Reasons humbly offered by the governour, assistants, and fellowship of Eastland-Merchants against the giving of a general liberty to all persons whatsoever to export the English vvoollen-manufacture whither they please.
Eastland Company.
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Reasons humbly offered by the governour, assistants, and fellowship of Eastland-Merchants against the giving of a general liberty to all persons whatsoever to export the English vvoollen-manufacture whither they please.
Eastland Company.
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[s.n.],
London printed :
MDCLXXXIX [1689]
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REASONS
Humbly
Offered
by
the
GOVERNOUR
,
Assistants
,
And
FELLOWSHIP
of
Eastland-Merchants
.
Against
the
giving
of
a
General
LIBERTY
to
all
Persons
whatsoever
to
Export
the
ENGLISH
VVoollen-MANUFACTURE
Whither
they
PLEASE
.
LONDON
:
Printed
Anno.
Dom.
MDCLXXXIX
.
REASONS
humbly
offered
by
the
Governour
,
Assistants
,
and
Fellowship
of
Eastland
Merchants
,
against
the
giving
of
a
general
Liberty
to
all
Persons
whatsoever
to
export
the
English
Woollen-Manufacture
whither
they
please
.
IT
was
the
observation
of
a
great
Man
in
his
time
,
that
the
ill
Success
which
did
attend
Princes
and
States
in
their
great
Affairs
,
did
generally
arise
through
the
mistake
of
that
which
was
their
true
Interest
;
and
certainly
of
all
Errors
in
Judgment
,
that
which
relates
to
a
Man's
Interest
,
where
it
has
been
mistaken
,
has
been
ever
observed
to
be
of
a
most
fatal
Consequence
;
for
as
it
is
natural
for
every
thing
to
tend
to
its
proper
Centre
,
so
it
is
as
natural
for
every
Man
to
persue
(
tho'
by
different
ways
and
means
)
that
which
he
apprehends
to
be
his
proper
Interest
;
wherein
if
he
happen
to
be
mistaken
,
what
can
follow
?
But
instead
of
applying
himself
to
that
which
is
his
real
advantage
,
he
manytimes
persueth
with
his
utmost
Endeavours
,
that
which
in
the
issue
proveth
the
direct
contrary
.
That
they
are
under
a
mis-apprehension
of
this
nature
,
who
do
assert
that
a
general
Liberty
to
all
Persons
to
export
our
Woollen-Manufacture
where
they
please
,
will
conduce
much
to
the
interest
of
the
Nation
,
under
a
supposition
that
it
will
encrease
the
vent
thereof
;
we
humbly
apprehend
will
be
clearly
evident
upon
the
following
considerations
;
which
(
as
in
duty
bound
)
we
submit
to
the
Judgment
of
our
Superiours
.
1st
.
We
affirm
,
That
a
General
Permission
of
Exportation
(
as
before
mentioned
)
will
be
a
means
to
debase
the
Reputation
of
our
English-Manufacture
,
and
consequently
render
it
less
desireable
and
sought
after
abroad
.
2ly
.
It
will
overthrow
all
the
Incorporated
Companies
of
Merchants
in
England
,
as
the
Hamburgh
,
the
Russia
,
(
though
established
by
Act
of
Parliament
)
the
East-Land
,
the
Turkey
,
the
East-India
,
and
the
Affrican
;
the
Mischiefs
consequential
upon
which
,
will
be
as
followeth
,
viz.
1.
The
Trade
of
England
will
thereby
be
lost
as
to
the
English
,
and
come
to
be
all
,
or
at
least
wise
the
greatest
part
,
in
the
hands
of
Forreigners
;
as
it
formerly
was
,
before
the
said
Companies
were
erected
.
2ly
.
All
the
Priviledges
obtained
by
the
said
Companies
from
the
Princes
,
States
,
and
Governours
of
the
places
of
their
respective
Residences
(
which
are
of
great
advantage
to
the
vending
of
our
English-Manufacture
)
will
be
utterly
lost
.
3.
The
Navigation
of
England
by
degrees
will
be
very
much
impaired
,
and
discouraged
.
3.
Lastly
,
to
name
no
more
,
a
general
Permission
will
be
so
far
from
answering
the
End
proposed
by
it
,
of
vending
a
greater
quantity
of
our
Woollen-Manufacture
than
was
before
;
that
in
all
probability
,
it
will
in
the
end
prove
the
contrary
,
and
be
the
occasion
of
vending
a
great
deal
less
.
The
proving
of
which
several
Particulars
we
shall
undertake
in
Order
,
viz.
1.
For
the
first
,
that
a
general
Permission
will
be
,
a
means
to
debase
the
reputation
of
our
Manufactures
abroad
,
and
render
them
less
desireable
;
will
appear
as
followeth
,
viz.
The
trade
of
the
Manufacture
being
now
chiefly
in
the
management
of
Regulated
Companies
,
it
is
both
their
Care
and
their
Interest
that
the
said
Manufacture
be
not
debased
in
its
worth
,
whereby
it
may
come
to
a
dis-esteem
abroad
;
which
general
Traders
will
never
be
mindful
of
.
The
appointing
set
times
of
Shipping
will
be
prevented
,
which
(
tho'
now
dis-used
)
yet
hath
sometimes
been
found
necessary
by
regulated
Companies
,
in
order
to
bring
the
Manufacture
into
an
esteem
again
,
when
by
an
Exportation
of
much
more
than
the
Market
could
take
off
,
it
became
unvendible
,
and
a
Drugg
.
A
General
Permission
letteth
in
all
sorts
of
ignorant
Traders
,
who
for
want
of
Judgment
in
the
said
Manufacture
,
know
not
how
to
make
choice
of
such
which
are
proper
for
the
Market
,
and
when
they
have
them
there
,
are
forced
many
times
by
their
necessities
to
sell
them
to
loss
,
whereby
our
Manufacture
cometh
to
be
undervalued
,
and
our
Nation
greatly
prejudiced
,
an
instance
of
which
,
we
find
recorded
as
followeth
,
viz.
The
English
in
the
Reign
of
Queen
Elizabeth
had
for
a
good
while
together
,
a
profitable
Trade
,
and
good
Sales
for
their
English
Manufactures
at
Narve
,
in
the
Baltick
Sea
,
until
at
length
,
in
the
year
1565
▪
a
number
of
stragling
Merchants
and
unskillful
▪
Traders
resorted
thither
out
of
this
Realm
with
their
Commodities
;
by
which
means
,
in
a
little
while
,
the
Trade
which
before
was
good
,
was
utterly
spoiled
,
insomuch
,
that
many
of
them
went
about
the
Town
with
Cloth
upon
their
Arms
▪
and
a
Measure
in
their
Hands
,
and
sold
the
same
by
the
Arsine
(
a
Measure
of
that
Country
)
to
the
great
embasing
of
that
excellent
Commodity
,
the
discredit
of
our
Nation
,
and
the
final
impoverishment
,
and
utter
undoing
of
the
said
stragling
Merchants
;
all
which
being
made
known
to
her
Majesty
,
and
her
Privy-Council
,
Order
was
taken
at
the
next
Parliament
,
that
the
Town
of
Narve
(
then
under
the
jurisdiction
of
the
Muscovite
)
should
be
comprized
within
the
Charter
of
the
Russia
Company
,
to
prevent
the
like
evil
kind
of
dealing
for
the
future
,
and
making
vile
the
principal
Commodity
of
the
Nation
.
And
it
was
so
done
accordingly
by
Act
of
Parliament
,
which
one
instance
amongst
others
,
is
sufficient
to
evidence
,
that
a
general
permission
of
Exportation
to
all
Persons
,
will
be
an
occasion
of
bringing
our
Manufacture
into
a
dis-esteem
;
which
was
our
first
Reason
.
2.
A
General
Permission
will
overthrow
all
the
incorporated
Companies
of
Merchants
of
England
;
the
evil
Consequences
of
which
will
be
1.
That
the
trade
of
England
will
thereby
in
time
be
lost
as
to
the
English
,
and
come
by
degrees
into
the
hands
of
Forreigners
.
The
Trade
of
this
Nation
was
formerly
(
as
it
were
intirely
)
in
the
Forreigners
Hands
.
viz.
The
Members
of
the
Haus-Towns
,
who
were
incorporated
into
a
Society
,
by
the
name
of
the
Merchants
of
the
Dutch-Hans
,
and
had
many
Priviledges
and
Immunities
granted
them
by
the
Kings
and
Princes
of
this
Realm
,
and
amongst
others
a
Guildhall
,
afterwards
called
the
Steel-yard
,
for
the
better
carrying
on
their
said
Government
,
as
appeareth
by
a
Charter
granted
to
them
in
the
twenty
third
year
of
Henry
the
Third
;
but
more
especially
by
another
Charter
granted
to
them
in
the
forty
fourth
year
of
the
said
King
Henry
the
third
,
and
that
General
Charter
to
forreign
Merchants
,
granted
by
King
Edward
the
First
,
in
the
31
st
Year
of
His
Reign
.
About
the
time
of
King
Henry
the
4th
.
the
English
began
to
Trade
themselves
into
the
East-parts
,
at
which
the
Easterlings
or
Merchants
of
the
Dutch-Hans
,
were
so
offended
,
that
they
took
several
of
their
Ships
and
Goods
,
and
offered
them
several
other
Injuries
,
which
occasioned
great
Complaints
and
Differences
between
the
said
King
Henry
the
5th
.
and
Couradus
de
Junigen
,
then
Master
General
of
the
Dutch
Order
in
Prussia
,
with
the
Hans
Townes
:
And
divers
Embassies
passed
betwixt
them
,
on
that
Account
,
the
Result
of
which
in
short
was
this
,
that
the
said
King
Henry
the
4
th
.
finding
by
the
said
Priviledges
granted
to
Forreigners
,
his
own
Subjects
(
to
the
great
Prejudice
of
the
Realm
)
very
much
crippled
in
their
Trade
;
did
revoke
such
parts
of
the
Priviledges
of
the
aforesaid
Dutch
Company
,
as
were
inconsistent
with
the
carryeing
on
of
a
Trade
by
the
Natives
of
this
Realm
,
and
for
the
better
Encouragement
of
his
owne
Subjects
,
did
in
the
5th
.
Year
of
His
Reign
,
grant
his
first
Charter
to
the
Merchants
Trading
into
the
Eastland
,
containing
many
great
Priviledges
,
and
Immunities
,
as
by
the
said
Charter
may
appear
;
which
having
a
good
effect
to
the
bringing
of
the
Trade
much
more
into
the
hands
of
the
Natives
of
this
Realm
than
was
before
,
King
Edward
the
4th
.
for
their
more
Ample
Encouragement
,
did
in
the
Second
Year
of
His
Reign
,
grant
another
Large
Charter
,
to
the
Merchants
of
England
;
especially
to
those
Residing
in
the
Nether-Lands
,
with
several
additional
Immunities
and
Priviledges
,
as
by
the
Charter
at
Large
may
appear
.
In
the
1st
.
and
2d
.
of
Philip
and
Mary
,
was
granted
the
Charter
to
the
Russia
Company
,
afterwards
confirmed
by
Act
of
Parliament
,
in
the
8th
.
Year
of
Queen
Elizabeth
.
Until
whose
time
,
tho'
the
Trade
of
this
Nation
was
driven
much
more
by
the
Natives
thereof
,
than
had
been
formerly
,
yet
had
the
Society
of
the
Dutch-Hans
,
at
the
Steele-Yard
,
much
the
advantage
of
them
,
by
means
of
their
well
regulated
Societies
,
and
the
priviledges
they
enjoyed
,
insomuch
that
almost
the
whole
Trade
was
driven
by
them
,
to
that
degree
,
that
Queen
Elizabeth
Her Self
when
She
came
to
have
a
War
,
was
forced
to
buy
the
Hemp
,
Pitch
,
Tarr
,
Powder
and
other
Naval
Provisions
,
which
She
wanted
of
Forreigners
,
and
that
too
,
at
their
own
Rates
;
nor
was
there
any
Stores
of
either
in
the
Land
to
supply
her
occasions
on
a
suddain
,
but
what
at
great
Rates
She
prevailed
with
them
to
fetch
for
Her
,
even
in
time
of
War
;
they
being
strangers
not
regarding
the
Interest
of
the
Nation
,
and
Her
own
Subjects
,
being
as
then
but
very
little
Traders
:
To
remedy
which
,
She
fell
upon
the
consideration
,
how
She
might
at
home
have
a
well-grounded
dependance
,
to
have
those
necessary
Commodities
by
Her
,
that
so
She
might
not
want
them
,
when
She
most
needed
them
;
and
after
great
deliberation
,
no
better
Expedient
could
be
found
,
by
the
said
Queen
,
and
Her
Council
,
than
by
encouraging
her
own
Subjects
to
be
the
Merchants
,
which
She
did
,
by
erecting
out
of
them
several
Societies
;
of
Merchants
,
as
that
of
the
East-Land
Company
,
and
other
Companies
,
by
which
means
,
and
by
cancelling
many
of
the
Priviledges
of
the
forementioned
Dutch-Hans
Society
,
the
Trade
in
General
,
by
degrees
came
to
be
managed
by
the
Natives
of
this
Realm
,
and
consequently
,
the
Profit
of
all
those
Trades
accrewed
to
the
English
Nation
;
Trade
in
general
,
and
English
Shipping
was
encreased
,
Her
own
Customes
vastly
augmented
,
and
what
was
at
first
the
great
End
of
all
obtained
,
viz.
That
She
had
constantly
,
lying
at
home
,
in
the
hands
of
Her
own
Subjects
,
all
sorts
of
Naval
Provisions
and
Stores
,
which
She
could
make
use
of
,
as
Her
occasions
required
them
,
without
any
dependance
on
Her
Neighbours
for
the
same
.
And
thus
by
the
means
of
the
Erecting
the
forementioned
Societies
,
and
Preserving
and
Encouraging
that
of
the
Merchant-Adventurers
,
was
the
Trade
at
first
gained
from
Forreigners
to
the
Natives
of
this
Realme
,
to
its
Inestimable
Advantage
;
and
by
the
same
means
hath
been
hitherto
in
great
measure
preserved
;
but
if
these
Societies
should
be
overthrown
,
as
they
will
certainly
be
,
by
a
general
Liberty
granted
to
all
Persons
,
both
Strangers
and
others
,
to
carry
our
Woollen-Manufactures
to
the
places
of
their
respective
Priviledges
,
the
Trade
will
again
by
degrees
be
lost
to
the
English
,
and
fall
into
the
hands
of
Forreigners
;
since
it
is
clearly
evident
,
that
the
Trade
of
England
,
to
the
Natives
of
this
Realm
,
can
by
no
other
ways
be
preserved
,
than
by
the
same
method
it
was
at
first
obtained
,
viz.
the
Supporting
the
several
and
respective
Societies
of
Merchants
,
in
their
Priviledges
and
Immunities
.
2dly
.
The
next
Mischeif
that
will
follow
upon
the
overthrow
of
the
respective
Companies
,
consequential
upon
a
General
Permission
,
is
this
;
that
all
the
beneficial
Priviledges
obtained
at
the
hands
of
the
Princes
and
Governours
of
the
respective
Places
of
their
Residences
will
be
utterly
Lost
,
to
the
very
great
disadvantage
of
the
Vending
of
our
English
Manufacture
,
and
this
is
so
apparent
,
that
it
needeth
no
enlargement
;
for
if
the
Companies
fall
,
their
Priviledges
must
necessarily
fall
with
them
,
and
tho'
obtained
at
the
Intercession
of
our
Princes
,
and
at
the
great
expence
and
sollicitations
of
the
said
Companies
,
yet
if
a
General
permission
be
granted
to
all
persons
to
Trade
to
the
places
of
their
Priviledges
,
they
will
be
forthwith
looked
upon
,
but
under
the
notion
of
general
Traders
,
and
their
Priviledges
,
which
in
some
Places
are
greater
than
those
Princes
own
Subjects
enjoy
,
will
be
by
them
gladly
celled
,
and
re-assumed
,
which
is
so
apparent
to
every
Mans
reason
,
that
we
shall
add
no
more
about
it
.
3.
The
last
mischief
mentioned
arising
by
the
over
tbrow
of
the
Companies
,
of
which
a
General
Permission
to
trade
to
the
places
of
the
Priviledges
is
a
necessary
consequence
,
is
this
,
That
the
Navigation
of
England
will
by
degrees
be
thereby
much
impaired
,
and
this
is
almost
as
apparent
as
the
former
;
for
it
is
a
certain
Maxim
,
that
the
encrease
of
Navigation
followeth
the
encrease
of
Trade
;
and
if
the
Trade
of
England
fall
into
the
Hands
of
Forreigners
,
as
it
will
in
a
little
time
do
,
)
by
the
discouragement
of
English
Merchants
,
the
Navigation
of
England
must
likewise
in
time
decay
;
for
it
has
been
always
observed
that
the
Forreigner
will
not
make
use
of
English
Shipping
if
he
can
have
any
other
,
for
besides
his
National
,
his
Personal
Interest
leadeth
him
to
the
contrary
,
in
as
much
as
he
can
have
his
Goods
carried
at
cheaper
Rates
in
forreign
Shipping
,
who
can
,
and
do
Sail
at
much
easier
Charge
than
our
English
,
and
so
our
Navigation
by
degrees
will
be
much
impaired
.
3.
We
come
now
to
the
third
and
last
reason
that
a
General
Permission
will
be
so
far
from
gaining
the
end
proposed
by
it
,
that
in
all
Probability
it
will
in
the
event
prove
the
contrary
,
which
if
we
make
out
,
(
as
we
hope
we
shall
)
by
reason
,
and
that
backed
by
the
experience
of
former
and
latter
times
:
It
will
then
(
we
presume
)
be
satisfactory
to
all
disinterested
Persons
,
that
a
General
Permission
will
be
no
ways
for
the
good
,
but
much
to
the
prejudice
of
this
Nation
.
In
order
to
the
proof
of
which
we
shall
lay
down
this
as
a
sure
Maxim
,
that
it
is
not
the
quantity
of
Woollen-Manufacture
exported
,
but
what
the
Markets
abroad
are
able
to
take
off
,
and
those
Nations
expend
;
which
is
the
true
Rule
,
by
which
our
measures
must
be
taken
,
as
to
the
expence
of
our
English
Manufacture
.
For
instance
,
If
in
one
year
there
should
be
twenty
thousand
Cloths
sent
unto
a
Place
whose
Markets
and
expence
will
take
off
but
ten
Thousand
;
Will
the
Expence
of
our
Manufacture
be
ever
the
larger
for
that
great
Exportation
?
No
,
for
the
other
ten
Thousand
must
lye
undisposed
of
,
for
the
expence
of
the
next
year
,
so
that
by
how
much
the
more
Manufacture
was
sent
the
first
Year
,
there
will
be
so
much
the
less
sent
the
next
,
and
so
from
year
to
year
,
accordingly
as
the
expence
requires
it
;
unless
it
can
be
supposed
that
the
Merchant
will
still
be
sending
out
,
without
consideration
had
of
his
selling
abroad
,
which
,
as
it
is
irrational
to
suppose
,
so
it
is
impossible
to
be
,
done
without
an
unexhaustable
stock
.
By
which
it
appeareth
,
and
is
clearly
evident
,
That
a
general
Permission
may
well
change
the
hands
of
the
Exporters
,
but
can
never
encrease
the
expence
of
the
Manufacture
.
Nor
can
the
Companies
of
Merchants
,
as
such
,
lessen
;
or
the
general
Permission
,
encrese
,
a
the
said
Exportation
,
but
in
one
of
these
three
cases
,
viz.
1.
Either
first
,
if
the
said
Companies
should
make
any
By-Laws
amongst
themselves
,
to
limit
the
Exportation
of
the
said
Manufactures
,
in
order
to
advancing
of
it
in
Price
.
This
we
must
confess
,
would
be
a
hindrance
to
its
Expence
;
but
we
can
,
and
do
aver
,
that
there
is
not
,
nor
ever
was
,
that
we
know
of
in
ours
or
any
of
the
said
Companies
,
any
By-Laws
to
limit
or
restrain
the
Exportation
.
Or
2dly
.
If
the
Members
of
the
said
Companies
,
as
particular
Merchants
should
make
a
combination
among
themselves
,
that
they
would
not
Transport
above
such
a
number
of
Clothes
in
such
a
time
,
or
sell
them
under
such
a
rate
,
that
so
their
Price
might
be
advanced
:
But
this
considering
the
great
numbers
of
Persons
in
the
several
Companies
,
&
their
different
particular
Interest
,
(
all
which
must
be
comprised
in
such
a
Combination
)
is
Morally
Impossible
;
and
is
that
which
never
was
,
nor
can
be
done
.
3.
Or
Lastly
,
if
the
Merchants
of
the
respective
Companies
,
have
not
sufficient
stock
to
take
off
asmuch
of
our
Manufacture
,
and
send
it
to
the
respective
places
of
their
Residence
,
as
those
Markets
are
capable
of
Vending
;
but
that
this
is
not
so
,
we
may
with
modesty
affirm
since
it
is
well
known
,
that
the
Merchants
of
the
respective
Companies
,
have
Stocks
sufficient
to
carry
off
five
times
as
much
of
our
Manufacture
,
as
the
several
Countries
to
which
they
Trade
,
can
,
or
will
vend
.
So
that
the
English
Merchants
,
being
neither
dis-enabled
through
want
of
Stock
,
nor
hindred
by
any
By-Law
,
nor
enengaged
in
any
combination
among
themselves
,
to
send
less
of
our
Manufacture
to
the
places
of
their
respective
Trades
,
than
the
Markets
in
those
places
will
take
off
,
and
vend
;
it
may
reasonably
be
concluded
,
that
the
Merchant
would
be
glad
to
send
double
the
quantity
they
now
do
,
if
they
could
find
a
vent
for
it
,
it
being
so
much
their
Interest
as
to
Profit
,
to
increase
their
Trade
:
And
that
a
General
Permission
,
(
as
was
before
intimated
)
may
change
the
hands
of
the
Exporters
,
but
cannon
in
any
wise
increase
the
exportation
it self
;
but
instead
thereof
by
the
means
of
over
glutting
the
Markets
,
they
are
many
times
put
upon
a
necessity
of
selling
to
loss
,
by
which
inconvenience
,
together
with
many
other
,
if
we
will
believe
the
experience
,
both
of
former
Ages
,
and
latter
times
;
a
General
Permission
hath
brought
our
Manufacture
into
such
dis-esteem
,
as
hath
much
lessened
the
exportation
of
it
,
to
what
it
was
before
.
Two
instances
whereof
,
one
of
former
Ages
,
and
the
other
of
latter
times
,
we
shall
crave
leave
to
offer
,
which
we
presume
will
sufficiently
clear
up
the
truth
of
what
has
been
alleadged
.
In
the
29th
.
Year
of
Queen
Elizabeth
,
the
Wool-Sellers
Clothiers
,
and
others
living
upon
the
Woollen-manufacture
finding
themselves
grieved
for
want
of
sufficient
vent
for
the
same
made
their
Complaint
to
the
Queens
Majesty
,
and
her
Council
,
and
did
assign
the
same
Cause
as
is
now
pretended
,
viz
The
Monopoly
of
the
several
Companies
,
and
by
that
a
wan
of
Permission
for
all
Persons
,
both
Natives
and
Forreigners
to
buy
it
up
,
and
send
it
abroad
;
upon
which
it
was
then
supposed
that
the
only
Remedy
to
cure
this
evil
,
would
be
to
give
Liberty
to
all
Persons
,
both
her
Highness's
Subjects
,
and
Forreigners
to
buy
,
and
transport
Cloth
,
and
other
Woollen-Manufactures
when
,
and
where
they
pleased
;
and
accordingly
a
general
Permission
was
granted
,
and
they
were
enabled
thereunto
by
Letters
Pattents
from
her
Higness
,
directed
to
the
then
Lord-Treasurer
,
with
a
non
obstante
to
the
Companies
Charter
,
and
that
the
Charter
of
the
City
of
London
might
be
no
hindrance
thereunto
,
(
by
reason
that
unfreemen
are
thereby
restrained
from
buying
and
selling
at
Blackwell-Hall
within
the
said
City
,
which
was
the
ordinary
Market-place
for
buying
and
selling
of
Cloth
)
the
sign
of
the
George
in
Kingstreet
in
Westminster
was
appointed
in
the
said
Letters
Pattents
,
as
a
Market-place
for
all
Clothiers
,
Merchants
,
and
others
,
both
free
and
unfree
,
to
resort
unto
,
as
would
take
the
benefit
of
the
said
General
Permission
.
But
did
the
vent
of
the
Manufacture
encrease
thereby
?
No
,
but
rather
grew
worse
and
worse
.
The
Company
being
afraid
to
go
on
in
their
Trade
under
such
an
Innovation
,
and
the
Forreigner
not
taking
it
off
,
the
Manufacture
lay
on
the
makers
Hands
to
that
degree
,
that
the
poor
People
in
Wilishire
,
and
Gloucestershire
in
great
numbers
were
ready
to
grow
into
a
Mutiny
;
and
when
all
Men
expected
nothing
less
than
the
abolishing
of
the
Company
,
as
the
only
cause
of
all
this
Grief
;
and
the
setting
up
the
Merchants
of
the
Steel-yard
again
,
and
establishing
that
general
Permission
,
as
the
proper
Remedy
:
Nothing
of
this
followed
,
but
the
Lords
of
the
Council
sent
for
the
Company
,
and
after
they
had
been
heard
,
and
had
made
known
to
them
the
true
cause
of
the
present
want
of
Vent
;
they
were
so
satisfied
in
them
,
as
to
Will
the
said
Company
to
proceed
as
formerly
in
their
Trade
,
and
gave
them
Promises
of
all
the
assistance
,
and
countenance
for
the
future
which
they
could
reasonably
desire
;
which
,
certainly
their
Lordships
would
not
have
done
,
if
that
they
had
seen
that
the
late
Innovation
,
or
general
Permission
had
brought
forth
,
or
was
likely
to
bring
forth
the
promised
Effect
,
or
that
without
Trading
under
regulated
Societies
,
so
great
a
quantity
of
Woollen-Manufacture
could
be
vented
,
as
was
when
they
were
maintained
,
and
defended
in
the
Enjoyment
of
their
Rights
and
Priviledges
.
The
other
Instance
is
of
a
much
later
Date
,
and
fresh
in
Memory
;
when
,
in
the
Year
1662
,
upon
a
complaint
of
the
like
nature
,
a
temporary
Liberty
was
granted
to
all
Persons
to
buy
,
and
Ship
out
our
Woollen-Manufacture
;
but
so
far
was
it
,
upon
Tryal
made
,
from
answering
the
End
proposed
,
that
the
very
Clothiers
themselves
did
in
the
following
Year
1663
,
Petition
that
the
said
liberty
might
be
revoked
,
and
accordingly
upon
their
Petition
it
was
revoked
,
by
his
late
Majesty
,
King
Charles
the
Second
.
And
if
it
be
now
objected
to
us
,
that
after
all
our
endeavours
to
prove
that
a
general
Permission
will
not
Increase
the
vent
of
our
Manufacture
,
we
have
in
the
mean
time
no
where
affirmed
what
will
,
we
must
declare
,
that
at
present
we
know
but
one
of
these
two
,
either
to
put
a
stop
to
its
making
in
other
Parts
;
or
of
making
it
so
cheap
here
,
that
we
may
be
able
to
undersel
our
Neighbours
.
The
first
of
which
we
know
to
be
impossible
,
the
latter
,
we
have
reason
to
believe
might
give
offence
to
those
who
are
the
Sellers
of
its
Materials
,
tho'
it
is
sufficiently
evident
to
any
common
Understanding
,
that
the
cheapness
of
the
Materials
is
the
most
proper
means
of
encreasing
the
vent
of
our
Manufacture
;
for
he
that
goeth
cheapest
to
Market
with
a
Commodity
of
equal
Goodness
,
shall
thereby
be
enabled
to
sell
cheaper
,
and
by
that
means
be
assured
of
the
first
Market
.
And
now
,
tho'
there
be
many
other
Arguments
,
and
further
Instances
which
might
set
sorth
the
great
National
Mischiefs
,
and
little
benefit
which
will
naturally
arise
from
such
a
general
Permission
;
yet
at
present
we
shall
add
no
more
,
forasmuch
as
we
humbly
conceive
what
was
before
alleadged
,
is
sufficient
to
convince
all
unprejudiced
Persons
,
that
a
general
Permission
will
bring
great
Inconvenicies
upon
the
Nation
in
general
,
as
to
its
Trade
,
and
when
that
is
done
,
no
ways
answer
the
end
proposed
by
it
.
All
which
is
most
humbly
submitted
,
&c.
Exam.
per.
Ince
.
FINIS
.