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A78575	A diamond or rich jewel, presented to the Common-wealth of England, for inriching of the nation; being necessary for the use of all marchants and tradesmen, and advantagious to the poor: wherein is declared a way, 1 How all forraign moneys may pass in England, and gain the merchants 10 percent. and to put off our English coyn into other countries. To settle a banke in London for furnishing all trades with money, and to quit the nation of beggars... 8. To settle an insurance office cheap, and not to pay above five in the hundred for insurance from pirats in all parts of Europe and America. / By Capt. Samuel Chappel. Licensed, and entred according to order.	Chappel, Samuel.	1651 (1651)	Wing C1955; Thomason E621_6; ESTC R206409	11,873	33

the Parliament Further a way to settle a way of an insurance office cheap and not to pay above four in the hundred for insurance from Pirots in all parts of Europe and America TO THE Right Honourable the Councel for regulating of TRADE The humble Petition of Captain Samuel Chappel of Freminton in the County of Devon Merchant SHEWETH THat your Petitioner hath served the Parliament by land and Sea from 1641. and hath still proved constant to them and hath seen much of passages in trading That he desireth finding no reason opposite except it be that we of this Nation having been mistaken by undervaluing of forraign Coyns are by other Nations disesteemed which to avoid his desire is that if is please your Honours that all forraign Coyn in its full weight of good Gold and Silver Bullion may passe in England and Ireland and other Countries amongst Merchants and others for the advance of tradeing to maintain the poor and recrute the Nation to be replenished with money after these sad times That in regard the King of Spain doth pay his Souldiers with Brasse and Copper money as their pieces of eight Royals plate for 20. Royals 18. Royals 16. Royals 14. Royals and 12. Royals the least and so passeth among Merchants and others the Spaniard advancing it 50. per cent higher in their own Countries then in reason it should And in France they pay the pieces of eight for 6. shillings and in Portugal for 6. shillings and in Holland for 48. stuyvers and some for 5. shillings and their Gold the like And in the East Countrey and Germany the like where it passeth among Merchants and others Your Petitioner desireth the premises considered that all their Gold and Silver Coyn may passe as viz. That is to say that all pieces of eight Pistols bigger or smaller pieces of Spanish Coyn may passe for 20. per cent higher then in Spain which will be the piece of eight here for 5. shillings which is lesse then in other parts and their Gold the like and that all French Holland Germane and the Eastern Countries moneys of good Bulloin Coyned Gold or Silver of its full weight may passe here for 10. per cent higher then in them parts and that their Coyns be regulated what of them shall passe here and that this may be done in regard that they receive our Gold and Silver Coyn and pay it in their Countries for above 10. per cent higher then we pay it in England for by their cunning conveying it away we must beat them in their own play that is by raising of their money here and permitting it to passe amongst us So we must still keep their money 10. per cent higher here then they pay it in them Countries which must be looked after by the Mr. of the Mint And still raised upon this report as they raise it for this will cause linnen Cloath and commodities in them Countries to be bought cheaper then now they are by reason that Merchants will make their return in money and it will return profit to them 10. per cent upon Bills of Exchange Also for example I have money in Holland and I write to my Factor to return me a Bill of Exchange of 9. pound Sterling to be paid here in Fleamish money so he takes the 9. pound Sterling and payes it there for 10. pound Fleamish and sends me the Bill of Exchange to be paid here 10. pound Fleamish so that I am gainer 10. per cent which is currant being raised as before expressed here And so we may do it for more or lesse in France and other parts taking this caveat to 〈◊〉 what money they shall be paid for their goods and by this rule the Merchants shall gain every way by trading or buying their goods cheaper or upon return of their money or upon bills of Exchange This will beat them in their own play for raising our money as above declared and draw in money here from all those Countries for we have no Articles of peace with any debarring us from it but onely our peace is to commerce with them so that they cannot except against us except they deny our moneys in their Countries and commands or passe it in payment for no more then in England for it is fit for our Nation to have State-policie for commerce and Trade as well as they which your Honours being chosen to take the premises into consideration ought not through weaknesse to deceive your trust Also that all forriegners be ordered to give security to the Custom-houses that they shall imploy the return of their goods in English goods manifactured here to carry away which will preserve our money Your Petitioners caveat to your Honours is that it is an Honour to a Nation to pay no brasse nor copper Coins but a dishonour to a Nation that cannot pay their Debts for want of each sort nor in Gold nor Silver Bullion neither when as we may have it for the Coining and live gallantly by your Petitioners councel if it may be accepted but now we are contented like the drones to live beggerly as now we do in England having to our shames great means of Gods blessings and may live plentifull of money and other things if we will and have it better if we did imploy men of publick spirits that hate covetousnesse and pride but your Petitioner hopeth that our eyes will be opened Sheweth THat your Petitioner desireth for the inriching of this Nation to supply the Nations wants with Salt that is to get such number of men and Vessels to take Herrings as the Hollanders do and to supply new England Newfound-land and the North-Sea Fishing-trades which after improvement of 2. or 3. years there will come into England instead of hundred thousands pounds in Coin many Millions for which improvement the best way will be in your Petitioners opinion to settle a place to be provided for with Salt of our own Nations without being beholden to other Nations for it is more Honour to have of our own then to be beholden to other Princes Your Petitioner will ingage his life with your Honors that if your Honours will procure him letters patents and a Commission from the Parliament to raise 150. men supply them with all necessaries for war and lively-hood for one year and pay the charge of a Ship and their provisions and men for six Moneths and give to him and his heirs such places where he will adventure to take them making the places feasable to 7. of your Honours being now in the Enemies Countries that he will sail to them parties and take them and secure it and them under God to this Nations Command and this Nation shall have supplied them if it want 20000. Tuns of Salt yearly at the price of three half pence per Gallon which is no more then now they pay excise for forraign salt and after the said places are secured all Merchant Ships that will come there

A DIAMOND OR RICH JEWEL PRESENTED To the Common-wealth of England for inriching of the Nation being necessary for the use of all Marchants and Tradesmen and advantagious to the poor Wherein is declared a way 1 How all forraign moneys may pass in England and gain the Merchants 10 Per Cent. and to put off our Manufacture without passing our English coyn into other Countries 2 To settle a Banke in London for furnishing all trades with money and to quit the Nation of beggars 3 To supply the Nation with Salt at three half pence the Gallon 4 To encrease the Trade of fishing without being beholding to others 5 To make England the richest Nation in Europe both for Gold and Silver 6 To save half the charges of the Officers of Excise and Custome for the ease of the free-born people of the Nation 7. To free all necessary commodities from Taxes 8. To settle an insurance Office cheap and not to pay above five in the hundred for insurance from Pirats in all parts of Europe and America By Capt. SAMUEL CHAPPEL Licensed and entred according to Order LONDON Printed for John Clowes against the Lower-Pump in Grubstreet 1650. A PETITION PRESENTED By Capt. Samuel Chappel To the Right Honourable the Councel for regulating of Trade Dedicated To the Lord Whitlock and the Lords Keepers of the Great Seal of England and to the Lord Chief Justice Role and to the rest of the Lord Justices of the Common Law Desiring them to solicite the effecting of it to the Parliament Right Honourable YOur servant having waited here in London this two years and three quarters to have Justice he having done service and desireth to be paid his arrears and his money disbursed for the Parliament of England which is yet unpaid to this day And whereas he sees damage to many by cheating and couzening by some in Office pretending good husbandry to the State who eate the poor as bread and others also act the like contrary to Gods Lawes and the Nations making it their Trade to deceive and devoure one another counting themselves wise in their own eyes So at your servants departure here hence he thought good to write these lines and to leave them in print as a token of his love to his Nation which he hopeth will prove for the good of all the people our brethren hoping also that your honours in his absence will endeavour the furthering of the publick in it to have it effected So considering the cry of the poor the great unjustice done unto our Liberties promised us the neglect of setling Religion agreeable to Jesus Christ his Commission to the Apostles rule in the Primitive Church we professing Jesus Christ Now all is turned from performance to vice and pride self-ends and Covetousness and other crying sins which now reign to much amongst us which is much wished and desired by the godly party that there might be a reformation of it in this Nation And because your Honours are in places of power to cause justice to be executed upon all Offendors and to do justice to the innocent that merit Your servant conceiveth no fitter mon to Dedicate these lines unto but to your Honours he publickly seeing so many put offs in Courts of Authority hoping that your Honours will become Instruments of settling up wayes in this Nation that God may be glorified by us and that our poor Nation may be eased of yoaks and burthens now laid upon them against the written word of God for never had a Nation more blessings indued them then now England hath both of temporall and spiritual means if we could make good use of them but 't is feared they make bad use of them for profession draweth no man to Heaven but by living a pure and undefiled life for many are wise to do evil So referring the consideration hereof being short till his other lines come forth which will be in his due time Your servant taking leave doth commit your Honours and his proceedings to Gods blessing and shall ever rest Your Honours humble servant SAMUEL CHAPPEL August 20. 1650. THE PERTICULARS Contained in the following BOOK I. THe Recommendation of it to the Lords Keepers of the great Seal of England and to the Lord Chief Justice Role and Lord Justice of the Common Law II. The Petition sheweth III. How all Forraign money may pass in England and gain the Merchants 10 Per Cent. 20 Per Cent. and gain by Bills of Exchange 10 Per Cent. also and put off our English Goods manifactured to strangers to hinder them for carrying awayofour English money IIII. Another Proposition declaring a way to supply the Nation with Salt at three half pence the Gallon to further the fishing Trade without being beholding to any other Princes for it V. A way also to settle a Bank in LONDON to furnish money to all Tradesmen and others to put all the Nation upon industry to live without beggers VI Another regulating a way for conference for settling of good Trade VII Also a way to build great ships to draw a little water serviceable for war and carry Merchants goods cheap and that no Guns be hindred to make use to fight and Seamen may have the benefit for their careful industry and that half the charges of the Officers of the Custome-House and Excise-Office may be saved for the benefit of the Common-wealth and that strangers pay double Custome and Excise that our free-born people may have the more imployment to gain their livelihood VIII That Corn and other necessary Commodities may be freed from Taxes to ease our free-born brethren IX A reason to make appear that what our Merchants pay for Custome and Excise for what Goods they carry out of England is no damage to them X. A reason that all Goods of fantasie should pay great Customes and excise by reason our Nation stands not in need of them for the rich buy them to nourish their lust XI No reason but strangers should pay a duty for fishing upon our Seas XII A Reason that Harbours Keyes and Navigable Rivers should not be neglected but kept in good order that Vessels may passe safely XIII That all plantations may be regulated for the good of the Common-wealth That we may trade to the South-Seas and Indies to inrich this Nation XIV That Ships of War and Commodities may be provided to supply the Nation and daunt all English Enemies if men of publick spirits be imployed in it and for the charges to defray it the Petitioner will discover a way to the Parliament to supploy all their wants to make England the richest Nation for Gold and Silver in Europe XV. Also a way to further fishing making of linnen Cloath and imploy many people to get their lively-hood XVI That no men be suffered as spirits to betray their brethren and sell them for seven year XVII That a way may be regulated that there may be a Court of audience that all Petitions may be heard by

to the Parliament who for a long space have seldom admitted of them or if admitted sildom taken the Contents into consideration in regard of the great and mighty affairs of the publick have been esteemed and regarded as private to the great discouragement of the Petitioners and others of the publick spirits towards the Common-wealth for the avoiding of which inconveniences it might greatly be wished that a Committee or Court of audience might forth-with be instituted and appointed to receive de diem in diem all Petitions whatsoever and make a true and exact report of all such Petitions as shall to the said Committee or Court seem fitting to be presented to the Parliament that there be nothing paid by any Petitioner or to any of the said Committee or Court for his dispatch nor to any Clark or Officer of the said Committee but that allowance out of the publick treasury be granted unto them for their pains and that whosoever of them or their Officers that shall be known to take and receive any money whatsoever or bribe or gift from any Petition in regard of his Petition shall suffer imprisonment for one whole year and repay treble the value and be disinabled of bearing any Office for 7. years Provided that the said Committee or Court be not required to make report of such things as belong to the Courts of Judicature and Chancery but that such things wholly be left to the Law Moreover that the Parliament appoint some certain dayes viz. 2. or 4. in a moneth to hear the Reports of Petitions and there to return answer The Petitioner humbly requesteth that he with others may be thought worthy to nominate and propound such men as to him and others may seem most sincere and fit for this imployment of audience Your Petitioner desireth that if the Parliament please he will shew them a way to have such great sums of money to be capable to perform all those undertakings viz. And to pay all the Nations debt and take off all Taxes and have money in Cash to maintain War against all our Enemies also to set up an Office for the advance of Trade which is to insure all Merchants Goods and Ships from the danger of Pyrates at Sea in these Wars The Petitioner doth humbly desire your Honours for the better regulating of Trade at Sea And for the safty of Merchants goods Ships that your Honours do Petition the house that some conveinent ships with goods or money besent to the great Turkes Countries and other parts to redeme all our English christians there and that there may be a league made with them that our ships and men may safely sayl by them parts And that all Protestants may have liberty of Conscience in all Nations where they trade to have books freely to be edisied by them in making use of them ta serve God in our profession so that they may not be liable to Mahomets laws nor the Popes Inquisition and Doctrine nor hindered of our protestant Religion to live as Christians professing Jesus Christ freely as now we do in England Your Petitioner will do the State some further service if he see that this take any effect And your Honours may have oticen of him at Mr. Anthony Travilions in the Minories And your Petitioner shall pray c. And I shall rest a Servant to the Commonwealth of England SAMUEL CHAPPLE Right Honourable YOur Petitioners absence hath been from your Honours by being in prison these 12. weeks for not paying 34 s. 2 d. for cost in a sute he was overthrown in London by one false witness where your petitioner sued an Aposthicary he the said Aposthicary being bound to pay your petitiotioner one hundred thirty five half Crowns for a Debenter your Petitioner sould him by a broker in which Debentor the Honourable Parliament owed your Petitioner 135 l. 3 s. 4 d. where your Petitioner being in prison had other actions layed against him for meat and drink in attending the Parliaments affairs so that now your Petitioner may say that he is in prison for his good service done the Parliament which if they had paid him your Petitioner had not sold his Debentor nor suffered this imprisonment And for liberty he with others did petition by Col. Pride the 11. of Novemb. 1650. these heads viz Directed unto the supreme Authority assembled for the Parliament of England That the Petitioner and others having setled your Honours in the Parliaments Thrown to cause justice to be executed in the Nation are now cast into prison for debt waiting in London for our arrears in service and money disbursed had not your Honours owed us our money our creditors would not deal so cruelly with us but be favourable and free us upon easie terms as men that had nothing And whereas for our good service we are become a pray to Goalers and suffer for not being paid we greue being it is much to the dishonour of God and our Profession and Liberty Your humble Petitioner desires your Honours to order that none of us of the Jmprisoned Souldiery shall never be paid our Arrears that our Creditors may commiserate our causes or that your Honours do grant forth the Act so long promised to set us at liberty or that our Creditors do accept by your Honors Command of our Debentors for their debts or to cause Justice to be executed that Bread Beer and Porvisions may be at the rates in prisons as abroad And that some godly men may have the review of the prisons to examine settle makegood orders for the prisoners for debt that we starve not for our good service as some have and others lye starving at present I pray accept of your Captains Councel that is to pay your old faithful Souldiery lest they by being provoked fly from your Honours for malice for not being paid for when they are gone your Honours will not have them so speedily again for in these wavering times they will do more for malice then for love without money Your Honours humble Servant to Command SAMUEL CHAPPEL FINIS