A discourse of sea-ports principally of the port and haven of Dover / written by Sir Walter Rawleigh and address'd to Queen Elizabeth ; with useful remarks, &c., on that subject, by command of His late Majesty, K. Charles the Second.
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             A discourse of sea-ports principally of the port and haven of Dover / written by Sir Walter Rawleigh and address'd to Queen Elizabeth ; with useful remarks, &c., on that subject, by command of His late Majesty, K. Charles the Second.
             Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.
             Digges, Dudley, Sir, 1583-1639.
             Sheeres, Henry, Sir, d. 1710.
          
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           Harbors -- England.
           Dover (England) -- Harbor.
           Great Britain -- Defenses.
        
      
    
     
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           A
           DISCOURSE
           OF
           SEA-PORTS
           ;
           Principally
           of
           the
           Port
           and
           Haven
           of
           Dover
           :
           Written
           by
           Sir
           
             Walter
             Rawleigh
          
           ,
           and
           Address'd
           to
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           .
        
         
           With
           useful
           Remarks
           ,
           &c.
           on
           that
           Subject
           ,
           by
           Command
           of
           his
           late
           Majesty
           K.
           Charles
           the
           Second
           .
        
         
           
             Never
             before
             made
             Publick
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           and
           Sold
           by
           
             Iohn
             Nutt
          
           ,
           near
           Stationers-Hall
           .
           1700.
           
        
         
           Price
           6d
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           THE
           Earl
           of
           Rumney
           ,
           Lord
           Warden
           of
           the
           Cinque
           Ports
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
        
         
           
             THe
             Publisher
             of
             this
             Discourse
             has
             no
             other
             motive
             of
             his
             Address
             to
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             than
             that
             the
             Design
             may
             receive
             Protection
             from
             some
             Powerful
             Hand
             ,
             by
             which
             being
             Shelter'd
             in
             its
             Infancy
             from
             the
             blasts
             of
             Malevolence
             (
             which
             will
             blow
             from
             more
             corners
             than
             one
             )
             it
             may
             have
             leave
             to
             strike
             Root
             and
             grow
             to
             strength
             enough
             to
             be
             able
             to
             stand
             alone
             .
             The
             Subject
             Matter
             seems
             to
             belong
             to
             your
             Lordship
             in
             Propriety
             as
             you
             are
             Lord
          
           Warden
           
             of
             the
             Cinque
             Ports
             ;
             and
             the
             Patronage
             of
             so
             Noble
             and
             National
             a
             Project
             cou'd
             be
             claim'd
             no
             where
             so
             rightfully
             as
             from
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             who
             being
             equally
             great
             by
             Birth
             ,
             Power
             ,
             the
             Favour
             of
             your
             Prince
             and
             the
             Love
             of
             your
             Country
             ;
             I
             cou'd
             not
             withstand
             the
             Iustice
             of
             making
             this
             Oblation
             of
             my
             Duty
             and
             Good-wishes
             to
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             by
             thus
             tendering
             it
             to
             your
             Election
             to
             be
             the
             Father
             and
             Protectour
             of
             so
             Needful
             and
             Magnificent
             a
             Work
             ,
             abounding
             in
             Publick
             Honour
             ,
             Safety
             and
             Emolument
             ;
             whereby
             you
             may
             consign
             your
             Name
             to
             Posterity
             ,
             by
             a
             Monument
             more
             durable
             and
             of
             greater
             dignity
             than
             the
             Records
             and
             Patents
             of
             your
             Ancestors
             or
             the
             Statues
             of
             Antiquity
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Manuscript
             fell
             casually
             into
             my
             hands
             during
             the
             last
             Session
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             being
             relish'd
             by
             such
             Worthy
             Members
             of
             that
             Honourable
             Body
             as
             I
             had
             an
             Opportunity
             to
             impart
             it
             to
             ;
             I
             thought
             I
             could
             not
             do
             a
             more
             Grateful
             Office
             to
             my
             Country
             ,
             than
             to
             be
             the
             means
             of
             its
             Publication
             ,
             for
             which
             freedom
             I
             ask
             the
             Authors
             pardon
             ,
             as
             I
             do
             your
             Lordship
             's
             for
             the
             presumption
             of
             this
             Dedication
             :
             who
             am
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Your
             Lordship
             's
             most
             Humble
             and
             Dutiful
             Servant
             ,
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           MEMORIAL
           OF
           Sir
           
             Walter
             Raleigh
          
           to
           
             Q.
             Elizabeth
          
           Touching
           the
           Port
           of
           Dover
           .
        
         
           
             
               A
               Brief
               Discourse
               ,
               declaring
               how
               Honourable
               and
               Profitable
               to
               your
               most
               Excellent
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               how
               Necessary
               and
               Commodious
               for
               your
               Realm
               ,
               the
               making
               of
               
                 Dover
                 Haven
              
               shall
               be
               ,
               and
               in
               what
               sort
               ,
               what
               least
               Charges
               in
               greatest
               Perfection
               the
               same
               may
               be
               Accomplish'd
               .
            
          
           
             THere
             is
             no
             one
             thing
             ,
             most
             renowned
             Soveraign
             ,
             of
             greater
             necessity
             to
             maintain
             the
             Honour
             and
             Safety
             of
             this
             your
             Majesty's
             Realm
             ,
             than
             by
             all
             convenient
             means
             to
             encrease
             Navigation
             ,
             Shipping
             and
             Mariners
             ,
             these
             being
             a
             strength
             in
             time
             of
             War
             ;
             and
             in
             time
             of
             Peace
             ,
             Members
             most
             Profitable
             and
             Commodious
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             can
             neither
             be
             had
             ,
             encreased
             ,
             nor
             maintained
             ,
             if
             First
             ,
             sure
             Harbours
             he
             not
             provided
             ,
             as
             Safe
             Receptacle
             to
             Receive
             and
             guard
             them
             from
             Storms
             ,
             Enemies
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
           
             This
             hath
             moved
             that
             Industrious
             Nation
             of
             the
             low
             Countrys
             in
             
               Holland
               ,
               Zealand
            
             and
             Flanders
             ,
             where
             ,
             by
             Reason
             of
             their
             Sandy
             Coast
             ,
             tho'
             God
             hath
             scarcely
             in
             any
             Place
             allow'd
             them
             any
             good
             Havens
             Natural
             ,
             yet
             seeing
             the
             Necessity
             and
             Commodity
             of
             Harbours
             ,
             they
             have
             ,
             without
             regard
             of
             any
             Charges
             or
             Travel
             ,
             with
             Infinite
             Expences
             ,
             made
             many
             Havens
             Artificial
             ,
             even
             in
             such
             Places
             as
             Nature
             denyed
             them
             all
             the
             hopes
             of
             help
             ;
             Whereby
             we
             see
             they
             have
             drawn
             such
             Intercourse
             and
             Traffick
             both
             of
             Foreign
             Nations
             for
             Merchandize
             ,
             and
             also
             by
             their
             Industry
             for
             Fishing
             ,
             that
             in
             few
             Years
             (
             almost
             in
             our
             Age
             )
             they
             have
             been
             able
             to
             Build
             a
             Number
             of
             most
             Sumptuous
             ,
             Rich
             ,
             and
             Beautiful
             Cities
             ,
             furnish'd
             the
             Coast
             with
             a
             great
             Number
             of
             Ships
             and
             Mariners
             ,
             and
             are
             become
             the
             most
             Populous
             and
             Rich
             Nation
             the
             Sun
             did
             ever
             shine
             on
             ;
             And
             not
             only
             the
             Sea
             Coasts
             ,
             but
             also
             the
             Inland
             Countreys
             ,
             by
             quick
             vent
             of
             their
             Commodities
             ,
             do
             Participate
             of
             the
             same
             Benefit
             and
             Felicity
             ;
             And
             such
             their
             Charges
             on
             Havens
             and
             Harbours
             bestowed
             ,
             do
             yeild
             them
             the
             Fruit
             of
             Riches
             ,
             Wealth
             ,
             and
             Commodity
             most
             plentiful
             throughout
             their
             whole
             Dominion
             .
          
           
             But
             contrary-wise
             ,
             with
             us
             this
             last
             Parliament
             ,
             lamentable
             Relation
             hath
             been
             made
             of
             the
             great
             Decay
             of
             Mariners
             and
             Fishermen
             ,
             to
             the
             Number
             of
             many
             Hundred
             Sail
             upon
             our
             Coast
             of
             England
             ,
             even
             in
             this
             Age
             ,
             and
             within
             Memory
             ;
             And
             also
             of
             the
             present
             Poverty
             ,
             and
             Desolate
             Habitation
             of
             many
             Frontier
             Towns.
             
          
           
             Whereby
             it
             plainly
             appeareth
             ,
             That
             as
             the
             Excessive
             Expence
             of
             the
             Low
             Countreys
             bestow'd
             on
             Havens
             ,
             hath
             not
             Impoverish'd
             ,
             but
             the
             clean
             contrary
             ,
             greatly
             Enrich'd
             them
             by
             Incomparable
             Wealth
             and
             Treasure
             ,
             with
             Number
             of
             Rich
             ,
             Fair
             and
             Populous
             Towns
             ;
             So
             our
             Sparing
             Mind
             ,
             or
             rather
             greedy
             Getting
             ,
             Gaining
             ,
             and
             Enriching
             Land
             from
             your
             Majesty's
             Havens
             and
             Navigable
             Channels
             ,
             hath
             utterly
             Destroy'd
             and
             Spoiled
             many
             good
             Havens
             by
             Nature
             left
             us
             ,
             and
             thereby
             wrought
             very
             Beggary
             ,
             Misery
             and
             Desolation
             in
             these
             your
             Frontier
             Towns.
             
          
           
           
             And
             if
             we
             Search
             the
             very
             cause
             of
             the
             Flourishing
             State
             of
             London
             ,
             which
             almost
             alone
             in
             Quantity
             ,
             People
             ,
             and
             Wealth
             in
             this
             Age
             or
             Realm
             is
             so
             increas'd
             ,
             and
             contrary-wise
             of
             the
             Poverty
             or
             rather
             Beggary
             and
             Decay
             of
             
               Winchelsea
               ,
               Rye
               ,
               Rumney
               ,
               Hide
               ,
               Dover
               ,
            
             and
             many
             other
             Poor
             Towns
             ,
             we
             shall
             find
             the
             Decay
             of
             these
             Havens
             ,
             and
             Preservation
             of
             the
             Thames
             ,
             the
             only
             or
             chief
             Occasion
             .
          
           
             Hereby
             sufficiently
             appeareth
             how
             Incomparable
             Jewells
             Havens
             ,
             and
             sure
             Harbours
             are
             for
             Gaining
             ,
             Maintaining
             and
             Encreasing
             People
             ,
             Wealth
             and
             Commodity
             in
             any
             Realm
             .
          
           
             And
             no
             lesser
             Strength
             and
             Security
             do
             they
             bring
             in
             time
             of
             War
             ,
             as
             well
             by
             the
             Multitude
             of
             Mariners
             (
             a
             most
             Serviceable
             People
             )
             and
             Shipping
             ,
             which
             they
             Breed
             ,
             as
             also
             the
             Inhabitation
             of
             the
             Frontiers
             .
          
           
             But
             in
             the
             whole
             Circuit
             of
             this
             your
             Majesty's
             Famous
             Island
             ,
             there
             is
             not
             any
             one
             either
             in
             Respect
             of
             Security
             and
             Defence
             ,
             or
             of
             Traffick
             or
             Intercourse
             ,
             more
             convenient
             ,
             Needful
             ,
             or
             rather
             of
             Necessity
             to
             be
             Regarded
             than
             this
             of
             Dover
             ,
             Situate
             on
             a
             Promontory
             next
             Fronting
             a
             Puissant
             Foreign
             King
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             very
             streight
             Passage
             and
             Intercourse
             of
             almost
             all
             the
             Shipping
             of
             Christendom
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             that
             our
             Renowned
             King
             ,
             your
             Majesty's
             Father
             ,
             of
             Famous
             Memory
             ,
             Henry
             the
             8th
             in
             his
             time
             ,
             found
             how
             Necessary
             it
             was
             to
             make
             a
             Haven
             at
             Dover
             (
             when
             
               Sandwich
               ,
               Rey
               ,
               Camber
            
             and
             others
             were
             good
             Havens
             ,
             and
             Cal●is
             also
             then
             in
             his
             Possession
             )
             and
             yet
             spared
             not
             to
             bestow
             of
             his
             own
             Treasure
             ,
             so
             great
             a
             mass
             in
             building
             of
             that
             Pier
             ,
             which
             then
             Secur'd
             a
             Probable
             mean
             to
             perform
             thesame
             :
             How
             much
             more
             is
             the
             same
             now
             needful
             ,
             or
             rather
             of
             Necessity
             (
             those
             good
             Havens
             being
             extreamly
             decay'd
             )
             no
             safe
             Harbour
             being
             left
             in
             all
             the
             Coast
             almost
             between
             Portsmouth
             and
             Yarmouth
             :
             Seeing
             the
             same
             also
             may
             be
             perform'd
             without
             the
             Expence
             of
             your
             Majesty's
             Private
             Treasure
             ,
             the
             present
             Gift
             of
             Parliament
             consider'd
             ,
             and
             their
             ready
             Wills
             so
             plainly
             discover'd
             ,
             to
             supply
             whatsoever
             charge
             shall
             be
             needful
             ,
             whensoever
             by
             your
             Gracious
             Providence
             they
             shall
             see
             the
             Realm
             arm'd
             with
             such
             a
             Sheild
             ,
             and
             endow'd
             with
             so
             great
             a
             Jewel
             .
          
           
             
             
               The
               Commodities
               that
               thereby
               both
               to
               Your
               Majesty
               and
               Realm
               shall
               ensue
               ,
               are
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               A
               Place
               of
               Refuge
               and
               Safeguard
               to
               all
               Merchants
               ,
               your
               Majesty's
               Subjects
               ,
               who
               Passing
               from
               London
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               the
               East
               and
               North
               Parts
               of
               England
               to
               
                 France
                 ,
                 Spain
                 ,
                 Barbary
              
               ,
               the
               Levant
               ,
               the
               Islands
               or
               other
               parts
               South
               ,
               or
               West
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               for
               want
               of
               Harbour
               at
               Dover
               ,
               either
               going
               forth
               or
               returning
               ,
               shall
               be
               enforc'd
               to
               Ride
               it
               out
               in
               open
               Road
               ,
               to
               their
               great
               Peril
               ,
               or
               in
               time
               of
               War
               ,
               for
               want
               of
               such
               Succour
               ,
               to
               Throw
               themselves
               on
               the
               contrary
               Coast
               into
               the
               Arms
               of
               their
               Enemies
               .
            
             
               For
               all
               other
               Strangers
               ,
               your
               Majesty's
               Friends
               ,
               that
               pass
               the
               Sea
               from
               
                 Hambrough
                 ,
                 Danzick
                 ,
                 Lubeck
                 ,
                 Embden
                 ,
                 Scotland
                 ,
                 Denmark
              
               or
               any
               parts
               of
               the
               Low
               Countreys
               ,
               to
               any
               parts
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               South
               ,
               and
               South-West
               ,
               (
               whereof
               there
               are
               daily
               great
               Numbers
               )
               or
               of
               
                 Spain
                 ,
                 Portugal
                 ,
                 France
              
               or
               Italy
               ,
               bound
               Northward
               ,
               either
               to
               London
               ,
               or
               any
               of
               the
               Nothern
               Provinces
               ,
               both
               passing
               and
               repassing
               ,
               they
               must
               of
               necessity
               Touch
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               upon
               this
               Promontory
               ,
               and
               upon
               any
               change
               of
               Wind
               ,
               or
               Fear
               of
               Enemy
               ,
               for
               sure
               Refuge
               ,
               will
               most
               willingly
               and
               thankfully
               Embrace
               so
               sweet
               and
               safe
               a
               Sanctuary
               .
            
             
               No
               Promontory
               ,
               Town
               or
               Haven
               of
               Christendom
               ,
               is
               so
               plac'd
               by
               Nature
               and
               Situation
               ,
               both
               to
               Gratifie
               Friends
               and
               Annoy
               Enemies
               as
               this
               your
               Majesties
               Town
               of
               Dover
               .
            
             
               No
               Place
               or
               Town
               of
               Christendom
               ,
               is
               so
               setled
               to
               receive
               and
               deliver
               Intelligence
               for
               all
               Matters
               and
               Actions
               in
               Europe
               from
               time
               to
               time
               .
            
             
               No
               Town
               of
               all
               the
               
                 Low
                 Countrys
              
               ,
               altho
               by
               their
               Industry
               they
               have
               a
               great
               Number
               ,
               Excessive
               Populous
               ,
               Fair
               and
               Rich
               ,
               is
               by
               Nature
               so
               setled
               ,
               either
               to
               Allure
               Intercourse
               by
               Sea
               ,
               or
               to
               Train
               Inhabitants
               by
               Land
               ,
               to
               make
               it
               Great
               ,
               Fair
               ,
               Rich
               and
               Populous
               .
            
             
               For
               alluring
               Intercourse
               by
               Sea
               there
               is
               already
               sufficient
               said
               .
            
             
               By
               Land
               ,
               It
               hath
               better
               Air
               and
               Water
               ,
               Two
               chief
               Elements
               ,
               than
               all
               the
               Rich
               Towns
               in
               Holland
               and
               Zealand
               .
            
             
               For
               Fire
               ,
               The
               Countrey
               round
               about
               is
               far
               better
               Wooded
               than
               theirs
               ,
               and
               the
               whole
               Shire
               wherein
               it
               standeth
               ,
               and
               round
               
               about
               the
               Town
               it self
               the
               Soil
               is
               so
               well
               sorted
               for
               Arable
               and
               Pasture
               of
               all
               sorts
               ;
               For
               Marish
               and
               Meadows
               sufficiently
               furnish'd
               ,
               as
               Heart
               of
               Man
               cannot
               wish
               or
               desire
               it
               better
               .
            
             
               A
               Quary
               of
               Stone
               at
               hand
               sufficient
               to
               Build
               both
               Town
               and
               Haven
               in
               most
               sufficient
               ,
               large
               and
               Beautiful
               manner
               .
               There
               wanteth
               nothing
               by
               Land
               ,
               Sea
               or
               Air
               that
               can
               be
               wish'd
               ,
               And
               if
               those
               Industrious
               People
               of
               the
               Low
               Countrys
               had
               in
               all
               their
               Province
               such
               a
               Seat
               with
               like
               Commodities
               ,
               they
               would
               make
               it
               a
               Spectacle
               to
               the
               World
               without
               Respect
               of
               Charge
               whatsoever
               .
            
             
               There
               wanteth
               nothing
               but
               a
               Harbour
               ,
               which
               when
               compass'd
               ,
               all
               other
               parts
               of
               Peopling
               ,
               Wealth
               and
               Strength
               will
               follow
               of
               it self
               .
            
             
               A
               Marvellous
               Number
               of
               Poor
               People
               both
               by
               this
               Work
               ,
               till
               the
               Haven
               is
               made
               ,
               and
               after
               by
               the
               Shipping
               ,
               Fishing
               ,
               &c.
               will
               be
               Employ'd
               ,
               who
               now
               for
               want
               of
               Work
               are
               Whip'd
               ,
               Mark'd
               ,
               and
               Hang'd
               .
            
             
               The
               Quick
               uttering
               of
               Commodities
               ,
               which
               always
               followeth
               by
               Increase
               of
               Intercourse
               ,
               will
               cause
               all
               the
               Coast
               and
               Shire
               to
               be
               notably
               Manur'd
               and
               Peopled
               ,
               not
               with
               Poor
               ;
               Idle
               ,
               But
               Painful
               ,
               Industrious
               and
               Rich
               Persons
               ,
               a
               great
               Ornament
               and
               Commodity
               in
               Peace
               ,
               and
               sure
               defence
               in
               War
               ,
               the
               same
               being
               the
               Frontier
               nearest
               Coast
               to
               a
               most
               Dangerous
               ,
               Puissant
               ,
               Active
               and
               Aspiring
               Neighbour
               .
            
             
               The
               encrease
               of
               Navigation
               ,
               Fishing
               and
               Traffick
               that
               hereby
               will
               grow
               ,
               and
               the
               great
               Wealth
               and
               Commodity
               thereof
               ariseing
               will
               not
               be
               contain'd
               in
               one
               Shire
               alone
               ,
               but
               pour'd
               forth
               into
               all
               parts
               of
               the
               Realm
               ,
               to
               the
               great
               Relief
               of
               the
               Poor
               ,
               and
               Contentation
               of
               all
               Degrees
               ,
               Encreasing
               of
               Arts
               and
               Occupations
               ,
               a
               Patern
               whereof
               we
               may
               behold
               even
               in
               our
               next
               Neighbours
               the
               Low
               Countrys
               ;
               not
               Feign'd
               in
               Imagination
               ,
               but
               actually
               by
               them
               put
               in
               Execution
               ,
               and
               great
               shame
               it
               were
               for
               us
               ,
               to
               dispair
               attaining
               that
               ,
               which
               we
               see
               others
               our
               Neighbours
               have
               Atcheiv'd
               before
               us
               .
            
             
               As
               the
               whole
               Realm
               in
               General
               ,
               So
               your
               Majesty
               also
               in
               Respect
               of
               your
               Particular
               Revenue
               ,
               shall
               Reap
               great
               Profit
               by
               
               Encrease
               of
               Subsidies
               ,
               which
               always
               will
               grow
               greater
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               Wealth
               of
               the
               Land
               ,
               besides
               the
               increase
               of
               Customs
               and
               such
               other
               Revenues
               as
               shall
               be
               there
               made
               of
               the
               Soil
               there
               gain'd
               from
               the
               Seas
               .
            
             
               The
               Shire
               of
               Kent
               being
               within
               few
               Years
               grown
               marvellous
               Industrious
               in
               Tilling
               and
               Manuring
               their
               Grounds
               ,
               when
               they
               shall
               see
               so
               convenient
               a
               Port
               to
               Vend
               their
               Superfluous
               Commodities
               ,
               will
               not
               only
               increase
               in
               Wealth
               and
               People
               ,
               but
               also
               Yield
               to
               your
               Majesty's
               Coffers
               for
               Transportation
               of
               their
               excise
               in
               Wheat
               ,
               Barley
               and
               Beer
               ,
               great
               Increase
               of
               Reveunes
               ;
               And
               all
               other
               Shires
               taking
               Example
               by
               them
               ,
               will
               likewise
               grow
               in
               Labour
               ,
               Industry
               ,
               Wealth
               and
               People
               .
            
             
               There
               can
               be
               no
               Pitch
               ,
               Tar
               ,
               Masts
               ,
               Cables
               ,
               or
               other
               Tackle
               for
               Shipping
               ,
               pass
               from
               
                 Danzick
                 ,
                 Denmark
              
               or
               other
               Northern
               Parts
               to
               
                 France
                 ,
                 Spain
              
               or
               Italy
               ,
               but
               your
               Majesty
               having
               a
               strong
               Hand
               of
               Shipping
               at
               Dover
               ,
               may
               Command
               for
               Money
               the
               choice
               thereof
               before
               any
               King
               in
               Christendom
               in
               time
               of
               Peace
               ;
               And
               so
               time
               of
               War
               ,
               thereby
               also
               Disable
               Enemies
               and
               content
               Friends
               ;
               Besides
               the
               Infinite
               Commodity
               that
               may
               happily
               grow
               to
               the
               whole
               Nation
               in
               General
               ,
               and
               to
               your
               Majesty's
               Coffers
               also
               by
               a
               staple
               ,
               that
               in
               time
               ,
               with
               good
               Policy
               may
               be
               Erected
               there
               to
               serve
               both
               South
               and
               North
               Countryes
               with
               there
               Mutual
               Commodities
               .
            
             
               In
               time
               of
               War
               how
               Dangerous
               attempt
               may
               be
               made
               with
               small
               Frigats
               of
               Fire
               ,
               or
               other
               wise
               ,
               to
               Endanger
               your
               Majesty's
               Navy
               where
               it
               now
               lieth
               ,
               with
               hope
               sufficient
               to
               escape
               and
               Return
               again
               before
               any
               Shipping
               can
               be
               made
               out
               of
               the
               Thames
               to
               Rescue
               or
               Revenge
               ,
               the
               Expertest
               Souldiers
               ,
               and
               Seamen
               best
               know
               :
               But
               this
               Harbour
               being
               made
               and
               furnish'd
               with
               good
               Shipping
               ,
               as
               always
               it
               will
               be
               ,
               no
               such
               attempt
               will
               ever
               be
               made
               ,
               the
               Enemy
               being
               assur'd
               ,
               however
               the
               Wind
               Blow
               ,
               upon
               any
               Alarm
               either
               from
               London
               or
               Dover
               ,
               to
               be
               surpriz'd
               ,
               and
               no
               hope
               left
               to
               escape
               .
            
             
               Your
               Majesty
               having
               shipping
               at
               Dover
               ,
               may
               also
               upon
               all
               suddainness
               ,
               with
               lesser
               Charge
               ,
               set
               forth
               to
               Scour
               the
               Seas
               of
               Pirates
               ,
               whereby
               your
               Nuvy
               of
               Merchants
               will
               Marvellously
               
               increase
               and
               Flourish
               ,
               both
               in
               the
               great
               Strength
               and
               Wealth
               of
               the
               Realm
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               great
               Increase
               of
               your
               Majesty's
               Customes
            
             
               In
               like
               sort
               your
               Fishing
               Navies
               may
               be
               Maintain'd
               and
               Protected
               from
               Pilfering
               Pyrates
               ,
               or
               other
               Violence
               of
               Strangers
               ,
               and
               thereby
               Reap
               the
               Benefit
               of
               your
               Seas
               ,
               whereby
               our
               strength
               by
               Sea
               will
               Marvellously
               increase
               ,
               and
               great
               Number
               of
               poor
               People
               be
               Employ'd
               as
               well
               on
               Land
               in
               Knitting
               Nets
               ,
               and
               making
               and
               mending
               both
               Ships
               and
               Tackle
               ,
               as
               also
               in
               getting
               of
               Fish
               ,
               a
               Food
               greatly
               to
               Relieve
               the
               Poverty
               of
               the
               Realm
               ,
               and
               excessively
               to
               increase
               your
               Majesty's
               Revenue
               ,
               by
               Custom
               of
               such
               Commodities
               as
               shall
               be
               brought
               in
               abundantly
               for
               exchanging
               of
               those
               our
               Fish.
               
            
             
               The
               Fishing
               Navies
               being
               by
               this
               means
               both
               protected
               and
               greatly
               increas'd
               ,
               all
               Laws
               for
               Punishment
               ,
               and
               Taxes
               for
               Relieving
               Idle
               and
               poor
               People
               ,
               will
               then
               Cease
               ;
               for
               there
               shall
               be
               no
               Person
               for
               Age
               or
               Sickness
               ,
               almost
               so
               Impotent
               but
               shall
               find
               hereby
               some
               Trade
               whereby
               to
               get
               their
               living
               ,
               as
               by
               Example
               of
               the
               low
               Countrys
               we
               may
               plainly
               behold
               .
            
             
               What
               greater
               Honour
               to
               your
               Majesty
               than
               like
               ,
               as
               you
               are
               ,
               (
               in
               Right
               of
               Inheritance
               )
               Lady
               of
               the
               Narrow
               Seas
               ,
               so
               to
               be
               able
               indeed
               to
               Maintain
               that
               Seigniory
               ,
               and
               to
               put
               the
               same
               in
               Execution
               at
               all
               times
               ,
               as
               far
               forth
               as
               your
               Highness
               shall
               find
               convenient
               .
            
             
               What
               greater
               Honour
               to
               your
               Majesty
               than
               to
               be
               the
               Founder
               of
               so
               Notable
               a
               Monument
               ,
               lying
               in
               the
               Eye
               of
               almost
               all
               the
               Shipping
               of
               Europe
               ,
               a
               thing
               to
               which
               your
               Majesty's
               Father
               Aspir'd
               ,
               with
               the
               Fxpence
               of
               so
               great
               a
               Masse
               of
               his
               own
               Treasure
               .
            
             
               What
               greater
               Honour
               than
               to
               be
               able
               in
               time
               of
               Peace
               or
               War
               to
               Protect
               Friends
               ,
               and
               Offend
               Enemies
               more
               than
               any
               other
               Prince
               of
               Europe
               .
            
             
               Seeing
               then
               it
               hath
               pleas'd
               God
               to
               leave
               unto
               this
               Realm
               such
               a
               Situation
               for
               a
               Port
               ,
               and
               Town
               as
               all
               Christendom
               hath
               not
               the
               like
               ,
               and
               Endow'd
               the
               same
               with
               all
               Commodities
               by
               Land
               and
               Sea
               that
               can
               be
               wish'd
               to
               make
               the
               Harbour
               Allure
               Intercourse
               ,
               and
               Maintain
               Inhabitants
               ;
               And
               that
               the
               same
               once
               perform'd
               
               (
               in
               all
               probable
               Discourse
               of
               Reason
               )
               shall
               bring
               such
               increase
               of
               Commodity
               ,
               not
               only
               for
               Augmentation
               of
               your
               Majesty's
               particular
               Revenues
               ,
               but
               also
               of
               Welfare
               and
               Riches
               to
               the
               whole
               Realm
               in
               General
               ;
               the
               same
               also
               being
               a
               thing
               so
               needful
               ,
               or
               rather
               of
               necessity
               ,
               as
               well
               for
               succouring
               and
               Protecting
               Friends
               ,
               as
               Annoying
               and
               Offending
               Enemies
               both
               in
               War
               and
               Peace
               ;
               And
               that
               it
               hath
               pleas'd
               God
               in
               his
               Providence
               to
               Reserve
               the
               same
               as
               an
               Ornament
               of
               your
               time
               ,
               to
               be
               now
               perform'd
               by
               your
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               left
               as
               an
               Honourable
               Monument
               of
               your
               happy
               Reign
               to
               all
               Posterity
               ,
               Methinks
               there
               remaineth
               no
               other
               Deliberation
               in
               this
               Case
               ,
               but
               how
               most
               sufficiently
               and
               with
               greatest
               Perfection
               possible
               ,
               most
               speedily
               ,
               the
               same
               may
               be
               accomplish'd
            
             
               And
               in
               Discharge
               of
               some
               part
               of
               my
               bounded
               Duty
               to
               the
               Advancement
               of
               your
               Majesty's
               Service
               ,
               having
               not
               only
               heard
               by
               the
               Examination
               of
               the
               most
               ancient
               and
               skilful
               Mariners
               and
               Inhabitants
               in
               Dover
               ,
               the
               True
               Estate
               of
               all
               Alterations
               there
               ,
               for
               these
               40
               Years
               pass'd
               ,
               But
               also
               my self
               seen
               and
               sounded
               all
               the
               Channells
               ,
               Shelves
               and
               Roads
               there
               ,
               and
               set
               them
               down
               exactly
               in
               Plat
               ;
               having
               also
               conferr'd
               the
               Sundry
               Opinions
               of
               strangers
               ,
               and
               also
               of
               our
               own
               Nation
               ,
               for
               the
               Repairing
               or
               making
               a
               New
               Haven
               there
               ,
               and
               comparing
               the
               same
               with
               what
               my self
               have
               seen
               put
               in
               Execution
               in
               sundry
               places
               of
               the
               Low
               Countrys
               ,
               for
               making
               Havens
               Artificial
               ,
               I
               have
               in
               the
               End
               Resolv'd
               upon
               one
               Form
               of
               Plat
               ,
               which
               of
               all
               others
               (
               as
               well
               for
               the
               use
               and
               Commodity
               ,
               when
               it
               is
               finish'd
               ,
               as
               for
               the
               possibility
               ,
               or
               rather
               for
               the
               Facility
               in
               making
               ,
               for
               the
               Probability
               ,
               or
               rather
               assur'd
               certainty
               of
               continuance
               ,
               for
               avoiding
               great
               Waste
               of
               Timber
               ,
               and
               saving
               a
               great
               Masse
               of
               Treasure
               )
               I
               find
               and
               Judge
               of
               most
               perfection
               .
               As
               albeit
               the
               Flemish
               Plat
               ,
               in
               former
               conference
               of
               Commissioners
               ,
               was
               adjudged
               of
               all
               others
               then
               Offer'd
               ,
               the
               most
               probable
               ,
               Yet
               upon
               due
               consideration
               ,
               this
               Plat
               ,
               I
               presume
               ,
               will
               appear
               in
               all
               Respects
               more
               commodious
               ,
               more
               feizable
               ,
               more
               assur'd
               to
               continue
               ;
               of
               far
               less
               cost
               in
               Maintenance
               ,
               and
               at
               least
               20000
               l
               ,
               lesser
               charge
               in
               making
               ,
               as
               by
               the
               Articles
               of
               Explanation
               ,
               and
               charges
               ,
               more
               
               evidently
               may
               appear
               .
               This
               which
               I
               humbly
               present
               to
               your
               Majesty's
               Gracious
               Consideration
               ,
               as
               a
               matter
               of
               great
               moment
               both
               in
               Peace
               and
               War
               ,
               for
               your
               Highnes's
               Service
               ,
               for
               the
               great
               comfort
               of
               all
               the
               Navy
               of
               your
               Realm
               ,
               and
               a
               Monument
               most
               Honourable
               ,
               and
               none
               of
               the
               least
               to
               all
               posterity
               of
               your
               Majesty's
               most
               Gracious
               ,
               Prosperous
               and
               Happy
               Reign
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             foregoing
             Discourse
             was
             part
             of
             a
             Memorial
             ,
             drawn
             up
             either
             by
             Sir
             
               Walter
               Raleigh
            
             or
             Sir
             
               Dudley
               Diggs
            
             ,
             which
             I
             found
             among
             the
             Rubbish
             of
             old
             papers
             while
             I
             had
             the
             Honour
             to
             serve
             in
             the
             Office
             of
             the
             Ordnance
             ,
             and
             was
             Searching
             after
             Light
             into
             the
             Ancient
             History
             and
             Services
             of
             Dover
             ,
             to
             which
             Curiosity
             I
             had
             divers
             motives
             ,
             viz.
             I
             had
             made
             several
             Essays
             to
             awaken
             his
             late
             Majesty
             King
             Charles
             out
             of
             the
             Lethargie
             he
             seem'd
             to
             me
             to
             be
             under
             ,
             upon
             the
             French
             King's
             so
             loudly
             Alarming
             us
             by
             the
             Profuse
             Expence
             he
             had
             been
             at
             in
             Fortifying
             his
             Coast
             ,
             making
             Artificial
             Ports
             ,
             and
             sparing
             no
             Coast
             where
             he
             had
             the
             least
             Prospect
             of
             Compassing
             Harbour
             and
             Defence
             for
             Shipping
             ,
             and
             Improving
             his
             Naval
             Strength
             and
             Projects
             ;
             which
             to
             me
             appear'd
             as
             so
             many
             Commets
             ,
             whose
             Malevolence
             was
             Calculated
             ,
             and
             could
             not
             fail
             ,
             one
             time
             or
             other
             to
             fall
             on
             us
             .
             I
             had
             in
             those
             days
             ,
             frequent
             occasions
             of
             Privacy
             with
             the
             King
             in
             his
             Closet
             ,
             where
             I
             improv'd
             every
             Opportunity
             to
             Warm
             his
             Jealousy
             of
             the
             Growing
             Naval
             Power
             of
             France
             ;
             And
             albeit
             he
             gave
             me
             many
             a
             Gracious
             Hearing
             ,
             and
             seem'd
             to
             take
             Pleasure
             in
             my
             Discourse
             on
             that
             Subject
             ,
             and
             would
             often
             himself
             Reason
             with
             great
             Sagacity
             on
             Naval
             Matters
             ;
             yet
             I
             grew
             at
             length
             convinc'd
             ,
             that
             I
             Labour'd
             in
             Vain
             ,
             and
             had
             been
             all
             the
             while
             Blowing
             a
             Dead
             Coal
             ,
             as
             by
             this
             short
             following
             Account
             may
             appear
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Year
             1682
             Waiting
             one
             day
             on
             the
             King
             in
             his
             Closet
             ,
             after
             some
             General
             Discourse
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             was
             pleas'd
             to
             tell
             me
             that
             I
             had
             often
             hinted
             to
             him
             how
             busy
             the
             French
             King
             was
             on
             his
             Coast
             ,
             and
             what
             Vast
             Designs
             he
             had
             conceiv'd
             for
             the
             Impovement
             of
             his
             Naval
             Power
             ,
             which
             was
             Visible
             by
             his
             
             Fortifying
             of
             Dunkirke
             ,
             in
             a
             most
             expensive
             manner
             ,
             and
             Projecting
             Extraordinary
             Works
             there
             ,
             making
             
               Peers
               ,
               Channels
               ,
               Basins
            
             ,
             and
             every
             Provision
             that
             Art
             can
             Suggest
             ,
             and
             Money
             Compass
             ,
             to
             Render
             that
             Place
             easy
             of
             Access
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             a
             safe
             ,
             Capacious
             and
             Commodious
             Harbour
             for
             Shipping
             .
             I
             told
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             not
             only
             at
             
               Dunkirk
               ,
               Brest
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Places
             where
             nature
             and
             Situation
             had
             given
             them
             some
             Help
             and
             Encouragement
             to
             Prosecute
             their
             
               Maritim
               Projects
            
             ;
             but
             even
             every
             where
             else
             upon
             his
             Coast
             ,
             in
             every
             
               Creek
               ,
               Cove
            
             ,
             or
             Inlet
             ,
             where
             they
             can
             make
             Depth
             of
             Water
             ,
             and
             give
             the
             least
             Harbour
             and
             Retreat
             for
             Shipping
             ,
             they
             are
             ,
             and
             have
             been
             on
             that
             Article
             equally
             Industrious
             ;
             which
             ,
             as
             I
             had
             often
             told
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             seemd
             to
             me
             to
             have
             a
             very
             Evil
             Aspect
             on
             all
             the
             Maritin
             States
             of
             Europe
             ,
             but
             more
             especially
             his
             Majesty
             .
             That
             nothing
             (
             humanly
             speaking
             )
             cou'd
             prevent
             and
             defeat
             the
             Mighty
             Purposes
             of
             that
             Ambitious
             Monarch
             ,
             so
             much
             as
             his
             want
             of
             Natural
             Aid
             towards
             the
             Increase
             of
             his
             Naval
             Strength
             ;
             his
             Coast
             not
             yeilding
             him
             one
             good
             Port
             on
             all
             that
             Frontier
             which
             Regards
             us
             ,
             which
             he
             most
             Providently
             weighing
             ,
             had
             from
             an
             Harbouriess
             .
             Inhospitable
             Shoar
             ,
             by
             Art
             ,
             Industry
             ,
             and
             a
             most
             Lavish
             Expence
             of
             Treasure
             ,
             in
             a
             very
             great
             Degree
             ,
             Repair'd
             ;
             Insomuch
             that
             there
             is
             hardly
             5
             Leagues
             of
             Distance
             upon
             that
             Line
             ,
             of
             their
             Coast
             Fronting
             ours
             ,
             that
             does
             not
             yeild
             marks
             of
             their
             Care
             and
             Application
             .
             Barrs
             ,
             Rocks
             and
             Shelves
             are
             remov'd
             ,
             and
             Channels
             Opened
             and
             Deepned
             ,
             to
             give
             safe
             and
             easy
             Entrance
             to
             such
             small
             Ports
             as
             they
             have
             by
             Nature
             .
             And
             in
             other
             Places
             where
             Art
             cou'd
             be
             thought
             to
             avail
             ▪
             they
             have
             spar'd
             no
             pains
             or
             Treasure
             to
             compass
             ;
             Artificial
             Havens
             ,
             Peers
             and
             Provisions
             of
             Succour
             for
             Shipping
             .
             They
             have
             also
             Built
             .
             Fortresses
             ;
             rais'd
             Batteries
             ,
             and
             Planted
             Cannon
             .
             Innumerable
             ,
             all
             along
             their
             Coast
             ,
             and
             perform'd
             every
             wise
             and
             needful
             Work
             towards
             the
             attaining
             their
             Ends
             of
             becoming
             Formidable
             by
             Sea
             ,
             and
             all
             this
             against
             the
             Grain
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             in
             Despight
             of
             Nature
             ,
             which
             yeilds
             them
             little
             or
             no
             Encouragment
             .
             While
             we
             on
             our
             Coast
             ,
             where
             Providence
             is
             so
             bountiful
             ,
             have
             been
             so
             very
             little
             on
             our
             Guard
             ,
             that
             tho'
             Navigation
             be
             the
             Prime
             
             Jewel
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             is
             the
             Fountain
             and
             Foundation
             of
             both
             our
             Wealth
             and
             Safety
             ;
             and
             without
             which
             we
             shou'd
             be
             a
             Contemptible
             Nation
             ;
             have
             not
             only
             omitted
             to
             Improve
             the
             Tenders
             which
             Nature
             makes
             us
             for
             the
             Increase
             and
             Cultivating
             of
             our
             Naval
             Power
             ;
             But
             have
             in
             this
             last
             Age
             consented
             to
             see
             many
             of
             our
             useful
             Ports
             ,
             Run
             to
             Decay
             ,
             and
             at
             length
             to
             Ruine
             ,
             and
             to
             become
             totally
             lost
             to
             the
             Nation
             ;
             which
             a
             very
             little
             Foresight
             ,
             and
             as
             little
             charge
             might
             have
             prevented
             ,
             while
             the
             Evil
             was
             Growing
             ;
             which
             at
             a
             long
             Run
             becomes
             incurable
             .
             Among
             which
             Ports
             I
             instanc'd
             
               Sandwich
               ,
               Dover
               ,
               Rye
               ,
               Winchelsea
               ,
            
             &c.
             which
             were
             reckon'd
             heretofore
             as
             so
             many
             Bullworks
             against
             our
             Ambitious
             Neighbour
             .
             The
             King
             hereupon
             Reply'd
             ,
             that
             he
             Confess'd
             he
             laid
             a
             little
             to
             heart
             the
             loss
             of
             the
             Haven
             of
             Dover
             ;
             because
             it
             has
             fallen
             to
             decay
             mostly
             in
             his
             Reign
             ;
             had
             yeilded
             him
             good
             Service
             in
             the
             First
             Dutch
             War
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             which
             was
             made
             by
             the
             Parliament
             with
             that
             Nation
             ,
             he
             was
             well
             assur'd
             that
             we
             had
             a
             Squadron
             of
             Cruizers
             which
             sail'd
             out
             of
             that
             Place
             ,
             where
             they
             Fitted
             ,
             Clean'd
             and
             Victuall'd
             ,
             which
             did
             the
             Enemy
             more
             Dammage
             than
             any
             in
             the
             whole
             Channel
             beside
             .
             That
             therefore
             (
             if
             he
             thought
             that
             Haven
             cou'd
             be
             recover'd
             by
             any
             Tolerable
             Charge
             )
             he
             was
             then
             more
             than
             ever
             dispos'd
             to
             ingage
             in
             such
             a
             Work
             ,
             inasmuch
             as
             that
             he
             was
             well
             assur'd
             ,
             that
             not
             only
             all
             that
             I
             had
             said
             was
             true
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             French
             King
             (
             to
             whom
             tho'
             he
             had
             signify'd
             already
             by
             his
             Ambassador
             ,
             That
             the
             great
             Bustle
             he
             had
             made
             upon
             the
             Coast
             had
             given
             Jealousy
             and
             Distaste
             to
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             was
             not
             very
             pleafing
             to
             him
             )
             had
             nevertheless
             Engag'd
             very
             lately
             in
             a
             New
             Expensive
             Work
             of
             the
             same
             Nature
             ,
             with
             those
             I
             had
             mention'd
             )
             in
             the
             Neighbourhood
             of
             Galais
             ,
             where
             great
             Numbers
             of
             Men
             were
             then
             actually
             Employ'd
             in
             Fortifying
             the
             Coast
             ,
             and
             making
             an
             Harbour
             ,
             and
             Basin
             for
             Reception
             of
             Shipping
             ,
             &c.
             
             Which
             being
             just
             under
             his
             Nose
             ,
             he
             said
             he
             had
             so
             much
             the
             more
             Reason
             to
             Resent
             it
             ,
             and
             which
             he
             cou'd
             not
             do
             in
             a
             better
             manner
             than
             by
             attempting
             the
             Recovery
             of
             
               Dover
               Haven
            
             ,
             wherein
             ifhe
             Succeeded
             ;
             as
             it
             wou'd
             give
             an
             occasion
             of
             Ease
             to
             the
             Peoples
             Jealousy
             ,
             so
             it
             wou'd
             obviate
             in
             
             some
             Measure
             the
             Danger
             that
             Threatned
             us
             from
             so
             Restless
             and
             Projecting
             a
             Neighbour
             .
             I
             Reply'd
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             with
             great
             Joy
             ,
             that
             I
             thought
             it
             wou'd
             be
             a
             most
             acceptable
             Instance
             to
             the
             Nation
             ,
             of
             his
             Care
             for
             their
             safety
             ,
             and
             a
             useful
             Proof
             to
             the
             Murmuring
             People
             of
             his
             Just
             Dislike
             and
             Suspicion
             of
             the
             French
             King
             's
             Proceedings
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             was
             in
             no
             doubt
             whenever
             his
             Majesty
             shou'd
             appear
             to
             go
             in
             earnest
             ,
             about
             so
             Laudable
             and
             Needful
             a
             Work
             ,
             that
             the
             Parliament
             wou'd
             Frankly
             Assist
             him
             towards
             the
             Expence
             .
          
           
             His
             Majesty
             hereupon
             Commanded
             me
             to
             make
             a
             Journey
             to
             Dover
             to
             Survey
             the
             Port
             ,
             and
             Enable
             my self
             by
             the
             best
             means
             I
             cou'd
             ,
             to
             give
             him
             a
             true
             State
             thereof
             in
             order
             to
             a
             Project
             for
             the
             Recovery
             of
             that
             Harbour
             ;
             which
             order
             I
             carefully
             executed
             ,
             and
             on
             my
             Return
             waited
             on
             his
             Majesty
             with
             my
             Report
             ,
             together
             with
             a
             Plan
             and
             State
             of
             the
             present
             Peer
             ;
             an
             History
             of
             the
             Services
             that
             Place
             had
             yeilded
             the
             Crown
             ;
             how
             it
             has
             fallen
             to
             Decay
             ,
             and
             how
             with
             least
             Charge
             it
             might
             be
             Repair'd
             and
             Render'd
             useful
             again
             .
             I
             told
             his
             Majesty
             that
             the
             bare
             Customes
             and
             Duties
             he
             had
             lost
             by
             the
             decay
             of
             that
             Port
             ,
             which
             for
             want
             of
             Entrance
             there
             ,
             as
             had
             been
             Customary
             (
             there
             being
             no
             other
             in
             many
             Leagues
             together
             on
             the
             Coast
             )
             and
             which
             were
             therefore
             now
             Smugled
             and
             totally
             lost
             )
             wou'd
             be
             by
             many
             Degrees
             more
             than
             enough
             when
             recover'd
             (
             and
             which
             wou'd
             most
             certainly
             accrue
             upon
             Restoring
             the
             Harbour
             )
             to
             Repay
             the
             utmost
             Charge
             he
             cou'd
             be
             at
             for
             it's
             Repair
             and
             Improvement
             ,
             which
             single
             Encouragement
             I
             thought
             was
             Incitement
             enough
             to
             go
             about
             so
             Noble
             ,
             Useful
             and
             Reputable
             a
             Work.
             
          
           
             I
             told
             his
             Majesty
             that
             the
             Port
             was
             at
             that
             time
             become
             intirely
             useless
             ,
             the
             Peer
             within
             being
             Fill'd
             and
             Choak'd
             up
             with
             Sand
             and
             Mud
             ,
             and
             the
             Depth
             of
             Water
             lost
             ;
             That
             there
             was
             a
             Bank
             of
             Beach
             at
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
             Harbour
             of
             many
             Thousand
             Tuns
             ,
             which
             Bar'd
             up
             the
             Entrance
             .
             That
             the
             Town
             (
             which
             was
             wont
             to
             abound
             in
             
               Shipping
               ,
               Seamen
               ,
               Commerce
               ,
               People
            
             and
             Plenty
             of
             all
             things
             )
             was
             become
             Poor
             ,
             desolate
             and
             Dispeopl'd
             which
             was
             Visible
             every
             where
             ,
             by
             their
             Decay'd
             Buildings
             and
             Habitations
             ,
             
             where
             half
             the
             Houses
             at
             least
             throughout
             the
             whole
             Town
             had
             Bills
             on
             the
             Doors
             ;
             All
             which
             cou'd
             be
             ascrib'd
             to
             no
             other
             Reason
             than
             the
             Decay
             of
             their
             Harbour
             :
             touching
             the
             true
             Cause
             whereof
             ,
             or
             the
             cure
             ,
             the
             Inhabitants
             (
             with
             whom
             I
             had
             frequent
             Conference
             )
             cou'd
             give
             me
             little
             or
             no
             Light.
             
          
           
             In
             this
             Audience
             ,
             I
             gave
             his
             Majesty
             an
             Extensive
             Account
             of
             all
             things
             Relating
             to
             the
             Subject
             about
             which
             he
             had
             sent
             me
             :
             I
             presented
             him
             with
             a
             Draught
             of
             the
             then
             State
             of
             the
             Port
             of
             Dover
             ,
             wherein
             was
             express'd
             the
             manner
             of
             it's
             Decay
             ,
             and
             the
             present
             Ruinous
             Condition
             in
             which
             it
             was
             .
             I
             Endeavour'd
             also
             to
             explain
             to
             him
             how
             this
             Damage
             had
             come
             to
             pass
             ,
             and
             by
             what
             means
             it
             had
             grown
             to
             that
             Head
             ,
             as
             to
             have
             Render'd
             the
             Haven
             now
             almost
             lost
             to
             the
             Publick
             .
             From
             the
             Causes
             of
             the
             Disease
             ,
             I
             proceeded
             to
             my
             Proposals
             for
             the
             Remedy
             ,
             wherein
             I
             had
             the
             good
             Fortune
             to
             explain
             every
             Point
             of
             my
             Project
             ,
             with
             Evidence
             enough
             to
             oblige
             his
             Majesty
             at
             that
             time
             to
             say
             that
             he
             was
             so
             well
             satisfy'd
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             Resolv'd
             he
             wou'd
             not
             Defer
             the
             Work
             a
             Day
             .
             That
             as
             I
             had
             made
             every
             thing
             plain
             and
             intelligible
             to
             him
             ;
             So
             above
             all
             ,
             he
             was
             pleas'd
             with
             two
             most
             useful
             and
             Encourageing
             Propositions
             therein
             contain'd
             ,
             Namely
             ,
             That
             whereas
             in
             most
             great
             Works
             of
             that
             kind
             ,
             Princes
             were
             Generally
             Oblig'd
             to
             Prosecute
             and
             go
             through
             the
             whole
             Expence
             (
             which
             for
             the
             most
             part
             was
             very
             great
             )
             before
             they
             cou'd
             Reap
             the
             least
             Profit
             of
             their
             Design
             ,
             or
             be
             assur'd
             of
             the
             Success
             ;
             While
             this
             Work
             on
             the
             contrary
             was
             so
             order'd
             and
             contriv'd
             by
             me
             ,
             That
             he
             was
             sure
             to
             Receive
             a
             present
             Profit
             from
             every
             Sum
             (
             be
             it
             more
             or
             less
             )
             which
             he
             shou'd
             at
             any
             time
             think
             fit
             to
             lay
             out
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Benefit
             wou'd
             be
             presently
             seen
             ,
             and
             Gather'd
             ,
             in
             Proportion
             to
             the
             Charge
             he
             shou'd
             be
             at
             ;
             which
             he
             might
             Limit
             or
             Respite
             as
             he
             pleas'd
             ,
             without
             Danger
             of
             Damage
             to
             the
             Work
             that
             should
             be
             done
             ,
             or
             of
             losing
             the
             Advantage
             that
             should
             be
             once
             gain'd
             in
             case
             of
             discontinuing
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             The
             Second
             Point
             that
             pleas'd
             his
             Majesty
             was
             ;
             That
             whereas
             all
             
               Artificial
               Ports
            
             that
             ever
             he
             had
             heard
             of
             (
             which
             is
             most
             true
             )
             were
             Subject
             to
             Choak
             ,
             and
             fill
             up
             with
             Sand
             or
             Sullage
             ,
             and
             to
             lose
             by
             degrees
             their
             Depth
             of
             Water
             ,
             without
             great
             Care
             and
             a
             continual
             Charge
             to
             prevent
             it
             ;
             and
             which
             was
             the
             
             Cause
             for
             the
             most
             part
             of
             the
             decay
             and
             loss
             of
             such
             Ports
             to
             the
             Publick
             :
             That
             he
             perceiv'd
             I
             had
             plainly
             obviated
             that
             Evil
             ,
             and
             by
             a
             New
             and
             very
             Demonstrable
             Invention
             had
             evidently
             Secur'd
             the
             Depth
             of
             Water
             for
             ever
             ,
             which
             no
             Neglect
             cou'd
             hinder
             ,
             or
             towards
             which
             any
             Expence
             or
             Annual
             Charge
             was
             Necessary
             .
          
           
             I
             concluded
             with
             this
             General
             Incitement
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             That
             Multiplicity
             of
             Ports
             in
             a
             
               Maritim
               Kingdom
            
             ,
             (
             such
             as
             his
             )
             was
             above
             all
             things
             to
             be
             wish'd
             ;
             which
             in
             times
             of
             Peace
             was
             a
             great
             Means
             of
             Encouragement
             to
             our
             Naval
             Intercourse
             ,
             and
             Coasting
             Trade
             ,
             whereby
             our
             
               Capital
               City
            
             ,
             became
             better
             supply'd
             ,
             and
             at
             Cheaper
             Rates
             ,
             with
             all
             things
             needful
             ;
             that
             Seamen
             were
             Proportionably
             Propagated
             ,
             Shipping
             and
             all
             the
             Incident
             Professions
             of
             Shipwrightry
             and
             Navigation
             increas'd
             and
             improv'd
             ,
             &c.
             
             That
             in
             time
             of
             War
             ,
             Shelter
             ,
             and
             Defence
             against
             an
             Enemy
             was
             by
             that
             means
             more
             at
             Hand
             ,
             whereby
             our
             Commerce
             was
             better
             Preserv'd
             ,
             our
             Frontier
             so
             much
             the
             stronger
             ,
             and
             Cruizers
             had
             more
             dispatch
             ;
             and
             were
             better
             Spread
             and
             Dispos'd
             at
             Sea
             ;
             because
             wheresoever
             there
             are
             Ports
             Commodiously
             Situate
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Road
             of
             our
             Commerce
             ,
             there
             of
             course
             will
             be
             Men
             of
             War
             appointed
             and
             Entertain'd
             in
             times
             of
             Hostility
             ,
             where
             they
             can
             
               Clean
               ,
               Victual
            
             and
             Refit
             ,
             whereby
             great
             Expedition
             (
             which
             is
             the
             Life
             of
             Action
             )
             wou'd
             be
             obtain'd
             ,
             and
             half
             the
             time
             gain'd
             that
             was
             spent
             in
             going
             to
             Remote
             Ports
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Thames
               ,
               Chatham
               ,
               Portsmouth
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             Where
             ,
             if
             the
             Wind
             hangs
             out
             of
             the
             way
             ,
             Ships
             lye
             long
             on
             Demorage
             ,
             become
             Fowl
             by
             Staying
             for
             a
             Wind
             ,
             and
             lose
             many
             Occasions
             of
             Service
             ,
             which
             in
             Ports
             lying
             upon
             the
             Edge
             of
             our
             Channel
             ,
             as
             Dover
             does
             ,
             can
             never
             happen
             ;
             where
             you
             need
             no
             Pylotage
             ,
             and
             are
             no
             sooner
             out
             of
             the
             Haven
             but
             you
             are
             at
             Sea.
             
          
           
             In
             a
             Word
             ,
             I
             Ended
             my
             Discourse
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             with
             assuring
             him
             that
             Dover
             promis'd
             every
             thing
             he
             cou'd
             hope
             from
             such
             a
             Port
             ;
             was
             Si●uate
             the
             nearest
             of
             all
             others
             to
             a
             
               Great
               ,
               Dangerous
            
             and
             
               Aspiri●g
               Neighbour
            
             ,
             who
             had
             given
             so
             many
             Instances
             of
             Wisdom
             and
             Foresight
             in
             the
             charge
             he
             had
             been
             at
             on
             that
             Line
             of
             his
             Coast
             which
             confronts
             ours
             ,
             and
             which
             whenever
             his
             Majesty
             shou'd
             Chance
             to
             have
             a
             War
             with
             that
             People
             ,
             
             wou'd
             be
             found
             to
             turn
             every
             way
             both
             Offensively
             and
             Defensively
             to
             Marvellous
             Account
             .
          
           
             That
             Dover
             stands
             on
             a
             Promontory
             which
             Survey's
             ,
             and
             might
             be
             made
             to
             Command
             the
             greatest
             Thorough-Fare
             of
             Navigation
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             where
             no
             ship
             can
             pass
             unobserv'd
             ,
             or
             escape
             the
             danger
             of
             being
             attack'd
             ,
             when
             there
             shou'd
             be
             cause
             ,
             and
             was
             of
             the
             same
             use
             by
             Sea
             as
             a
             Passe
             is
             by
             Land.
             And
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             no
             Design
             his
             Majesty
             cou'd
             Entertain
             for
             it's
             Strength
             and
             Improvement
             ,
             that
             was
             not
             Compassable
             by
             Art
             ,
             and
             that
             did
             not
             promise
             a
             Plentiful
             Return
             of
             Profit
             and
             Honour
             ,
             of
             any
             the
             Greatest
             Sum
             he
             could
             spare
             to
             lay
             out
             upon
             it
             .
          
           
             I
             departed
             at
             that
             time
             from
             his
             Majesty
             full
             of
             hopes
             ,
             that
             what
             I
             had
             done
             and
             said
             on
             this
             Subject
             ,
             wou'd
             have
             produc'd
             the
             good
             Effect
             of
             some
             speedy
             Resolution
             ;
             but
             taking
             the
             Liberty
             some
             days
             after
             to
             remind
             him
             therein
             ,
             I
             found
             him
             ,
             to
             my
             great
             Disappointment
             ,
             much
             calmer
             than
             I
             had
             left
             him
             ,
             and
             receiv'd
             this
             short
             Answer
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             a
             
               Noble
               Project
            
             indeed
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             was
             too
             big
             for
             his
             present
             Purse
             ,
             and
             wou'd
             Keep
             Cold.
             Shortly
             after
             I
             was
             Dispatch'd
             to
             my
             Business
             in
             a
             remote
             Country
             ,
             and
             from
             that
             time
             to
             this
             have
             neither
             said
             nor
             heard
             any
             thing
             of
             Dover
             .
          
           
             Now
             the
             Remark
             I
             wou'd
             make
             on
             this
             Sudden
             and
             Surprizing
             Coldness
             of
             the
             King
             's
             ,
             is
             namely
             this
             ,
             That
             the
             long
             Audience
             I
             then
             had
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             chanc'd
             to
             be
             in
             a
             certain
             great
             Ladies
             Appartment
             in
             White-Hall
             ,
             where
             I
             had
             no
             sooner
             began
             my
             Discourse
             ,
             and
             produc'd
             my
             Papers
             ,
             when
             Mons.
             Barrillon
             ,
             the
             French
             Ambassador
             ,
             came
             in
             ;
             who
             I
             observ'd
             to
             Listen
             with
             great
             Attention
             to
             what
             was
             debated
             ;
             asking
             the
             said
             Laay
             very
             earnestly
             many
             Questions
             about
             the
             Subject
             Matter
             of
             our
             Conference
             ,
             who
             I
             perceiv'd
             to
             Interpret
             to
             him
             every
             thing
             that
             was
             said
             on
             that
             occasion
             ,
             as
             did
             the
             King
             afterwards
             in
             my
             hearing
             ;
             Explaining
             the
             whole
             Project
             ,
             and
             the
             Contents
             of
             the
             several
             Designs
             ;
             Expressing
             his
             great
             Approbation
             of
             the
             Report
             I
             had
             made
             him
             ;
             whereupon
             making
             Reflection
             on
             this
             Occurrence
             ,
             I
             was
             no
             longer
             in
             doubt
             touching
             the
             cause
             of
             my
             Disappointment
             ;
             but
             that
             it
             was
             not
             the
             French
             Kings
             Interest
             ,
             and
             therefore
             not
             his
             Pleasure
             ,
             that
             we
             shou'd
             proceed
             on
             this
             Work
             ,
             and
             that
             so
             Noble
             a
             Project
             shou'd
             thus
             Die
             in
             the
             
             Birth
             ,
             who
             wou'd
             have
             been
             contented
             (
             I
             make
             no
             Question
             )
             to
             have
             given
             ten
             times
             the
             amount
             of
             the
             Cost
             to
             defeat
             so
             National
             an
             undertaking
             ,
             which
             look'd
             with
             so
             threatning
             an
             aspect
             on
             those
             great
             Scheams
             of
             Naval
             Power
             which
             he
             has
             since
             put
             in
             Execution
             ,
             and
             is
             Prosecuting
             to
             this
             day
             ;
             And
             I
             think
             it
             therefore
             becomes
             every
             hearty
             English
             Man
             to
             Conclude
             that
             such
             an
             Incident
             as
             I
             have
             here
             produc'd
             ,
             ought
             to
             superadd
             one
             new
             and
             Solid
             Argument
             of
             Incitement
             to
             those
             that
             have
             been
             urg'd
             towards
             some
             solemn
             deriberation
             on
             so
             promising
             and
             Important
             a
             Subject
             ;
             and
             if
             our
             Forefathers
             ,
             in
             those
             darker
             times
             of
             Queen
             Eliz.
             saw
             a
             Reason
             for
             their
             Speculations
             on
             this
             Article
             ,
             then
             when
             their
             views
             were
             narrow
             ,
             their
             motives
             less
             ,
             and
             the
             means
             to
             attain
             their
             purpose
             hardly
             to
             be
             compass'd
             through
             the
             Limitted
             Fonds
             of
             Treasure
             in
             those
             days
             ,
             and
             the
             insufficiency
             of
             Undertakers
             to
             conceive
             ,
             design
             ,
             and
             Prosecute
             Works
             of
             that
             sort
             ,
             so
             Magnificent
             ;
             So
             new
             and
             out
             of
             the
             way
             of
             the
             Worlds
             Practice
             ;
             It
             may
             therefore
             be
             hop'd
             ,
             that
             now
             ,
             when
             our
             motives
             of
             Danger
             ,
             &c.
             are
             so
             visible
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             Stronger
             ;
             the
             means
             of
             obtaining
             so
             Noble
             an
             end
             every
             way
             more
             within
             our
             reach
             ;
             while
             we
             behold
             by
             what
             Arts
             and
             Means
             ,
             and
             with
             what
             Profusion
             of
             Treasure
             ,
             a
             Neighbouring
             Prince
             pursues
             his
             
               Maritim
               Projects
            
             ,
             and
             since
             we
             have
             seen
             and
             felt
             with
             what
             Effect
             he
             has
             succeeded
             in
             his
             Aims
             to
             Rival
             us
             by
             Sea
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             while
             we
             know
             he
             must
             naturally
             ever
             be
             more
             than
             our
             Match
             by
             Land
             ;
             and
             that
             nothing
             at
             this
             day
             can
             insure
             our
             safety
             ,
             but
             a
             Demonstrable
             Superioriry
             of
             Naval
             Strength
             .
             What
             greater
             Wisdom
             and
             Precaution
             can
             we
             Manifest
             ,
             or
             how
             can
             we
             more
             laudably
             publish
             our
             Attention
             to
             the
             
               Publick
               Welfare
            
             ,
             than
             by
             Seasonably
             obviating
             the
             Evils
             that
             seem
             to
             Threaten
             us
             by
             the
             growing
             Naval
             Power
             of
             France
             ,
             towards
             which
             no
             one
             step
             we
             can
             make
             ,
             promises
             better
             Fruit
             than
             this
             proposal
             of
             Recovering
             and
             Improving
             the
             Haven
             of
             Dover
             ,
             which
             is
             by
             Nature
             Situate
             to
             our
             wish
             ,
             and
             in
             my
             Humble
             Opinion
             is
             capable
             of
             being
             made
             by
             Art
             so
             useful
             to
             our selves
             and
             Friends
             ,
             and
             so
             effectual
             to
             bridle
             ,
             prevent
             and
             Annoy
             our
             Enemies
             ;
             that
             were
             the
             Argument
             duly
             weigh'd
             ,
             I
             am
             perswaded
             we
             shou'd
             think
             no
             Sum
             too
             great
             to
             be
             so
             Employ'd
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .