SOME
CONSIDERATIONS
●umbly
offered
to
the
Honourable
the
House
of
COMMONS
,
by
the
Governour
and
Company
of
Merchants
of
England
,
Trading
into
the
Levant
Seas
,
touching
the
Bill
,
Intitled
,
A
Bill
for
the
further
incouragement
of
the
Woollen
Manufactures
of
this
Kingdom
.
I.
THat
the
Consumption
of
Broad
Clothes
in
Turky
hath
been
of
late
years
increased
,
from
14
or
15
Thousand
,
to
25
or
30
Thousand
Clothes
per
Annum
;
and
that
this
increase
hath
been
cheifly
effected
by
taking
Raw-Silk
and
Mohair-Yarn
in
exchange
for
them
:
And
if
the
consumption
of
Silk
and
Yarn
be
lesned
in
England
,
the
consumption
of
English
Cloth
will
be
proportionably
lesned
in
Turky
;
for
that
Turky
doth
not
afford
Commodities
proper
for
England
to
be
brought
in
returns
,
to
a
fourth
part
of
the
value
of
the
Cloth
sent
thither
,
other
then
the
aforesaid
Commodities
of
Raw
Silk
,
and
Mohair-Yarn
,
of
which
two
Commodities
about
three
fourth
parts
of
the
value
is
in
Silk
,
and
one
fourth
part
in
Mohair-Yarn
.
II.
That
if
we
do
not
exchange
our
coarse
Clothes
for
Silk
and
Mohair-Yarn
,
the
Dutch
will
thereby
have
an
opportunity
(
which
they
will
certainly
make
use
of
,
not
only
to
introduce
a
Manufacture
of
coarse
Cloth
of
their
own
;
but
also
extreamly
to
depresse
ours
;
and
in
a
great
measure
gain
the
Manufacturing
of
Silk
and
Yarn
,
and
supply
England
there-with
.
III.
That
it
may
be
feared
,
the
Grand
Signior
,
taking
notice
of
any
restraint
of
the
expence
of
his
Native
Commodities
in
England
,
may
by
way
of
Retaliation
,
prohibit
the
use
of
our
Cloth
in
Turky
,
which
would
be
of
very
great
dammage
to
this
Nation
,
Turky
being
now
the
place
of
its
greatest
Consumption
:
And
if
coarse
Clothes
be
not
vended
there
,
the
Clothiers
must
decline
the
making
them
,
and
consequently
coarse
Wooll
lye
on
hand
,
and
be
of
little
use
or
value
.
IV.
That
many
Thousands
of
Families
in
this
Kingdom
do
wholly
subsist
upon
the
Manufacturing
of
Silk
and
Mohair-yarn
,
who
will
be
thereby
thrown
out
of
their
Livelyhoods
,
and
constrained
to
remove
themselves
into
other
Countries
,
and
particularly
into
France
,
whether
they
are
already
invited
by
Promises
of
great
Rewards
.
Whereas
the
Manufacturing
of
Silk
and
Mohair-yarn
in
England
,
doth
daily
bring
over
great
numbers
of
Manufacturers
from
Foreign
parts
(
who
are
generally
Protestants
)
to
the
great
benefit
of
the
Kingdom
both
in
People
and
Wealth
.
V.
That
the
forbidding
the
wearing
Silks
in
the
Winter
Season
,
doth
in
a
great
measure
exclude
the
Manufacturing
of
Silk
in
England
,
because
most
of
the
English
Fabricks
being
thick
and
substantial
are
fittest
for
the
Winter
Season
:
Whereas
the
thinner
and
slighter
Silks
that
are
worn
in
the
Summer
time
,
are
brought
in
fully
Manufactured
from
the
East-Indies
,
and
other
Foreign
Parts
.
VI.
That
if
this
Bill
shall
passe
into
a
Law
,
the
Consumption
of
Spanish
Wool
,
may
be
augmented
;
but
in
no
proportion
to
recompence
the
loss
which
the
English
Wool
will
sustain
thereby
;
because
the
Wearers
of
Silks
and
Chamblets
being
generally
persons
of
better
Quality
,
will
probably
only
wear
Garments
made
of
Spanish
Cloth
: