I. BY alowing all English Ships ( during the War ) to be Man'd with Forreigners , ( who shall not be liable to be pressed ) the King will have those of his own Subjects now imployed in Merchants Ships , wholly in his own Service ; by which his Navy will be supplied in time , without the necessity of staying for the Men that are Abroad , as heretofore , to the great Danger of the Nation .

II. The Ships which now lie by the Walls for want of Men , will then be Imployed , and Trade with a little assistance of Convoys , have its free Course again , to the great incouragement of the Subject , and inabling them to a chearful Payment of their Taxes .

III. By the Trade of the Nation , the King's Customs will be greatly increased , and by consequence the Burthen on the Lands lessened .

IV. The necessity which Merchants are now under , of imploying Forreign Shpis , so much to the Prejudice of the Nation , and Advantage of Strangers , will then cease ; for these Forreign Ships will not now serve in any considerable Voyage , for less ( suppose ) than a Thousand Pound , which Thousand Pound , except about one Hundred Pound , is all carried out of the Land ; whereas if our own Ships ( which now lie by the Walls for want of Men ) were Imployed , this Money would all remain in the Country , except some small matter which the Sea-men save out of their Wages , and it 's much if it amount to Thirty or Forty Pound : Which considered , whether will it not be more to the Advantage of the Nation , to Imploy English Ships Man'd with Forreign Sea-men , then Forreign Ships , who taking the advantage of our want of Men , demand , and at this time actually have more than double the Freight which our own Ships would serve us for , if they might but be so Man'd .