The Consequences of Trade, as to the Wealth and Strength of Any Nation: Of the Woollen Trade in Particular, and the Superiority of It Over All Other ... With an Account of Our Loss, and Their G

Excerpt from The Consequences of Trade, as to the Wealth and Strength of Any Nation: Of the Woollen Trade in Particular, and the Superiority of It Over All Other Branches of Trade; The Present State of It in England and France, With an Account of Our Loss, and Their GainsRuin. Under this dreadful Apprehenfion, but too, well grounded, I do molt earnefily befeech your Lordfhips to examine particularly into the State of the Woollen Trade, and to employ your Wifdom in finding'out fome effectual Method to recover it. Very certainl am, that unlefs you do, his Majefiy will not long continue to be our King, nor we continue to be a Free People. We fhall unavoidably fall a Sa crifice to the Ambition of France; and our Defianc tion will as necefiarily be followed by that of Europe. I do humbly conceive that the Scheme which Mr. Webb has ofi'er'd to the Publick will prove an ef feétual one, and that the Charter which his Majefty was pleafed to grant him, will be highly beneficial to the Nation. He has clearly convinced my Judg-g ment, and I'will make as little doubt but that he will cafily convince your Lordfhips, whenever he {hallbe honoured with an Opportunity to explain himfelf. But', be that as it will, this melancholy Truth I mutt: repeat to your Lordfhips; unlefs the Exportation of our Woo? Be flopp'd by fome Means or another, the Nation mull: be ruin'd; and I moit heartily beg of God to direét your Counfels to the bell Meafures for our Prefervation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.