THat the Monies now collected throughout England and Wales , for the Maintainance of the Poor in Idleness , be settled in the Hands of such Trustees as this Honourable House shall appoint , to be a Fund to employ , them able , in the Linnen or other Foreign Manufactures , or such Manufactures or Employments of our own that are not in a flourishing Condition ; and to maintain all such who are or shall from Time to Time become chargeable to their Parishes .

That it ought speedily to be done , whilst Linnens are near double the Value as they us'd to be at in Time of Peace ; and we ( as well as the Germans , Spanish , Portuguees , Dutch , &c. ) make use of such Advantages as God and Nature , and the present Juncture doth afford us ;

Whereby we shall be able to work cheaper than any of our Neighbours , all the Poor's Labour being clear Profit ; for the same Mony that maintains them now in Idleness will do it much better when imployed and in a Community .

By which means we may be some Millions yearly Gainers , near Fifteen Hundred Thousand Pounds per Annum being paid in Specie to the French alone , in Time of Peace , by this Kingdom , for their Linnen Manufactures , to be here expended , or , by us , sent to other Countries ; which Alteration will , at least , annually save the Exportation of so much of our Coin or Bullion : And that only by setting the Poor to Work , without other Charge than what now maintains them in Idleness .