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         Haines, Richard, 1633-1685.
      
       
         
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             A breviat of some proposals prepared to be offered to the great wisdom of the nation, the King's Most Excellent Majesty, and both houses of Parliament for the speedy restoring the woollen manufacture by a method practiced in other nations ... / by R. Haines.
             Haines, Richard, 1633-1685.
          
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             1679.
          
           
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           Woolen and worsted manufacture -- Great Britain.
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           A
           Breviat
           OF
           SOME
           PROPOSALS
        
         
           Prepared
           to
           be
           Offered
           to
           the
           Great
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           NATION
           ,
        
         
           The
           KING'
           's
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           ,
           And
           Both
           Houses
           of
           PARLIAMENT
           ,
        
         
           For
           the
           speedy
           Restoring
           the
           
             WOOLLEN
             MANVFACTVRE
          
           ,
        
         
           By
           a
           Method
           practised
           in
           other
           Nations
           .
        
         
           Already
           Perused
           and
           Approved
           by
           those
           known
           Promoters
           of
           England's
           Weal
           and
           Safety
           ,
           The
           most
           Illustrious
           PRINCE
           RUPERT
           ,
        
         
           And
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
           the
           EARL
           of
           SHAFTSBVRY
           ,
        
         
           And
           since
           Heard
           and
           Encouraged
           by
           divers
           Members
           of
           the
           HOVSE
           of
           COMMONS
           ,
           who
           upon
           Perusal
           were
           pleased
           to
           Declare
           ,
           That
           the
           same
           would
           be
           of
           great
           Advantage
           to
           the
           NATION
           .
        
         
           Desiring
           the
           Author
           to
           give
           his
           Attendance
           to
           the
           HOUSE
           when
           they
           are
           at
           leisure
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           to
           Publish
           this
           Brief
           Account
           thereof
           ,
           for
           General
           Information
           .
        
         
           By
           
             R.
             HAINES
          
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Langley
             Curtis
          
           on
           Ludgate-Hill
           .
           1679.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           By
           the
           Expedients
           Proposed
           ,
           t
           is
           offered
           ,
        
         
           
             1.
             
             THAT
             in
             short
             time
             all
             the
             Wool
             of
             England
             may
             be
             secured
             from
             being
             Exported
             unwrought
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             all
             the
             Wool
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             to
             spare
             in
             Scotland
             and
             Ireland
             ,
             may
             be
             Manufactur'd
             in
             England
             ,
             as
             fast
             as
             it
             grows
             and
             arises
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             the
             converting
             of
             such
             great
             Quantity
             of
             Wool
             will
             be
             of
             very
             little
             Charge
             to
             the
             Nation
             ,
             so
             that
             all
             the
             Cloth
             we
             have
             to
             spare
             shall
             find
             quick
             Markets
             as
             fast
             as
             't
             is
             made
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             That
             forty
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             worth
             of
             Cloth
             may
             be
             made
             in
             England
             every
             year
             ,
             more
             than
             now
             is
             ,
             or
             can
             be
             by
             the
             present
             course
             of
             Trade
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             That
             the
             Wealth
             of
             the
             Nation
             Will
             Increase
             at
             least
             forty
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             
               per
               Annum
            
             ,
             and
             his
             Majesties
             Revenue
             by
             the
             Increase
             of
             Customes
             ,
             very
             considerably
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             That
             every
             particular
             Parish
             and
             Parishioner
             in
             Dealings
             in
             the
             Country
             shall
             thrive
             thereby
             ,
             considerably
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             That
             although
             we
             should
             make
             twice
             as
             much
             Cloth
             as
             what
             is
             before-mentioned
             ,
             yet
             there
             shall
             be
             no
             danger
             of
             Glutting
             the
             Markets
             ;
             But
             we
             may
             obtain
             and
             secure
             the
             best
             Markets
             in
             the
             World
             to
             our selves
             notwithstanding
             any
             Attempts
             of
             other
             Nations
             .
          
        
         
           
             1.
             
             As
             to
             the
             first
             .
             To
             secure
             our
             Wool
             from
             going
             abroad
             ,
             the
             best
             and
             most
             certain
             Expedient
             is
             ,
             to
             have
             it
             converted
             into
             Cloth
             at
             home
             ,
             as
             fast
             as
             it
             grows
             and
             arises
             ,
             by
             setting
             to
             work
             all
             idle
             hands
             ;
             by
             means
             of
             which
             ,
             our
             Wool
             will
             soon
             yield
             more
             at
             home
             than
             abroad
             ,
             and
             this
             will
             more
             effectually
             do
             that
             business
             than
             the
             severest
             Laws
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             To
             have
             all
             the
             Wool
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             what
             as
             to
             spare
             in
             Ireland
             and
             Scotland
             ,
             to
             be
             Manufactur'd
             in
             England
             ,
             depend's
             on
             the
             same
             Expedient
             ,
             viz.
             Imploying
             all
             People
             ,
             who
             by
             Contributions
             or
             Begging
             ,
             are
             maintain'd
             by
             other
             mens
             Estates
             and
             Industry
             ,
             for
             doing
             of
             nothing
             ,
             there
             being
             (
             as
             't
             is
             ,
             reasonably
             computed
             )
             200
             thousand
             in
             the
             Nation
             capable
             of
             one
             Employ
             or
             other
             ;
             
             so
             that
             by
             this
             great
             number
             of
             People
             ,
             with
             the
             help
             of
             some
             Clothiers
             ,
             't
             is
             not
             to
             be
             doubted
             but
             we
             may
             Manufacture
             a
             hundred
             thousand
             Packs
             of
             Wool
             more
             than
             are
             now
             Converted
             in
             a
             year
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             the
             Converting
             of
             such
             great
             Quantity
             of
             Wool
             ,
             will
             be
             of
             very
             little
             Charge
             to
             the
             Nation
             ,
             so
             that
             all
             our
             Cloth
             shall
             find
             quick
             Markets
             as
             fast
             as
             made
             ,
             is
             Demonstrable
             :
             For
             ,
          
        
         
           By
           the
           Expedient
           proposed
           ,
           all
           these
           People
           now
           maintained
           for
           doing
           little
           or
           nothing
           ,
           may
           instead
           of
           doing
           nothing
           ,
           convert
           our
           Wool
           into
           Cloth
           ,
           for
           their
           Living
           ,
           so
           that
           look
           how
           much
           more
           Cloth
           is
           made
           by
           these
           two
           hundred
           thousand
           People
           so
           much
           there
           's
           clear
           Gain
           to
           the
           Nation
           .
           For
           had
           they
           not
           done
           this
           ,
           they
           had
           been
           ,
           as
           now
           they
           are
           ,
           kept
           and
           maintain'd
           for
           Begging
           ,
           &c.
           
           So
           that
           put
           case
           all
           Beggars
           ,
           Vagrants
           ,
           &c.
           were
           plac'd
           in
           ,
           and
           maintain'd
           by
           the
           Parishes
           as
           Parish-Poor
           ,
           only
           for
           Sleeping
           ,
           the
           thing
           in
           Effect
           to
           maintain
           them
           thus
           ,
           would
           not
           be
           more
           disadvantagious
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           than
           it
           is
           .
        
         
           Now
           since
           by
           the
           Expedients
           proposed
           ,
           these
           two
           hundred
           thousand
           People
           may
           earn
           some
           two
           pence
           per
           Day
           ,
           some
           three
           pence
           ,
           some
           four
           pence
           ,
           some
           fix
           pence
           ,
           some
           eight
           pence
           ,
           some
           ten
           pence
           ,
           and
           some
           one
           shilling
           a
           day
           more
           than
           by
           their
           present
           course
           of
           Life
           they
           do
           ,
           and
           the
           Parishes
           by
           this
           means
           continue
           but
           half
           their
           Contributions
           which
           they
           paid
           before
           ,
           then
           may
           the
           Clothiers
           in
           short
           time
           ,
           having
           their
           Work
           done
           for
           half
           the
           Wages
           which
           before
           they
           gave
           ,
           afford
           their
           Cloth
           cheaper
           than
           ever
           they
           could
           ;
           and
           since
           it
           is
           so
           ,
           that
           other
           Nations
           who
           are
           our
           Supplanters
           cannot
           make
           Cloth
           without
           a
           mixture
           of
           our
           Wool
           (
           as
           our
           Clothiers
           affirm
           )
           nor
           good
           Cloth
           neither
           but
           on
           dear
           Terms
           ,
           without
           Fullers
           Earth
           ,
           which
           no
           Nation
           hath
           but
           our selves
           .
           It
           must
           needs
           follow
           ,
           that
           we
           having
           more
           hands
           than
           they
           ,
           to
           improve
           ,
           more
           Wooll
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Fullers
           Earth
           our
           own
           ,
           may
           (
           when
           all
           idle
           hands
           are
           thus
           brought
           to
           Industry
           )
           under-sell
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           force
           a
           Market
           in
           all
           Places
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           where
           Cloth
           is
           vended
           ,
           which
           is
           what
           was
           to
           be
           demonstrated
           .
        
         
           
             4.
             
             The
             fourth
             Proposition
             ,
             viz.
             That
             forty
             hundred
             thousand
             Pounds
             worth
             of
             Cloth
             may
             by
             the
             Expedient
             proposed
             ,
             with
             the
             Assistance
             of
             some
             Clothiers
             be
             made
             in
             a
             year
             ,
             more
             than
             now
             is
             ,
             or
             can
             be
             made
             by
             our
             present
             Course
             of
             Trade
             ,
             is
             not
             difficult
             to
             conceive
             from
             what
             hath
             been
             said
             ,
             for
             if
             two
             hundred
             thousand
             Persons
             be
             industriously
             employed
             more
             than
             now
             are
             ,
             it
             may
             rationally
             be
             concluded
             ,
             that
             each
             Person
             one
             with
             another
             in
             a
             whole
             years
             time
             with
             the
             help
             aforesaid
             ,
             may
             manufacture
             at
             least
             twenty
             
             pounds
             worth
             of
             Cloth
             ,
             which
             is
             all
             that
             was
             to
             be
             demonstrated
             .
             Besides
             in
             little
             time
             they
             will
             increase
             more
             and
             more
             both
             in
             Number
             and
             Ingenuity
             ,
             for
             instead
             of
             breeding
             every
             Year
             
               thirty
               or
               forty
               thousand
               Beggars
               ,
               we
               shall
               by
               this
               Expedient
               breed
               up
               the
               same
               or
               a
               greater
               number
               of
               Ingenious
               Cloth-makers
               ,
            
             as
             in
             the
             Proposals
             at
             large
             is
             more
             fully
             discovered
             ,
             so
             that
             't
             is
             not
             to
             be
             doubted
             but
             they
             may
             convert
             one
             hundred
             thousand
             Packs
             of
             Wool
             in
             a
             year
             more
             than
             is
             now
             converted
             as
             aforesaid
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             That
             the
             Wealth
             of
             the
             Nation
             will
             hereby
             increase
             at
             least
             forty
             hundred
             thousand
             Pounds
             
               per
               Annum
            
             more
             than
             now
             it
             doth
             ,
             and
             His
             Majesties
             Revenue
             very
             considerably
             ,
             more
             than
             before
             ;
             is
             thus
             to
             be
             demonstrated
             .
          
        
         
           As
           by
           the
           Confirmation
           of
           the
           second
           &
           last
           Propositions
           ,
           it
           appeared
           ,
           that
           after
           a
           little
           time
           of
           Practise
           ,
           100
           thousand
           Packs
           of
           Wool
           may
           be
           Converted
           more
           than
           now
           is
           :
           so
           this
           wool
           at
           twelve
           pence
           per
           pound
           ,
           is
           twelve
           pound
           per
           Pack
           ;
           and
           when
           it
           yielded
           so
           ,
           the
           Wool
           was
           counted
           by
           the
           Clothiers
           to
           be
           one
           fourth
           part
           of
           the
           charge
           of
           the
           Cloth
           :
           By
           which
           it
           follows
           ,
           that
           100
           thousand
           Packs
           of
           Wool
           Converted
           ,
           will
           be
           worth
           four
           times
           twelve
           hundred
           thousand
           pounds
           ,
           or
           four
           Millions
           eight
           hundred
           thousand
           pounds
           ;
           which
           being
           Exported
           ,
           their
           Returns
           will
           be
           much
           more
           ,
           and
           His
           Majesties
           Customes
           encrease
           proportionably
           ;
           since
           our
           Trade
           of
           Merchandise
           will
           then
           be
           almost
           double
           to
           what
           it
           was
           ,
           and
           the
           wealth
           of
           the
           City
           by
           such
           Increase
           of
           Trade
           thrive
           more
           abundantly
           than
           ever
           it
           did
           .
        
         
           
             6.
             
             That
             every
             particular
             Parish
             and
             Parishioner
             in
             Dealings
             in
             the
             Country
             shall
             thrive
             thereby
             ,
             is
             no
             less
             certain
             :
             For
             ,
             Besides
             raising
             the
             price
             of
             Wooll
             ,
             at
             least
             six-pence
             in
             every
             Shilling
             ,
             and
             saving
             six-pence
             in
             every
             Shilling
             ,
             which
             before
             they
             laid
             out
             in
             Contributions
             and
             House-rent
             to
             the
             Poor
             .
             They
             will
             have
             better
             Trade
             for
             all
             Commodities
             ;
             ready
             Money
             for
             Corn
             ,
             Fat
             Cattel
             ,
             Butter
             ,
             Cheese
             ,
             and
             every
             thing
             the
             Farmer
             hath
             to
             spare
             ;
             by
             reason
             of
             this
             Circulation
             of
             Trade
             and
             Industry
             ,
             seeing
             then
             there
             will
             be
             so
             many
             thousands
             that
             pay
             for
             all
             they
             eat
             ,
             drink
             and
             wear
             ,
             who
             before
             had
             all
             for
             Begging
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             7.
             
             That
             though
             we
             should
             make
             twice
             as
             much
             Cloth
             ,
             as
             before
             mentioned
             ,
             yet
             there
             shall
             be
             no
             danger
             of
             glutting
             the
             Market
             ;
             But
             that
             we
             may
             obtain
             and
             secure
             the
             best
             Markets
             in
             the
             World
             to
             our selves
             ,
             notwithstanding
             any
             Attempts
             of
             other
             Nations
             .
             This
             seems
             reasonble
             to
             believe
             ,
             if
             we
             consider
             ,
             
               
               
                 1.
                 
                 That
                 if
                 all
                 the
                 Wooll
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 of
                 
                   England
                   ,
                   Scotland
                
                 and
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 but
                 France
                 and
                 Spain
                 also
                 ,
                 could
                 be
                 Manufactur'd
                 in
                 England
                 ;
                 yet
                 there
                 would
                 be
                 no
                 more
                 Cloth
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 than
                 now
                 there
                 is
                 ,
                 for
                 what
                 is
                 not
                 made
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 is
                 made
                 elsewhere
                 ,
                 since
                 it
                 is
                 certain
                 Wool
                 is
                 neither
                 Burnt
                 ,
                 rotted
                 ,
                 nor
                 any
                 wise
                 wilfully
                 destroyed
                 in
                 any
                 Nation
                 wherever
                 it
                 grows
                 ;
                 but
                 is
                 either
                 converted
                 at
                 home
                 or
                 abroad
                 .
                 Therefore
                 the
                 more
                 we
                 convert
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 the
                 less
                 in
                 other
                 Nations
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 more
                 they
                 ,
                 Deerease
                 in
                 their
                 Manufactory
                 ,
                 the
                 more
                 shall
                 we
                 Increase
                 in
                 Wealth
                 ,
                 Trade
                 ,
                 Seamen
                 and
                 Navies
                 of
                 Ships
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Strength
                 and
                 Safety
                 of
                 our
                 Nation
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 That
                 no
                 other
                 Nation
                 hath
                 the
                 like
                 Expedients
                 and
                 Advantages
                 as
                 we
                 have
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 't
                 is
                 imposible
                 they
                 should
                 out-doe
                 us
                 ;
                 unless
                 we
                 be
                 Wanting
                 to
                 our selves
                 in
                 point
                 of
                 Industry
                 and
                 good
                 Method
                 :
                 And
                 therefore
                 though
                 it
                 cannot
                 be
                 expected
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 should
                 make
                 Cloth
                 for
                 all
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 yet
                 if
                 we
                 can
                 under
                 fell
                 all
                 other
                 Nations
                 ,
                 our
                 Work
                 is
                 done
                 :
                 for
                 we
                 may
                 force
                 a
                 '
                 Trade
                 where
                 we
                 please
                 .
                 There
                 is
                 no
                 Demonstration
                 like
                 Experience
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 this
                 we
                 have
                 a
                 notable
                 Example
                 ,
                 given
                 us
                 by
                 the
                 Swedes
                 ,
                 who
                 having
                 by
                 Under-selling
                 their
                 Iron
                 ,
                 forc'd
                 us
                 not
                 only
                 to
                 quit
                 our
                 forreign
                 Markets
                 ,
                 where
                 before
                 we
                 vended
                 very
                 much
                 ;
                 but
                 also
                 to
                 desist
                 from
                 making
                 sufficient
                 for
                 our
                 own
                 use
                 .
                 And
                 then
                 when
                 they
                 saw
                 we
                 had
                 quit
                 our
                 Markets
                 ,
                 and
                 let
                 fall
                 our
                 Iron
                 works
                 ,
                 they
                 raised
                 their
                 Iron
                 to
                 as
                 high
                 a
                 Rate
                 as
                 before
                 .
                 A
                 President
                 worthy
                 the
                 Consideration
                 of
                 the
                 great
                 Wisdom
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 .
                 For
                 as
                 't
                 is
                 true
                 that
                 Sweden
                 abounds
                 with
                 Woods
                 and
                 Mines
                 ,
                 more
                 plentiful
                 than
                 other
                 Nations
                 ;
                 in
                 such
                 manner
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 under-sell
                 and
                 force
                 a
                 Trade
                 where
                 they
                 please
                 for
                 that
                 Commodity
                 .
                 So
                 England
                 having
                 more
                 Wool
                 ,
                 more
                 Fullers-Earth
                 ,
                 more
                 Poor
                 People
                 and
                 Beggars
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 Employed
                 ,
                 than
                 any
                 (
                 if
                 not
                 all
                 )
                 the
                 Nations
                 about
                 us
                 .
                 Therefore
                 we
                 may
                 as
                 certainly
                 have
                 Cloth
                 made
                 and
                 fold
                 on
                 easier
                 and
                 more
                 profitable
                 Terms
                 than
                 any
                 Nation
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 ;
                 And
                 consequently
                 may
                 force
                 a
                 Market
                 in
                 any
                 Nation
                 where
                 Cloth
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 vended
                 :
                 As
                 the
                 Swedes
                 have
                 done
                 with
                 their
                 Iron
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           The
           Method
           by
           which
           all
           this
           may
           be
           effected
           ;
           is
           no
           more
           Charge
           ,
           than
           if
           in
           every
           County
           ,
           several
           Parishes
           should
           be
           obliged
           to
           joyn
           together
           to
           Build
           in
           several
           places
           Working
           Alms-houses
           for
           their
           chargeable
           Poor
           to
           live
           In
           :
           And
           that
           the
           Clothiers
           observe
           such
           Method
           in
           their
           Trade
           ,
           as
           to
           place
           themselves
           near
           such
           Houses
           ,
           and
           employ
           the
           said
           Poor
           ,
           where
           they
           may
           have
           their
           Work
           done
           cheaper
           than
           before
           .
        
         
         
           But
           in
           case
           the
           Clothiers
           refuse
           such
           Method
           ,
           whereby
           all
           the
           Wool
           ,
           aforesaid
           may
           be
           converted
           ,
           then
           it
           seems
           unreasonable
           for
           their
           sakes
           to
           prohibit
           the
           Exportation
           of
           Wool
           :
           Seeing
           that
           by
           their
           present
           course
           of
           Trade
           ,
           little
           more
           than
           half
           is
           Converted
           :
           however
           ,
           if
           they
           shall
           so
           refuse
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           no
           difficult
           thing
           ,
           for
           the
           respective
           Parishes
           concerned
           ,
           to
           manage
           the
           Expedients
           Proposed
           themselves
           ,
           to
           all
           the
           Advantages
           before-mentioned
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           other
           great
           Advantages
           arising
           both
           to
           City
           and
           Countrey
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           happy
           Reformation
           thereby
           to
           be
           Accomplish'd
           ,
           and
           all
           material
           Objections
           answered
           ;
           the
           same
           with
           the
           said
           Expedients
           ,
           are
           more
           fully
           set
           forth
           and
           Contained
           in
           the
           Proposals
           .
           As
           also
           a
           Model
           of
           Government
           to
           be
           used
           in
           this
           Respect
           ;
           for
           preventing
           all
           Abuses
           and
           Deceits
           which
           have
           proved
           most
           destructive
           to
           such
           Publick
           Undertakings
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           POSTSCRIPT
           .
        
         
           HAving
           since
           the
           drawing
           up
           the
           precedent
           Breviat
           met
           with
           some
           Objections
           from
           a
           very
           worthy
           and
           intelligent
           Gentleman
           ,
           but
           (
           as
           I
           conceive
           )
           not
           fully
           inform'd
           of
           the
           true
           Scope
           ,
           feazibleness
           and
           Utility
           of
           these
           Expedients
           ,
           I
           think
           my self
           oblig'd
           to
           give
           him
           and
           all
           others
           that
           may
           have
           the
           same
           Scruples
           ,
           this
           endeavour
           towards
           Satisfaction
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             The
             first
             and
             great
             Objection
             is
             the
             Charge
             ,
             to
             put
             us
             in
             such
             Method
             of
             Industry
             ,
             to
             which
             I
             answer
             ,
             't
             is
             surely
             better
             once
             to
             pay
             for
             good
             Physick
             than
             alwayes
             to
             Languish
             ,
             the
             Charge
             will
             not
             amount
             to
             a
             twentieth
             part
             of
             the
             Profits
             ,
             for
             every
             thousand
             pound
             expended
             on
             this
             Occasion
             ,
             will
             purchase
             two
             if
             not
             three
             thousand
             pounds
             
               per
               Annum
            
             to
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             yet
             we
             shall
             keep
             our
             Purchase
             Money
             still
             as
             it
             were
             in
             our
             own
             Sacks
             with
             our
             Corn
             ,
             so
             that
             there
             shall
             not
             be
             a
             Great
             the
             less
             in
             the
             Nation
             ,
             as
             is
             demonstrated
             more
             at
             large
             in
             the
             Proposals
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Hence
             I
             cannot
             but
             maintain
             ,
             that
             what
             is
             Proposed
             is
             undoubtedly
             practicable
             ,
             for
             that
             it
             is
             no
             new
             Project
             ,
             but
             with
             great
             Success
             practised
             at
             this
             day
             by
             our
             Neighbours
             ,
             being
             satisfied
             by
             what
             I
             have
             seen
             ,
             that
             this
             very
             thing
             ,
             viz.
             the
             Industry
             of
             the
             Poor
             accomplish't
             by
             these
             very
             Expedients
             ,
             is
             that
             whereby
             the
             Wealth
             of
             the
             Netherlands
             is
             rais'd
             and
             maintain'd
             .
             And
             why
             should
             we
             dishonour
             
             our
             Country
             so
             far
             as
             to
             imagine
             that
             England
             yield
             not
             Men
             as
             wise
             to
             contrive
             ,
             or
             as
             honest
             to
             manage
             such
             an
             affair
             as
             any
             other
             Nation
             ?
          
           
             3.
             
             It
             hath
             further
             been
             objected
             by
             the
             before-mentioned
             Honoured
             Person
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             uncertain
             what
             number
             of
             Poor
             there
             is
             to
             be
             employed
             ,
             and
             what
             Quantity
             of
             Wool
             to
             be
             converted
             .
             To
             which
             I
             humbly
             Answer
             ,
             that
             though
             it
             be
             true
             that
             in
             those
             Particulars
             I
             may
             err
             ,
             yet
             in
             this
             we
             cannot
             err
             ,
             if
             we
             proportion
             our
             Houses
             to
             the
             Number
             of
             the
             Persons
             to
             be
             employed
             ,
             and
             to
             our
             Quantity
             of
             Wool
             ,
             for
             then
             be
             the
             same
             more
             or
             less
             ,
             the
             Profits
             will
             be
             proportionable
             to
             what
             I
             have
             calculated
             .
             And
             put
             case
             we
             have
             not
             Wool
             enough
             to
             employ
             them
             ,
             this
             Expedient
             still
             remains
             unshaken
             ,
             for
             we
             may
             employ
             them
             in
             making
             of
             Linnen
             to
             great
             Advantage
             ,
             for
             as
             the
             first
             will
             bring
             Treasure
             into
             the
             Nation
             ,
             so
             the
             other
             will
             be
             a
             means
             to
             keep
             it
             from
             going
             out
             .
          
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           Lest
           the
           Poor
           should
           misapprehend
           and
           suspect
           by
           these
           Expedients
           they
           shall
           be
           enslaved
           &c.
           
           I
           must
           declare
           that
           I
           would
           not
           for
           all
           the
           World
           be
           an
           Instrument
           to
           any
           such
           base
           and
           cruel
           Purpose
           ,
           and
           therefore
           in
           my
           Proposals
           at
           large
           have
           demonstrated
           ,
           that
           their
           VVork
           shall
           not
           make
           them
           Lives
           any
           wise
           Burthensome
           or
           Destructive
           to
           themselves
           ,
           having
           nothing
           to
           do
           but
           to
           mind
           their
           Business
           ,
           Eat
           ,
           Drink
           ,
           and
           take
           their
           Rest
           without
           any
           thing
           to
           disturb
           their
           Peace
           .
        
         
           Thus
           much
           I
           thought
           fit
           to
           add
           here
           ,
           and
           submit
           the
           whole
           to
           Consideration
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
           
        
      
    
  

