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         Carter, W. (William)
      
       
         
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             The reply of W.C.
             Carter, W. (William)
          
           54 p.
           
             s.n.,
             [London :
             1677]
          
           
             W.C = William Carter.
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           THE
           REPLY
           OF
           W.
           C.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           Full
           and
           Clear
           REPLY
           To
           a
           Paper
           INTITULED
           ,
           REASONS
           For
           a
           Limited
           EXPORTATION
           OF
           WOOLL
           .
        
         
           BEfore
           I
           come
           directly
           to
           reply
           to
           the
           said
           Answer
           ,
           I
           shall
           premise
           a
           few
           things
           ;
           First
           ,
           though
           my
           Antagonist
           finds
           his
           Design
           Opposed
           by
           several
           Discourses
           under
           the
           Name
           of
           
             W.
             C.
          
           (
           and
           chiefly
           by
           one
           called
           
             Englands
             Interest
          
           )
           yet
           he
           hath
           done
           me
           the
           Honour
           to
           Front
           his
           Discourse
           
           course
           with
           divers
           Propositions
           ,
           allowed
           even
           by
           himself
           ;
        
         
           I
           shall
           therefore
           answerably
           endeavour
           to
           treat
           the
           said
           Author
           with
           all
           that
           Civility
           ,
           that
           is
           necessary
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           granting
           to
           him
           what
           is
           true
           ,
           rectifying
           what
           I
           conceive
           to
           be
           mistaken
           ;
           and
           answering
           such
           objections
           ,
           as
           are
           material
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           needs
           say
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           no
           thoughts
           of
           appearing
           in
           Publick
           any
           more
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           easily
           have
           been
           moved
           thereunto
           ,
           had
           not
           my
           Zeal
           to
           the
           Commerce
           of
           the
           Nation
           (
           which
           is
           at
           present
           solely
           maintained
           by
           the
           Woollen
           Manufacture
           of
           it
           )
           Raised
           my
           fears
           so
           far
           as
           to
           believe
           a
           great
           Prejudice
           is
           coming
           upon
           Us
           ,
           and
           so
           far
           as
           to
           doubt
           also
           that
           we
           may
           be
           hastning
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           those
           very
           means
           we
           would
           endeavour
           to
           prevent
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           I
           cannot
           but
           like
           the
           dumb
           Child
           speak
           ,
           when
           he
           saw
           a
           Knife
           at
           his
           Fathers
           Throat
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           when
           I
           consider
           the
           extremity
           we
           are
           like
           to
           be
           in
           from
           the
           French
           Kings
           Vigilancy
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Endeavours
           that
           he
           hath
           of
           late
           used
           to
           acquire
           the
           making
           of
           the
           Woollen
           Manufacture
           in
           his
           own
           Kingdome
           ,
           
           and
           what
           Artifice
           and
           vast
           Expence
           he
           doth
           use
           to
           effect
           his
           said
           design
           ,
           both
           in
           France
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           Agents
           here
           in
           England
           ,
           even
           at
           this
           very
           day
           ,
           notwithstanding
           his
           Mind
           is
           and
           cannot
           but
           be
           so
           much
           engaged
           in
           the
           present
           Wars
           :
           And
           if
           he
           doth
           this
           in
           the
           very
           midst
           of
           his
           distractions
           ,
           what
           will
           he
           not
           do
           ,
           or
           what
           may
           we
           not
           expect
           hereafter
           from
           him
           when
           he
           shall
           be
           at
           Peace
           with
           all
           his
           Neighbours
           ,
           especially
           having
           already
           gotten
           such
           Quantities
           of
           our
           Wooll
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           encourage
           the
           Manufacture
           thereof
           in
           his
           own
           Kingdom
           ,
           he
           hath
           even
           very
           lately
           issued
           forth
           his
           Edict
           ,
           for
           the
           erecting
           Hospitals
           in
           many
           Towns
           in
           France
           ,
           both
           for
           the
           setting
           all
           sorts
           of
           Persons
           at
           work
           (
           that
           are
           able
           )
           in
           the
           Woollen
           Manufacture
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Maintenance
           of
           all
           Indigent
           Persons
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           suffer
           a
           Begger
           there
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           how
           fair
           soever
           he
           pretends
           a
           Friendship
           to
           us
           ,
           be
           Designing
           by
           all
           wayes
           and
           means
           ,
           to
           Undermine
           our
           Commerce
           ,
           and
           by
           it
           to
           prejudice
           us
           in
           our
           Trade
           and
           Strength
           by
           Sea
           ,
           I
           may
           I
           hope
           be
           pardoned
           ,
           if
           I
           am
           more
           than
           indifferently
           concerned
           ,
           
           or
           more
           than
           ordinarily
           warm
           ,
           to
           think
           that
           we
           our selves
           should
           endeavour
           to
           perfect
           His
           Design
           by
           delivering
           up
           our
           Wooll
           ,
           the.
           Foundation
           of
           so
           Rich
           a
           Manufacture
           ,
           into
           His
           hands
           ;
           for
           that
           which
           is
           moved
           ,
           is
           moved
           principally
           (
           if
           not
           solely
           )
           for
           the
           French
           Kings
           advantage
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           is
           desired
           (
           if
           granted
           )
           tends
           to
           our
           own
           Inevitable
           ruine
           .
        
         
           Nor
           can
           we
           hereafter
           think
           of
           so
           Vain
           and
           Idle
           a
           Vhing
           ,
           as
           to
           recover
           our
           Woollen
           Manufacture
           once
           lost
           ,
           or
           to
           preserve
           the
           Kings
           Customs
           ,
           or
           the
           Strength
           and
           Shipping
           of
           this
           Great
           Kingdom
           without
           it
           .
        
         
           Upon
           all
           which
           considerations
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           humbly
           entreat
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           ,
           (
           and
           more
           especially
           such
           as
           have
           the
           Honour
           to
           serve
           their
           Country
           ,
           in
           Parliament
           )
           seriously
           to
           reflect
           upon
           the
           wisdom
           of
           that
           Great
           Prince
           ,
           King
           Edward
           the
           3d.
           and
           upon
           the
           Method
           which
           he
           in
           his
           Reign
           used
           ,
           now
           so
           long
           since
           to
           gain
           the
           Woollen
           Manufacture
           out
           of
           Flanders
           into
           this
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           withal
           Impartially
           compare
           that
           with
           the
           present
           Practise
           of
           the
           French
           King
           before
           mentioned
           .
        
         
         
           And
           then
           to
           Consider
           whether
           ,
           we
           have
           not
           Reason
           to
           do
           the
           utmost
           we
           may
           to
           Prevent
           his
           Design
           ,
           or
           whether
           we
           have
           Reason
           to
           do
           all
           that
           we
           can
           (
           nay
           more
           than
           he
           himself
           doth
           ask
           or
           expect
           from
           us
           )
           by
           a
           Law
           to
           promote
           and
           Incourage
           his
           Design
           .
        
         
           We
           must
           be
           very
           short-sighted
           ,
           if
           we
           understand
           not
           that
           after
           he
           hath
           supplyed
           his
           own
           Country
           ,
           he
           will
           not
           only
           endeavour
           ,
           but
           will
           soon
           be
           able
           ,
           to
           supply
           
             Flanders
             ,
             Portugal
             ,
             Spain
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Streights
           ,
           to
           gain
           an
           Advantage
           to
           his
           own
           Subjects
           ;
           for
           if
           he
           may
           break
           the
           Laws
           of
           Commerce
           ,
           and
           lay
           what
           Impositions
           he
           pleaseth
           upon
           our
           Cloth
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           our
           Native
           Commodities
           ,
           even
           while
           we
           are
           at
           Peace
           with
           him
           ,
           why
           may
           he
           not
           also
           lay
           an
           Imposition
           upon
           all
           our
           ships
           that
           pass
           rhe
           Streights
           ,
           or
           that
           shall
           dare
           to
           Trade
           or
           bring
           the
           same
           Commodities
           that
           he
           doth
           in
           any
           Port
           of
           Italy
           ,
           or
           Turkey
           ,
           where
           the
           Subjects
           of
           his
           Greatness
           comes
           ?
           And
           when
           our
           Commerce
           is
           lost
           and
           our
           Manufacture
           gon
           ,
           and
           our
           Ships
           imposed
           upon
           that
           shall
           pass
           the
           Seas
           ,
           what
           shall
           be
           left
           to
           defend
           our selves
           in
           case
           we
           will
           not
           also
           receive
           his
           Codex
           ,
           or
           whatsoever
           
           he
           shall
           (
           for
           the
           greatness
           of
           his
           name
           )
           think
           fit
           to
           require
           of
           us
           .
        
         
           All
           which
           things
           ,
           whether
           they
           be
           convenient
           not
           only
           to
           be
           wished
           but
           to
           be
           Contributed
           to
           by
           a
           Law
           ,
           I
           humbly
           leave
           to
           my
           Opponents
           themselves
           to
           judge
           .
           For
           when
           the
           Trade
           that
           not
           only
           brings
           such
           a
           Revenue
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           but
           is
           the
           Riches
           and
           Strength
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           shall
           be
           lost
           ,
           as
           is
           now
           attempted
           ,
           what
           Way
           or
           Means
           may
           we
           as
           Rational
           Persons
           ,
           think
           (
           on
           )
           to
           prevent
           any
           of
           those
           Mischiefs
           before
           mentioned
           .
        
         
           This
           General
           being
           premised
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           enter
           upon
           the
           Discourse
           it self
           :
           the
           main
           Aim
           or
           Scope
           of
           my
           Antagonist
           divides
           it Self
           into
           two
           Parts
           ,
           the
           one
           to
           prove
           that
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           a
           
             Limited
             Transportation
             of
             Wooll
          
           ;
           the
           other
           that
           by
           a
           
             Limited
             Exportation
             of
             Wooll
          
           the
           Price
           of
           it
           may
           be
           Raised
           :
           and
           by
           the
           Raising
           of
           this
           ,
           the
           Rents
           of
           Lands
           ,
           may
           and
           will
           be
           encreased
           ,
           and
           his
           Majesties
           Customes
           greatly
           Advanced
           ;
           and
           if
           these
           things
           were
           Really
           Practicable
           ,
           I
           should
           not
           only
           be
           so
           Just
           to
           my Self
           ,
           and
           to
           my
           Opponents
           ,
           but
           so
           just
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           put
           Pen
           to
           Paper
           to
           trouble
           
           my
           Reader
           ,
           and
           much
           less
           to
           expose
           my self
           to
           a
           Stage
           of
           Contention
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           now
           like
           to
           do
           ;
           but
           for
           as
           much
           as
           the
           quite
           contrary
           will
           (
           if
           I
           mistake
           not
           )
           appear
           ,
           I
           shall
           therefore
           Examine
           and
           Weigh
           those
           Reasons
           and
           Grounds
           which
           my
           Oppnent
           hath
           brought
           for
           those
           Assertions
           .
        
         
           Whereas
           my
           Opponent
           doth
           endeavour
           to
           Alarm
           the
           Nation
           ,
           
             that
             for
             want
             of
             the
             vending
             our
             superfluous
          
           Wooll
           
             abroad
             ,
             that
             the
          
           Farmer
           
             and
             the
          
           Landlord
           
             are
             so
             much
             damnified
             ,
             that
             the
             one
             cannot
             pay
             his
             Rent
             ,
             nor
             the
             other
             sustain
             his
             Taxes
             ,
             and
             that
             this
             is
             the
             chiefest
             ,
             if
             not
             the
             sole
             Reason
             of
             sinking
             our
             Rents
             ,
             and
             throwing
             up
             Farms
             ,
             and
             the
             Misery
             of
             the
             whole
             Country
             .
          
        
         
           This
           Consiquence
           is
           not
           allowed
           ,
           that
           being
           assigned
           for
           a
           General
           Cause
           ,
           which
           is
           but
           one
           amongst
           many
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           very
           small
           one
           ;
           the
           true
           Cause
           of
           the
           abateing
           the
           Price
           of
           Land
           ,
           and
           lessening
           the
           Rents
           ,
           shall
           be
           given
           in
           the
           Answer
           to
           the
           next
           pretence
           in
           this
           Head
           ;
           (
           Viz.
           )
           
             That
             it
             is
             much
             more
             the
             Concern
             of
             the
          
           Nation
           
             to
             preserve
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             Gentry
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             the
          
           Land
           
             of
             this
             Country
             belongs
             unto
             ;
             rather
             than
             regard
             a
             few
             Artifficers
             ,
             who
             are
             employed
             in
             the
             working
          
           
           
             up
             of
             the
          
           Wooll
           
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
             or
             to
             regard
             the
             Merchant
             ,
             who
             gains
             by
             the
             Exportation
             of
             our
             Manufacture
             .
          
        
         
           I
           Humbly
           crave
           leave
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           Argument
           doth
           wholly
           depend
           upon
           a
           Supposition
           ,
           which
           is
           no
           way
           fit
           to
           be
           Granted
           ,
           (
           Viz.
           )
           as
           if
           the
           Interests
           of
           the
           
             Merchant
             ,
             Mariner
          
           ,
           and
           Artificer
           ,
           were
           not
           only
           Opposite
           to
           ,
           but
           wholly
           Inconsistent
           with
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           
             Nobility
             ,
             Gentry
          
           ,
           and
           Farmers
           ,
           whereas
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           evident
           than
           the
           contrary
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           whole
           Argument
           it Self
           falls
           for
           want
           of
           a
           Foundation
           .
           For
           the
           clearing
           of
           which
           let
           us
           consider
           ,
           that
           in
           as
           much
           as
           it
           is
           Imposible
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           defend
           our selves
           ,
           as
           an
           Island
           ,
           otherwise
           than
           by
           the
           strength
           of
           our
           Shipping
           ,
           and
           seeing
           this
           is
           much
           less
           posible
           to
           be
           done
           now
           ,
           at
           such
           a
           Juncture
           of
           Time
           when
           our
           nearest
           Neighbours
           do
           (
           partly
           out
           of
           Fear
           ,
           and
           partly
           out
           of
           Emulation
           )
           multiply
           Shipping
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           use
           all
           endeavours
           that
           are
           possible
           to
           gain
           the
           Dominion
           of
           the
           Sea
           from
           us
           ,
           it
           is
           hence
           clear
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           either
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Intrest
           of
           the
           
             Nobility
             ,
             Gentry
          
           ,
           and
           Farmer
           ,
           
           is
           not
           the
           same
           with
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           or
           if
           it
           be
           the
           same
           with
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           their
           Interest
           then
           ,
           to
           uphold
           the
           Trade
           and
           Shipping
           of
           this
           Country
           ,
           and
           Consequently
           to
           uphold
           the
           Merchants
           .
        
         
           But
           for
           as
           much
           as
           all
           that
           understand
           Trade
           ,
           do
           well
           know
           that
           all
           the
           Commerce
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           doth
           for
           the
           value
           and
           bulk
           of
           it
           ,
           Intirely
           depend
           upon
           the
           Woollen-Manufacture
           ,
           Consequently
           it
           must
           be
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           
             Nobility
             ,
             Gentry
          
           ,
           and
           Farmer
           ,
           to
           uphold
           the
           Woollen-Manufacture
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           't
           is
           to
           uphold
           Trade
           ,
           or
           to
           uphold
           the
           Strength
           of
           our
           Shipping
           by
           Sea
           :
           For
           what
           will
           the
           Lands
           of
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           proffit
           them
           ?
           or
           what
           will
           become
           of
           the
           Privilidges
           and
           Rights
           of
           English
           Men
           ,
           if
           through
           the
           Loss
           of
           our
           Wollen-Manufacture
           ,
           we
           Loose
           our
           Trade
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Loss
           of
           this
           ,
           we
           want
           Shipping
           to
           Defend
           our Selves
           ?
        
         
           To
           this
           Argument
           let
           us
           also
           add
           ,
           that
           if
           there
           be
           no
           opposition
           between
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           ,
           and
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Farmer
           ,
           (
           as
           no
           Man
           doth
           pretend
           
           there
           is
           )
           than
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Opposition
           between
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           ,
           and
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Artifficer
           ,
           who
           Works
           up
           the
           Wooll
           of
           all
           he
           Country
           .
        
         
           For
           besides
           the
           Proffit
           that
           doth
           arise
           to
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           ,
           by
           the
           Houses
           which
           are
           taken
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Lands
           that
           are
           Rented
           by
           the
           Clothiers
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Workmen
           under
           them
           ,
           it
           's
           well
           known
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           Clothiers
           ,
           and
           Workmen
           are
           Serviseable
           to
           the
           Farmer
           ,
           not
           only
           for
           the
           buying
           up
           of
           his
           Wooll
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           buying
           up
           all
           manner
           of
           Victuals
           also
           ;
           by
           the
           which
           not
           only
           one
           ,
           but
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           the
           Farmers
           Rents
           come
           to
           be
           discharged
           ,
           one
           Clothier
           Imploying
           not
           only
           one
           or
           two
           Hundred
           Persons
           ,
           but
           sometimes
           one
           or
           two
           Thousand
           ;
           and
           Consequently
           ,
           if
           we
           shall
           admit
           that
           there
           are
           in
           England
           not
           above
           five
           Thousand
           Clothiers
           ,
           and
           that
           each
           of
           these
           (
           one
           with
           anothet
           )
           do
           maintain
           but
           two
           Hundred
           and
           Fifty
           Workmen
           ,
           the
           whole
           will
           amount
           to
           upward
           of
           one
           Million
           ;
           wherefore
           if
           we
           allow
           for
           each
           of
           these
           People
           ,
           but
           four
           pound
           
             Per.
             An.
          
           one
           with
           another
           ;
           the
           whole
           will
           amount
           to
           between
           
           four
           and
           five
           Millions
           of
           Pounds
           Sterling
           Per.
           An.
           which
           Yearly
           Sum
           the
           Farmer
           doth
           Immediately
           receive
           ,
           and
           Consequently
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           ,
           from
           the
           Poor
           and
           Contemptible
           Artificer
           ,
           over
           and
           above
           what
           is
           further
           Contributed
           by
           them
           to
           the
           
             Shoomakers
             ,
             Taylors
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Trades
           ,
           that
           could
           not
           live
           and
           be
           Maintained
           without
           them
           ,
           nor
           the
           Farmer
           himself
           ,
           if
           all
           these
           Trades
           should
           Fail
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           leads
           us
           also
           ,
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           another
           mistake
           in
           my
           Opponent
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           is
           no
           small
           one
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           in
           asmuch
           as
           it
           is
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           may
           be
           clearly
           demonstrated
           ;
           that
           there
           is
           at
           least
           if
           not
           much
           more
           than
           a
           Milion
           of
           Persons
           ,
           employed
           in
           the
           Clothing-Trade
           ,
           and
           hath
           their
           dependance
           wholly
           upon
           the
           said
           Manufacture
           :
           It
           's
           hence
           evident
           ,
           how
           much
           my
           Opponent
           hath
           mistaken
           himself
           in
           supposing
           ,
           that
           though
           our
           Clothing-Trade
           should
           be
           lost
           ,
           yet
           all
           the
           Persons
           that
           are
           now
           employed
           in
           it
           ,
           might
           find
           work
           from
           the
           Farmers
           ,
           foreseeing
           it's
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           that
           the
           Farmer
           is
           able
           to
           supply
           himself
           with
           as
           many
           Labourers
           ,
           and
           more
           than
           he
           hath
           occasion
           for
           ,
           without
           somnch
           as
           medling
           with
           that
           
           of
           the
           Clothing-Trade
           :
           It
           must
           unavoydably
           follow
           ;
           that
           if
           our
           Manufacture
           should
           be
           totally
           lost
           ,
           as
           there
           will
           be
           above
           a
           Million
           of
           People
           ;
           that
           must
           either
           Starve
           ,
           or
           Beg
           ,
           or
           be
           put
           to
           the
           Charge
           of
           several
           Parishes
           ,
           ot
           be
           forced
           to
           Steal
           or
           Rob
           ,
           or
           leave
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           so
           it
           's
           as
           evident
           ,
           that
           the
           Farmer
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           will
           not
           only
           be
           less
           able
           to
           employ
           Labourers
           ,
           than
           he
           was
           before
           ,
           but
           less
           able
           to
           pay
           his
           Landlord
           ,
           by
           Four
           or
           Five
           Millons
           every
           Year
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           such
           an
           Abatement
           as
           this
           shall
           be
           made
           of
           the
           Farmers
           Income
           :
           I
           shall
           leaveit
           then
           to
           any
           wise
           Man
           to
           Consider
           what
           will
           become
           of
           the
           Price
           of
           Lands
           ,
           or
           Value
           of
           Rents
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           this
           will
           advantage
           the
           Grower
           or
           Breeder
           of
           Wooll
           ?
           and
           to
           make
           good
           this
           Computation
           ,
           and
           free
           it
           from
           all
           Suspision
           of
           Slightness
           ,
           we
           shall
           further
           offer
           to
           Consideration
           ,
           that
           whatsoever
           is
           the
           true
           Vallue
           of
           all
           the
           Woollen-Manufacture
           of
           England
           ,
           the
           
             Nobility
             ,
             Genrty
          
           ,
           and
           Commonalty
           do
           receive
           among
           them
           ,
           near
           ,
           if
           not
           more
           than
           Nine
           Parts
           of
           Ten.
           For
           inasmuch
           as
           all
           who
           are
           well
           acquainted
           with
           the
           Clothing-Trade
           ,
           do
           know
           that
           it
           is
           not
           a
           Tenth
           Part
           of
           the
           Proffit
           ,
           nor
           sometimes
           the
           
           Twentieth
           that
           is
           gained
           by
           the
           Clothier
           ,
           or
           first
           Employer
           ,
           who
           frequently
           looseth
           of
           the
           very
           Interest
           of
           his
           Mony
           ;
           consequently
           it
           must
           of
           necessity
           follow
           ,
           that
           Nine
           of
           the
           Ten
           Parts
           ,
           if
           not
           Nine-teen
           of
           Twenty
           Parts
           of
           the
           whole
           Value
           of
           the
           said
           Manufacture
           must
           be
           distributed
           to
           the
           Nation
           ;
           so
           that
           admitting
           the
           whole
           Wollen-Manufacture
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           comprehending
           
             Cloath
             ,
             Stuffs
             ,
             Bays
             ,
             Stokings
             ,
          
           and
           all
           other
           of
           the
           said
           Manufacture
           ,
           do
           amount
           to
           Four
           Millions
           of
           Pounds
           Sterling
           Per.
           An.
           (
           more
           or
           less
           )
           there
           will
           not
           come
           of
           that
           Great
           Sum
           to
           the
           Clothier
           ,
           or
           first
           Employer
           ,
           much
           above
           
             Two
             Hundred
             Thousand
          
           Pounds
           (
           if
           so
           much
           ;
           )
           so
           that
           
             Three
             Millions
             and
             Eight
             Hundred
             Thousand
          
           Pounds
           
             Per.
             An.
          
           must
           of
           necessity
           be
           distributed
           to
           the
           Nation
           by
           Virtue
           ,
           of
           the
           
             said
             Clothing-Trade
          
           ;
           whereof
           we
           cannot
           but
           suppose
           the
           Farmers
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           Noblity
           and
           Gentry
           must
           receive
           the
           greater
           Part.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           well
           known
           also
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           solely
           by
           our
           Trade
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           this
           Great
           City
           of
           London
           it Self
           ,
           but
           several
           other
           Large
           Cities
           of
           this
           Nation
           do
           wholly
           Depend
           ;
           and
           which
           if
           our
           
           Trade
           were
           removed
           ,
           they
           would
           soon
           be
           deserted
           by
           their
           respective
           Inhabitants
           .
        
         
           And
           then
           we
           cannot
           but
           offer
           to
           Consideration
           ,
           where
           the
           
             Nobility
             ,
             Gentry
          
           ,
           or
           Farmers
           ,
           would
           find
           a
           Market
           for
           their
           Commodities
           ,
           or
           find
           a
           Price
           answerable
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           All
           which
           Particulars
           I
           have
           been
           the
           larger
           in
           ,
           to
           remove
           that
           Mistake
           ,
           which
           is
           almost
           as
           Distructive
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           as
           the
           Pestilence
           it Self
           ;
           which
           is
           that
           mentioned
           by
           my
           
             Opponent
             (
             Viz.
          
           )
           that
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Merchant
           ,
           or
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Cloathier
           and
           Artifficer
           is
           not
           Consistent
           with
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           ;
           the
           contrary
           being
           made
           sufficiently
           to
           appear
           .
        
         
           My
           Opponents
           Third
           Argument
           is
           ,
           that
           Wooll
           
             was
             at
             twelve
             pound
             Per
             Pack
             in
             the
             Year
             1647
             ,
             when
          
           Wooll
           
             was
             Prohibited
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             the
             following
             Year
             ,
             it
             was
             sold
             for
             sixteen
             pound
             Per
             Pack
             ,
             but
             that
          
           Wooll
           
             ever
             since
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             said
             Prohibition
             ,
             (
             as
             is
             pretended
             )
             is
             fallen
             of
             its
             price
             ,
             and
             is
             now
             not
             worth
             above
             four
             or
             five
             pound
             Per
             Pack
             .
          
        
         
           In
           which
           Argument
           ,
           there
           seems
           to
           be
           a
           Failure
           in
           two
           Respects
           ,
           one
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Wooll
           of
           
           the
           Nation
           hath
           never
           bore
           any
           Price
           since
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Prohibition
           ,
           whereas
           it
           may
           be
           made
           appear
           ,
           that
           after
           the
           Year
           1650
           ,
           Wooll
           bore
           a
           very
           considerable
           Price
           ,
           from
           ten
           pound
           Per
           Pack
           to
           twenty
           foure
           Pound
           Per
           Pack
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           goodness
           of
           the
           said
           Wooll
           ,
           and
           continued
           so
           for
           some
           time
           ,
           which
           shews
           us
           another
           mistake
           in
           his
           Arguments
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           fall
           of
           the
           price
           of
           Wooll
           were
           wholly
           to
           be
           ascribed
           to
           the
           Prohibition
           of
           it
           ,
           whereas
           indeed
           there
           are
           two
           other
           causes
           that
           are
           very
           evident
           .
        
         
           First
           .
           From
           the
           discouragment
           that
           hath
           been
           put
           upon
           the
           Clothier
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           Vent
           of
           our
           Woollen-Manufacture
           ,
           by
           the
           French
           Kings
           Arbitrary
           Impositions
           upon
           it
           ,
           to
           the
           almost
           utter
           Prohibition
           of
           it
           ;
           whereby
           now
           there
           cannot
           be
           so
           much
           wrought
           of
           it
           as
           formerly
           ,
           which
           had
           otherwise
           certainly
           been
           ,
           and
           then
           no
           such
           occasion
           or
           pretence
           as
           this
           would
           have
           been
           taken
           to
           complain
           of
           Superfluous
           Wooll
           ,
           and
           therefore
           as
           this
           cannot
           be
           denyed
           to
           be
           a
           true
           cause
           why
           more
           of
           our
           Wooll
           comes
           to
           be
           unwrought
           than
           formerly
           ,
           so
           't
           is
           clear
           that
           those
           very
           Men
           that
           are
           now
           
           pleaded
           for
           by
           my
           Opponent
           ,
           (
           I
           mean
           the
           Stealers
           and
           Transporters
           of
           Wooll
           about
           Canterbury
           ,
           and
           the
           places
           adjacent
           ,
           not
           for
           necessity
           ,
           but
           for
           filthy
           greediness
           of
           Gain
           and
           Lucre
           )
           have
           highly
           contributed
           to
           it
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           Lawes
           of
           the
           Nation
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           notwithstanding
           the
           Ruine
           of
           the
           Nation
           that
           is
           Dayly
           Jeoperdied
           by
           it
           ,
           in
           which
           respect
           I
           cannot
           but
           Confess
           ,
           that
           
           Rumney-Marsh
           hath
           indeed
           Created
           an
           Interest
           by
           it self
           ,
           but
           it
           's
           such
           an
           Interest
           ,
           which
           neither
           is
           ,
           nor
           hath
           been
           Consistent
           with
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           nor
           with
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           in
           General
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           said
           Stealers
           or
           Transporters
           of
           Wooll
           ,
           have
           been
           the
           main
           and
           principal
           Cause
           of
           both
           these
           Inconveniences
           ,
           (
           viz
           )
           both
           of
           the
           Loss
           of
           our
           Manufacture
           ,
           and
           the
           Loering
           the
           Price
           of
           our
           Wooll
           .
        
         
           The
           other
           Cause
           of
           the
           Fall
           of
           the
           Price
           of
           Wooll
           ,
           especially
           of
           late
           Years
           ,
           hath
           been
           the
           Necessitating
           of
           Ireland
           to
           stock
           their
           Pasture
           Ground
           with
           Sheep
           ,
           instead
           of
           great
           Cattle
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           the
           best-Breed
           of
           England
           ,
           by
           which
           meanes
           ,
           as
           Wooll
           hath
           of
           late
           Years
           
           been
           more
           encreased
           ,
           then
           ever
           at
           any
           time
           before
           within
           his
           Majesties
           Dominions
           ,
           so
           the
           Consequence
           of
           this
           Extraordinary
           Increase
           (
           and
           not
           any
           Fault
           in
           the
           Clothier
           or
           Manufacturer
           )
           is
           that
           which
           hath
           not
           only
           brought
           down
           the
           Price
           ,
           but
           hath
           occasioned
           so
           great
           a
           quantity
           to
           be
           sent
           Abroad
           into
           Forreign
           Parts
           ,
           as
           it
           bears
           now
           almost
           as
           smale
           a
           Price
           beyond
           Sea
           as
           Here
           ;
           and
           therefore
           in
           this
           Argument
           ,
           my
           Opponent
           hath
           Assigned
           that
           for
           a
           Cause
           ;
           which
           is
           no
           Cause
           at
           all
           ,
           may
           clearly
           Appear
           ,
           because
           it
           's
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           that
           Wooll
           bore
           as
           good
           a
           Price
           ,
           if
           not
           a
           better
           (
           after
           the
           said
           Prohibition
           as
           it
           did
           before
           )
           for
           many
           Years
           ,
           till
           that
           breach
           of
           Commerce
           which
           was
           put
           upon
           us
           by
           the
           French
           King
           ;
           which
           wee
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           and
           until
           that
           Unfortunate
           Act
           (
           for
           so
           I
           must
           Humbly
           crave
           leave
           to
           call
           it
           )
           was
           made
           against
           the
           Importing
           the
           Irish
           Cattle
           ,
           upon
           supposition
           that
           it
           would
           Raise
           the
           Price
           of
           Land
           here
           in
           England
           ,
           whereas
           the
           quite
           contrary
           Effect
           hath
           been
           too
           much
           Experienced
           (
           viz
           )
           that
           it
           hath
           Laid
           such
           a
           Foundation
           for
           the
           Impoverishing
           
           England
           ,
           as
           will
           not
           quickly
           (
           I
           fear
           )
           be
           Recovered
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           Alleged
           by
           my
           Oppoent
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             that
             a
             Limited
             Exportation
             of
          
           Wooll
           ,
           
             will
             be
             more
             for
             the
             Advantage
             of
             our
          
           Woollen
           
             Trade
             ,
             and
             less
             for
             that
             beyond
             the
             Sea
             ,
             than
             the
             hindring
             of
             it
             hath
             been
             .
          
        
         
           Which
           Ascertion
           ,
           if
           my
           Opponent
           had
           Really
           ,
           Sufficiently
           ,
           and
           Effectually
           made
           good
           ,
           he
           might
           justly
           have
           Merited
           the
           Name
           ,
           for
           being
           the
           greatest
           Master
           of
           Reason
           in
           England
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           seeing
           a
           Paradox
           more
           strange
           ,
           and
           more
           hard
           to
           be
           Conceived
           ,
           could
           not
           easily
           be
           stated
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           but
           expect
           ,
           that
           some
           Arguments
           more
           Remarkable
           than
           ordinary
           ,
           would
           Immediately
           have
           followed
           it
           ,
           but
           finding
           (
           contrary
           to
           my
           Expectations
           )
           nothing
           beyond
           a
           bare
           Affermation
           ,
           
             that
             if
             Strangers
             had
             a
             Liberty
             to
             Buy
             what
          
           Wooll
           
             soever
             they
             please
             ,
             they
             would
             Pay
             Dearer
             for
             it
             ,
             then
             now
             they
             do
             ,
             and
             that
             our
             Clothiers
             would
             therefore
             have
             it
             the
             Cheaper
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             Advantage
             would
             be
             able
             to
             under-sel
             the
             Strangers
             in
             their
             Manufacture
             :
          
           I
           say
           finding
           litle
           or
           nothing
           more
           ,
           to
           be
           brought
           ,
           either
           by
           way
           
           of
           Reason
           ,
           or
           of
           Argument
           ,
           to
           maintain
           this
           Parradox
           ,
           I
           was
           soon
           convinced
           that
           it
           remained
           as
           uncapable
           to
           be
           proved
           as
           it
           was
           before
           ,
           and
           a
           little
           to
           evidence
           the
           Improbability
           of
           the
           said
           Consequence
           ,
           we
           shall
           here
           offer
           some
           few
           Reasons
           to
           the
           Contrary
           .
        
         
           And
           First
           I
           crave
           leave
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           it
           's
           no
           way
           likely
           that
           the
           Grower
           in
           any
           part
           of
           England
           ,
           should
           not
           be
           willing
           to
           get
           the
           utmost
           Price
           for
           his
           Wooll
           that
           he
           can
           ,
           and
           therefore
           not
           likely
           that
           any
           Grower
           whatsoever
           ,
           will
           sell
           his
           Wooll
           to
           the
           Natives
           of
           this
           Countrey
           ,
           for
           a
           less
           Price
           than
           he
           presumes
           he
           may
           have
           of
           Strangers
           :
           And
           therefore
           not
           at
           all
           likely
           ,
           that
           our
           own
           Manufacturers
           should
           Buy
           it
           Cheaper
           than
           others
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           .
           Admiting
           that
           it
           should
           be
           made
           Unlawful
           ,
           for
           any
           Stranger
           to
           Buy
           up
           Wooll
           ,
           till
           such
           a
           time
           or
           season
           of
           the
           Year
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           our
           Clothiers
           might
           first
           Provide
           themselves
           of
           what
           they
           need
           ,
           yet
           it
           would
           no
           way
           follow
           ,
           but
           Strangers
           may
           have
           their
           Agents
           and
           Factors
           here
           ,
           that
           may
           Purchase
           it
           at
           the
           same
           ease
           ,
           with
           the
           same
           conveniency
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           Rates
           that
           our
           Clothiers
           
           are
           like
           to
           do
           ,
           nor
           can
           I
           perceive
           any
           thing
           propounded
           by
           my
           Opponent
           ,
           that
           would
           be
           able
           in
           the
           least
           ,
           either
           to
           Prevent
           it
           ,
           or
           Obviate
           it
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           .
           And
           this
           great
           Omition
           in
           my
           Opponent
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           but
           take
           the
           more
           notice
           of
           ,
           because
           if
           no
           Expedient
           can
           be
           found
           out
           by
           him
           (
           which
           I
           doubt
           there
           will
           not
           )
           to
           prevent
           Strangers
           ,
           from
           giving
           what
           Commssions
           they
           please
           ,
           to
           Buy
           up
           what
           Quantities
           of
           Wooll
           soever
           they
           shall
           think
           fit
           ,
           here
           in
           this
           Countrey
           ;
           as
           I
           see
           not
           how
           ,
           or
           by
           what
           meanes
           ,
           the
           Exportation
           of
           our
           Wooll
           ,
           should
           be
           any
           way
           possible
           to
           be
           Limmited
           ,
           so
           neither
           do
           I
           see
           how
           the
           Clothier
           here
           ,
           should
           be
           sufficiently
           ;
           and
           certainly
           Furnished
           ,
           or
           how
           the
           Manufacture
           it self
           should
           be
           Capable
           of
           being
           any
           way
           preserved
           ,
           and
           if
           these
           Mischiefs
           ,
           and
           Inconveniencies
           cannot
           but
           follow
           ,
           and
           cannot
           but
           be
           a
           Necessary
           Consequences
           of
           such
           a
           Law
           ,
           as
           is
           propounded
           by
           my
           Opponent
           ;
           and
           that
           nothing
           to
           Obviate
           or
           prevent
           these
           Inconveniencies
           ,
           hath
           been
           either
           Regarded
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           attempted
           by
           him
           :
           I
           cannot
           but
           take
           it
           to
           be
           a
           very
           
           great
           Blot
           to
           his
           Judgment
           ,
           barely
           and
           boldly
           to
           Offer
           at
           such
           a
           thing
           ,
           which
           is
           attended
           with
           so
           much
           Hazard
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           .
           Because
           my
           Opponent
           seemes
           to
           to
           put
           his
           cheifest
           Stress
           in
           this
           ,
           (
           Viz.
           )
           
             that
             a
             large
             Custome
             may
             be
             put
             upon
             all
          
           Wooll
           
             that
             is
             Exported
             by
             Strangers
             ,
             and
             that
             at
             least
             by
             this
             meanes
             ,
             they
             may
             come
             to
             Pay
             double
             the
             Price
             of
             what
             our
          
           Clothiers
           
             do
             ,
             and
             not
             only
             so
             ,
             but
             by
             this
             means
             also
             ,
             his
             Majestie
             may
             receive
             an
             Advantage
             by
             the
             Custome
             ,
             that
             is
             Imposed
             upon
             it
             .
          
        
         
           To
           try
           the
           weight
           or
           strength
           of
           this
           Expedient
           ,
           or
           rather
           to
           shew
           the
           Vanity
           of
           it
           .
           Let
           us
           suppose
           that
           3d.
           or
           
             4d
             .
             Per
          
           Pound
           ,
           should
           by
           a
           Law
           ,
           be
           Imposed
           upon
           all
           Wooll
           ,
           that
           shall
           be
           Shipt
           out
           by
           Strangers
           ;
           or
           others
           ,
           as
           it
           will
           not
           follow
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           Custome
           should
           be
           Paid
           to
           his
           Majestie
           ,
           for
           one
           half
           of
           the
           Wooll
           ,
           that
           shall
           be
           so
           Shipt
           out
           :
           Seeing
           under
           the
           Colour
           of
           one
           Hundred
           Packs
           ,
           many
           Hundred
           may
           be
           Exported
           .
           So
           this
           will
           much
           the
           less
           follow
           ,
           from
           the
           very
           Observation
           ;
           which
           my
           Opponent
           himself
           hath
           made
           ,
           of
           the
           nature
           ,
           of
           the
           Stealers
           or
           Transporters
           
           of
           Wooll
           ;
           for
           if
           as
           he
           Confesseth
           they
           will
           be
           contended
           with
           12d
           .
           a
           day
           profit
           so
           they
           may
           play
           the
           Merchants
           ;
           &
           if
           they
           are
           content
           to
           run
           the
           hazard
           of
           their
           Necks
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           tryed
           as
           Fellons
           ,
           for
           so
           small
           a
           matter
           as
           this
           a
           mounts
           to
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           above
           8
           ,
           or
           10s
           .
           upon
           a
           pack
           ,
           how
           much
           more
           then
           ,
           will
           they
           bee
           encouraged
           to
           steal
           the
           Custom
           of
           it
           when
           their
           excuse
           shall
           be
           fairer
           ,
           and
           their
           advantage
           much
           greater
           ,
           and
           the
           hazard
           less
           a
           hundred
           times
           then
           now
           it
           is
           ?
           but
           in
           the
           fifth
           and
           last
           place
           ,
           let
           us
           admit
           for
           Arguments
           sake
           ,
           that
           if
           4l
           .
           was
           imposed
           upon
           every
           Pack
           of
           VVooll
           that
           was
           Transported
           ,
           and
           let
           us
           admit
           ,
           that
           all
           this
           Custome
           was
           duely
           Paid
           ,
           yet
           I
           see
           not
           the
           least
           Ground
           for
           my
           Opponents
           Confidence
           ,
           that
           we
           shall
           for
           this
           Cause
           be
           able
           to
           under-sell
           the
           French
           ,
           in
           the
           VVoollen-Manufacture
           .
        
         
           For
           beside
           that
           the
           Nature
           of
           their
           Manufacture
           being
           but
           slight
           ;
           and
           such
           as
           takes
           up
           much
           less
           Wooll
           then
           ours
           doth
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           part
           of
           their
           warps
           ,
           being
           made
           of
           their
           fine-spun
           Linnen
           and
           their
           own
           course
           VVooll
           :
           I
           say
           besides
           this
           ,
           the
           Impositions
           that
           have
           been
           of
           late
           ,
           Arbitralily
           put
           upon
           all
           our
           VVoollen-Manufacture
           
           in
           France
           ;
           and
           considering
           also
           there
           is
           no
           Custome
           at
           all
           put
           upon
           Wooll
           there
           ,
           when
           Imported
           ,
           both
           these
           will
           utterly
           prevent
           ,
           our
           Selling
           the
           said
           Manufacture
           there
           ,
           Cheaper
           than
           the
           French
           can
           make
           it
           ,
           though
           they
           shall
           not
           only
           give
           double
           ,
           but
           treble
           the
           Price
           ,
           that
           we
           our Selves
           do
           give
           for
           Wooll
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           Alledged
           by
           my
           Opponent
           is
           ,
           
             that
             our
             Fore-Fathers
             did
             never
             Prohibit
             the
             Transportation
             of
          
           Wooll
           ,
           
             unless
             upon
             some
             great
             Occasion
             ,
             and
             for
             a
             certain
             Season
             ,
             till
             of
             late
             Years
             ,
          
           for
           makeing
           good
           of
           which
           ,
           a
           Summary
           of
           several
           Statutes
           ,
           are
           brought
           from
           the
           Time
           of
           Edward
           the
           3d.
           downwards
           to
           our
           Times
           .
        
         
           For
           answer
           to
           all
           which
           Statute
           ,
           I
           shall
           make
           use
           of
           no
           other
           Argument
           ,
           than
           what
           my
           Opponent
           himself
           hath
           put
           into
           my
           Mouth
           ,
           which
           is
           ;
           that
           Wooll
           was
           for
           many
           Ages
           ,
           by
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           at
           least
           very
           often
           Prohibited
           ;
           and
           that
           whensoever
           the
           Govenment
           it self
           saw
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           greater
           Occasion
           than
           ordinary
           for
           it
           ,
           they
           did
           alwayes
           Prohibit
           it
           ;
           and
           Consequently
           ,
           if
           
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           at
           present
           be
           such
           ,
           and
           the
           circumstances
           relating
           to
           our
           Neighbours
           about
           us
           ,
           be
           not
           only
           so
           great
           ,
           but
           so
           Instant
           and
           Importune
           ,
           that
           these
           two
           considered
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           much
           more
           Reason
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           Necessity
           ,
           for
           the
           Prohibiting
           of
           it
           now
           ,
           than
           formerly
           .
        
         
           Then
           all
           that
           my
           Opponent
           labours
           at
           ,
           in
           producing
           Instances
           of
           other
           Kinds
           ,
           and
           where
           the
           Circumstances
           are
           not
           the
           same
           ,
           falls
           wholly
           to
           the
           Ground
           ;
           for
           the
           clearing
           of
           which
           ,
           let
           us
           consider
           ,
           that
           the
           Circumstances
           peculiar
           to
           this
           present
           Time
           are
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           not
           only
           been
           Possessed
           for
           many
           Ages
           ,
           of
           the
           Manufacturing
           of
           our
           Wooll
           ,
           but
           have
           of
           late
           so
           Improved
           our
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           by
           it
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           Exported
           it
           by
           Shipping
           of
           our
           own
           ,
           not
           only
           into
           
             France
             ,
             Portugal
          
           and
           Spain
           ,
           but
           into
           
             Italy
             ,
             Turkey
          
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           remotests
           Parts
           of
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           By
           which
           means
           ,
           as
           our
           Wealth
           came
           greatly
           to
           Increase
           ,
           so
           we
           our selves
           became
           more
           Powerful
           in
           Shipping
           than
           ever
           ,
           which
           greatness
           of
           our
           Trade
           and
           the
           Strength
           of
           our
           Shipping
           being
           not
           only
           Observed
           ,
           but
           forthwith
           
           Emulated
           by
           some
           of
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           seeing
           it
           was
           likewise
           clearly
           discerned
           ,
           that
           the
           cheifest
           meanes
           for
           the
           Maintenance
           of
           it
           proceeded
           from
           our
           Woollen-Manufacture
           ,
           as
           the
           Hollander
           therefore
           first
           ,
           so
           the
           French
           since
           ,
           have
           by
           many
           undue
           Lawes
           and
           Pressures
           upon
           us
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           ancient
           Treaties
           of
           Peace
           and
           Commerce
           ,
           endeavoured
           to
           Rob
           the
           said
           Manufacture
           from
           us
           .
        
         
           Nor
           is
           the
           state
           of
           the
           Contest
           now
           at
           present
           between
           us
           only
           ,
           who
           shall
           have
           the
           Trade
           ,
           but
           who
           is
           fittest
           to
           have
           the
           Strength
           and
           Dominion
           of
           the
           Sea.
           
        
         
           Wherefore
           if
           my
           Opponent
           be
           not
           only
           an
           Islander
           ,
           but
           so
           much
           an
           English-Man
           ,
           and
           be
           so
           true
           a
           Subject
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           his
           Majestie
           ,
           which
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           he
           is
           ,
           as
           to
           think
           there
           is
           none
           so
           fit
           as
           his
           Majestie
           to
           Command
           the
           Sea
           ,
           then
           my
           Opponent
           must
           of
           necessity
           grant
           ,
           that
           nothing
           ought
           at
           this
           time
           to
           be
           done
           by
           us
           ,
           that
           may
           hazard
           the
           greatness
           of
           our
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           ,
           and
           Consequently
           ,
           that
           nothing
           ought
           to
           be
           suffered
           by
           us
           ,
           (
           so
           far
           as
           we
           are
           able
           in
           any
           wise
           to
           prevent
           it
           )
           that
           may
           either
           lessen
           or
           endanger
           
           our
           Woollen-Manufacture
           ,
           and
           Consequently
           ,
           if
           nothing
           can
           so
           much
           hazard
           it
           ,
           and
           hazard
           the
           very
           loss
           of
           our
           Trade
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Dominion
           of
           the
           Sea
           it self
           through
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           countenancing
           and
           contributing
           to
           the
           Woollen-Manufacture
           now
           set
           up
           in
           France
           ,
           then
           this
           is
           not
           to
           be
           done
           by
           us
           ,
           but
           is
           rather
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           pursue
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           by
           all
           means
           to
           be
           prevented
           by
           us
           .
        
         
           And
           Consequently
           till
           my
           Opponent
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           make
           it
           appear
           ,
           that
           the
           Dominion
           of
           the
           Sea
           ,
           if
           lost
           ,
           will
           be
           no
           great
           harm
           to
           us
           ,
           or
           till
           he
           make
           it
           appear
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           able
           to
           keep
           the
           Dominion
           of
           the
           Sea
           ;
           even
           ,
           notwithstanding
           our
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           should
           be
           utterly
           lost
           ,
           and
           notwithstanding
           our
           Woollen-Manufacture
           ,
           should
           be
           wholly
           carried
           away
           by
           our
           Neighbours
           .
        
         
           Or
           till
           he
           make
           it
           appear
           by
           other
           Arguments
           than
           hitherto
           he
           hath
           done
           ,
           that
           the
           French
           though
           they
           encrease
           their
           Woollen-Manufacture
           ,
           will
           neither
           be
           able
           to
           Under-sell
           us
           abroad
           ,
           nor
           be
           able
           to
           prevent
           our
           Clothes
           and
           Stuffs
           from
           going
           into
           France
           ,
           as
           formerly
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           till
           my
           Opponent
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           make
           good
           all
           these
           things
           ,
           I
           must
           crave
           leave
           to
           
           differ
           from
           him
           wholly
           ,
           and
           plainly
           to
           affirm
           on
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           the
           Transportation
           of
           Wooll
           ,
           if
           allowed
           by
           a
           Law
           ,
           can
           no
           way
           be
           Limited
           .
           Because
           if
           the
           Transportation
           of
           Wooll
           shall
           be
           allowed
           by
           a
           Law
           ,
           no
           meanes
           ,
           (
           speaking
           rationally
           )
           is
           able
           to
           prevent
           the
           
             Hollanders
             ,
             Flandrians
          
           ,
           and
           French
           ,
           to
           give
           each
           of
           them
           such
           Commissions
           as
           they
           please
           ,
           to
           Buy
           up
           here
           what
           quantity
           of
           Wooll
           soever
           ,
           they
           shall
           think
           fit
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           In
           regard
           that
           this
           can
           no
           way
           be
           prevented
           ,
           and
           that
           my
           Opponent
           himself
           offers
           not
           the
           least
           grain
           of
           an
           Expedient
           towards
           it
           :
           I
           therefore
           farther
           affirm
           ,
           that
           it
           cannot
           appear
           that
           our
           Clothiers
           or
           Manufacturers
           here
           ,
           shall
           have
           the
           least
           Priviledg
           above
           the
           Stranger
           ;
           either
           in
           poynt
           of
           Provision
           ,
           or
           point
           of
           Price
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           our
           Clothier
           ,
           or
           Manufacturer
           here
           ,
           must
           of
           necessity
           have
           a
           far
           greater
           disadvantage
           ,
           with
           reference
           to
           the
           furnishng
           himself
           ,
           than
           the
           Stranger
           abroad
           ,
           in
           regard
           it
           cannot
           be
           thought
           ,
           he
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           raise
           any
           such
           
           stock
           of
           Money
           as
           the
           Stranger
           can
           ,
           to
           prevent
           the
           Strangers
           Forstaling
           of
           him
           ;
           and
           Consequently
           (
           if
           it
           be
           Lawful
           to
           talk
           Reason
           )
           there
           can
           be
           no
           ground
           to
           Imagin
           ,
           that
           our
           Manufacture
           shall
           not
           in
           short
           time
           be
           utterly
           lost
           ,
           and
           this
           being
           lost
           ,
           as
           our
           Trade
           and
           strength
           at
           Sea
           must
           be
           Inevitably
           lost
           with
           it
           ,
           so
           not
           only
           the
           Honour
           ,
           Wealth
           and
           Rents
           ,
           but
           the
           very
           Priviledges
           ,
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           Property
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           must
           be
           hazarded
           to
           such
           Strangers
           as
           shall
           carry
           away
           the
           Trade
           and
           strength
           from
           us
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           next
           Allegation
           ,
           made
           by
           my
           
             Opponent
             ,
             (
             Viz.
             )
             that
             the
             Transportation
             of
          
           Wooll
           ,
           
             will
             better
             his
             Majesties
          
           :
           Customs
           I
           see
           but
           little
           in
           it
           that
           may
           require
           my
           Answere
           to
           it
           ,
           inasmuch
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           spoken
           already
           to
           this
           ,
           under
           the
           Fourth
           head
           :
           Nevertheless
           I
           must
           crave
           leave
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           my
           Opponent
           here
           also
           goeth
           upon
           an
           extraordinary
           Mistake
           ,
           it
           being
           not
           at
           all
           in
           dispute
           between
           us
           ,
           whether
           his
           Majesties
           Customes
           would
           be
           bettered
           if
           a
           Subsidy
           were
           paid
           only
           for
           that
           Wooll
           that
           is
           now
           Exported
           ,
           instead
           of
           haveing
           it
           all
           stollen
           :
           But
           the
           dispute
           between
           us
           strictly
           is
           ,
           what
           
           his
           Majesties
           Customes
           will
           hereafter
           amount
           to
           ,
           Comparatively
           to
           what
           they
           at
           present
           now
           are
           ,
           in
           case
           there
           should
           be
           a
           Law
           for
           the
           free
           and
           Unlimited
           Exportation
           of
           Wooll
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           reason
           of
           this
           Law
           ,
           and
           the
           Consequences
           that
           must
           follow
           from
           it
           ,
           our
           Woollen-Manufacture
           shall
           come
           to
           be
           wholly
           and
           entirely
           lost
           :
           For
           it
           becomes
           not
           a
           wise
           Man
           (
           and
           such
           I
           must
           in
           Civility
           Judge
           my
           Opponent
           to
           be
           )
           in
           making
           such
           Proposals
           as
           tend
           to
           the
           altering
           of
           Lawes
           ,
           to
           look
           at
           the
           present
           only
           ,
           but
           to
           look
           more
           principally
           at
           the
           time
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           not
           in
           this
           case
           at
           all
           ,
           to
           be
           considered
           what
           the
           advantage
           will
           be
           ,
           that
           may
           come
           to
           his
           Majesties
           Customes
           for
           a
           few
           moneths
           ,
           or
           a
           single
           Year
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           what
           the
           advantage
           or
           disadvantage
           will
           be
           to
           his
           Majesties
           Customes
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           ;
           admitting
           these
           Inconveniencies
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           before
           mentioned
           to
           be
           unavoydable
           ,
           from
           the
           Law
           which
           is
           Propounded
           by
           my
           Opponent
           .
        
         
           Besides
           my
           Opponent
           cannot
           doubtless
           be
           so
           Ignorant
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           have
           Considered
           ,
           that
           the
           
           greatness
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Customes
           (
           which
           is
           at
           this
           Day
           greater
           than
           ever
           )
           is
           not
           at
           all
           Raised
           Comparatively
           from
           the
           Export
           but
           from
           the
           Import
           ,
           which
           is
           10.
           if
           not
           20.
           times
           greater
           than
           the
           Export
           ,
           the
           Vallue
           of
           all
           which
           Import
           must
           proportionally
           fall
           ,
           as
           the
           quantity
           of
           our
           Manufactury
           shall
           faile
           to
           be
           carried
           out
           ,
           and
           as
           our
           raw
           and
           unwrought
           Wooll
           alone
           shall
           instead
           of
           it
           be
           Exported
           ,
           and
           Consequently
           to
           pretend
           that
           by
           such
           a
           Law
           as
           is
           desired
           ,
           his
           Majesties
           Customes
           would
           be
           advanced
           ,
           is
           either
           greatly
           to
           betray
           Ignorance
           ,
           or
           greatly
           to
           betray
           the
           Revenues
           of
           the
           Customes
           it self
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           alledged
           by
           my
           Opponent
           is
           ,
           
             that
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             decay
             of
             our
          
           Clothing
           
             doth
             not
             lie
             in
             the
             Exportation
             of
             our
          
           Wooll
           ,
           
             but
             on
             the
             contrary
          
           ,
           (
           Viz.
           )
           
             because
             our
          
           Wooll
           
             is
             no
             more
             freely
             Exported
             than
             it
             is
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             may
             be
             sure
             not
             to
             mistake
             his
             Sense
             ,
             herein
             he
             further
             adds
             ,
             that
             inasmuch
             as
             the
             decay
             and
             fall
             of
             our
          
           Manufacture
           ,
           
             comes
             properly
             from
             the
             Prohibition
             of
             our
          
           Wooll
           ,
           
             the
             stopping
             or
             hindring
             of
             it
             is
             but
             the
             applying
             to
             our
             Disease
             a
             wrong
             Remedy
             .
          
        
         
         
           Which
           Argument
           ,
           had
           it
           been
           brought
           by
           a
           Stranger
           ,
           we
           should
           immediately
           have
           turned
           it
           into
           Merriment
           ,
           as
           supposing
           that
           he
           thought
           us
           such
           Children
           ,
           that
           any
           thing
           would
           easily
           Deceive
           us
           ?
           but
           being
           brought
           by
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           and
           an
           
           English-Man
           ,
           I
           confess
           I
           could
           not
           possibly
           think
           what
           might
           be
           the
           meaning
           of
           it
           ,
           unless
           it
           were
           ,
           that
           my
           Opponent
           was
           resolved
           to
           cross
           the
           Proverb
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           piece
           of
           Wit
           to
           make
           it
           appear
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           always
           True
           ,
           that
           
             Interest
             cannot
             Lye
          
           ;
           for
           that
           nothing
           can
           be
           more
           contrary
           to
           Truth
           ,
           than
           what
           is
           here
           alledged
           ,
           ot
           more
           against
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           of
           an
           English-Man
           than
           what
           is
           here
           Asserted
           ,
           (
           if
           that
           be
           the
           very
           Interest
           of
           my
           Opponent
           )
           is
           most
           Cleare
           .
        
         
           For
           if
           it
           be
           True
           which
           my
           Opponent
           saith
           ,
           
             that
             the
             decay
             of
             our
          
           Clothing-Trade
           ,
           
             is
             not
             from
             our
             Exportation
             of
          
           Wooll
           ,
           
             but
             rather
             the
             Contrary
             ,
             because
             no
             more
             of
             our
          
           Wooll
           
             is
             not
             Carried
             out
             Raw
             and
          
           Un-Manufactured
           ,
           it
           must
           follow
           then
           ,
           by
           how
           much
           the
           more
           our
           Wooll
           is
           thus
           Exported
           ,
           by
           so
           much
           the
           more
           our
           
           Manufacture
           will
           not
           only
           be
           Preserved
           ,
           but
           Encouraged
           ,
           and
           the
           Reason
           for
           this
           must
           needs
           be
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           are
           once
           rid
           of
           our
           Wooll
           ,
           and
           have
           got
           a
           good
           Price
           for
           it
           ,
           we
           need
           not
           trouble
           our
           heads
           so
           far
           as
           to
           Imagin
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           Buy
           it
           will
           do
           any
           thing
           with
           it
           ,
           but
           only
           will
           lay
           it
           up
           to
           look
           upon
           it
           :
           For
           if
           we
           shall
           Seriously
           Believe
           that
           they
           will
           have
           so
           much
           Wit
           as
           to
           make
           Use
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           Use
           of
           it
           as
           becomes
           Rational
           Persons
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           Increase
           of
           their
           own
           Clothing
           by
           it
           ,
           we
           cannot
           be
           so
           sottish
           as
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           they
           do
           intend
           after
           this
           to
           Buy
           our
           Manufacture
           any
           more
           ,
           but
           do
           on
           the
           contrary
           design
           to
           prevent
           ,
           and
           shut
           out
           the
           Importation
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           a
           thing
           not
           Expedient
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           this
           and
           no
           other
           be
           really
           the
           intent
           of
           Buying
           up
           of
           our
           Wooll
           by
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           then
           must
           it
           not
           necessarily
           follow
           ,
           that
           by
           how
           much
           the
           more
           Wooll
           they
           have
           ,
           by
           so
           much
           the
           more
           Manufacture
           they
           will
           make
           for
           the
           Furnishing
           themselves
           ,
           and
           Furnishing
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           then
           by
           so
           much
           the
           less
           Place
           ,
           or
           Possibility
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           that
           we
           should
           be
           able
           to
           Furnish
           them
           ,
           and
           then
           also
           
           by
           so
           much
           the
           greater
           stop
           must
           of
           necessity
           be
           put
           to
           the
           Vending
           of
           our
           Cloths
           :
           And
           is
           it
           not
           plain
           that
           by
           how
           much
           the
           less
           we
           Vend
           of
           our
           Manufacture
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Increase
           of
           it
           abroad
           in
           other
           Places
           ,
           by
           so
           much
           the
           more
           our
           Manufacture
           must
           decay
           :
           Not
           only
           in
           point
           of
           Price
           ,
           but
           in
           point
           of
           its
           Necessity
           and
           Use
           ?
        
         
           And
           is
           it
           not
           then
           as
           manifest
           ,
           that
           by
           how
           much
           our
           Manufacture
           Decayes
           ,
           our
           Trade
           must
           Decay
           ,
           and
           our
           Wealth
           must
           Decay
           ,
           and
           the
           Strength
           of
           our
           Shipping
           must
           Decay
           ,
           and
           we
           our selves
           must
           be
           the
           more
           made
           a
           Scorn
           ,
           a
           Prey
           ,
           and
           a
           Laughing-stock
           by
           it
           to
           our
           Neighbours
           :
           And
           if
           all
           this
           be
           not
           for
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           but
           the
           contrary
           wholly
           ,
           is
           it
           not
           plain
           that
           my
           Opponent
           ,
           seeing
           he
           is
           an
           
           English-Man
           ,
           and
           seeing
           it
           is
           for
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           that
           he
           Writes
           ,
           doth
           cross
           the
           Proverb
           ,
           and
           give
           us
           a
           Demonstration
           by
           his
           thus
           Arguing
           ,
           that
           Interest
           may
           now
           and
           then
           Lye
           ,
           though
           not
           alwayes
           ?
        
         
           But
           in
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           to
           try
           whether
           my
           Opponent
           be
           in
           earnest
           ,
           or
           not
           ,
           let
           me
           humbly
           Beg
           of
           him
           ,
           to
           tell
           me
           truly
           ,
           why
           
           those
           naughty
           Men
           that
           Usurped
           the
           Government
           in
           the
           Year
           1647.
           did
           upon
           such
           Penalties
           strictly
           Prohibit
           the
           Exportation
           of
           our
           Woolls
           ;
           if
           he
           saith
           ,
           it
           was
           because
           they
           were
           not
           only
           Rebels
           ,
           but
           Men
           of
           no
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Understood
           not
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           :
           Will
           he
           not
           by
           this
           brand
           many
           of
           the
           Parliament
           also
           that
           now
           sits
           ?
           who
           though
           they
           did
           not
           Confirm
           the
           Rebels
           Law
           ,
           did
           think
           fit
           at
           least
           to
           make
           a
           new
           Law
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           ,
           even
           soon
           after
           his
           Majesties
           most
           happy
           Restoration
           .
        
         
           Granting
           then
           that
           the
           Laws
           now
           in
           force
           of
           the
           12
           and
           14
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Reign
           ,
           were
           not
           made
           by
           other
           ,
           than
           by
           the
           Wisest
           and
           most
           Loyal
           Persons
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           the
           said
           Persons
           must
           consequently
           have
           some
           grounds
           or
           other
           for
           making
           of
           the
           said
           Laws
           ,
           and
           if
           we
           may
           guess
           at
           their
           grounds
           by
           their
           own
           words
           in
           the
           preambles
           of
           the
           said
           Lawes
           ,
           they
           appear
           mainly
           to
           be
           these
           three
           following
           ,
           (
           Viz.
           )
        
         
           
           
             1.
             
             
               For
               the
               setting
               on
               Work
               the
               Inhabitants
               of
               theis
               Realm
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             
               For
               the
               Improving
               the
               native
               Commodities
               of
               this
               Country
               ,
               to
               its
               best
               ,
               fullest
               ,
               and
               utmost
               Vse
               .
            
          
           
             3.
             
             
               And
               that
               the
               advantage
               accruing
               hereby
               might
               Redound
               to
               the
               Subjects
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               the
               Subjects
               of
               forreign
               Realms
               ,
               as
               hitherto
               ,
               and
               as
               it
               would
               ,
               and
               must
               otherwise
               do
               .
            
          
        
         
           WHerefore
           ,
           either
           these
           three
           grounds
           ,
           when
           the
           said
           Lawes
           were
           made
           ,
           were
           either
           good
           and
           sufficient
           Motives
           for
           the
           Prohibiting
           our
           Wooll
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           laying
           so
           great
           a
           Penalty
           upon
           such
           as
           should
           Export
           it
           ,
           or
           they
           were
           not
           :
           If
           my
           Opponent
           shall
           say
           ,
           they
           were
           not
           good
           and
           sufficient
           Grounds
           ,
           then
           he
           must
           say
           that
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           these
           Honourable
           and
           Loyal
           Persons
           ,
           who
           at
           that
           time
           served
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           were
           indeed
           not
           much
           better
           than
           that
           of
           the
           Usurpers
           of
           the
           Government
           in
           the
           Year
           1647.
           
           But
           if
           the
           said
           
           grounds
           were
           Good
           ,
           Valid
           ,
           and
           Sufficient
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           did
           both
           Regard
           and
           Comprehend
           the
           True
           and
           Sincere
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           then
           my
           Opponent
           must
           confess
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           Laws
           ought
           to
           Stand
           ,
           or
           he
           must
           shew
           wherein
           the
           Case
           is
           altered
           now
           ,
           from
           what
           it
           was
           then
           ,
           with
           reference
           to
           the
           said
           Motives
           or
           Grounds
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           Parliament
           then
           went
           upon
           ,
           in
           making
           the
           said
           Laws
           .
           For
           ,
        
         
           
             1.
             
             If
             my
             Opponent
             can
             make
             it
             appear
             by
             letters
             that
             he
             hath
             lately
             received
             ,
             that
             the
             Hollanders
             have
             laid
             down
             their
             Woollen-Manufacture
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             in
             France
             are
             alltogether
             grown
             Sick
             and
             Weary
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             French
             King
             hath
             wholly
             forbidden
             it
             ,
             and
             hath
             released
             all
             the
             Impositions
             that
             he
             hath
             of
             late
             Years
             put
             upon
             it
             ,
             then
             I
             must
             needs
             confess
             the
             Case
             is
             altered
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             sd
             .
             Lawes
             ought
             Justly
             to
             be
             Repealed
             ;
             or
             ,
          
           
             2.
             
             If
             my
             Opponent
             hath
             received
             Information
             from
             sure
             and
             good
             Hands
             ,
             that
             the
             Hollanders
             make
             use
             of
             no
             other
             Wooll
             than
             that
             of
             their
             own
             Growth
             ,
             though
             they
             breed
             few
             or
             no
             Sheep
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             hath
             also
             received
             Information
             from
             good
             and
             sure
             Hands
             ,
             that
             
             the
             French
             make
             use
             only
             of
             their
             own
             Wooll
             in
             all
             their
             Manufacture
             ;
             or
             ,
          
           
             3.
             
             If
             my
             Opponent
             can
             make
             it
             appear
             ,
             that
             the
             setting
             on
             Work
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             this
             Realm
             ,
             is
             not
             now
             a
             thing
             so
             convenient
             or
             fit
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             when
             the
             said
             Acts
             were
             made
             ;
             or
             ,
          
           
             4.
             
             If
             the
             Improving
             the
             Native
             Commodities
             of
             this
             Country
             to
             its
             best
             and
             utmost
             Use
             ,
             be
             found
             by
             Experience
             to
             be
             no
             good
             Policy
             ,
             but
             to
             bring
             many
             Inconveniences
             with
             it
             ;
             or
             ,
          
           
             5.
             
             If
             it
             be
             much
             more
             adviseable
             that
             Forreiners
             should
             goe
             away
             with
             the
             Gain
             of
             our
             Manufacture
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             sweet
             of
             our
             Trade
             ,
             rather
             than
             that
             his
             Majestie
             's
             Subjects
             should
             have
             it
             ,
             in
             all
             these
             Cases
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             it
             must
             Inevitably
             be
             for
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             Nation
             to
             Repeal
             the
             said
             Acts
             ,
             and
             lay
             them
             aside
             .
          
        
         
           But
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           if
           none
           of
           all
           these
           Five
           Cases
           can
           possibly
           be
           put
           ,
           and
           that
           those
           very
           Reasons
           and
           Grounds
           do
           still
           remain
           ,
           and
           are
           the
           same
           now
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           when
           the
           said
           Acts
           were
           made
           .
        
         
         
           Then
           my
           
           Opponent's
           motion
           to
           Repeal
           the
           said
           Laws
           ,
           must
           be
           against
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           or
           Interest
           doth
           not
           alwayes
           speak
           True
           ;
           which
           was
           the
           Paradox
           intended
           to
           be
           Argued
           by
           my
           Opponent
           .
        
         
           As
           it
           is
           clear
           then
           ,
           that
           by
           both
           these
           Arguments
           ,
           my
           Opponent
           hath
           wholely
           mistaken
           himself
           in
           the
           Cause
           of
           our
           Manufactures
           decay
           ,
           to
           evidence
           yet
           farther
           the
           manifestness
           ,
           and
           palpableness
           of
           this
           mistake
           ,
           we
           affirm
           that
           it
           is
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           that
           our
           
             Woollen
             Manufacture
          
           did
           greatly
           encrease
           after
           the
           sd
           .
           Prohibition
           of
           Wooll
           ;
           and
           not
           only
           encreased
           ,
           but
           bore
           a
           good
           Price
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           may
           not
           be
           found
           like
           some
           others
           ,
           who
           regard
           not
           the
           Credit
           of
           what
           they
           affirm
           (
           and
           particularly
           ,
           like
           him
           who
           hath
           contracted
           the
           Arguments
           of
           my
           Opponent
           ,
           and
           hath
           published
           them
           together
           in
           one
           Sheet
           of
           Paper
           )
           I
           shall
           to
           justifie
           what
           I
           say
           ,
           appeal
           for
           the
           Truth
           of
           it
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           the
           
           Custome-house
           Books
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           quantity
           of
           the
           Woollen-Manufacture
           there
           entered
           ;
           but
           to
           the
           Gentry
           themselves
           :
           And
           to
           the
           Price
           that
           the
           Land
           bore
           (
           and
           Victuals
           )
           for
           many
           Years
           together
           after
           the
           sd
           .
           Prohibition
           .
        
         
         
           Yea
           ,
           as
           our
           Manufacture
           did
           encrease
           for
           many
           years
           together
           ,
           after
           the
           sd
           .
           Prohibition
           of
           the
           Exportation
           of
           Wooll
           ,
           so
           it
           had
           to
           this
           day
           still
           encreased
           ,
           had
           not
           those
           accidents
           happened
           ,
           that
           laid
           so
           effectual
           a
           Foundation
           for
           the
           ruine
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           neither
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Clothier
           ,
           nor
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Grower
           to
           prevent
           :
           I
           mean
           those
           new
           and
           immoderate
           Taxes
           ,
           which
           were
           laid
           upon
           our
           Manufacture
           by
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           on
           purpose
           to
           encourage
           his
           own
           workmen
           to
           gain
           the
           sd
           .
           Manufacture
           from
           us
           ;
           and
           on
           purpose
           to
           prevent
           our
           Cloths
           and
           Stuffs
           from
           being
           brought
           into
           his
           Country
           ,
           (
           the
           Fruits
           of
           Exportation
           of
           Wooll
           )
           although
           we
           yearly
           take
           of
           his
           Commodities
           ,
           to
           the
           value
           of
           above
           a
           Million
           of
           Pounds
           Sterling
           ,
           and
           I
           mean
           in
           the
           second
           place
           ,
           the
           making
           of
           that
           unfortunate
           Act
           against
           the
           Importation
           of
           Irish
           Cattle
           ,
           which
           hath
           not
           only
           tended
           to
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           Grower
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           Clothier
           ,
           and
           to
           ruine
           of
           the
           very
           Trade
           of
           England
           it self
           ;
           and
           which
           if
           it
           should
           continue
           to
           stand
           un-repealed
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           ,
           and
           inevitably
           ruine
           more
           and
           more
           :
           
           Both
           the
           
             Gentry
             ,
             Merchant
          
           ,
           and
           Clothier
           every
           day
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           as
           a
           further
           Proof
           of
           what
           I
           say
           I
           shall
           give
           one
           instance
           instead
           of
           many
           ,
           and
           leave
           the
           Truth
           of
           it
           to
           be
           strictly
           examined
           ,
           and
           judged
           accordingly
           ;
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           since
           the
           said
           accidents
           have
           befallen
           us
           (
           I
           mean
           of
           the
           French
           Kings
           Arbitrary
           Impossitions
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           that
           Act
           against
           the
           Importation
           of
           Irish
           Cattel
           )
           Exeter
           alone
           ,
           hath
           lost
           of
           what
           it
           did
           formerly
           Vend
           ,
           near
           ,
           if
           not
           above
           
             three
             Hundered
             Thousand
          
           Pound
           Sterling
           every
           Year
           :
           And
           if
           we
           shall
           reckon
           Proportionably
           for
           all
           other
           Countries
           and
           Cities
           ,
           we
           shall
           then
           easily
           see
           there
           is
           a
           Just
           Ground
           for
           the
           Decay
           of
           our
           Woollen-Manufacture
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           fall
           of
           the
           Price
           of
           our
           Wooll
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           fall
           and
           ruin
           of
           our
           Rents
           ,
           not
           as
           my
           Opponent
           Allegeath
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Prohibition
           of
           of
           Transporting
           our
           Wooll
           ,
           but
           truly
           and
           really
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Multiplication
           and
           Increase
           of
           our
           Wooll
           ,
           to
           that
           degree
           ,
           that
           the
           Exportation
           of
           it
           hath
           almost
           been
           Necessary
           .
        
         
         
           The
           serious
           consideration
           of
           which
           true
           and
           real
           cause
           of
           the
           decay
           of
           our
           Manufacture
           ,
           I
           shall
           humbly
           leave
           to
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           Parliament
           .
           And
           shall
           likewise
           leave
           it
           to
           their
           Wisdom
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           whether
           in
           this
           Conjucture
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           the
           Circumstances
           which
           now
           attend
           Us
           ,
           while
           our
           Neighbours
           do
           not
           only
           Emulate
           us
           ,
           but
           are
           become
           actual
           Rivals
           with
           us
           ,
           not
           only
           for
           our
           Clothing
           ,
           but
           for
           our
           Trade
           it self
           ;
           and
           for
           our
           Strength
           and
           Dominion
           at
           Sea
           ,
           we
           shall
           ,
           or
           ought
           so
           far
           to
           contribute
           towards
           the
           Design
           ,
           and
           towards
           the
           Certainty
           and
           Effectualness
           of
           our
           own
           Ruine
           ,
           as
           either
           to
           Repeal
           our
           Acts
           that
           Prohibite
           the
           Exportation
           of
           our
           Wooll
           ,
           or
           to
           let
           that
           Unfortunate
           Act
           stand
           ,
           which
           makes
           the
           Transporting
           absolutely
           necessary
           ,
           whether
           we
           will
           or
           no
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           means
           make
           our
           Neighbours
           scorn
           the
           Commerce
           and
           Trade
           they
           formrely
           had
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           thanked
           us
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           whereas
           my
           Opponent
           doth
           lay
           a
           great
           stress
           upon
           the
           false
           makeing
           of
           our
           Manufacture
           ,
           as
           one
           cause
           of
           the
           decay
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           confess
           there
           hath
           been
           to
           much
           aud
           to
           
           great
           cause
           for
           that
           Complaint
           ,
           we
           ought
           therefore
           to
           consider
           the
           maine
           reason
           thereof
           ,
           (
           Viz.
           )
           that
           as
           the
           said
           Manufacture
           for
           a
           great
           part
           is
           under
           no
           manner
           of
           Regulation
           ,
           yea
           not
           so
           much
           as
           it
           may
           not
           be
           restrain'd
           to
           an
           Apprentiship
           ,
           by
           which
           meanes
           ,
           persons
           Unskilful
           ,
           and
           Unable
           also
           in
           point
           of
           Estate
           ,
           undertaks
           it
           ,
           having
           got
           some
           credit
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           have
           got
           a
           considerable
           Estate
           of
           other
           persons
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           in
           a
           little
           time
           Breakes
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           the
           great
           loss
           of
           their
           Creditors
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           dishonour
           of
           our
           Woollen-Manufacture
           ,
           and
           the
           Nation
           it
           felf
           ;
           Instances
           to
           many
           may
           be
           given
           ,
           (
           the
           like
           may
           be
           said
           of
           Merchandice
           when
           Irregular
           ,
           )
           but
           though
           this
           Abuse
           hath
           not
           been
           Redressed
           ,
           notwithstanding
           which
           ,
           the
           generallity
           of
           the
           most
           Substantial
           Clothiers
           ,
           though
           not
           tyed
           to
           it
           by
           any
           Law
           ,
           hath
           for
           their
           own
           Repute
           and
           Advantage
           ,
           made
           such
           an
           alteration
           in
           the
           makeing
           our
           said
           Manufacture
           ,
           that
           neither
           Dutch
           ,
           nor
           French
           ,
           (
           whose
           Fancies
           we
           are
           apt
           to
           follow
           )
           doe
           come
           near
           us
           ,
           either
           for
           the
           Accuratness
           and
           Goodness
           of
           our
           Workmanship
           ,
           
           or
           for
           the
           Honesty
           and
           Integrity
           ,
           that
           is
           used
           in
           makeing
           both
           of
           
             Cloth
             ,
             Stuffs
          
           and
           Bays
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           I
           may
           here
           Vindicate
           the
           Credit
           of
           what
           I
           Say
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           may
           be
           Clear
           ,
           I
           Speak
           nothing
           but
           Truth
           ,
           I
           shall
           Appeal
           to
           the
           most
           considerable
           Dealers
           in
           all
           London
           either
           as
           
             Merchants
             ,
             Drapers
          
           or
           Mercers
           ,
           whether
           there
           be
           not
           many
           Clothiers
           ,
           many
           Stuff
           and
           Bay-Makers
           ,
           who
           tho
           they
           be
           under
           no
           Check
           at
           all
           at
           present
           ;
           do
           nevertheless
           so
           Value
           their
           Name
           ,
           their
           Word
           and
           their
           Repute
           ,
           that
           they
           dare
           Adventure
           all
           the
           Commodity
           they
           make
           ,
           to
           be
           Forfeited
           ,
           if
           it
           do
           not
           prove
           as
           Long
           as
           Broad
           ,
           and
           as
           truly
           Made
           and
           as
           well
           Quallified
           ,
           yet
           there
           are
           many
           both
           
             Drapers
             ,
             Mercers
          
           ,
           and
           Merchants
           ,
           who
           will
           trust
           to
           the
           private
           Mark
           of
           divers
           Clothiers
           ,
           with
           less
           Scruple
           then
           they
           will
           trust
           to
           the
           stamp
           of
           some
           sorts
           of
           Coyn.
           
        
         
           Yea
           I
           should
           much
           wrong
           many
           of
           the
           Clothiers
           of
           England
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           not
           upon
           this
           occasion
           
           professedly
           declare
           ,
           (
           and
           whoever
           denyeth
           it
           ,
           will
           greatly
           Injure
           them
           )
           that
           such
           is
           the
           sense
           which
           they
           themselves
           have
           had
           for
           divers
           Years
           ,
           how
           much
           it
           is
           for
           their
           Interest
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Name
           and
           Honour
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           it self
           ,
           to
           keep
           up
           an
           exact
           goodness
           in
           all
           the
           Woollen-Manufacture
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           for
           many
           Years
           ,
           not
           only
           Solicited
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           Incorporated
           in
           each
           County
           ,
           and
           that
           none
           might
           be
           admited
           to
           take
           upon
           them
           the
           making
           of
           Cloth
           ,
           and
           other
           Woollen-Manufactures
           ,
           but
           such
           only
           as
           have
           served
           a
           due
           number
           of
           Years
           ,
           to
           learn
           the
           profession
           of
           it
           ,
           might
           be
           sufficiently
           Versed
           and
           Skilled
           in
           it
           ;
           but
           they
           have
           for
           many
           Years
           desired
           also
           ,
           that
           all
           and
           every
           the
           sorts
           of
           the
           Woollen-Manufacture
           ,
           might
           be
           brought
           to
           such
           a
           certainty
           of
           Regulation
           for
           the
           Length
           and
           Breadth
           of
           each
           Manufacture
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           true
           Making
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           not
           be
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           any
           Unskilful
           or
           Deceitful
           Person
           to
           Falsifie
           it
           ,
           but
           that
           by
           marks
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           as
           is
           used
           in
           
             Colchester
             Bays
          
           ,
           all
           maner
           of
           Cheats
           and
           Defects
           should
           be
           openly
           signified
           ;
           than
           which
           I
           humbly
           
           conceive
           there
           is
           scarce
           any
           thing
           can
           be
           instanced
           that
           might
           ,
           or
           would
           tend
           more
           to
           the
           general
           good
           and
           advantage
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           promoting
           and
           recovering
           of
           our
           Manufacture
           again
           ,
           and
           Consequently
           for
           the
           Consumption
           and
           Advancing
           the
           Price
           of
           our
           Wooll
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           thing
           mainly
           my
           Opponent
           seemes
           to
           drive
           at
           ,
           and
           in
           thatwe
           shall
           agree
           .
        
         
           But
           here
           my
           Opponent
           may
           parhaps
           say
           ,
           that
           after
           all
           I
           cannot
           deny
           ,
           but
           there
           is
           a
           surplus
           of
           Wooll
           which
           cannot
           be
           wrought
           up
           by
           the
           Clothiers
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           offered
           not
           one
           word
           ,
           how
           it
           should
           for
           the
           future
           be
           disposed
           of
           :
           (
           to
           which
           I
           answer
           )
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           it
           appeareth
           not
           by
           any
           thing
           which
           mp
           Opponent
           hath
           hitherto
           said
           ,
           at
           least
           not
           by
           any
           thing
           that
           he
           hath
           hitherto
           proved
           ,
           that
           the
           Clothier
           either
           cannot
           or
           doth
           not
           work
           up
           the
           Wooll
           of
           the
           proper
           growth
           of
           England
           to
           the
           full
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           if
           a
           far
           greater
           quantity
           of
           Wooll
           be
           brought
           into
           England
           from
           Ireland
           then
           ever
           until
           of
           late
           Years
           ,
           as
           the
           Clothier
           cannot
           be
           Responsible
           for
           his
           not
           Buying
           up
           all
           the
           Wooll
           which
           is
           sent
           into
           England
           
           so
           neither
           can
           he
           or
           ought
           he
           to
           be
           Responsible
           for
           the
           Glut
           proceeding
           from
           the
           Importation
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           for
           the
           cheapness
           of
           the
           said
           Wooll
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           said
           Glut.
           Notwithstanding
           which
           Glut
           I
           may
           presume
           to
           say
           ,
           (
           or
           at
           least
           to
           suppose
           )
           that
           if
           an
           account
           was
           taken
           both
           in
           Ireland
           and
           England
           before
           the
           time
           of
           shearing
           ,
           there
           will
           not
           be
           found
           one
           quarters
           Gronth
           ,
           or
           at
           the
           most
           6
           
             Months
             Vn-manufactured
          
           ,
           in
           the
           greatest
           Year
           of
           plenty
           of
           Wooll
           and
           dulness
           of
           Trade
           ;
           which
           duly
           confidered
           ,
           doth
           require
           more
           care
           for
           a
           stock
           beforehand
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           suffer
           it
           to
           Engrossed
           and
           Stored
           up
           in
           France
           and
           Holland
           as
           now
           it
           is
           :
           And
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           would
           there
           be
           a
           Peace
           concluded
           abroad
           ,
           that
           our
           Trade
           was
           Revived
           ,
           and
           our
           Clothiers
           were
           Incouraged
           ,
           we
           might
           find
           a
           want
           of
           Wooll
           before
           the
           next
           shearing
           ;
           notwithstanding
           our
           great
           complaint
           of
           a
           Surplus
           of
           Wooll
           ,
           as
           it
           hath
           frequently
           accurd
           in
           Corn
           very
           lately
           ,
           and
           more
           formerly
           as
           in
           St.
           Walter
           Rawly's
           Remains
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           If
           the
           proper
           and
           only
           way
           for
           removing
           all
           evil
           effects
           ,
           be
           to
           remove
           their
           respective
           
           causes
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           is
           and
           must
           be
           acknowledgec
           by
           all
           rational
           Persons
           ,
           then
           considering
           what
           we
           have
           said
           before
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           said
           but
           proved
           and
           made
           it
           appear
           ,
           (
           Viz.
           )
           that
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           said
           Surplus
           of
           Wooll
           (
           with
           the
           Cheapness
           of
           it
           at
           present
           )
           among
           us
           ,
           is
           partly
           from
           the
           Irish
           Act
           that
           Prohibiteth
           the
           bringing
           in
           of
           live
           Cattle
           ,
           and
           puts
           the
           Kingdom
           upon
           the
           Breeding
           of
           Wooll
           whether
           they
           will
           or
           no
           ,
           and
           partly
           by
           the
           Decay
           of
           our
           ,
           Manufacture
           ,
           through
           the
           supply
           that
           we
           our selves
           do
           make
           to
           our
           Neighbours
           of
           our
           own
           Wooll
           ,
           fur
           the
           Promoting
           of
           their
           Manufacture
           ,
           to
           the
           Ruine
           of
           our Selves
           .
        
         
           The
           proper
           Remedy
           then
           ,
           for
           the
           removeing
           the
           Cheapness
           of
           our
           Wooll
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           Employing
           our
           Poor
           ,
           and
           Recovering
           of
           our
           Trade
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           be
           the
           Stoping
           the
           Excesive
           Grouth
           of
           it
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           as
           Strictly
           Stopping
           ,
           and
           Restreining
           the
           Export
           of
           it
           from
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           from
           hence
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           Imust
           take
           the
           Boldness
           to
           say
           again
           ,
           what
           I
           have
           in
           part
           said
           already
           in
           my
           
           second
           Argument
           ,
           (
           Viz.
           )
           that
           where
           a
           Nation
           is
           not
           Rich
           in
           Mines
           of
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           capable
           of
           being
           Enriched
           any
           other
           way
           ,
           than
           by
           its
           Manufacture
           .
        
         
           And
           consequently
           if
           it
           be
           from
           our
           Manufactures
           alone
           ,
           that
           the
           Riches
           of
           this
           Nation
           comes
           ,
           and
           if
           it
           be
           from
           our
           Manufacture
           cheifly
           that
           our
           Shipping
           is
           Imployed
           ,
           and
           our
           Marriners
           bred
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           from
           our
           Trading
           alone
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           Riches
           which
           our
           Trading
           brings
           in
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesties
           Customes
           are
           Raised
           ,
           and
           that
           our
           Fleet
           have
           been
           hitherto
           Built
           and
           Maintained
           ,
           and
           the
           Dominion
           of
           the
           Seas
           hath
           been
           Preserved
           ,
           than
           it
           is
           and
           must
           be
           from
           our
           Manufacture
           only
           that
           our
           Bullion
           hath
           been
           brought
           in
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Rents
           of
           our
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           doth
           Depend
           and
           are
           Sustained
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           it
           must
           be
           granted
           me
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           higher
           Interest
           in
           the
           Nation
           ,
           than
           that
           which
           preserves
           his
           Majesties
           Customes
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           Sustains
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentrys
           Rents
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           Supports
           our
           Navy
           and
           Shipping
           .
        
         
         
           Then
           in
           regard
           our
           Manufacture
           alone
           doth
           by
           all
           this
           ,
           our
           Manufacture
           alone
           and
           the
           Encouragement
           of
           it
           must
           necessarily
           be
           the
           greater
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           it self
           :
           And
           I
           must
           crave
           leave
           to
           say
           that
           whoever
           placeth
           it
           in
           any
           thing
           elce
           (
           as
           the
           circumstances
           of
           this
           Nation
           stands
           at
           present
           )
           must
           either
           mistake
           the
           Interest
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           or
           can
           be
           no
           Freind
           to
           England
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           if
           it
           be
           granted
           by
           the
           Wisest
           of
           Layers
           ,
           that
           a
           Mischeif
           is
           better
           than
           an
           Inconvenience
           ,
           some
           privat
           Men
           ought
           to
           suffer
           rather
           than
           the
           whole
           Nation
           :
           Which
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           is
           a
           sollid
           and
           sufficient
           answere
           to
           my
           Opponent
           ,
           as
           to
           this
           part
           of
           his
           Objection
           .
        
         
           Supposing
           also
           that
           our
           Manufacture
           and
           the
           Encourageing
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           the
           main
           and
           cheif
           ,
           if
           not
           the
           sole
           and
           only
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           then
           as
           no
           Interest
           besides
           can
           ,
           or
           ought
           in
           reason
           to
           stand
           in
           Competition
           with
           it
           ,
           so
           much
           less
           the
           Irish
           Act
           ,
           without
           the
           Repealing
           of
           which
           ;
           Nevertheless
           it
           is
           simply
           Impossible
           ,
           that
           either
           our
           Manufacture
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           Trade
           ,
           or
           Navigation
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           should
           be
           preserved
           :
           For
           if
           there
           be
           no
           reason
           to
           
           make
           a
           Law
           that
           they
           must
           Starve
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           reason
           to
           forbid
           their
           breeding
           of
           Sheep
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           not
           let
           them
           employ
           their
           Lands
           in
           the
           breeding
           of
           Cattle
           .
        
         
           Admitting
           also
           that
           the
           pasture
           Lands
           of
           Ireland
           are
           proportionable
           to
           the
           bigness
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           far
           larger
           than
           the
           pasture
           Lands
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           and
           must
           necessarily
           be
           ,
           partly
           through
           the
           smalness
           of
           their
           Tillage
           ,
           (
           their
           Corn
           being
           not
           capable
           to
           be
           Exported
           )
           and
           partly
           through
           the
           thinness
           of
           their
           Inhabitants
           ,
           and
           it
           must
           necessarily
           follow
           ,
           that
           these
           being
           converted
           mostly
           to
           the
           feeding
           of
           Sheep
           ,
           must
           breed
           a
           vast
           quantity
           of
           Wooll
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           must
           equal
           ,
           if
           not
           Exceed
           the
           quantity
           bred
           in
           England
           ,
           by
           our selves
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           plain
           to
           every
           person
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           the
           breeding
           of
           Wooll
           ,
           but
           the
           disposing
           of
           it
           ,
           an
           dt
           he
           disposing
           of
           it
           to
           most
           Advantage
           ,
           is
           now
           become
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           
             Nobility
             ,
             Gentry
             ,
             Yeomandry
          
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           others
           whatsoever
           that
           have
           a
           concern
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           which
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           to
           prevent
           ,
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           allowed
           to
           none
           besides
           our
           
           Selves
           ,
           whose
           whole
           proper
           and
           intire
           Interest
           it
           is
           ,
           to
           be
           Sole
           Manufacturers
           ,
           or
           Workers
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Breeding
           ,
           Growing
           ,
           Disposing
           and
           Improving
           of
           Wooll
           ,
           being
           now
           by
           our Selves
           ,
           made
           the
           intire
           Interest
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           who
           desired
           it
           not
           of
           us
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           been
           very
           well
           Content
           without
           it
           ,
           if
           we
           cannot
           desire
           their
           Nobility
           ,
           or
           Gentry
           ,
           to
           burn
           their
           Wooll
           ,
           we
           cannot
           then
           deny
           them
           ,
           to
           take
           all
           such
           Lawful
           and
           Just
           Courses
           ,
           whereby
           they
           may
           Improve
           their
           Wooll
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           seeing
           these
           Courses
           can
           be
           but
           two
           wayes
           ,
           either
           to
           send
           it
           where
           it
           is
           most
           wanted
           ,
           and
           where
           it
           will
           yeild
           the
           best
           Price
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           to
           Improve
           and
           Increase
           their
           Manufacture
           ,
           or
           else
           to
           keep
           it
           themselves
           ,
           and
           Manfacture
           it
           up
           in
           that
           Countrey
           .
        
         
           And
           seeing
           one
           of
           these
           Courses
           are
           wholly
           Inevitable
           ,
           and
           that
           both
           one
           and
           the
           other
           do
           not
           only
           tend
           ,
           but
           must
           and
           will
           certainly
           ,
           and
           effectually
           bring
           an
           utter
           destruction
           to
           the
           
             Trade
             ,
             Commerce
             ,
             Strength
             ,
             Shipping
          
           and
           Navigation
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           we
           have
           small
           
           reason
           to
           expect
           our
           Neighbours
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           or
           our
           Neighbours
           the
           French
           should
           help
           us
           ,
           or
           pitty
           us
           ,
           when
           we
           do
           wilfully
           contribute
           to
           the
           Ruin
           of
           our Selves
           ,
           and
           may
           (
           if
           we
           will
           )
           either
           prevent
           it
           ,
           or
           easily
           remedy
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           if
           our
           All
           be
           at
           stake
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           continuance
           of
           that
           Unfortunate
           Act
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           All
           ,
           I
           mean
           the
           very
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           it self
           ,
           will
           not
           move
           us
           to
           alter
           it
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           would
           be
           very
           Impertinent
           ,
           to
           insist
           upon
           lesser
           Arguments
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           ,
           though
           it
           would
           be
           for
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           greatly
           ,
           to
           arrest
           this
           occation
           ,
           I
           mean
           the
           cheapness
           of
           Wooll
           ,
           to
           beat
           out
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           in
           the
           Forraign
           Trade
           of
           our
           Manufactures
           ,
           and
           by
           Under-selling
           them
           at
           least
           Abroad
           .
        
         
           And
           though
           this
           might
           now
           more
           easily
           be
           done
           then
           ever
           ,
           seeing
           our
           Mauufacture
           is
           Improved
           of
           late
           Years
           in
           the
           Goodness
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           might
           soon
           as
           we
           said
           before
           ,
           be
           brought
           to
           an
           Absolute
           Perfection
           .
        
         
           And
           though
           it
           be
           but
           Equal
           and
           Just
           ,
           to
           Forbid
           the
           Commodities
           of
           those
           Countries
           that
           are
           near
           us
           ,
           who
           refuse
           to
           deal
           with
           us
           for
           
           our
           Commodities
           ,
           or
           by
           Exorbitant
           and
           Arbitrary
           Impositions
           laid
           upon
           them
           ,
           do
           in
           efect
           Prohibite
           them
           ;
           and
           though
           the
           doing
           of
           this
           ,
           is
           but
           agreable
           to
           the
           rules
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           Nations
           ,
           and
           Law
           of
           Commerce
           .
        
         
           Though
           also
           it
           cannot
           be
           denyed
           ,
           that
           it
           must
           be
           greatly
           consistant
           with
           the
           publick
           good
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           to
           make
           sumptuary
           Lawes
           ,
           and
           to
           restrain
           the
           excess
           that
           is
           at
           present
           among
           Us
           ;
           yet
           I
           must
           humbly
           crave
           leave
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           but
           like
           the
           taking
           much
           paines
           ,
           to
           stop
           the
           leaks
           of
           a
           Barrel
           ,
           and
           let
           the
           Liquor
           run
           out
           at
           the
           Bung
           ;
           for
           these
           are
           all
           petty
           things
           to
           the
           main
           Concern
           of
           the
           Nation
           which
           must
           be
           Ruin'd
           ,
           and
           Ruin'd
           ,
           as
           I
           humbly
           Conceive
           Irrecoverably
           ,
           if
           the
           Irish
           Act
           doth
           stand
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
  

