The usurpations of France upon the trade of the woollen manufacture of England briefly hinted at, being the effects of thirty years observations, by which that King hath been enabled to wage war with so great a part of Europe, or, A caution to England to improve a season now put into her hand, to secure her self by William Carter.
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             The usurpations of France upon the trade of the woollen manufacture of England briefly hinted at, being the effects of thirty years observations, by which that King hath been enabled to wage war with so great a part of Europe, or, A caution to England to improve a season now put into her hand, to secure her self by William Carter.
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           THE
           Usurpations
           of
           France
           UPON
           THE
           TRADE
           OF
           THE
           WOOLLEN
           MANUFACTURE
           OF
           ENGLAND
           BRIEFLY
           HINTED
           AT
           ;
           Being
           the
           EFFECTS
           of
           Thirty
           Years
           Observations
           ,
           by
           which
           that
           King
           hath
           been
           Enabled
           to
           wage
           War
           with
           so
           great
           a
           Part
           of
           EUROPE
           .
        
         
           OR
           ,
           A
           
             Caution
             to
             England
          
           To
           Improve
           a
           Season
           now
           put
           into
           Her
           Hand
           ,
           to
           Secure
           Her Self
           .
        
         
           By
           WILLIAM
           CARTER
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Richard
             Baldwin
          
           at
           the
           Oxford-Armes
           in
           Warwick-Lane
           ,
           and
           
             Joseph
             Fox
          
           at
           the
           Cap
           in
           Westminster-Hall
           .
           MDCXCV
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
        
         
           THE
           Subject
           of
           the
           following
           Discourse
           being
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           the
           less
           Apology
           will
           be
           required
           ;
           nor
           needs
           it
           many
           Arguments
           to
           Demonstrate
           what
           we
           see
           and
           feel
           ,
           viz.
           That
           the
           French
           have
           within
           this
           40
           Years
           ,
           not
           only
           by
           Increase
           of
           Trade
           ,
           Enriched
           their
           Country
           ,
           but
           also
           Multiplied
           their
           Shipping
           to
           that
           degree
           ,
           that
           the
           Effect
           thereof
           hath
           occasioned
           the
           Effusion
           of
           so
           much
           Blood
           and
           Treasure
           in
           these
           late
           Years
           ;
           and
           how
           much
           more
           few
           can
           tell
           .
        
         
           The
           Consequences
           that
           have
           happened
           ,
           I
           long
           since
           fore-saw
           ,
           and
           publickly
           declared
           my
           Fears
           ,
           that
           unless
           some
           speedy
           method
           were
           taken
           ,
           the
           French
           would
           in
           a
           short
           time
           Engross
           the
           whole
           Woollen-Manufacture
           ,
           and
           consequently
           Trade
           it self
           ,
           to
           the
           irreparable
           Damage
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           And
           tho'
           the
           War
           with
           France
           hath
           cost
           Vs
           so
           many
           Millions
           ,
           yet
           I
           question
           not
           but
           the
           Perusal
           of
           the
           following
           Sheets
           will
           convince
           all
           Persons
           ,
           that
           rather
           regard
           the
           Publick
           Interest
           than
           some
           Private
           Convenience
           that
           may
           attend
           themselves
           ;
           that
           had
           there
           been
           no
           War
           (
           speaking
           humanely
           )
           we
           should
           have
           (
           ere
           this
           time
           )
           lost
           the
           whole
           Profit
           of
           the
           Exportation
           of
           the
           said
           Woollen-Manufacture
           ,
           (
           amounting
           to
           several
           Millions
           in
           Value
           Yearly
           ;
           )
           the
           French
           (
           before
           the
           War
           )
           having
           made
           so
           great
           Progress
           therein
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           not
           only
           Prohibited
           our
           Cloth
           and
           Stuffs
           to
           be
           Imported
           into
           France
           ,
           but
           had
           also
           so
           far
           advanced
           themselves
           in
           that
           Manufacture
           ,
           as
           to
           Export
           the
           same
           into
           many
           Foreign
           Parts
           ,
           as
           
             Mr.
             Andrew
             Marvel
          
           hath
           formerly
           shewed
           at
           large
           ,
           in
           a
           Paper
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1677
           ,
           a
           part
           of
           which
           is
           inserted
           in
           the
           following
           Discourse
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           this
           be
           the
           true
           state
           of
           the
           Case
           in
           the
           Infancy
           of
           the
           said
           Woollen-Manufacture
           in
           France
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           before
           the
           War
           (
           if
           a
           Peace
           were
           concluded
           )
           what
           the
           Consequences
           will
           be
           when
           that
           King
           shall
           enlarge
           and
           bring
           it
           to
           a
           greater
           Perfection
           ,
           rational
           and
           wise
           Men
           may
           judge
        
         
           And
           when
           ever
           a
           Peace
           may
           be
           Concluded
           betwixt
           England
           and
           France
           ,
           unless
           such
           a
           Provision
           be
           made
           while
           we
           are
           at
           War
           to
           keep
           the
           Ballance
           of
           Trade
           ,
           I
           do
           foresee
           (
           who
           have
           been
           almost
           30
           Years
           observing
           the
           Designs
           of
           France
           to
           get
           the
           Trade
           from
           Vs
           )
           the
           evil
           Consequence
           to
           England
           of
           that
           Peace
           which
           may
           end
           in
           our
           Ruine
           ;
           as
           was
           admirably
           well
           observed
           lately
           by
           another
           Hand
           ,
           
             viz.
             That
             
             Peace
             made
             up
             with
             an
             Enemy
             ,
             whose
             Power
             is
             too
             Strong
             ,
             and
             his
             Fidelity
             too
             Weak
             ,
             is
             only
             a
             Cob-Web-Lawn
             to
             break
             through
             at
             pleasure
             ;
             and
             a
             Reconciliation
             of
             Friendship
             with
             such
             a
             Prince
             ,
             is
             the
             only
             means
             to
             Impower
             him
             ,
             to
             be
             more
             Dangerous
             ,
             because
             then
             a
             more
             Surprising
             Enemy
             :
             Should
          
           France
           
             in
             her
             Present
             (
             or
             rather
             Late
             Greatness
             )
             give
             a
             Cessation
             to
             Hostillity
             ,
             't
             is
             certain
             she
             can
             never
             give
             a
             Cessation
             to
             her
             Ambition
             ;
             and
             't
             is
             as
             certain
             that
             War
             is
             only
             rak'd
             up
             ,
             not
             quench'd
             ,
             when
             the
             Coals
             of
             Ambition
             are
             still
             glowing
             ,
             that
             at
             any
             convenient
             Rupture
             may
             set
             it
             fresh
             a
             blazing
             ,
             to
             that
             Aspirer
             that
             so
             visibly
             aims
             at
             Universal
             Monarchy
             ;
             Universal
             Peace
             can
             be
             no
             more
             than
             a
             Disguise
             :
             In
             short
             in
             any
             present
             Accommodation
             with
          
           France
           ,
           
             her
             holding
             her
             Hand
             will
             be
             no
             other
             than
             to
             take
             Breath
             to
             enable
             her
             to
             make
             a
             stronger
             Blow
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Consideration
           of
           these
           Things
           ,
           hath
           all
           along
           prompted
           me
           (
           as
           an
           English
           Man
           )
           to
           use
           the
           utmost
           of
           my
           Endeavours
           in
           the
           Post
           I
           have
           stood
           in
           for
           so
           many
           years
           ,
           to
           prevent
           the
           Designs
           of
           France
           on
           England
           ,
           that
           those
           Things
           threatnea
           may
           be
           prevented
           ,
           otherwise
           I
           had
           not
           appeared
           in
           Print
           at
           this
           Time
           ,
           being
           rather
           enclined
           to
           be
           more
           Retire
           ,
           especially
           when
           I
           Reflect
           upon
           the
           Discouragement
           and
           Difficulties
           I
           have
           met
           withal
           in
           my
           former
           Vndertaking
           ;
           of
           which
           I
           have
           given
           a
           short
           Account
           in
           the
           close
           of
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           but
           more
           at
           large
           in
           another
           ,
           written
           by
           me
           sometime
           since
           ,
           for
           the
           clearing
           my self
           of
           some
           
             Malicious
             Imputations
          
           suggested
           against
           me
           in
           my
           said
           former
           Vndertakings
           ;
           nor
           did
           I
           however
           intend
           to
           be
           named
           in
           this
           Paper
           ,
           when
           I
           put
           it
           to
           the
           Press
           ;
           but
           finding
           my
           Name
           made
           use
           of
           in
           several
           Projects
           about
           
             Raising
             of
             Money
          
           ,
           and
           in
           bringing
           in
           a
           
             Bill
             to
             lessen
             the
             Penalties
             about
             the
             Exportation
             of
             Wool
          
           ;
           and
           which
           occasioned
           the
           Mistake
           of
           divers
           of
           my
           Friends
           ,
           who
           thereby
           were
           induced
           to
           believe
           me
           concerned
           in
           Matters
           which
           were
           utterly
           against
           their
           Opinion
           ;
           and
           indeed
           I
           may
           presume
           to
           offer
           my
           thoughts
           ,
           will
           instead
           of
           preventing
           ,
           be
           rather
           an
           Encouragement
           to
           the
           said
           Exportation
           ;
           and
           if
           Experience
           for
           near
           Thirty
           Years
           may
           be
           credited
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           now
           wanting
           in
           Point
           of
           Law
           but
           Execution
           ;
           and
           if
           there
           were
           a
           Thousand
           Laws
           made
           and
           not
           Executed
           it
           is
           just
           the
           same
           as
           if
           none
           at
           all
           .
           These
           Reasons
           amongst
           others
           have
           prevail'd
           with
           me
           to
           Subscribe
           my
           Name
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           use
           of
           this
           Opportunity
           to
           declare
           ,
           That
           I
           am
           not
           Engaged
           in
           any
           of
           those
           Matters
           which
           my
           Friends
           might
           take
           to
           be
           against
           my
           former
           Opinion
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           and
           which
           ,
           I
           believe
           ,
           will
           rather
           redound
           to
           the
           prejudice
           than
           good
           of
           the
           Publick
           ;
           not
           that
           I
           would
           be
           construed
           to
           Reflect
           upon
           any
           Person
           under
           Mistakes
           ,
           being
           charitable
           to
           all
           ;
           tho'
           in
           the
           following
           Discourse
           I
           have
           been
           somewhat
           sharp
           on
           those
           I
           judged
           to
           be
           
             willful
             Enemies
             to
             their
             own
             Trade
             and
             Nation
             .
          
        
         
           
             William
             Carter
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           The
           renewing
           of
           a
           CAVEAT
           Entred
           in
           our
           Court
           several
           Years
           agoe
           against
           the
           Growth
           of
           FRANCE
           .
        
         
           ALthough
           it
           be
           beyond
           all
           Dispute
           ,
           that
           the
           French
           King
           (
           who
           not
           many
           years
           ago
           was
           very
           inconsiderable
           both
           in
           Trade
           and
           Shipping
           )
           is
           now
           become
           so
           formidable
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           able
           to
           make
           War
           with
           so
           great
           a
           part
           of
           Europe
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           very
           lately
           he
           bid
           fair
           to
           be
           Emperor
           thereof
           .
        
         
           And
           though
           the
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           be
           clear
           ;
           yet
           it
           is
           by
           many
           made
           a
           Question
           ,
           How
           so
           prodigious
           an
           Alteration
           should
           come
           to
           pass
           in
           so
           short
           a
           time
           .
           For
           notwithstanding
           it
           be
           notorious
           ,
           that
           that
           King's
           Interest
           was
           very
           great
           in
           the
           two
           last
           Reigns
           ,
           and
           thereby
           he
           obtain'd
           many
           Advantages
           here
           ,
           not
           only
           Moulds
           of
           our
           best
           Ships
           of
           War
           ,
           but
           some
           Materials
           for
           their
           Building
           ;
           and
           had
           it
           not
           been
           for
           a
           great
           Man
           now
           of
           Their
           Majesties
           most
           Honourable
           Privy-Council
           ,
           much
           of
           our
           best
           Timber
           had
           been
           long
           since
           in
           France
           :
           For
           the
           Dutchess
           of
           Portsmouth
           having
           a
           Grant
           of
           Forty
           thousand
           Pounds
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           be
           raised
           out
           of
           the
           Timber
           growing
           in
           the
           
             New
             Forrest
          
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           Sherwood
           ;
           his
           Lordship
           prevented
           that
           Mischief
           ,
           which
           had
           it
           not
           been
           done
           with
           great
           Prudence
           ,
           it
           would
           have
           been
           of
           a
           had
           Consequence
           to
           England
           .
           For
           which
           he
           was
           suddenly
           after
           ,
           and
           for
           espousing
           the
           Prince
           of
           
           Orange's
           Interest
           ,
           condemned
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           brought
           out
           of
           Favour
           here
           ,
           (
           to
           the
           Honour
           of
           that
           Noble
           Lord
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           remembred
           for
           the
           Good
           of
           England
           ,
           against
           the
           Designs
           of
           
             France
             .
          
           )
        
         
           And
           although
           it
           be
           too
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           Dutchess
           promoted
           the
           French
           Interest
           here
           ,
           by
           which
           many
           Advantages
           were
           procured
           thereby
           from
           England
           to
           France
           ,
           (
           which
           may
           be
           elsewhere
           enlarged
           )
           yet
           that
           was
           but
           as
           Flashes
           in
           a
           River
           ,
           for
           a
           Season
           :
           But
           its
           Trade
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           main
           Spring
           or
           Fountain
           that
           gives
           Life
           unto
           ,
           and
           that
           doth
           maintain
           ,
           Riches
           and
           Strength
           to
           any
           Nation
           ,
           Kingdom
           ,
           or
           People
           .
        
         
           And
           though
           in
           Trade
           it self
           its
           generally
           reported
           ,
           that
           France
           (
           by
           way
           of
           Barter
           )
           got
           from
           England
           upwards
           of
           a-Million
           of
           Pounds
           
             Sterling
             per
             Annum
          
           ,
           for
           several
           Years
           last
           past
           ,
           which
           is
           only
           known
           by
           the
           Entries
           made
           in
           our
           Custom
           Hou●●
           Books
           ;
           yet
           this
           (
           to
           those
           that
           know
           the
           Intrigues
           of
           that
           People
           )
           may
           not
           be
           ●ne
           half
           in
           value
           of
           the
           Goods
           imported
           from
           France
           .
           For
           that
           which
           comes
           in
           by
           Stealth
           (
           and
           of
           such
           some
           Persons
           are
           so
           fond
           ,
           as
           to
           give
           double
           if
           not
           treble
           the
           worth
           of
           it
           only
           to
           have
           the
           name
           of
           French
           )
           may
           be
           as
           much
           in
           the
           Sum
           ,
           if
           not
           more
           than
           what
           is
           truly
           and
           really
           entered
           ,
           which
           for
           the
           most
           part
           are
           bulky
           Commodities
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           our
           Loss
           in
           the
           Trade
           with
           France
           is
           about
           Two
           Millions
           
             per
             Annum
          
           ,
           
           by
           the
           Importation
           of
           their
           Commodities
           here
           ;
           so
           it
           s
           presumed
           ,
           (
           on
           very
           good
           grounds
           )
           that
           the
           Exportation
           of
           our
           Wool
           thither
           ,
           unwrought
           ,
           enriches
           France
           much
           more
           than
           all
           the
           Importation
           of
           French
           Goods
           into
           England
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           if
           France
           ,
           for
           upwards
           of
           twenty
           Years
           last
           past
           ,
           hath
           gained
           only
           from
           England
           more
           than
           Four
           Millions
           
             per
             Annum
          
           (
           besides
           what
           that
           King
           hath
           gain'd
           out
           of
           other
           Countries
           by
           his
           Intrigues
           ,
           )
           it
           is
           humbly
           presumed
           ,
           the
           Question
           before
           stated
           
             (
             viz.
          
           )
           (
           How
           France
           in
           so
           short
           time
           became
           so
           great
           ?
           )
           is
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           answered
           .
        
         
           When
           on
           the
           other
           Hand
           ,
           England
           (
           if
           true
           to
           its
           real
           Interest
           )
           might
           quickly
           turn
           the
           Scales
           ,
           and
           beat
           France
           without
           Fighting
           ,
           though
           not
           now
           .
           For
           there
           are
           but
           few
           Princes
           or
           States
           ,
           that
           have
           such
           means
           to
           support
           their
           Splendor
           ,
           as
           the
           Kings
           and
           Queens
           of
           England
           :
           Nor
           few
           (
           if
           any
           )
           Countries
           ,
           such
           staple
           Commodities
           ,
           as
           this
           Kingdom
           hath
           ;
           yet
           those
           Advantages
           were
           never
           as
           yet
           improved
           as
           they
           might
           be
           :
           And
           as
           to
           what
           might
           have
           been
           formerly
           done
           of
           this
           Nature
           ,
           Sir
           
             Walter
             Rawleigh
          
           propounded
           to
           King
           James
           the
           I.
           that
           the
           Native
           Commodities
           of
           England
           ,
           with
           other
           Traffick
           ,
           might
           have
           been
           then
           improved
           Three
           Millions
           of
           Pounds
           
             Sterling
             per
             Annum
          
           ,
           beyond
           what
           they
           then
           came
           to
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Revenue
           of
           the
           Crown
           might
           proportionably
           increase
           thereby
           .
           If
           Matters
           stood
           thus
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           woful
           Experience
           tells
           us
           (
           as
           before
           mentioned
           )
           that
           the
           Case
           is
           now
           far
           worse
           :
           For
           instead
           of
           increasing
           ,
           we
           have
           lost
           so
           many
           Millions
           by
           the
           Intrigues
           of
           France
           ,
           which
           will
           more
           particularly
           appear
           in
           the
           sequel
           of
           this
           Discourse
           .
        
         
           The
           most
           of
           the
           Goods
           ,
           which
           are
           now
           yearly
           imported
           into
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           being
           to
           the
           Value
           of
           several
           Millions
           of
           Pounds
           
             Sterling
             per
             Annum
          
           ,
           are
           no
           otherwise
           answered
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           value
           of
           the
           Commodities
           which
           are
           exported
           ;
           the
           Bulk
           of
           which
           consists
           chiefly
           in
           our
           Woolen
           Manufacture
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           great
           support
           of
           our
           Trade
           and
           Shipping
           .
           For
           before
           King
           Edward
           the
           III.
           the
           Burgunder
           enjoyed
           that
           Advantage
           ,
           in
           making
           of
           a
           Yard
           of
           Cloth
           ,
           of
           English
           Wool
           cost
           Eighteen
           Pence
           ,
           worth
           then
           Ten
           Shillings
           ,
           to
           the
           enriching
           of
           that
           People
           ,
           and
           advancing
           the
           Revenue
           of
           their
           Princes
           ;
           which
           being
           perceived
           by
           the
           said
           King
           Edward
           ,
           upon
           a
           Visit
           made
           by
           himself
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Burgundy
           ;
           during
           his
           Residence
           there
           ,
           he
           employed
           such
           able
           Agents
           amongst
           the
           Elemish
           Clothiers
           ,
           so
           effectually
           representing
           to
           them
           the
           Danger
           they
           were
           in
           by
           the
           Bordering
           War
           with
           France
           ,
           the
           peaceable
           Condition
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           Freedom
           of
           the
           People
           that
           are
           Subjects
           here
           ,
           that
           he
           found
           them
           inclinable
           to
           accept
           an
           Invitation
           to
           come
           over
           hither
           ,
           he
           promising
           them
           the
           same
           Privileges
           and
           Immunities
           with
           his
           own
           Subjects
           ;
           by
           which
           Means
           he
           prevailed
           with
           a
           great
           number
           of
           them
           to
           come
           into
           England
           soon
           after
           him
           ,
           where
           he
           most
           royally
           performed
           those
           Promises
           :
           He
           also
           called
           home
           many
           of
           his
           own
           Subjects
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           long
           setled
           in
           Flanders
           ;
           and
           then
           strictly
           prohibited
           the
           Exportation
           of
           Wool.
           
        
         
           So
           the
           Trade
           of
           Cloth
           was
           then
           settled
           in
           England
           ;
           but
           the
           Manufacture
           of
           Bays
           ,
           Says
           ,
           and
           Perpetuanies
           ,
           &c.
           (
           which
           is
           now
           almost
           half
           the
           Woolen
           Manufacture
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           )
           was
           not
           set
           up
           here
           till
           the
           Reign
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           but
           was
           till
           then
           wholly
           carried
           on
           in
           Flanders
           ,
           with
           English
           Wool
           ;
           so
           that
           by
           these
           two
           Princes
           the
           Woolen
           Manufacture
           came
           to
           be
           settled
           in
           England
           :
           By
           which
           Means
           ,
           as
           our
           Wealth
           came
           greatly
           to
           encrease
           ,
           so
           we
           became
           more
           powerful
           in
           Shipping
           ;
           which
           Greatness
           of
           our
           Trade
           ,
           and
           Strength
           
           of
           our
           Shipping
           ,
           founded
           on
           that
           ,
           hath
           been
           not
           only
           observed
           ,
           but
           of
           late
           emulated
           by
           the
           French
           King.
           And
           seeing
           it
           was
           clearly
           discerned
           ,
           that
           the
           chiefest
           Means
           for
           the
           Maintenance
           of
           it
           proceeded
           from
           our
           Woolen
           Manufacture
           ,
           the
           said
           French
           King
           hath
           for
           several
           Years
           last
           past
           used
           all
           Means
           to
           get
           our
           Wool
           to
           France
           ;
           and
           then
           prohibit
           the
           said
           Manufacture
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           so
           great
           Concern
           to
           England
           .
           For
           the
           said
           Manufacture
           ,
           being
           exported
           together
           with
           its
           Returns
           ,
           doth
           pay
           more
           than
           three
           Fourths
           of
           the
           Customs
           ;
           and
           consequently
           the
           same
           in
           proportion
           are
           the
           Ships
           and
           Seamen
           employed
           thereby
           ;
           and
           it
           doth
           not
           only
           give
           Life
           to
           all
           Trade
           ,
           but
           a
           Value
           to
           Land
           ;
           by
           which
           Means
           also
           all
           other
           Branches
           of
           the
           Revenue
           of
           the
           Crown
           are
           proportionably
           increased
           .
           But
           my
           Lord
           Cook
           saith
           ,
           that
           its
           much
           more
           .
           For
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             Divide
             the
             Exported
             Native
             Commodities
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             into
             Ten
             Parts
             ;
             and
             what
             comes
             from
             the
             Sheep's
             back
             is
             in
             Value
             Nine
             Parts
          
           ;
           which
           ,
           as
           before
           hinted
           ,
           the
           French
           King
           hath
           used
           all
           Arts
           and
           Means
           ,
           for
           above
           twenty
           Years
           ,
           to
           encourage
           this
           Woolen
           Manufacture
           in
           his
           own
           Dominions
           ;
           not
           only
           to
           furnish
           his
           own
           Countrey
           ,
           but
           to
           export
           it
           to
           Foreign
           Parts
           ,
           which
           were
           formerly
           supplied
           by
           us
           ;
           to
           the
           increasing
           of
           their
           Riches
           and
           Strength
           by
           Sea
           ,
           (
           now
           so
           formidable
           )
           and
           then
           by
           so
           much
           the
           less
           Place
           or
           Probability
           there
           will
           be
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           furnish
           them
           or
           export
           it
           into
           foreign
           Parts
           ;
           and
           then
           also
           so
           much
           the
           greater
           stop
           must
           of
           necessity
           be
           put
           to
           the
           vending
           of
           our
           Woolen
           Manufacture
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ;
           because
           there
           is
           a
           determin'd
           Quantity
           thereof
           consumed
           in
           the
           Trading
           World.
           And
           is
           it
           not
           as
           manifest
           ,
           that
           by
           how
           much
           our
           Manufacture
           decays
           ,
           our
           Trade
           and
           Wealth
           must
           decay
           ;
           and
           the
           Strength
           of
           our
           Shipping
           mainly
           depending
           thereon
           ,
           must
           decay
           also
           ?
           and
           consequently
           the
           Revenue
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           the
           Customs
           ,
           but
           in
           all
           other
           Branches
           of
           the
           said
           Revenue
           that
           do
           depend
           upon
           Trade
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           from
           our
           Manufacture
           that
           the
           Riches
           of
           this
           Nation
           comes
           ,
           and
           if
           it
           be
           chiefly
           from
           thence
           that
           our
           Shipping
           is
           Employed
           ,
           and
           our
           Mariners
           bred
           ;
           if
           it
           be
           from
           our
           Trading
           alone
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           Riches
           which
           our
           Trading
           brings
           in
           ,
           that
           their
           Majesty's
           Customs
           are
           Raised
           ,
           and
           that
           our
           Fleets
           have
           been
           hitherto
           Built
           and
           Maintained
           ,
           and
           the
           Dominion
           of
           the
           Seas
           preserved
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           and
           must
           be
           from
           our
           Manufactures
           ,
           that
           our
           Trade
           is
           increased
           ,
           and
           by
           which
           the
           Rents
           of
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           have
           been
           advanced
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           it
           may
           be
           easily
           granted
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           higher
           Temporal
           Interest
           in
           the
           Nation
           ,
           than
           that
           which
           sustains
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry's
           Rents
           ,
           that
           which
           preserves
           their
           Majesties
           Revenues
           ,
           and
           increases
           our
           Navy
           and
           Shipping
           .
        
         
           Then
           in
           regard
           our
           Manufacture
           doth
           this
           ,
           the
           Encouragement
           of
           it
           must
           necessarily
           be
           the
           greatest
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           to
           preserve
           it
           ;
           but
           for
           the
           want
           of
           due
           care
           therein
           ,
           the
           French
           have
           gained
           so
           much
           from
           us
           ,
           as
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           which
           hath
           so
           highly
           contributed
           to
           their
           Riches
           and
           Strength
           at
           Sea
           ,
           and
           consequently
           to
           the
           Impoverishing
           of
           us
           ,
           even
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           of
           England
           :
           Which
           Evils
           I
           did
           not
           only
           long
           since
           foresee
           ,
           but
           publickly
           declare
           above
           20
           years
           ago
           ,
           and
           with
           some
           warmth
           too
           ;
           and
           also
           ,
           with
           no
           little
           Importunity
           ,
           presented
           the
           same
           to
           King
           Charles
           II.
           and
           upon
           several
           occasions
           since
           ,
           renewed
           the
           same
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
          
           )
           that
           France
           was
           then
           Learning
           to
           be
           too
           hard
           for
           us
           ,
           which
           is
           too
           too
           true
           to
           be
           denied
           :
           And
           as
           I
           did
           it
           to
           those
           in
           Authority
           ;
           so
           I
           did
           it
           ,
           also
           ,
           both
           to
           the
           Merchants
           and
           Clothiers
           ;
           and
           not
           resting
           
           there
           ,
           I
           have
           also
           spent
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           my
           small
           Estate
           ,
           and
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           (
           as
           well
           as
           lost
           a
           profitable
           Trade
           )
           about
           it
           ,
           with
           the
           frequent
           hazard
           of
           my
           Life
           ,
           together
           with
           many
           and
           great
           Indignites
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           born
           up
           under
           ,
           because
           my
           Labour
           has
           not
           been
           altogether
           Fruitless
           :
           though
           by
           my
           Importunity
           ,
           I
           have
           rendred
           my self
           Burdensome
           to
           some
           ,
           a
           Scorn
           and
           Reproach
           to
           others
           ,
           when
           I
           have
           only
           Reasoned
           in
           my
           Discourse
           ,
           and
           publickly
           declared
           ,
           what
           I
           had
           too
           much
           ground
           for
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
          
           )
           that
           the
           Diligence
           of
           the
           French
           to
           enrich
           themselves
           upon
           us
           ,
           hath
           so
           far
           exceeded
           our
           Care
           to
           preserve
           our selves
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           cometo
           ,
           if
           not
           beyond
           ,
           a
           Question
           ,
           Who
           have
           the
           greatest
           benefit
           of
           the
           Manufacture
           of
           English
           Wool
           ,
           (
           of
           so
           great
           consequence
           )
           They
           who
           have
           no
           Right
           unto
           it
           ,
           or
           to
           whom
           of
           right
           it
           doth
           belong
           (
           as
           the
           very
           Foundation
           of
           all
           our
           Riches
           and
           Strength
           ;
           )
           that
           it
           is
           so
           ,
           is
           too
           too
           obvious
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
          
           )
           that
           France
           will
           be
           too
           hard
           for
           us
           by
           the
           steps
           already
           made
           therein
           ;
           desiring
           a
           serious
           consideration
           ,
           and
           comparing
           the
           Practice
           of
           the
           French
           King
           (
           assisted
           by
           the
           Counsel
           and
           Advice
           of
           Monsieur
           Colbert
           ,
           bred
           a
           Merchant
           )
           with
           what
           was
           done
           formerly
           by
           King
           Edw.
           the
           3d
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           said
           King
           Edward
           wisely
           transacted
           his
           Affairs
           in
           Flanders
           ,
           in
           bringing
           over
           hither
           the
           Manufacturers
           to
           the
           Wool
           in
           England
           ,
           so
           the
           said
           French
           King
           ,
           by
           his
           Agents
           here
           ,
           is
           using
           no
           less
           Policy
           in
           gaining
           oar
           Wool
           to
           his
           Subjects
           for
           his
           own
           advantage
           ;
           for
           without
           our
           Wool
           they
           could
           never
           imitate
           our
           Manufacture
           ,
           all
           other
           Wool
           being
           insufficient
           for
           that
           use
           ;
           but
           having
           our
           Wool
           in
           such
           great
           Quantities
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           Years
           1669
           ,
           1670
           ,
           and
           1671
           ,
           that
           they
           gave
           out
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           make
           as
           good
           Manufacture
           as
           ours
           ;
           and
           further
           added
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           got
           into
           a
           way
           of
           making
           a
           low
           sort
           of
           Cloth
           called
           
             Serge
             De-berry
          
           ,
           which
           comes
           as
           cheap
           as
           Northern
           Cloth
           ,
           but
           made
           of
           English
           Wool.
           
        
         
           After
           all
           these
           Transactions
           ,
           comes
           forth
           an
           Answer
           by
           way
           of
           Objection
           against
           what
           I
           had
           done
           ,
           Entitled
           ,
           
             Reasons
             for
             a
             limited
             Exportation
             of
             Wool
             ,
          
           pretending
           it
           was
           for
           
           England's
           Interest
           ;
           which
           came
           forth
           in
           the
           year
           1676.
           to
           which
           I
           made
           my
           Reply
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           not
           here
           insert
           ,
           but
           only
           crave
           leave
           but
           to
           abstract
           the
           Introduction
           to
           that
           Discourse
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
          
           )
           I
           must
           needs
           say
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           no
           thoughts
           of
           appearing
           in
           Publick
           any
           more
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           easily
           have
           been
           moved
           thereunto
           ,
           (
           my
           discouragements
           having
           been
           so
           great
           )
           had
           not
           the
           importunity
           of
           some
           Friends
           dealing
           much
           in
           that
           Manufacture
           ,
           and
           my
           Zeal
           and
           Affection
           to
           the
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           of
           this
           my
           Native
           Country
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           at
           present
           solely
           maintained
           by
           the
           Woolen
           Manufacture
           of
           it
           )
           raised
           my
           fears
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           to
           believe
           a
           great
           Prejudice
           is
           coming
           upon
           us
           ;
           and
           so
           far
           as
           to
           doubt
           also
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           be
           hastning
           of
           it
           by
           those
           very
           Means
           ,
           we
           would
           endeavour
           to
           prevent
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           I
           cannot
           ,
           but
           ,
           like
           the
           dumb
           Child
           ,
           speak
           when
           he
           saw
           a
           Knife
           at
           his
           Fathers
           Throat
           ;
           I
           mean
           when
           I
           consider
           the
           extremity
           we
           are
           like
           to
           be
           in
           ,
           from
           the
           French
           Kings
           Vigilancy
           ,
           and
           the
           endeavours
           that
           he
           hath
           of
           late
           used
           to
           acquire
           the
           making
           of
           the
           Woolen
           Manufacture
           in
           his
           own
           Dominions
           ,
           and
           what
           Artifices
           ,
           and
           vast
           Expence
           ,
           he
           doth
           use
           and
           is
           at
           ,
           to
           effect
           his
           said
           Design
           ,
           both
           in
           France
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           Agents
           here
           in
           England
           ,
           even
           at
           this
           very
           day
           ,
           notwithstanding
           he
           is
           engaged
           in
           a
           War
           with
           so
           great
           a
           part
           of
           Europe
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           doth
           this
           in
           the
           very
           midst
           of
           his
           Distractions
           ,
           what
           will
           he
           not
           do
           ?
           or
           ,
           what
           may
           we
           not
           expect
           hereafter
           ,
           when
           he
           shall
           be
           at
           Peace
           with
           all
           his
           Neighbours
           ?
        
         
         
           And
           if
           the
           French
           King
           he
           designing
           by
           all
           ways
           and
           Means
           to
           under
           mine
           our
           Commerce
           ,
           and
           by
           it
           prejudice
           us
           in
           our
           Trade
           ,
           and
           Strength
           by
           Sea
           ,
           I
           may
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           be
           pardoned
           ,
           if
           I
           am
           more
           than
           indifferently
           concerned
           ,
           or
           more
           than
           ordinarily
           warm
           ,
           to
           think
           ,
           we
           should
           endeavour
           to
           perfect
           his
           Design
           by
           delivering
           up
           our
           Wool
           ,
           the
           Foundation
           of
           so
           Rich
           a
           Manufacture
           ,
           into
           his
           hands
           ;
           nor
           can
           we
           think
           hereafter
           to
           recover
           our
           Woollen
           Manufacture
           once
           lost
           ,
           or
           to
           preserve
           the
           King's
           Customs
           or
           the
           Strength
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           without
           it
           ;
           for
           we
           must
           be
           very
           short-sighted
           if
           we
           understand
           not
           ,
           that
           ,
           after
           he
           hath
           supplied
           his
           own
           Country
           ,
           he
           will
           also
           supply
           other
           foreign
           Markets
           (
           as
           already
           begun
           ,
           which
           will
           appear
           by
           the
           Testimony
           of
           another
           hand
           which
           I
           shall
           add
           )
           to
           gain
           an
           advantage
           to
           himself
           ;
           for
           if
           he
           may
           (
           as
           he
           already
           does
           )
           break
           the
           Laws
           of
           Commerce
           ,
           and
           lay
           what
           Impositions
           he
           pleaseth
           ,
           upon
           our
           Cloth
           ,
           &c.
           (
           yea
           prohibit
           the
           same
           )
           while
           we
           had
           a
           Peace
           with
           him
           ,
           why
           may
           he
           not
           also
           lay
           what
           Imposition
           he
           please
           upon
           our
           Ships
           that
           may
           come
           near
           his
           Territories
           ?
        
         
           And
           when
           our
           Commerce
           is
           lost
           ,
           and
           our
           Manufacture
           gone
           ,
           and
           our
           Ships
           imposed
           upon
           that
           shall
           pass
           the
           Seas
           ,
           what
           shall
           be
           left
           to
           defend
           our selves
           from
           whatsoever
           he
           shall
           (
           for
           the
           Greatness
           of
           his
           Name
           )
           think
           fit
           to
           require
           of
           us
           ?
        
         
           Give
           me
           now
           leave
           to
           add
           the
           Testimony
           of
           another
           person
           ,
           who
           wrote
           upon
           this
           Subject
           about
           the
           year
           ,
           77
           ,
           but
           came
           lately
           to
           my
           hands
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Andrew
             Marvell
          
           ;
           who
           observes
           ,
           
             That
             the
          
           French
           ,
           
             who
             were
             not
             long
             since
             at
             best
             but
             the
          
           Milliners
           of
           Europe
           ,
           
             are
             now
             become
             ,
             or
             pretend
             to
             be
             ,
             the
          
           Cape-Merchants
           ,
           
             and
             their
             King
             gives
             not
             only
             the
             Mode
             ,
             but
             Garment
             to
             all
          
           Christendom
           ,
           
             and
             the
             World
             puts
             it self
             into
             his
             Livery
             at
             their
             own
             Expences
             ;
             well
             may
             We
             therefore
             complain
             of
             the
             Death
             rather
             than
             Deadness
             of
             our
             Manufacture
             ,
             when
             from
             this
             Cause
             it
             receives
             such
             an
             Obstruction
             even
             to
             Suffocation
             ,
             when
             we
             are
             not
             only
             deprived
             of
             that
             general
             and
             gainful
             Vent
             that
             we
             had
             formerly
             in
          
           France
           
             it self
             ,
             but
             in
             all
             other
             places
             where
             we
             Traffick
             ,
             we
             meet
             the
          
           French
           
             at
             every
             Town
             ,
             and
             the
             Foreign
             Post
             brings
             News
             from
             all
             parts
             ,
             that
             they
             come
             before
             us
             ,
             and
             have
             undersold
             us
             in
             the
             same
             Commodities
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
             to
             this
             Disease
             so
             Mortal
             ,
             and
             which
             is
             beyond
             any
             private
             Men
             to
             remedy
             ,
             we
             do
             more
             particularly
             contribute
             by
             those
             vast
             quantities
             of
             Wool
             ,
             which
             are
             Transported
             to
          
           France
           ,
           
             so
             that
          
           Calice
           
             is
             still
             no
             less
             our
             Staple
             ,
             than
             when
             it
             was
             formerly
             under
             the
          
           English
           Dominion
           .
        
         
           From
           the
           whole
           matter
           I
           then
           conclude
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
          
           )
           in
           the
           year
           1677.
           
           That
           not
           only
           the
           Clothing
           Trade
           ,
           but
           the
           very
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           was
           at
           Stake
           ,
           and
           in
           hazard
           to
           be
           utterly
           lost
           ;
           which
           there
           was
           just
           cause
           to
           suspect
           would
           come
           to
           pass
           ,
           if
           the
           same
           were
           not
           with
           Industry
           and
           Diligence
           prevented
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           all
           would
           not
           move
           us
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           then
           impertinent
           to
           insist
           on
           lesser
           Arguments
           ;
           upon
           which
           consideration
           I
           was
           then
           ,
           as
           also
           before
           ,
           prompted
           singly
           as
           an
           
           English-man
           ,
           to
           use
           my
           utmost
           Endeavour
           and
           unwearied
           Diligence
           ,
           to
           try
           what
           might
           be
           done
           ,
           towards
           the
           finding
           out
           some
           Method
           ,
           that
           might
           prevent
           the
           threatned
           Ruin
           ,
           (
           by
           the
           French
           King
           )
           and
           that
           some
           good
           part
           of
           what
           is
           lost
           may
           be
           regain'd
           (
           and
           why
           not
           that
           Kingdom
           be
           under
           the
           English
           Government
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           part
           of
           the
           Tithes
           of
           our
           King.
           )
           These
           endeavours
           being
           used
           in
           the
           two
           late
           Reigns
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           drew
           up
           the
           Hill
           ,
           
           and
           strove
           against
           the
           Stream
           ,
           yet
           ,
           it
           's
           visible
           ,
           I
           did
           many
           a
           time
           stem
           the
           Tide
           ,
           till
           huge
           Torrents
           came
           down
           upon
           me
           ,
           yet
           I
           did
           nevertheless
           recover
           again
           ,
           though
           with
           hard
           Rowing
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           very
           last
           year
           of
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           when
           Addressing
           his
           Majesty
           with
           some
           Clothiers
           of
           Exon
           and
           Taunton
           ,
           in
           behalf
           of
           200
           ,
           that
           then
           kept
           100000
           poor
           people
           at
           work
           ,
           complaining
           of
           the
           French
           prohibiting
           the
           English
           Woolen
           Manufacture
           ;
           after
           that
           Discourse
           was
           over
           ,
           the
           King
           then
           told
           me
           ,
           
             That
             the
          
           French
           
             Embassador
             had
             complain'd
             ,
             that
             I
             had
             disturbed
             the
          
           French
           
             King's
             Fishermen
          
           ,
           I
           did
           return
           this
           Answer
           ,
           that
           I
           owned
           the
           Charge
           ,
           and
           was
           glad
           of
           the
           Season
           (
           for
           I
           had
           heard
           before
           of
           Complaints
           of
           that
           nature
           ,
           made
           at
           the
           Treasury
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           Custom-House
           ,
           where
           I
           made
           my
           Defence
           ,
           and
           prevented
           the
           said
           Design
           )
           to
           give
           his
           Majesty
           an
           Answer
           ,
           I
           did
           confess
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           disturbed
           them
           ,
           by
           causing
           above
           20
           of
           them
           to
           be
           taken
           and
           condemned
           to
           his
           own
           use
           ,
           for
           that
           they
           had
           broken
           the
           Laws
           ,
           and
           came
           on
           shoar
           and
           fetched
           our
           Wool
           ,
           that
           was
           the
           Fishing
           which
           was
           disturb'd
           ;
           which
           I
           told
           his
           Majesty
           was
           the
           Foundation
           both
           of
           his
           Riches
           and
           Strength
           :
           and
           moreover
           I
           added
           ,
           that
           had
           I
           not
           been
           greatly
           discouraged
           ,
           those
           Gentlemen
           then
           present
           Addressing
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           would
           not
           have
           had
           the
           occasion
           of
           giving
           him
           that
           trouble
           ;
           this
           Relation
           is
           nothing
           but
           truth
           ,
           the
           persons
           then
           present
           being
           my
           Witnesses
           .
        
         
           I
           may
           without
           offence
           add
           ,
           that
           the
           Season
           of
           this
           Address
           was
           such
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           was
           then
           ,
           in
           a
           quarter
           of
           an
           hour
           after
           we
           came
           forth
           from
           his
           Presence
           ,
           visited
           by
           Father
           Peter
           ,
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Hales
          
           ,
           and
           Sir
           
             John
             Gage
          
           ,
           that
           came
           to
           intercede
           for
           three
           persons
           then
           Prosecuted
           for
           Exporting
           of
           Wool
           to
           France
           ,
           one
           of
           which
           was
           the
           then
           Mayor
           of
           Galloway
           ,
           who
           confest
           a
           Judgment
           of
           22000
           l.
           and
           the
           Earl
           of
           Tyrconel
           wrote
           in
           his
           behalf
           ,
           but
           the
           said
           King
           rejected
           the
           Motion
           ;
           but
           the
           Matter
           was
           again
           endeavour'd
           at
           the
           Treary
           ,
           which
           I
           still
           watched
           ,
           and
           put
           in
           Caveats
           ,
           and
           prevented
           the
           design
           of
           his
           Discharge
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           I
           did
           go
           so
           far
           then
           ,
           against
           the
           French
           Interest
           ,
           shall
           I
           despond
           now
           in
           this
           Government
           ,
           when
           not
           only
           England
           ,
           but
           a
           great
           part
           of
           Europe
           ,
           is
           in
           actual
           War
           with
           them
           ?
           Now
           is
           the
           Season
           ,
           in
           this
           very
           thing
           ,
           to
           Humble
           France
           ,
           which
           if
           we
           let
           slip
           ,
           it
           's
           very
           probable
           ,
           there
           may
           never
           be
           the
           like
           Opportunity
           .
        
         
           But
           after
           all
           ,
           I
           suppose
           another
           Question
           may
           arise
           ;
           viz.
           How
           this
           may
           be
           done
           ?
           I
           answer
           ,
           though
           't
           is
           not
           in
           my
           power
           to
           do
           ;
           yet
           to
           propose
           to
           such
           as
           can
           ,
           I
           shall
           readily
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           not
           omitted
           hitherto
           what
           lay
           in
           my
           power
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           compleating
           so
           great
           an
           Undertaking
           ;
           but
           there
           are
           many
           things
           not
           so
           proper
           to
           be
           made
           publick
           ,
           that
           may
           greatly
           contribute
           to
           the
           effecting
           so
           necessary
           a
           Work
           ;
           which
           I
           shall
           not
           only
           offer
           (
           with
           all
           Submission
           )
           when
           called
           thereto
           ,
           but
           really
           and
           indeed
           put
           in
           practice
           when
           commanded
           ;
           and
           therefore
           desire
           to
           be
           excused
           from
           offering
           that
           to
           publick
           View
           ,
           which
           may
           furnish
           French
           Agents
           with
           such
           Matter
           ,
           as
           may
           render
           the
           whole
           abortive
           .
        
         
         
           For
           tho'
           we
           have
           seen
           and
           too
           much
           felt
           the
           power
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           that
           some
           persons
           are
           very
           apt
           to
           magnifie
           that
           Monarch
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           poverty
           of
           the
           generality
           of
           that
           People
           with
           the
           Inland
           Countries
           being
           Depopulated
           by
           which
           a
           great
           scarcity
           of
           Corn
           have
           been
           the
           effect
           thereof
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           loss
           in
           their
           Trade
           at
           present
           ,
           ought
           a
           little
           to
           be
           considered
           to
           ballance
           their
           greatness
           .
        
         
           And
           tho'
           we
           have
           too
           much
           cause
           to
           fear
           (
           but
           not
           despair
           )
           that
           we
           are
           in
           a
           languishing
           condition
           ,
           yet
           when
           I
           have
           considered
           how
           near
           Ireland
           was
           lost
           ,
           I
           would
           in
           my
           greatest
           despondency
           entertain
           some
           hope
           for
           England
           also
           :
           Tho'
           't
           is
           the
           fear
           of
           some
           ,
           and
           too
           justly
           that
           without
           more
           than
           ordinary
           skill
           to
           abate
           the
           power
           of
           France
           ,
           all
           our
           endeavours
           to
           that
           end
           will
           prove
           Fruitless
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           a
           time
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           long
           since
           ,
           when
           England
           alone
           was
           able
           to
           Bridle
           that
           Prince
           and
           hold
           the
           Reins
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           be
           able
           to
           have
           turned
           about
           that
           Monarch
           as
           it
           pleased
           ;
           but
           now
           we
           see
           that
           neither
           England
           ,
           or
           Holland
           ,
           or
           both
           with
           their
           united
           strength
           at
           Sea
           ,
           nor
           all
           the
           Confederates
           at
           Land
           ,
           can
           as
           yet
           give
           check
           to
           the
           Ambition
           of
           that
           aspiring
           King.
           
        
         
           And
           altho'
           in
           England
           ,
           we
           have
           formerly
           made
           several
           Acts
           to
           curb
           that
           Prince
           ,
           and
           continued
           two
           of
           them
           lately
           ,
           which
           were
           ready
           to
           expire
           ,
           yet
           the
           experience
           of
           the
           time
           past
           hath
           demonstrated
           that
           little
           hath
           been
           done
           ,
           and
           as
           little
           may
           be
           expected
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           till
           those
           Acts
           are
           put
           into
           strict
           Execution
           ,
           (
           without
           which
           they
           are
           dead
           and
           useless
           )
           which
           if
           we
           design
           to
           do
           ,
           we
           must
           reasume
           that
           antient
           and
           generous
           Temper
           ,
           that
           heretofore
           ran
           so
           freely
           ,
           and
           did
           circulate
           in
           English
           Veins
           ,
           which
           did
           preserve
           the
           liberty
           of
           free
           born
           
           English-Men
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           suffer
           our selves
           to
           be
           imposed
           upon
           ,
           and
           made
           Slaves
           to
           France
           ,
           by
           our
           own
           folly
           ,
           for
           if
           we
           expect
           to
           live
           by
           our
           Laws
           ,
           as
           a
           free
           People
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           use
           the
           means
           to
           support
           them
           ,
           by
           a
           strict
           Execution
           ,
           and
           that
           cannot
           be
           well
           done
           ,
           but
           by
           such
           persons
           ,
           who
           will
           make
           it
           their
           Interest
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           duty
           to
           Execute
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           also
           made
           capable
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           our
           Predecessours
           ,
           that
           were
           instrumental
           in
           procuring
           for
           us
           some
           of
           those
           great
           Priviledges
           ,
           which
           we
           now
           enjoy
           ,
           
           were
           short
           of
           that
           experience
           which
           we
           have
           since
           attain'd
           to
           ,
           it
           should
           call
           upon
           us
           to
           consider
           what
           may
           be
           expected
           from
           us
           ,
           who
           have
           arrived
           to
           greater
           knowledege
           ,
           and
           have
           more
           and
           better
           Laws
           to
           assist
           us
           ,
           for
           our
           preservation
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           we
           ought
           to
           Improve
           our
           Priviledges
           as
           a
           free
           People
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           attained
           many
           more
           and
           greater
           advantages
           ,
           since
           the
           Reign
           of
           that
           Famous
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           whose
           Ministers
           agreed
           altogether
           against
           the
           common
           Enemy
           which
           was
           then
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           and
           tho'
           we
           have
           to
           our
           shame
           ,
           lost
           many
           of
           those
           advantages
           ,
           which
           was
           once
           in
           our
           hands
           ,
           to
           have
           kept
           the
           French
           King
           lower
           ,
           yet
           now
           if
           we
           were
           once
           true
           to
           our
           reall
           Interest
           we
           might
           give
           a
           great
           check
           ,
           if
           not
           a
           turn
           to
           that
           Haughty
           Prince
           ,
           but
           then
           there
           must
           be
           a
           great
           change
           amongst
           us
           ,
           for
           notwithstanding
           our
           present
           War
           with
           France
           ,
           and
           the
           prohibition
           of
           French
           Commodities
           ,
           yet
           our
           general
           desire
           is
           for
           that
           which
           hath
           the
           name
           of
           France
           writ
           upon
           it
           (
           tho'
           we
           have
           already
           paid
           and
           like
           to
           pay
           dearer
           yet
           )
           wherein
           I
           need
           not
           descend
           to
           particulars
           ;
           but
           incert
           one
           Parragraph
           out
           of
           Mr.
           
             James
             Whiston
          
           Discourse
           of
           Trade
           ,
           Printed
           the
           last
           Year
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
          
           )
        
         
           
             But
             if
             there
             be
             a
             necesity
             that
             our
             Luxury
             must
             be
             indulged
             ,
             there
             is
             nothing
             to
             that
             purpose
             that
          
           France
           
             could
             afford
             ,
             which
             the
             Industry
             of
             our
          
           Friends
           and
           Confederates
           
             cannot
             supply
             us
             withal
             ;
             having
             of
             late
             in
             their
             several
             Countries
             set
             up
             some
             Manufactors
             ,
             which
             if
             the
             War
             continues
             ,
             will
             be
             so
             Established
             ,
             that
             neither
             we
             nor
             they
             shall
             ever
             stand
             in
             need
             of
             being
             beholding
             to
          
           France
           
             for
             them
             again
             ,
             to
             the
             utter
             and
             Irreparable
             damage
             of
             that
             Kingdom
             .
             And
             thereby
             we
             shall
             vent
             greater
             quantities
             of
             our
             own
             Commodities
             in
             return
             for
             what
             we
             receive
             from
             them
             ;
             whilst
             our
          
           Trade
           with
           France
           ,
           
             did
             nothing
             but
             furnish
             us
             with
          
           Trifles
           
             in
             lieu
             of
             those
             vast
             Sums
             of
             Sterling
             they
             have
             drawn
             from
             us
             .
             And
             though
             we
             shall
             in
             a
             great
             measure
             enrich
             several
             of
             our
          
           Confederate
           
             Neighbours
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Advantage
             our selves
             ,
             yet
             it
             will
             never
             put
             them
             into
             such
             a
             condition
             of
             doing
             us
             hurt
             as
             our
             Trade
             with
          
           France
           
             hath
             done
          
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           add
           another
           Parragrah
           out
           of
           the
           same
           Author
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           Where
           Trade
           
             is
             ,
             there
             will
             be
             Imployment
             ;
             where
             Imployment
             is
             ,
             
             thither
             People
             will
             resort
             ;
             and
             where
             People
             resort
             ,
             there
             will
             be
             a
             Consumption
             of
             Commodities
             ,
             and
             thereby
             the
             Publick
             Revenue
             will
             be
             raised
             :
             So
             that
             would
             we
             once
             make
             Trade
             flourish
             we
             need
             not
             doubt
             but
             People
             from
             all
             parts
             of
             the
          
           Glob
           ,
           
             would
             resort
             hither
             to
             enjoy
             themselves
             ,
             and
             improve
             their
             Stocks
             ,
             which
             formerly
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             Shackles
             upon
             Conscience
             ,
             the
             continuance
             of
             which
             so
             long
             Depopulated
             this
             Nation
             ,
             both
             by
             discouraging
             Ingenious
             Persons
             from
             repairing
             hither
             ,
             and
             Cramping
             the
             Industry
             of
             others
             that
             remain
             by
             rendring
             them
             a
             prey
             to
             each
             other
             ;
             which
             deadly
             wound
             did
             not
             end
             here
             ,
             but
             Debauchery
             and
             Prophaness
             were
             encreased
             to
             such
             a
             degree
             ,
             that
             the
             Nation
             was
             dissolved
             in
             Luxury
             ,
             and
             Intemperance
             ,
             whil'st
             the
          
           French
           
             had
             the
             wit
             to
             take
             the
             Advantage
             of
             our
             negligence
             ,
             by
             Encouraging
             Industry
             and
             Commerce
             ;
             (
             which
             all
             the
             while
             we
             were
             labouring
             to
             overthrow
             and
             undervalue
             ,
             )
             By
             which
             means
             ,
             chiefly
             he
             is
             become
             so
             troublesome
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             so
             dreadful
             to
             some
             of
             our
             Neighbours
             .
          
        
         
           To
           stop
           this
           humour
           if
           we
           consider
           the
           many
           Millions
           France
           hath
           gained
           this
           way
           upon
           us
           ,
           (
           as
           before
           alledged
           )
           we
           may
           observe
           that
           as
           Trade
           in
           general
           is
           introduced
           by
           rational
           Methods
           ,
           so
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           supportod
           by
           the
           same
           means
           ,
           and
           it
           should
           be
           so
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           that
           as
           France
           hath
           gained
           upon
           us
           in
           our
           Trade
           ,
           partly
           by
           stealth
           ,
           and
           openly
           by
           imposing
           upon
           us
           ,
           for
           the
           time
           past
           ,
           so
           also
           we
           ought
           to
           consider
           the
           same
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           and
           put
           no
           vallue
           upon
           their
           fancies
           ,
           but
           more
           upon
           our
           substantial
           commodities
           which
           are
           staple
           ,
           ceasing
           to
           Imitate
           their
           vain
           and
           wastful
           Fashions
           ,
           for
           all
           other
           ways
           and
           means
           (
           were
           there
           a
           Peace
           )
           will
           be
           totally
           insignificant
           to
           us
           ,
           for
           that
           Prince
           will
           not
           be
           held
           in
           by
           any
           other
           ways
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           in
           that
           wherein
           his
           strength
           lyes
           ,
           which
           is
           Trade
           ,
           (
           as
           before
           in
           short
           hinted
           )
           for
           otherwise
           
             (
             Samson
          
           like
           )
           he
           will
           break
           all
           other
           tyes
           of
           humanity
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           we
           at
           length
           shall
           be
           made
           both
           poor
           and
           miserable
           and
           tho'
           there
           is
           nothing
           (
           speaking
           generally
           )
           more
           certain
           ,
           than
           that
           most
           persons
           pursue
           those
           things
           wherein
           they
           suppose
           their
           interest
           doth
           consist
           ,
           yet
           't
           is
           as
           true
           that
           many
           times
           they
           are
           apt
           to
           mistake
           the
           way
           to
           that
           Interest
           ,
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           it
           s
           no
           marvel
           those
           measures
           are
           
           taken
           that
           tends
           to
           their
           great
           and
           inevitable
           prejudice
           .
        
         
           That
           this
           is
           the
           case
           of
           too
           to
           many
           of
           our
           English
           Men
           in
           relation
           to
           France
           ,
           woful
           Experience
           proves
           ,
           and
           nothing
           is
           more
           plain
           than
           matter
           of
           fact
           ,
           for
           as
           France
           and
           England
           about
           Forty
           Years
           ago
           had
           an
           equal
           Trade
           ,
           supposing
           in
           vallue
           two
           Millions
           of
           Pounds
           
             per
             Annum
          
           each
           from
           other
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           as
           true
           that
           within
           those
           few
           last
           years
           (
           even
           before
           the
           War
           )
           the
           Trade
           of
           the
           English
           Woollen
           Manufactuary
           was
           prohibited
           in
           France
           ,
           but
           the
           Importation
           of
           French
           Commodities
           were
           rather
           more
           increased
           into
           England
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           so
           is
           not
           to
           be
           denied
           ,
           but
           how
           it
           is
           so
           ,
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           (
           with
           submission
           )
           to
           demonstrate
           ,
           but
           before
           I
           come
           to
           speak
           of
           that
           in
           general
           ,
           would
           crave
           leave
           to
           be
           particular
           only
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Kent
           ,
           where
           the
           great
           mischief
           is
           ,
           and
           where
           I
           meet
           with
           the
           greatest
           opposition
           ,
           whose
           People
           always
           pleads
           the
           loss
           to
           them
           by
           hindring
           the
           Exportation
           of
           Wool
           ,
           I
           will
           therefore
           state
           the
           case
           thus
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
          
           )
           That
           there
           was
           only
           Kent
           in
           England
           that
           did
           produce
           Wooll
           ,
           and
           admit
           that
           there
           grows
           Yearly
           6000
           Packs
           ,
           and
           admit
           to
           be
           worth
           10
           
             l.
             per
          
           Pack
           ,
           which
           amounts
           to
           60000
           l.
           and
           supposing
           for
           Arguments
           sake
           ,
           that
           if
           it
           were
           freely
           exported
           (
           as
           desired
           by
           some
           )
           it
           would
           raise
           the
           price
           .
           40
           
             s.
             per
          
           Pack
           ,
           which
           amounts
           to
           12000
           l.
           whereas
           if
           the
           said
           Wool
           was
           wholly
           Prohibited
           ,
           and
           fully
           Manufactured
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           supposing
           in
           Kent
           ,
           and
           there
           exported
           to
           France
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           valued
           at
           579999
           l.
           in
           the
           particular
           sorts
           (
           as
           I
           have
           elsewhere
           more
           enlarged
           ,
           )
           before
           it
           s
           put
           on
           Board
           ,
           let
           us
           now
           therefore
           compare
           the
           profit
           and
           loss
           of
           this
           County
           of
           
             Kent
             ,
             (
             viz.
          
           )
           The
           Wool
           with
           its
           supposed
           advance
           vallued
           at
           72000
           l.
           and
           Manufactured
           to
           be
           vallued
           at
           579999
           l.
           so
           that
           the
           County
           of
           Kent
           would
           lose
           502999
           l.
           by
           that
           Trade
           :
           but
           I
           would
           come
           a
           little
           nearer
           to
           the
           Gentlemen
           in
           Kent
           ,
           being
           owners
           of
           Wool
           by
           the
           Sea-side
           ,
           and
           admitting
           for
           arguments
           sake
           ,
           that
           the
           Land
           there
           would
           advance
           10
           
             l.
             per
             cent
             ,
             per
             Annm
          
           more
           then
           in
           other
           parts
           ,
           and
           supposing
           that
           one
           Gentleman
           had
           in
           value
           two
           or
           300
           
             l.
             per
             Annum
          
           ,
           by
           the
           Sea-side
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           Gentleman
           had
           two
           or
           3000
           
             l.
             per
             Annum
          
           ,
           in
           an
           Inland
           
           Country
           that
           depends
           upon
           Trade
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           want
           of
           Trade
           those
           Rents
           were
           abated
           20
           
             l.
             per
             cent
          
           ,
           I
           have
           no
           need
           to
           ask
           who
           was
           the
           loser
           ;
           for
           what
           would
           it
           signifie
           to
           advance
           10
           
             l.
             per
             cent
             ,
             per
             Annum
          
           on
           the
           Lands
           by
           the
           Sea-side
           in
           Kent
           ,
           in
           a
           small
           Farm
           ,
           and
           lose
           20
           on
           the
           Lands
           in
           a
           great
           one
           in
           the
           Inland
           Country
           ,
           but
           more
           especially
           when
           that
           loss
           we
           in
           England
           sustain
           by
           it
           ,
           proves
           double
           the
           advantage
           to
           France
           ,
           our
           Mortal
           Enemies
           Country
           ,
           for
           thither
           principal
           if
           not
           only
           and
           to
           the
           French
           Kings
           Dominions
           our
           unwrought
           Wool
           is
           Transported
           ;
           I
           would
           upon
           this
           accompt
           close
           this
           Parragraph
           ,
           with
           the
           preamble
           of
           that
           Act
           made
           in
           the
           14th
           Year
           of
           King
           Charles
           the
           II.
           Prohibiting
           the
           Exportation
           of
           Wool
           :
           
             (
             viz.
             )
             In
             these
             three
             respects
             ,
             First
             for
             the
             setting
             on
             Work
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             this
             Realm
             ,
             Secondly
             for
             the
             Improving
             the
             Native
             Commodities
             of
             this
             Country
             ,
             to
             its
             best
             fullest
             ,
             and
             utmost
             use
             ,
             and
             Thirdly
             that
             the
             advantage
             accruing
             hereby
             might
             redound
             ,
             to
             the
             Subjects
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             the
             Subjects
             of
             Forreign
             Realms
             as
             hitherto
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             would
             and
             otherwise
             must
             do
             .
          
        
         
           Altho'
           I
           have
           formerly
           oft
           reflected
           and
           sometimes
           hinted
           at
           our
           mischiefs
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           consideration
           ,
           what
           is
           the
           true
           and
           real
           Intrest
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           necessity
           of
           putting
           those
           good
           Laws
           in
           Execution
           ,
           and
           also
           repeated
           some
           part
           of
           Letters
           writ
           from
           some
           of
           our
           Merchants
           then
           living
           in
           Flanders
           ;
           yet
           I
           would
           crave
           leave
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           place
           to
           incert
           one
           particular
           Letter
           that
           came
           to
           my
           hands
           in
           the
           Year
           1670
           ,
           
             Dated
             at
          
           Lile
           
             the
             6th
             ,
             of
          
           April
           ,
           1670.
           
           
             Informing
             us
             that
             they
             then
             gave
             out
             that
             they
             could
             make
             as
             good
             Manufacturs
             as
             ours
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             were
             got
             into
             away
             of
             making
             a
             low
             sort
             of
             Cloth
             called
          
           Serge-Deberry
           ,
           
             which
             comes
             as
             cheap
             as
          
           Northen
           
             Cloth
             ,
             but
             made
             of
          
           English
           
             Wool
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             had
             then
             made
             so
             much
             as
             to
             be
             able
             to
             Cloath
             a
             great
             number
             of
             their
             Army
             :
          
           And
           in
           another
           Letter
           from
           the
           same
           person
           ,
           Dated
           the
           5th
           ,
           of
           March
           1671
           ,
           writing
           of
           the
           great
           quantities
           of
           Wool
           Imported
           into
           the
           French
           Kings
           Dominions
           ,
           he
           adds
           
             unless
             some
             were
             made
             examples
             there
             would
             be
             continual
             abuses
          
           ;
           about
           which
           time
           I
           did
           prosecute
           some
           Offendors
           ,
           and
           gave
           some
           stop
           to
           it
           as
           I
           
           had
           done
           three
           Years
           before
           ,
           which
           is
           confir-med
           in
           the
           same
           Letter
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
             )
             There
             is
             a
             City
             not
             Five
             Leagues
             form
             this
             ,
             called
          
           Tourney
           ,
           
             a
             place
             renowed
             for
             the
             making
             all
             sorts
             of
             Stockings
             of
             Wool
             ,
             it
             s
             not
             above
             Twenty
             Tears
             ago
             that
             they
             betook
             them selves
             to
             make
             the
             Worsted
             Hose
             a
             Trade
             ,
             which
             in
             my
             minority
             was
             considerable
             ▪
             from
          
           London
           ,
           
             it
             s
             not
             above
             three
             years
             ago
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             a
             scarcity
             of
             Kembed
             Wool
             here
             in
             this
             quarter
             of
             the
             Country
             ,
             and
             several
             of
             those
             Stocking
             Merchants
             came
             here
             to
             buy
             some
             ,
             I
             told
             them
             ,
             that
             such
             severity
             was
             then
             used
             in
          
           England
           ,
           
             as
             People
             were
             mad
             to
             adventure
             (
             which
             was
             the
             time
             I
             first
             began
             to
             prevent
             it
             )
             which
             put
             the
             People
             of
          
           Tourney
           
             on
             a
             resolution
             to
             draw
             up
             a
             request
             to
             Monsieur
          
           Colbert
           ,
           
             that
             he
             would
             make
             a
             defence
             of
             all
          
           English
           
             Manufacture
             ,
             since
             they
             in
          
           England
           
             had
             put
             a
             stop
             to
             the
             Expertation
             of
             their
             Wool
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             prejudice
             of
             the
             Manufacture
             of
             their
             City
             ,
             after
             which
             those
             of
             this
             Town
             joyned
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             so
             came
             a
             stop
             to
             the
             Trade
             which
             we
             enjoyed
             for
             some
             time
             ,
             so
             that
             you
             can
             easily
             see
             how
             insensibly
             those
          
           Dover
           and
           Canterbury
           
             Transporters
             draw
             the
             Kingdoms
             hearts
             blood
             from
             them
             ;
             I
             could
             add
             much
             more
             of
             the
             great
             benefit
             our
             Neighbours
             receive
             from
             it
             which
             proves
             an
             absolute
             ruine
             ,
             but
             I
             guess
             you
             can
             as
             easily
             comprehend
             my
             meaning
             ,
             as
             if
             I
             had
             further
             enlarged
             :
             In
             a
             word
             ,
          
           France
           
             rejects
             our
             Fabricks
             at
             this
             Day
             ,
             presuming
             that
             they
             shall
             never
             want
             our
             Wool
             to
             make
             their
             own
             fantastick
             Fabricks
             ,
             which
             are
             so
             variable
             ,
             as
             puts
             a
             great
             stop
             to
             the
             Currant
             demand
             that
             used
             to
             be
             of
             our
             more
             solid
             Fabricks
             ,
             for
             they
             will
             pretend
             to
             give
             the
             mcde
             to
             all
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             this
             means
             in
             time
             all
             the
             World
             ,
             will
             be
             disgust
             with
             our
             Fabricks
             ,
             when
             by
             consequence
             they
             shall
             receive
             the
             mode
             from
          
           France
           ,
           
             consider
             of
             this
             I
             pray
             that
             so
             there
             may
             be
             some
             speedy
             remedy
          
           ;
           I
           shall
           hear
           take
           leave
           to
           repeat
           part
           of
           another
           Letter
           from
           the
           same
           person
           a
           little
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
             )
             Some
             of
             our
          
           English
           
             Men
             have
             the
             Reputation
             of
             betraying
             their
             Father
             for
             Two-pence
             ,
             it
             's
             no
             marvel
             then
             that
             they
             will
             betray
             their
             Country
          
           ;
           And
           as
           this
           was
           wrote
           to
           me
           above
           Twenty
           years
           ago
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           also
           then
           Printed
           )
           so
           a
           late
           action
           which
           I
           saw
           my self
           ,
           confirms
           the
           same
           temper
           in
           some
           English
           
           Clothiers
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           others
           contrary
           to
           the
           common
           Proverb
           )
           
             it
             's
             a
             sory
             Bird
             that
             defiles
             his
             own
             Nest
             ,
          
           and
           being
           upon
           record
           ,
           and
           my self
           both
           an
           Eye
           and
           Ear
           witness
           to
           the
           main
           part
           thereof
           ,
           I
           shall
           venture
           to
           relate
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           and
           make
           some
           observations
           thereon
           ,
           being
           partly
           in
           my
           Post
           obliged
           thereunto
           :
           That
           as
           I
           have
           observed
           the
           Treachery
           ,
           and
           falseness
           of
           some
           of
           our
           English
           Men
           for
           the
           space
           of
           Twenty
           Years
           and
           upward
           ,
           to
           contribute
           so
           much
           to
           the
           setting
           up
           the
           Woollen
           Manufacture
           in
           France
           ,
           by
           furnishing
           them
           with
           our
           Wool
           ,
           so
           to
           discover
           the
           same
           Temper
           ,
           hath
           visibly
           appeared
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           some
           English
           Men
           ,
           but
           also
           in
           Clothiers
           themselves
           ,
           by
           countenancing
           the
           Exportation
           of
           Fullers-Earth
           to
           Holland
           ,
           to
           compleat
           their
           full
           Improving
           the
           Woollen
           Manufacture
           in
           that
           Country
           ,
           who
           appeared
           ,
           not
           only
           as
           witnesses
           to
           prove
           a
           Negative
           (
           against
           many
           positive
           and
           substantial
           Witnesses
           )
           but
           rather
           acted
           like
           Soliciters
           ,
           and
           Advocates
           for
           Holland
           ,
           then
           for
           Englands
           Interest
           ,
           at
           two
           several
           Tryals
           in
           the
           Exchequer
           ,
           as
           also
           at
           several
           Committes
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           the
           consequence
           of
           which
           must
           be
           wholly
           to
           destroy
           the
           English
           Woollen
           Manufacture
           ,
           and
           consequently
           Trade
           it self
           ,
           and
           to
           promote
           a
           Foreign
           Interest
           .
        
         
           It
           may
           be
           looked
           upon
           as
           Monstrous
           ,
           that
           any
           English
           Clothier
           should
           with
           so
           much
           Industry
           endeavour
           to
           ruin
           their
           own
           Trade
           ,
           either
           for
           a
           Muint
           gain
           or
           private
           Friendship
           to
           any
           other
           person
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           I
           been
           both
           an
           Eye
           and
           Ear
           Witness
           ,
           I
           should
           not
           ,
           could
           not
           ,
           nor
           durst
           I
           be
           so
           bold
           thus
           to
           charge
           any
           Man
           ,
           but
           am
           so
           tender
           of
           Persons
           as
           not
           to
           name
           them
           ,
           fearing
           the
           Poor
           People
           might
           pull
           down
           their
           Houses
           about
           their
           Ears
           ,
           when
           their
           poverty
           is
           so
           great
           for
           want
           of
           Work.
           
        
         
           Tho'
           this
           charge
           being
           in
           general
           as
           to
           persons
           ,
           yet
           I
           shall
           adventure
           to
           be
           particular
           in
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact.
           
             (
             viz.
          
           )
        
         
           There
           having
           been
           for
           some
           Years
           several
           parcels
           of
           ClayShipt
           off
           from
           England
           to
           Holland
           ,
           in
           the
           name
           of
           Potters
           Clay
           ,
           and
           some
           Years
           past
           ,
           an
           Officer
           of
           the
           Customs
           made
           a
           seizure
           of
           a
           Vessel
           Loaden
           with
           it
           ,
           as
           believing
           it
           to
           be
           fulling
           Clay
           ,
           but
           the
           said
           Officer
           being
           poor
           was
           not
           able
           to
           deal
           with
           the
           Proprietor
           ,
           
           was
           forced
           to
           desist
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           continued
           to
           be
           Exported
           ,
           till
           about
           the
           Month
           of
           January
           ,
           1692
           ,
           There
           being
           three
           Vessels
           Loaden
           with
           the
           said
           Clay
           ,
           and
           Ry-ding
           at
           Ancor
           in
           the
           River
           of
           Thames
           ,
           and
           entred
           in
           the
           Custom
           House
           of
           London
           ,
           to
           be
           Exported
           thence
           to
           Holland
           ,
           as
           Potters
           Clay
           ,
           but
           some
           of
           the
           Officers
           being
           jealous
           that
           it
           was
           Fulling
           Clay
           ,
           or
           scowring
           Earth
           ,
           made
           a
           stop
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           it
           coming
           to
           the
           Ears
           of
           the
           Searcher
           ,
           whose
           said
           Office
           it
           is
           to
           look
           after
           the
           same
           ,
           it
           being
           as
           well
           Fellony
           in
           them
           to
           suffer
           it
           to
           be
           Exported
           (
           if
           it
           were
           Fulling
           Clay
           ,
           )
           as
           in
           the
           Exporter
           ,
           which
           Officers
           being
           as
           well
           Men
           of
           some
           Reputation
           as
           Experience
           in
           their
           Office
           (
           before
           any
           seizure
           was
           made
           to
           give
           the
           Merchant
           any
           needless
           trouble
           )
           caused
           Experiments
           to
           be
           made
           of
           the
           said
           Clay
           at
           several
           places
           and
           times
           ,
           and
           found
           it
           to
           be
           a
           very
           good
           sort
           of
           Fulling
           Clay
           ,
           upon
           which
           Experiments
           they
           caused
           the
           said
           Clay
           to
           be
           Landed
           ,
           and
           put
           into
           their
           Majesties
           Seller
           ,
           or
           Warehouse
           ,
           and
           ordered
           the
           same
           to
           be
           laid
           in
           three
           distinct
           places
           ,
           and
           then
           Exhibited
           an
           Information
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Exchequer
           against
           the
           Merchant
           for
           one
           of
           the
           said
           Ships
           Loading
           ,
           on
           the
           Statute
           of
           XII
           .
           Car.
           which
           makes
           the
           Forfeiture
           three
           Shillings
           in
           the
           Pound
           ,
           (
           as
           it
           is
           Fellony
           by
           the
           XIV
           .
           of
           the
           same
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           Officer
           is
           at
           Liberty
           to
           Prosecute
           upon
           which
           Statute
           he
           pleaseth
           ,
           but
           not
           on
           both
           ;
           )
           and
           tho'
           the
           Forfeitures
           was
           so
           great
           ,
           yet
           the
           Officers
           were
           so
           tender
           of
           ruining
           the
           Merchant
           ,
           that
           in
           case
           he
           would
           not
           continue
           Exporting
           of
           it
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           take
           the
           Advantage
           of
           the
           Forfeitures
           ,
           but
           he
           declining
           that
           offer
           the
           said
           Officers
           did
           prepare
           for
           Tryal
           ;
           and
           in
           order
           to
           have
           more
           Experiments
           made
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           was
           amongst
           others
           desired
           to
           take
           a
           parcel
           thereof
           out
           of
           the
           Warehouse
           ,
           which
           I
           did
           ,
           and
           kept
           in
           my
           possession
           until
           I
           had
           made
           an
           Experiment
           of
           it
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           about
           Ten
           Clothiers
           and
           Fullers
           ,
           and
           found
           it
           to
           be
           better
           Earth
           for
           their
           use
           than
           any
           that
           those
           Clothiers
           or
           Fullers
           had
           used
           ,
           upon
           which
           Experiments
           the
           said
           Officers
           brought
           it
           on
           to
           a
           Tryal
           in
           Hillary
           Term
           1692
           ,
           And
           notwithstand
           there
           were
           above
           Twenty
           Witnesses
           produced
           
             viva
             voce
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
           Clothiers
           themselves
           (
           upon
           which
           the
           Experiments
           were
           made
           )
           were
           brought
           into
           Court
           ,
           yet
           the
           Jury
           found
           it
           for
           the
           Defendant
           ,
           the
           coullor
           for
           the
           Verdict
           being
           ,
           that
           tho'
           Skowring
           Earth
           was
           named
           in
           the
           Title
           ,
           yet
           it
           was
           not
           in
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Act.
           
        
         
           That
           after
           this
           Verdict
           the
           Clothiers
           that
           were
           then
           present
           Petitioned
           the
           Queen
           in
           Council
           to
           order
           a
           Second
           Tryal
           ,
           upon
           another
           of
           the
           Ships
           Loading
           ,
           and
           although
           there
           were
           several
           other
           Experiments
           made
           not
           only
           at
           the
           same
           Mills
           as
           before
           ,
           but
           also
           in
           more
           remote
           places
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
          
           )
           In
           
             Somerset
             ,
             Glocester
          
           ,
           and
           Worcestershires
           ;
           from
           which
           places
           Twenty
           seven
           Persons
           were
           then
           also
           produced
           ,
           and
           the
           Cloths
           upon
           which
           the
           Experiments
           were
           made
           ,
           not
           withstanding
           which
           ,
           yet
           it
           had
           the
           same
           fate
           as
           the
           other
           Tryal
           had
           ,
           the
           consequence
           of
           which
           will
           be
           very
           prejudicial
           not
           only
           in
           its
           self
           ,
           but
           also
           in
           the
           seizures
           of
           Wool
           ,
           and
           tho'
           those
           Officers
           were
           able
           to
           bear
           the
           charge
           of
           near
           three
           Hundred
           Pounds
           ,
           yet
           it
           s
           a
           great
           question
           whether
           any
           others
           will
           be
           at
           such
           vast
           expence
           to
           adventure
           to
           run
           such
           risks
           ,
           for
           uncertain
           gain
           (
           tho'
           it
           hath
           been
           familliar
           to
           me
           )
           which
           will
           be
           very
           bad
           to
           the
           Nation
           in
           the
           end
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           say
           the
           less
           here
           upon
           this
           head
           ,
           because
           I
           have
           enlarged
           upon
           it
           elsewhere
           ,
           wherein
           also
           I
           have
           in
           short
           hinted
           some
           of
           the
           obstructions
           and
           oppositions
           ,
           I
           have
           met
           withal
           in
           this
           Affair
           ,
           as
           those
           Officers
           have
           in
           this
           about
           Earth
           .
        
         
           And
           tho'
           I
           am
           now
           growing
           Old
           ,
           having
           spent
           almost
           Thirty
           Year
           ,
           in
           the
           prime
           and
           strength
           of
           my
           time
           ,
           (
           with
           much
           hazard
           cost
           and
           pains
           )
           and
           tho'
           in
           reason
           ,
           I
           cannot
           expect
           my self
           to
           live
           and
           see
           its
           full
           effects
           ,
           yet
           I
           hope
           to
           dye
           in
           the
           Faith
           that
           others
           may
           live
           to
           see
           England
           again
           flourish
           ,
           and
           yet
           I
           would
           not
           omit
           any
           thing
           worthy
           of
           Imitation
           tho'
           in
           an
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           therefore
           will
           relate
           one
           project
           of
           the
           French
           King
           ▪
           who
           hath
           within
           this
           Forty
           Years
           caused
           a
           Nursery
           of
           Young
           Oaks
           to
           be
           raised
           in
           a
           great
           part
           of
           Brittain
           that
           are
           now
           well
           grown
           for
           a
           Provision
           of
           Shipping
           against
           another
           Generation
           ,
           which
           piece
           of
           good
           Husband
           like
           policy
           does
           both
           softly
           call
           us
           thither
           to
           nip
           his
           future
           Ships
           in
           the
           bud
           (
           the
           same
           way
           to
           beat
           him
           at
           the
           
           Sea
           for
           hereafter
           )
           ,
           and
           loudly
           upbraids
           the
           neligence
           of
           us
           now
           in
           England
           ,
           whose
           posterity
           must
           needs
           complain
           of
           this
           present
           Age
           ,
           that
           contents
           its
           self
           not
           with
           the
           providence
           of
           our
           Predecessours
           ,
           but
           are
           rather
           in
           a
           prodigal
           and
           careless
           way
           of
           destroying
           that
           which
           they
           took
           so
           much
           care
           and
           pains
           to
           Erect
           .
        
         
           And
           then
           another
           Advantage
           France
           hath
           over
           us
           is
           to
           encourage
           Industry
           ,
           and
           discourage
           the
           contrary
           
             (
             viz.
          
           )
           to
           pay
           well
           ,
           and
           punish
           well
           ,
           when
           as
           the
           contrary
           is
           toomuch
           in
           use
           at
           this
           time
           .
        
         
           I
           dread
           to
           name
           my
           fears
           (
           if
           we
           are
           yet
           careless
           )
           if
           England
           that
           hath
           been
           so
           famous
           to
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           should
           now
           be
           given
           up
           to
           ruin
           ,
           and
           be
           a
           prey
           to
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           and
           thereby
           a
           scorn
           and
           a
           by
           word
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           by
           the
           Evil
           practices
           of
           its
           own
           Natives
           ,
           whereas
           were
           we
           unanimoufly
           true
           to
           our
           real
           English
           Intrest
           against
           the
           common
           Enemy
           ,
           we
           need
           not
           fear
           all
           the
           World.
           But
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           if
           we
           persist
           in
           that
           careless
           way
           ,
           (
           and
           prefer
           private
           Intrest
           )
           so
           much
           in
           use
           amongst
           us
           ;
           what
           misery
           may
           be
           justly
           expected
           by
           us
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           so
           insensible
           of
           that
           Train
           that
           hath
           been
           so
           long
           laying
           by
           the
           French
           King's
           Intrest
           ,
           to
           blow
           up
           those
           good
           Foundations
           (
           which
           have
           been
           long
           laid
           by
           our
           Noble
           Ancestors
           )
           of
           all
           our
           English
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           Properties
           ;
           or
           to
           expose
           us
           to
           a
           lingring
           Consumption
           ,
           by
           a
           long
           and
           costly
           War.
           
        
         
           Give
           me
           leave
           here
           to
           mention
           what
           those
           persons
           that
           are
           chiefly
           the
           Instruments
           of
           the
           great
           misery
           we
           are
           exposed
           unto
           ,
           which
           consists
           of
           three
           sorts
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
             )
             First
          
           ,
           Such
           as
           are
           Pensioners
           to
           
             France
             ;
             Secondly
          
           ,
           Such
           as
           that
           nothing
           is
           valuable
           with
           ,
           or
           pleasing
           but
           French
           Modes
           (
           whose
           number
           is
           too
           great
           :
           )
           and
           Thirdly
           ,
           Such
           who
           are
           employed
           to
           conveigh
           those
           Commodities
           from
           France
           ,
           now
           at
           this
           time
           to
           England
           notwithstanding
           the
           War
           ,
           which
           are
           all
           betrayers
           of
           their
           own
           Country
           .
           And
           tho'
           this
           Treachery
           be
           pleasing
           to
           ,
           and
           desirable
           by
           our
           Enemies
           (
           for
           which
           they
           may
           well
           laugh
           at
           us
           ,
           )
           yet
           the
           parties
           so
           doing
           cannot
           but
           expect
           to
           be
           hated
           by
           our
           very
           Enemies
           ,
           even
           the
           French
           themselves
           ,
           of
           which
           we
           may
           observe
           something
           of
           the
           like
           in
           former
           
           times
           
             (
             viz.
          
           )
           In
           the
           Reign
           of
           King
           John
           :
           As
           that
           King
           had
           intrusted
           the
           Defence
           of
           the
           Famous
           Castle
           called
           
             Valle
             de
             Royal
          
           in
           France
           ,
           (
           then
           under
           the
           English
           Government
           )
           to
           two
           of
           his
           Nobles
           ,
           that
           he
           thought
           he
           had
           confidence
           in
           ,
           yet
           those
           persons
           ,
           when
           the
           French
           King
           Phillip
           set
           down
           before
           it
           ,
           before
           one
           Stone
           of
           the
           Castle
           was
           shaken
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           their
           Men
           had
           lost
           the
           least
           hair
           of
           their
           Heads
           ,
           they
           Dishonourably
           Surrendred
           the
           Fort
           ;
           for
           which
           Treachery
           (
           tho
           so
           profitable
           to
           the
           Enemy
           yet
           )
           he
           commanded
           them
           to
           be
           Fetter'd
           in
           Chains
           ,
           and
           basely
           intreated
           in
           close
           Prisons
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           dearly
           redeem'd
           their
           Liberty
           .
           But
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           in
           that
           story
           ,
           't
           is
           pitty
           to
           omit
           an
           Instance
           of
           the
           Loyalty
           ,
           Fidelity
           ,
           and
           Resolution
           ,
           of
           the
           Lord
           Delacy
           ,
           (
           Governor
           of
           another
           English
           Garrison
           in
           France
           )
           who
           having
           received
           of
           King
           John
           the
           Custody
           of
           that
           goodly
           Castle
           
             Rock
             Andley
          
           ,
           did
           bravely
           bear
           of
           the
           Siege
           ,
           and
           power
           of
           King
           Phillip
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           his
           Host
           ,
           almost
           a
           whole
           Year
           ,
           yet
           they
           could
           never
           make
           entry
           upon
           them
           ;
           but
           were
           repulsed
           with
           slaughter
           ,
           till
           his
           Provision
           of
           Victuals
           being
           spent
           ,
           he
           called
           his
           Souldiers
           together
           ,
           encouraging
           them
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           more
           noble
           for
           Souldiers
           to
           Dye
           Fighting
           than
           Famishing
           ,
           and
           together
           with
           their
           own
           Lives
           ,
           to
           Sacrifice
           to
           their
           Countries
           Honor
           ,
           the
           blood
           slaughtred
           Enemies
           .
           Whereupon
           fiercely
           Sallying
           forth
           with
           his
           Resolutes
           ,
           after
           a
           blody
           shambles
           ,
           made
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           his
           belegers
           ;
           he
           was
           by
           Multitude
           over-born
           and
           taken
           .
           But
           in
           regard
           of
           his
           Exemplary
           Faith
           and
           prowess
           in
           maintaining
           his
           charge
           ,
           he
           was
           by
           King
           Phillips
           express
           command
           (
           tho'
           an
           Enemy
           )
           Honourably
           used
           ,
           and
           without
           restraint
           of
           a
           Prison
           ;
           yet
           this
           very
           King
           Phillip
           (
           just
           as
           Lewis
           now
           )
           shortly
           after
           used
           such
           Instruments
           to
           get
           other
           places
           ;
           that
           he
           first
           corrupts
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           corrupt
           others
           to
           defection
           ,
           with
           great
           rewards
           ,
           and
           greater
           promises
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           in
           time
           obtain
           the
           English
           Diadem
           from
           King
           John
           ;
           (
           which
           was
           very
           near
           obtained
           at
           that
           time
           )
           in
           the
           mean-time
           go
           Roan
           ,
           and
           so
           all
           Normondy
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           English
           Kings
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
          
           )
           King
           John
           and
           his
           Predecessours
           ,
           about
           Two
           hundred
           Year
           ;
           and
           no
           less
           Treacherously
           dealt
           Phillip
           the
           French
           King
           with
           them
           ,
           when
           he
           caught
           them
           
           with
           the
           Trap
           of
           glossing
           proffers
           ,
           causing
           without
           delay
           their
           Cities
           goodly
           Walls
           to
           be
           utterly
           demolished
           ,
           and
           giving
           strict
           charge
           never
           to
           be
           built
           again
           :
           It
           may
           not
           be
           amiss
           to
           relate
           the
           occasion
           why
           Normondy
           was
           so
           soon
           lost
           to
           the
           French
           (
           and
           thereby
           afterwards
           
             Lewis
             Phillips
          
           Son
           to
           come
           here
           ,
           as
           by
           and
           by
           more
           of
           Lewis
           )
           when
           King
           John
           had
           notice
           of
           the
           French
           Kings
           design
           on
           Normondy
           ,
           he
           prepared
           a
           very
           great
           Army
           ,
           and
           Ships
           accordingly
           to
           Transport
           them
           ,
           and
           when
           ready
           to
           Embark
           ,
           Hubert
           then
           Bishop
           of
           Canterbury
           (
           that
           he
           might
           faciliate
           the
           French
           Kings
           design
           )
           prevented
           that
           enterprise
           ,
           threatning
           Excommunication
           from
           his
           Holiness
           at
           Rome
           ,
           if
           he
           attemptsd
           it
           :
           The
           like
           have
           been
           by
           some
           others
           done
           ,
           by
           hindring
           our
           attempts
           upon
           the
           French
           ,
           when
           opportunities
           have
           been
           offered
           ;
           but
           to
           return
           by
           King
           John's
           being
           hindred
           from
           going
           to
           France
           ,
           and
           loosing
           so
           much
           expence
           here
           ,
           and
           his
           Intrest
           in
           Normondy
           ;
           by
           which
           means
           and
           his
           adhearing
           to
           Rome
           ,
           the
           Barons
           War
           began
           ,
           which
           gave
           opportunity
           for
           the
           French
           King
           Phillip
           to
           put
           in
           Execution
           what
           he
           did
           aim
           at
           before
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
          
           )
           The
           Crown
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           to
           that
           end
           his
           Son
           Lewis
           (
           being
           invited
           )
           came
           over
           with
           an
           Army
           ,
           and
           after
           great
           destruction
           by
           that
           War
           ,
           as
           King
           John
           was
           going
           from
           Lynn
           ,
           in
           Norfolk
           to
           give
           Lewis
           Battle
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           passing
           the
           washes
           in
           Lincoln-shire
           ,
           with
           his
           Army
           in
           those
           Sands
           ,
           all
           his
           Carridges
           ,
           Treasure
           ,
           and
           Provision
           (
           himself
           and
           his
           Army
           hardly
           escaping
           )
           were
           Irrecoverably
           lost
           ;
           many
           likewise
           were
           the
           grievances
           into
           which
           the
           Barons
           the
           mean
           while
           were
           plunged
           ,
           to
           see
           their
           Native
           Country
           thus
           horribly
           Massacreed
           ,
           their
           own
           Castles
           ,
           and
           Possessions
           ruined
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           which
           bred
           in
           them
           most
           Anxity
           their
           Faithful
           service
           (
           in
           their
           Faithless
           adherance
           )
           not
           so
           respected
           by
           Lewis
           as
           he
           and
           their
           foreruning
           hope
           had
           promised
           them
           ,
           while
           he
           conferred
           only
           on
           his
           French
           ,
           all
           such
           Territories
           and
           Castles
           ,
           as
           the
           hand
           of
           Victory
           had
           lent
           him
           ,
           but
           their
           distress
           were
           yet
           greater
           than
           those
           their
           jealousies
           could
           comprehend
           ,
           till
           a
           Noble
           French
           Man
           (
           Vicont
           de
           Modan
           )
           a
           Man
           of
           great
           esteem
           with
           Lewis
           ,
           having
           his
           Soul
           in
           his
           Sickness
           deadly
           wounded
           with
           the
           Sin
           of
           his
           Health
           ,
           desired
           private
           conference
           on
           his
           Death-bed
           in
           London
           ,
           
           with
           those
           English
           Barons
           ,
           to
           whom
           Lewis
           had
           committed
           the
           Custody
           of
           that
           City
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           imparted
           ,
           what
           lamentable
           desolations
           ,
           and
           unsuspected
           ruines
           hung
           over
           their
           Heads
           ;
           for
           that
           Lewis
           with
           sixteen
           other
           his
           chief
           Earls
           and
           Barons
           ,
           whereof
           himself
           was
           one
           ,
           (
           avowing
           it
           on
           the
           Salvation
           of
           his
           now
           departing
           Soul
           )
           ,
           had
           taken
           an
           Oath
           ,
           if
           ever
           Englands
           Crown
           was
           setled
           on
           his
           Head
           ,
           to
           Condemn
           unto
           perpetual
           Exile
           ,
           all
           such
           as
           now
           adhered
           to
           him
           against
           King
           John
           ,
           as
           Traytors
           to
           their
           Sovereign
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           Kindred
           in
           the
           Land
           utterly
           to
           Extirpate
           .
           So
           Coucelling
           them
           timely
           to
           prevent
           their
           misery
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           sudden
           Death
           of
           King
           John
           ,
           and
           Crowning
           Henry
           the
           Third
           was
           accomplished
           ,
           and
           then
           Lewis
           was
           forcest
           to
           be
           gone
           ,
           which
           had
           not
           King
           John
           been
           taken
           away
           so
           soon
           ,
           great
           misery
           had
           then
           befaln
           England
           .
        
         
           I
           would
           upon
           this
           occasion
           crave
           leave
           to
           look
           back
           and
           consider
           how
           seasons
           and
           opportunities
           ,
           have
           been
           neglected
           to
           have
           given
           that
           common
           Enemy
           of
           mankind
           a
           very
           great
           check
           ,
           and
           freed
           England
           from
           those
           losses
           ,
           lately
           in
           our
           Turky
           Fleet
           ,
           and
           and
           fears
           of
           more
           ,
           who
           knows
           how
           things
           may
           be
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           or
           who
           may
           hereafter
           call
           any
           thing
           their
           own
           ,
           things
           are
           so
           uncertain
           whether
           we
           believe
           it
           or
           no
           ;
           I
           wish
           I
           may
           be
           deceived
           in
           my
           fears
           .
        
         
           I
           would
           upon
           this
           occasion
           (
           as
           being
           not
           Impertinent
           )
           recite
           a
           passage
           that
           the
           Turkish
           History
           affords
           us
           ;
           
             (
             viz
          
           )
           That
           at
           the
           taking
           of
           Constantinople
           by
           Mahomet
           the
           Great
           ,
           at
           which
           time
           the
           Riches
           of
           the
           Conquered
           were
           no
           better
           then
           poverty
           ,
           and
           beauty
           worse
           than
           deformity
           ;
           but
           to
           speak
           of
           the
           hidden
           Treasure
           there
           found
           passeth
           credit
           .
           The
           Turks
           themselves
           wondering
           thereat
           ,
           whereof
           if
           some
           part
           had
           in
           time
           been
           bestowed
           upon
           the
           defence
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           the
           Turkish
           King
           had
           not
           so
           easily
           taken
           both
           it
           and
           the
           City
           .
           But
           every
           Man
           (
           as
           now
           here
           )
           was
           careful
           how
           to
           encrease
           his
           own
           private
           wealth
           ,
           few
           or
           none
           regarding
           the
           publick
           state
           (
           its
           still
           our
           case
           )
           until
           in
           fine
           every
           Man
           with
           his
           private
           abundance
           ,
           was
           wrapped
           together
           with
           his
           needy
           Neighbour
           ,
           in
           the
           self
           same
           common
           misery
           ;
           yet
           the
           security
           of
           the
           Constantinopolitans
           was
           such
           ,
           that
           tho'
           being
           always
           environed
           with
           their
           Mortal
           Enemies
           ,
           yet
           had
           they
           no
           care
           of
           
           Fortifying
           of
           so
           much
           as
           their
           inner
           Wall
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           but
           suffered
           the
           Officers
           which
           had
           the
           charge
           of
           it
           to
           convert
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Money
           into
           their
           own
           Purses
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           one
           
             Manuel
             Geogrius
          
           ,
           a
           little
           before
           a
           very
           poor
           Man
           ,
           and
           likewise
           by
           Neophilu
           an
           Officer
           ,
           who
           had
           in
           a
           short
           time
           gathered
           together
           Seventy
           Thousand
           Florens
           ,
           which
           becometh
           a
           worthy
           prey
           unto
           the
           greedy
           Turks
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           whole
           matter
           I
           must
           conclude
           ,
           that
           if
           our
           Intrest
           ,
           and
           the
           Glory
           of
           our
           Nation
           be
           things
           of
           value
           ,
           I
           humbly
           submit
           to
           better
           Judgments
           ,
           whether
           the
           things
           before
           mentioned
           duly
           considered
           ,
           and
           timely
           Improved
           be
           not
           the
           properest
           way
           to
           promote
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           preserve
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           granted
           by
           the
           wisest
           of
           Lawyers
           ,
           that
           a
           mischief
           is
           better
           than
           an
           Inconvenience
           ,
           some
           Men
           ought
           (
           if
           necessity
           requires
           it
           )
           to
           suffer
           ,
           rather
           than
           the
           whole
           Nation
           .
        
         
           Supposing
           also
           that
           our
           Manufactures
           ,
           and
           the
           encouraging
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           the
           main
           and
           chief
           (
           if
           not
           the
           sole
           and
           only
           Intrest
           of
           the
           Nation
           )
           then
           no
           Intrest
           besides
           can
           ,
           or
           ought
           in
           reason
           to
           to
           stand
           in
           composition
           with
           it
           ;
           which
           if
           it
           should
           ,
           it
           is
           simply
           impossible
           ,
           that
           either
           our
           Trade
           ,
           and
           Navigation
           should
           be
           preserved
           ,
           which
           must
           and
           will
           certainly
           and
           effectually
           bring
           an
           utter
           destruction
           both
           to
           the
           
             Commerce
             ,
             Strength
          
           ,
           and
           Shiping
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           small
           reason
           to
           expect
           our
           Neighbours
           (
           who
           are
           now
           our
           Rivals
           )
           should
           help
           us
           ,
           or
           pitty
           us
           ,
           when
           we
           do
           wilfully
           contribute
           to
           the
           ruine
           of
           our selves
           ,
           and
           may
           (
           if
           we
           will
           )
           either
           prevent
           it
           ,
           or
           easily
           remedy
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           if
           our
           all
           being
           at
           stake
           (
           I
           mean
           the
           very
           Intrest
           of
           the
           Nation
           it self
           )
           will
           not
           move
           us
           to
           alter
           our
           general
           Temper
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           would
           be
           very
           Impertinent
           to
           insist
           upon
           lesser
           Arguments
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           ,
           though
           it
           would
           be
           for
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           greatly
           ,
           to
           arrest
           this
           occasion
           (
           I
           mean
           the
           cheapness
           of
           Wool
           ,
           and
           War
           with
           France
           )
           to
           beat
           out
           the
           French
           in
           their
           Foreign
           Trade
           ,
           of
           our
           Manufactures
           ,
           and
           by
           underselling
           them
           at
           least
           abroad
           .
        
         
           And
           though
           this
           might
           now
           more
           easily
           be
           done
           then
           ever
           ,
           seeing
           our
           Manufacture
           is
           Improved
           of
           late
           Tears
           ,
           in
           the
           
           goodness
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           might
           soon
           (
           if
           we
           would
           not
           be
           wanting
           to
           our selves
           )
           be
           brought
           to
           an
           absolute
           perfection
           .
        
         
           And
           though
           it
           be
           but
           equal
           and
           and
           just
           to
           forbid
           the
           Commodities
           of
           France
           (
           had
           we
           Peace
           )
           who
           did
           refuse
           (
           before
           the
           War
           )
           to
           deal
           with
           us
           for
           our
           Woollen
           Manufactures
           ,
           or
           by
           Exorbitant
           ,
           and
           Arbitrary
           Impositions
           laid
           upon
           them
           ,
           did
           in
           Effect
           Prohibit
           them
           ;
           and
           though
           the
           doing
           of
           this
           ,
           is
           but
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Rules
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           Nations
           ,
           and
           of
           Commerce
           .
        
         
           Though
           also
           it
           cannot
           be
           denied
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           consistent
           with
           the
           publick
           Good
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           to
           make
           sumptuary
           Laws
           ,
           and
           to
           restrain
           the
           Excess
           that
           is
           at
           present
           amongst
           us
           ,
           yet
           I
           most
           humbly
           crave
           leave
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           this
           is
           but
           like
           the
           taking
           much
           pains
           ,
           to
           stop
           the
           Leaks
           of
           a
           Barrel
           ,
           and
           let
           the
           Liquor
           run
           out
           of
           the
           Bung
           ,
           while
           we
           neglect
           the
           main
           Foundation
           ,
           viz
           ,
           The
           Publick
           Interest
           and
           Benefit
           of
           the
           Common-Weal
           in
           general
           to
           promote
           any
           single
           and
           private
           Design
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           POST
           SCRIP
           .
        
         
           AND
           tho'
           I
           have
           in
           the
           foregoing
           Lines
           ,
           in
           general
           ,
           stated
           the
           Gains
           of
           France
           from
           England
           ,
           within
           these
           Thirty
           Years
           ;
           and
           tho'
           I
           have
           also
           in
           short
           named
           the
           County
           of
           Kent
           ,
           by
           stating
           a
           Case
           to
           be
           compar'd
           Profit
           and
           Loss
           ;
           yet
           I
           shall
           here
           crave
           leave
           to
           be
           more
           particular
           therein
           ,
           Viz.
           
        
         
           That
           the
           Cities
           of
           Exon
           and
           Norwich
           (
           alone
           )
           Exported
           to
           France
           in
           
             Serges
             ,
             Perpetuanoes
          
           ,
           and
           Stockings
           ,
           the
           Value
           of
           Five
           Hundred
           Thousand
           Pounds
           
             Sterling
             per
             Annum
          
           ;
           and
           from
           Dorsetshire
           great
           quantities
           of
           Bays
           and
           Cottons
           ,
           not
           only
           made
           in
           that
           County
           ,
           but
           also
           in
           the
           West
           of
           Sommerset
           :
           And
           from
           Southampton
           great
           quantities
           of
           Cloth-Rashes
           made
           there
           and
           at
           Rumsey
           ,
           were
           Shipp'd
           off
           to
           France
           .
           From
           Hull
           ,
           great
           quantities
           of
           York-shire-Kersies
           and
           Lancashire-Bays
           ,
           were
           Exported
           thence
           ,
           besides
           what
           was
           Ship'd
           off
           from
           London
           ,
           of
           all
           those
           sorts
           before
           mention'd
           ,
           and
           also
           
             Broad
             Cloth
             ,
             Welch
             Cottons
             ,
             &c.
          
           in
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           a
           Merchant
           of
           my
           Acquaintance
           in
           that
           City
           ,
           had
           Commission
           for
           the
           buying
           up
           the
           Value
           of
           Fifty
           Thousand
           Pounds
           
             Sterling
             per
             Annum
          
           ;
           and
           if
           One
           Man
           had
           Commission
           for
           so
           much
           ,
           we
           may
           rationally
           conclude
           ,
           That
           others
           might
           be
           considerable
           ,
           besides
           our
           own
           Merchants
           in
           London
           ,
           that
           had
           Factors
           there
           in
           
           France
           ;
           all
           which
           Trade
           were
           lost
           before
           the
           War
           was
           begun
           with
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           which
           was
           principally
           the
           Effect
           of
           the
           Exportation
           of
           Wool.
           
        
         
           Having
           been
           thus
           particular
           in
           the
           Damage
           we
           have
           already
           receiv'd
           by
           France
           ,
           through
           our
           Negligence
           ,
           I
           shall
           also
           crave
           leave
           to
           give
           a
           few
           Instances
           amongst
           many
           of
           my
           Endeavours
           ,
           to
           prevent
           it
           ,
           viz.
           That
           by
           the
           Observations
           I
           had
           made
           in
           the
           Year
           1667
           ,
           and
           part
           of
           68
           ,
           of
           the
           Crafts
           and
           Designs
           of
           France
           (
           as
           formerly
           more
           at
           large
           appeareth
           )
           I
           humbly
           Proposed
           to
           the
           late
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ,
           several
           things
           that
           to
           me
           seem'd
           the
           most
           conducive
           to
           hinder
           so
           ill
           an
           Effect
           ,
           and
           to
           restore
           our
           Trade
           to
           its
           former
           Flourishing
           Condition
           ;
           which
           being
           referred
           to
           the
           
             Council
             for
             Trade
          
           to
           Examine
           ,
           they
           upon
           hearing
           of
           my
           Proposals
           ,
           were
           pleased
           to
           Testifie
           their
           Approbation
           ,
           by
           their
           Report
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   WHEREAS
                   in
                   pursuance
                   of
                   an
                   Order
                   of
                   this
                   Board
                   ,
                   of
                   the
                   20th
                   of
                   November
                   last
                   ,
                   Referring
                   to
                   the
                   
                     Council
                     of
                     Trade
                  
                   the
                   Proposols
                   of
                   
                     William
                     Carter
                  
                   ,
                   for
                   preventing
                   the
                   Exportation
                   of
                   Wool
                   ,
                   the
                   said
                   Council
                   having
                   returned
                   their
                   Report
                   to
                   the
                   Board
                   ,
                   That
                   having
                   Discoursed
                   with
                   the
                   said
                   
                     William
                     Carter
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   other
                   Persons
                   ,
                   as
                   they
                   thought
                   capable
                   of
                   giving
                   them
                   any
                   good
                   Information
                   ,
                   touching
                   this
                   Matter
                   ,
                   they
                   find
                   the
                   Exportation
                   of
                   Wool
                   is
                   of
                   a
                   destructive
                   Consequence
                   to
                   the
                   Trade
                   of
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   same
                   hath
                   grown
                   into
                   Practice
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   by
                   reason
                   of
                   the
                   Doubtfulness
                   and
                   Provisions
                   in
                   the
                   Statute
                   made
                   in
                   the
                   12th
                   Year
                   of
                   His
                   Majesties
                   Reign
                   ,
                   Prohibiting
                   the
                   Exportation
                   of
                   Wool
                   ,
                   as
                   by
                   the
                   Neglect
                   and
                   Remissness
                   of
                   Officers
                   ,
                   in
                   not
                   putting
                   the
                   Laws
                   in
                   Execution
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     White-Hall
                     ,
                     Council-Chamber
                     ,
                     The
                     Second
                     of
                     
                       April
                       ,
                       1669.
                       
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Pursuant
           to
           which
           Report
           ,
           Sir
           
             Olando
             Bridgman
          
           ,
           the
           Lord-Keeper
           ,
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Year
           ,
           1669.
           brought
           into
           the
           
             House
             of
             Lords
          
           a
           Bill
           to
           Explain
           some
           Words
           in
           the
           Statute
           of
           the
           12th
           Car.
           II.
           Which
           are
           Explain'd
           in
           an
           Act
           lately
           made
           in
           the
           present
           Reign
           .
        
         
           Which
           Bill
           I
           have
           Solicited
           ;
           and
           during
           my
           Attendance
           ,
           was
           Inform'd
           by
           One
           of
           their
           Lordships
           (
           yet
           Living
           )
           That
           One
           Hundred
           Thousand
           Pounds
           were
           offer'd
           for
           leave
           to
           Export
           Wool
           to
           France
           ,
           which
           Design
           tho'
           (
           by
           some
           lucky
           Accident
           )
           did
           not
           take
           Effect
           .
           Yet
           that
           Interest
           so
           far
           prevail'd
           ,
           as
           to
           get
           me
           into
           Prison
           ,
           only
           for
           Printing
           some
           Reasons
           of
           my
           Proceedings
           ,
           on
           pretence
           of
           wanting
           the
           Form
           of
           a
           Licence
           ;
           and
           during
           my
           Imprisonment
           ,
           the
           Bill
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           was
           so
           much
           Clogg'd
           as
           to
           miscarry
           ;
           notwithstanding
           which
           ,
           I
           proceeded
           in
           the
           interval
           of
           Parliaments
           to
           Watch
           the
           Sea-Coast
           ;
           and
           tho'
           betwixt
           
           the
           Merchants
           in
           Cailice
           and
           their
           Corespondents
           here
           ,
           a
           considerable
           Purse
           of
           Money
           was
           Collected
           ,
           and
           Lodg'd
           at
           Dover
           to
           wage
           War
           with
           me
           (
           which
           I
           felt
           to
           my
           Cost
           )
           yet
           I
           so
           far
           succeeded
           ,
           as
           to
           put
           a
           great
           stop
           to
           that
           impending
           Mischief
           ,
           by
           discovering
           divers
           of
           the
           Exporters
           ,
           and
           Prosecuting
           them
           on
           Two
           several
           Statutes
           ,
           viz.
           That
           of
           the
           12th
           Car.
           II.
           which
           makes
           the
           Forseitures
           Three
           Shillings
           per
           Pound
           ,
           besides
           the
           Wool
           ;
           and
           the
           other
           of
           the
           14th
           of
           the
           same
           King
           ,
           which
           makes
           it
           Capital
           ;
           of
           which
           I
           shall
           here
           incert
           an
           Abstract
           of
           of
           a
           Report
           and
           Certificate
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           Letter
           from
           Flanders
           ,
           Confirming
           the
           Effects
           of
           my
           Prosecution
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           Defects
           of
           the
           Laws
           suppos'd
           ;
           and
           first
           from
           a
           Second
           Report
           from
           the
           late
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Baron
          
           ,
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Turner
          
           ,
           to
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ,
           in
           these
           Words
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           
             
               
                 May
                 it
                 please
                 your
                 most
                 Excelent
                 Majesty
                 ,
              
               in
               Obedience
               to
               Your
               Majesties
               Second
               Order
               of
               Reference
               ,
               bearing
               Date
               the
               20th
               of
               December
               last
               ,
               I
               have
               Considered
               of
               the
               Matter
               to
               me
               Referred
               ,
               and
               have
               Discoursed
               with
               the
               Petitioner
               about
               his
               Charges
               &c.
               in
               Prosecuting
               the
               Transporters
               of
               Wool
               ;
               whereby
               it
               appears
               ,
               That
               during
               this
               Four
               Years
               last
               past
               ,
               wherein
               he
               hath
               brought
               into
               Your
               Majesties
               Exchequer
               about
               Eight
               Hundred
               Pounds
               more
               than
               in
               former
               Years
               had
               been
               Receiv'd
               ,
               but
               there
               be
               many
               more
               Informations
               still
               depending
               ,
               if
               prov'd
               ,
               may
               bring
               in
               a
               greater
               Sum
               ;
               but
               without
               some
               Supply
               at
               present
               from
               Your
               Majesty
               ,
               he
               will
               not
               be
               able
               to
               proceed
               with
               them
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   January
                   3.
                   1671.
                   
                
              
               
                 Edward
                 Turnor
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           Upon
           which
           Report
           I
           had
           Three
           Hundered
           Pounds
           paid
           me
           towards
           my
           former
           Expence
           ,
           which
           was
           almost
           Eight
           Hundred
           Pounds
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           then
           Expended
           about
           Two
           Hundred
           Pounds
           in
           further
           Prosecutions
           that
           Year
           ,
           some
           of
           which
           were
           at
           the
           Assizes
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           Abstract
           of
           a
           Certificate
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           
             These
             are
             to
             Certifie
             ,
             That
             at
             the
          
           General
           Goal-Delivery
           
             holden
             at
          
           Maidstone
           
             in
             the
             County
             of
          
           Kent
           ,
           
             the
             12th
             of
          
           March
           ,
           1671.
           
           Edward
           Nichols
           
             Mariner
             ,
             was
             Convicted
             of
             Felony
             for
             Transporting
             of
          
           Wool.
           
             And
             that
             on
             the
             First
             Day
             of
          
           August
           1672
           ,
           Thomas
           Knight
           ,
           Nicholas
           Davis
           ,
           and
           Thomas
           Stoner
           ,
           
             were
             Convicted
             of
             Felony
             for
             the
             like
             Offence
             ;
             and
             that
          
           William
           Catter
           
             did
             on
             his
             Majesties
             behalf
             Attend
             the
             respective
             Tryals
             of
             the
             said
          
           Nichols
           ,
           Knight
           ,
           Davis
           ,
           and
           Stoner
           ,
           
             for
             the
             respective
             Felons
             aforesaid
             ,
             and
             did
             manage
             the
             Evidences
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             cause
             them
             to
             be
             Prosecuted
             and
             Convicted
             for
             the
             said
             Felons
             aforesaid
             .
          
        
         
           
             Given
             under
             my
             Hand
             the
             22th
             of
          
           April
           ,
           1676.
           
           Tho.
           Lee
           
             Clerk
             of
             the
          
           Assizes
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           those
           Persons
           were
           Convicted
           as
           aforesaid
           ;
           so
           there
           were
           about
           Twenty
           more
           Continued
           ,
           and
           bound
           over
           to
           the
           next
           Assizes
           ;
           but
           an
           Act
           of
           Grace
           discharg'd
           the
           said
           Offenders
           at
           that
           timo
           ;
           and
           some
           Officers
           Compounding
           with
           those
           Prosecuted
           in
           the
           Exchequer
           ,
           that
           gave
           Encouragement
           to
           the
           Offenders
           afterwards
           to
           continue
           that
           evil
           Practice
           ;
           but
           by
           the
           aforesaid
           Prosecutions
           ,
           a
           
           great
           stop
           was
           then
           made
           to
           the
           said
           Exportation
           ,
           as
           may
           appear
           by
           a
           Copy
           of
           a
           Letter
           writ
           to
           me
           from
           Lille
           ,
           Dated
           
             March
             1671
             /
             2.
             viz.
          
           
        
         
           
             There
             is
             a
             City
             not
             Five
             Leagues
             from
             this
             ,
             called
          
           Tournay
           ,
           
             a
             Place
             Renown'd
             for
             the
             making
             of
             all
             sorts
             of
          
           Stockings
           of
           Wool
           ;
           
             it
             's
             not
             long
             ago
             ,
             since
             that
             there
             was
             a
             scarsity
             of
          
           Wool
           
             in
             this
             Quarter
             of
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             several
             of
             those
          
           Stocking-Merchants
           
             came
             hither
             to
             buy
             some
             ;
             I
             told
             them
             ,
             That
             such
             Severity
             was
             us'd
             in
          
           England
           ,
           
             that
             People
             were
             mad
             if
             they
             did
             Adventure
             .
          
        
         
           So
           that
           it
           's
           apparent
           ,
           the
           Law
           was
           not
           so
           defective
           as
           't
           is
           suggest'd
           ,
           but
           the
           Prosecution
           being
           vigorous
           ,
           a
           stop
           may
           be
           made
           thereunto
           ;
           as
           another
           Instance
           may
           be
           given
           by
           and
           by
           in
           the
           late
           Reign
           .
        
         
           That
           upon
           those
           Prosecutions
           ,
           Complaint
           was
           made
           to
           Monsieur
           Colbert
           ,
           by
           the
           Woollen-Manufacturers
           at
           Lille
           and
           Tournay
           (
           in
           French-Flanders
           )
           That
           a
           stop
           wa
           put
           to
           their
           Gainful
           Importation
           of
           English
           and
           
             Irish
             Wool
          
           ;
           which
           being
           by
           him
           represented
           here
           in
           England
           ;
           the
           Assistance
           I
           had
           from
           King
           Charles
           ,
           in
           Vessels
           at
           Sea
           ,
           and
           Horse
           ,
           as
           my
           Guard
           at
           Land
           ,
           was
           recalled
           (
           as
           well
           as
           my
           Imprisonment
           ,
           before-mention'd
           )
           so
           I
           was
           forc'd
           to
           desist
           .
        
         
           That
           in
           the
           Years
           1676
           and
           1677
           ,
           the
           French
           Interest
           continued
           so
           much
           to
           prevail
           ,
           under
           a
           Disguise
           ,
           That
           when
           the
           Parliament
           was
           endeavouring
           to
           pas
           an
           Act
           to
           prohibit
           all
           French
           Commodities
           ,
           to
           prevent
           the
           Growth
           of
           France
           ;
           nevertheless
           comes
           out
           a
           Paper
           in
           Print
           to
           invalidate
           all
           my
           Endeavours
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Front
           of
           which
           ,
           I
           was
           somewhat
           Exposed
           .
           The
           Title
           was
           ,
           
             Reasons
             for
             a
             limited
             Exportation
             of
          
           Wool.
           The
           Introduction
           runs
           thus
           ,
           
             viz.
             Reflecting
             upon
             the
             great
             Mijery
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
             by
             the
             Cheapness
             of
          
           Wool
           ,
           
             and
             thinking
             of
             some
             Remedy
             ,
             found
             my
             Design
             opposed
             by
             several
          
           Pamphlets
           ,
           
             under
             the
             Name
             of
          
           W.
           C.
           
             and
             chiefty
             by
             one
             he
             calls
          
           England's
           Interest
           .
           
             I
             have
             here
             endeavoured
             to
             winnow
             his
             handful
             of
             Corn
             ,
             from
             abundance
             of
             Chaff
             ,
             I
             repli'd
             (
             as
             before
             hinted
             )
             and
             frustrated
             that
             Design
             at
             that
             time
             ;
             as
             also
             another
             Design
             the
             following
             Year
             ,
             in
             lessening
             the
             Penalties
             of
             former
             Acts.
             
          
        
         
           In
           the
           Year
           1684
           ,
           I
           was
           again
           importun'd
           by
           divers
           Eminent
           Merchants
           ,
           Factors
           and
           Clothiers
           ,
           to
           proceed
           in
           that
           Service
           ;
           and
           tho'
           those
           great
           Oppostions
           I
           met
           with
           ,
           were
           a
           sufficient
           Discouragement
           ,
           yet
           I
           proceeded
           ,
           and
           by
           my
           Care
           ,
           a
           considerable
           Check
           was
           given
           to
           those
           Evils
           ,
           in
           causing
           near
           300
           bags
           of
           Wool
           to
           be
           Seized
           and
           Condemned
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           cast
           over-board
           into
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           Twenty
           Freuch
           Vessels
           ,
           besides
           some
           English
           ,
           to
           be
           also
           Taken
           and
           Condemn'd
           ;
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           Wool
           rise
           at
           that
           time
           in
           Callice
           ,
           above
           30
           
             per
             Cent.
          
           which
           occasion'd
           a
           further
           Complaint
           against
           me
           from
           the
           French
           Embassador
           ,
           to
           the
           late
           King
           James
           ,
           who
           was
           pleas'd
           himself
           to
           tell
           me
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           heat
           my
           Answer
           to
           that
           Charge
           ,
           as
           before
           appears
           .
        
         
         
           That
           afterwards
           ,
           continuing
           to
           Prosecute
           some
           of
           the
           Exporters
           ,
           I
           was
           Assaulted
           in
           my
           Lodgings
           at
           Rumney
           and
           Lidd
           ,
           Two
           several
           Nights
           ,
           one
           after
           another
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           my
           Men
           dangerously
           Wounded
           ;
           and
           the
           Day
           following
           ,
           going
           to
           Rye
           ,
           was
           pursued
           by
           above
           One
           Hundred
           Horse-Men
           ,
           and
           was
           forced
           to
           leave
           my
           Horses
           on
           the
           Sea-side
           ,
           where
           One
           was
           killed
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           taken
           ,
           and
           my Self
           and
           Men
           narrowly
           Escaping
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           following
           Affidavits
        
         
           
             ABSTRACTS
             of
             the
             Affidavits
             of
             several
             Persons
             Employed
             to
             prevent
             the
             Transportation
             of
             WOOL
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               JAMES
               WEBB
            
             and
             
               John
               Edwards
            
             ,
             being
             Employed
             to
             prevent
             the
             Transportation
             of
             Wool
             ,
             was
             on
             the
             11th
             instant
             December
             ,
             required
             to
             Execute
             a
             Warrant
             from
             the
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
             ,
             against
             several
             Exporters
             ,
             living
             in
             and
             about
             Rumney
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             being
             informed
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             design'd
             that
             Night
             30
             packs
             of
             Wool
             to
             be
             shipp'd
             off
             ,
             of
             which
             they
             design'd
             to
             Seize
             ;
             but
             to
             prevent
             their
             Intentions
             ,
             these
             Deponents
             ,
             with
             some
             others
             ,
             were
             Arrested
             with
             seign'd
             Actions
             :
             That
             on
             the
             12th
             came
             about
             Twenty
             of
             the
             Exporters
             with
             Arms
             ,
             being
             led
             on
             by
             
               John
               Slaughter
            
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             Persons
             taken
             up
             the
             Day
             before
             ,
             on
             the
             said
             Warrant
             ,
             and
             bound
             over
             to
             the
             Assizes
             ;
             upon
             which
             Mr.
             Carter
             sent
             to
             the
             Mayor
             to
             disperfe
             those
             Persons
             ,
             and
             keep
             the
             Peace
             ;
             which
             Mayor
             being
             a
             Favourer
             of
             the
             said
             Exporters
             ,
             refused
             ,
             so
             we
             was
             forc'd
             to
             keep
             our
             Lodging
             for
             several
             hours
             ,
             'till
             one
             of
             the
             Jurats
             ,
             and
             a
             former
             Dealer
             with
             Mr.
             Carter
             had
             prevail'd
             with
             the
             Mayor
             ,
             to
             disperse
             the
             said
             Slaughter
             and
             Company
             ,
             and
             then
             we
             went
             to
             Lydd
             ,
             where
             they
             were
             Assaulted
             twice
             that
             Evening
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             us
             dangerously
             Wounded
             ;
             and
             afterwards
             about
             Twelve
             a
             Clock
             that
             Night
             ,
             came
             to
             our
             Lodging
             a
             great
             Company
             ,
             both
             of
             Horse
             and
             Foot
             ,
             firing
             several
             Shot
             ,
             and
             threatning
             of
             us
             ;
             and
             had
             not
             Mr.
             Carter
             diswaded
             us
             from
             firing
             upon
             them
             ,
             there
             had
             been
             much
             Blood
             spilt
             that
             Night
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             Day
             ,
             these
             Deponents
             ,
             with
             Mr.
             Carter
             and
             Company
             ,
             were
             pursued
             towards
             Rye
             ,
             by
             a
             great
             many
             Horse-Men
             ;
             and
             had
             not
             there
             been
             Boats
             to
             take
             them
             in
             ,
             we
             might
             have
             been
             destroyed
             .
             
               John
               Edwards
            
             farther
             saith
             ,
             There
             being
             two
             of
             our
             Company
             left
             with
             the
             Horses
             to
             go
             over
             the
             Ferry
             ,
             were
             pursued
             by
             the
             Horse-Men
             ,
             which
             forced
             those
             Men
             to
             get
             into
             a
             Boat
             ,
             and
             leave
             the
             Horses
             on
             the
             Beach
             ;
             one
             of
             which
             were
             killed
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             taken
             .
          
           
             
               James
               Atkins
            
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             saw
             a
             party
             of
             Horse
             ,
             the
             13th
             instant
             December
             ,
             follow
             Mr.
             Carter
             and
             his
             Assistance
             ,
             intending
             ,
             as
             he
             believeth
             ,
             to
             do
             some
             Mischief
             to
             them
             ;
             for
             that
             they
             fired
             at
             them
             ,
             as
             they
             got
             into
             a
             Boat
             ,
             some
             of
             the
             Bullets
             dropping
             by
             the
             Boat-side
             .
          
           
           
             
               John
               Syer
            
             Mariner
             ,
             maketh
             Oath
             ,
             That
             being
             Employed
             in
             a
             Vessel
             to
             prevent
             the
             Exportation
             of
             Wool
             ,
             was
             on
             the
             12th
             of
             this
             instant
             December
             ,
             required
             with
             others
             ,
             to
             Assist
             in
             the
             Execution
             of
             the
             Lord
             Chief
             Justices's
             Warrant
             against
             several
             Exporters
             of
             Wool
             ,
             living
             at
             Rumney
             ,
             came
             that
             Day
             to
             Iadd
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             go
             to
             Rye
             ,
             on
             board
             their
             Vessel
             then
             lying
             at
             Anchor
             there
             ,
             and
             about
             hight
             or
             Nine
             of
             the
             Clock
             that
             Night
             ,
             at
             the
             request
             of
             Mr.
             Carter
             ,
             were
             going
             towards
             the
             Sea-side
             ,
             to
             p-event
             the
             Exportation
             of
             Wool
             ,
             intended
             to
             be
             then
             Transported
             ,
             and
             as
             this
             Deponent
             and
             Company
             were
             going
             through
             the
             Street
             ,
             they
             were
             set
             upon
             by
             several
             Persons
             unknown
             ,
             by
             whome
             some
             of
             us
             were
             Wounded
             after
             which
             time
             a
             great
             Number
             of
             Men
             came
             to
             our
             Lodging
             ,
             firing
             several
             times
             at
             us
             ,
             and
             also
             threatning
             of
             us
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             next
             Day
             was
             pursued
             by
             a
             great
             Number
             of
             Horse-Men
             Arm'd
             ;
             and
             had
             not
             the
             Boats
             belonging
             to
             several
             Vessels
             taken
             us
             in
             ,
             we
             might
             have
             been
             all
             destroyed
             .
          
           
             
               Randal
               Gossey
            
             maketh
             Oath
             ,
             That
             on
             the
             13th
             instant
             December
             ,
             there
             being
             a
             great
             Body
             of
             Horse
             on
             the
             Camber
             near
             Rye
             ,
             the
             Magistrates
             sent
             some
             Persons
             in
             a
             Boat
             ,
             to
             discover
             who
             they
             were
             ,
             and
             understood
             they
             intended
             some
             Mischief
             to
             Mr.
             
               William
               Carter
            
             ,
             and
             his
             Assistance
             ,
             who
             had
             taken
             up
             some
             Persons
             for
             Transportation
             of
             Wool
             ;
             these
             Horse-Men
             following
             them
             so
             fast
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             
             Carter's
             Men
             could
             not
             get
             their
             Horses
             over
             the
             Ferry
             ,
             but
             left
             them
             on
             the
             Camber-Point
             ;
             and
             being
             afterwards
             sent
             by
             the
             said
             Mr.
             Carter
             to
             look
             after
             the
             Horses
             ,
             went
             as
             far
             as
             Lidd
             ,
             where
             one
             Slaughter
             own'd
             the
             Horses
             to
             be
             in
             his
             Custody
             ,
             and
             would
             keep
             them
             for
             Damages
             pretended
             to
             be
             done
             him
             by
             the
             said
             Mr.
             Carter
             ;
             And
             further
             said
             ,
             that
             his
             Name
             was
             Slaughter
             ,
             and
             a
             Slaughter
             he
             should
             find
             of
             him
             ;
             and
             that
             others
             then
             in
             Company
             of
             the
             said
             Slaughter
             said
             ,
             That
             they
             would
             Secure
             his
             Body
             ,
             and
             some
             others
             his
             Soul
             ;
             for
             that
             neither
             was
             his
             own
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Jurat
                 coram
                 me
              
               
                 
                   Tresime
                   ,
                   Die
                
                 Decembres
                 Anno.
                 Dom.
                 1688.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Spaine
              
               Mayor
            
          
           
             
               These
               are
               all
               True
               Copies
               of
               the
               Original
               upon
               Record
               ,
               here
               Examined
               by
               me
               
                 Henry
                 Darington
              
               Town-Clerk
               ,
               and
               
                 Publick
                 Notary
              
               of
               the
               Antient
               Town
               of
               
                 Rye
                 ,
                 in
                 Sussex
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               This
               Deponent
               maketh
               Oath
               ,
               That
               upon
               the
               13th
               Day
               of
               December
               1688
               ,
               He
               was
               importun'd
               by
               
                 James
                 Hunt
              
               and
               other
               Transporters
               of
               Wool
               about
               Rumney
               ,
               to
               pursue
               Mr.
               
                 William
                 Carter
              
               ,
               who
               suddenly
               after
               met
               with
               a
               great
               Number
               of
               Men
               ,
               about
               One
               Hundred
               ,
               who
               went
               after
               the
               said
               Mr.
               Carter
               and
               his
               Men
               
               towards
               Rye
               ;
               and
               had
               they
               not
               gone
               into
               some
               Boats
               ,
               Mr.
               Carter
               would
               have
               received
               some
               hurt
               ;
               for
               many
               of
               the
               Exporters
               were
               Desperate
               Fellows
               ,
               not
               caring
               what
               Mischief
               they
               did
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Ralph
                 .
              
               
                 Jurat
                 coram
              
               
                 Jo
                 Moore
                 ,
                 Mayor
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Septemb.
                   1.
                   1690.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             THese
             are
             to
             Certifie
             ,
             That
             the
             aforesaid
             Affidavits
             are
             all
             True
             ,
             being
             present
             ,
             and
             an
             Eye
             Witness
             of
             all
             those
             Transactions
             :
             For
             that
             I
             going
             along
             with
             Mr.
             Carter
             from
             London
             ,
             to
             assist
             him
             in
             the
             execution
             of
             the
             Lord
             Chief
             Justices's
             Warrant
             against
             several
             Persons
             which
             were
             taken
             in
             the
             Fact
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             going
             to
             Export
             Wool
             in
             the
             Night-time
             ;
             some
             of
             whom
             ,
             to
             free
             themselves
             ,
             discovered
             others
             ,
             to
             the
             number
             of
             about
             Twenty
             :
             And
             whereas
             it
             was
             a
             very
             difficult
             thing
             to
             take
             up
             those
             Persons
             ,
             they
             generally
             having
             the
             Countenance
             of
             their
             Neighbourhood
             ,
             the
             said
             Mr.
             Carter
             ,
             having
             several
             Vessels
             under
             his
             Charge
             and
             Care
             to
             look
             after
             ,
             and
             prevent
             the
             said
             Exportation
             ,
             some
             of
             them
             Riding
             near
             Rye
             ,
             he
             directed
             about
             Twelve
             Seamen
             to
             meet
             him
             at
             Rumny
             ,
             and
             to
             come
             in
             there
             Four
             in
             a
             Company
             in
             the
             Night-time
             ,
             to
             keep
             his
             Design
             private
             ,
             and
             the
             next
             Morning
             placed
             Two
             at
             each
             Door
             ,
             in
             the
             Street
             ,
             to
             prevent
             the
             Escape
             of
             the
             Offenders
             ,
             and
             then
             required
             the
             Constable
             to
             keep
             the
             Peace
             in
             the
             Execution
             of
             the
             said
             Warrant
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             occasion
             of
             the
             Mayor
             being
             a
             Favourite
             of
             the
             Offenders
             ,
             refusing
             to
             take
             Notice
             of
             the
             Persons
             that
             came
             the
             next
             Day
             to
             Assault
             Mr.
             Carter
             and
             his
             Company
             ,
             being
             led
             on
             by
             
               John
               Slaughter
            
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             Persons
             bound
             over
             to
             the
             Assize
             ,
             who
             had
             the
             Repute
             of
             a
             very
             dangerous
             and
             desperate
             Man
             ,
             and
             an
             old
             Transporter
             ;
             and
             the
             Night
             after
             ,
             the
             Exporters
             were
             bound
             over
             to
             the
             said
             Assize
             ,
             he
             was
             endeavouring
             to
             cause
             a
             Mutiny
             amongst
             the
             Seamen
             Employed
             by
             Mr.
             Carter
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             Day
             when
             we
             were
             preparing
             to
             leave
             Rumney
             and
             go
             to
             Rye
             ,
             the
             said
             Slaughter
             ,
             with
             his
             Assistance
             before-mentioned
             ,
             in
             
               James
               Webb
            
             and
             
               John
               Edwards
            
             Affidaved
             we
             were
             forc'd
             to
             stay
             about
             six
             hours
             in
             Rumney
             ,
             before
             we
             could
             stir
             out
             of
             our
             Lodging
             ,
             and
             then
             it
             was
             we
             escaped
             ,
             by
             the
             Interest
             Mr.
             Carter
             had
             in
             one
             of
             the
             Magistrates
             that
             he
             had
             formerly
             deal'd
             with
             for
             Wool
             ;
             and
             when
             we
             came
             to
             Lidd
             ,
             the
             same
             Evening
             ,
             being
             not
             above
             three
             Miles
             from
             Rumney
             ,
             we
             met
             with
             some
             Persons
             near
             the
             Town
             ,
             Riding
             out
             ,
             which
             we
             understood
             were
             preparing
             for
             Transportation
             of
             Wool
             that
             Night
             ,
             which
             afterwards
             proved
             true
             ;
             for
             when
             the
             time
             came
             ,
             about
             Eight
             or
             Nine
             a
             Clock
             ,
             our
             Company
             went
             out
             ,
             some
             on
             Horseback
             and
             some
             on
             Foot
             ,
             designing
             to
             go
             to
             the
             Sea-side
             and
             endeavour
             to
             prevent
             them
             ;
             and
             as
             soon
             as
             we
             were
             out
             of
             our
             Lodging
             ,
             we
             were
             fired
             at
             by
             several
             Persons
             unknown
             ,
             and
             my self
             being
             upon
             Mr.
             
             Carter's
             Horse
             (
             which
             was
             well
             known
             )
             was
             in
             particular
             shot
             at
             ,
             but
             they
             miss'd
             me
             ,
             the
             Bullets
             coming
             over
             my
             Head
             ,
             which
             we
             saw
             the
             next
             Day
             fix'd
             in
             a
             Beam
             
             of
             the
             Barn
             ,
             several
             of
             our
             Company
             being
             Wounded
             :
             Mr.
             Carter
             diswaded
             us
             from
             going
             further
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             because
             they
             knew
             our
             Strength
             ,
             but
             we
             did
             not
             know
             theirs
             ;
             so
             they
             had
             the
             liberty
             to
             accomplish
             their
             Design
             that
             Night
             ,
             and
             at
             their
             return
             from
             their
             Work
             ,
             about
             Twelve
             of
             the
             Clock
             that
             Night
             ,
             their
             Company
             then
             appearing
             by
             the
             very
             Light
             that
             their
             firing
             made
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             far
             greater
             Company
             than
             ours
             ;
             nevertheless
             ,
             if
             Mr.
             Carter
             had
             not
             then
             used
             some
             Arguments
             to
             the
             Seamen
             he
             had
             for
             his
             Assistance
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             been
             Reveng'd
             for
             the
             Wounds
             they
             had
             receiv'd
             the
             Evening
             before
             ,
             tho
             they
             had
             lost
             their
             Lives
             in
             it
             ;
             for
             those
             Exporters
             Challeng'd
             us
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               Come
               out
               you
               Dogs
               ,
               the
               Owles
            
             (
             viz
             )
             
               the
               Wool-Flyes
            
             .
             The
             next
             Morning
             Mr.
             Carter
             .
             having
             sent
             to
             some
             of
             the
             Houses
             of
             those
             Persons
             he
             was
             informed
             were
             the
             Offenders
             ,
             and
             found
             their
             Horses
             in
             the
             Stables
             ,
             and
             the
             Boots
             lying
             very
             Dirty
             ,
             concluded
             they
             were
             in
             Bed
             ,
             so
             we
             hasted
             away
             altogether
             ,
             till
             we
             came
             near
             the
             Sea-side
             ,
             and
             then
             Mr.
             Carter
             and
             
               James
               Web
            
             ,
             before-nam'd
             ,
             and
             my self
             ,
             did
             Ride
             before
             (
             leaving
             Two
             Horses
             to
             carry
             the
             Wounded
             Men
             )
             that
             the
             Boats
             might
             be
             ready
             to
             take
             them
             in
             belonging
             to
             the
             Ships
             ,
             and
             my self
             and
             one
             more
             staid
             with
             the
             Horses
             to
             go
             to
             the
             Ferry
             ;
             but
             so
             it
             fell
             out
             ,
             that
             we
             Riding
             by
             the
             Sea-side
             ,
             saw
             a
             Hogshead
             floating
             ,
             which
             we
             got
             upon
             shore
             ,
             which
             proved
             to
             be
             White-Wine
             ,
             which
             was
             advantageous
             to
             us
             ;
             that
             tho'
             our
             men
             had
             broach'd
             it
             ,
             yet
             their
             Company
             that
             followed
             ,
             staid
             to
             drink
             it
             up
             ,
             by
             which
             means
             all
             got
             into
             Boats
             ,
             but
             my self
             ,
             and
             he
             with
             me
             that
             had
             the
             Horses
             ,
             very
             narrowly
             escaping
             ;
             for
             we
             had
             not
             time
             to
             take
             off
             all
             the
             Saddles
             and
             Bridles
             ,
             our
             Adversaries
             firing
             at
             us
             ,
             the
             Bullets
             falling
             by
             the
             Boat-side
             ,
             whereby
             we
             were
             forced
             to
             leave
             our
             Horses
             ,
             being
             Five
             ,
             to
             their
             mercy
             ,
             who
             killed
             one
             of
             them
             which
             could
             not
             leap
             ,
             the
             rest
             got
             away
             ,
             but
             were
             afterwards
             taken
             by
             them
             ,
             and
             kept
             for
             some
             time
             ,
             till
             the
             Mayor
             of
             Rye
             wrote
             to
             them
             about
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             we
             had
             our
             Horses
             again
             much
             hurt
             .
             Afterwards
             Mr.
             Carter
             having
             discovered
             many
             of
             those
             Rioters
             ,
             Indicted
             them
             at
             the
             next
             Assizes
             ,
             and
             the
             Bill
             was
             found
             against
             them
             ;
             but
             before
             next
             Assize
             ,
             an
             
               Act
               of
               Grace
            
             past
             ,
             after
             which
             time
             when
             they
             were
             Discharged
             by
             the
             
               Act
               of
               Grace
               and
               Pardon
            
             ,
             they
             Imprison'd
             several
             of
             those
             Persons
             Employed
             to
             prevent
             
               Exportation
               of
               Wool
            
             ,
             on
             frivilous
             pretences
             ,
             and
             detain'd
             them
             a
             long
             time
             before
             they
             could
             be
             remov'd
             by
             
               Habeus
               Corpus
            
             ,
             one
             of
             which
             being
             my
             own
             Brother
             ,
             who
             fell
             Sick
             and
             Lame
             ,
             during
             his
             Abode
             in
             that
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             is
             since
             Dead
             ;
             and
             others
             undone
             ,
             and
             forc'd
             to
             quit
             this
             Service
             .
          
           
             
               ROBERT
               TOOKET
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .