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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26836	The merchants remonstrance published in the time of the late warre, revived and inlarged : wherein is set forth the inevitable miseries which may suddenly befall this kingdome by want of trade and decay of manufactures : with copy of a letter to the Kings Majestie presented unto him at Hampton Court, October 30, 1647 : shewing, 1, the want of such a due regard as was fit for the preservation of trade in the time of the late warre, 2, some of the bad effects it hath since produced, 3, the offer of the authors opinion what may best bee done for remedy : also, a letter to the Right Honourable the two Houses of Parliament, to the army under the command of His Excellency Sir Tho. Fairfax, and to the rest of His Majesties subjects in generall : whereunto is annexed a discourse of the excellencie of wooll, manifested by the improvement in its manufactures, and the great good thence arising before the late warre / by John Battie ...	Battie, John.	1648 (1648)	Wing B1158; ESTC R2591	27,839	48

earnest and longing desire of a speedy settlement of these unhappy differences well knowing that the continuance will on all sides be destructive to the well being of this Kingdome especially unto Trade 'T is not very improbable notwithstanding His deepe insight in ma●ters of Estate which are so obscure and intricate that 't is impossible for the wisest States-man on earth of himselfe yea I may say hundreds of States-men joyned together to foresee and know all the mischiefes which occurre and happen in an Estate or may befall it without the helpe and information of others but more especially of or from such men that have either a present sense thereof in their owne particular or in regard of their Negotiations at home or abroad in forraigne parts besides His Majestie neither hath been nor is in such a capacitie or condition as formerly to receive such intelligence as was or is fit for the prevention of such evills as may befall an Estate 'T is not I say improbable but that small information which His Majestie had from mee by my weak● pen without vaineglory bee it said shewing not onely the great sufferings of this Kingdomes Trade by the present decay of our Woollen Manufactures but also the danger of losing hereafter the totall vent of all or most of them in forraigne parts might bee some motive unto Him so speedily to send unto the two Houses of Parliament so gracious a Message though His Majestie indeed needs not the least quickning to the effecting of any thing which He conceives may conduce to the welfare of His subjects but whether or no that which was made knowne unto Him by me was any motive unto Him His Majestie being as have said very ready to afford His assistance to the good of Trade and to the rectifying of what else is amisse mee thinkes you should the sad condition not onely of Trade but all things else considered forthwith joyne with Him And I beleeve that you of the two Honorable Houses of Parliament as also divers of you of the Army with many more of His Majesties Subjects are very inclinable so to doe but that some feare of future safety as I conceive of the which is neare and deare unto you possesseth you in regard of the bad effects farre beyond your expectation or the least of your thoughts which the wayes you have taken to rectifie what before this Parliament was amisse have produced But admit you should run some hazard of losse the ancient-Romans may be a good president for you to follow Their Histories tell us they wa●●ed all private interest for the publique good not any thing was so neare and deare unto them so great was their respect and love unto their Countrey having stillin their thoughts non nobis na●i sumus But be assured you have no just cause of any such feare as you may fancy unto your selves 't is true indeed the disaffections of many men one unto another are very great in regard of their manifold sufferings by adhering to this or that side but not the least doubt but that His Majestie would first on His part be unfaignedly reconciled with you He hath often declared it and then would be so forward and carefull as could be desired to reunite the so much disunited affections of His subjects and no doubt but would take effect All men except such as have their subsistence by divisions greedily thirsting after a quiet settlement of these unhappy differences and that an inviolable peace may follow so hatefull now unto them are differences and dissentions whence their sufferings have been so great and right well know that the continuance would make them at last so insufferable that they should be enforced into a desperate condition and not care in the end how or in what manner they might free themselves But I have done onely desire I may first have leave to adde that which followes though perhaps it may at first sight bee thought by some impertinent to Trade yet if well weighed it may be judged otherwise hope however it will not give offence And that is in point of this Kingdomes Honour in the person of the King which by the Lawes of God and man we are all bound to maintaine If the King the life as it were or fountaine of Honour lose His due respect disrespect on all sides will follow viz. to the Nobilitie Gentry Magistrates and to all men in authoritie and command even to masters of private families and Commanders or masters of Ships it is already too too apparent wee have the sad experience of it not onely at home but also abroad in forraigne parts Secondly if Honour be taken from the King it 's taken from His hopefull Progeny the like Kingly Issue not knowne at this day on earth so that the Blood Royall of England in times past so famous and so highly esteemed both at home and abroad will come to lose its respect and at last become so contemptible that not any Prince of worth will match with us but if by us kept up and maintained in its ancient repute and esteeme the greatest Prince or Princes in Christendome will bee ready to match with us which may prove many wayes very advantagious to the Crowne of England Hereunto is annexed a Discourse of the improvement of Wooll in our Manufactures which may well deserve the notice of all His Majesties Subjects in generall A briefe Discourse of the Excellency of Wooll manifested by the Improvement in its Manufactures and the great good unto the Kingdome thence arising before the late War THat if I should say our Wooll was so rich a Jewell before the late War being as it were the Basis or foundation upon which the Frame of Englands Trade did stand and that it exceeds in worth the Spanish Silver Mines in West India and that Spaine might farre better want those Mines then England could Wooll I should not say amisse for that Spaine without the Silver issuing from the said Mines would be able to draw Trade unto it from forraigne Parts in respect of the native fruits or commodities it affords which England if Wool be wanting could not in any considerable measure doe It is not its Lead Tin and Coales would doe it these three would beget very little Trade and consequently little employment And that it is such a Jewell as I say or of so much worth unto this Kingdome may bee demonstrated partly by the imployment of people in and about the Manufactures And partly by the Improvement by or in its Manufactures And first for Employment The Spanish West India Mines were not in a manner comparable unto i● by many degrees it may bee rather said there could be no reasonable comparison between them for admit that in the Mines are or were fiftie thousand men employed they are of the meanest sort of mankind most of them Negro's brought as Merchandize out of the parts of Africa into India Heathens unlesse since their comming thither