A treatise touching the East-Indian trade, or, A discourse (turned out of French into English) concerning the establishment of a French company for the commerce of the East-Indies to which are annexed the articles and conditions, whereupon the said company for the commerce of the East-Indies is established.
         Discours d'un fidèle sujet du Roy touchant l'establissement d'une Compagnie françoise pour le commerce des Indes Orientales. English
         Charpentier, M. (François), 1620-1702.
      
       
         
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             A treatise touching the East-Indian trade, or, A discourse (turned out of French into English) concerning the establishment of a French company for the commerce of the East-Indies to which are annexed the articles and conditions, whereupon the said company for the commerce of the East-Indies is established.
             Discours d'un fidèle sujet du Roy touchant l'establissement d'une Compagnie françoise pour le commerce des Indes Orientales. English
             Charpentier, M. (François), 1620-1702.
          
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           Compagnie des Indes orientales.
           France -- Commerce -- East Indies.
           East Indies -- Commerce -- France.
        
      
    
     
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           A
           TREATISE
           Touching
           the
           East-Indian
           Trade
           :
           OR
           ,
           A
           Discourse
           (
           Turned
           out
           of
           French
           into
           English
           )
           Concerning
           the
           Establishment
           of
           a
           FRENCH
           COMPANY
           For
           the
           COMMERCE
           of
           the
           EAST-INDIES
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           are
           Annexed
           the
           Articles
           ,
           and
           Conditions
           ,
           Whereupon
           the
           said
           COMPANY
           for
           the
           COMMERCE
           of
           the
           EAST-INDIES
           is
           Established
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           
             Printed
             by
          
           Thomas
           Mabb
           for
           Henry
           Brome
           
             at
             the
          
           Gun
           in
           Ivy-lane
           ,
           1664.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           NOt
           to
           Usher
           In
           this
           following
           Discourse
           with
           a
           long
           and
           Needlesse
           Preface
           ,
           It
           shall
           suffice
           that
           the
           Publisher
           thought
           it
           worth
           the
           Translating
           ,
           both
           as
           an
           Entertainment
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           further
           Service
           and
           Respect
           to
           his
           Country-men
           .
           You
           have
           the
           Scope
           of
           it
           in
           the
           Title
           ,
           viz.
           
             A
             Discourse
             touching
             the
             Establishment
             
             of
             a
          
           FRENCH
           COMPANY
           
             for
             the
             COMMERCE
             of
             the
             EAST-INDIES
             :
          
           which
           Discourse
           conteins
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           an
           Earnest
           and
           well-couch'd
           Recommendation
           of
           Commerce
           ,
           by
           diverse
           Arguments
           of
           Utility
           ,
           and
           Convenience
           as
           well
           Private
           as
           Publique
           ;
           drawn
           from
           the
           Experience
           ,
           and
           successe
           of
           those
           Nations
           ,
           that
           have
           applyed
           themselves
           to
           Traffique
           :
           Adjudging
           severall
           Advantages
           in
           fine
           ,
           to
           the
           French
           above
           all
           other
           People
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           Dominion
           of
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           setling
           of
           an
           
             Vniversall
             Trade
          
           ;
           Wherein
           ,
           our
           Neighbours
           (
           how
           clear-sighted
           soever
           in
           other
           matters
           )
           may
           perhaps
           live
           to
           finde
           their
           Mistake
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           will
           cost
           them
           more
           than
           the
           dash
           of
           a
           Pen
           to
           
           become
           our
           Rivals
           ;
           Especiall
           at
           a
           time
           ,
           when
           the
           Humour
           of
           the
           People
           runs
           so
           violently
           that
           way
           ,
           and
           upon
           a
           Point
           ,
           which
           the
           most
           Absolute
           Sovereign
           of
           the
           Seas
           in
           the
           whole
           Universe
           
             (
             CHARLES
          
           the
           Second
           ,
           and
           the
           Great
           )
           has
           taken
           upon
           himselfe
           to
           carry
           on
           (
           within
           the
           Bounds
           of
           Honour
           ,
           and
           Justice
           )
           to
           the
           highest
           degree
           of
           Improvement
           ,
           and
           Reputation
           Imaginable
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           Treatise
           above
           mentioned
           here
           are
           likewise
           Annexed
           the
           Articles
           and
           Conditions
           themselves
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           presented
           to
           his
           most
           
             Christian
             Majesty
          
           at
           Fountain-Bleau
           ,
           where
           they
           Received
           the
           
             Royall
             Sanction
          
           ;
           and
           were
           forthwith
           Imprinted
           at
           Paris
           ;
           
           And
           the
           Reader
           may
           take
           further
           notice
           ,
           that
           his
           most
           
             Christian
             Majestie
             's
             Allowances
          
           are
           Inserted
           in
           the
           Margin
           .
        
      
       
         
           Imprimatur
        
         
           
             
               June
               13.
               1664.
               
            
          
           
             Roger
             L'Estrange
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           Discourse
           Written
           by
           a
           Faithfull
           Subject
           to
           His
           Christian
           Majesty
           ,
           Concerning
           the
           Establishment
           of
           a
           
             French
             Company
          
           for
           the
           Commerce
           of
           the
           East-Indies
           .
        
         
           Dedicated
           to
           the
           Whole
           
             French
             Nation
          
           .
        
         
           AS
           it
           is
           a
           Matter
           of
           great
           Reputation
           ,
           and
           Security
           to
           any
           State
           ,
           to
           have
           a
           People
           trayned
           up
           in
           the
           Knowledg
           and
           Exercise
           of
           Arms
           ;
           so
           is
           it
           of
           great
           Utility
           ,
           and
           Convenience
           ,
           that
           they
           likewise
           addict
           themselves
           to
           Commerce
           ,
           by
           which
           means
           the
           Benefits
           of
           the
           whole
           World
           are
           brought
           Home
           to-their
           own
           doores
           :
           Beside
           that
           by
           this
           Employment
           alone
           ,
           are
           acquired
           the
           Two
           Things
           which
           Wise
           men
           accompt
           of
           all
           Others
           ,
           the
           most
           Necessary
           to
           the
           well-being
           of
           a
           Common-Wealth
           :
           That
           is
           to
           say
           ;
           a
           General
           Industry
           of
           Minde
           ,
           and
           Hardynesse
           of
           Body
           ,
           which
           never
           fayle
           to
           be
           accompanyed
           with
           Honour
           and
           Plenty
           .
           So
           that
           Questionlesse
           ,
           where
           Commerce
           does
           not
           flourish
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           other
           Professions
           ,
           and
           where
           Particular
           Persons
           out
           of
           a
           Habit
           of
           Lazynesse
           ,
           neglect
           at
           once
           
           the
           Noblest
           way
           of
           Employing
           their
           times
           ,
           and
           the
           fairest
           occasions
           of
           Advancing
           their
           Fortunes
           ,
           That
           Kingdome
           though
           otherwise
           never
           so
           Glorious
           wants
           something
           of
           being
           Compleatly
           happy
           .
           But
           in
           truth
           ,
           it
           is
           with
           Commerce
           ,
           as
           with
           the
           
             Liberal
             Sciences
          
           ,
           that
           Man
           or
           State
           ,
           that
           would
           improve
           either
           of
           them
           ,
           must
           be
           at
           
             Quiet
             ;
             Peace
          
           being
           the
           same
           thing
           to
           a
           Community
           ,
           which
           Tranquillity
           of
           Minde
           is
           to
           each
           Individual
           .
           What
           can
           be
           more
           Importune
           ,
           or
           Unseasonable
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           a
           Warr
           either
           Foreign
           ,
           or
           Intestine
           ,
           when
           every
           Mans
           Duty
           calls
           upon
           him
           to
           defend
           his
           Country
           ;
           for
           People
           to
           be
           Undertaking
           of
           long
           Voyages
           and
           Transporting
           themselves
           into
           Remote
           Parts
           ,
           their
           Principal
           Obligation
           and
           Businesse
           lying
           at
           Home
           ▪
           In
           such
           a
           Case
           as
           This
           ,
           He
           that
           absents
           himself
           from
           his
           Country
           ,
           is
           in
           Construction
           a
           Desertor
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           turns
           That
           ,
           which
           at
           another
           time
           ,
           were
           an
           Honest
           ,
           and
           Laudable
           desire
           of
           Benefit
           ,
           into
           a
           Criminal
           Avarice
           .
           The
           Broyles
           and
           Troubles
           of
           France
           for
           these
           Hundred
           Years
           and
           upwards
           ,
           are
           so
           well
           known
           ,
           that
           to
           tell
           the
           Story
           ,
           were
           but
           needlessely
           to
           revive
           the
           Memory
           of
           those
           Misfortunes
           ,
           which
           we
           must
           strive
           to
           forget
           .
           It
           shall
           suffice
           therefore
           to
           Note
           ,
           that
           the
           State
           of
           France
           ,
           having
           scaped
           so
           many
           Tempests
           ,
           and
           Rocks
           ,
           was
           yet
           once
           again
           emplunged
           in
           a
           Civill
           Warr
           at
           the
           Beginning
           of
           the
           Last
           Kings
           Reign
           ,
           upon
           the
           Point
           of
           Religion
           ,
           which
           Affaire
           being
           happily
           determined
           ,
           and
           the
           People
           Reduced
           to
           their
           Obedience
           ,
           without
           any
           Violence
           ,
           either
           to
           their
           Liberties
           ,
           or
           Consciences
           ;
           there
           succeeded
           an
           Obligation
           to
           Engage
           in
           a
           Contest
           with
           Strangers
           ,
           which
           proved
           to
           be
           One
           of
           the
           longest
           Warrs
           ,
           that
           has
           been
           known
           in
           France
           since
           the
           Foundation
           of
           This
           Monarchy
           :
           
           And
           though
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           Cause
           :
           the
           Valour
           of
           the
           Prince
           and
           the
           Wisdome
           of
           his
           Councel
           ,
           have
           never
           fayled
           of
           being
           attended
           with
           Victory
           ;
           Yet
           certain
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           these
           Advantages
           have
           not
           been
           obteyned
           without
           Infinite
           Care
           and
           Labour
           throughout
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           the
           State.
           So
           that
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           ,
           if
           the
           French
           having
           so
           much
           to
           doe
           at
           Home
           ,
           look'd
           but
           little
           Abroad
           ;
           Especially
           ,
           into
           the
           Businesse
           of
           Navigation
           ,
           and
           Traffique
           ,
           wherein
           our
           Neighbours
           in
           the
           Interim
           have
           bestowed
           so
           much
           study
           ,
           and
           diligence
           ;
           and
           from
           whence
           they
           have
           likewise
           reaped
           so
           much
           Reputation
           ,
           and
           Profit
           .
           Some
           Private
           Enterprizes
           indeed
           have
           been
           set
           a
           foot
           ,
           and
           without
           that
           Successe
           ,
           which
           the
           Undertakers
           promised
           to
           themselves
           :
           But
           this
           will
           not
           appear
           Strange
           at
           all
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           ,
           that
           the
           greater
           Part
           of
           the
           Adventurers
           ,
           having
           other
           Affaires
           wherein
           they
           were
           more
           nearly
           Concerned
           ,
           during
           our
           Troubles
           ,
           did
           neither
           vigorously
           persue
           what
           they
           had
           begun
           ,
           nor
           indeed
           so
           much
           as
           take
           the
           Peyns
           ,
           to
           keep
           the
           Frame
           of
           their
           Designe
           in
           Order
           .
           But
           now
           that
           it
           has
           pleased
           God
           to
           give
           France
           the
           Peace
           it
           has
           so
           long
           desired
           ,
           and
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           that
           Peace
           under
           the
           Government
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           whose
           wise
           Conduct
           and
           Steady
           Application
           to
           Businesse
           are
           at
           once
           the
           Wonder
           ,
           and
           the
           Jealousie
           of
           all
           
             Europe
             :
             Now
          
           I
           say
           ,
           for
           our
           Country-men
           not
           to
           put
           themselves
           forward
           toward
           the
           Recovery
           of
           a
           Right
           which
           they
           can
           never
           loose
           ,
           and
           toward
           the
           gaining
           to
           themselves
           ,
           of
           those
           inestimable
           Benefits
           ,
           which
           their
           Neighbours
           receive
           ,
           by
           the
           Settlement
           of
           a
           glorious
           Commerce
           ,
           were
           to
           administer
           just
           reason
           of
           Astonishment
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           of
           all
           Commerces
           whatsoever
           throughout
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           That
           of
           the
           East-Indies
           is
           One
           of
           the
           most
           Rich
           and
           Considerable
           .
           From
           Thence
           it
           is
           (
           the
           Sun
           being
           kinder
           to
           them
           ,
           then
           to
           us
           )
           that
           we
           have
           our
           Merchandize
           of
           greatest
           Value
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           Contributes
           the
           most
           ,
           not
           onely
           to
           the
           Pleasure
           of
           Life
           ;
           but
           also
           to
           Glory
           ,
           and
           Magnificence
           .
           From
           Thence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           we
           fetch
           our
           Gold
           ,
           and
           Precious
           Stones
           ,
           and
           a
           Thousand
           other
           Commodities
           ,
           (
           both
           of
           a
           General
           Esteem
           ,
           and
           a
           Certain
           Return
           )
           to
           which
           we
           are
           so
           accustomed
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           impossible
           for
           us
           to
           be
           without
           them
           ,
           as
           
             Silk
             ,
             Cinamome
             ,
             Pepper
             ,
             Ginger
             Nutmegs
             ,
             Cotton
             Clothes
             ,
             O●…ate
          
           (
           vulgarly
           
             Watting
             )
             Pourcelain
             ,
             woods
          
           for
           
             Dying
             ,
             Ivory
             ,
             Frankinsence
             ,
             Bezoar
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           So
           that
           having
           an
           absolute
           Necessity
           upon
           us
           ,
           to
           make
           use
           of
           all
           these
           things
           ,
           why
           we
           should
           not
           rather
           furnish
           Our Selves
           ,
           then
           take
           them
           from
           Others
           ,
           and
           apply
           that
           Profit
           hereafter
           to
           our
           own
           Country-men
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           hitherto
           allowed
           to
           Strangers
           ,
           I
           cannot
           understand
           .
           Why
           should
           the
           Portuguez
           ,
           the
           Hollanders
           ,
           the
           English
           ,
           the
           Danes
           Trade
           dayly
           to
           the
           East-Indies
           possessing
           there
           ,
           their
           Magazins
           ,
           and
           their
           Forts
           ;
           and
           the
           French
           neither
           the
           One
           ,
           nor
           the
           Other
           ?
           What
           does
           it
           signifie
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           so
           many
           good
           Ports
           ,
           and
           Vessels
           ,
           so
           many
           Experienced
           Sea-men
           ,
           so
           many
           brave
           Souldiers
           ?
           To
           what
           end
           is
           it
           in
           fine
           ,
           that
           we
           Pride
           our selves
           to
           be
           Subjects
           of
           the
           Prime
           Monarch
           of
           the
           Universe
           :
           If
           being
           so
           ,
           we
           dare
           not
           so
           much
           as
           shew
           our
           Heads
           in
           those
           Places
           where
           our
           Neighbours
           have
           Established
           themselves
           with
           Power
           ?
           Were
           it
           not
           in
           a
           manner
           better
           for
           us
           to
           be
           without
           these
           Advantages
           then
           not
           to
           use
           them
           ;
           and
           to
           rest
           where
           we
           are
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           Ability
           to
           go
           further
           ,
           then
           for
           want
           of
           Resolution
           ?
           Would
           it
           not
           be
           a
           
           Shame
           to
           us
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           difficulty
           of
           Attempting
           That
           in
           a
           State
           of
           Security
           ,
           which
           other
           People
           have
           carryed
           on
           through
           all
           doubts
           ,
           and
           Hazzards
           ?
           And
           to
           stick
           at
           the
           bare
           Crossing
           of
           those
           Seas
           ,
           which
           Others
           ventured
           upon
           ,
           even
           before
           they
           were
           known
           ?
           Is
           it
           ,
           that
           we
           lack
           either
           Industry
           ,
           to
           make
           use
           of
           their
           Inventions
           ,
           or
           Courage
           ,
           to
           follow
           their
           Example
           ?
           Would
           we
           have
           any
           thing
           more
           easie
           ,
           then
           to
           reap
           the
           fruits
           of
           Others
           Mens
           Travailes
           :
           or
           any
           stronger
           Assurance
           of
           a
           good
           Event
           ,
           then
           the
           Wealth
           ,
           and
           Glory
           ,
           which
           they
           enjoy
           ,
           that
           have
           tryed
           the
           Experiment
           .
        
         
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           certain
           Glory
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           Inseparable
           from
           the
           Inventors
           of
           things
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           entirely
           theirs
           without
           any
           possibility
           of
           Communication
           .
           The
           Portuguez
           will
           be
           for
           ever
           Famous
           for
           their
           Discoveries
           in
           the
           East
           ,
           and
           even
           their
           Kings
           themselves
           think
           it
           no
           dishonour
           ,
           to
           be
           thought
           the
           first
           Projectors
           of
           That
           Enterprize
           .
           They
           say
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Year
           1420.
           
           Henry
           Duke
           
             de
             Viseo
          
           ,
           Son
           of
           King
           John
           the
           First
           ,
           being
           eminently
           skill'd
           in
           the
           Mathematiques
           ,
           took
           up
           a
           strong
           perswasion
           ,
           that
           there
           must
           be
           of
           necessity
           more
           Islands
           in
           That
           Ocean
           ,
           then
           were
           yet
           known
           ,
           and
           so
           sent
           out
           Certain
           Vessels
           upon
           the
           Search
           ,
           which
           discovered
           the
           Isle
           of
           Madera
           :
           After
           which
           ,
           Others
           sayling
           along
           the
           Coast
           of
           Affrica
           ,
           made
           New
           Discoveries
           .
           Thus
           Designe
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           so
           luckily
           set
           afoot
           ,
           was
           however
           Interrupted
           by
           the
           Wars
           ,
           during
           the
           Reigns
           of
           Edward
           the
           Successor
           of
           John
           the
           First
           ,
           and
           of
           Alphonsus
           :
           but
           John
           the
           Second
           ,
           who
           succeeded
           Alphonsus
           ,
           (
           in
           persuance
           of
           his
           Predecessors
           Beginnings
           ,
           )
           sent
           out
           One
           
             Bartholomew
             Diaz
          
           in
           1487.
           to
           skirt
           the
           whole
           Coast
           of
           Affrica
           ,
           and
           He
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           First
           doubled
           the
           Cape
           of
           Good-Hope
           ;
           to
           
           which
           at
           first
           he
           gave
           the
           Name
           of
           
             Cabo
             Tormentoso
          
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           Storms
           ,
           which
           are
           frequent
           thereabouts
           .
           And
           this
           Name
           perchance
           would
           have
           continued
           ,
           if
           the
           King
           himself
           had
           not
           thought
           fit
           to
           Change
           it
           for
           One
           of
           a
           better
           Omen
           ,
           (
           the
           Cape
           of
           
             Good-Hope
             ,
          
           )
           which
           was
           grounded
           upon
           the
           Hope
           he
           had
           ,
           that
           this
           new
           Progresse
           would
           open
           a
           way
           to
           the
           Conquest
           of
           the
           
             Oriental
             Indies
          
           ,
           an
           Acquisition
           ,
           which
           he
           thirsted
           for
           ,
           with
           exceeding
           Passion
           .
           Yet
           before
           he
           would
           venture
           his
           Shipping
           into
           so
           vast
           a
           Sea
           ,
           diverse
           Persons
           were
           sent
           by
           Land
           to
           the
           Indies
           ,
           to
           enform
           themselves
           from
           the
           best
           Pilots
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           Voyage
           ;
           But
           King
           John
           Dying
           upon
           the
           Preparative
           ,
           left
           the
           Consummation
           of
           this
           great
           Work
           to
           his
           Successour
           Emanuel
           ,
           who
           having
           sufficiently
           Instructed
           himself
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           carrying
           of
           it
           forward
           ,
           dispatched
           away
           Four
           Vessels
           from
           Lisbon
           in
           July
           1497.
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           
             Vasco
             de
             Gama
          
           ,
           who
           in
           May
           following
           Arrived
           before
           Calicut
           having
           doubled
           the
           Cape
           of
           Good-Hope
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           Storms
           he
           met
           with
           ;
           and
           the
           violent
           Importunities
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           pressing
           him
           to
           return
           .
           After
           Two
           Years
           Absence
           ,
           he
           brought
           the
           Newes
           himself
           of
           his
           Prosperous
           Voyage
           ,
           and
           laid
           the
           Foundation
           of
           greater
           Hopes
           to
           Come
           .
           In
           the
           Year
           following
           ,
           the
           King
           sent
           thither
           again
           14.
           
           Ships
           ,
           under
           the
           Charge
           of
           
             Pedro
             Alvarez
          
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           ,
           diverses
           other
           Fleets
           to
           secure
           ▪
           and
           Fortifie
           themselves
           in
           a
           Place
           ,
           where
           they
           found
           so
           vast
           a
           Treasure
           ;
           and
           thus
           it
           came
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           King
           of
           Castile
           seized
           upon
           all
           the
           New
           Lands
           ,
           upon
           the
           West
           ,
           the
           Portuguez
           did
           the
           same
           in
           the
           East
           ,
           and
           This
           was
           it
           ,
           that
           gave
           Occasion
           to
           the
           Famous
           Partition
           made
           by
           Pope
           Alexander
           the
           Sixth
           ,
           who
           drawing
           an
           Imaginary
           
           Line
           ,
           from
           one
           Pole
           to
           the
           Other
           ,
           (
           to
           pass
           at
           a
           Hundred
           Leagues
           from
           the
           Asores
           )
           Adjudged
           to
           the
           King
           of
           Castile
           all
           that
           which
           was
           on
           the
           West-side
           of
           the
           Line
           ;
           not
           meddling
           with
           any
           of
           those
           Establishments
           ,
           which
           the
           King
           of
           Portugal
           had
           upon
           the
           East
           ,
           which
           since
           the
           Voyage
           of
           
             Vasco
             de
             Gama
          
           have
           been
           Infinitely
           encreased
           .
           Thus
           did
           the
           Constant
           Resolution
           of
           these
           Princes
           surmount
           all
           Difficulties
           ;
           bringing
           both
           Glory
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           Happinesse
           to
           their
           Subjects
           .
           Thus
           did
           these
           new
           Argonauts
           address
           themselves
           to
           the
           Conquest
           of
           the
           Reall
           Golden
           Fleece
           :
           for
           in
           sine
           ,
           the
           Portuguez
           are
           Indebted
           to
           this
           Navigation
           for
           almost
           all
           they
           are
           worth
           .
           This
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           has
           made
           them
           Famous
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           raised
           them
           into
           an
           Eminent
           Reputation
           ,
           although
           One
           not
           onely
           of
           the
           Smallest
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           least
           Fruitfull
           Kingdomes
           of
           Europe
           .
           It
           is
           this
           Traffique
           ,
           (
           which
           they
           have
           now
           been
           sole
           Masters
           of
           a
           Hundred
           Years
           entire
           )
           that
           has
           put
           them
           in
           Condition
           to
           carry
           so
           high
           the
           Undertakings
           which
           we
           have
           seen
           in
           our
           dayes
           ,
           and
           they
           would
           finde
           it
           a
           very
           hard
           Matter
           to
           Cope
           ,
           even
           with
           the
           Enemy
           at
           their
           Gates
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           not
           ,
           that
           the
           inexhaustible
           Source
           of
           their
           Indian
           Treasure
           ,
           and
           Trade
           from
           time
           to
           time
           supplyes
           them
           ,
           for
           the
           Expence
           of
           so
           long
           ,
           and
           so
           dangerous
           a
           Warr.
           
        
         
           What
           has
           it
           been
           ,
           but
           this
           very
           Navigation
           ,
           and
           Traffique
           ,
           that
           has
           enabled
           the
           Hollanders
           to
           bear
           up
           against
           the
           Power
           of
           Spain
           ,
           with
           Forces
           so
           unequall
           ;
           Nay
           and
           to
           become
           terrible
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           them
           down
           at
           last
           to
           an
           Advantageous
           Peace
           ?
           Since
           that
           time
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           this
           People
           ,
           who
           had
           not
           onely
           the
           
             Spanyards
             ,
             Abroad
          
           ;
           but
           the
           very
           Sea
           ,
           and
           Earth
           at
           Home
           to
           struggle
           with
           ,
           have
           in
           a
           despite
           of
           all
           Opposition
           made
           themselves
           so
           Considerable
           ,
           that
           they
           
           begin
           now
           to
           dispute
           Power
           ,
           and
           Plenty
           ,
           with
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           their
           Neighbours
           .
           This
           Observation
           is
           no
           more
           then
           Truth
           ,
           their
           East-India
           Company
           being
           known
           to
           be
           the
           Principall
           support
           of
           their
           State
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           sensible
           cause
           of
           their
           Greatnesse
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           while
           ,
           who
           would
           have
           Imagined
           that
           the
           Union
           of
           a
           few
           Particular
           Merchants
           ,
           that
           but
           in
           1595.
           bethought
           themselves
           of
           the
           very
           Project
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           Form
           this
           Grand
           Company
           till
           Six
           or
           Seaven
           Years
           after
           ,
           should
           ever
           have
           raised
           them
           to
           that
           point
           of
           Opulence
           ,
           where
           they
           now
           stand
           ?
           It
           is
           known
           ,
           that
           
             Communibus
             annis
          
           ,
           there
           has
           been
           yearly
           30
           ,
           or
           35.
           
             per
             Cent.
          
           clear
           Gain
           to
           the
           Sharers
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           an
           Easie
           mater
           likewise
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           near
           Calculation
           of
           their
           Occasional
           Expences
           ,
           and
           yet
           all
           This
           deducted
           ,
           when
           they
           came
           to
           make
           a
           General
           Computation
           of
           the
           Estate
           of
           the
           Company
           in
           the
           Year
           1661.
           
           Reckoning
           what
           they
           might
           have
           in
           ready
           Cash
           ,
           in
           Merchandize
           ,
           the
           value
           of
           their
           Shipping
           ,
           Cannon
           ,
           and
           what
           thereunto
           belongs
           ,
           the
           Estimate
           upon
           the
           whole
           ,
           amounted
           to
           a
           Summe
           so
           Prodigious
           ,
           that
           it
           almost
           exceeds
           all
           possibility
           of
           Credit
           :
           Not
           accompting
           all
           this
           while
           ,
           that
           this
           Company
           possesses
           more
           Land
           in
           the
           Indies
           ,
           then
           the
           
             States
             of
             Holland
          
           have
           in
           the
           
             Low
             Countries
          
           ;
           and
           This
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           Maintains
           for
           them
           Fourteen
           ,
           or
           Fifteen
           Thousand
           Souldiers
           ,
           to
           make
           good
           what
           they
           have
           got
           ,
           beside
           Sea-men
           ,
           and
           other
           People
           ,
           which
           they
           employ
           up
           and
           down
           to
           the
           number
           of
           near
           Fourscore
           Thousand
           Persons
           ,
           all
           subsisting
           thereupon
           .
           So
           vast
           an
           encrease
           of
           Wealth
           from
           so
           small
           a
           Beginning
           would
           passe
           absolutely
           for
           Fabulous
           ,
           if
           we
           did
           not
           both
           See
           ,
           and
           know
           ,
           that
           at
           this
           day
           the
           Hollanders
           are
           the
           best
           monyed
           People
           of
           Europe
           ;
           and
           
           that
           in
           Their
           Country
           ,
           an
           Inheritance
           is
           worth
           more
           ,
           then
           in
           any
           Other
           part
           of
           the
           World
           :
           An
           Estate
           in
           Fee
           commonly
           Selling
           there
           at
           60.
           
           Years
           Purchase
           ,
           and
           Lands
           in
           Soccage
           ,
           at
           50
           ;
           Whereas
           Money
           goes
           but
           at
           Three
           
             per
             Cent.
          
           (
           so
           much
           is
           it
           Cheaper
           then
           other
           Goods
           :
           )
           And
           this
           does
           not
           proceed
           ,
           I
           hope
           from
           the
           Emprovement
           of
           their
           drayned
           Marshes
           into
           Pasturage
           ;
           nor
           from
           the
           Culture
           of
           their
           other
           Grounds
           (
           which
           are
           certainly
           none
           of
           the
           Best
           )
           but
           barely
           from
           their
           Traffique
           ,
           and
           chiefly
           from
           That
           of
           the
           East-Indies
           .
        
         
           About
           the
           same
           time
           with
           the
           Hollanders
           ,
           did
           the
           English
           likewise
           advise
           upon
           the
           same
           designe
           ,
           and
           Formed
           a
           Company
           at
           London
           ,
           for
           the
           East-India
           Trade
           .
           This
           Company
           Set
           out
           Four
           Ships
           in
           the
           Year
           1600
           ,
           which
           succeeded
           so
           well
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           short
           space
           of
           time
           ,
           the
           English
           made
           Twenty
           Voyages
           thither
           .
           This
           
             new
             Society
          
           was
           powerfully
           Protected
           ,
           and
           Encouraged
           ,
           by
           his
           Majesty
           of
           England
           ;
           who
           in
           1608.
           sent
           Sir.
           
             William
             Hawkins
          
           in
           the
           Quality
           of
           Embassadour
           to
           the
           great
           Mogol
           (
           to
           demand
           a
           free
           Trade
           )
           in
           despite
           of
           all
           the
           Obstacles
           ,
           which
           both
           the
           Portuguez
           ,
           and
           the
           Hollanders
           endeavored
           then
           to
           cast
           in
           the
           way
           .
           In
           1615.
           
           His
           Majesty
           sent
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Roe
          
           ,
           and
           after
           Him
           other
           Embassadours
           to
           the
           Kings
           of
           Iapan
           upon
           the
           same
           Errand
           ,
           who
           wrought
           so
           well
           upon
           the
           Humour
           of
           those
           Barbarians
           ,
           that
           they
           not
           onely
           obteyned
           their
           desires
           ;
           but
           gained
           so
           far
           upon
           the
           Affections
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           that
           the
           Hollanders
           themselves
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           their
           better
           Welcome
           ,
           would
           often
           pretend
           to
           be
           English-men
           .
           This
           Company
           prevailed
           also
           with
           the
           King
           of
           Persia
           ,
           for
           great
           Privileges
           in
           his
           Territories
           ,
           in
           Consequence
           of
           the
           Service
           they
           did
           him
           against
           the
           Portuguez
           about
           
           the
           Siege
           of
           Ormus
           .
           But
           it
           had
           been
           well
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           found
           him
           as
           just
           in
           the
           Execution
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           Easie
           in
           the
           Promise
           .
           However
           ;
           be
           it
           as
           it
           will
           ,
           This
           Company
           has
           made
           it self
           very
           Considerable
           in
           the
           Indies
           ,
           and
           has
           at
           present
           diverse
           Mony
           Tables
           there
           under
           Two
           Principall
           Directors
           ,
           or
           Presidents
           ;
           the
           One
           of
           which
           has
           his
           Residence
           at
           Surat
           ,
           and
           the
           Other
           at
           Bantam
           ,
           by
           whose
           Authority
           the
           Trade
           of
           those
           Parts
           is
           Menaged
           .
           Thus
           has
           the
           Industry
           ,
           and
           Valour
           of
           these
           People
           Establisht
           ,
           and
           Mainteyned
           their
           Commerce
           against
           all
           Opposition
           ,
           and
           though
           their
           Enemies
           have
           done
           their
           utmost
           to
           Crush
           their
           Designe
           ,
           and
           brought
           the
           difference
           even
           to
           an
           open
           and
           Bloody
           Warr
           ,
           they
           have
           gayned
           nothing
           but
           shame
           by
           the
           Contest
           ,
           without
           ever
           being
           able
           to
           hinder
           their
           Course
           ,
           and
           Progress
           ,
           which
           indeed
           they
           had
           no
           Colour
           at
           all
           to
           Endeavour
           to
           obstruct
           .
        
         
           The
           Danes
           it's
           truth
           ,
           Menage
           not
           so
           great
           a
           Trade
           ,
           in
           the
           Indies
           as
           the
           Rest
           ;
           neither
           are
           their
           Fleets
           there
           so
           Numerous
           ;
           but
           some
           Concernment
           they
           have
           likewise
           in
           the
           Voyage
           ,
           and
           their
           Agents
           upon
           the
           Place
           ;
           and
           from
           time
           to
           time
           they
           send
           out
           Shipping
           thither
           .
           Their
           Businesse
           lies
           commonly
           in
           the
           Gulf
           of
           Bengala
           ,
           upon
           the
           Coast
           of
           Pegu
           ,
           and
           in
           certain
           Isles
           of
           the
           South
           ,
           where
           they
           have
           rendred
           themselves
           Considerable
           .
        
         
           In
           fine
           ,
           the
           Famous
           
             Gustavus
             Adolphus
          
           King
           of
           Suede
           thought
           himself
           obliged
           ,
           as
           upon
           a
           point
           of
           Honour
           ,
           and
           Greatness
           ,
           that
           His
           Subjects
           also
           should
           Visit
           the
           Oriental-Indies
           ,
           and
           other
           Parts
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           very
           Instant
           ,
           that
           this
           Prince
           (
           whose
           minde
           was
           set
           upon
           Dominion
           ,
           and
           Glory
           )
           was
           disposing
           of
           his
           design
           to
           enter
           Germany
           ,
           and
           Contriving
           the
           Ruine
           of
           
           the
           House
           of
           Austria
           ,
           he
           had
           likewise
           in
           his
           Projects
           the
           Forming
           of
           a
           
             Suedish
             Company
          
           ,
           for
           this
           great
           Navigation
           ,
           Inviting
           his
           People
           to
           Interest
           themselves
           therein
           ,
           as
           by
           his
           Letters-Patents
           ,
           dated
           at
           Stockholme
           the
           14th
           .
           of
           June
           ,
           1626.
           is
           made
           to
           appear
           ;
           but
           the
           Warr
           of
           Germany
           ,
           and
           the
           Death
           of
           this
           
             Great
             Prince
          
           coming
           on
           soon
           after
           ,
           would
           not
           permit
           him
           to
           see
           the
           Accomplishment
           of
           this
           Design
           ,
           which
           since
           that
           time
           has
           been
           again
           renewed
           .
        
         
           All
           this
           Considered
           ,
           what
           would
           the
           French
           Nation
           have
           to
           say
           for
           themselves
           ,
           if
           they
           should
           now
           let
           slip
           the
           Opportunity
           of
           an
           Enterprize
           ,
           that
           has
           rewarded
           all
           that
           have
           ever
           Embarqued
           in
           it
           ,
           with
           Reputation
           ,
           and
           Profit
           ?
           If
           we
           have
           neglected
           it
           hitherto
           ,
           it
           may
           serve
           for
           an
           Excuse
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           not
           been
           hitherto
           in
           Condition
           to
           attend
           it
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           our
           Constant
           Troubles
           .
           But
           now
           that
           we
           are
           in
           a
           State
           of
           Tranquillity
           ,
           and
           Peace
           ,
           what
           shall
           acquit
           us
           to
           Posterity
           ,
           it
           we
           deferr
           it
           any
           Longer
           ?
           It
           would
           be
           very
           ill
           done
           indeed
           to
           envy
           our
           Neighbours
           the
           Fruits
           of
           their
           Honest
           ,
           and
           I
           awfull
           Industry
           ;
           but
           it
           would
           not
           be
           well
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           to
           decline
           the
           same
           Means
           of
           Enriching
           our selves
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           but
           for
           the
           Conservation
           of
           our
           Common-Good
           ,
           the
           Benefits
           of
           Commerce
           serving
           as
           a
           Recompence
           of
           Their
           Labour
           ,
           and
           Travail
           ,
           while
           the
           greater
           Part
           of
           Our
           People
           lye
           Lazing
           at
           Home
           ,
           as
           of
           no
           Use
           ,
           and
           without
           Employment
           .
        
         
           But
           Men
           are
           not
           easily
           persuaded
           to
           Engage
           upon
           new
           Adventures
           ,
           they
           are
           afraid
           ,
           that
           things
           will
           not
           prove
           to
           their
           mindes
           ,
           and
           every
           man
           is
           unwilling
           to
           make
           the
           first
           step
           .
           These
           thoughts
           doubtles
           might
           well
           enough
           have
           become
           the
           Portuguez
           ,
           that
           had
           a
           vast
           Sea
           before
           them
           ,
           and
           were
           to
           passe
           into
           another
           Climate
           ,
           
           and
           under
           other
           Stars
           ,
           without
           any
           knowledge
           of
           the
           Course
           they
           were
           to
           steer
           .
           This
           Apprehension
           might
           have
           been
           pardoned
           also
           in
           the
           Hollanders
           ,
           whose
           design
           lay
           in
           a
           Country
           ,
           where
           their
           Mortall
           Enemies
           were
           Masters
           ,
           and
           where
           they
           were
           in
           mere
           danger
           from
           the
           Portuguez
           ,
           then
           either
           from
           Storms
           ,
           or
           the
           Barbarians
           themselves
           .
           But
           now
           that
           the
           former
           of
           these
           has
           led
           the
           way
           to
           this
           Fortunate
           Land
           ,
           and
           the
           Latter
           has
           disabused
           us
           ,
           as
           to
           any
           fear
           of
           erill
           from
           those
           that
           were
           there
           before
           us
           ,
           we
           must
           be
           willfully
           blinde
           ,
           not
           to
           agree
           upon
           an
           Advantage
           so
           Certain
           upon
           the
           Accompt
           ,
           and
           so
           easy
           to
           obteyn
           .
           For
           whether
           France
           be
           more
           Potent
           ,
           or
           not
           ,
           then
           any
           other
           Nation
           ,
           that
           Trades
           to
           the
           Indies
           is
           not
           the
           Question
           ;
           neither
           can
           it
           be
           disputed
           ,
           whether
           the
           French
           have
           not
           as
           good
           Commodity
           for
           this
           Traffique
           as
           any
           other
           People
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           considered
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           possessed
           already
           beyond
           the
           
             Cape
             of
             Good-Hope
          
           ,
           of
           the
           Island
           of
           St.
           Laurence
           or
           Madagascar
           ,
           the
           Largest
           Island
           of
           all
           That
           Sea
           ,
           being
           no
           less
           then
           
             Seven
             Hundred
             Leagues
          
           in
           Compass
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           most
           agreeable
           Climate
           of
           all
           India
           .
           The
           Aire
           is
           so
           Temperate
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           Clothes
           which
           we
           wear
           here
           in
           the
           Spring
           ,
           may
           serve
           there
           the
           whole
           year
           through
           ;
           and
           Experience
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           Heats
           of
           France
           are
           more
           troublesome
           ;
           then
           those
           of
           St.
           Laurence
           .
           The
           Soyle
           is
           proper
           for
           all
           sorts
           of
           Grain
           ,
           and
           Trees
           ,
           and
           askes
           nothing
           but
           dressing
           to
           be
           Admirable
           .
           There
           is
           no
           need
           of
           carrying
           Provisions
           thither
           ,
           as
           to
           other
           Islands
           ,
           for
           the
           support
           of
           the
           Colonyes
           ;
           for
           the
           Abundance
           of
           every
           thing
           being
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           the
           Country
           produces
           enough
           for
           it Self
           ,
           and
           to
           Spare
           .
           The
           Waters
           are
           Excellent
           ,
           the
           Fruits
           delicious
           ,
           and
           without
           Hyperbole
           ,
           the
           Place
           may
           be
           Improved
           into
           a
           
           Paradise
           .
           Over
           and
           above
           This
           ,
           there
           are
           GoldenMines
           in
           such
           Plenty
           ,
           that
           in
           great
           falls
           of
           Rain
           ,
           and
           Ravages
           of
           Water
           ,
           the
           Veins
           of
           Gold
           discover
           themselves
           all
           along
           the
           Coast
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           Mountains
           .
           The
           Inhabitants
           are
           of
           a
           Disposition
           tractable
           enough
           ,
           and
           with
           good
           Usage
           ready
           ,
           and
           willing
           to
           be
           Employed
           in
           any
           service
           ;
           being
           a
           People
           Humble
           ,
           and
           Obedient
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           Humour
           farr
           differing
           from
           Those
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Islands
           further
           up
           in
           the
           Indies
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           upon
           any
           Terms
           Subject
           themselves
           to
           Labour
           :
           Whereas
           These
           on
           the
           Contrary
           ,
           both
           love
           it
           themselves
           ,
           and
           take
           pleasure
           to
           see
           the
           Christians
           Work.
           The
           Country
           is
           shared
           among
           diverse
           petty
           Kings
           ,
           who
           are
           still
           making
           War
           One
           upon
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           from
           whose
           disagreements
           we
           might
           easily
           take
           a
           Rise
           to
           an
           Absolute
           Establishment
           of
           our selves
           among
           them
           .
           Beyond
           this
           Place
           the
           Trading
           lyes
           open
           without
           difficulty
           into
           
             India
             ,
             China
             ,
             Japan
          
           ,
           and
           more
           Commodiously
           yet
           to
           the
           Coasts
           of
           Ethiopia
           ,
           and
           Territories
           of
           the
           Emperour
           of
           the
           Abissins
           ;
           (
           where
           Commerce
           is
           scarce
           understood
           )
           to
           Sofola
           ;
           where
           are
           the
           Richest
           Gold-Mines
           upon
           the
           Face
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           to
           
             Quama
             Melinda
          
           ,
           to
           the
           Red-Sea
           ,
           and
           throughout
           the
           
             Persian
             Gulph
          
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           any
           where
           a
           fitter
           Place
           for
           a
           General
           Magazin
           of
           all
           Commodities
           ,
           to
           be
           brought
           from
           those
           Parts
           into
           Europe
           ,
           then
           is
           This
           Island
           .
           But
           this
           Convenience
           should
           not
           yet
           hinder
           us
           from
           Planting
           also
           in
           other
           Places
           ,
           where
           it
           may
           be
           expedient
           for
           the
           Good
           of
           our
           Affairs
           ;
           and
           such
           a
           Place
           we
           have
           in
           our
           Eye
           ,
           where
           no
           Person
           as
           yet
           Inhabits
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           now
           in
           our
           Power
           to
           Seize
           upon
           ,
           and
           where
           the
           greatest
           Commerce
           might
           be
           Established
           ,
           that
           has
           been
           yet
           known
           in
           the
           
           World.
           (
           Where
           this
           Place
           is
           shall
           be
           declared
           in
           fit
           season
           )
           So
           that
           it
           is
           our
           Part
           now
           ,
           not
           to
           let
           so
           many
           favourable
           Concurrences
           slip
           through
           our
           fingers
           ,
           and
           to
           loose
           the
           Benefit
           of
           so
           faire
           an
           Occasion
           .
           We
           are
           apt
           to
           admire
           the
           good
           Fortune
           of
           Our
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           it
           deserves
           it
           .
           But
           't
           is
           not
           enough
           barely
           to
           admire
           ,
           unlesse
           we
           also
           Emulate
           it
           ;
           Especially
           ,
           having
           so
           many
           Encouragements
           to
           promise
           our selves
           a
           successe
           ,
           at
           least
           Equal
           ,
           if
           not
           Superiour
           to
           any
           ,
           that
           have
           gone
           before
           us
           .
           Besides
           there
           is
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           remains
           still
           unknow
           ,
           Vast
           Regions
           ,
           that
           are
           not
           yet
           discovered
           :
           So
           that
           although
           Others
           have
           had
           the
           good
           Fortune
           to
           have
           preceded
           us
           ,
           we
           may
           yet
           have
           the
           Honour
           to
           carry
           the
           Businesse
           further
           then
           they
           have
           done
           .
           But
           as
           it
           seems
           necessary
           for
           the
           bringing
           of
           this
           great
           design
           to
           Effect
           that
           we
           should
           follow
           the
           Example
           of
           other
           People
           ,
           in
           forming
           a
           Company
           among
           our selves
           for
           the
           Navigation
           of
           the
           East-Indies
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           must
           needs
           do
           the
           Hollanders
           this
           Right
           to
           acknowledg
           ,
           that
           their
           Society
           is
           both
           the
           Richest
           and
           the
           best
           Read
           in
           the
           Mystery
           of
           that
           Commerce
           of
           all
           ;
           that
           have
           ever
           Medled
           with
           it
           .
           It
           will
           not
           be
           amisse
           to
           look
           into
           the
           Constitution
           of
           that
           Company
           ,
           and
           the
           manner
           of
           their
           Proceedings
           ,
           that
           any
           Man
           may
           the
           better
           Judge
           ,
           Whether
           we
           have
           any
           Reason
           or
           no
           ,
           to
           doubt
           of
           doing
           as
           much
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           done
           before
           us
           .
        
         
           THe
           Warr
           betwixt
           Spain
           ,
           and
           Holland
           having
           Ruined
           one
           Part
           of
           the
           
             Hollanders
             Commerce
          
           ,
           without
           which
           they
           would
           have
           had
           much
           adoe
           to
           subsist
           .
           Certain
           Merchants
           of
           Zealand
           Associated
           among
           themselves
           
           in
           the
           Year
           1592.
           
           To
           go
           and
           trade
           in
           the
           East-Indies
           ;
           and
           particularly
           in
           such
           places
           ,
           where
           the
           Portuguez
           had
           nothing
           to
           do
           :
           but
           to
           avoid
           the
           Hazzard
           of
           being
           too
           near
           the
           Line
           ,
           they
           resolved
           to
           search
           a
           Passage
           toward
           the
           North
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           Coast
           about
           Tartary
           ,
           and
           Cathay
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           to
           fall
           into
           China
           ,
           and
           the
           Indies
           .
           This
           Voyage
           not
           succeeding
           to
           their
           wish
           ,
           they
           joyned
           themselves
           afterwards
           with
           some
           Merchants
           of
           Amsterdam
           ,
           and
           All
           together
           Equipp'd
           a
           small
           Fleet
           of
           Four
           Vessells
           ,
           which
           they
           sent
           forth
           to
           India
           by
           the
           Ordinary
           way
           ,
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           one
           
             Cornelius
             Aoutman
          
           ,
           who
           having
           lived
           long
           at
           Lisbon
           ,
           had
           learned
           from
           the
           Portuguez
           the
           Secret
           of
           this
           Navigation
           .
           In
           1595.
           they
           departed
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           End
           of
           Two
           Years
           ,
           and
           Four
           Months
           Returned
           ,
           without
           making
           any
           Profit
           of
           their
           Voyage
           .
           This
           little
           disappointment
           did
           not
           hinder
           them
           from
           forming
           at
           the
           same
           time
           a
           
             Second
             Company
          
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           Town
           of
           Amsterdam
           ;
           and
           these
           Two
           Companies
           being
           United
           ,
           set
           forth
           a
           Fleet
           of
           Eight
           Ships
           ,
           that
           went
           out
           in
           1598.
           while
           a
           Third
           Company
           in
           Zealand
           were
           making
           Ready
           for
           the
           same
           designe
           .
           In
           the
           Year
           1599.
           
           Certain
           Other
           Merchants
           of
           Amsterdam
           (
           the
           most
           part
           of
           them
           Brabanders
           )
           framed
           yet
           Another
           Company
           apart
           from
           all
           the
           Rest
           ,
           which
           sent
           also
           Four
           Vessells
           to
           the
           Indies
           .
           In
           1600
           ,
           This
           latter
           Company
           set
           out
           Two
           more
           ,
           which
           Joyned
           themselves
           to
           Six
           other
           of
           the
           First
           Company
           ,
           and
           these
           Eight
           Ships
           being
           gone
           ,
           the
           Members
           of
           these
           Two
           Companies
           ,
           not
           waiting
           for
           their
           Return
           Equipp'd
           Thirteen
           Vessells
           (
           the
           First
           Company
           Nine
           ,
           and
           the
           Latter
           
             Four
             ;
          
           )
           and
           this
           Fleet
           went
           to
           Sea
           in
           Aprill
           1601.
           putting
           the
           Profits
           of
           the
           First
           Voyage
           ,
           into
           
           a
           Stock
           for
           a
           second
           Equipage
           .
           There
           were
           at
           that
           time
           some
           Merchants
           of
           Rotterdam
           ,
           and
           North-Holland
           ,
           that
           were
           Modelling
           of
           Companies
           separate
           from
           the
           Rest
           (
           which
           Encreasing
           in
           this
           manner
           gave
           greatly
           to
           fear
           ,
           that
           one
           would
           spoyle
           the
           Other
           ;
           )
           Whereupon
           the
           States
           foreseeing
           what
           disorder
           this
           Division
           might
           cause
           ,
           persuaded
           them
           to
           Unite
           all
           their
           Interest
           ,
           and
           to
           send
           their
           Deputies
           to
           the
           Hague
           ,
           to
           Endeavour
           there
           to
           draw
           them
           all
           into
           one
           Company
           ,
           in
           which
           Proposition
           the
           Parties
           Concerned
           did
           acquiesce
           ,
           and
           so
           there
           was
           Constituted
           one
           
             Generall
             Company
          
           for
           the
           
             East-Indian
             Navigation
          
           ,
           with
           a
           Grant
           ,
           or
           Privilege
           from
           the
           States
           ,
           Expressly
           Inhibiting
           all
           other
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           
             United
             Provinces
          
           to
           Traffique
           in
           the
           Indies
           ,
           from
           the
           
             Cape
             of
             Good
             Hope
          
           ,
           to
           the
           furthest
           Part
           of
           China
           ,
           for
           the
           Term
           of
           One
           and
           Twenty
           Years
           ,
           to
           begin
           from
           the
           20
           th
           .
           of
           March
           1602.
           
           By
           this
           Grant
           ,
           it
           was
           left
           free
           for
           all
           Persons
           whatsoever
           to
           enter
           themselves
           into
           the
           Company
           for
           what
           Summe
           they
           pleas'd
           ;
           Provided
           ,
           that
           they
           declared
           themselves
           ,
           within
           Five
           Months
           ;
           after
           which
           no
           more
           should
           be
           received
           upon
           what
           Terms
           soever
           .
           In
           this
           Space
           of
           time
           ,
           they
           gathered
           together
           a
           Fond
           ,
           or
           Stock
           of
           
             Six
             Millions
          
           ,
           and
           
             Six
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Livres
          
           mony
           of
           the
           Country
           (
           which
           make
           
             Seaven
             Millions
             ,
             Nine
             Hundred
          
           and
           
             Twenty
             Thousand
             Livres
          
           of
           France
           )
           and
           no
           Man
           since
           That
           ,
           has
           been
           taken
           anew
           into
           the
           Company
           at
           least
           without
           having
           bought
           the
           share
           of
           some
           of
           the
           First
           Interessed
           ,
           which
           they
           call
           BUYING
           OF
           AN
           ACTION
           .
           There
           were
           made
           also
           diverse
           Rules
           ,
           for
           the
           Maintaining
           of
           Order
           and
           preserving
           the
           Interest
           of
           Each
           particular
           ,
           which
           were
           Explained
           in
           the
           Grant.
           In
           the
           mean
           while
           ,
           the
           First
           Terme
           Expiring
           
           in
           March
           1623.
           it
           was
           continued
           for
           One
           and
           Twenty
           Years
           longer
           ,
           and
           in
           1643.
           renewed
           again
           for
           27.
           
           Years
           ,
           in
           Consideration
           of
           a
           Million
           and
           
             Six
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Livres
          
           given
           to
           the
           State
           ;
           and
           they
           are
           now
           Soliciting
           to
           renew
           their
           Privilege
           again
           for
           a
           further
           Term.
           
        
         
           The
           first
           Sum
           of
           
             Six
             Millions
          
           ,
           and
           
             Six
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Livres
          
           was
           Employed
           upon
           the
           Equipping
           of
           a
           Fleet
           of
           Fourteen
           Sayle
           ,
           that
           set
           out
           in
           February
           ,
           1603.
           and
           after
           that
           ,
           of
           Another
           of
           Thirteen
           that
           Departed
           in
           the
           December
           following
           .
           Till
           then
           ,
           the
           Persons
           Interessed
           ,
           made
           no
           Benefit
           at
           all
           of
           their
           Adventure
           ,
           for
           being
           divided
           into
           so
           many
           Private
           Companies
           ,
           they
           were
           faine
           to
           lay
           out
           all
           their
           Gaines
           upon
           a
           Stronger
           Equipage
           .
           But
           upon
           the
           Return
           of
           these
           Two
           Fleets
           ,
           the
           Profit
           was
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           in
           1605.
           the
           Company
           got
           Fifteen
           ,
           for
           a
           Hundred
           ;
           and
           in
           1606.
           
           
             Seventy
             five
          
           ,
           for
           a
           Hundred
           .
           So
           that
           in
           this
           short
           time
           ,
           they
           wanted
           but
           Ten
           in
           the
           Hundred
           of
           Reimbursing
           themselves
           their
           
             Original
             Summe
          
           .
           In
           this
           Interim
           ,
           the
           Company
           did
           not
           slacken
           at
           all
           in
           their
           Preparations
           ,
           and
           Provisions
           .
           They
           Treated
           with
           the
           Indian
           Kings
           ,
           built
           Fortresses
           ,
           and
           every
           where
           enlarged
           their
           Conquests
           ,
           which
           vast
           expences
           notwithstanding
           ,
           it
           appeared
           in
           May
           1613.
           that
           every
           man
           was
           Reimbursed
           his
           Principal
           ,
           and
           had
           over
           and
           above
           ,
           a
           hundred
           and
           
             sixty
             ,
             Profit
          
           .
           As
           for
           example
           ;
           He
           that
           in
           1602.
           put
           
             Foure
             Thousand
             Tranks
          
           into
           the
           Stock
           of
           the
           Company
           ,
           had
           Received
           in
           1613.
           
           
             Ten
             thousand
          
           and
           
             Four
             hundred
          
           profit
           ,
           and
           yet
           his
           Original
           good
           in
           the
           Common-stock
           .
           And
           this
           Gain
           has
           been
           so
           much
           Augmented
           since
           that
           time
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           few
           Years
           ,
           wherein
           they
           get
           lesse
           ,
           then
           30.
           
             per
             Cent.
          
           In
           1661.
           
           They
           gained
           40.
           
           In
           1662.
           
           there
           was
           no
           distribution
           at
           all
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           Four
           ships
           lost
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           never
           heard
           of
           since
           ;
           beside
           the
           extraordinary
           Charge
           they
           were
           at
           for
           the
           Seige
           of
           Cochin
           ;
           but
           in
           1663.
           they
           had
           30.
           again
           
             per
             Cent.
          
           
        
         
           The
           Company
           at
           every
           Ten
           Yeares
           End
           makes
           a
           General
           Inventory
           of
           the
           whole
           Business
           ,
           and
           by
           That
           ,
           which
           was
           made
           in
           1661.
           it
           was
           found
           to
           be
           in
           Possession
           of
           the
           Immense
           Wealth
           above-mentioned
           .
        
         
           This
           Company
           has
           not
           only
           Enriched
           Particulars
           ;
           but
           the
           Advantages
           ,
           which
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Re-Publique
           draws
           continually
           from
           it
           ,
           are
           almost
           inestimable
           .
           In
           the
           First
           Place
           ,
           all
           Commodities
           ,
           that
           are
           brought
           from
           the
           Indies
           into
           the
           States
           Ports
           ,
           pay
           at
           Least
           Seaven
           in
           the
           Hundred
           ,
           and
           before
           they
           come
           into
           France
           ,
           are
           unladen
           in
           Holland
           ,
           where
           they
           pay
           all
           their
           Rights
           of
           IN
           and
           OUT
           (
           before
           they
           come
           to
           us
           )
           arising
           to
           
             Six
             per
             Cent.
          
           and
           
             One
             per
             Cent.
          
           more
           for
           the
           Duties
           of
           Convoy
           ,
           which
           
             Seaven
             per
             Cent.
          
           go
           clear
           to
           the
           Re-publique
           ,
           beside
           Two
           in
           the
           Hundred
           more
           for
           Factorage
           ;
           and
           the
           Charge
           of
           Merchandizes
           :
           So
           that
           upon
           this
           Reckoning
           ,
           we
           pay
           
             Twelve
             per
             Cent.
          
           more
           for
           Indian
           Commodities
           ,
           then
           they
           would
           Cost
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           fetched
           them
           our Selves
           .
           Whence
           it
           followes
           ,
           that
           our
           Negociants
           ,
           making
           the
           same
           Profit
           of
           these
           Merchandizes
           ,
           which
           the
           
             Holland
             Company
          
           does
           ,
           might
           be
           able
           to
           furnish
           us
           at
           Twelve
           in
           the
           Hundred
           better
           Cheap
           ,
           then
           Others
           ;
           because
           we
           should
           save
           the
           Duties
           ,
           that
           are
           now
           paid
           in
           Holland
           ;
           (
           an
           Expence
           that
           every
           Year
           draws
           Vast
           Summs
           out
           of
           France
           ,
           where
           are
           Consumed
           at
           least
           a
           Third
           Part
           of
           what
           the
           Hollanders
           bring
           out
           of
           the
           Indies
           .
        
         
         
           A
           Second
           Advantage
           ,
           which
           the
           States
           draw
           from
           this
           Company
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           upon
           Every
           Renewing
           of
           their
           Grant
           ,
           it
           makes
           them
           a
           Considerable
           Present
           .
           The
           Last
           (
           as
           we
           have
           said
           already
           )
           amounting
           to
           no
           lesse
           then
           
             Sixteen
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Livres
          
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Third
           Place
           ,
           it
           maintaines
           at
           least
           
             Fourscore
             Thousand
          
           Men
           ,
           the
           Greater
           Part
           whereof
           would
           otherwise
           be
           a
           Burthen
           to
           the
           State.
           
        
         
           The
           Last
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           Important
           Consideration
           is
           ,
           that
           this
           Company
           ,
           in
           weakning
           the
           Commerce
           of
           the
           Portuguez
           ,
           who
           were
           a
           long
           time
           under
           the
           Obedience
           of
           his
           Catholique
           Majesty
           ,
           did
           also
           weaken
           the
           Spanish
           Monarchy
           (
           their
           great
           Enemy
           )
           and
           by
           that
           Means
           made
           their
           way
           to
           a
           Peace
           .
        
         
           They
           Equipp
           every
           year
           for
           this
           Voyage
           Twelve
           fair
           Ships
           ;
           from
           
             Eight
             hundred
          
           ,
           to
           
             Fourteen
             hundred
             Tun
          
           ,
           which
           depart
           at
           several
           Seasons
           ;
           and
           every
           year
           precisely
           at
           the
           End
           of
           June
           ,
           there
           Return
           as
           many
           ,
           or
           thereabouts
           .
           The
           Company
           ,
           and
           the
           States
           usually
           in
           the
           Month
           of
           May
           send
           out
           their
           Men
           of
           Warr
           to
           meet
           them
           ,
           Partly
           as
           a
           Convoy
           ,
           and
           to
           defend
           them
           against
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           partly
           to
           relieve
           them
           with
           Fresh
           Men
           ,
           and
           other
           Necessaries
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           occasion
           .
           The
           Principal
           Place
           ,
           which
           this
           Company
           has
           in
           the
           Indies
           is
           Called
           Batavia
           ,
           a
           Town
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           built
           (
           in
           the
           Island
           of
           
             Java
             Major
          
           ,
           not
           far
           from
           Sumatra
           ,
           they
           have
           there
           their
           Magazins
           ,
           and
           Stores
           of
           all
           the
           Commodities
           ;
           which
           they
           bring
           into
           Europe
           ,
           from
           the
           several
           Countries
           of
           the
           Indies
           ,
           of
           Japan
           ,
           of
           China
           ,
           and
           of
           Other
           Kingdomes
           .
           They
           have
           also
           Colombo
           in
           the
           Isle
           of
           Ceylon
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           lately
           taken
           from
           the
           Portuguez
           (
           This
           Island
           furnishes
           the
           whole
           World
           with
           
             Cinamome
             .
          
           )
           In
           Fine
           ,
           they
           possesse
           diverse
           other
           
           Places
           ,
           even
           from
           the
           Gulph
           of
           Persia
           ,
           to
           the
           Extremity
           of
           China
           ,
           and
           they
           have
           Reckoned
           a
           good
           while
           since
           ,
           Seaven
           and
           
             Thirty
             Magazins
          
           ,
           and
           Twenty
           Considerable
           Forts
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           in
           the
           Indies
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Greater
           Advantage
           and
           Liberty
           of
           their
           Commerce
           ,
           they
           have
           their
           Agents
           about
           all
           the
           Kings
           of
           those
           Quarters
           ,
           as
           the
           King
           of
           Persia
           ,
           the
           
             Great
             Mogol
          
           ,
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             China
             ,
             Japan
             ,
             Cochinchine
          
           ,
           and
           diverse
           Others
           .
           See
           now
           to
           what
           degree
           of
           Greatnesse
           this
           Company
           is
           Arrived
           :
           a
           Society
           of
           Particular
           Merchants
           ,
           Low
           enough
           at
           First
           ,
           both
           in
           Fortune
           ,
           and
           every
           way
           Else
           ;
           but
           now
           Advanced
           ,
           not
           only
           beyond
           their
           Hopes
           ,
           but
           their
           very
           Pretences
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           is
           not
           any
           thing
           which
           a
           Company
           ,
           of
           this
           Condition
           ,
           by
           
             Union
             ,
             Conduct
          
           and
           Courage
           may
           not
           accomplish
           .
           This
           Truth
           being
           so
           clear
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           Advantages
           now
           offered
           us
           ,
           shall
           we
           not
           make
           use
           of
           them
           ?
           Or
           shall
           we
           rather
           acknowledge
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           we
           want
           
             Unitie
             ,
             Addresse
          
           ,
           or
           Courage
           ?
           The
           Last
           is
           a
           Reproach
           ,
           which
           our
           very
           Enemies
           will
           never
           fasten
           upon
           us
           ,
           ;
           Nor
           with
           any
           Colour
           of
           Reason
           will
           it
           be
           pretended
           ,
           that
           we
           want
           Addresse
           .
           For
           (
           to
           speak
           in
           this
           Place
           only
           of
           Navigation
           )
           It
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           better
           Seamen
           cannot
           be
           desired
           then
           ours
           are
           ,
           and
           the
           Hollanders
           know
           That
           well
           enough
           ,
           who
           make
           use
           of
           the
           French
           more
           then
           of
           any
           other
           Nation
           ,
           and
           finde
           themselves
           better
           Served
           with
           Them
           ,
           then
           with
           their
           Own.
           As
           to
           the
           Point
           of
           Union
           (
           not
           to
           dissemble
           the
           Matter
           )
           without
           doubt
           ,
           we
           are
           there
           too
           blame
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           a
           fault
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           which
           Certainly
           deserves
           our
           greatest
           Care
           to
           Redresse
           .
           To
           say
           the
           Truth
           ,
           What
           a
           Shame
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           French
           ;
           the
           People
           of
           all
           the
           World
           the
           most
           accomplish'd
           ,
           a
           Nation
           with
           
           whom
           
             Valour
             ,
             Magnificence
             ,
             Good
             Nature
             ,
             Civilitie
             ,
             Learning
             ,
          
           the
           
             Liberal
             Arts
          
           seem
           in
           a
           Manner
           ,
           to
           have
           chosen
           their
           Abode
           .
           That
           These
           People
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           should
           be
           so
           hardly
           brought
           to
           endure
           One
           Another
           ;
           that
           their
           Societies
           should
           be
           so
           unconstant
           ,
           their
           Agreement
           so
           difficult
           ;
           that
           the
           most
           hopefull
           Affairs
           in
           the
           World
           should
           perish
           even
           in
           their
           Hands
           ,
           by
           I
           know
           not
           what
           Fatality
           of
           this
           Lightnesse
           ;
           without
           which
           discord
           among
           themselves
           ,
           it
           were
           almost
           impossible
           to
           resist
           them
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Hollanders
           began
           their
           Company
           ,
           how
           many
           were
           there
           even
           of
           an
           Ordinary
           Condition
           ,
           that
           sold
           themselves
           to
           their
           very
           Houshold-Stuffe
           for
           the
           furnishing
           of
           a
           Stock
           to
           begin
           withall
           ;
           because
           of
           the
           Honour
           ,
           and
           Benefit
           which
           they
           foresaw
           ,
           would
           accrue
           to
           their
           Country
           .
           And
           shall
           the
           French
           having
           so
           many
           other
           Excellent
           Qualities
           faile
           at
           Last
           in
           so
           Material
           a
           Point
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           wanting
           in
           their
           Zeale
           ,
           and
           duty
           to
           the
           Glory
           ,
           and
           Well-being
           of
           the
           Publique
           .
           I
           dare
           promise
           my self
           This
           will
           never
           be
           ;
           and
           since
           we
           are
           now
           in
           an
           Age
           of
           wonders
           ,
           that
           must
           give
           Remedies
           to
           all
           our
           Evills
           ,
           and
           Renew
           our
           whole
           Frame
           :
           Let
           us
           not
           leave
           the
           least
           Mark
           of
           that
           Antient
           Blemish
           ;
           but
           by
           a
           Constant
           kindnesse
           among
           our Selves
           ,
           and
           a
           true
           and
           dutifull
           Love
           of
           our
           Country
           give
           the
           World
           to
           know
           ,
           that
           our
           Great
           ,
           and
           Incomparable
           Prince
           has
           Influenced
           his
           People
           ,
           and
           Inspired
           them
           with
           a
           Virtue
           ,
           which
           they
           never
           had
           before
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           shall
           we
           doe
           then
           ?
           will
           some
           say
           ?
           Our
           Businesse
           in
           the
           first
           Place
           ,
           must
           be
           (
           as
           is
           already
           said
           )
           to
           Compose
           a
           Society
           of
           diverse
           Persons
           ,
           that
           will
           unanimously
           Contribute
           to
           the
           Execution
           of
           our
           design
           ;
           which
           Society
           shall
           carry
           the
           Name
           of
           THE
           
           FRENCH
           COMPANY
           for
           the
           COMMERCE
           of
           the
           EAST
           —
           INDIES
           .
        
         
           Our
           next
           Work
           must
           be
           to
           Equip
           a
           Fleet
           ,
           and
           to
           go
           directly
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           Descent
           upon
           our
           Isand
           of
           Madagascar
           ,
           which
           we
           may
           do
           without
           any
           Resistance
           ,
           and
           begin
           there
           with
           a
           Considerable
           Establishment
           ,
           which
           from
           time
           to
           time
           shall
           be
           supported
           ,
           and
           maintained
           by
           strong
           Colonies
           .
        
         
           We
           must
           then
           resolve
           to
           carry
           thither
           ,
           onely
           men
           of
           Honesty
           and
           Courage
           ,
           not
           Criminals
           redeemed
           from
           the
           Gibbet
           ,
           or
           the
           Galleys
           ,
           nor
           Women
           condemned
           for
           Debauchery
           or
           Lewdnesse
           .
           Part
           of
           these
           People
           shall
           be
           Employed
           in
           Tilling
           the
           Ground
           ,
           (
           which
           will
           be
           a
           matter
           of
           exceeding
           Benefit
           )
           while
           the
           Rest
           shall
           be
           making
           themselves
           Masters
           of
           the
           Principall
           Posts
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           securing
           of
           Ports
           ,
           whereof
           there
           are
           diverse
           in
           This
           Island
           ,
           capable
           of
           Two
           or
           Three
           Hundred
           Vessels
           ,
           to
           Ride
           without
           danger
           .
           Thus
           much
           for
           the
           Praeliminaries
           of
           our
           great
           Commerce
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           very
           well
           ,
           that
           this
           Proposition
           will
           not
           please
           all
           People
           ,
           and
           some
           will
           tell
           you
           perhaps
           ,
           that
           the
           French
           have
           been
           at
           Madagascar
           already
           ;
           and
           
             What
             did
             they
             there
          
           ?
           They
           will
           tell
           you
           too
           ,
           that
           Monsieur
           Flacourt
           (
           who
           was
           the
           Director
           of
           the
           Company
           ,
           that
           was
           then
           made
           ,
           )
           has
           sufficiently
           manifested
           the
           Vanity
           of
           This
           Project
           ;
           in
           a
           Relation
           that
           he
           has
           published
           upon
           This
           Subject
           .
           Well!
           But
           are
           we
           now
           to
           learn
           ,
           that
           a
           Businesse
           ,
           that
           has
           Miscarried
           at
           One
           time
           ,
           may
           succeed
           at
           Another
           ?
           How
           many
           great
           Enterprizes
           ,
           do
           we
           finde
           in
           Story
           ,
           that
           have
           Required
           several
           Tryalls
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           Perfection
           .
           The
           first
           Spaniards
           ,
           that
           Planted
           in
           the
           Isles
           of
           America
           ,
           
           were
           all
           slain
           ;
           and
           yet
           this
           disaster
           did
           not
           discourage
           the
           Undertakers
           from
           sending
           more
           .
           The
           
             English
             Colonies
          
           in
           Virginia
           have
           been
           Four
           or
           Five
           times
           destroyed
           ;
           and
           yet
           This
           has
           not
           made
           them
           Abandon
           the
           Country
           .
           To
           come
           once
           again
           to
           the
           Example
           of
           the
           Hollanders
           .
           The
           First
           step
           ,
           they
           set
           toward
           their
           Indian
           Adventure
           (
           endeavouring
           to
           find
           out
           a
           new
           Passage
           )
           was
           most
           unfortunate
           to
           them
           .
           The
           Second
           time
           ;
           t
           is
           true
           ,
           they
           got
           thither
           ;
           but
           they
           made
           Nothing
           of
           their
           Voyage
           .
           Did
           they
           give
           it
           over
           for
           That
           ?
           No
           ,
           by
           no
           means
           .
           They
           returned
           a
           Third
           ,
           a
           Fourth
           time
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           gathered
           with
           Interest
           the
           Fruits
           of
           their
           Perseverance
           .
           But
           This
           is
           not
           all
           neither
           ;
           for
           the
           World
           must
           know
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           large
           difference
           ,
           betwixt
           the
           Business
           of
           
             Monsieur
             Flacourt
          
           ,
           and
           That
           which
           is
           Now
           in
           Question
           .
           A
           Large
           Difference
           ,
           betwixt
           a
           Company
           Composed
           of
           a
           Small
           Number
           of
           
             Private
             Persons
          
           ,
           and
           that
           wanted
           Stock
           for
           the
           Accomplishment
           of
           so
           great
           a
           designe
           ,
           and
           the
           Company
           ,
           which
           is
           Now
           in
           Proposal
           to
           be
           Erected
           .
           For
           after
           all
           ;
           we
           are
           not
           without
           hope
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           himself
           ,
           (
           who
           has
           so
           great
           an
           Affection
           ,
           and
           Tenderness
           for
           his
           People
           )
           Considering
           the
           Notable
           Benefits
           ,
           which
           this
           Enterprize
           will
           bring
           to
           his
           Dominions
           ,
           will
           Himself
           I
           say
           ,
           lend
           his
           Royall
           Support
           ,
           and
           rather
           then
           fayle
           ,
           even
           Enter
           into
           a
           Participation
           in
           the
           Designe
           :
           So
           that
           the
           Consequence
           betwixt
           
             Monsieur
             Flacourts
          
           Affaire
           ;
           and
           This
           at
           present
           ,
           holds
           no
           Proportion
           .
           And
           This
           must
           be
           acknowledged
           too
           ;
           that
           (
           the
           Misfortune
           Notwithstanding
           ,
           into
           which
           he
           was
           cast
           ,
           by
           the
           Fault
           of
           the
           Company
           )
           he
           has
           been
           ever
           known
           to
           say
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           and
           Publiquely
           to
           Declare
           ,
           and
           Print
           at
           the
           End
           of
           his
           Relation
           before
           Mentioned
           ,
           
           that
           a
           Considerable
           Settlement
           in
           Madagascar
           (
           which
           must
           be
           Vigorously
           begun
           ,
           and
           Wathchfully
           persued
           ,
           )
           would
           bering
           an
           Advantage
           to
           the
           State
           of
           France
           beyond
           Imagination
           :
           Considering
           the
           Goodnesse
           ,
           and
           Fertility
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           the
           Gentle
           ,
           and
           Industrious
           disposition
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           the
           Commodious
           Situation
           of
           the
           Island
           for
           the
           Entertainment
           of
           Commerce
           .
           And
           This
           which
           we
           deliver
           is
           Supported
           by
           the
           Agreeing
           Testimony
           of
           so
           many
           Nations
           ,
           newly
           come
           from
           Thence
           ;
           as
           
             Flemmins
             French
             ,
             Hollanders
             ,
             English
          
           ;
           that
           to
           dispute
           the
           Point
           ,
           were
           to
           offer
           violence
           to
           Truth
           it self
           .
           
             Monsieur
             Flacourt
          
           did
           not
           so
           much
           as
           wish
           for
           More
           ,
           then
           One
           Lusty
           Ship
           to
           be
           sent
           every
           Year
           from
           France
           to
           Madagascar
           ,
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           Designe
           .
           What
           are
           We
           to
           expect
           then
           ,
           that
           propose
           no
           lesse
           then
           Fourteen
           or
           
             Fifteen
             ,
             at
             a
             Blow
          
           ?
           The
           Transporting
           of
           
             Five
             Hundred
             Men
          
           thither
           was
           the
           very
           utmost
           or
           His
           Desire
           ,
           but
           We
           speak
           of
           Carrying
           as
           many
           Thousands
           .
           The
           Disbursment
           of
           a
           Hundred
           and
           
             Fifty
             Thousand
             Livres
          
           upon
           an
           Equipage
           ,
           was
           a
           Summe
           that
           He
           had
           not
           the
           Confidence
           so
           much
           as
           to
           propose
           ;
           but
           We
           have
           in
           our
           Prospect
           ,
           the
           Expence
           of
           many
           Millions
           .
           In
           a
           Word
           ,
           His
           Reasonings
           were
           proportioned
           ,
           to
           the
           Abilities
           of
           a
           Company
           of
           
             Private
             Persons
          
           ;
           but
           We
           speak
           of
           Erecting
           a
           Company
           ,
           whereof
           't
           is
           possible
           ,
           that
           his
           
             Majesty
             Himself
          
           will
           not
           disdain
           to
           be
           a
           Member
           ;
           and
           by
           his
           Royall
           Participation
           ,
           Influence
           it
           with
           a
           Certain
           Character
           ,
           peculiar
           to
           the
           Dignity
           of
           such
           a
           Constitution
           .
           So
           that
           the
           Odds
           betwixt
           
             Our
             Modell
          
           ,
           and
           His
           is
           Evident
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           carry
           our
           Business
           higher
           ,
           then
           ever
           he
           could
           have
           raised
           his
           Imagination
           .
           But
           let
           That
           go
           as
           it
           will
           ;
           of
           the
           Isle
           of
           Madagascar
           a
           Man
           may
           safely
           say
           ,
           
           that
           with
           a
           very
           little
           Care
           to
           Fortifie
           there
           ,
           we
           may
           have
           not
           onely
           one
           Place
           ,
           but
           many
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           greater
           Value
           ,
           then
           all
           that
           the
           Hollanders
           can
           pretend
           to
           be
           Masters
           of
           in
           the
           Indies
           ;
           take
           it
           either
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           Place
           it Self
           ,
           or
           the
           Convenience
           of
           Traffique
           .
           Surely
           it
           cannot
           be
           denied
           to
           be
           Incomparably
           more
           Commodious
           ,
           and
           Safe
           ,
           then
           Batavia
           in
           the
           Isle
           of
           Java
           ,
           where
           the
           Hollanders
           have
           pitcht
           their
           
             Principall
             Residence
          
           .
           More
           Commodious
           doubtlesse
           it
           is
           ,
           as
           being
           in
           a
           
             Gentle
             Climate
          
           ,
           and
           having
           within
           it self
           whatsoever
           may
           honestly
           serve
           either
           to
           the
           Pleasures
           ,
           or
           Necessities
           of
           humane
           Life
           .
           Whereas
           on
           the
           Contrary
           ,
           there
           is
           scarce
           any
           thing
           to
           be
           gotten
           about
           Batavia
           ;
           but
           the
           Company
           is
           faine
           to
           fetch
           from
           afar
           off
           the
           very
           
             Rice
             ,
             Meat
          
           ,
           and
           
             Necessary
             Provisions
          
           for
           Five
           and
           Twenty
           ,
           or
           
             Thirty
             Thousand
          
           Persons
           ,
           to
           their
           great
           Trouble
           ,
           and
           Expence
           .
           And
           then
           Madagascar
           is
           Certainly
           a
           Safer
           Place
           ;
           for
           the
           Natives
           of
           Java
           are
           a
           
             Brutal
             ,
             Bold
             ,
             Warlike
          
           ,
           and
           Stubborn
           People
           :
           By
           Profession
           Mahometan
           ,
           and
           consequently
           Haters
           ,
           and
           Despisers
           of
           Christians
           .
           The
           Hollanders
           have
           for
           their
           Neighbour
           ,
           on
           the
           One
           side
           the
           King
           of
           Mataran
           ,
           a
           Prince
           ,
           that
           shews
           himself
           now
           and
           then
           at
           their
           very
           Gates
           with
           a
           
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Men.
          
           On
           the
           Other
           side
           they
           have
           the
           People
           of
           Bantam
           (
           a
           matter
           of
           
             Twelve
             Leagues
          
           from
           Batavia
           )
           who
           have
           often
           done
           the
           same
           as
           the
           King
           of
           Mataran
           .
           Whereas
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           Madagascar
           ,
           on
           the
           Contrary
           ,
           are
           of
           a
           Meek
           and
           
             Quiet
             humour
          
           ,
           discovering
           withall
           a
           Singular
           Inclination
           to
           receive
           the
           Gospel
           .
           So
           that
           one
           is
           more
           secure
           with
           a
           Hundred
           Men
           in
           Madagascar
           ,
           then
           with
           above
           a
           Thousand
           in
           Java
           .
           But
           This
           is
           not
           all
           yet
           ,
           that
           the
           Place
           is
           more
           Delightful
           and
           Secure
           ;
           but
           it
           lyes
           much
           better
           also
           for
           
           Traffique
           :
           for
           I
           cannot
           but
           take
           Notice
           of
           another
           Inconvenience
           ,
           which
           the
           Hollanders
           suffer
           ,
           in
           having
           their
           General
           Magazin
           at
           Batavia
           .
           It
           lyes
           so
           far
           up
           in
           the
           Indies
           ,
           that
           it
           makes
           their
           Voyges
           long
           and
           dangreous
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           part
           of
           them
           to
           no
           purpose
           .
           When
           you
           have
           brought
           them
           within
           view
           of
           Madagascar
           ,
           they
           have
           still
           a
           Third
           Part
           of
           their
           Way
           further
           to
           Batavia
           .
           And
           when
           they
           are
           There
           ,
           they
           must
           come
           back
           again
           the
           same
           way
           they
           went
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           same
           Windes
           ,
           that
           would
           carry
           them
           into
           Europe
           ;
           onely
           to
           Traffique
           in
           the
           Gulf
           of
           Bengala
           ,
           upon
           the
           Coasts
           of
           Coromandel
           ,
           and
           Malabar
           ,
           at
           
             Ceylon
             ,
             Surat
          
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Persian
             Gulf
          
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           Coasts
           of
           Ethiopia
           ;
           and
           after
           all
           This
           ,
           they
           must
           
             back
             again
          
           with
           their
           Merchandize
           for
           Batavia
           ,
           and
           there
           at
           Last
           they
           make
           their
           Cargasons
           for
           Holland
           .
           So
           that
           the
           very
           Situation
           of
           the
           Place
           gives
           them
           the
           Trouble
           of
           passing
           the
           same
           way
           Two
           or
           Three
           times
           over
           ,
           whereas
           by
           Planting
           our
           Principal
           Magazin
           at
           Madagascar
           ,
           all
           the
           doubling
           would
           be
           saved
           :
           For
           being
           There
           once
           ,
           let
           us
           go
           which
           way
           we
           will
           ,
           either
           toward
           the
           Red-Sea
           ,
           the
           Gulph
           of
           
             Bengala
             ,
             China
             ,
             Japan
          
           ,
           or
           the
           most
           Remote
           Islands
           ,
           we
           are
           never
           out
           of
           our
           way
           ;
           but
           when
           we
           shall
           have
           made
           our
           Markets
           ,
           and
           Carried
           our
           Commodities
           to
           Madagascar
           ,
           every
           hour
           of
           our
           Passage
           will
           have
           brought
           us
           so
           much
           nearer
           Home
           .
           So
           that
           we
           shall
           have
           nothing
           to
           Stop
           us
           ,
           but
           foul
           Weather
           ;
           None
           of
           this
           
             back
             ,
             and
             forward
          
           ,
           this
           Turning
           ,
           and
           Crossing
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           way
           tedious
           .
           Take
           This
           along
           with
           you
           too
           ,
           that
           when
           you
           are
           once
           at
           Madagascar
           ,
           you
           are
           upon
           as
           good
           a
           Breathing-Place
           as
           you
           would
           wish
           ,
           with
           all
           Conveniences
           about
           you
           ,
           to
           refresh
           your
           Men
           ,
           and
           follow
           your
           Course
           at
           Pleasure
           :
           Whereas
           the
           Holders
           ,
           
           after
           they
           are
           once
           under
           way
           from
           Batavia
           ,
           meet
           with
           no
           such
           Relief
           betwixt
           That
           ,
           and
           Home
           :
           (
           commonly
           a
           Seaven-Months
           Voyage
           )
           for
           want
           of
           which
           ,
           they
           are
           so
           miserably
           Harrassed
           with
           the
           Journey
           ,
           that
           a
           long
           time
           it
           takes
           them
           to
           recover
           it
           .
           And
           there
           remains
           yet
           another
           Inconvenience
           ;
           (
           from
           which
           We
           are
           Exempt
           )
           that
           is
           ;
           When
           they
           are
           come
           into
           
             Our
             Seas
          
           ,
           they
           dare
           not
           passe
           the
           Channell
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           with
           whom
           they
           are
           at
           Variance
           ,
           upon
           the
           very
           point
           of
           the
           Indian-Trade
           ;
           but
           away
           they
           go
           on
           still
           to
           the
           Northward
           ,
           and
           so
           about
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           Scotland
           (
           a
           Matter
           of
           
             Four
             or
             Five
             Hundred
             Leagues
             Compass
             )
          
           to
           fall
           at
           Last
           into
           their
           Own
           Country
           by
           the
           way
           of
           the
           
             German
             Ocean
          
           (
           which
           is
           the
           true
           reason
           of
           the
           Companies
           allowing
           an
           Augmentation
           of
           
             Three
             Months
             Pay
          
           ,
           to
           all
           the
           Officers
           and
           Seamen
           (
           upon
           this
           Voyage
           )
           above
           their
           ordinary
           Wages
           .
           )
           So
           that
           they
           have
           both
           Extremities
           of
           Heat
           and
           Cold
           to
           Encounter
           in
           their
           Return
           .
           And
           we
           are
           now
           to
           presume
           ,
           that
           the
           Company
           puts
           upon
           Accompt
           all
           these
           Rubbs
           ,
           and
           Stopps
           in
           the
           way
           ,
           which
           make
           the
           Navigation
           both
           more
           Hazzardous
           ,
           and
           Expensive
           ,
           and
           Rate
           their
           Commodities
           accordingly
           .
           This
           is
           enough
           said
           ,
           I
           suppose
           to
           prove
           the
           Situation
           of
           Madagascar
           better
           then
           that
           of
           Java
           ,
           and
           Consequently
           ,
           that
           the
           Matter
           in
           hand
           is
           worth
           our
           Care.
           
        
         
           To
           Instance
           now
           in
           our
           
             Own
             Nation
          
           ,
           the
           French
           make
           no
           difficulty
           at
           all
           to
           adventure
           upon
           the
           
             American
             Isles
          
           ,
           as
           St.
           
             Christopher
             ,
             Martinique
             ,
             Guadalupe
          
           ,
           and
           Others
           (
           where
           there
           are
           at
           least
           
             Thirty
             Thousand
             Persons
          
           )
           and
           yet
           these
           are
           Places
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           no
           Living
           without
           Succour
           from
           Abroad
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           English
           ,
           and
           Hollanders
           with
           whom
           they
           Traffique
           ,
           
           should
           not
           supply
           them
           with
           
             Bread
             ,
             Wine
             &
             Victualls
          
           ;
           nay
           and
           with
           Slaves
           too
           ,
           to
           order
           their
           Grounds
           ,
           they
           were
           not
           able
           to
           subsist
           Two
           Years
           to
           an
           End
           without
           Extream
           Misery
           ;
           which
           would
           enforce
           them
           at
           last
           to
           quit
           their
           Hold.
           From
           hence
           it
           proceeds
           ,
           that
           the
           English
           and
           Hollanders
           get
           away
           all
           their
           
             Sugar
             ,
             Tobacco
          
           and
           Indigo
           ,
           with
           which
           they
           furnish
           us
           afterward
           ,
           at
           a
           dear
           Rate
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           French
           are
           they
           that
           reap
           the
           least
           Benefit
           of
           their
           own
           Labours
           .
           Taking
           This
           for
           Granted
           ,
           what
           can
           be
           clearer
           ,
           then
           that
           we
           are
           under
           a
           Grosse
           ,
           and
           most
           unreasonable
           Prejudice
           ,
           in
           rather
           Chusing
           to
           send
           out
           Colonies
           into
           Places
           ,
           Subjected
           to
           such
           Inconveniences
           ,
           then
           to
           Plant
           a
           Large
           and
           Fruitfull
           Island
           ,
           fitted
           with
           all
           advantages
           ,
           both
           for
           
             Plenty
             ,
             Pleasure
          
           ,
           and
           Commerce
           :
           And
           all
           This
           ,
           because
           
             Monsieur
             Flacourt
          
           failed
           in
           the
           businesse
           ;
           Because
           a
           matter
           of
           a
           
             Hundred
             ,
             or
             Six
             Score
             Men
          
           Miscarryed
           in
           it
           .
           (
           Even
           by
           the
           fault
           of
           the
           very
           Company
           it self
           )
           These
           People
           should
           do
           well
           to
           observe
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           now
           upon
           another
           manner
           of
           design
           ;
           upon
           an
           Enterprize
           not
           unworthy
           of
           that
           great
           Prince
           ,
           who
           will
           have
           the
           Goodnesse
           to
           make
           Himself
           of
           the
           Party
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           expect
           now
           to
           be
           Questioned
           ,
           by
           what
           Authority
           I
           talke
           at
           this
           Rate
           ,
           and
           who
           made
           me
           an
           Undertaker
           ?
           Truly
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           take
           upon
           me
           beyond
           my
           Commission
           ;
           but
           I
           think
           it
           may
           be
           very
           fairly
           presumed
           ,
           that
           so
           accomplished
           a
           Prince
           ,
           as
           his
           
             Christian
             Majesty
          
           will
           never
           refuse
           to
           Comfort
           ,
           and
           Protect
           his
           People
           in
           an
           Affair
           of
           this
           Weight
           ;
           or
           ever
           fall
           short
           of
           That
           Affection
           ,
           which
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           have
           constantly
           Manifested
           toward
           their
           Subjects
           upon
           the
           like
           Occasion
           .
           A
           Man
           may
           say
           indeed
           ,
           that
           His
           Majesties
           daily
           Acts
           are
           a
           Security
           to
           the
           Contrary
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           shall
           
           consider
           ,
           that
           since
           the
           Year
           ,
           1658.
           the
           King
           has
           struck
           off
           
             Twenty
             Millions
          
           a
           Year
           in
           Taxes
           ,
           and
           since
           That
           ,
           brought
           ,
           down
           the
           Price
           of
           Salt
           :
           How
           that
           in
           the
           Scarcity
           of
           ,
           1661.
           (
           which
           threatned
           us
           with
           an
           Inevitable
           Famine
           )
           he
           did
           out
           of
           his
           Proper
           Coffers
           provide
           for
           the
           Importation
           of
           Prodigious
           Quantities
           of
           Grain
           ,
           to
           relieve
           the
           Necessities
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           (
           and
           particularly
           of
           Paris
           ,
           where
           the
           Number
           made
           the
           Evill
           the
           more
           dangerous
           .
           He
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           shall
           duely
           Consider
           ,
           what
           we
           have
           both
           seen
           ,
           and
           tasted
           of
           ●his
           Kinde
           ,
           will
           never
           doubt
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Propension
           to
           further
           the
           Advancement
           of
           This
           Company
           to
           all
           purposes
           Imaginable
           .
        
         
           If
           there
           were
           nothing
           else
           of
           Inducement
           in
           the
           Thing
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           sufficient
           alone
           to
           prevaile
           upon
           his
           Majesty
           to
           see
           ,
           that
           the
           Establishment
           of
           this
           Great
           ,
           and
           Noble
           Commerce
           ,
           by
           opening
           an
           Honest
           and
           Certain
           Way
           of
           Livelyhood
           to
           the
           whole
           
             French
             Nation
          
           for
           the
           Future
           ,
           would
           insensibly
           wear
           out
           ,
           and
           banish
           all
           those
           other
           Ignoble
           ,
           and
           shifting
           wayes
           of
           Living
           ,
           which
           in
           Our
           dayes
           have
           been
           but
           too
           much
           in
           Practice
           ,
           and
           Credit
           .
           That
           this
           happy
           Abundance
           would
           bring
           us
           again
           to
           a
           Sincerity
           in
           our
           dealings
           ,
           and
           put
           out
           of
           Countenance
           that
           
             Trade
             of
             Wrangling
          
           ,
           which
           the
           Insatiable
           Greedinesse
           of
           a
           Lazy
           sort
           of
           Men
           has
           raysed
           to
           the
           Highest
           degree
           of
           Iniquity
           .
           That
           it
           will
           be
           a
           sure
           way
           of
           Employment
           for
           those
           that
           languish
           for
           want
           of
           Businesse
           ,
           whose
           Industry
           is
           as
           good
           as
           Lost
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           not
           Exercised
           .
           And
           in
           conclusion
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           be
           an
           Indubitable
           Relief
           to
           a
           World
           of
           Poor
           ;
           who
           have
           at
           present
           no
           other
           Cho●ce
           ,
           then
           either
           a
           shamefull
           Beggery
           :
           or
           some
           Criminal
           Course
           to
           deliver
           themselves
           from
           it
           .
           So
           that
           since
           the
           Thing
           in
           
           Question
           ,
           has
           no
           lesse
           an
           Influence
           upon
           the
           Interest
           ,
           and
           Honour
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           then
           upon
           the
           Profit
           of
           
             Particular
             Persons
          
           :
           We
           may
           be
           confident
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Royall
           Favour
           and
           Assistance
           toward
           the
           Accomplishment
           of
           so
           Glorious
           ,
           and
           Beneficial
           a
           Work.
           
        
         
           TO
           come
           to
           the
           Point
           then
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           first
           a
           Fond
           ,
           or
           Stock
           ,
           of
           
             Six
             Millions
          
           to
           be
           laid
           out
           upon
           the
           Equipage
           of
           Twelve
           ,
           or
           
             Fourteen
             faire
             Ships
          
           ,
           of
           Burden
           ,
           from
           
             Eight
             Hundred
          
           ,
           to
           
             Fourteen
             Hundred
             Tunn
          
           for
           the
           Convenience
           of
           passing
           such
           a
           Number
           of
           Persons
           into
           our
           Isle
           of
           Madagascar
           ,
           as
           may
           take
           Possession
           of
           it
           in
           a
           handsome
           Fashion
           .
        
         
           I
           would
           here
           propose
           that
           His
           Majesty
           might
           be
           humbly
           besought
           ,
           to
           put
           in
           for
           a
           
             Tenth
             part
          
           ,
           and
           I
           persuade
           my self
           it
           might
           be
           readily
           Obteyned
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           further
           Assured
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           diverse
           Persons
           of
           Eminent
           Condition
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           that
           would
           be
           willing
           to
           Venture
           Considerable
           Summs
           upon
           This
           Bottome
           ,
           in
           Case
           the
           Merchants
           ,
           who
           shall
           first
           Associate
           toward
           this
           Constitution
           ,
           shall
           think
           it
           Convenient
           .
           And
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           I
           reckon
           upon
           
             Three
             Milions
          
           ,
           as
           good
           as
           Raysed
           ;
           so
           that
           we
           are
           Advanced
           the
           
             One
             Half
             already
          
           .
           And
           for
           the
           
             Other
             Moyety
          
           ,
           I
           would
           Recommend
           it
           to
           all
           Merchants
           ,
           Burgers
           of
           Towns
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           more
           Especiall
           manner
           to
           all
           that
           love
           the
           Honour
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           and
           desire
           the
           Laudable
           Advancement
           of
           their
           Proper
           Fortunes
           ,
           to
           bethink
           themselves
           seriously
           of
           the
           Businesse
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           their
           Zeal
           as
           Remarquable
           to
           the
           
             Present
             Age
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Reward
           of
           it
           will
           Render
           them
           in
           their
           Generations
           to
           Posterity
           .
        
         
         
           For
           their
           further
           encouragement
           ,
           I
           have
           great
           Reason
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           after
           his
           Engagement
           for
           a
           Tenth
           in
           the
           first
           Expedition
           ,
           will
           be
           prevailed
           with
           to
           furnish
           more
           for
           the
           
             Second
             ,
             Third
          
           ,
           and
           Fourth
           ,
           if
           it
           shall
           be
           thought
           needfull
           .
        
         
           His
           Majesty
           may
           be
           also
           supplicated
           to
           remit
           to
           this
           Company
           ,
           the
           One
           Half
           of
           his
           Rights
           of
           Entry
           and
           Customs
           ,
           throughout
           all
           France
           ,
           for
           all
           Indian
           Commodities
           Imported
           thither
           .
        
         
           In
           fine
           ,
           upon
           a
           strong
           presumption
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           will
           shew
           himself
           in
           this
           ,
           as
           in
           all
           other
           Cases
           ;
           the
           
             Father
             of
             His
             People
          
           I
           flatter
           my self
           with
           a
           strange
           hope
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           may
           be
           perswaded
           to
           take
           upon
           Himself
           ,
           the
           Risque
           of
           the
           First
           Eight
           or
           Ten
           Years
           ;
           which
           if
           it
           comes
           to
           passe
           ,
           let
           the
           world
           Judge
           by
           that
           signal
           Engagement
           ,
           how
           his
           Majesty
           stands
           Affected
           to
           this
           Affair
           ,
           and
           whether
           the
           Opinion
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           entertained
           concerning
           it
           ,
           be
           not
           somewhat
           more
           then
           the
           Vision
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           that
           dreams
           waking
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           Private
           Persons
           ,
           they
           shall
           have
           Liberty
           to
           Interest
           themselves
           in
           the
           Company
           for
           what
           summe
           they
           please
           ,
           till
           the
           Stock
           shall
           be
           Compleat
           ;
           after
           which
           no
           more
           shall
           be
           Admitted
           :
           And
           for
           the
           speedier
           Raising
           of
           the
           sum
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           shall
           be
           desired
           ,
           that
           Strangers
           (
           as
           to
           that
           Particular
           )
           may
           have
           the
           same
           Freedome
           with
           French-men
           themselves
           :
           by
           virtue
           whereof
           they
           shall
           stand
           Naturalized
           ,
           without
           need
           of
           any
           other
           Grace
           ;
           Provided
           that
           their
           Engagement
           exceed
           the
           sum
           of
           
             Ten
             Thousand
             Livres
          
           ,
           in
           Consideration
           of
           which
           Interest
           ,
           their
           Kindred
           although
           Strangers
           shall
           be
           qualified
           to
           inherit
           their
           Estates
           .
           And
           for
           further
           Security
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           must
           be
           desired
           to
           Grant
           ,
           
           that
           in
           case
           of
           any
           Rupture
           betwixt
           
             This
             Crown
          
           and
           the
           States
           ,
           whereof
           such
           Strangers
           shall
           be
           Subjects
           ,
           their
           Goods
           shall
           not
           thereupon
           be
           Seized
           or
           Consiscated
           ,
           in
           Consequence
           of
           the
           War.
           
        
         
           This
           Company
           shall
           then
           have
           its
           Directors
           ;
           and
           to
           take
           away
           all
           jealousie
           from
           the
           Negotiants
           of
           being
           one
           Oppressed
           by
           Another
           ;
           these
           Directors
           shall
           be
           chosen
           out
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Merchants
           onely
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Stock
           put
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           
             One
             Person
          
           to
           be
           named
           on
           their
           Part.
           And
           for
           the
           greater
           Encouragement
           of
           Strangers
           ,
           and
           in
           Testimony
           of
           the
           Trust
           ,
           that
           shall
           be
           reposed
           in
           them
           ,
           they
           shall
           be
           declared
           Capable
           of
           being
           Heads
           and
           Directors
           of
           the
           Company
           ;
           Provided
           ,
           that
           they
           bring
           in
           an
           Interest
           Correspondent
           thereunto
           and
           settle
           in
           France
           with
           their
           Families
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           must
           be
           supplicated
           again
           to
           permit
           ,
           that
           the
           Causes
           of
           the
           Company
           may
           in
           the
           First
           Place
           be
           brought
           before
           the
           next
           
             Consulary
             Justice
          
           ,
           and
           by
           Appeal
           to
           the
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           In
           fine
           ,
           every
           man
           shall
           be
           free
           to
           Offer
           his
           Advice
           for
           the
           Good
           of
           the
           Company
           :
           or
           ,
           for
           the
           Security
           of
           any
           of
           the
           Persons
           therein
           concerned
           ;
           and
           his
           Opinion
           shall
           be
           received
           with
           Respect
           ,
           and
           followed
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           shall
           be
           found
           Expedient
           .
           I
           have
           now
           delivered
           my
           thoughts
           upon
           This
           Subject
           ,
           which
           have
           not
           been
           hitherto
           unacceptable
           where
           ever
           I
           have
           imparted
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           Feare
           and
           Distrust
           (
           those
           Two
           Ignoble
           Passions
           ,
           and
           the
           Enemies
           of
           all
           great
           Undertakings
           ,
           )
           will
           perhap
           ,
           have
           the
           Power
           to
           work
           upon
           some
           easie
           Natures
           ,
           by
           their
           ill
           grounded
           and
           mistaken
           Reasons
           ;
           which
           (
           such
           as
           they
           are
           )
           we
           shall
           frankly
           lay
           open
           ,
           for
           the
           service
           of
           Those
           who
           otherwise
           might
           possibly
           suffer
           themselves
           to
           be
           surprized
           .
        
         
         
           The
           
             First
             Objection
          
           is
           drawn
           from
           the
           Ordinary
           
           Uncertaintyof
           Events
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           great
           
           Common-Placeof
           such
           as
           want
           Resolution
           ,
           who
           will
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           
             A
             Man
             can
             have
             no
             Assurance
             ,
             that
             this
             New
             Navigation
             ,
             will
             ever
             come
             to
             what
             we
             Imagine
             :
          
           That
           
             Our
             Neighbours
             being
             already
             in
             Possession
             of
             the
          
           Indian
           
             Commerce
             ,
             where
             they
             are
             powerfully
             Setled
             ,
             and
             Rooted
             in
             Familiarities
             with
             the
             Natives
             ,
             with
             whom
             they
             Trade
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             a
             hard
             matter
             to
             bring
             them
             over
             to
             us
             :
             And
             that
          
           in
           fine
           ,
           
             being
             before-handed
             ,
             and
             having
             great
             Magazins
             ,
             and
             Stores
             ,
             they
             will
             appoint
             their
          
           Factors
           
             perchance
             to
             beat
             down
             the
             Market
             ,
             and
             under-sell
             us
             :
             So
             that
             we
             shall
             be
             quickly
             Reduced
             either
             to
             throw
             off
             all
             ;
             or
             Trade
             to
             Losse
             .
          
           All
           this
           is
           is
           easily
           answered
           ,
           and
           we
           will
           do
           it
           in
           Order
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           
             First
             Objection
          
           ,
           I
           reckon
           ,
           that
           it
           can
           never
           Enter
           into
           the
           thought
           of
           a
           Man
           of
           Courage
           .
           Have
           our
           Neighbours
           prospered
           in
           This
           Navigation
           ,
           even
           beyond
           their
           Hopes
           ,
           and
           is
           it
           a
           Reasonable
           Question
           to
           aske
           ,
           whether
           We
           shall
           succeed
           ,
           or
           No
           ?
           It
           is
           without
           dispute
           ,
           a
           point
           of
           false
           Prudence
           to
           doubt
           it
           .
           How
           seldome
           is
           this
           same
           froward
           Wisdome
           in
           the
           Right
           !
           which
           requires
           more
           Certainty
           ,
           then
           the
           thing
           will
           bear
           ;
           that
           would
           have
           the
           Future
           in
           Hand
           ,
           and
           cannot
           content
           it self
           ,
           with
           a
           
             well-Grounded
             Probability
          
           .
           This
           was
           it
           ,
           that
           made
           so
           many
           of
           the
           Christian
           Princes
           to
           reject
           the
           Proposition
           of
           the
           Famous
           Columbus
           (
           of
           which
           notwithstanding
           ,
           they
           saw
           afterwards
           ,
           the
           Effects
           to
           their
           Amazement
           (
           the
           first
           that
           boggled
           at
           the
           design
           being
           the
           Genoeses
           )
           He
           discoursed
           the
           Businesse
           to
           the
           King
           of
           Portugall
           ;
           but
           he
           had
           as
           good
           have
           said
           nothing
           :
           And
           to
           as
           little
           Purpose
           was
           the
           Project
           broken
           to
           the
           King
           of
           England
           ;
           and
           to
           the
           French
           King
           too
           :
           (
           as
           some
           say
           )
           and
           the
           Favourable
           Audience
           ,
           that
           
           he
           had
           of
           Ferdinand
           ,
           and
           Isabel
           ,
           would
           have
           signified
           just
           as
           much
           as
           the
           Rest
           ,
           if
           a
           
             Private
             Man
          
           had
           not
           born
           the
           Charge
           of
           his
           
             First
             Expedition
          
           ,
           by
           the
           Advance
           of
           
             Sixteen
             thousand
             Gold
             Ducats
          
           ,
           that
           were
           Employed
           upon
           it
           .
           The
           King
           of
           Spain
           has
           the
           same
           Obligation
           also
           ,
           for
           the
           Discovery
           of
           Peru
           to
           
             Three
             Private
             Persons
          
           ,
           that
           joyned
           in
           the
           Design
           ,
           which
           passed
           a
           while
           for
           an
           
             Extravagant
             folly
          
           ,
           till
           the
           Event
           made
           it
           appear
           to
           be
           an
           Act
           of
           
             Profound
             Wisdome
          
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           the
           difference
           we
           here
           speak
           of
           ,
           was
           not
           without
           some
           plausible
           Appearance
           of
           Reason
           :
           the
           Thing
           being
           as
           then
           in
           doubt
           ;
           but
           with
           us
           't
           is
           another
           Case
           .
           The
           Gaine
           is
           Certain
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           Fortune
           which
           others
           have
           had
           there
           already
           ,
           tell
           us
           what
           we
           our Selves
           are
           now
           to
           expect
           .
           In
           one
           word
           ,
           if
           our
           design
           miscarry
           ,
           t
           is
           our
           own
           Fault
           ,
           and
           we
           cannot
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Execution
           of
           it
           is
           not
           in
           our
           own
           Hands
           ,
           without
           Offence
           to
           Truth
           ,
           and
           Honour
           at
           once
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           
             Second
             Objection
          
           ,
           which
           concerns
           the
           Vent
           of
           our
           Merchandize
           ;
           the
           Conceit
           is
           Idle
           :
           for
           First
           ,
           the
           Company
           may
           be
           sure
           of
           France
           ;
           because
           (
           as
           we
           have
           proved
           already
           )
           They
           may
           afford
           their
           Commodities
           at
           Ten
           or
           Twelve
           in
           the
           Hundred
           ,
           better
           Cheap
           then
           the
           Hollanders
           .
           (
           Which
           rises
           to
           more
           ,
           then
           a
           Man
           would
           Imagine
           ,
           till
           he
           comes
           to
           Compute
           ,
           that
           
             France
             alone
          
           consumes
           at
           least
           a
           
             Third
             Part
          
           of
           what
           is
           brought
           out
           of
           
             India
             .
          
           )
           But
           besides
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           enter
           into
           my
           understanding
           ,
           why
           Strangers
           should
           not
           as
           soon
           buy
           of
           ●s
           ,
           as
           of
           our
           Neighbours
           ;
           Especially
           ,
           when
           their
           Interest
           leads
           them
           to
           it
           ;
           France
           being
           placed
           in
           the
           very
           Heart
           of
           Europe
           ,
           and
           Accessible
           on
           every
           side
           .
           I
           shall
           say
           more
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           since
           Strangers
           are
           already
           under
           an
           Obligation
           of
           dealing
           with
           us
           ,
           for
           
           
             Four
             Principal
             Commodities
          
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           in
           Excellence
           (
           and
           which
           an
           Italian
           of
           great
           Authority
           ,
           calls
           the
           
             Four
             Load-Stones
          
           ,
           that
           draw
           other
           Nations
           to
           us
           )
           That
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           CORN
           ,
           WINE
           ,
           SALT
           ,
           and
           HEMP
           ;
           there
           is
           no
           doubt
           ,
           but
           they
           that
           Traffique
           with
           us
           for
           these
           Things
           ,
           would
           be
           very
           well
           content
           to
           take
           off
           our
           Indian
           Merchandize
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           they
           have
           Occasion
           for
           it
           ,
           all
           under
           One.
           Which
           would
           be
           very
           much
           for
           the
           Merchants
           Ease
           to
           furnish
           himself
           with
           whatsoever
           he
           can
           desire
           ,
           at
           one
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           Market
           .
           So
           that
           it
           is
           Rational
           to
           believe
           ,
           not
           onely
           that
           our
           Indian
           Merchandize
           will
           not
           be
           left
           upon
           our
           Hands
           ;
           but
           that
           we
           shall
           have
           a
           Quicker
           Sale
           for
           it
           ,
           then
           other
           People
           ;
           and
           by
           this
           Means
           Recover
           the
           great
           Traffique
           ,
           which
           France
           had
           of
           Old
           before
           the
           Portuguez
           found
           out
           the
           Navigation
           of
           the
           East-Indies
           :
           for
           in
           those
           dayes
           ,
           all
           the
           Persian
           ,
           and
           Indian
           Merchandize
           was
           brought
           by
           Land
           into
           Egypt
           ,
           from
           Thence
           by
           Sea
           to
           Marseilles
           ;
           and
           There
           Distributed
           .
           In
           Consequence
           hereof
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           unlikely
           that
           our
           Neighbours
           whose
           best
           Card
           is
           their
           Commerce
           ,
           will
           try
           all
           the
           wayes
           in
           the
           World
           to
           
             Cross
             us
          
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           Foundation
           of
           the
           
             Third
             Objection
          
           .
        
         
           In
           truth
           it
           may
           very
           well
           be
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           will
           not
           stick
           even
           to
           pick
           their
           own
           Pockets
           ,
           rather
           then
           we
           shall
           fill
           ours
           ,
           and
           shew
           ●s
           a
           Thousand
           Tricks
           ,
           to
           make
           us
           sick
           of
           our
           Business
           .
           It
           is
           possible
           ,
           that
           for
           a
           while
           they
           will
           be
           content
           to
           set
           their
           Merchandize
           at
           an
           under
           Rate
           ,
           to
           Loose
           a
           Little
           at
           present
           ,
           to
           get
           the
           more
           hereafter
           ,
           and
           trifle
           away
           a
           Million
           or
           Two
           upon
           the
           Experiment
           .
           But
           how
           long
           will
           this
           Frolick
           hold
           ?
           or
           can
           any
           man
           Imagine
           ,
           that
           to
           do
           us
           a
           Mischief
           ,
           they
           will
           resolve
           absolutely
           to
           ruine
           Themselves
           ?
           After
           
           all
           ,
           The
           Consideration
           how
           far
           they
           would
           expose
           themselves
           upon
           this
           design
           to
           divert
           and
           discourage
           us
           ,
           serves
           onely
           to
           Confirme
           me
           in
           my
           First
           opinion
           of
           it
           .
           They
           are
           not
           a
           People
           to
           do
           great
           things
           to
           no
           Purpose
           ;
           nor
           would
           they
           throw
           away
           so
           much
           Treasure
           now
           ,
           but
           in
           Order
           to
           the
           Conservation
           of
           their
           Future
           Interest
           .
           Again
           ;
           They
           would
           not
           stickle
           so
           hard
           for
           a
           small
           Matter
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           Industry
           they
           use
           to
           hinder
           our
           Commerce
           ,
           proves
           the
           Benefit
           Considerable
           ,
           if
           we
           carry
           it
           .
           So
           that
           this
           Objection
           is
           so
           far
           from
           moving
           us
           to
           relinquish
           our
           Enterprize
           ,
           that
           on
           the
           other
           side
           it
           rayses
           both
           our
           Hopes
           ,
           and
           Resolutions
           to
           go
           thorough
           with
           it
           .
           To
           say
           all
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           if
           so
           great
           a
           Blessing
           does
           attend
           us
           ,
           as
           his
           Majesties
           Consent
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Loss
           ,
           which
           shall
           befall
           the
           Company
           ,
           for
           the
           first
           Eight
           or
           
             Ten
             years
          
           may
           be
           made
           good
           upon
           the
           stock
           which
           His
           Majestie
           shall
           vouchsafe
           to
           venture
           in
           the
           design
           .
           What
           have
           we
           then
           to
           fear
           ?
           Can
           it
           be
           ,
           that
           a
           Party
           of
           
             Private
             Merchants
          
           (
           for
           such
           are
           our
           Neighbours
           Companies
           )
           shall
           have
           the
           Power
           to
           sink
           a
           design
           ,
           which
           One
           of
           the
           
             Greatest
             Princes
          
           of
           the
           World
           has
           a
           mind
           to
           support
           ?
           A
           Prince
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           Admirable
           order
           of
           his
           Conduct
           ;
           the
           
             Just
             Administration
          
           of
           his
           Revenue
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           fatherly
           Goodness
           toward
           his
           People
           ,
           has
           put
           himself
           into
           a
           Condition
           ,
           to
           undertake
           without
           Fear
           ,
           whatsoever
           may
           be
           put
           in
           Execution
           with
           Honour
           ,
           and
           Justice
           .
           No
           ,
           No
           ,
           Our
           Neighbours
           are
           too
           wise
           to
           make
           so
           dangerous
           an
           Experiment
           !
           Let
           us
           say
           rather
           ,
           that
           they
           shall
           see
           us
           take
           part
           of
           their
           Commerce
           ,
           either
           with
           pleasure
           ,
           as
           their
           Principal
           Allyes
           ;
           or
           however
           without
           having
           it
           in
           their
           Power
           to
           harm
           us
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Second
             Scruple
          
           objected
           by
           some
           Particulars
           arises
           
           from
           the
           Consideration
           of
           certain
           unhappy
           Effects
           of
           our
           past
           Troubles
           .
           The
           Prodigious
           Expences
           ,
           which
           the
           King
           was
           at
           ,
           while
           he
           was
           forced
           to
           maintain
           a
           War
           in
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           Europe
           ;
           (
           which
           has
           now
           brought
           us
           however
           to
           the
           most
           Glorious
           Constitution
           ,
           that
           the
           State
           of
           France
           ever
           enjoyed
           )
           Those
           Expences
           I
           say
           ,
           having
           obliged
           His
           Majesty
           to
           call
           for
           Supplies
           of
           mony
           now
           and
           then
           from
           his
           People
           ,
           have
           left
           in
           them
           certain
           dark
           Imaginations
           and
           Jealousies
           ,
           that
           the
           Stock
           of
           the
           Company
           being
           a
           
             Publique
             Treasure
          
           ;
           upon
           the
           Kings
           next
           occasion
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           might
           perchance
           seize
           it
           as
           his
           Own.
           So
           that
           it
           would
           be
           a
           madness
           for
           Private
           Persons
           to
           venture
           their
           Fortunes
           in
           a
           Bottome
           ,
           which
           the
           King
           may
           make
           himself
           Master
           of
           at
           Pleasure
           .
           But
           these
           are
           weak
           Heads
           God
           knows
           ;
           and
           That
           they
           say
           ,
           is
           certainly
           unworthy
           ,
           both
           of
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           Our
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           the
           Magnanimity
           of
           our
           Prince
           .
        
         
           
             The
             King
          
           ,
           they
           say
           ,
           
             may
             perchance
             lay
             hand
             upon
             the
             Companies
             Stock
             ,
             because
             't
             is
             Publique
             Mony.
          
           But
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           will
           never
           do
           it
           for
           that
           very
           Reason
           .
           His
           Majesty
           has
           heretofore
           had
           great
           Warrs
           upon
           his
           hands
           ,
           his
           
             Treasury
             drayned
          
           ,
           and
           his
           
             Finances
             mis-menaged
          
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           dissatisfaction
           of
           his
           People
           :
           but
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           this
           Pressing
           Necessity
           can
           any
           man
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           ever
           Fingered
           any
           of
           the
           
             Publique
             Mony
          
           :
           was
           his
           Majesty
           ever
           known
           to
           Order
           the
           Receiver
           of
           Consignations
           to
           Empty
           his
           Coffers
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           his
           Treasurers
           ?
           Never
           had
           any
           Creature
           such
           a
           thought
           .
           For
           
             the
             Publique
             Treasure
             is
             a
             kind
             of
             Sacred
             Trust
             ,
          
           and
           it
           were
           a
           sort
           of
           Sacriledge
           to
           abuse
           it
           ,
           Why
           should
           any
           man
           suspect
           the
           King
           capable
           
           of
           so
           prophane
           a
           violence
           ?
           And
           that
           he
           should
           take
           That
           now
           too
           ,
           when
           his
           Coffers
           are
           full
           ,
           which
           in
           his
           greatest
           Wants
           ,
           he
           ever
           made
           a
           Conscience
           to
           meddle
           with
           ?
           But
           it
           will
           be
           said
           again
           ,
           that
           the
           world
           is
           uncertain
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           is
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           greatest
           Felicity
           imaginable
           cannot
           warrant
           it self
           from
           Misfortune
           .
           This
           is
           true
           ,
           and
           I
           think
           no
           man
           will
           dispute
           the
           Humour
           and
           Caprice
           of
           Fortune
           ;
           but
           let
           us
           judge
           of
           things
           by
           probability
           (
           if
           not
           ,
           by
           somewhat
           more
           substantial
           .
           )
           We
           see
           ,
           that
           most
           of
           our
           Neighbours
           have
           their
           hands
           full
           at
           home
           ;
           Others
           are
           weak
           ,
           and
           those
           ,
           whom
           we
           have
           found
           formerly
           most
           to
           be
           feared
           ,
           are
           now
           well
           enough
           satisfied
           to
           be
           at
           peace
           with
           us
           .
           Let
           us
           consider
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           the
           Power
           of
           our
           Prince
           ,
           and
           the
           unmoveable
           Foundations
           of
           that
           Power
           .
           In
           his
           Menage
           of
           
             Affairs
             of
             State
          
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           is
           Assiduous
           ,
           and
           Indefatigable
           .
           As
           to
           the
           Ordering
           of
           his
           Finances
           ,
           he
           looks
           after
           it
           Himself
           ,
           and
           understands
           the
           whole
           Business
           of
           his
           Revenue
           no
           man
           better
           .
           If
           we
           turn
           our
           thoughts
           now
           toward
           those
           Blessings
           ,
           which
           Heaven
           has
           showred
           upon
           his
           Royal
           Person
           ,
           that
           Clearness
           of
           Wit
           ,
           Solidity
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           Vigour
           of
           Body
           ,
           Health
           ,
           Youth
           ;
           We
           have
           Reason
           to
           believe
           ,
           (
           if
           we
           may
           believe
           any
           thing
           in
           this
           World
           )
           that
           our
           good
           Fortune
           will
           be
           long-lived
           ,
           and
           that
           God
           will
           reward
           his
           Royalliety
           ,
           and
           Justice
           ,
           with
           a
           Reign
           as
           Lasting
           as
           Happy
           ,
           and
           not
           refuse
           to
           his
           
             Christian
             Majesty
          
           a
           Grace
           ,
           which
           Heaven
           has
           sometime
           bestowed
           even
           upon
           
             Pagan
             Princes
          
           ,
           and
           Conferred
           upon
           the
           Reign
           of
           Augustus
           .
           Away
           then
           with
           this
           Lewd
           distrust
           ,
           that
           Embitters
           all
           our
           delights
           ,
           and
           troubles
           our
           Heads
           ,
           with
           the
           Apprehension
           
           of
           Evils
           which
           are
           never
           likely
           to
           concern
           us
           .
           Let
           it
           never
           be
           Imagined
           ,
           that
           a
           Prince
           so
           Generous
           and
           Just
           ,
           after
           the
           Solemn
           Establishment
           of
           a
           Company
           ,
           under
           the
           Seal
           of
           his
           Authority
           ,
           can
           ever
           have
           the
           thought
           to
           invade
           the
           Estates
           of
           Private
           Persons
           ,
           putting
           themselves
           under
           his
           Protection
           ,
           and
           by
           so
           foul
           a
           violence
           to
           blast
           the
           Glory
           of
           his
           Unspotted
           Reputation
           .
           In
           a
           Word
           ,
           let
           not
           any
           man
           think
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesties
           flourishing
           Condition
           can
           ever
           be
           Reduced
           to
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           so
           hateful
           an
           Expedient
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           ,
           so
           Unprofitable
           .
           For
           in
           fine
           ,
           (
           to
           leave
           this
           Opinion
           nothing
           to
           say
           for
           it self
           )
           I
           dare
           affirm
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           King
           both
           wanted
           Mony
           ,
           and
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           seize
           it
           ,
           the
           Estate
           of
           the
           Company
           would
           be
           yet
           secure
           .
           For
           let
           us
           look
           into
           Holland
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           find
           wherein
           the
           wealth
           of
           these
           Companies
           Consists
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ;
           they
           have
           a
           world
           of
           Merchandize
           Disposed
           of
           up
           and
           down
           in
           their
           Magazines
           ,
           both
           in
           India
           ,
           and
           Europe
           ,
           they
           have
           their
           Shipping
           ,
           their
           Canon
           ,
           and
           their
           necessary
           Equipages
           ;
           but
           for
           Mony
           ,
           alas
           ,
           't
           is
           the
           least
           part
           of
           their
           Riches
           ;
           and
           indeed
           their
           Cash
           compared
           with
           the
           Rest
           ,
           is
           scarce
           Considerable
           .
           Now
           I
           pray
           you
           tell
           me
           ,
           Were
           it
           not
           a
           pleasant
           Project
           for
           a
           King
           of
           France
           that
           had
           need
           of
           Mony
           ,
           to
           make
           seizure
           of
           all
           these
           Commodities
           ,
           and
           that
           at
           Three
           or
           Four
           Hundred
           Leagues
           distance
           ,
           for
           the
           great
           Part.
           Put
           Case
           ,
           that
           he
           were
           to
           raise
           an
           Army
           to
           prevent
           an
           Invasion
           ,
           and
           wanted
           Mony
           upon
           that
           Pinch
           ;
           or
           to
           pay
           off
           some
           
             Mutinous
             Troups
          
           ;
           Were
           it
           not
           a
           ready
           way
           think
           ye
           to
           send
           a
           Matter
           of
           a
           Hundred
           ,
           or
           Sixscore
           Wagons
           to
           the
           House
           of
           the
           
             Indian
             Company
          
           for
           so
           many
           Load
           of
           Cinamome
           ,
           and
           Nutmegs
           ?
           do
           Princes
           use
           to
           pay
           their
           Souldiers
           ,
           with
           Baggs
           of
           Pepper
           ,
           and
           
           Cloves
           ?
           No!
           no
           ,
           In
           such
           Cases
           ,
           This
           will
           never
           do
           their
           Business
           .
           In
           a
           State
           of
           Warr
           there
           must
           be
           Money
           in
           Kind
           ,
           and
           not
           That
           ,
           which
           makes
           Mony
           in
           a
           time
           of
           Peace
           .
           Wherefore
           since
           the
           Estates
           of
           this
           Company
           ,
           will
           not
           lye
           in
           Cash
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           only
           Thing
           ,
           that
           ●rinces
           at
           some
           times
           may
           have
           Occasion
           for
           :
           It
           is
           manifest
           that
           this
           Apprehension
           of
           the
           Authority-Royall
           is
           nothing
           else
           ,
           but
           a
           Chimera
           set
           up
           ,
           to
           oppose
           the
           growing
           Prosperity
           of
           this
           Nation
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           Another
           sort
           of
           People
           ,
           yet
           more
           unreasonable
           ;
           But
           we
           shall
           answer
           them
           with
           the
           Rest
           ,
           and
           they
           'l
           tell
           ye
           ,
           (
           taking
           every
           thing
           at
           worst
           )
           that
           we
           are
           not
           sure
           to
           be
           alwayes
           at
           Peace
           with
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           if
           there
           should
           happen
           a
           Warr
           ,
           how
           much
           the
           
             Companies
             Shipping
          
           would
           be
           exposed
           to
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           for
           they
           make
           a
           great
           Question
           ,
           whether
           the
           State
           of
           France
           ,
           would
           ever
           concern
           themselves
           so
           far
           in
           the
           Quarrel
           ,
           as
           their
           Neighbours
           do
           upon
           the
           like
           occasion
           :
           For
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           Traffique
           being
           the
           Chief
           ,
           and
           almost
           the
           
             Onely
             Support
          
           of
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           it
           is
           their
           Interest
           to
           maintain
           their
           Commerce
           with
           their
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           :
           Whereas
           France
           ,
           that
           lives
           upon
           it self
           ,
           and
           has
           within
           it self
           so
           sure
           a
           Bottom
           of
           Strength
           ,
           and
           Subsistence
           ,
           will
           not
           think
           it self
           much
           the
           Poorer
           ,
           for
           the
           Loss
           of
           a
           
             Merchants
             Fleet.
          
           So
           that
           the
           Kings
           business
           will
           be
           to
           secure
           his
           Frontiers
           ,
           and
           look
           to
           his
           Garrisons
           ,
           without
           charging
           himself
           with
           Armado's
           to
           protect
           Us
           in
           our
           Trade
           .
           Sure
           these
           People
           do
           not
           heed
           what
           they
           say
           ,
           for
           they
           confute
           themselves
           with
           their
           own
           Objections
           .
           Do
           they
           confess
           ,
           that
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           in
           a
           Country
           ,
           not
           so
           good
           as
           France
           ,
           have
           yet
           kept
           up
           Their
           Trading
           against
           all
           Opposers
           ;
           and
           do
           they
           now
           Question
           whether
           his
           Majestie
           will
           uphold
           Us
           in
           Ours
           ?
           What
           colour
           
           have
           they
           for
           a
           Perswasion
           ,
           that
           the
           stronger
           should
           not
           do
           That
           now
           ,
           which
           they
           themselves
           acknowledge
           to
           have
           been
           done
           already
           by
           the
           Weaker
           ?
           
             Not
             that
             they
             make
             any
             doubt
             of
             the
             Kings
          
           Power
           ,
           they
           'l
           tell
           ye
           ;
           
             but
             perhaps
             there
             will
             not
             be
             so
             much
             Care
             taken
             as
             might
             be
             .
          
           They
           are
           Ignorant
           then
           it
           seems
           or
           would
           be
           thought
           so
           ,
           of
           what
           his
           Majesty
           dos
           every
           day
           .
           I
           do
           not
           speak
           of
           his
           Universal
           Vigilance
           over
           all
           his
           Dominions
           ;
           but
           of
           the
           special
           care
           he
           takes
           for
           the
           Protecting
           of
           his
           People
           in
           a
           
             Forreign
             Trade
          
           .
           They
           do
           not
           know
           I
           perceive
           ,
           that
           it
           costs
           the
           King
           at
           least
           
             Four
             Millions
          
           a
           Year
           ,
           to
           entertain
           a
           Liberty
           of
           
             Ordinary
             Commerce
          
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           East
           and
           
             Western
             Ocean
          
           .
           And
           that
           it
           is
           upon
           this
           Accompt
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           is
           now
           at
           the
           Charge
           of
           a
           
             Navy
             Royall
          
           ,
           to
           suppresse
           the
           Corsares
           of
           Algiers
           :
           That
           it
           is
           ,
           for
           this
           very
           End
           ,
           that
           he
           Entertains
           another
           Squadron
           ,
           to
           defend
           our
           Merchants
           from
           the
           Pirates
           of
           Gallicia
           .
           They
           are
           strangers
           doubtlesse
           to
           all
           these
           things
           ,
           without
           which
           ,
           it
           were
           not
           possible
           they
           should
           fall
           foule
           upon
           so
           grosse
           a
           Mistake
           .
           Is
           it
           not
           known
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           does
           all
           This
           ,
           for
           the
           support
           of
           a
           very
           
             Ordinary
             Traffique
          
           ,
           and
           can
           any
           man
           Imagine
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           doe
           lesse
           for
           the
           Maintenance
           of
           so
           much
           a
           greater
           ,
           and
           more
           
             Honourable
             Commerce
          
           ?
           No
           man
           can
           perswade
           himselfe
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           would
           refuse
           the
           same
           Countenance
           and
           Assistance
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           a
           Company
           ,
           wherein
           the
           whole
           State
           is
           Concerned
           ,
           which
           at
           this
           very
           day
           his
           Majesty
           is
           pleased
           to
           allow
           in
           Favour
           of
           
             Particular
             Merchants
          
           .
           We
           have
           seen
           in
           times
           of
           Warr
           ,
           what
           Peyns
           has
           been
           taken
           for
           the
           Providing
           of
           our
           Frontiers
           ;
           and
           a
           Battail
           fought
           sometimes
           ,
           onely
           to
           hinder
           the
           taking
           of
           a
           small
           Town
           ,
           or
           to
           secure
           a
           Passe
           upon
           a
           River
           .
           Much
           more
           then
           
           will
           his
           Majesty
           provide
           for
           the
           safety
           of
           a
           Fleet
           ,
           that
           has
           the
           Prayers
           and
           Wishes
           of
           all
           France
           engaged
           in
           the
           Venture
           .
           In
           a
           Word
           ;
           if
           Interest
           and
           Honour
           be
           the
           most
           
             Powerfull
             Motives
          
           of
           
             Humane
             Resolutions
          
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Two
             Poles
          
           upon
           which
           are
           turned
           the
           Affaires
           of
           Princes
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           
             Private
             Persons
          
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Question
           ,
           but
           the
           King
           will
           Employ
           his
           Power
           upon
           all
           occasions
           to
           preserve
           the
           Company
           from
           danger
           .
           For
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           his
           Majesties
           Interest
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           is
           clear
           ;
           not
           onely
           in
           regard
           of
           his
           Part
           in
           the
           Stock
           of
           the
           Company
           ;
           but
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Infinite
           Number
           of
           Merchandizes
           ,
           and
           Merchants
           that
           this
           Traffique
           will
           draw
           into
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           Advantage
           of
           the
           Revenue
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Farmes
           ,
           and
           Customes
           .
           So
           that
           a
           man
           may
           rationally
           compute
           ,
           that
           The
           Profit
           
             of
             this
             Commerce
             ,
             when
             it
             shall
             be
             once
             Established
             ,
             will
             be
             better
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             then
             the
          
           Two
           best
           Provinces
           
             in
             his
             Kingdome
          
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           lesse
           manifest
           that
           his
           Majesty
           is
           Engaged
           in
           Honour
           ,
           then
           in
           Interest
           ;
           since
           without
           dispute
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           point
           of
           Honour
           for
           a
           Prince
           not
           to
           suffer
           his
           People
           ,
           to
           be
           Crusht
           in
           a
           Designe
           undertaken
           by
           his
           own
           Allowance
           ,
           and
           Authority
           .
           So
           that
           to
           ask
           ,
           if
           the
           King
           will
           vigorously
           maintain
           us
           both
           in
           Peace
           ,
           and
           War
           ,
           having
           so
           many
           Considerations
           to
           engage
           him
           to
           it
           ,
           would
           be
           but
           a
           kinde
           of
           senselesse
           ,
           and
           unmannerly
           Question
           .
           If
           Necessity
           ,
           which
           many
           times
           forces
           great
           Actions
           from
           mean
           Persons
           has
           been
           able
           to
           produce
           those
           faire
           Resolutions
           ,
           which
           we
           admire
           in
           our
           Neighbours
           :
           How
           much
           more
           shall
           the
           true
           Love
           of
           Glory
           and
           Justice
           operate
           upon
           the
           Soules
           of
           Princes
           .
           The
           first
           are
           carried
           on
           by
           a
           kinde
           of
           Violence
           :
           The
           other
           govern
           their
           Actions
           by
           Choice
           and
           Reason
           .
           Those
           at
           the
           best
           ,
           are
           but
           wise
           enough
           to
           avoid
           mischieves
           ;
           
           but
           these
           are
           the
           Ordinary
           Instruments
           of
           our
           greatest
           Good.
           Let
           us
           trouble
           our selves
           no
           further
           then
           about
           our
           Fleets
           ,
           since
           they
           are
           under
           the
           Care
           of
           One
           of
           the
           best
           Princes
           of
           the
           Universe
           :
           and
           that
           Miraculous
           Power
           ,
           which
           subjects
           all
           other
           Powers
           to
           it self
           ,
           and
           attends
           him
           where
           ever
           he
           goes
           ,
           shall
           Influence
           our
           new
           Navigators
           ,
           and
           protect
           them
           both
           against
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           Storms
           .
           Neither
           let
           it
           be
           thought
           ,
           that
           the
           Conquest
           which
           we
           shall
           make
           in
           his
           Name
           ,
           will
           be
           lesse
           his
           Majesties
           Care
           ,
           then
           his
           other
           Possessions
           :
           or
           that
           he
           will
           ever
           endure
           to
           have
           his
           Lillies
           torn
           up
           ,
           where
           ever
           they
           shall
           have
           taken
           Root
           .
           There
           is
           a
           Certain
           invisible
           Chain
           that
           Lincks
           together
           the
           severall
           Parts
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           Remote
           ,
           when
           they
           belong
           to
           the
           same
           Master
           :
           So
           that
           't
           is
           not
           possible
           to
           shake
           the
           One
           ,
           without
           Violence
           to
           the
           Other
           .
           It
           is
           then
           upon
           the
           Resolution
           and
           Power
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           Confidently
           repose
           for
           the
           Issue
           of
           this
           Enterprize
           ,
           which
           beginning
           upon
           a
           time
           ,
           when
           this
           
             Great
             Monarch
          
           is
           in
           Effect
           ,
           the
           Arbitrator
           of
           all
           Europe
           ;
           when
           all
           Princes
           make
           it
           their
           Businesse
           to
           preserve
           his
           Friendship
           ,
           and
           avoid
           his
           displeasure
           .
           What
           Question
           is
           to
           be
           made
           ;
           but
           that
           the
           Reputation
           of
           his
           Greatnesse
           will
           carry
           Good
           Fortune
           and
           Successe
           to
           our
           Colonies
           ?
        
         
           Joyn
           your selves
           then
           my
           Masters
           ,
           Joyn
           your selves
           my
           Generous
           Countrymen
           in
           the
           pursuit
           of
           a
           Glorious
           Discovery
           ,
           which
           has
           onely
           been
           kept
           from
           you
           thus
           long
           ,
           by
           our
           past
           disorders
           .
           A
           Discovery
           that
           shall
           lead
           you
           to
           Advantages
           not
           to
           be
           numbred
           ,
           and
           which
           shall
           yet
           grow
           in
           the
           Hands
           of
           your
           Posterity
           .
           A
           Discovery
           in
           fine
           ,
           that
           shall
           carry
           the
           Fame
           and
           Terrour
           of
           Your
           Armes
           into
           those
           Quarters
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           
           where
           the
           French
           Nation
           it self
           was
           never
           heard
           of
           .
           No
           more
           therefore
           of
           these
           Reproachfull
           Jealousies
           ,
           which
           are
           so
           unworthy
           of
           your
           ordinary
           Courage
           and
           Virtue
           :
           but
           go
           on
           boldly
           under
           the
           Banner
           of
           the
           
             Invincible
             LEWIS
          
           ,
           and
           be
           assured
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           Awe
           ,
           and
           Reverence
           ,
           which
           his
           Glorious
           Name
           Imprints
           upon
           Other
           Nations
           ,
           leaves
           you
           Nothing
           to
           feare
           from
           Strangers
           :
           So
           from
           Himself
           ,
           you
           are
           certain
           to
           receive
           all
           the
           Comforts
           of
           his
           
             Goodnesse
             ,
             Munificence
          
           and
           Protection
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           
             Articles
             ,
             and
             Conditions
          
           ,
           Whereupon
           the
           
             Trading
             Merchants
          
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           do
           most
           humbly
           beseech
           his
           Majesty
           to
           grant
           them
           his
           Declaration
           ,
           and
           the
           Graces
           therein
           contained
           ,
           for
           the
           Establishment
           of
           a
           Company
           for
           the
           Commerce
           of
           the
           
             East
             Indies
          
           .
        
         
           
             PARIS
             .
             
               1664.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             
             FIrst
             ,
             that
             his
             Majesties
             Subjects
             of
             what
             Quality
             or
             Condition
             soever
             shall
             be
             Taken
             into
             the
             Company
             for
             what
             Summes
             they
             please
             ,
             without
             Losse
             either
             of
             Nobility
             ,
             or
             Privilege
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             granting
             them
             in
             that
             Particular
             his
             Royal
             Dispensation
             :
             Provided
             ,
             that
             under
             
               a
               Thousand
               Livres
            
             no
             Share
             shall
             be
             
             Admitted
             :
             nor
             any
             Augmentations
             ,
             under
             
               Five
               Hundred
            
             ;
             for
             the
             Ease
             of
             
               Accompts
               ,
               Divisions
            
             ,
             and
             
               Sales
               of
               Actions
            
             ;
             A
             Third
             Part
             whereof
             shall
             be
             paid
             down
             presently
             ,
             and
             go
             to
             the
             Furnishing
             of
             the
             
               First
               Expedition
            
             ;
             and
             the
             
               Two
               other
               Thirds
            
             within
             
               Two
               years
            
             after
             ,
             by
             equal
             Portions
             ,
             under
             pain
             of
             losing
             what
             is
             already
             Advanced
             ,
             to
             any
             man
             that
             shall
             fail
             of
             paying
             in
             his
             full
             proportion
             within
             the
             said
             time
             :
             the
             mony
             so
             forfeited
             remaining
             to
             the
             Benefit
             ,
             and
             Stock
             of
             the
             Company
             .
          
        
         
           
             II.
             
          
           
             
             That
             all
             Strangers
             (
             be
             they
             the
             Subjects
             of
             what
             Prince
             or
             State
             soever
             )
             shall
             have
             free
             Admittance
             into
             the
             said
             Company
             ;
             and
             such
             of
             them
             as
             shall
             have
             
               Ten
               Thousand
               Livres
            
             in
             the
             Stock
             ,
             shall
             be
             reputed
             as
             Natives
             without
             any
             further
             need
             of
             Naturalizing
             ;
             by
             which
             means
             their
             Kindred
             though
             Strangers
             too
             ,
             shall
             have
             a
             right
             of
             Inheritance
             to
             what
             Estates
             they
             shall
             be
             possessed
             of
             in
             this
             Kingdome
             .
          
        
         
           
             III.
             
          
           
             
             That
             no
             Part
             or
             Portion
             belonging
             to
             any
             Particulars
             in
             the
             said
             Company
             of
             what
             Nation
             soever
             ,
             shall
             be
             either
             Seized
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             Confiscated
             to
             his
             Profit
             ;
             even
             although
             they
             be
             the
             Subjects
             of
             some
             Prince
             or
             State
             in
             open
             Hostility
             against
             his
             Majesty
             .
          
        
         
           
             IV.
             
          
           
             
             That
             the
             Directors
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             shall
             not
             be
             
             molested
             ,
             either
             in
             their
             Persons
             ,
             or
             Estates
             ,
             for
             or
             concerning
             the
             Affairs
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             :
             nor
             shall
             the
             Estate
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             be
             liable
             either
             to
             be
             made
             over
             or
             Seized
             upon
             the
             Accompt
             of
             any
             debt
             due
             to
             his
             Majestie
             from
             any
             of
             the
             Particular
             Members
             thereof
             .
          
        
         
           
             V.
             
          
           
             
             That
             such
             Officers
             as
             shall
             have
             20000
             Livres
             in
             the
             said
             Company
             shal
             be
             dispensed
             their
             Residence
             :
             to
             which
             otherwise
             they
             are
             obliged
             by
             his
             Majesties
             Declaration
             of
             December
             last
             ,
             at
             the
             Treasury-Offices
             ,
             and
             other
             ●laces
             of
             their
             Establishment
             :
             enjoying
             all
             their
             
               Rights
               ,
               Allowances
            
             and
             Fees
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             Present
             .
          
        
         
           
             VI.
             
          
           
             
             That
             all
             such
             as
             shall
             have
             to
             the
             sum
             of
             6000
             Livres
             in
             the
             said
             Company
             ,
             shall
             enjoy
             the
             Privilege
             of
             Burgers
             in
             the
             Towns
             where
             they
             Live
             ;
             unless
             
               Paris
               ,
               Bourdeaux
            
             ,
             and
             Bayonne
             :
             in
             which
             Places
             they
             shall
             not
             acquire
             their
             Freedome
             ,
             unlesse
             they
             have
             the
             Interest
             of
             at
             least
             
               Ten
               Thousand
               Livres
            
             in
             the
             said
             Company
             .
          
        
         
           
             VII
             .
          
           
             
             That
             all
             such
             as
             shall
             be
             willing
             to
             enter
             into
             the
             said
             Company
             ,
             shall
             be
             obliged
             to
             declare
             themselves
             within
             
               Six
               Moneths
            
             to
             Commence
             from
             the
             Reading
             ,
             and
             Registring
             of
             the
             Declaration
             in
             the
             Parliament
             
             of
             Paris
             :
             after
             which
             time
             no
             more
             shall
             be
             admitted
             .
             And
             They
             that
             shall
             have
             furnished
             their
             Parts
             ,
             and
             declared
             themselves
             accordingly
             ,
             shall
             have
             liberty
             within
             
               Three
               Months
            
             after
             the
             Registring
             of
             the
             said
             Declaration
             to
             Nominate
             and
             Establish
             one
             Moyety
             of
             the
             Directors
             of
             Paris
             for
             the
             
               Chamber
               General
            
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             ,
             and
             the
             Rest
             shall
             be
             named
             within
             the
             aforesaid
             Term
             of
             
               Six
               Months
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             VIII
             .
          
           
             
             That
             there
             shall
             be
             established
             a
             Chamber
             of
             Direction-General
             of
             the
             Affairs
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             in
             the
             Town
             of
             Paris
             only
             ,
             to
             consist
             of
             
               One
               and
               Twenty
               Directors
            
             ,
             and
             no
             more
             :
             Twelve
             whereof
             to
             be
             of
             Paris
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             Nine
             ,
             of
             the
             Provinces
             ;
             to
             be
             Named
             and
             Chosen
             :
             That
             is
             ,
             the
             Twelve
             ,
             by
             the
             Persons
             Concerned
             in
             the
             Town
             of
             Paris
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             Nine
             by
             the
             Interessed
             Persons
             in
             the
             said
             Provinces
             ,
             every
             one
             in
             his
             Division
             ;
             for
             every
             Town
             or
             Province
             shall
             have
             a
             Right
             of
             Nomination
             ,
             which
             shall
             be
             Ordered
             by
             the
             Chamber
             of
             Direction-General
             after
             the
             settlement
             of
             it
             ,
             in
             proportion
             of
             the
             Stock
             that
             every
             Town
             shall
             have
             brought
             into
             the
             said
             Company
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             ,
             as
             shall
             be
             thought
             Convenient
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             the
             Elections
             shall
             be
             always
             made
             after
             this
             manner
             .
          
        
         
           
             IX
             .
          
           
             
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             ,
             till
             the
             said
             Company
             shall
             be
             Established
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             for
             the
             first
             time
             ,
             the
             said
             
               Nine
               Directors
            
             for
             the
             Provinces
             shall
             be
             chosen
             ,
             and
             named
             
             by
             the
             Interessed
             Parties
             in
             the
             said
             Towns
             and
             Provinces
             Respectively
             ;
             (
             but
             Provided
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             not
             be
             drawn
             into
             Consequence
             for
             the
             time
             to
             come
             )
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             One
             from
             each
             of
             the
             Towns
             of
             
               Rouen
               ,
               Nantes
            
             ,
             St.
             
               Malo
               ,
               Rochelle
               ,
               Bourdeaux
               ,
               Marseilles
               ,
               Tours
               ,
               Lyons
               ,
            
             and
             Dunkerque
             ,
             or
             such
             other
             Towns
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             as
             shall
             have
             the
             most
             Considerable
             Interest
             in
             the
             Company
             .
             And
             in
             case
             ,
             that
             any
             of
             the
             said
             Towns
             shall
             be
             found
             without
             some
             Interessed
             Person
             in
             it
             ,
             there
             shall
             be
             Two
             named
             out
             of
             such
             other
             Town
             ,
             as
             shall
             be
             Chosen
             by
             the
             
               Six
               Directors
            
             named
             for
             Paris
             :
             And
             it
             shall
             be
             lawfull
             for
             the
             Parties
             Interessed
             in
             each
             of
             the
             said
             Towns
             respectively
             ,
             to
             name
             their
             Caissier
             for
             the
             Receiving
             of
             their
             Moneys
             ,
             and
             Remitting
             them
             to
             the
             Cassier
             of
             the
             Town
             of
             Paris
             ;
             who
             shall
             be
             named
             for
             the
             first
             time
             by
             the
             said
             
               Six
               Directors
            
             of
             Paris
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             continue
             till
             the
             
               Chambers
               General
            
             shall
             be
             Established
             .
          
        
         
           
             X.
             
          
           
             
             That
             none
             shall
             be
             Capable
             of
             being
             Directors
             ,
             but
             Merchants
             Trading
             ,
             and
             without
             Offices
             ,
             except
             such
             of
             the
             Kings
             Secretaries
             as
             have
             dealt
             formerly
             in
             Commerce
             :
             Onely
             it
             shall
             be
             lawfull
             to
             admit
             
               Two
               Burgers
            
             into
             the
             number
             of
             the
             Directors
             ,
             although
             they
             have
             never
             meddled
             with
             Traffique
             :
             Provided
             ,
             that
             they
             be
             Persons
             that
             have
             no
             Offices
             ,
             and
             that
             no
             more
             be
             taken
             into
             the
             said
             Chamber
             upon
             any
             ground
             whatsoever
             ;
             the
             Company
             being
             perpetually
             to
             consist
             at
             the
             least
             of
             
               Three
               Fourths
            
             of
             
               Negotiating
               Merchants
            
             ,
             and
             with
             out
             Offices
             :
             Neither
             shall
             any
             man
             have
             a
             Vote
             in
             the
             
             Election
             of
             the
             Directors
             ,
             unlesse
             he
             has
             at
             least
             
               Ten
               thousands
               Livres
            
             in
             the
             Company
             :
             Nor
             be
             chosen
             a
             Director
             for
             Paris
             without
             
               Twenty
               thousand
               Livres
            
             at
             least
             ;
             nor
             for
             the
             Provinces
             under
             
               Ten
               thousand
               Livres
            
             ;
             all
             in
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             .
          
        
         
           
             XI
             .
          
           
             
             That
             it
             shall
             be
             lawfull
             for
             the
             Chamber
             of
             
               Direction
               General
            
             to
             constitute
             Chambers
             of
             
               Particular
               Direction
            
             ,
             in
             such
             Numbers
             and
             Places
             as
             they
             shall
             finde
             most
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Interest
             and
             Benefit
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             ;
             and
             likewise
             to
             Regulate
             the
             Number
             of
             the
             Directers
             of
             the
             said
             
               Particular
               Chambers
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             XII
             .
          
           
             
             That
             all
             the
             Accompts
             of
             the
             Chambers
             of
             
               Direction
               particular
            
             of
             the
             Provinces
             ,
             shall
             be
             sent
             from
             
               Six
               months
            
             to
             
               Six
               Moneths
            
             ,
             to
             the
             Chamber
             of
             
               Direction
               Generall
            
             at
             Paris
             ;
             where
             the
             Accompt-Books
             shall
             be
             View'd
             ,
             Examined
             ,
             and
             Stated
             ,
             and
             the
             Profits
             afterward
             divided
             by
             the
             said
             Chamber
             of
             
               Direction
               General
            
             ,
             as
             they
             shall
             think
             meet
             .
          
        
         
           
             XIII
             .
          
           
             
             That
             the
             said
             Chambers
             of
             
               Direction
               General
            
             ,
             and
             Particular
             ,
             shall
             name
             such
             Officers
             as
             shall
             be
             found
             necessary
             for
             keeping
             the
             Cash
             ,
             Books
             ,
             and
             Papers
             of
             Accompts
             ,
             for
             Buying
             and
             Selling
             ;
             for
             taking
             Care
             of
             all
             Provisions
             ,
             and
             Equipage
             ;
             paying
             of
             Wages
             ,
             and
             
             other
             ordinary
             Expences
             every
             man
             in
             his
             Proper
             place
             .
          
        
         
           
             XIV
             .
          
           
             
             That
             the
             
               First
               Directors
            
             shall
             continue
             in
             Power
             for
             the
             
               First
               Seven
               Years
            
             ,
             after
             which
             time
             there
             shall
             be
             Two
             Changed
             every
             Year
             at
             Paris
             ,
             and
             One
             in
             the
             
               Other
               Chambers
            
             ;
             and
             the
             
               First
               ,
               Second
               ,
               Third
               ,
               Fourth
               ,
            
             and
             Fifth
             Changes
             of
             those
             that
             go
             out
             ,
             shall
             be
             made
             by
             Lot
             :
             And
             in
             Case
             of
             Death
             of
             any
             of
             the
             Directors
             ,
             within
             the
             
               First
               Seven
               Years
            
             ,
             the
             other
             Directors
             shall
             have
             Power
             to
             fill
             that
             Vacancy
             with
             a
             new
             Choice
             ;
             and
             it
             shall
             be
             permitted
             to
             Chuse
             the
             same
             Director
             again
             ,
             after
             
               six
               Years
            
             Respite
             from
             the
             Execution
             of
             his
             Office
             :
             Nor
             shall
             it
             be
             lawfull
             for
             Father
             and
             Son
             ,
             or
             Son
             in
             Law
             ;
             nor
             for
             Brothers
             ,
             and
             Brothers
             in
             Law
             to
             be
             Directors
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ;
             and
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             be
             further
             supplicated
             to
             Confer
             upon
             the
             said
             Directors
             Certain
             Titles
             of
             Honour
             ,
             and
             Priviledges
             ,
             that
             may
             descend
             to
             their
             Posterity
             .
          
        
         
           
             XV.
             
          
           
             
             That
             the
             Directors
             of
             the
             said
             
               Chambers
               Generall
            
             and
             Particular
             ,
             shall
             Reside
             by
             Turns
             ,
             each
             man
             his
             Month
             ,
             to
             begin
             with
             the
             Antientest
             ,
             in
             each
             of
             them
             severally
             .
          
        
         
           
             XVI
             .
          
           
             
             That
             the
             said
             Chamber
             of
             
               Generall
               Direction
            
             shall
             be
             Empowred
             to
             make
             Statutes
             ,
             and
             Rules
             for
             the
             Benefit
             
             and
             Advantage
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             ,
             which
             in
             Case
             of
             need
             shall
             be
             most
             humbly
             presented
             to
             his
             Majesty
             for
             the
             obteyning
             of
             his
             Royall
             Confirmation
             .
          
        
         
           
             XVII
             .
          
           
             
             That
             the
             said
             Chamber
             shall
             make
             a
             
               General
               Accompt
            
             every
             
               Six
               Years
            
             ,
             of
             the
             Estate
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             ,
             and
             no
             man
             shall
             be
             suffered
             to
             withdraw
             himself
             unlesse
             by
             the
             Sale
             of
             his
             Action
             to
             some
             one
             or
             other
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             ,
             who
             shall
             alwayes
             uphold
             and
             maintain
             the
             same
             Right
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Stock
             be
             not
             diminished
             .
          
        
         
           
             XVIII
             .
          
           
             
             That
             his
             Majesty
             will
             Grant
             to
             the
             said
             Company
             (
             to
             the
             Exclusion
             of
             all
             other
             his
             Subjects
             )
             the
             
               Sole
               Power
            
             and
             Faculty
             of
             Traffique
             and
             Navigation
             from
             the
             
               Cape
               of
               good
               Hope
            
             throughout
             all
             India
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Eastern
               Seas
            
             :
             Nay
             even
             from
             the
             Streight
             of
             Magellan
             ,
             and
             the
             Maire
             throughout
             the
             
               Southern
               Seas
            
             ,
             
             for
             the
             Term
             of
             
               Fifty
               Years
            
             ,
             to
             begin
             from
             the
             setting
             out
             of
             the
             First
             Shipping
             from
             this
             Kingdome
             ;
             during
             which
             time
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             be
             desired
             expresly
             to
             inhibite
             all
             other
             Persons
             from
             entring
             upon
             the
             said
             Voyage
             ,
             and
             Commerce
             ;
             under
             p●yn
             of
             Forfeiting
             all
             their
             Vessels
             ,
             Arms
             ,
             Munitions
             ,
             and
             Merchandize
             ,
             to
             be
             applyed
             to
             the
             Profit
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             .
             To
             which
             Company
             his
             Ma●esty
             shall
             grant
             License
             to
             send
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             as
             much
             as
             shall
             be
             thought
             needfull
             ,
             both
             into
             the
             Isle
             of
             Magdagascar
             ;
             and
             the
             East-Indies
             ,
             and
             other
             Places
             of
             the
             said
             Commerce
             ,
             all
             Laws
             and
             Ordinances
             to
             the
             Contrary
             notwithstanding
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             XIX
             .
          
           
             
             That
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             be
             likewise
             Requested
             to
             grant
             unto
             the
             said
             Company
             ,
             the
             Propriety
             ,
             and
             Lordship
             of
             all
             those
             
               Lands
               ,
               Places
            
             and
             Isles
             ,
             which
             they
             shall
             either
             gain
             from
             the
             Enemies
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             make
             themselves
             Masters
             of
             ,
             whether
             as
             
               Abandoned
               ,
               uninhabited
            
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             possession
             of
             Barbarians
          
        
         
           
             XX.
             
          
           
             
             That
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             comprehend
             in
             the
             said
             Concession
             ,
             the
             Propriety
             of
             the
             Isle
             of
             Madagascar
             ,
             or
             Saint
             Laurence
             ,
             with
             the
             Neighbouring
             
               Islands
               ,
               Forts
               ,
               Habitations
            
             and
             Colonies
             belonging
             unto
             any
             of
             his
             Subjects
             :
             Concerning
             which
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             be
             most
             humbly
             desired
             to
             permit
             the
             Company
             to
             come
             to
             a
             fair
             Treaty
             ,
             with
             those
             who
             may
             have
             formerly
             obteined
             the
             Grant
             thereof
             from
             his
             Majesty
             ;
             or
             if
             not
             ,
             that
             Commissioners
             may
             be
             appointed
             for
             the
             Examination
             of
             the
             Interest
             of
             all
             Parties
             therein
             concerned
             ,
             for
             the
             Indemnisication
             of
             the
             Proprietors
             ,
             that
             the
             Company
             may
             quietly
             enjoy
             the
             same
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXI
             .
          
           
             
             That
             the
             Propriety
             of
             the
             said
             Isles
             and
             things
             belonging
             to
             the
             said
             Company
             ,
             may
             remain
             unto
             them
             after
             the
             Expiration
             of
             the
             Grant
             ,
             to
             dispose
             of
             according
             to
             their
             own
             pleasure
             ,
             and
             as
             their
             proper
             Inheritance
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             XXII
             .
          
           
             
             That
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             vouchsafe
             to
             Give
             and
             Grant
             to
             the
             said
             Company
             ,
             over
             and
             above
             the
             Jurisdictions
             annexed
             to
             the
             Seignory
             and
             Propriety
             heretofore
             Granted
             ,
             for
             the
             said
             Isle
             of
             Madagascar
             and
             others
             round
             about
             it
             ,
             full
             Power
             and
             Authority
             to
             Establish
             Judges
             for
             the
             Exercise
             of
             
               Sovereign
               Justice
            
             ,
             throughout
             the
             whole
             Extent
             of
             the
             said
             Countries
             ,
             and
             such
             other
             as
             they
             shal
             subject
             to
             the
             Obedience
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ;
             even
             over
             the
             French
             themselves
             who
             shall
             there
             inhabite
             ;
             Provided
             ,
             alwayes
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             Company
             shall
             name
             to
             his
             Majesty
             the
             Persons
             whom
             they
             shall
             choose
             for
             the
             Exercise
             of
             the
             said
             
               Sovereign
               Justice
            
             ,
             who
             shall
             swear
             Allegiance
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ;
             and
             Execute
             Justice
             ,
             and
             Issue
             out
             all
             their
             Orders
             and
             Decrees
             in
             his
             Majesties
             Name
             .
             To
             which
             effect
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             (
             if
             he
             pleases
             )
             shall
             Empower
             and
             Authorize
             them
             by
             Patent
             or
             Commission
             under
             his
             
               Great
               Seal
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXIII
             .
          
           
             
             That
             for
             the
             Execution
             of
             Decrees
             ,
             and
             for
             all
             Acts
             where
             his
             Majesties
             Seale
             shall
             be
             Necessary
             ,
             there
             shall
             be
             one
             Established
             ,
             and
             put
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             him
             that
             shall
             preside
             over
             the
             said
             
               Sovereign
               Justice
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXIV
             .
          
           
             
             That
             the
             Officers
             constituted
             for
             the
             said
             
               Sovereign
               Justice
            
             shall
             be
             Authorized
             to
             Constitute
             likewise
             such
             a
             number
             of
             
               Subordinate
               Officers
            
             ,
             and
             in
             such
             places
             as
             
             they
             shall
             think
             meet
             ,
             to
             be
             by
             them
             supplyed
             with
             Commissions
             under
             the
             Name
             and
             Seal
             of
             his
             Majesty
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXV
             .
          
           
             
             That
             for
             
               Military
               Command
            
             ,
             the
             said
             Company
             shall
             name
             to
             his
             Majesty
             a
             Governour-General
             of
             the
             Country
             ,
             and
             of
             such
             other
             Countries
             as
             shall
             be
             subdued
             ;
             whom
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             be
             humbly
             desired
             to
             Authorize
             with
             a
             Commission
             and
             to
             receive
             his
             Oath
             of
             Fidelity
             .
             And
             in
             Case
             that
             the
             said
             Company
             shall
             not
             be
             well
             satisfied
             with
             his
             Conduct
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             at
             Liberty
             to
             name
             some
             other
             ,
             to
             be
             likewise
             Impowred
             by
             his
             Majesty
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXVI
             .
          
           
             
             That
             his
             Majesty
             will
             be
             pleased
             to
             grant
             to
             the
             said
             Company
             the
             Power
             and
             Authority
             of
             Settling
             Garrisons
             in
             all
             the
             Places
             before-mentioned
             ,
             and
             in
             such
             other
             as
             shall
             be
             Conquered
             or
             Built
             ;
             consisting
             of
             what
             Numbers
             the
             Company
             shall
             think
             necessary
             :
             and
             therein
             to
             put
             
               Arms
               ,
               Canon
            
             ,
             and
             Ammunition
             ;
             and
             to
             cast
             Guns
             and
             other
             Arms
             in
             what
             place
             soever
             ,
             and
             in
             what
             Quantity
             soever
             they
             shall
             think
             needfull
             ;
             with
             his
             
               Majesties
               Arms
            
             Imprinted
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             underneath
             Them
             ,
             the
             Arms
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             ;
             which
             shall
             be
             Authorized
             to
             provide
             for
             the
             safety
             of
             the
             said
             places
             as
             by
             them
             shall
             be
             thought
             Expedient
             .
             The
             Officers
             and
             Commanders
             of
             the
             said
             places
             to
             be
             totally
             dependent
             ,
             and
             put
             in
             or
             out
             at
             the
             pleasure
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             ;
             Provided
             alwayes
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             all
             sweare
             
             Allegiance
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             ,
             take
             a
             
               Particular
               Oath
            
             to
             the
             said
             Company
             in
             Consideration
             of
             Trafsique
             and
             Commerce
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXVII
             .
          
           
             
             That
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             vouchsafe
             to
             Authorize
             the
             said
             Company
             to
             send
             Ambassadours
             in
             his
             Majesties
             name
             to
             the
             Kings
             of
             India
             ,
             and
             to
             Treate
             with
             them
             ,
             either
             upon
             Peace
             ,
             or
             Truce
             ,
             or
             even
             to
             Declare
             War
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             doe
             all
             other
             Acts
             which
             shall
             be
             deemed
             by
             the
             Company
             to
             be
             for
             the
             Advantage
             of
             the
             said
             Commerce
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXVIII
             .
          
           
             
             That
             the
             Directors
             of
             the
             Chamber-General
             and
             Particular
             shall
             keep
             Register-Books
             of
             all
             the
             Wages
             and
             Salaries
             ,
             which
             they
             shall
             give
             to
             their
             
               Officers
               ,
               Servants
               ,
               Clerks
               ,
               Work-men
               ,
               Souldiers
            
             and
             others
             ,
             which
             Bookes
             shall
             be
             good
             Evidence
             in
             Court
             ,
             and
             serve
             for
             the
             Decision
             of
             Questions
             upon
             any
             demand
             or
             pretension
             against
             the
             said
             Company
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXIX
             .
          
           
             
             That
             of
             all
             differences
             that
             shall
             arise
             upon
             what
             cause
             soever
             concerning
             the
             said
             Company
             ,
             betwixt
             Two
             or
             more
             Directors
             ,
             or
             
               Interessed
               Persons
            
             ,
             and
             any
             one
             Particular
             ,
             touching
             the
             Affaires
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             ,
             the
             Circumstances
             and
             Dependences
             shall
             be
             judged
             and
             determined
             by
             the
             
               Consulary
               Justice
            
             to
             the
             
             exclusion
             of
             all
             others
             ,
             whereof
             the
             Sentences
             and
             Judgments
             shall
             be
             executed
             Sovereignly
             and
             without
             Appeal
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             1500.
             
             Livres
             ;
             and
             in
             Cases
             of
             a
             higher
             concern
             ,
             the
             Judgments
             and
             Sentences
             shall
             be
             executed
             notwithstanding
             all
             Oppositions
             and
             Appeals
             whatsoever
             :
             The
             Appeal
             to
             be
             brought
             before
             the
             
               Ordinary
               Judges
            
             that
             are
             Properly
             to
             take
             Cognizance
             of
             the
             matter
             :
             to
             which
             effect
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             be
             desired
             to
             Establish
             the
             
               Consulary
               Justice
            
             before
             spoken
             of
             ,
             in
             the
             Town
             where
             it
             is
             not
             ;
             and
             wheresoever
             else
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             finde
             it
             necessary
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXX
             .
          
           
             
             That
             all
             Criminal
             matters
             wherein
             any
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             shall
             be
             a
             Party
             ,
             whether
             as
             Plaintiff
             or
             Defendent
             ,
             shall
             be
             determined
             by
             the
             
               Ordinary
               Judges
            
             ,
             provided
             alwayes
             that
             for
             no
             Cause
             or
             Pretext
             whatsoever
             ,
             the
             Criminal
             shall
             ever
             carry
             along
             with
             it
             the
             Civill
             ;
             which
             shall
             be
             still
             judged
             as
             is
             aforesaid
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXXI
             .
          
           
             
             That
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             have
             the
             goodnesse
             to
             promise
             to
             the
             said
             
               Company
               Protection
            
             and
             Defence
             against
             all
             Opposers
             ,
             and
             by
             force
             of
             Arms
             ,
             to
             maintain
             them
             upon
             all
             occasions
             in
             the
             entire
             freedome
             of
             their
             Commerce
             and
             Navigation
             ,
             and
             see
             them
             Repaired
             in
             case
             of
             any
             Injuries
             or
             Affronts
             offered
             them
             .
             And
             in
             Case
             further
             of
             any
             designe
             against
             the
             said
             Company
             ,
             to
             appoint
             them
             such
             Convoyes
             both
             Forward
             and
             Backward
             ,
             at
             his
             proper
             Charge
             and
             Expence
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             sufficient
             
             to
             secure
             the
             Company
             not
             onely
             over
             all
             the
             Coasts
             of
             Europe
             and
             Africa
             ,
             but
             even
             as
             far
             as
             India
             it self
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXXII
             .
          
           
             
             That
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             be
             pleased
             to
             Advance
             at
             present
             out
             of
             his
             own
             Cossers
             ,
             a
             
               Fifth
               Part
            
             of
             the
             whole
             expence
             for
             the
             
               Three
               First
               Expeditions
            
             ,
             so
             that
             so
             soon
             as
             ever
             the
             Person
             Authorized
             for
             the
             receiving
             of
             the
             monyes
             shall
             be
             named
             by
             the
             Company
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             cause
             to
             be
             delivered
             into
             his
             hand
             
               Three
               Hundred
               thousand
               Livres
            
             ,
             and
             upon
             his
             receiving
             of
             
               Four
               Hundred
               Thousand
               Livres
            
             from
             the
             Persons
             Engaged
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             cause
             to
             be
             delivered
             
               Three
               hundred
               thousand
               Livres
               more
            
             ,
             and
             so
             forward
             to
             
               Three
               Fifths
            
             ,
             for
             the
             first
             Year
             ,
             which
             comes
             to
             
               one
               Fifth
            
             upon
             the
             whole
             ;
             (
             his
             Majesty
             furnishing
             nothing
             at
             all
             for
             the
             Two
             following
             years
             )
             by
             virtue
             of
             which
             Advance
             his
             Majesty
             will
             give
             a
             Foundation
             to
             the
             Establishment
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             of
             so
             great
             Advantage
             to
             the
             State.
             
          
        
         
           
             XXXIII
             .
          
           
             
             That
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             be
             Graciously
             pleased
             to
             L●nd
             the
             said
             summe
             to
             the
             said
             Company
             ,
             without
             Interest
             ;
             and
             even
             without
             any
             Participation
             in
             the
             said
             Adventure
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             contenting
             himself
             with
             the
             
               Companies
               Obligation
            
             of
             paying
             back
             the
             said
             summe
             without
             Interest
             at
             the
             end
             of
             
               Ten
               Years
            
             ,
             to
             reckon
             from
             the
             day
             whereupon
             the
             said
             Company
             shall
             have
             perfected
             their
             
               First
               Capital
               Stock
            
             ;
             and
             in
             case
             that
             at
             the
             end
             of
             the
             said
             Ten
             Year
             ,
             it
             should
             appear
             by
             a
             
               General
               Accompt
            
             
             then
             to
             be
             made
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             Company
             had
             lost
             of
             their
             Capital
             ,
             that
             the
             whole
             damage
             shall
             fall
             upon
             That
             summe
             which
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             have
             advanced
             .
             And
             his
             said
             Majesty
             shall
             be
             most
             humbly
             desired
             upon
             valuation
             of
             the
             Estate
             of
             the
             Company
             (
             to
             see
             whether
             they
             have
             gained
             or
             lost
             )
             not
             to
             reckon
             upon
             
               Immovables
               ,
               Fortifications
               ,
               Cannon
            
             and
             Ammunitions
             ;
             and
             to
             content
             himself
             with
             such
             accompt
             as
             shall
             be
             stated
             by
             the
             Company
             ,
             without
             bringing
             them
             to
             any
             further
             reckoning
             before
             the
             Chamber
             of
             Accompts
             ,
             or
             elswhere
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXXIV
             .
          
           
             
             That
             the
             Merchandises
             that
             shall
             come
             from
             the
             Indies
             and
             be
             consumed
             in
             France
             ;
             shall
             pay
             but
             half
             the
             duties
             charged
             upon
             them
             by
             his
             Majesties
             Rates
             ,
             for
             his
             Rights
             of
             
               the
               Five
               Gross
               Farms
            
             ;
             which
             Moyety
             shall
             be
             regulated
             at
             so
             much
             
               per
               Cent
            
             ;
             And
             for
             such
             Commodities
             as
             shall
             be
             sent
             into
             
               Forreign
               Countries
            
             ,
             or
             Countries
             exempt
             from
             Custome
             ,
             whether
             by
             Sea
             or
             Land
             ,
             they
             shall
             pay
             no
             duties
             at
             all
             ,
             either
             In
             ,
             or
             Out
             :
             and
             shall
             be
             deposited
             in
             their
             Store-houses
             of
             the
             Customs
             and
             Harbours
             of
             the
             Places
             where
             they
             Arrive
             ;
             where
             there
             are
             any
             such
             ;
             and
             where
             there
             are
             none
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             Marked
             with
             Lead
             ,
             and
             laid
             up
             ,
             till
             they
             are
             to
             be
             taken
             away
             ,
             at
             which
             places
             an
             accompt
             of
             them
             shall
             be
             given
             to
             the
             persons
             Interessed
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             Clark
             of
             the
             said
             
               Five
               Gross
               Farms
            
             signed
             by
             one
             of
             the
             Directors
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             :
             And
             upon
             their
             removal
             elswhere
             there
             shall
             be
             an
             Obligation
             of
             bringing
             back
             within
             a
             Certain
             time
             a
             Receipt
             with
             Proof
             that
             they
             are
             
             Arrived
             :
             And
             as
             to
             
               Merchandizes
               unknown
            
             ,
             and
             not
             as
             yet
             Rated
             ,
             they
             shall
             pay
             
               Three
               per
               Cent.
            
             according
             to
             the
             valuation
             that
             shall
             be
             made
             of
             them
             by
             the
             Chamber-General
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXXV
             .
          
           
             
             That
             Wood
             ,
             and
             other
             Necessaries
             for
             building
             of
             the
             Ships
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             shall
             be
             Exempt
             from
             all
             duties
             of
             Entry
             ;
             The
             Vessells
             and
             Merchandizes
             free
             from
             the
             Duties
             the
             of
             Admiralty
             and
             Wood
             ;
             and
             the
             Munitions
             of
             
               War
               ,
               Victualls
            
             ,
             and
             other
             things
             necessary
             for
             Victuallings
             and
             Embarquings
             requisite
             for
             the
             said
             Company
             ,
             shall
             be
             free
             from
             all
             Rights
             of
             In
             and
             Out
             ,
             during
             the
             Term
             of
             the
             present
             Privilege
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXXVI
             .
          
           
             
             That
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             order
             the
             furnishing
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             for
             their
             Provisions
             and
             Equipages
             with
             the
             Quantity
             of
             a
             
               Hundred
               Measures
               of
               Salt
            
             ,
             or
             what
             other
             number
             the
             said
             Company
             shall
             have
             occasion
             for
             ,
             in
             the
             Town
             of
             
               Haure
               de
               Grace
            
             ,
             by
             the
             Hand
             of
             the
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Store
             of
             that
             Town
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             
               Merchants
               Price
            
             :
             provided
             alwayes
             ,
             that
             the
             Company
             shall
             deal
             fairly
             in
             the
             businesse
             ,
             without
             abusing
             the
             Grant.
             
          
        
         
           
             XXXVII
             ▪
          
           
             
             That
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             permit
             the
             said
             Company
             to
             settle
             Ecclesiasticks
             in
             the
             said
             Isles
             of
             Madagascar
             ,
             and
             other
             places
             where
             they
             shall
             plant
             themselves
             ,
             in
             such
             Number
             and
             of
             such
             Quality
             as
             the
             Company
             shall
             judge
             Convenient
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             XXXVIII
             ▪
          
           
             
             That
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             be
             most
             humbly
             desired
             not
             to
             grant
             any
             Letters
             of
             
               Protection
               ,
               Respit
               ,
               Evocation
            
             ,
             or
             Delay
             ,
             to
             any
             that
             shall
             have
             bought
             the
             Goods
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             ,
             or
             Sold
             any
             thing
             to
             their
             Use
             and
             Service
             ,
             that
             so
             the
             Company
             may
             be
             alwayes
             in
             Condition
             to
             compel
             their
             Debtors
             to
             make
             just
             payment
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Form
             and
             Tenor
             of
             their
             Obligations
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXXIX
             .
          
           
             
             That
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             be
             most
             humbly
             desired
             ,
             to
             vouch-safe
             that
             the
             
               Sieurs
               Pocquelin
               Pere
               ,
               Maillet
               Pere
               ,
               Ie
               Brun
               ,
               de
               Faverolles
               ,
               Cadeau
               ,
               Samson
               ,
               Simonet
               ,
               Jabac
               ,
            
             &
             Scot
             ,
             Merchants
             ;
             may
             present
             these
             Articles
             ,
             and
             receive
             his
             pleasure
             thereupon
             :
             This
             Establishment
             being
             of
             infinite
             Advantage
             both
             to
             his
             Majesties
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             all
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             who
             shall
             redouble
             their
             Vows
             and
             Prayers
             for
             the
             Long
             continuance
             of
             his
             Majesties
             health
             .
          
        
         
           
             XL.
             
          
           
             
             That
             his
             Majesty
             be
             most
             humbly
             desired
             ,
             by
             the
             Deputies
             above-named
             ,
             to
             vouchsafe
             ,
             that
             in
             case
             any
             
             thing
             shall
             appear
             to
             be
             omitted
             in
             these
             present
             Articles
             they
             may
             be
             allowed
             to
             deliver
             Memorialls
             of
             them
             ,
             to
             what
             persons
             he
             shall
             be
             pleased
             to
             appoint
             to
             make
             report
             thereof
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             made
             use
             of
             in
             his
             Declaration
             which
             shall
             be
             Issued
             in
             Consequence
             of
             this
             present
             Petition
             .
          
           
             
               Done
               and
               Resolved
               at
               the
               Assembly
               held
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Gracious
               Permission
               at
               the
               House
               of
               
                 Monsieur
                 Faverolles
              
               ,
               Merchant
               at
               Paris
               ,
               
                 Tuesday
                 May
                 26.
                 1664.
                 
              
            
             
               Examined
               and
               Concluded
               in
               Our
               Council
               ,
               
                 the
                 last
                 day
                 of
                 May
                 1664.
                 
              
            
             
               Signed
               LOVIS
               and
               underneath
               DE
               LYONNE
               .
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
           
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A32727-e10750
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
             Onely
             putting
             in
             
               Twenty
               Thousand
               Livres
            
             in
             stead
             of
             Ten.
             
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
             Putting
             8000
             Livres
             in
             the
             First
             Place
             and
             20000
             in
             the
             Second
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
             Upon
             Condition
             that
             all
             those
             that
             have
             a
             mind
             to
             engage
             in
             the
             said
             Company
             shall
             declare
             themselves
             ,
             and
             subscribe
             at
             the
             first
             Assembly
             ;
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             chuse
             12
             Syadicks
             to
             take
             care
             of
             what
             is
             to
             be
             done
             in
             order
             to
             the
             settlement
             of
             the
             Company
             till
             the
             Directors
             shall
             be
             nominated
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             for
             Fifty
             Years
             .
          
           
             The
             Exporting
             of
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             being
             a
             Thing
             never
             publickly
             permitted
             in
             any
             State
             ,
             and
             yet
             at
             present
             acknowledged
             to
             be
             necessary
             .
             It
             shall
             be
             allowed
             ,
             by
             a
             
               particular
               Permission
            
             ,
             to
             remain
             in
             the
             Hands
             of
             the
             Directors
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             :
             Even
             to
             all
             Priviledges
             of
             Justic●
             &
             Admiralty
             in
             matters
             concerning
             the
             Sea
             Affairs
             throughout
             the
             whole
             extent
             of
             the
             said
             Countries
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
             Provided
             that
             the
             whole
             Estate
             of
             the
             said
             Company
             shall
             be
             valued
             
               bonâ
               side
            
             by
             the
             Chamber
             of
             
               Direction
               General
            
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Exemption
             of
             all
             Duties
             ;
             the
             valuation
             of
             
               commodities
               unknown
            
             ,
             by
             the
             Chamber-Generall
             ,
             and
             the
             Regulation
             of
             the
             Rights
             upon
             them
             at
             three
             
               per
               Cent.
            
             And
             in
             regard
             that
             the
             discharge
             of
             
               one
               half
            
             of
             the
             duties
             of
             entry
             cannot
             be
             granted
             in
             manner
             as
             is
             desired
             ,
             for
             the
             Reasons
             which
             have
             already
             appeared
             upon
             the
             debate
             there
             shall
             be
             allowed
             instead
             thereof
             acertain
             summ
             upon
             the
             return
             of
             each
             Vessel
             coming
             from
             the
             Indies
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Regulation
             that
             shall
             be
             made
             thereupon
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .
          
           
             Allowed
             .