
           that
           resolution
           like
           one
           man
           ,
           by
           some
           jealousies
           they
           have
           had
           of
           mis-understandings
           likely
           to
           ensue
           ,
           betwixt
           us
           and
           that
           People
           :
           And
           affairs
           being
           once
           so
           settled
           ,
           the
           Spaniards
           themselves
           ,
           as
           their
           occasions
           press
           them
           ,
           will
           take
           care
           to
           be
           supply'd
           from
           hence
           ;
           as
           in
           the
           Instance
           I
           have
           given
           during
           the
           Plague
           of
           England
           .
           By
           this
           means
           ,
           our
           Estates
           run
           no
           hazard
           of
           seizure
           or
           Confiscation
           .
           We
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           put
           off
           our
           Commodities
           at
           better
           rates
           ;
           and
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           wholly
           depriv'd
           of
           his
           Customs
           :
           Tanger
           it self
           becomes
           a
           proportionable
           gainer
           by
           the
           bargain
           ,
           and
           his
           Majesties
           Subjects
           rest
           under
           the
           protection
           of
           their
           own
           Country
           Laws
           and
           Government
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           liberty
           of
           the
           
           exercise
           of
           their
           own
           Religion
           .
        
         
           Thus
           ,
           as
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           Tanger
           renders
           a
           War
           with
           Spain
           ,
           less
           burthensome
           to
           us
           ,
           by
           so
           preserving
           the
           Commerce
           unbroken
           ;
           so
           by
           its
           advantagious
           Situation
           ,
           and
           improvement
           to
           a
           good
           Port
           ,
           it
           would
           prove
           so
           great
           a
           Thorn
           in
           their
           sides
           ,
           by
           the
           incessant
           hostilities
           we
           should
           commit
           upon
           them
           ,
           (
           for
           it
           is
           not
           two
           hours
           Sail
           from
           Tanger
           to
           the
           Coast
           of
           Spain
           )
           the
           hazard
           and
           obstruction
           of
           their
           West-India
           Trade
           ,
           the
           ruining
           their
           Commerce
           one
           with
           another
           all
           along
           the
           Coast
           of
           Andaluzia
           ,
           which
           would
           certainly
           ensue
           ;
           and
           the
           sundry
           other
           damages
           by
           the
           help
           of
           Tanger
           ,
           too
           long
           to
           ennumerate
           ,
           or
           not
           at
           present
           occuring
           to
           my
           observation
           :
           All
           this
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           put
           together
           ,
           seems
           to
           me
           to
           yield
           matter
           sufficient
           to
           furnish
           us
           with
           the
           highest
           sentiments
           of
           estimation
           for
           Tanger
           ,
           though
           no
           other
           consideration
           were
           put
           into
           the
           Scale
           .
           For
           if
           this
           whole
           Theory
           ,
           or
           Postulata
           be
           true
           ,
           (
           as
           a
           good
           deal
           is
           prov'd
           by
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           not
           to
           be
           disproved
           ,
           
           but
           as
           time
           must
           try
           ;
           )
           then
           I
           may
           undertake
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Nation
           seems
           by
           Tanger
           to
           have
           gain'd
           this
           great
           point
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           if
           heretofore
           the
           reasons
           touching
           the
           importance
           of
           preserving
           our
           Commerce
           with
           Spain
           have
           for
           the
           most
           been
           found
           superiour
           to
           the
           motives
           (
           though
           great
           )
           which
           that
           People
           may
           ,
           by
           their
           affronts
           and
           injuries
           ,
           have
           given
           his
           Majesty
           of
           resentment
           ;
           those
           Arguments
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           are
           by
           means
           of
           Tanger
           removed
           ,
           and
           his
           Majesty
           in
           a
           better
           state
           of
           demanding
           satisfaction
           ,
           or
           doing
           himself
           right
           ;
           or
           the
           Spaniard
           hereby
           become
           conscious
           of
           the
           disadvantage
           ,
           deter'd
           from
           those
           provocations
           .
           And
           that
           they
           are
           apprehensive
           of
           the
           benefits
           thus
           accruing
           by
           our
           possession
           of
           Tanger
           ,
           is
           every
           day
           visible
           from
           the
           pains
           they
           take
           to
           discourage
           its
           prosperity
           ,
           by
           obstructing
           by
           all
           ways
           possible
           our
           supplies
           of
           whatever
           kind
           from
           thence
           ;
           especially
           of
           materials
           for
           carrying
           on
           the
           Mole
           ,
           &c.
           
           Whereof
           they
           are
           in
           great
           fear
           :
           So
           that
           ,
           if
           positive
           arguments
           in
           our
           Favour
           
           were
           less
           cogent
           ,
           the
           bare
           opinion
           they
           have
           of
           the
           use
           may
           be
           made
           of
           Tanger
           in
           their
           prejudice
           ,
           ought
           to
           beget
           in
           any
           reasonable
           man
           ,
           who
           loves
           ,
           and
           has
           any
           regard
           to
           the
           honour
           and
           welfare
           of
           his
           Country
           ,
           proportionable
           wishes
           for
           its
           incouragement
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           leaving
           Spain
           ,
           let
           us
           proceed
           to
           observe
           what
           may
           be
           of
           remark
           touching
           Tanger
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           France
           .
        
         
           The
           French
           Commerce
           with
           Spain
           ,
           and
           their
           Interest
           in
           the
           Spanish
           Gallions
           and
           Flota
           ,
           has
           been
           universally
           concluded
           equivalent
           to
           half
           the
           Nations
           of
           Europe
           beside
           ;
           and
           they
           have
           more
           business
           in
           ,
           and
           about
           this
           Station
           ,
           and
           frequent
           the
           Streights
           mouth
           with
           more
           shipping
           of
           one
           sort
           or
           another
           ,
           than
           any
           two
           Nations
           in
           Christendom
           :
           From
           whence
           our
           Ships
           riding
           at
           Anchor
           ,
           may
           weigh
           ,
           or
           slip
           ,
           and
           speak
           with
           all
           that
           pass
           in
           or
           out
           .
           Now
           what
           an
           awe
           will
           Tanger
           bear
           on
           such
           a
           People
           ;
           and
           what
           greater
           blessing
           can
           a
           Maritime
           Nation
           ,
           as
           England
           is
           ,
           
           so
           justly
           jealous
           of
           their
           Honour
           and
           Authority
           abroad
           ,
           ask
           of
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           possessors
           of
           a
           Place
           productive
           of
           so
           many
           eminent
           Services
           ,
           a
           place
           capable
           of
           yielding
           so
           many
           good
           Offices
           to
           our selves
           ,
           and
           Friends
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           annoyance
           to
           its
           most
           powerful
           Enemy
           ?
           This
           I
           mean
           ,
           who
           in
           our
           Age
           has
           succeeded
           so
           far
           in
           its
           designs
           of
           Rivaling
           us
           ,
           in
           the
           darling
           Priviledge
           and
           Prerogative
           of
           our
           Dominion
           upon
           the
           Sea
           ;
           and
           how
           far
           it
           behoves
           us
           to
           cherish
           the
           means
           that
           Providence
           affords
           ,
           and
           Nature
           seems
           to
           mark
           out
           for
           our
           improvment
           ,
           towards
           the
           attaining
           of
           so
           important
           an
           end
           ,
           let
           every
           honest
           Englishman
           Judge
           .
           And
           from
           France
           ,
           let
           us
           proceed
           to
           Holland
           .
        
         
           During
           the
           first
           Dutch
           War
           ,
           Tanger
           was
           in
           its
           Infancy
           ,
           the
           Mole
           of
           little
           benefit
           ,
           nor
           were
           the
           Ministers
           then
           so
           much
           enlighten'd
           in
           its
           usefulness
           ;
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           during
           that
           War
           ,
           the
           Hollander
           (
           especially
           towards
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           the
           War
           )
           did
           with
           a
           small
           Squadron
           on
           Ships
           ,
           scour
           the
           whole
           
           Mediterranean
           :
           And
           what
           with
           that
           ,
           and
           the
           preferrence
           they
           then
           found
           in
           the
           Spanish
           Ports
           ,
           they
           gain'd
           much
           upon
           us
           in
           those
           parts
           .
           But
           in
           the
           last
           War
           it
           was
           quite
           otherwise
           ;
           for
           upon
           the
           damage
           we
           did
           their
           Malaga
           Fleet
           ,
           from
           Tanger
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           already
           observed
           ,
           and
           the
           care
           then
           taken
           to
           have
           Ships
           upon
           that
           Station
           ,
           it
           is
           observable
           they
           scarce
           had
           any
           Trade
           within
           the
           Mediterranean
           after
           ,
           during
           the
           War
           :
           For
           the
           Dutch
           are
           a
           frugal
           and
           wise
           People
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           charge
           of
           their
           Convoys
           grow
           in
           any
           degree
           burthensom
           ,
           they
           chuse
           rather
           to
           suspend
           their
           Trade
           ,
           than
           prosecute
           it
           with
           any
           extraordinary
           expence
           or
           hazard
           ;
           especially
           that
           of
           the
           Mediterranean
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           Tanger
           can
           produce
           such
           effects
           in
           our
           Favour
           ,
           in
           case
           of
           a
           War
           with
           Holland
           ,
           as
           it
           has
           done
           ,
           and
           may
           yet
           do
           in
           a
           much
           greater
           degree
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           can
           be
           in
           the
           like
           manner
           of
           use
           to
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           in
           case
           of
           a
           War
           betwixt
           them
           and
           Spain
           ,
           as
           it
           has
           been
           to
           France
           ,
           during
           that
           War
           ;
           Then
           let
           us
           allow
           it
           an
           additional
           share
           in
           our
           praise
           
           and
           estimation
           ,
           and
           cherish
           it
           in
           proportion
           to
           these
           farther
           benefits
           :
           And
           now
           for
           Algier
           .
        
         
           Algier
           is
           a
           Den
           of
           sturdy
           Thieves
           ,
           form'd
           into
           a
           Body
           ;
           by
           which
           ,
           after
           a
           Tumultuary
           sort
           ,
           they
           Govern
           ;
           having
           the
           Grand
           Signior
           for
           their
           Protector
           ,
           who
           supplies
           them
           with
           Native
           Turks
           for
           their
           Souldiery
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           their
           Militia
           :
           And
           they
           in
           acknowledgement
           ,
           lend
           him
           their
           Ships
           when
           his
           Affairs
           require
           it
           .
           They
           are
           grown
           a
           rich
           and
           powerful
           People
           ;
           and
           by
           a
           long
           practice
           of
           Piracy
           become
           good
           Seamen
           ;
           and
           when
           prest
           by
           our
           Men
           of
           War
           ,
           as
           of
           late
           we
           have
           experimented
           ,
           they
           fight
           and
           defend
           themselves
           like
           brave
           men
           ,
           inferiour
           I
           am
           perswaded
           to
           no
           people
           whatever
           .
           They
           have
           no
           Commerce
           ,
           and
           so
           without
           any
           taste
           of
           the
           benefits
           of
           peace
           ,
           whence
           their
           life
           becomes
           a
           continual
           practice
           of
           Robbery
           ;
           and
           like
           Beasts
           of
           the
           Desart
           ,
           only
           forbear
           to
           worry
           ,
           where
           by
           fear
           ,
           not
           honesty
           ,
           they
           are
           deter'd
           ;
           and
           yet
           when
           hunger
           pinches
           ,
           
           and
           a
           good
           morsel
           lyes
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           they
           will
           venture
           hard
           for
           their
           prey
           ;
           as
           may
           appear
           by
           the
           occasions
           given
           by
           them
           for
           this
           ,
           and
           the
           last
           Wars
           .
        
         
           The
           Algierines
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           having
           no
           Merchant
           ships
           ,
           nor
           any
           Trade
           of
           their
           own
           with
           other
           Nations
           ,
           know
           nothing
           of
           the
           motives
           Christian
           Princes
           generally
           have
           of
           War
           and
           Peace
           ;
           so
           that
           their
           Polity
           and
           Rule
           is
           ,
           whom
           and
           how
           they
           may
           Rob
           and
           Plunder
           ,
           with
           greatest
           impunity
           .
           Therefore
           with
           some
           Nations
           they
           will
           have
           no
           peace
           at
           all
           ;
           because
           they
           can
           dispoil
           them
           without
           hazard
           .
           With
           others
           ,
           (
           as
           our selves
           )
           they
           will
           sometimes
           listen
           to
           proposals
           of
           peace
           ;
           but
           not
           as
           long
           as
           they
           can
           re-imburse
           themselves
           upon
           our
           Merchant-men
           ,
           what
           they
           suffer
           by
           our
           Men
           of
           War.
           Now
           't
           is
           worth
           ones
           while
           to
           consider
           how
           this
           Wild
           Beast
           may
           be
           tam'd
           ,
           so
           pernicous
           to
           the
           Trade
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           how
           far
           Tanger
           may
           lend
           a
           helping
           hand
           in
           the
           bringing
           it
           to
           pass
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           already
           given
           you
           an
           account
           
           of
           the
           advantage
           we
           have
           of
           Situation
           ,
           and
           how
           improvable
           towards
           the
           obtaining
           Dominion
           in
           and
           about
           these
           Seas
           ;
           and
           of
           the
           damage
           the
           ships
           of
           Algier
           have
           already
           receiv'd
           on
           this
           Station
           ,
           by
           the
           help
           of
           Tanger
           .
        
         
           The
           Algerines
           ,
           above
           all
           others
           ,
           when
           at
           peace
           with
           us
           ,
           do
           infest
           these
           Seas
           ;
           this
           Station
           being
           seldom
           without
           some
           or
           other
           of
           them
           ,
           cruizing
           in
           sight
           of
           the
           Port
           :
           Where
           they
           frequently
           come
           to
           an
           Anchor
           ,
           and
           Water
           ,
           and
           supply
           themselves
           with
           Necessaries
           ,
           sell
           their
           Prizes
           ,
           and
           reap
           great
           benefits
           by
           the
           Place
           .
        
         
           They
           have
           it
           also
           in
           their
           Instructions
           from
           the
           Government
           ,
           to
           call
           here
           ,
           and
           observe
           how
           the
           Mole
           advances
           ,
           and
           the
           place
           thrives
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           been
           told
           by
           the
           Captains
           themselves
           ,
           who
           protest
           ,
           that
           nothing
           gives
           them
           so
           much
           dread
           ,
           as
           the
           apprehension
           they
           have
           of
           the
           use
           we
           may
           make
           of
           Tanger
           against
           them
           .
           Insomuch
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           Gally
           arriv'd
           that
           was
           presented
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           the
           Algerines
           look'd
           upon
           themselves
           as
           half
           undone
           ;
           as
           the
           
           Captain
           of
           the
           Mary-gold
           ,
           the
           last
           Turks
           prize
           ,
           who
           was
           taken
           off
           of
           Tanger
           this
           War
           ,
           assur'd
           me
           .
           Our
           Gally
           Frigats
           likewise
           gave
           them
           great
           awe
           ,
           as
           they
           still
           do
           ;
           being
           a
           sort
           of
           Vessels
           which
           by
           the
           help
           of
           Tanger
           ,
           may
           be
           much
           improv'd
           to
           their
           annoyance
           .
           And
           if
           his
           Majesty
           would
           please
           farther
           to
           order
           the
           building
           of
           Vessels
           of
           War
           proper
           and
           peculiar
           to
           this
           Service
           and
           these
           Seas
           ,
           he
           would
           quickly
           see
           the
           good
           effect
           it
           would
           produce
           ,
           in
           bringing
           that
           People
           to
           know
           themselves
           :
           For
           though
           some
           of
           our
           English
           Vessels
           sail
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Algerines
           ,
           when
           clean
           ;
           yet
           such
           are
           yet
           but
           a
           few
           ,
           and
           we
           must
           also
           sail
           a
           good
           deal
           better
           than
           they
           to
           do
           our
           business
           upon
           them
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           less
           demonstrable
           to
           me
           than
           a
           Problem
           in
           Geometry
           ,
           (
           however
           it
           may
           seem
           not
           so
           much
           our
           present
           Subject
           )
           that
           we
           may
           build
           Ships
           that
           shall
           in
           a
           manifold
           degree
           out-sail
           our
           best
           Sailors
           :
           These
           Ships
           need
           but
           be
           few
           ,
           and
           of
           little
           charge
           ,
           and
           should
           be
           always
           kept
           in
           
             these
          
           Seas
           ,
           both
           in
           War
           and
           Peace
           .
           For'tis
           the
           occasion
           
           makes
           the
           Thief
           ;
           and
           a
           Coast
           or
           Place
           unguarded
           is
           neglected
           :
           What
           signifie
           the
           strongest
           Walls
           unmann'd
           ;
           or
           all
           the
           advantages
           of
           Nature
           ,
           if
           Industry
           be
           wanting
           in
           their
           application
           ?
        
         
           Tanger
           well
           manag'd
           ,
           may
           be
           rendred
           the
           greatest
           scourge
           to
           the
           Algierines
           in
           the
           World
           :
           and
           may
           afford
           them
           the
           best
           effects
           of
           Friendship
           .
           For
           if
           in
           time
           of
           War
           we
           can
           force
           them
           from
           this
           so
           beloved
           Station
           ,
           and
           attack
           them
           or
           their
           Prizes
           bound
           in
           or
           out
           ;
           and
           in
           time
           of
           Peace
           (
           which
           we
           cannot
           refuse
           them
           )
           they
           can
           be
           admitted
           to
           make
           use
           of
           Tanger
           ,
           and
           the
           Port
           ,
           as
           their
           occasions
           require
           ;
           they
           may
           perform
           their
           Voyages
           in
           half
           the
           time
           ,
           and
           with
           half
           the
           trouble
           of
           returning
           home
           ,
           to
           refit
           and
           Victual
           .
           For
           these
           Foxes
           prey
           remote
           from
           their
           holes
           :
           and
           for
           one
           Prize
           they
           take
           in
           the
           Mediterranean
           ,
           take
           ten
           in
           the
           wide
           Ocean
           .
           So
           that
           in
           their
           return
           homewards
           ,
           if
           they
           can
           dispose
           of
           their
           purchase
           at
           better
           rates
           here
           ,
           than
           they
           can
           have
           there
           ,
           and
           can
           refit
           again
           cheaper
           ;
           What
           
           should
           discourage
           their
           embracing
           the
           advantage
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           great
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           proportionably
           so
           to
           us
           ,
           by
           the
           sale
           of
           their
           Purchase
           amongst
           us
           ,
           &
           c
           ?
        
         
           But
           ,
           says
           an
           honest
           man
           ,
           and
           a
           good
           Christian
           ,
           this
           would
           be
           a
           scandal
           to
           Christendom
           .
           To
           which
           I
           reply
           ,
           It
           is
           not
           thought
           so
           by
           the
           most
           Christian
           King
           ;
           nor
           must
           we
           think
           so
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           them
           a
           Government
           ,
           qualified
           to
           Treat
           with
           Christian
           Princes
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           :
           for
           do
           not
           we
           enter
           into
           Articles
           of
           Peace
           with
           them
           ,
           which
           are
           formally
           agreed
           to
           ,
           and
           mutually
           Ratified
           ?
           If
           so
           ,
           how
           can
           we
           refuse
           them
           any
           thing
           ,
           to
           which
           Friendship
           may
           give
           them
           a
           Title
           ?
        
         
           Now
           ,
           if
           what
           I
           have
           observ'd
           ,
           touching
           the
           Government
           of
           Algier
           ,
           bear
           any
           weight
           ;
           then
           this
           must
           follow
           ,
           that
           ,
           upon
           conviction
           of
           the
           premises
           ,
           they
           will
           always
           esteem
           Peace
           with
           England
           more
           Eligible
           than
           War
           ,
           and
           no
           temptation
           whatsoever
           (
           as
           heretofore
           )
           can
           be
           believ'd
           will
           supersede
           Arguments
           of
           so
           much
           force
           as
           
           those
           we
           have
           noted
           .
           If
           so
           ,
           then
           upon
           this
           single
           bottom
           ,
           separate
           from
           any
           the
           foregoing
           remarks
           ,
           we
           may
           build
           reason
           sufficient
           to
           fortifie
           my
           Position
           ,
           for
           the
           cherishing
           and
           incouraging
           of
           this
           important
           Place
           by
           all
           means
           possible
           .
           For
           if
           Tanger
           shall
           appear
           so
           materially
           instrumental
           in
           preserving
           a
           perpetual
           Peace
           with
           Algier
           ;
           then
           hence
           alone
           the
           expense
           of
           keeping
           it
           is
           abundantly
           defray'd
           to
           the
           Government
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           charge
           of
           one
           Algier
           War
           ,
           abstracted
           from
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           spoils
           they
           commit
           upon
           our
           Commerce
           during
           such
           War
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           Money
           expended
           for
           carrying
           on
           ,
           and
           supporting
           of
           one
           such
           a
           War
           ,
           being
           put
           into
           Bank
           ,
           would
           at
           6
           
             per
             Cent.
          
           produce
           more
           than
           the
           Annual
           charge
           of
           maintaining
           the
           Place
           .
           If
           so
           ,
           how
           may
           we
           then
           reckon
           of
           Tanger
           ,
           consider'd
           conjunctive
           of
           all
           the
           foregoing
           Calculations
           of
           benefit
           that
           have
           been
           produc'd
           in
           its
           favour
           ?
           Then
           ,
           as
           for
           Salli
           ;
        
         
           Salli
           is
           a
           Government
           depending
           on
           
           the
           Emperour
           of
           Fez
           and
           Morocco
           .
           They
           have
           but
           small
           Ships
           ;
           the
           Bar
           before
           the
           Port
           not
           affording
           depth
           for
           Vessels
           of
           above
           10
           or
           12
           foot
           draught
           of
           Water
           .
           All
           the
           Winter
           they
           lie
           still
           .
           For
           after
           the
           South-west
           winds
           have
           blown
           ,
           there
           comes
           in
           so
           great
           a
           swell
           of
           a
           Sea
           upon
           the
           Bar
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           passable
           :
           So
           that
           this
           is
           a
           Summer
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           poor
           one
           too
           ,
           if
           we
           would
           be
           perswaded
           to
           have
           an
           eye
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           we
           ought
           .
           For
           I
           'll
           undertake
           ,
           with
           three
           or
           four
           small
           Frigats
           ,
           such
           as
           the
           
             Drake
             ,
             Lark
          
           ,
           &c.
           which
           on
           occasion
           of
           Neap
           Tides
           ,
           when
           they
           (
           I
           mean
           the
           Sally-men
           )
           have
           not
           Water
           to
           go
           in
           and
           out
           ,
           should
           clean
           and
           re-victual
           at
           Tanger
           ,
           and
           so
           return
           upon
           that
           Station
           ;
           those
           inconsiderable
           Rogues
           would
           by
           such
           care
           be
           soon
           reduc'd
           to
           nothing
           :
           and
           yet
           ,
           when
           left
           to
           their
           liberty
           ,
           they
           do
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           mischief
           to
           small
           Merchant-men
           .
        
         
           The
           benefit
           arising
           by
           thus
           awing
           those
           People
           (
           besides
           that
           to
           our
           small
           Craft
           )
           will
           be
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           in
           two
           or
           
           three
           year
           bring
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           Trade
           of
           Barbary
           to
           Tanger
           ;
           as
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Plague
           has
           been
           already
           made
           good
           :
           For
           while
           the
           Infection
           of
           those
           Countries
           kept
           people
           from
           Trading
           thither
           ,
           all
           ,
           or
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           their
           Commerce
           ,
           was
           by
           Tanger
           :
           and
           a
           War
           diligently
           manag'd
           by
           those
           small
           Frigats
           ,
           may
           produce
           the
           same
           effect
           .
           Besides
           ,
           it
           will
           teach
           them
           to
           value
           our
           Friendship
           ,
           and
           help
           us
           to
           a
           better
           understanding
           with
           them
           at
           Tanger
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           likelihood
           gain
           us
           a
           point
           of
           great
           advantage
           :
           which
           is
           ,
           to
           Treat
           and
           conclude
           a
           Peace
           with
           them
           upon
           equal
           terms
           .
           For
           ,
           to
           buy
           a
           Peace
           (
           as
           hath
           been
           the
           practice
           hitherto
           )
           is
           so
           mean
           and
           dishonourable
           ,
           and
           gives
           them
           so
           much
           contempt
           for
           our
           Friendship
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           supported
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           these
           ends
           are
           to
           be
           obtain'd
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           am
           truly
           convinc'd
           they
           may
           )
           it
           will
           be
           wholly
           owing
           to
           Tanger
           .
           Which
           having
           said
           ,
           I
           proceed
           to
           my
           third
           and
           last
           head
           .
        
         
           If
           Tanger
           be
           a
           Jewel
           of
           so
           many
           extraordinary
           
           virtues
           ,
           and
           so
           peculiar
           to
           the
           use
           and
           service
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           't
           were
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           pity
           it
           should
           adorn
           any
           Prince's
           Crown
           ,
           but
           his
           who
           wears
           it
           :
           For
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           inverting
           the
           Argument
           ,
           and
           the
           Artillery
           is
           travers'd
           upon
           our selves
           ,
           and
           all
           these
           Cordials
           become
           so
           many
           Corrosives
           .
           For
           though
           the
           bare
           loss
           ,
           or
           want
           of
           these
           benefits
           ,
           to
           a
           Nation
           of
           our
           Circumstances
           ,
           would
           be
           misfortune
           enough
           ;
           yet
           ,
           when
           out
           of
           this
           privation
           of
           good
           (
           which
           is
           a
           consequential
           damage
           )
           shall
           be
           propagated
           so
           many
           more
           and
           greater
           positive
           Evils
           to
           us
           ,
           than
           its
           possession
           promises
           of
           service
           (
           for
           such
           will
           be
           the
           consequence
           ,
           if
           Tanger
           (
           which
           God
           forbid
           )
           should
           come
           into
           the
           possession
           of
           the
           French
           )
           with
           what
           care
           and
           tenderness
           ought
           the
           Government
           to
           cherish
           it
           ,
           and
           labour
           to
           secure
           it
           and
           the
           Nation
           ,
           against
           such
           a
           hazard
           ?
           The
           Trade
           of
           England
           into
           the
           Mediterranean
           ,
           is
           equal
           ,
           if
           not
           exceeding
           all
           other
           Nations
           put
           together
           .
           Can
           any
           thing
           then
           challenge
           a
           greater
           share
           in
           our
           esteem
           ,
           
           than
           the
           means
           which
           insure
           this
           mighty
           benefit
           to
           us
           ?
           Shall
           Princes
           War
           one
           upon
           another
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           a
           paltry
           Town
           ,
           upon
           the
           pass
           of
           a
           simple
           River
           ;
           and
           shall
           not
           we
           think
           it
           worth
           our
           while
           to
           preserve
           a
           Place
           of
           this
           importance
           :
           so
           productive
           of
           good
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           or
           evil
           on
           the
           other
           ?
           A
           place
           so
           improveable
           of
           the
           ambitious
           purposes
           of
           the
           French
           ,
           that
           were
           it
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           it
           would
           wound
           us
           in
           so
           many
           tender
           places
           ,
           that
           as
           we
           should
           be
           always
           groaning
           under
           the
           weight
           ,
           so
           we
           should
           never
           wipe
           off
           the
           Imputation
           such
           a
           loss
           would
           fasten
           upon
           us
           .
           We
           are
           just
           now
           Alarm'd
           with
           the
           news
           of
           Tanger's
           being
           to
           be
           sold
           to
           the
           French.
           But
           we
           have
           a
           wise
           Prince
           ,
           learned
           beyond
           his
           Predecessors
           in
           the
           interests
           and
           advantages
           of
           Navigation
           and
           Commerce
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           promoter
           thereof
           :
           Nor
           is
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           ,
           who
           has
           signaliz'd
           himself
           so
           much
           ,
           to
           the
           Nations
           and
           his
           own
           glory
           ,
           by
           his
           singular
           applications
           to
           the
           like
           study
           ,
           so
           ill
           possess'd
           of
           the
           value
           of
           this
           Place
           ,
           to
           concur
           in
           any
           deliberations
           of
           that
           
           kind
           .
           So
           that
           I
           reckon
           this
           Rumor
           but
           among
           the
           other
           Libels
           against
           the
           Government
           .
        
         
           How
           clamorous
           was
           our
           Nation
           upon
           the
           disposing
           of
           Dunkirk
           to
           the
           French
           ,
           though
           the
           charge
           of
           keeping
           it
           was
           scarce
           supportable
           ;
           and
           in
           case
           of
           a
           War
           with
           that
           People
           hardlytenable
           ?
           Though
           the
           use
           of
           it
           was
           only
           in
           some
           degree
           privative
           of
           benefit
           to
           an
           Enemy
           in
           case
           of
           War
           ,
           but
           of
           no
           positive
           profit
           to
           us
           in
           time
           of
           Peace
           ;
           and
           yet
           whensoever
           a
           Privateer
           or
           two
           sailing
           out
           of
           that
           Port
           ,
           shal
           annoy
           us
           but
           never
           so
           little
           in
           time
           of
           War
           ,
           the
           complaint
           is
           renewed
           ,
           and
           that
           proceeding
           censur'd
           a
           fresh
           :
           How
           would
           that
           Minister
           then
           be
           absolved
           with
           the
           People
           ,
           who
           should
           advise
           the
           parting
           with
           Tanger
           ;
           where
           our
           little
           finger
           would
           be
           more
           felt
           ,
           than
           our
           loyns
           here
           ?
        
         
           But
           I
           have
           heard
           grave
           men
           say
           ,
           Tanger
           is
           a
           great
           charge
           to
           the
           Nation
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           charge
           ,
           't
           is
           true
           ;
           but
           I
           shew
           what
           it
           has
           already
           done
           towards
           the
           defraying
           it
           ;
           and
           to
           what
           an
           abundant
           
           degree
           it
           will
           hereafter
           come
           to
           discount
           the
           expence
           .
           A
           first
           rate
           Ship
           ,
           in
           time
           of
           War
           ,
           is
           as
           great
           a
           charge
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           Tanger
           is
           :
           And
           yet
           ,
           did
           ever
           any
           body
           complain
           that
           our
           Ships
           were
           a
           burthen
           ,
           or
           our
           Fleets
           too
           numerous
           ,
           when
           there
           was
           occasion
           for
           their
           Service
           ?
           Does
           not
           Tanger
           live
           principally
           upon
           the
           growth
           and
           product
           of
           England
           ;
           and
           the
           money
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           circulate
           among
           our selves
           ?
           Is
           the
           King's
           Treasure
           mis-employ'd
           there
           ?
           Don't
           we
           see
           every
           day
           the
           place
           improve
           ;
           the
           Mole
           in
           a
           good
           forwardness
           ?
           Which
           expence
           too
           will
           soon
           be
           at
           an
           end
           .
           Are
           there
           not
           many
           useful
           provisions
           made
           ,
           for
           the
           encourageing
           of
           Shipping
           and
           Commerce
           ?
           And
           are
           we
           not
           sensible
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           the
           increase
           and
           improvement
           thereof
           ?
           For
           I
           remember
           the
           time
           ,
           when
           a
           Boat
           from
           Spain
           would
           draw
           down
           half
           the
           Town
           to
           the
           Water-side
           ;
           whereas
           now
           a
           Squadron
           of
           Ships
           scarce
           excites
           that
           curiosity
           .
        
         
         
           Legorn
           ,
           now
           a
           famous
           Port
           ,
           and
           Scale
           of
           Trade
           ,
           was
           in
           this
           Duke
           of
           
           Florence's
           Grandfather's
           time
           a
           poor
           Fisher
           Town
           .
           Maturity
           is
           the
           Child
           of
           Time
           ;
           and
           though
           God
           Almighty
           may
           blast
           the
           best
           form'd
           purposes
           ;
           yet
           nothing
           ,
           humanly
           speaking
           ,
           can
           prevent
           our
           fruition
           of
           the
           great
           benefits
           I
           have
           enumerated
           ,
           if
           we
           but
           apply
           the
           means
           ;
           which
           in
           a
           few
           words
           are
           these
           .
        
         
           To
           prosecute
           vigorously
           the
           works
           of
           the
           Mole
           ;
           which
           in
           two
           or
           three
           years
           ,
           may
           render
           it
           a
           noble
           and
           safe
           Port.
           
        
         
           To
           fortifie
           the
           Town
           to
           the
           Landward
           ;
           Which
           work
           should
           go
           hand
           in
           hand
           with
           the
           Mole
           ;
           lest
           when
           it
           shall
           appear
           worth
           a
           Conquest
           ,
           our
           weakness
           should
           betray
           us
           .
        
         
           To
           have
           a
           Garrison
           consisting
           of
           two
           thousand
           Foot
           ,
           in
           two
           Regiments
           ,
           and
           three
           hundred
           Horse
           ;
           to
           be
           well
           and
           duly
           paid
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           recruited
           
           once
           in
           three
           or
           four
           years
           ,
           by
           draughts
           out
           of
           the
           Guards
           :
           By
           which
           means
           we
           should
           always
           have
           a
           strong
           ,
           orderly
           ,
           and
           well-disciplin'd
           Souldiery
           ;
           and
           not
           vagabonds
           ,
           and
           raw
           ,
           miserable
           ,
           shiftless
           wretches
           ,
           such
           as
           rais'd
           men
           for
           the
           most
           part
           prove
           ;
           whereof
           scarce
           the
           one
           half
           survive
           their
           seasoning
           .
        
         
           The
           punctuality
           of
           relieving
           the
           Garrison
           (
           as
           has
           been
           of
           late
           resolv'd
           )
           will
           also
           keep
           them
           in
           heart
           ,
           chearful
           in
           their
           Duty
           ,
           and
           not
           put
           them
           upon
           such
           desperate
           courses
           ,
           as
           many
           of
           them
           in
           melancholly
           drunken
           fits
           have
           taken
           ,
           by
           running
           to
           the
           Moors
           ;
           where
           ,
           to
           the
           scandal
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           they
           either
           turn
           Renegades
           ,
           or
           remain
           in
           perpetual
           slavery
           .
           The
           health
           of
           the
           Garrison
           will
           also
           by
           this
           practice
           be
           preserv'd
           ;
           for
           the
           Souldiers
           diet
           being
           salt
           meat
           ,
           disposes
           them
           in
           two
           or
           three
           years
           to
           inveterate
           ill
           habits
           of
           body
           ,
           Obstructions
           ,
           Scurvies
           ,
           Fluxes
           ,
           &c.
           
           Whereof
           by
           reason
           of
           returning
           to
           the
           same
           diet
           again
           ,
           
           when
           a
           little
           mended
           by
           the
           care
           of
           the
           Physician
           ,
           they
           relapse
           ;
           and
           nothing
           but
           removing
           them
           to
           a
           better
           can
           recover
           them
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           course
           I
           say
           ,
           Tanger
           would
           be
           the
           desirablest
           place
           for
           a
           Souldier
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           where
           they
           neither
           feel
           hunger
           ,
           or
           cold
           ,
           nor
           excess
           of
           heat
           ;
           the
           duty
           easie
           ,
           unless
           now
           and
           then
           ,
           when
           the
           Garrison
           is
           thin
           of
           men
           :
           Where
           an
           industrious
           man
           can
           never
           want
           work
           ,
           and
           is
           no
           where
           better
           rewarded
           :
           In
           brief
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           place
           that
           ,
           instead
           of
           a
           Sepulcher
           as
           some
           call
           it
           ,
           will
           by
           this
           method
           become
           a
           Nursery
           of
           brave
           men
           ;
           where
           ,
           if
           they
           dye
           in
           the
           Field
           ,
           as
           some
           now
           and
           then
           do
           ,
           they
           have
           their
           reward
           in
           Heaven
           :
           If
           they
           survive
           to
           see
           their
           Country
           ;
           they
           will
           be
           cherish'd
           and
           consider'd
           at
           home
           ,
           as
           men
           of
           honour
           and
           merit
           ,
           who
           have
           drawn
           their
           Swords
           ,
           and
           serv'd
           their
           King
           and
           Country
           ,
           against
           the
           Enemies
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           of
           God
           himself
           .
        
         
         
           The
           use
           of
           Horse
           is
           of
           so
           great
           importance
           ,
           to
           the
           safety
           and
           tranquility
           of
           the
           Place
           ,
           that
           I
           take
           it
           for
           granted
           we
           shall
           never
           be
           free
           from
           the
           insults
           of
           the
           Moors
           ,
           till
           our
           Horse
           shall
           be
           augmented
           to
           the
           aforesaid
           number
           .
        
         
           The
           strength
           of
           all
           the
           Christian
           Garrisons
           upon
           this
           Coast
           ,
           principally
           consists
           in
           Horse
           :
           Which
           example
           alone
           might
           suffice
           for
           our
           instruction
           ;
           for
           we
           are
           but
           of
           yesterday
           ;
           and
           their
           practice
           the
           result
           of
           some
           Ages
           of
           experience
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           best
           guide
           .
        
         
           This
           Town
           was
           once
           preserv'd
           ,
           or
           rather
           recover'd
           ,
           by
           the
           bravery
           and
           opportune
           Service
           of
           the
           Horse
           ;
           for
           the
           Castle
           being
           surpris'd
           in
           the
           Night
           by
           the
           Enemies
           privately
           getting
           in
           over
           a
           low
           and
           defective
           part
           of
           the
           Wall
           ,
           the
           Horse
           taking
           the
           Alarm
           in
           the
           Town
           ,
           mounted
           ,
           and
           before
           they
           could
           get
           possession
           of
           the
           draw-bridge
           ,
           got
           in
           ,
           attack'd
           ,
           and
           defeated
           them
           ;
           who
           had
           otherwise
           demonstrably
           remain'd
           with
           Victory
           .
        
         
         
           I
           am
           bold
           also
           to
           say
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           the
           Opinion
           of
           others
           who
           were
           upon
           the
           Place
           ,
           that
           had
           our
           Horse
           ,
           the
           day
           the
           Earl
           of
           Tiviot
           was
           lost
           ,
           perform'd
           their
           Duty
           ;
           that
           great
           Man
           ,
           and
           the
           major
           part
           of
           those
           with
           him
           ,
           had
           escap'd
           the
           Fatal
           slaughter
           .
        
         
           With
           such
           a
           strength
           of
           Horse
           as
           this
           I
           propose
           ;
           we
           shall
           not
           be
           only
           able
           to
           perform
           with
           ease
           what
           is
           yet
           wanting
           for
           the
           fortifying
           and
           Securing
           the
           ground
           we
           have
           gain'd
           ;
           but
           deprive
           the
           Enemy
           of
           the
           profit
           they
           make
           by
           the
           Tillage
           and
           Pasture
           of
           the
           Country
           round
           about
           us
           :
           For
           they
           will
           be
           necessitated
           either
           to
           keep
           an
           Army
           constantly
           in
           the
           Field
           ,
           which
           we
           know
           they
           cannot
           ;
           to
           lose
           the
           benefit
           and
           fruits
           of
           one
           of
           the
           sertilest
           spots
           of
           Ground
           in
           the
           World
           :
           or
           allot
           us
           such
           Conditions
           ,
           as
           shall
           render
           us
           in
           a
           safe
           ,
           easie
           ,
           and
           plentiful
           Estate
           ;
           which
           I
           take
           assurance
           to
           affirm
           we
           shall
           ,
           in
           such
           case
           ,
           easily
           obtain
           .
        
         
         
           As
           the
           benefits
           we
           shall
           reap
           by
           such
           a
           number
           of
           Horse
           ,
           prudently
           manag'd
           ,
           will
           be
           very
           great
           ;
           so
           the
           hardships
           we
           shall
           suffer
           without
           them
           will
           be
           insuperable
           :
           For
           the
           ground
           about
           Tanger
           being
           uneven
           ,
           broken
           ,
           and
           proper
           for
           Ambushes
           ;
           our
           Foot
           will
           never
           be
           able
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           but
           in
           Conjunction
           of
           a
           proportionable
           number
           of
           Horse
           ,
           to
           discover
           and
           clear
           the
           ground
           ,
           relieve
           and
           succour
           them
           when
           press'd
           ,
           and
           secure
           their
           retreat
           when
           out-number'd
           and
           forc'd
           to
           retire
           .
        
         
           Our
           Fortifications
           also
           ;
           relieving
           our
           Forts
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           eminent
           Services
           ,
           will
           be
           but
           very
           imperfectly
           perform'd
           without
           the
           assistance
           of
           a
           good
           body
           of
           Horse
           .
        
         
           The
           fruits
           of
           this
           care
           and
           charge
           will
           be
           reap'd
           ,
           in
           the
           benefits
           resulting
           by
           the
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           it
           will
           beget
           and
           establish
           here
           ;
           for
           upon
           a
           secure
           prospect
           of
           safety
           to
           Goods
           and
           Merchandise
           ,
           both
           by
           Sea
           and
           
           Land
           ,
           and
           exemption
           from
           publick
           Charges
           and
           Duties
           ,
           and
           a
           general
           concurrence
           of
           all
           circumstances
           of
           ease
           and
           expedition
           in
           Importing
           and
           Exporting
           of
           goods
           ,
           will
           in
           time
           render
           Tanger
           the
           general
           Magazine
           of
           all
           the
           Merchandise
           from
           the
           Levant
           appointed
           for
           the
           Trade
           of
           the
           
             Spanish
             Indies
          
           ,
           as
           it
           will
           of
           our
           Northern
           Commodities
           of
           greatest
           value
           :
           For
           the
           exorbitant
           ,
           or
           rather
           insupportable
           Duties
           upon
           Goods
           in
           Spain
           ,
           puts
           all
           People
           upon
           By-ways
           ,
           and
           secret
           hazardous
           practices
           ,
           in
           the
           Shipping
           and
           disposing
           of
           their
           Commodities
           ;
           and
           while
           Tanger
           can
           yield
           so
           good
           incouragement
           ,
           considered
           with
           the
           benefits
           of
           its
           vicinity
           with
           Spain
           ,
           all
           People
           will
           covet
           to
           lodge
           their
           Estates
           there
           ,
           where
           the
           whole
           charge
           (
           besides
           their
           being
           out
           of
           the
           reach
           of
           danger
           of
           seizure
           )
           of
           Register
           Money
           ,
           which
           is
           our
           quarter
           
             per
             Cent.
          
           there
           Collected
           ;
           Commission
           ;
           Porterage
           ;
           Freight
           to
           Cadiz
           ,
           &c
           will
           not
           amount
           to
           the
           charge
           of
           half
           Freight
           ,
           Guard-money
           ,
           
           National
           Duties
           ,
           and
           Ware-house
           room
           for
           two
           Months
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           occurs
           one
           great
           and
           dangerous
           impediment
           to
           the
           establishing
           this
           benefit
           at
           Tanger
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           the
           disputes
           that
           may
           arise
           ,
           betwixt
           the
           English
           Consuls
           in
           the
           Spanish
           Ports
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           shall
           so
           Transport
           Goods
           from
           Tanger
           ,
           upon
           which
           they
           may
           expect
           a
           benefit
           :
           but
           this
           must
           be
           forbidden
           by
           all
           means
           possible
           ,
           by
           the
           strictest
           significations
           of
           his
           Majesties
           pleasure
           in
           that
           behalf
           to
           his
           respective
           Consuls
           upon
           the
           Coast
           ;
           for
           there
           are
           so
           many
           inconveniencies
           accompanying
           such
           a
           permission
           ,
           as
           would
           quite
           destroy
           all
           hopes
           of
           success
           in
           this
           affair
           :
           and
           indeed
           't
           is
           to
           be
           fear'd
           this
           very
           objection
           ,
           or
           rather
           imposition
           ,
           has
           already
           administred
           no
           small
           discouragement
           .
           But
           as
           the
           interest
           of
           private
           men
           must
           submit
           and
           give
           place
           to
           publick
           Utility
           ;
           so
           in
           case
           it
           appear
           that
           this
           proceeding
           shall
           in
           any
           considerable
           degree
           affect
           the
           Consuls
           in
           the
           respective
           profits
           and
           emoluments
           of
           their
           
           Office
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           recompenc'd
           to
           them
           some
           other
           way
           :
           But
           I
           do
           humbly
           propose
           it
           ,
           as
           fundamental
           and
           irrevocable
           ,
           that
           no
           Consul
           whatsoever
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           be
           permitted
           to
           exact
           or
           demand
           a
           peny
           for
           any
           Goods
           exported
           from
           Tanger
           ,
           to
           any
           of
           the
           Spanish
           Ports
           ;
           but
           that
           a
           bare
           Certificate
           from
           the
           Government
           there
           ,
           of
           such
           Goods
           Shipt
           either
           in
           English
           or
           Forreign
           Vessels
           ,
           shall
           serve
           as
           an
           ample
           acquitment
           ,
           and
           intitle
           them
           to
           exemption
           from
           all
           scrutinies
           and
           demands
           of
           the
           Consuls
           of
           any
           kind
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           also
           humbly
           propos'd
           ,
           that
           all
           Ships
           and
           Vessels
           of
           War
           ,
           as
           shall
           by
           appointment
           attend
           the
           Garrison
           and
           Port
           of
           Tanger
           ,
           may
           have
           special
           leave
           and
           permission
           from
           the
           Lord
           High
           Admiral
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           receive
           on
           Board
           ,
           and
           Transport
           such
           Goods
           to
           Cadiz
           ,
           or
           any
           where
           in
           the
           Neighborhood
           ,
           as
           the
           Merchants
           shall
           have
           occasion
           to
           imbark
           ;
           but
           not
           unless
           such
           Ship
           or
           Vessel
           be
           bound
           to
           such
           and
           
           such
           a
           Place
           for
           his
           Majesty's
           service
           :
           By
           this
           means
           ,
           Merchandise
           will
           go
           safer
           and
           cheaper
           ,
           obtain
           quicker
           dispatch
           ;
           and
           the
           Trader
           consequently
           another
           good
           incouragement
           to
           prosecute
           this
           way
           of
           Commerce
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           farther
           humbly
           propos'd
           ,
           that
           all
           Convoys
           outward
           bound
           which
           touch
           not
           at
           Cadiz
           ,
           as
           the
           Turky
           Ships
           ,
           &c.
           may
           have
           order
           to
           call
           at
           Tanger
           ;
           as
           also
           all
           such
           as
           are
           homeward
           bound
           :
           which
           being
           once
           become
           an
           established
           practice
           ;
           People
           ,
           as
           well
           Foreigners
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           will
           lodge
           their
           Money
           there
           ,
           to
           be
           imbark'd
           for
           Turkey
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           from
           the
           Levant
           ,
           Merchants
           will
           load
           their
           Commodities
           design'd
           for
           Cadiz
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Spanish
             Indies
          
           ,
           in
           English
           Bottoms
           ,
           to
           be
           deposited
           in
           Tanger
           ,
           from
           whence
           they
           may
           require
           them
           as
           their
           affairs
           shall
           govern
           :
           By
           which
           means
           our
           Shipping
           also
           will
           be
           much
           incourag'd
           .
           This
           I
           urge
           not
           but
           with
           submission
           to
           the
           sence
           of
           the
           Turky
           Company
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           fittest
           Judges
           how
           far
           such
           a
           practice
           
           may
           Influence
           their
           Trade
           .
           And
           thus
           much
           touching
           Trade
           in
           general
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           Tanger
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           no
           Position
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           observ'd
           ,
           that
           bears
           more
           of
           the
           evidence
           of
           a
           Demonstration
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           the
           reduceableness
           ,
           and
           extirpation
           (
           by
           the
           help
           of
           Tanger
           )
           of
           the
           Piracy
           of
           Salli
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Coast
           of
           Barbary
           :
           which
           ,
           besides
           the
           main
           benefit
           of
           relieving
           the
           general
           Commerce
           ,
           will
           bring
           as
           a
           consequence
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           that
           Trade
           to
           Tanger
           .
           For
           those
           small
           Frigats
           as
           shall
           be
           employ'd
           against
           Salli
           ,
           (
           with
           whom
           it
           is
           presum'd
           we
           are
           never
           to
           have
           a
           Peace
           ,
           upon
           no
           Consideration
           whatsoever
           )
           shall
           have
           it
           in
           their
           Instructions
           (
           as
           the
           French
           proceeded
           during
           their
           War
           with
           Tunis
           )
           to
           obstruct
           all
           Commerce
           with
           that
           People
           ,
           but
           by
           way
           of
           Tanger
           ;
           which
           may
           be
           done
           without
           any
           great
           offence
           ,
           by
           compelling
           such
           as
           they
           find
           Trading
           upon
           the
           Coast
           to
           go
           to
           Tanger
           ,
           there
           to
           unload
           ,
           
           in
           order
           to
           the
           searching
           after
           Contra
           band
           Goods
           ;
           where
           ,
           if
           they
           are
           found
           guilty
           ,
           as
           most
           Traders
           thither
           are
           ,
           the
           forfeiture
           of
           their
           Goods
           ,
           and
           the
           trouble
           that
           in
           such
           case
           will
           be
           given
           them
           ,
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           deter
           them
           from
           a
           second
           attempt
           :
           if
           they
           are
           innocent
           ,
           the
           vexation
           of
           being
           carry'd
           out
           of
           their
           way
           ,
           their
           detention
           at
           Tanger
           ,
           the
           incident
           charge
           ,
           expence
           of
           time
           ,
           hazard
           ,
           and
           one
           incumbrance
           or
           another
           ,
           will
           incline
           them
           either
           to
           forbear
           Trading
           with
           Barbary
           at
           all
           ,
           or
           by
           way
           of
           Tanger
           ;
           where
           they
           will
           not
           fail
           of
           incouragement
           ;
           for
           by
           thus
           obstructing
           the
           Trade
           of
           Salli
           ,
           the
           Moors
           pinch'd
           through
           the
           want
           of
           our
           Commodities
           ,
           will
           make
           their
           next
           recourse
           to
           Tanger
           ,
           where
           finding
           good
           reception
           and
           dispatch
           ,
           the
           Commodities
           of
           the
           Country
           which
           were
           wont
           to
           be
           carry'd
           to
           Salli
           ,
           having
           no
           vent
           there
           ,
           will
           fail
           ;
           and
           the
           stream
           of
           Commerce
           of
           course
           be
           diverted
           hither
           :
           and
           when
           once
           the
           road
           is
           beaten
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           be
           easily
           broken
           .
           
           This
           too
           ,
           as
           it
           brings
           the
           Moors
           to
           seek
           us
           ,
           will
           consequently
           draw
           such
           as
           were
           wont
           to
           Trade
           to
           Salli
           ,
           to
           Tanger
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           must
           be
           the
           care
           of
           the
           Goverment
           here
           ,
           to
           discourage
           to
           the
           utmost
           the
           residence
           of
           English
           Factories
           any
           where
           upon
           the
           Coast
           ,
           but
           at
           Tanger
           :
           by
           which
           means
           mens
           persons
           and
           Estates
           are
           secure
           against
           the
           insolence
           and
           Caprice
           of
           that
           Barbarous
           People
           ;
           who
           ,
           upon
           trivial
           and
           unjust
           pretences
           ,
           make
           seizure
           of
           all
           ;
           whereof
           we
           have
           recent
           Instances
           ,
           the
           effect
           whereof
           we
           yet
           feel
           ,
           and
           we
           at
           Tanger
           often
           become
           as
           it
           were
           Hostages
           ,
           and
           compell'd
           (
           neither
           to
           the
           praise
           of
           our
           Honour
           ,
           or
           Politicks
           )
           to
           make
           such
           Concessions
           as
           are
           both
           dangerous
           and
           scandalous
           ,
           and
           all
           out
           of
           a
           tenderness
           to
           a
           stubborn
           ,
           opinionative
           People
           ,
           who
           like
           some
           Animals
           ,
           rather
           than
           make
           a
           step
           out
           of
           their
           own
           way
           ,
           will
           go
           over
           a
           House
           .
        
         
         
           And
           here
           I
           may
           not
           omit
           to
           observe
           ,
           that
           ,
           as
           generous
           a
           People
           as
           we
           are
           ,
           there
           are
           yet
           among
           us
           a
           sort
           of
           Men
           of
           the
           most
           degenerate
           abandon'd
           Principles
           ,
           who
           continue
           that
           sordid
           ,
           or
           rather
           impious
           practice
           of
           supplying
           these
           Infidels
           with
           Powder
           ,
           Guns
           ,
           and
           all
           sorts
           of
           Warlike
           Stores
           ,
           even
           while
           we
           are
           in
           actual
           War
           with
           them
           both
           by
           Sea
           and
           Land
           ;
           against
           not
           only
           the
           Law
           of
           Nations
           ,
           but
           even
           Humanity
           it self
           :
           which
           guilty
           ,
           scandalous
           ,
           and
           unchristian
           proceeding
           I
           trust
           to
           see
           punish'd
           ,
           as
           it
           deserves
           ;
           and
           if
           our
           Laws
           prove
           defective
           ,
           in
           that
           particular
           ,
           our
           Legislators
           may
           be
           humbly
           mov'd
           to
           find
           
             expedients
          
           in
           this
           behalf
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           useful
           consideration
           towards
           the
           improvement
           of
           the
           Place
           ,
           is
           to
           incourage
           ,
           by
           all
           means
           possible
           ,
           the
           Magistracy
           and
           Civil
           Government
           ;
           and
           this
           will
           invite
           People
           of
           Substance
           to
           settle
           and
           abide
           here
           :
           the
           
           reputation
           of
           our
           Justice
           and
           Probity
           ,
           will
           be
           a
           means
           of
           supplying
           us
           with
           a
           greater
           number
           of
           able
           and
           honest
           Citizens
           ;
           and
           those
           will
           support
           the
           honour
           of
           our
           Courts
           ,
           and
           maintain
           the
           dignity
           of
           a
           Corporation
           .
           This
           is
           very
           essential
           to
           the
           establishment
           of
           new
           beginners
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           ;
           and
           ,
           of
           all
           points
           ,
           the
           hardest
           to
           compass
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           it
           is
           my
           humble
           opinion
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           might
           be
           prevail'd
           with
           to
           let
           Leases
           to
           the
           Inhabitants
           ,
           for
           such
           a
           term
           of
           years
           as
           might
           incourage
           them
           to
           rebuild
           their
           dwellings
           ,
           which
           are
           much
           decay'd
           ,
           and
           will
           fall
           to
           the
           ground
           ,
           unless
           some
           such
           provision
           be
           made
           to
           prevent
           it
           :
           and
           this
           ,
           in
           time
           ,
           will
           also
           much
           increase
           the
           Publick
           Revenue
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           farthermore
           humbly
           observe
           ,
           that
           the
           want
           of
           a
           positive
           Decision
           ,
           touching
           the
           Freedom
           of
           the
           Port
           ,
           has
           occasion'd
           much
           contention
           and
           inconvenience
           amongst
           us
           ;
           and
           great
           hurt
           to
           
           the
           Place
           :
           For
           unless
           it
           be
           understood
           to
           be
           a
           free
           Port
           ,
           as
           
             Legorn
             ,
             
               Marsellea
            
             ,
             &c.
          
           which
           Places
           ought
           to
           be
           our
           Rule
           and
           Example
           in
           that
           particular
           ;
           we
           shall
           be
           rather
           a
           Trap
           and
           a
           Snare
           to
           People
           ,
           than
           an
           incouragement
           and
           protection
           .
           For
           many
           an
           honest
           Man's
           misfortunes
           have
           reduc'd
           him
           to
           Poverty
           ;
           and
           when
           invited
           hither
           ,
           by
           a
           notion
           of
           that
           freedom
           and
           Liberty
           which
           other
           Ports
           ,
           bearing
           that
           Title
           ,
           yield
           to
           such
           as
           put
           themselves
           under
           their
           Protection
           ,
           in
           hopes
           of
           a
           peaceable
           application
           to
           the
           repairing
           their
           broken
           Fortunes
           ,
           they
           shall
           be
           here
           vext
           and
           molested
           with
           Suits
           &
           Imprisonments
           ;
           People
           will
           shun
           us
           ,
           as
           an
           infected
           Place
           :
           and
           that
           great
           benefit
           which
           other
           Ports
           of
           this
           sort
           reap
           ,
           and
           is
           so
           essential
           to
           the
           growth
           and
           prosperity
           of
           this
           ,
           is
           forfeited
           .
           I
           would
           not
           here
           be
           understood
           to
           make
           Tanger
           a
           Den
           of
           Thieves
           ,
           where
           Barataria
           ,
           and
           other
           infamous
           practices
           of
           ill
           men
           ,
           should
           have
           incouragement
           ;
           but
           humbly
           propose
           only
           ,
           that
           our
           
           Superiours
           would
           please
           to
           inform
           themselves
           ,
           wherein
           those
           Ports
           which
           are
           call'd
           Free
           differ
           from
           others
           ,
           and
           what
           those
           exemptions
           and
           Priviledges
           are
           which
           give
           them
           that
           Name
           ;
           and
           from
           thence
           form
           and
           establish
           such
           a
           Constitution
           ,
           as
           may
           for
           ever
           put
           us
           out
           of
           pain
           :
           for
           this
           Constructive
           ,
           or
           rather
           equivocal
           Freedom
           ,
           as
           I
           may
           call
           it
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           hitherto
           been
           under
           ,
           can
           never
           turn
           the
           Place
           to
           account
           .
        
         
           I
           might
           farther
           multiply
           instances
           ,
           wherein
           ,
           in
           time
           ,
           by
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           Favour
           of
           Authority
           ,
           and
           the
           care
           and
           industry
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           this
           Place
           may
           be
           render'd
           productive
           of
           sundry
           profitable
           improvements
           ,
           touching
           Trade
           ,
           Manufactures
           ,
           Fisheries
           of
           
             Tunny
             ,
             Anchovas
             ,
             &c.
          
           which
           in
           the
           end
           would
           support
           the
           Government
           :
           But
           I
           here
           put
           an
           end
           to
           your
           trouble
           ,
           summing
           up
           all
           in
           this
           short
           Animadversion
           .
        
         
           That
           Tanger
           ,
           like
           the
           usefullest
           Elements
           ,
           
           as
           it
           may
           be
           made
           an
           admirable
           Servant
           ;
           so
           it
           may
           be
           render'd
           a
           severe
           Master
           .
           'T
           is
           an
           outwork
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           which
           you
           know
           is
           a
           principal
           strength
           of
           a
           Fortress
           ;
           't
           is
           a
           safe
           Port
           ,
           a
           Magazine
           ,
           a
           Scale
           of
           Trade
           ,
           and
           a
           Community
           of
           brave
           and
           loyal
           Men
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           no
           appearance
           of
           Faction
           against
           either
           Church
           or
           State.
           'T
           is
           a
           Place
           improveable
           to
           the
           utmost
           degree
           of
           the
           Interest
           and
           Honour
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           of
           Vexation
           and
           Damage
           to
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           Service
           to
           our
           Friends
           ;
           and
           consequently
           of
           influencing
           our
           Treaties
           and
           Alliances
           ,
           with
           the
           most
           powerful
           of
           our
           Neighbours
           .
           I
           have
           often
           heard
           the
           Earl
           of
           Sandwich
           observe
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           more
           of
           Tanger
           ;
           with
           whom
           it
           had
           so
           superlative
           an
           esteem
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           wont
           to
           say
           ,
           If
           it
           could
           be
           Wall'd
           and
           Fortifi'd
           with
           Brass
           ,
           it
           would
           repay
           the
           charge
           :
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           if
           our
           misfortunes
           or
           Sins
           do
           not
           prevent
           it
           ,
           but
           Posterity
           ,
           in
           the
           Annals
           of
           our
           History
           ,
           shall
           read
           the
           Acquisition
           and
           Improvement
           
           of
           Tanger
           among
           the
           Felicities
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Reign
           ;
           whom
           God
           Almighty
           prosper
           ,
           and
           send
           us
           a
           happy
           meeting
           :
           which
           is
           the
           constant
           Prayer
           of
        
         
           
             Honoured
             Sir
             ,
          
           
             Tanger
             
               Octob.
               20.
               1679.
               
            
          
           
             Your
             most
             humble
             and
             faithful
             Servant
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

