For
the
First
,
viz.
The
late
Right
Honourable
William
Earl
of
Pembroke
,
Sir
William
Courteen
,
Sir
John
Harrison
,
and
Sir
Paul
Pindar
,
in
or
about
the
year
1633
,
became
an
Association
,
&c.
and
for
their
incouragement
therein
,
His
then
Majesty
King
Charles
the
First
,
-
1.
Caused
Lent
to
be
Observed
.
-
2.
Prohibited
Foreign
Fish
to
be
Imported
.
-
3.
Took
his
Naval
Supplies
from
the
then
Adventurers
in
that
Fishing
Trade
.
Afterwards
,
viz.
In
or
about
the
year
1654.
Sir
Phineas
Andrews
,
&c.
proceeding
on
the
Fishery
Trade
,
for
his
Incouragement
it
was
provided
.
-
1.
That
Salt
spent
in
the
Fishery
Trade
,
was
exempted
from
Customs
and
Excise
.
-
2.
Collections
were
Granted
and
made
in
London
and
other
Places
,
for
Building
of
Docks
,
Wharfs
,
Store-houses
,
and
Renting
of
Ground
,
for
the
Making
,
Tanning
,
Drying
and
Mending
Nets
.
-
3.
Also
Exemption
from
Custom
and
Excise
,
of
all
Naval
Necessaries
,
as
Timber
,
Cordage
,
&c.
used
on
such
occasions
.
After
him
,
viz.
In
or
about
the
year
1660.
the
said
Fishery
was
undertaken
by
Simon
Smith
,
Esq
;
for
whose
Incouragement
was
Granted
.
-
1.
All
the
forementioned
Advantages
.
And
-
2.
That
all
Commodities
returned
for
the
Produce
of
Fish
,
were
allowed
to
be
Imported
Custom
free
.
Upon
the
Restauration
of
his
late
Majesty
King
Charles
the
Second
,
by
Commission
under
the
Great
Seal
of
England
,
bearing
date
the
22d
day
of
August
,
in
the
13th
year
of
his
Reign
,
his
said
Majesty
was
pleased
to
Constitute
his
Royal
Highness
,
James
Duke
of
York
,
Edward
Earl
of
Clarenden
,
and
other
Persons
of
Honour
and
Wisdom
,
to
be
a
Council
of
the
Royal
Fishery
of
Great
Britain
and
Ireland
;
of
which
his
said
Majesty
was
pleased
to
Declare
,
-
1.
That
Himself
and
his
Successors
would
vouchsafe
ever
to
be
,
and
to
be
called
Protectors
,
&c.
-
2.
The
said
Council
were
Authorized
thereby
to
make
Laws
and
Statutes
,
relating
to
the
management
of
the
said
Affair
,
and
Government
of
all
their
Officers
,
&c.
-
3.
To
Constitute
and
Depute
Officers
necessary
for
their
Service
.
-
4.
To
enjoyn
pecuniary
Mulcts
or
Pains
of
Imprisonment
,
on
Contemners
and
Violaters
of
the
said
Laws
,
&c.
being
not
derogatory
to
the
Statutes
,
Laws
,
Liberties
,
or
Acts
of
Parliament
.
-
5.
Their
Fishermen
,
Mariners
,
Masters
and
Servants
were
to
be
Free
from
all
Pleas
or
Plaints
in
any
Courts
of
Justice
,
for
any
thing
concerning
the
Fishery
,
&c.
except
before
the
said
Council
or
Judges
,
to
be
by
them
Deligated
,
&c.
-
6.
Their
Fishermen
nor
Boats
,
&c.
(
whether
at
Sea
or
in
Port
)
were
to
be
Arrested
or
Impressed
for
his
Majesties
Service
or
Affairs
,
without
the
Consent
of
their
Owners
.
-
7.
Nor
put
in
Assizes
,
Juries
,
Inquisitions
,
&c.
nor
made
Collectors
,
nor
compelled
to
be
Constables
or
Tithing-men
,
against
their
Wills
.
-
8.
The
said
Council
were
Authorized
to
set
up
a
Lottery
for
Three
Years
,
and
to
appoint
a
free
Collection
in
Churches
,
for
raising
of
Monies
to
be
imployed
for
erecting
Wharfs
,
Docks
,
Store-houses
,
and
Granaries
about
the
River
of
Thames
,
and
all
Ports
convenient
for
that
purpose
.
-
9.
That
,
for
the
space
of
Seven
Years
,
from
their
first
entrance
upon
the
Fishing
Trade
,
no
Customs
,
Inward
or
Outward
were
to
be
paid
for
the
Sale
of
Fish
,
either
in
the
Baltick
Seas
,
Denmark
,
Norway
,
or
France
.
-
10.
That
they
might
freely
vend
their
Fish
in
Foreign
Parts
,
and
make
Returns
thereof
in
the
Commodities
of
the
Place
,
without
Interruption
,
by
vertue
of
any
Power
or
Charter
whatsoever
to
the
contrary
.
-
11.
That
all
Victuallers
,
Inns
,
Ale-houses
,
Taverns
,
Coffee-houses
,
and
the
like
,
should
take
One
,
Two
,
Three
,
Four
,
or
more
Barrels
of
Herrings
yearly
,
at
the
price
of
Thirty
Shillings
per
Barrel
,
until
Foreign
vent
should
be
attained
to
Perfection
,
according
as
the
said
Council
should
order
the
same
.
-
12.
That
all
Barrels
of
Pickled
Herrings
and
Cod-fish
that
should
be
brought
into
England
,
by
the
Flemmings
or
others
,
should
pay
Two
Shillings
Six
Pence
per
Barrel
to
the
Stock
of
that
Place
or
Port
,
where
they
shall
vend
the
same
.
-
13.
That
in
case
of
breach
of
Peace
with
any
Foreign
Nation
,
his
Majesty
did
Promise
and
Grant
,
the
said
Fishery
should
be
protected
in
their
Fishing
grounds
;
and
should
have
Convoies
for
their
Exportation
of
Fish
.
-
14.
That
all
other
Privileges
and
Immunities
should
be
Granted
unto
them
,
in
future
,
as
Experience
should
discover
,
for
the
better
carrying
on
of
this
business
of
the
Royal
Fishing
,
&c.
But
,
according
to
the
Proverb
,
They
had
other
Fish
to
Fry
.
All
which
notwithstanding
,
and
that
an
Affair
of
such
a
National
concern
might
be
the
better
promoted
;
and
at
,
and
upon
the
Advice
and
Request
of
the
said
Council
,
for
Incorporating
a
Company
;
in
order
thereunto
his
said
late
Majesty
King
Charles
the
Second
,
was
pleased
,
by
his
Letters
Patents
under
the
Great
Seal
of
England
,
bearing
date
the
25th
day
of
September
,
in
the
29th
year
of
his
Reign
,
(
viz
about
Sixteen
Years
after
,
during
which
time
little
or
nothing
had
been
done
)
to
Constitute
his
said
Royal
Highness
James
Duke
of
York
,
Thomas
Earl
of
Danby
,
(
now
Duke
of
Leeds
)
and
several
other
Persons
of
Honour
,
and
others
therein
named
:
And
such
others
as
therein
after
from
time
to
time
should
be
admitted
into
their
Company
and
Society
,
to
be
Traders
and
Adventurers
with
them
;
to
be
one
Body
Politick
and
Corporate
,
in
Deed
and
in
Name
,
by
the
Name
of
The
Company
of
the
Royal
Fishery
of
England
,
to
have
perpetual
Succession
,
&c.
Thereby
also
giving
and
granting
unto
the
said
Company
and
their
Successors
,
divers
beneficial
Clauses
,
Grants
,
Powers
,
Privileges
and
Immunities
,
in
order
to
the
better
Government
of
the
said
Company
,
and
Management
of
their
Affairs
;
an
Abstract
whereof
here
followeth
:
viz.
-
1.
To
purchase
Lands
,
Tenements
,
and
Hereditaments
;
and
to
dispose
thereof
,
to
the
value
of
One
thousand
Pounds
per
Annum
.
-
2.
To
have
and
use
a
Common
Seal
,
in
and
for
all
Causes
and
Businesses
of
the
said
Company
.
-
3.
To
assemble
and
meet
together
,
for
carrying
on
their
Affairs
.
And
particularly
,
-
4.
To
Elect
and
Appoint
a
Governour
,
Sub-Governour
,
Deputy-Governour
,
and
Twelve
Committees
yearly
,
for
a
Court
of
Assistants
;
who
,
(
or
any
Three
or
more
of
them
,
whereof
the
Governour
,
Sub-Governour
,
or
Deputy-Governour
,
to
be
always
One
)
are
thereby
authorized
to
act
in
all
things
according
to
such
Rules
,
Orders
,
and
Directions
,
as
should
from
time
to
time
be
made
and
given
unto
them
,
by
the
General
Court
:
And
for
want
of
such
Orders
,
Rules
and
Directions
,
to
Manage
,
Govern
,
Direct
,
and
Do
,
what
they
should
judge
necessary
and
expedient
,
to
the
well
Ordering
and
Government
of
the
said
Company
,
and
the
improvement
of
their
Joint
Stock
and
Trade
,
to
all
intents
and
purposes
,
as
if
the
same
were
done
at
,
and
by
a
General
Court
of
the
said
Company
.
-
5.
That
the
said
Court
of
Assistants
,
or
any
seven
or
more
of
them
,
as
aforesaid
,
as
often
as
they
shall
find
occasion
,
may
Summon
a
General
Court
.
-
6.
That
no
Assembly
or
Meeting
of
the
said
Company
shall
be
deemed
a
General
Court
,
unless
the
Governour
,
Sub-Governour
,
or
Deputy-Governour
,
six
of
the
said
Committees
,
and
five
other
Members
of
the
Company
,
at
least
,
be
present
.
-
7.
That
such
General
Court
may
admit
other
Persons
to
be
Members
,
and
may
Increase
,
Contract
,
or
Divide
their
Joynt-Stock
,
as
they
shall
think
fit
:
And
the
Members
thereof
may
Grant
,
Transfer
,
and
Assign
their
respective
Stocks
,
as
is
therein
mentioned
.
-
8.
That
such
General
Court
may
Ordain
and
Establish
such
Laws
,
Ordinances
,
Orders
,
and
Constitutions
,
as
to
them
shall
seem
convenient
,
for
the
Government
of
the
Company
and
their
Affairs
:
And
may
Impose
and
set
Mulcts
and
Amerciaments
upon
the
Breakers
of
such
Laws
:
Or
may
Remit
,
Pardon
,
or
Release
the
same
,
upon
the
Parties
Submission
.
And
,
upon
Conviction
of
any
Misdemeanor
,
may
remove
Offenders
,
and
choose
others
.
-
9.
That
they
may
Fish
in
and
upon
all
the
Coasts
,
Creeks
,
In-lets
,
Estuaries
,
Rivers
,
Lakes
,
and
Arms
of
the
Sea
belonging
to
His
Majesty's
Kingdoms
of
England
,
Scotland
,
and
Ireland
,
or
any
of
them
;
or
any
other
His
Majesty's
Dominions
,
whereof
the
Fishings
are
not
already
Granted
,
Appropriated
,
or
Belonging
to
some
particular
or
private
Person
or
Persons
,
Bodies
Politique
or
Corporate
.
And
likewise
,
in
and
upon
the
Main
Sea
,
or
any
part
thereof
.
And
have
free
and
full
Liberty
to
carry
and
Transport
their
Fish
,
and
Oyl
made
of
Fish
,
to
all
Ports
,
Places
,
and
Markets
,
both
in
England
and
beyond
the
Seas
;
and
to
Sell
the
same
for
ready
Moneys
,
or
Commodities
.
-
10.
That
they
may
erect
Store-houses
,
Granaries
,
Ware-houses
,
Work-houses
:
And
may
Build
and
make
Wharffs
and
Docks
in
and
upon
any
of
His
Majesty's
Wastes
,
Commons
,
or
Wast-grounds
adjoyning
unto
,
or
upon
any
Publick
Rivers
or
Seas
,
within
any
His
Majesty's
Dominions
,
without
paying
or
rendring
any
Rent
or
Duty
to
His
Majesty
for
the
same
.
-
11.
That
neither
their
Masters
,
Skippers
,
Steers-men
,
Ship's-Crews
,
Mariners
,
Fishermen
,
nor
others
employed
by
the
Company
in
their
Fishings
,
whether
Foreigners
or
Natives
,
shall
be
Impannel'd
,
Sworn
,
or
compelled
to
Serve
on
any
Juries
or
Inquests
at
Westminster
,
the
Assizes
,
Sessions
,
or
elsewhere
.
-
12.
They
have
also
granted
unto
them
the
Yearly
Sum
of
Twenty
Pounds
for
each
and
every
Dogger
which
they
had
,
and
which
within
seven
years
they
should
Build
in
England
,
or
any
other
His
Majesty's
Dominions
;
the
same
to
be
paid
Quarterly
out
of
the
Customs
within
the
Port
of
London
,
without
further
Warrant
or
Directions
from
His
Majesty
.
Also
,
all
and
singular
Priviledges
in
the
City
of
London
,
as
fully
and
freely
as
any
Company
of
Merchants
,
established
by
Letters
Pattents
or
Charters
,
do
or
may
have
,
use
,
or
enjoy
.
-
13.
That
all
and
singular
Admiral
,
Vice-Admirals
,
General
,
Commanders
,
Captains
,
Mayors
,
Sheriffs
,
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
Custom-house
Officers
,
and
all
other
Officers
,
Ministers
,
Liege
People
and
Subjects
of
His
Majesty's
whatsoever
,
shall
be
,
in
and
by
all
things
Aiding
and
Assisting
to
the
said
Company
and
their
Successors
,
their
Factors
,
Agents
,
and
Servants
,
in
the
Execution
and
Enjoyment
of
the
Premisses
,
as
well
on
Land
as
by
Sea
,
whensoever
they
shall
be
thereunto
desired
:
As
they
tender
His
Majesty's
Good-Will
and
Pleasure
,
and
will
answer
the
contrary
at
their
Peril
,
&c.
As
in
and
by
the
said
Letters
Patents
,
Relation
being
thereunto
had
for
the
better
certainty
thereof
,
may
more
fully
and
at
large
appear
.
The
Company
being
thus
Established
,
divers
particular
Members
thereof
advanced
and
paid
in
,
as
a
Stock
,
at
first
,
Ten
Thousand
,
Nine
Hundred
and
Eighty
Pounds
:
And
,
after
that
,
about
Sixteen
Hundred
Pounds
more
.
Which
was
laid
out
in
Buying
,
Equipping
,
and
Setting
forth
several
Fishing
Vessels
,
&c.
and
Employing
of
them
in
prosecuting
the
said
Fishery
Affairs
.
But
that
Undertaking
was
rendred
ineffectual
,
and
their
said
small
Stock
soon
exhausted
and
consumed
,
[
Not
by
any
thing
arising
from
the
Nature
of
the
thing
it self
(
as
was
apparent
by
the
Experience
the
said
Company
had
,
in
having
taken
and
Imported
in
one
of
their
Doggers
,
(
in
a
Voyage
of
but
three
Weeks
)
Thirty
two
Thousand
Cods
,
and
proportionably
thereunto
in
several
other
of
their
Vessels
;
and
by
the
Advantage
ordinarily
made
of
the
like
Undertaking
by
our
Neighbours
,
(
which
shall
be
demonstrated
by
some
Narrative
thereof
,
with
particular
Enumeration
of
their
ordinary
Successes
in
what
follows
)
But
]
by
that
ill
Juncture
of
Affairs
,
wherein
the
Dutch
and
Spaniards
were
engaged
in
War
with
the
French
,
who
seized
the
Vessels
and
Goods
of
the
Company
,
as
Dutch
,
being
some
,
or
most
of
them
Dutch-built
,
and
Mann'd
:
And
principally
because
the
Stock
was
not
sufficient
to
support
so
great
an
Undertaking
,
in
case
of
any
Misadventure
.
And
the
Company
consisting
then
principally
of
the
Honourable
Persons
Nominated
and
Incorporated
by
the
Letters
Patents
before
recited
,
and
they
having
also
received
in
,
admitted
,
and
sworn
several
other
Persons
as
Members
thereof
;
they
,
looking
into
the
Affairs
of
the
Company
,
and
finding
them
to
be
in
Debt
,
upon
the
Accounts
aforesaid
,
and
not
likely
to
get
out
,
but
by
a
further
Subscription
and
Advance
of
Moneys
,
as
well
for
clearing
off
the
said
Debts
,
as
for
promoting
and
carrying
on
the
said
Trade
in
future
,
Proposed
the
same
might
be
done
by
a
New
Subscription
of
the
then
Members
of
the
Company
,
to
the
Value
of
Thirty
Thousand
Pounds
,
or
Twenty
Thousand
Pounds
at
least
.
Which
was
accordingly
agreed
unto
by
the
General
Court
,
&c.
Towards
which
,
Eleven
of
the
Members
of
the
said
Company
only
,
(
viz.
of
such
of
them
as
had
been
added
to
the
Company
as
aforesaid
)
began
the
Advance
for
Paying
off
the
Debts
,
and
also
gave
Bonds
of
1000
l.
each
,
as
was
agreed
on
,
for
paying
500
l.
apiece
to
the
Treasurer
of
the
Company
,
towards
a
Stock
for
Entering
thereupon
,
de
Novo
,
Expecting
the
Patentees
would
have
done
the
like
,
which
was
declined
.
Nevertheless
,
several
Meetings
both
of
the
Company
in
general
,
and
of
the
Court
of
Assistants
of
the
said
Company
,
were
appointed
to
consider
how
it
might
be
done
by
other
Persons
;
and
to
receive
Proposals
from
any
Persons
for
that
purpose
,
and
to
Report
the
same
with
their
Opinions
,
and
such
Articles
of
Agreement
touching
the
same
,
as
they
should
judge
might
be
most
for
the
Advantage
of
the
Company
,
and
Promoting
the
said
Trade
:
Which
,
after
several
Meetings
and
Reports
made
of
their
Proceedings
to
the
said
Company
at
their
General
Court
,
produced
a
Draught
of
a
certain
Deed
,
Entituled
,
Articles
of
Agreement
between
the
Company
of
the
Royal
Fishery
of
England
of
the
one
Part
,
and
Sir
Edward
Abney
,
Knight
,
&c.
of
the
other
Part
;
which
were
agreed
unto
,
and
ordered
to
be
Ingrossed
,
in
order
to
the
perfecting
and
confirming
the
same
,
under
the
Seal
of
the
said
Company
,
which
was
accordingly
done
on
the
Second
day
of
April
,
1683.
Which
,
for
as
much
as
the
clearing
the
Right
and
Title
of
the
present
Members
of
the
Company
,
(
exclusive
of
the
said
Patentees
)
may
be
of
use
for
the
obviating
of
any
pretence
of
Objection
,
against
the
same
:
The
Collector
hath
thought
it
convenient
to
insert
the
Abstract
thereof
,
under
the
Heads
or
several
Sections
following
:
viz.
1.
There
is
express
mention
and
recital
of
the
Names
of
all
the
original
Patentees
,
and
of
their
being
Incorporated
by
the
said
Letters
Patents
,
for
the
carrying
on
the
said
Affairs
,
by
them
and
their
Successors
for
ever
,
&c.
2.
There
is
,
in
like
manner
,
a
Recital
of
the
Names
of
such
of
the
said
Patentees
as
were
then
Deceased
;
and
as
had
assigned
and
transferred
their
Interests
to
any
others
,
and
particularly
to
whom
.
3.
That
upon
consideration
of
the
ill
state
of
their
Affairs
,
and
the
Debts
they
had
Contracted
in
the
Management
thereof
,
they
did
order
their
whole
remaining
Stock
should
be
Sold
,
for
payment
of
their
Debts
,
which
was
accordingly
done
,
&c.
4.
Notice
is
taken
,
[
and
mention
made
thereof
,
viz.
]
That
the
Trade
and
Being
of
the
said
Company
might
have
then
determined
with
their
Stock
,
if
some
Persons
therein
named
,
upon
Proposals
made
for
entering
upon
a
new
Undertaking
and
Stock
,
for
reviving
and
carrying
on
thereof
,
had
not
assisted
,
by
raising
a
New
Stock
of
2600
l.
which
was
also
consumed
and
spent
,
&c.
5.
That
the
said
Company
,
at
a
General
Court
held
the
8th
of
March
,
1682.
Declared
it
was
necessary
for
carrying
on
the
said
Trade
;
that
a
Stock
of
30000
l.
or
at
least
of
20000
l.
should
be
raised
with
all
convenient
speed
:
And
that
all
and
every
of
the
then
living
Members
of
the
said
Company
,
should
at
or
before
the
26th
day
of
the
said
Month
of
March
,
Subscribe
,
and
firmly
oblige
himself
in
a
Bond
of
1000
l.
to
John
Collins
,
Secretary
to
the
said
Company
,
to
advance
and
pay
500
l.
to
Richard
Hawkins
,
Esq
;
their
then
Treasurer
,
for
their
Adventures
in
the
Stock
of
the
said
Company
,
in
time
and
manner
therein
set
forth
.
And
that
every
Person
failing
to
make
such
Subscription
,
Bond
and
Payment
,
should
forfeit
3
l.
per Cent
.
per
mensem
,
until
he
should
comply
there
with
.
6.
For
the
Incouragement
of
Persons
to
become
Adventurers
in
the
Stock
,
and
promote
the
Concern
,
in
the
room
of
such
as
should
not
Subscribe
,
&c.
It
was
ordered
,
That
any
Five
of
the
Court
of
Assistants
,
&c.
should
receive
any
Proposals
that
might
be
advantageous
to
the
Company
:
As
also
,
to
Treat
,
Contract
,
and
Agree
with
the
Proposers
thereof
,
for
their
being
Admitted
into
,
and
Incorporated
with
the
said
Company
:
And
to
prepare
and
perfect
Articles
of
Agreement
,
touching
such
Proposals
as
they
should
judge
might
be
Advantageous
to
the
Company
;
to
be
confirmed
by
some
legal
Instrument
in
writing
,
under
the
Seal
of
the
Company
.
7.
Notice
is
taken
,
That
Eleven
Persons
and
no
more
of
the
then
Members
of
said
said
Company
had
,
in
pursuance
of
the
Order
aforementioned
,
Subscribed
to
advance
their
said
respective
Shares
,
&c.
And
that
the
same
,
if
brought
in
,
would
not
be
sufficient
for
carrying
on
the
said
Trade
,
&c.
8.
It
Recites
also
,
That
Sir
Edward
Abney
,
Knight
,
and
others
joined
with
him
,
being
willing
,
as
Members
,
to
advance
and
bring
in
a
farther
Stock
,
&c.
had
made
certain
Proposals
in
pursuance
of
the
forementioned
Order
,
of
the
12th
of
March
,
for
the
Erecting
and
Establishing
a
Bank
of
Credit
,
&c.
in
the
said
Company
,
&c.
which
might
have
been
useful
to
their
Affair
.
9.
Also
that
the
Committees
appointed
by
the
Company
on
the
28th
of
March
,
1683.
after
several
Debates
and
Alterations
made
of
the
Proposals
,
had
come
to
an
Agreement
with
the
said
Sir
Edward
Abney
,
&c.
And
that
they
Proposed
,
Reported
,
and
offered
it
as
their
Opinion
,
That
the
said
Articles
of
Agreement
,
so
altered
and
amended
,
should
be
Ratified
and
Confirmed
at
a
General
Court
of
the
said
Company
,
under
the
Seal
of
the
said
Company
;
which
was
accordingly
done
the
2d
of
April
,
1683.
in
the
Particulars
following
,
(
among
others
)
viz.
1.
That
the
Persons
whose
names
are
therein
Recited
,
and
such
others
as
they
should
nominate
(
not
exceeding
(
together
with
themselves
)
in
the
whole
,
the
Number
of
22
Persons
.
And
also
,
That
the
said
Sir
Edward
Abney
,
&c.
(
therein
also
particularly
recited
)
and
such
others
as
shall
be
joined
as
Governours
or
Masters
of
the
Bank
,
not
exceeding
(
together
with
themselves
)
the
Number
of
23
Persons
more
;
and
no
other
,
or
greater
Number
than
45
Persons
in
the
whole
,
shall
be
by
the
said
Persons
respectively
so
Named
,
Chosen
,
Admitted
or
Allowed
to
be
of
the
Company
of
the
Royal
Fishery
of
England
.
But
,
in
case
one
or
more
of
the
late
Members
of
the
Company
,
who
have
not
Subscribed
,
&c.
or
shall
not
pay
,
&c.
as
aforesaid
,
shall
at
any
time
or
times
hereafter
,
be
Admitted
or
allowed
to
Be
or
to
Act
,
or
shall
Act
as
a
Member
or
Members
of
the
said
Company
,
whereby
the
Number
of
the
said
Company
shall
exceed
Forty
Five
Persons
in
the
whole
,
that
then
the
said
Sir
Edward
Abney
,
&c.
and
such
others
as
shall
be
joyned
unto
them
,
as
the
Governours
or
Masters
of
the
said
Bank
,
or
the
major
part
of
them
,
shall
have
liberty
to
nominate
the
like
number
of
Persons
,
in
Ballance
of
such
additional
number
;
and
that
they
shall
be
admitted
into
the
Company
to
such
further
number
.
2.
That
the
said
whole
Company
shall
be
reduced
,
as
soon
as
may
be
,
to
the
said
Number
of
Forty
Five
Persons
,
or
fewer
;
but
not
under
28
Persons
:
And
that
in
Order
thereunto
,
no
Person
or
Persons
,
former
Members
of
the
said
Company
,
who
have
failed
to
Subscribe
and
secure
his
Proportion
,
shall
for
the
future
Act
or
Vote
in
any
of
the
Affairs
of
the
said
Company
,
without
the
Consent
of
at
least
two
Third
Parts
of
the
said
Company
.
3.
That
the
said
Company
,
or
such
Number
or
Committees
of
them
,
as
,
according
to
the
said
Letters
Patents
,
and
these
Articles
of
Agreement
,
shall
be
from
time
to
time
chosen
in
,
may
,
to
all
intents
and
purposes
,
Act
,
in
all
matters
and
things
whatsoever
,
relating
to
the
Fishery
Trade
,
as
if
they
and
every
of
them
had
been
by
Name
exprest
in
and
by
the
said
Letters
Patents
:
And
that
no
other
or
further
Number
of
Persons
shall
be
at
any
time
admitted
to
Act
or
Vote
as
Members
of
the
said
Company
,
without
the
consent
of
at
least
three
fourth
Parts
of
the
said
whole
Number
of
the
said
Company
and
their
Successors
,
in
a
General
Court
of
the
said
Company
,
Summon'd
for
that
purpose
;
and
Meeting
in
such
manner
and
place
as
is
therein
after
agreed
,
&c.
4.
That
the
Bank
of
Credit
and
Governours
or
Masters
thereof
shall
receive
and
be
capable
of
all
Powers
,
Priviledges
,
and
Securities
whatsoever
,
which
the
same
is
or
can
,
by
Counsel
learned
in
the
Law
,
be
made
capable
of
Receiving
and
taking
of
in
or
by
reason
of
the
said
Corporation
or
Company
of
the
Royal
Fishery
of
England
,
and
their
Charter
of
Incorporation
,
without
Prejudice
to
the
Royal
Fishery
Trade
.
5.
That
whatsoever
shall
be
concluded
and
agreed
upon
by
the
Committees
of
the
Company
of
the
Royal
Fishery
of
England
,
agreeable
to
the
Orders
and
Directions
of
a
General
Court
,
&c.
shall
be
binding
in
what
concerns
the
Royal
Fishery
Trade
only
:
And
that
whatsoever
shall
be
concluded
,
agreed
,
and
acted
by
the
Governours
,
Masters
,
and
Chief
Managers
of
the
Bank
,
or
any
three
or
more
of
them
,
only
shall
be
binding
in
what
concerns
the
Affairs
of
the
Bank
.
And
that
all
shall
be
deemed
the
Acts
of
the
Company
of
the
Royal
Fishery
of
England
,
and
have
Allowance
,
Grants
,
and
Confirmations
under
the
Seal
thereof
,
where
they
shall
respectively
propose
and
desire
or
order
the
same
.
6.
That
before
any
Person
be
admitted
to
be
a
Member
of
the
said
Company
,
he
shall
oblige
himself
to
Observe
,
Abide
by
,
Ratifie
,
and
Confirm
these
present
Articles
of
Agreement
,
and
whatsoever
shall
be
done
in
pursuance
thereof
,
&c.
As
by
the
said
Articles
of
Agreement
,
Relation
being
thereunto
had
for
the
better
certainty
thereof
,
may
more
fully
and
at
large
appear
.
So
then
,
't
is
evident
that
the
present
Members
of
the
Company
,
consisting
of
the
Persons
particularly
named
and
exprest
in
the
said
Articles
,
for
carrying
on
and
management
of
the
Trade
and
Affairs
of
the
said
Royal
Fishery
,
and
such
others
as
by
them
have
been
since
taken
in
,
and
added
,
as
Members
,
Traders
,
or
Adventurers
with
them
,
are
the
Legal
and
Rightful
Company
of
the
Royal
Fishery
of
England
,
exclusive
of
the
said
Patentees
.
And
that
their
Proceedings
thereupon
,
and
all
Acts
,
Orders
,
Constitutions
,
Laws
,
and
Rules
by
them
made
,
for
the
Government
and
Management
of
their
Affairs
;
and
in
Order
to
the
Raising
a
New
Stock
for
that
purpose
,
are
unquestionable
,
and
without
the
least
pretence
of
Irregularity
or
Prejudice
to
any
Persons
formerly
concerned
therein
.
Since
when
,
the
Prosecution
of
the
Affairs
and
Trade
of
the
said
Company
hath
been
under
the
Care
and
Management
of
the
said
Persons
:
Who
have
been
endeavouring
the
Setting
up
the
same
by
New
Subscriptions
,
designed
and
agreed
by
them
to
the
value
of
Sixty
Thousand
Pounds
,
&c.
But
by
reason
of
the
Death
of
his
said
late
Majesty
King
Charles
the
Second
,
and
the
Troubles
ensuing
,
&c.
The
same
was
thought
fit
to
be
suspended
for
some
further
time
.
And
the
Company
,
about
three
Years
since
,
(
conceiving
it
might
be
seasonably
undertaken
)
Assembled
for
putting
their
said
former
Design
in
Execution
:
And
finding
Encouragement
,
from
the
readiness
of
divers
Persons
to
joyn
therein
,
upon
several
Proposals
for
a
Subscription
,
such
as
,
in
case
of
like
Losses
of
some
few
Vessels
,
the
said
Affair
might
,
notwithstanding
,
be
carried
on
,
without
the
Discouragement
of
being
to
seek
of
a
Stock
ready
;
They
have
been
ever
since
waiting
for
a
fitting
Season
,
wherein
they
might
Humbly
Address
themselves
to
His
Majesty
,
and
both
the
Honourable
Houses
of
Parliament
(
without
Interruption
of
the
great
Affair
of
providing
for
,
and
carrying
on
the
War
)
for
their
encouraging
this
Undertaking
.
And
,
In
the
Interim
,
that
no
further
time
may
be
lost
in
Preparations
for
this
Undertaking
(
which
the
Parliament
,
by
their
Act
past
in
Anno
13
&
14
Car
.
2.
Cap.
28.
have
declared
,
The
Publick
Honour
,
Wealth
,
and
Safety
of
this
Realm
,
as
well
in
the
Maintenance
of
Trade
and
Support
of
Navigation
,
as
in
many
other
Respects
,
doth
in
an
High
Degree
depend
upon
the
Improvement
of
the
Fishery
,
)
The
Company
have
spent
their
time
,
and
taken
much
pains
,
and
been
at
considerable
Costs
and
Charges
,
in
and
about
the
Consulting
,
Consideration
,
and
Preparation
of
such
a
Constitution
,
Laws
,
and
Rules
,
for
Management
and
Governing
of
their
said
Affairs
;
and
framing
such
Articles
,
Terms
,
or
Conditions
for
Admitting
Persons
into
the
said
Company
,
to
be
Members
,
Traders
,
and
Adventurers
with
them
therein
,
as
,
by
Discoursing
others
,
they
hope
will
be
sufficiently
Encouraging
to
Subscriptions
,
for
the
raising
such
Stock
for
that
purpose
.
And
,
whereby
His
Majesty
and
the
Parliament
may
be
the
better
satisfied
,
That
Persons
of
Honour
,
Interest
,
Estates
,
and
Publick
Spirits
,
yea
,
the
whole
Nation
are
,
and
may
reasonably
be
imagined
,
will
think
themselves
concerned
,
joyntly
to
become
engaged
to
carry
on
and
stand
by
the
same
,
as
far
as
the
Nature
of
such
an
Affair
will
admit
.
And
,
In
order
thereunto
,
the
Company
have
thought
fit
,
to
cause
,
as
well
the
said
Letters
Patents
,
as
the
said
Constitution
and
terms
of
Subscription
,
to
be
fairly
Engross'd
at
large
,
in
Books
to
be
exposed
for
Subscriptions
of
a
Present
Stock
of
Three
Hundred
Thousand
Pounds
,
or
of
One
Hundred
and
Fifty
Thousand
Pounds
(
at
least
)
to
begin
withal
,
Payable
at
Ten
Quarterly
Payments
,
in
Equal
Proportions
,
(
which
makes
the
Raising
of
it
very
easie
)
the
Time
and
Place
of
which
Subscriptions
will
be
seasonably
Advertised
,
in
order
to
these
Books
being
perused
and
considered
by
such
as
shall
think
fit
to
Resort
thereto
for
their
Information
.
And
,
For
as
much
as
all
Persons
(
especially
such
as
live
remote
)
may
not
have
the
Conveniency
of
their
perusal
;
and
that
the
Affair
may
become
as
National
and
Comprehensive
of
all
,
as
may
be
(
which
is
the
Design
and
Desire
of
the
Company
,
)
and
none
have
cause
to
think
themselves
Neglected
,
Precluded
,
or
Surprized
thereby
;
The
Collector
of
this
Treatise
hath
thought
it
very
conducing
to
the
hastening
of
such
Subscriptions
,
to
cause
,
as
well
the
Abstracts
of
the
said
Constitution
and
terms
of
Subscription
,
as
of
the
said
Letters
Patents
,
to
be
Printed
and
Published
in
these
Collections
,
[
To
the
end
all
Persons
into
whose
hands
this
shall
come
,
may
have
the
Contents
thereof
before
them
:
And
may
apply
themselves
to
make
such
Subscriptions
as
they
shall
think
fit
.
Wherein
they
are
to
be
Advertized
,
as
they
are
hereby
,
that
the
Subscribers
of
the
first
One
Hundred
and
Fifty
Thousand
Pounds
of
the
said
Stock
,
will
(
for
their
Encouragement
)
have
three
per Cent
.
allowed
them
to
be
discounted
out
of
their
three
first
Quarterly
Pavments
;
which
is
considerable
.
]
Wherefore
,
Take
next
the
Abstract
of
the
said
Constitution
,
Entituled
,
A
Constitution
,
Model
,
or
Frame
and
Method
for
Government
and
Managing
of
the
Trade
and
Affairs
of
the
Company
of
the
Royal
Fishery
of
England
:
As
also
of
some
Rules
and
Laws
necessary
to
be
observed
by
the
Persons
concerned
in
the
Improvement
of
the
Stock
,
&c.
viz.
-
§
.
1.
That
the
Chief
Government
of
the
Company
shall
be
in
,
and
consist
of
a
Governour
,
Sub-Governour
,
Deputy-Governour
,
and
Twelve
Committees
,
(
whereof
Four
to
be
called
Directors
,
and
Eight
Masters
)
and
also
of
Fifteen
Assistants
,
viz.
To
each
of
them
,
One
.
Also
,
Eight
Wardens
,
and
Five
and
Twenty
Commissioners
or
Agents
for
Scotland
and
Ireland
,
and
as
many
more
of
the
other
Members
of
the
Company
as
shall
from
time
to
time
be
agreed
to
be
admitted
.
Who
,
or
any
Fifteen
or
more
of
them
,
together
with
the
Governour
,
Sub-Governour
,
Deputy-Governour
,
and
their
respective
Assistants
,
or
one
of
them
to
be
present
,
Five
or
more
of
the
Committees
,
Five
or
more
of
the
Assistants
,
and
Five
or
more
of
the
other
Members
of
the
Company
,
are
to
have
the
Chief
Power
of
making
Laws
,
and
Ordering
the
whole
Affairs
of
the
Company
,
in
their
General
Court
.
-
§
2.
That
the
Court
of
Assistants
consist
of
the
Governour
,
Sub-Governour
,
Deputy-Governour
,
the
Twelve
Committees
,
and
their
Fifteen
Assistants
:
Who
,
or
any
Seven
or
more
of
them
(
whereof
the
Governour
,
Sub-Governour
,
Deputy-Governour
,
or
their
respective
Assistants
,
or
one
of
them
to
be
always
one
.
Three
of
the
said
Committees
,
and
Three
of
the
said
Assistants
)
are
to
have
the
chief
Directing
and
Managing
of
the
Affairs
of
the
Company
.
And
to
Act
in
all
things
,
according
to
such
Rules
,
Orders
,
and
Directions
,
as
shall
from
time
to
time
be
made
and
given
by
the
said
General
Court
:
And
for
want
of
such
,
may
do
and
Execute
all
things
,
that
they
shall
judge
necessary
and
expedient
,
as
the
General
Court
may
,
&c.
-
§
.
3.
That
for
the
more
Distinct
and
Regular
Management
of
the
said
Affairs
,
the
said
Court
of
Assistants
are
divided
into
four
Chambers
,
viz.
-
1.
The
Fishery
Chamber
.
-
2.
The
Stock
or
Store
Chamber
.
-
3.
The
Treasury
or
Cash
Chamber
.
-
4.
The
Accompt
Chamber
.
Each
of
which
is
to
consist
of
the
Governor
,
Sub-Governor
,
Deputy-Governor
,
and
their
respective
Assistants
,
or
one
of
them
:
One
Director
and
his
Assistant
:
Two
Masters
and
their
Assistants
,
and
two
Wardens
.
Who
,
or
any
three
or
more
of
them
to
be
a
Quorum
,
are
to
Act
and
Execute
by
Rules
and
Instructions
to
be
given
to
them
under
the
Seal
of
the
Company
,
and
not
otherwise
,
in
their
several
and
respective
Chambers
.
-
§
.
4.
That
there
be
other
Eight
and
Twenty
Members
of
the
Company
,
who
shall
be
called
Agents
or
Officers
,
and
be
employed
in
the
said
respective
four
Chambers
,
as
they
shall
be
directed
by
the
Court
of
Assistants
.
-
§
.
5.
That
the
Nomination
and
Election
of
the
Governor
,
Sub-Governor
,
Deputy-Governor
,
and
Twelve
Committees
,
shall
be
in
and
by
the
General
Court
Yearly
:
(
Save
that
,
not
above
five
of
them
shall
be
removed
in
any
one
Year
,
but
for
just
Causes
exprest
,
&c.
)
The
Eight
Wardens
and
other
Agents
,
Officers
,
or
Commissioners
for
England
,
Scotland
,
and
Ireland
,
to
be
Nominated
by
the
Court
of
Assistants
,
or
Sixteen
of
them
.
-
§
.
6.
That
within
Twenty
Days
after
Publication
of
Subscriptions
of
One
Hundred
and
Fifty
Thousand
Pounds
,
a
General
Court
shall
be
called
,
for
Electing
a
Sub-Governour
or
Deputy-Governour
,
and
four
Committees
,
by
the
New
Subscribers
:
And
afterwards
,
Elections
to
be
made
on
the
Thirtieth
Day
of
November
Yearly
,
wherein
not
above
five
Committees
to
be
removed
,
as
aforesaid
.
-
§
.
7.
The
Articles
,
Terms
,
or
Conditions
,
touching
the
Admitting
of
Persons
into
the
Company
,
&c.
are
confirmed
,
as
a
part
of
the
Constitution
,
inviolably
to
be
observed
.
-
§
.
8.
That
all
Subscribers
who
shall
not
be
chosen
for
Managers
,
&c.
shall
be
denominated
as
Traders
or
Adventurers
:
And
their
respective
Shares
,
both
as
to
Profit
and
Loss
,
Yearly
stated
and
determined
,
as
other
the
Stock
of
the
Company
.
-
§
.
9.
That
no
Member
of
the
Company
after
the
Thirtieth
day
of
November
next
,
after
Subscriptions
are
notified
to
be
compleated
,
shall
have
any
Vote
in
Elections
,
or
making
Laws
,
&c.
who
shall
not
have
Subscribed
or
be
otherwise
entituled
to
Five
Hundred
Pounds
.
Nor
any
Person
be
admitted
a
Member
of
the
Court
of
Assistants
,
who
shall
not
have
Subscribed
or
be
otherwise
entituled
to
One
Thousand
Pounds
.
-
§
.
10.
One
Tenth
Part
of
the
clear
neat
Profits
is
set
apart
for
bearing
the
Charges
of
the
Company
,
Court
of
Assistants
,
and
four
Chambers
,
&c.
Also
to
pay
Sallaries
,
&c.
to
the
Managing
Members
.
Officers
,
and
Servants
.
And
the
Distributions
and
Proportions
of
each
are
thereby
setled
,
&c.
So
as
that
there
shall
be
no
Diminution
of
the
Joynt-Stock
on
any
Account
whatsoever
.
-
§
.
11.
The
Accompts
of
Profit
and
Loss
are
to
be
Yearly
stated
by
the
Officers
in
the
Accompt
Chamber
;
Each
Year
to
end
on
the
tenth
of
June
;
The
Court
of
Assistants
to
Examine
and
Report
the
same
to
the
General
Court
on
the
tenth
of
September
following
:
Nine
of
them
to
Sign
the
Brief
Accompt
thereof
;
and
each
ones
share
of
Profits
to
be
divided
amongst
the
Persons
concerned
.
-
§
.
12.
In
case
of
Loss
in
any
one
Year
,
the
Stock
is
to
be
made
good
out
of
the
next
,
before
any
Dividend
or
Apportionment
to
Managers
,
Officers
,
&c.
Save
that
,
Servants
Sallaries
of
Thirty
Pounds
per
Annum
and
under
,
may
be
advanced
and
re-imburs'd
out
of
the
next
Years
Profits
:
And
in
case
the
Profits
of
any
first
Years
,
shall
not
amount
to
One
Hundred
Pounds
each
Share
,
the
same
shall
also
be
made
up
out
of
the
after-years
Profits
assigned
for
that
purpose
.
-
§
.
13.
Mentions
in
what
cases
Persons
may
be
dismist
their
Offices
and
Employments
:
And
that
the
General
Court
,
or
Court
of
Assistants
Judgment
shall
be
Final
for
the
Determination
thereof
.
-
§
.
14.
Sets
the
Fines
on
such
as
shall
absent
themselves
from
their
Attendance
,
when
Summoned
,
or
upon
Adjournments
,
or
for
not
Attending
so
many
hours
as
shall
be
agreed
upon
;
Unless
in
case
of
Corporal
Illness
,
or
License
from
their
respective
Chambers
.
-
§
.
15.
Directs
the
Custody
of
the
Larger
Seal
,
Letters
Patents
,
Deeds
and
Evidences
of
Lands
Granted
to
the
Company
,
to
be
kept
under
two
Locks
,
whereof
the
Governour
,
Sub-Governour
,
Deputy-Governour
,
and
Directors
to
have
the
Keys
of
one
,
and
their
respective
Assistants
of
the
other
.
Also
,
that
the
Trustees
,
and
each
Chamber
,
the
Secretary
,
and
their
respective
Commissioners
or
Agents
for
Scotland
and
Ireland
,
to
have
one
of
the
Lesser
Seals
,
to
be
used
by
them
respectively
in
the
Company's
Service
.
-
§
.
16.
If
any
Differences
arise
between
the
Members
of
the
Court
of
Assistants
or
several
Chambers
,
relating
to
the
Company's
Affairs
,
they
are
to
be
determined
by
the
General
Court
,
&c.
And
the
refusers
to
submit
thereto
,
to
be
dismist
their
Offices
and
Employments
.
-
§
.
17.
The
Seven
Trustees
are
named
and
settled
;
and
three
of
the
other
Assistants
.
The
other
five
Assistants
are
to
be
Elected
by
them
,
out
of
such
as
shall
become
Subscribers
to
the
New
Stock
of
the
Company
.
Their
After-Nominations
and
Succession
is
also
agreed
to
be
,
by
and
and
amongst
themselves
,
or
the
major
part
of
the
whole
Fifteen
Assistants
.
-
§
.
18.
The
Governour
,
Sub-Governour
,
Deputy-Governour
,
Committees
Assistants
,
and
all
Subscribers
,
before
they
be
admitted
into
any
Trust
or
Office
in
the
Company
,
are
to
Declare
their
Approbation
of
and
Acquiescing
in
the
Constitution
,
and
all
other
Constitutions
,
Laws
,
and
Rules
of
the
Company
.
As
is
more
at
large
therein
exprest
.
Here
also
followeth
the
Abstract
of
the
forementioned
Articles
,
Terms
,
or
Conditions
,
upon
which
all
and
singular
Persons
,
of
what
Quality
soever
,
within
the
Kingdoms
of
England
,
Scotland
,
and
Ireland
,
&c.
may
be
admitted
into
the
Company
of
the
Royal
Fishery
of
England
,
or
be
Traders
or
Adventurers
with
them
,
viz.
-
1.
That
whosoever
shall
Subscribe
and
Pay
in
any
Sum
or
Sums
of
Money
towards
a
Joynt-Stock
for
carrying
on
the
Trade
of
the
Company
,
shall
be
admitted
into
the
same
,
and
have
and
receive
all
the
Benefits
and
Advantages
thereof
;
subject
to
the
Constitution
,
Laws
,
and
Rules
of
the
Company
,
and
these
Articles
,
Terms
,
and
Conditions
,
&c.
-
2.
That
the
Sum
designed
to
be
at
present
Subscribed
be
Three
Hundred
Thousand
Pounds
,
whereof
One
Hundred
Thousand
Pounds
by
the
surviving
Patentees
,
their
Heirs
and
Assigns
;
and
the
other
present
Members
of
the
Company
.
And
Two
Hundred
Thousand
Pounds
more
,
by
other
Persons
.
The
same
to
be
paid
into
the
Treasury
of
the
said
Company
,
in
manner
following
,
viz.
The
first
Tenth
Part
thereof
to
be
paid
within
Thirty
Days
from
and
after
Notice
or
Publication
of
the
Compleating
the
Subscriptions
of
the
said
Three
Hundred
Thousand
Pounds
,
or
of
One
Hundred
and
Fifty
Thousand
Pounds
at
least
,
in
part
thereof
.
One
Tenth
Part
more
within
three
Months
next
after
their
respective
First
Payments
:
And
the
other
remaining
eight
Tenth
Parts
,
by
eight
equal
next
successive
Quarterly
Payments
.
-
3.
That
one
Tenth
Part
of
each
Sum
so
Subscribed
shall
be
appropriated
to
and
for
the
Use
and
Disposal
of
the
Trustees
,
and
of
such
Persons
as
they
shall
judge
have
heretofore
been
,
or
may
hereafter
be
Useful
for
,
or
in
Promoting
the
Interest
and
Service
of
the
Company
,
without
Accompt
.
So
as
the
same
nevertheless
shall
be
and
remain
in
the
Stock
,
for
carrying
on
the
Trade
thereof
.
And
the
remaining
Nine
Parts
,
to
and
for
the
sole
Use
and
Benefit
of
the
respective
Subscribers
,
their
Executors
,
Administrators
,
and
Assigns
.
-
4.
That
whatsoever
further
Sums
shall
,
at
any
time
hereafter
,
be
thought
fit
by
the
Company
to
be
Subscribed
and
Paid
in
,
for
increasing
the
said
Stock
,
shall
be
in
like
manner
subject
to
the
Payment
of
the
like
Tenth
Part
,
&c.
For
and
towards
the
Re-imbursement
of
the
Subscribers
said
Tenth
Part
of
the
said
First
Three
Hundred
Thousand
Pounds
.
-
5.
That
whosoever
shall
Subscribe
and
pay
in
his
First
Payment
,
and
shall
not
make
his
second
,
or
any
after-Payments
,
by
the
respective
days
or
times
before
limited
,
shall
forfeit
his
first
Payment
to
the
Use
of
the
Company
,
and
have
Credit
only
for
such
After-Payments
as
he
shall
make
.
-
6.
That
all
Shares
or
Sums
amounting
to
Fifty
Pounds
,
and
Assignments
thereof
,
shall
be
Enter'd
and
Register'd
:
And
Certificates
thereof
exemplified
under
the
Seal
,
be
given
for
the
same
,
to
such
Persons
as
shall
desire
it
.
-
7.
That
no
Person
shall
be
hereafter
admitted
a
Member
of
the
Company
,
unless
he
shall
,
at
the
time
of
his
Subscription
,
Declare
his
Approbation
of
and
Submitting
to
these
Articles
,
and
engage
himself
to
Observe
and
Keep
the
same
inviolably
.
And
also
all
such
Constitutions
,
Laws
,
and
Rules
of
the
Company
,
as
they
have
,
or
shall
make
,
for
the
Management
and
Regulation
of
their
Trade
,
pursuant
to
the
Letters
Patents
,
and
the
present
Constitution
.
As
appears
more
at
large
therein
.
And
so
much
shall
suffice
for
Answer
of
the
First
Particular
proposed
to
be
considered
by
the
Collector
hereof
,
viz.
The
Narrative
of
what
Attempts
have
been
made
;
Under
what
Encouragements
;
With
what
Stocks
,
and
Successes
,
both
for
Information
and
Caution
.
For
the
Second
,
viz.
How
all
Miscarriages
in
the
said
Fishery
may
be
Remedied
and
Amended
:
And
whence
we
may
ground
our
Confidence
,
That
in
a
due
Management
of
the
said
Affair
for
the
Future
(
as
is
Proposed
by
the
said
Company
)
they
cannot
miss
of
a
desired
Effect
upon
their
undertaking
it
.
1st
,
In
order
whereunto
,
the
Collector
hath
thought
fit
to
offer
the
perusal
of
a
small
Treatise
,
entituled
,
The
Soveraignty
of
the
British
Seas
,
Proved
by
Records
,
History
,
and
the
Municipal
Laws
of
this
Kingdom
.
Written
by
Sir
John
Burroughs
,
Knight
,
in
Anno
1633.
and
Printed
Anno
1651.
Which
being
hard
to
be
gotten
,
some
few
Pages
thereof
are
thence
transcribed
.
Being
so
much
as
the
Author
thereof
hath
Recommended
under
the
Head
or
Title
of
,
The
Inestimable
Riches
and
Commodities
of
the
British
Seas
.
Which
are
as
followeth
,
viz.
The
Coasts
of
Great
Britain
do
yield
such
a
continual
Sea-Harvest
of
Gain
and
Benefit
to
all
those
that
with
Diligence
do
Labour
in
the
same
,
that
no
Time
or
Season
in
the
Year
passeth
without
some
apparent
means
of
Profitable
Employment
,
especially
to
such
as
apply
themselves
to
Fishing
:
Which
,
from
the
beginning
of
the
Year
unto
the
latter
end
,
continueth
upon
some
part
or
other
of
our
Coasts
:
And
therein
such
infinite
Sholes
and
Multitudes
of
Fishes
are
offered
to
the
Takers
,
as
may
justly
move
Admiration
,
not
only
to
Strangers
,
but
to
those
that
daily
be
employed
among
them
.
The
Summer
Fishing
for
Herrings
beginneth
about
Midsummer
,
and
lasteth
some
part
of
August
.
The
Winter
Fishing
for
Herrings
lasteth
from
September
to
the
middle
of
November
.
Both
which
extend
in
place
from
Boughones
in
Scotland
,
to
the
Thames
Mouth
.
The
Fishing
for
Cod
at
Alamby
,
Whirlington
,
and
Whitehaven
,
near
the
Coast
of
Lancashire
,
from
Easter
until
Whitsontide
.
The
Fishing
for
Hake
at
Aberdeine
,
Abveswhich
,
and
other
places
between
Wales
and
Ireland
,
from
Whitsontide
to
St.
James
tide
.
The
Fishing
of
Cod
and
Ling
about
Padstow
within
the
Land
,
and
of
Severn
,
from
Christmas
to
Mid-Lent
.
The
Fishing
for
Cod
on
the
West
part
of
Ireland
(
frequented
by
those
of
Biscay
,
Galicia
,
and
Portugal
)
from
the
beginning
of
April
until
the
end
of
June
.
The
Fishing
for
Cod
and
Ling
on
the
North
and
North-East
of
Ireland
,
from
Christmas
until
Michaelmas
.
The
Fishing
for
Pilchers
on
the
West
Coast
of
England
,
from
St.
James
tide
until
Michaelmas
.
The
Fishing
for
Cod
and
Ling
upon
the
North-East
of
England
,
from
Easter
until
Midsummer
.
The
Fishing
of
Great
Staple
Ling
,
and
many
other
sorts
of
Fish
lying
about
the
Islands
of
Scotland
,
and
in
the
several
Parts
of
the
British
Seas
,
all
the
Year
long
.
In
September
,
not
many
Years
since
,
upon
the
Coast
of
Devonshire
,
near
Minigal
,
Five
Hundred
Tun
of
Fish
were
taken
in
one
day
:
And
about
the
same
time
,
Three
Thousand
Pounds
worth
of
Fish
,
in
one
day
,
were
taken
at
St.
Ives
in
Cornwal
,
by
small
Boats
,
and
other
poor
Provisions
.
Our
Five-Men-Boats
and
Cobles
,
adventuring
in
a
Calm
to
Lanch
out
among
the
Holland
Busses
not
far
from
Robin
Hood's
Bay
,
returned
to
Whitby
full
Fraught
with
Herrings
;
and
reported
,
that
they
saw
some
of
those
Busses
take
Ten
,
Twenty
,
Twenty
four
Lasts
at
a
Draught
of
Herrings
.
And
returned
into
their
own
Country
with
Forty
,
Fifty
,
and
an
Hundred
Lasts
of
Herrings
in
one
Buss
.
Our
Fleet
of
Colliers
,
not
many
Years
since
,
returning
from
Newcastle
Laden
with
Coals
,
about
the
Well
near
Flanborrough-Head
and
Scarborrough
,
met
with
such
multitude
of
Cods
,
Ling
,
and
Herring
,
that
one
among
the
rest
,
with
certain
Sheep-hooks
and
other
like
Instruments
,
drew
up
as
much
Cod
and
Ling
in
a
little
space
of
time
,
as
were
Sold
,
well-near
,
for
as
much
as
her
whole
Lading
of
Coals
.
And
many
hundred
of
Ships
might
have
been
there
Laden
in
two
Days
and
two
Nights
.
Out
of
which
wonderful
Affluence
,
and
abundance
of
Fish
swarming
in
our
Seas
,
that
we
may
the
better
perceive
the
Infinite
Gain
which
Foreign
Nations
make
;
I
will
especially
insist
upon
the
Fishing
of
the
Hollanders
in
our
Coasts
,
and
thereby
shew
how
by
this
means
,
principally
they
have
Increased
.
-
1.
In
Shipping
.
-
2.
In
Marriners
.
-
3.
In
Trade
.
-
4.
In
Towns
and
Fortifications
.
-
5.
In
Power
Externe
or
Abroad
.
-
6.
In
Publick
Revenue
.
-
7.
In
Private
Wealth
.
-
8.
In
all
manner
of
Provisions
,
and
Store
of
things
necessary
.
First
,
Increase
of
Shipping
.
Besides
Seven
Hundred
Strand-boats
,
Four
Hundred
Evars
,
and
Four
Hundred
Sullits
,
Drivers
and
Tod-boats
,
wherewith
the
Hollanders
Fish
upon
their
own
Coasts
;
every
one
of
these
imploying
another
Ship
to
fetch
Salt
,
and
carry
their
Fish
into
other
Countries
;
being
in
all
Three
Thousand
Sail
,
Maintaining
and
Setting
on
work
,
at
least
Forty
Thousand
Persons
,
Fishers
,
Tradesmen
,
Women
and
Children
.
They
have
One
Hundred
Dogger-Boats
,
of
One
Hundred
and
Fifty
Tuns
a
piece
,
or
thereabouts
:
Seaven
Hundred
Pincks
and
Well-Boats
,
from
Sixty
to
One
Hundred
Tuns
a
piece
;
which
altogether
Fish
upon
the
Coasts
of
England
and
Scotland
,
for
Cod
and
Ling
only
;
and
each
of
these
imploy
another
Vessel
for
Providing
of
Salt
,
and
Transporting
of
their
Fish
;
making
in
all
,
One
Thousand
Six
Hundred
Ships
;
which
maintain
and
imploy
Persons
of
all
sorts
,
Forty
Thousand
at
least
.
For
the
Herring
Season
,
they
have
Sixteen
Hundred
Busses
at
the
least
,
all
of
them
Fishing
only
upon
our
Coasts
,
from
Boughonnes
in
Scotland
,
to
the
mouth
of
the
Thames
.
And
every
one
of
these
maketh
work
for
Three
other
Ships
that
attend
her
:
The
one
to
bring
in
Salt
from
Foreign
Parts
;
another
to
carry
the
said
Salt
and
Cask
to
the
Busses
,
and
to
bring
back
their
Herrings
;
and
the
Third
to
Transport
the
said
Fish
into
Foreign
Countries
.
So
that
the
total
Number
of
Ships
and
Busses
plying
the
Herringfare
,
is
Six
Thousand
Four
Hundred
:
Whereby
every
Buss
,
one
with
another
,
imployeth
Forty
Men
Marriners
and
Fishers
,
within
her
own
hold
;
and
the
rest
Ten
Men
a
piece
;
which
amounteth
to
One
Hundred
and
Twelve
Thousand
Fishers
and
Marriners
:
All
which
maintain
double
,
if
not
treble
so
many
Tradesmen
,
Women
and
Children
at
Land
.
Moreover
,
They
have
Four
Hundred
other
Vessels
,
at
least
,
that
take
Herring
at
Yarmouth
,
and
there
sell
them
for
Ready
Money
.
So
that
the
Hollanders
(
besides
Three
Thousand
Ships
beforementioned
,
Fishing
upon
our
own
Shores
)
have
at
least
Four
Thousand
Eight
Hundred
Ships
,
only
maintained
by
the
Seas
of
Great
Britain
;
by
which
means
principally
,
Holland
being
not
so
big
as
one
of
our
Shires
of
England
,
(
containing
not
above
Twenty
Eight
Miles
in
Length
,
and
Three
in
Breadth
)
have
increased
the
number
of
their
Shipping
to
at
least
Ten
Thousand
Sail
;
being
more
than
are
in
England
,
France
,
Spain
,
Portugal
,
Italy
,
Denmark
,
Poland
,
Sweden
,
and
Rushia
;
and
to
this
number
they
add
every
day
:
although
their
Country
it self
,
affords
them
neither
Materials
,
Victual
,
nor
Merchandize
to
be
accounted
of
,
towards
their
setting
forth
.
Secondly
,
Increase
of
Marriners
.
The
Number
of
Ships
Fishing
on
our
Coasts
being
,
as
aforesaid
,
Eight
Thousand
Four
Hundred
;
If
we
allow
but
Twenty
Persons
to
every
Ship
,
one
with
another
,
the
total
of
Marriners
and
Fishers
amounteth
to
One
Hundred
Sixty
Eight
Thousand
:
Out
of
which
Number
they
daily
furnish
their
longer
Voyages
,
to
all
parts
of
the
World
.
For
,
by
this
means
,
they
are
not
only
enabled
to
Brook
the
Seas
,
and
to
know
the
use
of
the
Tackles
and
Compass
,
but
are
likewise
instructed
in
the
Principles
of
Navigation
and
Pilotage
;
in
so
much
as
from
hence
,
their
greatest
Navigators
have
their
Education
and
Breeding
.
Thirdly
,
Increase
of
Trade
.
By
reason
of
those
multitude
of
Ships
and
Marriners
,
they
have
extended
their
Trade
to
all
parts
of
the
World
;
Exporting
for
the
most
part
in
all
their
Voyages
,
our
Herrings
and
other
Fish
,
for
the
maintenance
of
the
same
.
In
Exchange
whereof
they
return
the
several
Commodities
of
other
Countries
,
viz.
From
the
Southern
parts
,
as
France
,
Spain
,
and
Portugal
;
For
our
Herrings
they
return
Oyles
,
Wines
,
Prunes
,
Honey
,
Wools
,
&c.
With
Store
of
Coyne
in
Specie
.
From
the
Streights
;
Velvets
,
Sattins
,
and
all
sorts
of
Silks
,
Alloms
,
Currans
,
Oyles
,
and
all
Grocery
Wares
,
with
much
Money
.
From
the
East
Countries
;
For
our
Herrings
,
and
other
French
and
Italian
Commodities
before
returned
,
they
bring
home
Corne
,
Wax
,
Flax
,
Hemp
,
Pitch
,
Tar
,
Soap-ashes
,
Iron
,
Copper
,
Steel
,
Clap-board
,
Wainscot
,
Timber
,
Deal-boards
,
Dollers
,
and
Hungary
Gilders
.
From
Germany
;
For
Herrings
and
other
Salt
Fish
;
Iron
,
Steel
,
Glass
,
Mill-stones
,
Rhenish
Wines
,
Button-plate
for
Armour
,
with
other
Munition
;
Silks
,
Velvets
,
Rashes
,
Fustians
,
Barratees
,
and
such
like
Frankford
Commodities
;
with
store
of
Rix
Dollers
.
From
Brabrant
,
they
return
for
the
most
part
ready
Money
,
with
some
Tapestries
and
Hul-shop
.
Yea
,
some
of
our
Herrings
are
carried
as
far
as
Braseil
.
And
that
which
is
more
strange
,
and
greatly
to
our
Shame
,
they
have
Four
Hundred
Ships
with
Fish
;
which
our
Men
of
Yarmouth
within
Kenn
,
almost
at
Land
,
do
vent
our
Herrings
amongst
us
here
in
England
:
And
make
us
pay
for
the
Fish
taken
upon
our
own
Coasts
,
ready
Money
;
wherewith
they
store
their
own
Countrey
.
Fourthly
,
Increase
of
Towns
and
Forts
.
By
this
their
large
Extent
of
Trade
,
they
are
become
,
as
it
were
,
Citizens
of
the
whole
World
;
whereby
they
have
so
enlarged
their
Towns
,
that
most
of
them
,
within
these
Four
Hundred
years
,
are
full
as
great
again
as
they
were
before
.
Amsterdam
,
Leyden
,
and
Middleborrough
,
having
been
lately
twice
inlarged
;
and
their
Streets
and
Buildings
so
fair
and
orderly
set
forth
,
That
,
for
Beauty
and
Strength
,
they
may
compare
with
any
other
in
the
World
:
Upon
which
they
bestow
infinite
Sums
of
Money
:
All
originally
flowing
from
the
Bounty
of
the
Sea
.
From
whence
,
by
their
Labour
and
Industry
,
they
derive
the
beginning
of
all
that
Wealth
and
Greatness
;
and
particularly
for
the
Havens
of
the
aforesaid
Towns
:
Whereof
some
of
them
cost
Forty
,
Fifty
,
or
an
Hundred
Thousand
Pounds
.
Their
Fortifications
also
,
both
for
Number
and
Strength
,
upon
which
they
have
bestowed
infinite
Sums
of
Money
,
may
Compare
with
any
other
whatsoever
.
Fifthly
,
Increase
of
Power
Abroad
.
Such
being
then
the
Number
of
the
Ships
and
Marriners
,
and
so
great
their
Trade
,
occasioned
principally
by
their
Fishing
,
they
have
not
only
Strengthned
and
Fortified
themselves
at
home
,
to
repell
all
Forreign
Invasion
(
as
lately
in
the
War
between
them
and
Spain
)
but
have
likewise
stretch'd
their
Power
into
the
East
and
West
Indies
:
In
many
Places
whereof
,
they
are
Lords
of
the
Sea-Coasts
:
And
have
likewise
Fortified
upon
the
Main
,
where
the
Kings
and
People
are
at
their
Devotion
.
And
,
more
than
this
,
all
Neighbour
Princes
,
in
their
Differences
,
by
reason
of
this
their
Power
at
Sea
,
are
glad
to
have
them
of
their
Party
.
So
that
,
next
to
the
English
,
they
are
now
become
the
most
redoubted
Nation
at
Sea
,
of
any
other
whatsoever
.
Sixthly
,
Increase
of
Publick
Revenue
,
Moreover
,
How
mightily
the
Publick
Revenue
and
Customs
of
that
State
are
increased
by
their
Fishing
,
may
appear
,
in
that
,
above
Thirty
years
since
,
over
and
above
the
Customs
of
other
Merchandize
,
Excises
,
Licenses
,
Waftage
and
Lastage
,
there
was
paid
to
the
States
,
for
Custom
of
Herring
and
other
Salt
Fish
,
above
Three
Hundred
Thousand
Pounds
in
One
Year
;
Besides
the
Tenth
Fish
and
Cask
paid
for
Waftage
;
which
cometh
at
the
least
,
to
as
much
more
,
among
the
Hollanders
only
:
Whereto
,
the
tenth
of
other
Nations
being
added
,
it
amounteth
to
a
far
greater
Sum
.
We
are
likewise
to
know
,
That
great
part
of
their
Fish
is
sold
in
other
Countries
for
ready
Monies
;
for
which
they
commonly
Export
of
the
finest
Gold
and
Silver
:
And
,
coming
home
,
Recoyne
it
of
a
baser
Allay
,
under
their
own
Stamp
;
which
is
not
a
small
means
to
augment
the
Publick
Treasure
.
Seaventhly
,
Increase
of
Private
wealth
.
As
touching
their
Private
Wealth
;
If
we
consider
the
abundant
Store
of
Herrings
and
other
Fish
by
them
taken
,
and
the
usual
Prices
that
they
are
Sold
for
;
As
also
,
The
multitude
of
Trades-men
and
Artizans
,
that
by
reason
of
this
their
Fishing
,
are
daily
set
on
work
;
We
must
needs
conclude
,
that
the
Gain
thereof
,
made
by
Private
Men
,
must
,
of
necessity
,
be
exceeding
great
,
as
by
observing
the
Particulars
following
will
plainly
appear
.
During
the
Wars
between
the
King
of
Spain
and
the
Hollanders
,
before
the
last
Truce
,
Dunkirk
,
by
Taking
,
Spoyling
,
and
Burning
the
Busses
of
Holland
;
and
setting
great
Ransom
upon
their
Fishermen
,
Inforced
them
to
Compound
for
great
Sums
,
that
they
might
Fish
quietly
for
one
Year
.
Whereupon
,
the
next
year
after
,
the
Fishermen
agreed
among
themselves
to
pay
a
Doller
upon
every
Last
of
Herrings
,
towards
the
maintenance
of
certain
Ships
of
War
to
Waft
,
and
secure
them
in
their
Fishing
:
By
reason
whereof
,
there
was
a
Record
kept
of
the
several
Lasts
of
Herrings
taken
that
year
:
And
it
appeared
thereby
,
that
in
one
half
year
,
there
were
taken
Three
Hundred
Thousand
Lasts
of
Herrings
;
which
at
Twelve
pound
per
Last
,
amounteth
to
Three
Millions
Six
Hundred
Thousand
Pounds
.
And
,
at
Sixteen
,
Twenty
,
Thirty
Pounds
the
Last
,
they
are
ordinarily
Sold
,
then
Transported
into
other
Countries
,
it
cometh
to
at
least
Five
Millions
.
Whereunto
,
if
we
add
the
Herrings
taken
by
other
Nations
,
together
with
the
Cod
,
Ling
,
Hake
,
and
the
Fish
taken
by
the
Hollanders
and
other
our
Neighbours
,
upon
the
British
Coasts
all
the
year
long
,
the
total
will
evidently
arise
to
be
above
Ten
Millions
.
The
great
Trade
of
Fishing
employing
so
many
Men
and
Ships
at
Sea
,
must
likewise
necessarily
maintain
as
great
a
Number
of
Trades-men
,
and
other
Artizans
on
Land
;
as
Spinners
,
and
Hemp-winders
to
Cables
,
Cordage
,
Yarn-twine
for
Nets
and
Lines
:
Weavers
to
make
Sayle
Cloaths
,
Cecive-Packers
,
Tollers
,
Dressers
,
and
Couchers
,
to
sort
and
make
the
Herring
Lawful
Merchandize
:
Tanners
to
Tann
their
Sails
and
Nets
:
Coopers
to
make
Casks
:
Block
and
Bowl-makers
for
Ships
:
Keel-men
,
and
Labourers
for
carrying
and
removing
their
Fish
:
Sawyers
for
Planks
:
Carpenters
,
Shipwrights
,
Smiths
,
Car-men
,
Boat-men
,
Brewers
,
Bakers
,
and
a
Number
of
others
,
whereof
many
are
maymed
Persons
,
and
unfit
to
be
otherwise
employed
.
Besides
the
maintenance
of
all
their
several
Wives
,
Children
and
Families
.
And
further
,
every
Man
and
Maid
Servant
,
or
Orphan
,
having
a
poor
Stock
,
may
venture
the
same
in
their
Fishing
Voyages
;
which
affords
them
ordinarily
a
great
Increase
,
and
is
duly
paid
,
according
to
the
proportion
of
their
Gain
.
Eighthly
,
Increase
of
Provisions
.
And
,
to
conclude
,
It
is
manifest
,
that
Holland
,
only
affording
it self
some
few
Hops
,
Madder
,
Butter
and
Cheese
,
aboundeth
notwithstanding
(
by
reason
of
this
Art
of
Fishing
)
in
plentiful
manner
,
with
all
kind
of
Provisions
,
as
well
for
Life
,
as
in
Corne
,
Beef
,
Muttons
,
Hides
and
Clothes
:
as
for
Luxury
,
in
Wines
,
Silks
and
Spices
;
and
for
Defence
,
as
in
Pitch
,
Tar
,
Cordage
,
Timber
.
All
which
they
have
,
not
only
in
competent
proportion
for
their
use
,
but
are
likewise
able
from
their
several
Magazines
to
supply
their
Neighbour
Countries
.
The
Premises
considered
,
it
maketh
much
to
the
Ignominy
and
Shame
of
our
English
Nation
,
That
GOD
and
Nature
offering
us
so
great
a
Treasure
,
even
at
our
own
doors
,
we
do
notwithstanding
neglect
the
Benefit
thereof
;
and
by
paying
Money
to
Strangers
for
the
Fish
of
our
own
Seas
,
Impoverish
our selves
to
make
them
Rich
;
in
so
much
,
that
for
want
of
Industry
and
Care
in
this
particular
,
Two
Hundred
Twenty
Five
Fisher-Towns
are
decayed
and
reduced
to
extreme
Poverty
:
Whereas
on
the
contrary
,
by
diligently
endeavouring
to
make
use
of
so
great
a
Blessing
,
we
might
in
short
time
regain
these
decayed
Towns
of
the
Kingdom
,
and
add
both
Honour
,
Strength
,
and
Riches
to
our
King
and
Country
:
Which
,
how
easily
it
may
be
done
,
will
appear
by
some
few
Observations
following
.
By
Erecting
Two
Hundred
and
Fifty
Busses
of
reasonable
Strength
and
Bigness
,
there
will
be
employment
made
for
a
Thousand
Ships
;
and
for
at
least
Ten
Thousand
Fishermen
and
Mariners
at
Sea
;
and
consequently
for
as
many
Tradesmen
and
Labourers
at
Land
.
The
Herrings
taken
by
the
Busses
will
afford
his
Majesty
yearly
Custom
Outward
,
and
for
Commodities
returned
Inward
,
Thirty
Thousand
Pounds
and
above
.
We
have
Timber
sufficient
,
and
at
reasonable
Rates
growing
in
our
own
Kingdom
for
the
Building
of
Busses
.
Every
Shire
affordeth
hardy
and
able
Men
,
fit
for
such
Imployment
,
who
now
live
poorly
and
idle
at
home
.
We
have
Victuals
in
great
Plenty
,
sold
at
easy
Rates
,
without
payment
of
Excises
or
Impost
.
Our
Shores
and
Harbours
are
near
the
Places
where
the
Fish
do
haunt
.
For
Drink
or
Nets
,
Salting
and
Packing
our
Fish
,
and
for
Succour
in
stress
of
Weather
,
we
may
bring
our
Fish
to
Land
,
Salt
and
Pack
it
:
And
from
some
parts
of
his
Majesties
Dominions
,
be
at
our
Markets
in
France
,
Spain
,
or
Italy
,
before
the
Hallander
can
arrive
in
Holland
.
We
have
means
to
Transport
our
Fishing
into
some
Northern
Countries
,
where
the
Hollanders
seldom
or
never
come
:
And
though
we
had
as
many
Busses
as
the
Hollanders
,
yet
is
there
vent
for
all
or
more
.
For
in
the
East
and
Northerne
Countries
,
and
in
many
other
places
,
Herrings
are
every
days
meat
,
Winter
and
Summer
;
as
well
to
draw
on
Drink
,
as
to
satisfie
Hunger
.
And
in
most
places
,
the
greatest
part
of
the
year
,
they
are
scarce
to
be
had
:
For
presently
after
Michaelmas
,
the
Sound
and
Rivers
are
Frozen
up
;
so
as
no
Herrings
can
be
Transported
into
Twenty
several
Kingdoms
and
Free
States
,
until
July
;
which
is
for
Thirty
Weeks
space
together
:
So
that
,
when
Lent
comes
,
there
are
few
to
be
bought
for
Money
.
Lastly
,
Since
by
Care
and
Industry
we
gained
from
the
Flemmings
,
doubtless
,
so
by
the
same
means
we
may
as
easily
grow
expert
in
the
Art
of
Fishing
;
and
in
time
,
make
it
a
Staple
Commodity
of
our
own
.
But
this
we
shall
the
better
and
sooner
do
,
if
we
consider
and
endeavour
to
reform
certain
Wants
and
Abuses
,
which
hitherto
have
hindered
us
from
effecting
that
Good
and
Great
Work
;
whereof
,
these
that
follow
are
none
of
the
least
.
First
,
General
Liberty
of
Eating
Flesh
,
contrary
to
old
Customs
,
and
the
Statute
Laws
provided
for
observing
Fish-days
;
from
whence
scarcity
and
Dearth
of
Fish
proceedeth
:
For
where
Flesh
is
ordinarily
spent
,
Fish
will
not
be
bought
;
and
want
of
Sale
decayeth
all
Trade
;
Gain
being
the
Nurse
of
Industry
.
Secondly
,
Want
of
Order
and
Discretion
in
our
Fishing
:
Every
Man
being
left
to
himself
,
and
permitted
to
Fish
as
best
liketh
him
;
whereas
,
amongst
the
Hollanders
,
two
of
the
best
Experienced
Fishermen
,
are
appointed
to
Guide
the
rest
of
the
Fleet
;
all
others
being
bound
to
follow
them
,
and
to
cast
their
Nets
according
to
their
Direction
.
Thirdly
,
The
Hollanders
and
other
Nations
,
set
forth
with
their
Busses
in
June
,
to
find
the
Shole
of
Fish
,
and
having
found
it
,
dwell
amongst
it
till
November
;
whereas
we
stay
till
the
Herring
come
home
to
our
Road-steads
,
and
sometimes
suffer
them
to
pass
by
,
e're
we
look
out
;
our
Herring
Fishing
containing
only
Seven
Weeks
at
the
most
,
and
theirs
Twenty
.
Fourthly
,
The
Hollanders
Busses
are
great
and
strong
,
and
able
to
Brook
foul
Weather
:
Whereas
our
Cobles
,
Crayers
,
and
Boats
,
being
small
and
thinsided
,
are
easily
swallowed
up
by
a
rough
Sea
;
not
daring
to
adventure
far
in
fair
weather
,
by
reason
of
their
weakness
for
fear
of
Stormes
.
Fifthly
,
The
Hollanders
are
Industrious
;
and
no
sooner
are
discharged
of
their
Lading
,
but
presently
put
forth
for
more
,
and
seek
for
Markets
abroad
,
as
well
as
at
home
.
Whereas
,
our
English
,
after
they
have
been
once
at
Sea
,
do
commonly
never
return
again
,
until
all
the
Money
taken
for
their
Fish
be
spent
,
and
they
in
Debt
:
seeking
only
to
serve
the
next
Market
.
Sixthly
,
The
Hollanders
have
certain
Merchants
,
who
,
during
the
Herring
Season
,
do
only
come
to
the
places
where
the
Busses
arrive
,
and
,
joyning
together
in
several
Companies
,
do
presently
agree
for
Thirty
or
Forty
Busses
at
once
:
And
so
being
discharged
,
they
may
speedily
return
to
their
former
Fishing
.
Whereas
our
Fishermen
are
uncertain
of
their
Chapmen
,
and
forced
to
spend
much
time
in
putting
off
their
Fish
by
Parcels
.
These
and
other
Defects
would
carefully
be
taken
into
consideration
,
and
certain
Orders
made
,
to
make
our
Fishing
Prosperous
and
Successful
:
especially
considering
the
fearful
mischiefs
,
the
neglects
hereof
,
hath
brought
to
the
King
and
Kingdom
in
general
;
and
to
many
good
Towns
and
Corporations
in
particular
;
as
by
Authority
(
even
of
Parliament
it self
,
in
the
Statute
of
33
Hen
.
VIII
.
)
is
plainly
testified
,
which
I
have
summarily
here
set
down
to
avoid
the
Prolixity
of
the
Original
.
Viz
.
Because
the
English
Fishermen
Dwelling
on
the
Sea
Coasts
,
did
leave
off
their
Trade
of
Fishing
in
our
Seas
,
and
went
the
Half-Seas
over
,
and
there
,
upon
the
Seas
,
did
buy
Fish
of
the
Pickards
,
Flemmings
,
Normans
,
and
Zealanders
:
By
reason
whereof
,
many
incommodities
did
grow
to
the
Realm
;
viz.
The
decay
of
the
Wealth
and
Prosperity
,
as
well
of
the
Cinque-Ports
and
Members
of
the
same
,
as
of
other
Coast-Towns
by
the
Sea-side
,
which
were
Builded
and
Inhabited
by
great
Multitudes
of
People
,
by
reason
of
using
and
exercising
the
Craft
and
Feat
of
Fishing
.
Secondly
,
The
Decay
of
a
great
number
of
Boats
and
Ships
.
And
,
Thirdly
,
The
decay
of
many
good
Marriners
,
both
able
in
Body
by
their
Diligence
,
Labour
,
and
continual
Exercise
of
Fishing
;
and
Expert
,
by
reason
thereof
,
in
the
Knowledge
of
the
Sea-Coasts
,
as
well
within
this
Realm
,
as
in
other
parts
beyond
the
Seas
.
It
was
therefore
Enacted
,
That
no
manner
of
Persons
,
English
,
Denizens
,
or
Strangers
at
that
time
,
or
any
time
after
,
dwelling
in
England
,
should
buy
any
Fish
of
any
Strangers
in
the
said
Ports
of
Flanders
,
Zealand
,
Piccardie
,
France
;
or
upon
the
Sea
between
Shore
and
Shore
,
&c.
Which
Act
,
by
many
continuations
was
continued
from
Parliament
to
Parliament
,
until
the
first
of
Queen
Mary
,
and
from
thence
to
the
end
of
the
next
Parliament
,
and
then
expired
.
For
Conclusion
.
Seeing
by
that
which
hath
formerly
been
declared
,
it
evidently
appeareth
,
That
the
Kings
of
England
(
by
Immemorable
Prescription
,
continual
Usage
and
Possession
,
the
acknowledgment
of
all
our
Neighbour
States
,
and
the
Municipal
Laws
of
the
Kingdom
)
have
ever
held
the
Soveraign
Lordship
of
the
Seas
of
England
;
and
that
unto
his
Majesty
,
by
reason
of
his
Soveraignty
,
the
supreme
Command
and
Jurisdiction
over
the
Passage
and
Fishing
in
the
same
rightfully
appertaineth
:
Considering
also
,
the
natural
Scyte
of
those
our
Seas
that
interpose
themselves
between
the
great
Nothern
Commerce
of
that
of
the
whole
World
,
and
that
of
the
East
,
West
,
and
Southern
Climates
:
And
withal
,
the
infinite
Commodities
that
by
Fishing
in
the
same
is
daily
made
;
it
cannot
be
doubted
,
but
his
Majesty
,
by
means
of
his
own
Excellent
Wisdom
and
Virtue
;
and
by
the
Industry
of
his
Faithful
Subjects
and
People
,
may
easily
,
without
injustice
to
any
Prince
or
Person
whatsoever
,
be
made
the
greatest
Monarch
for
Command
and
Wealth
;
and
his
People
the
most
Opulent
and
Flourishing
Nation
,
of
any
other
in
the
World
.
And
this
the
rather
,
for
that
his
Majesty
is
now
absolute
Commander
of
the
British
Isle
;
and
hath
also
inlarged
his
Dominions
over
a
great
part
of
the
Western
Indies
:
By
means
of
which
extent
of
Empire
,
(
crossing
in
a
manner
the
whole
Ocean
)
the
Trade
and
Persons
of
all
Nations
(
removing
from
one
part
of
the
World
,
to
the
other
)
must
of
necessity
,
first
or
last
,
come
within
the
Compass
of
his
Power
and
Jurisdiction
.
And
therefore
,
the
Soveraignty
of
our
Seas
being
the
most
precious
Jewel
of
his
Majesties
Crown
,
and
(
next
,
under
God
)
the
principal
means
of
our
Wealth
and
Safety
;
All
true
English
Hearts
and
Hands
are
bound
,
by
all
possible
means
and
diligence
to
preserve
and
maintain
the
same
,
even
with
the
utmost
of
their
Lives
,
their
Goods
,
and
Fortunes
.
Thus
far
the
Author
of
that
incomparable
Treatise
,
on
that
Head
,
viz.
Of
the
inestimable
Riches
and
Commodities
of
the
British
Seas
.
Touching
Fishing
.
The
great
Sea-business
of
Fishing
doth
imploy
near
Twenty
Thousand
Ships
and
Vessels
;
and
four
Hundred
Thousand
People
are
employed
thereby
yearly
,
upon
your
Coasts
of
England
,
Scotland
,
and
Ireland
:
with
Sixty
Ships
of
War
,
which
may
prove
dangerous
.
The
Hollanders
only
,
have
about
Three
Thousand
Ships
to
Fish
withal
,
and
Fifty
Thousand
People
are
employed
yearly
by
them
upon
your
Majesty's
Coasts
of
England
,
Scotland
,
and
Ireland
.
These
Three
Thousand
Fishing
Ships
and
Vessels
of
the
Hollanders
,
do
employ
near
Nine
Thousand
other
Ships
and
Vessels
;
and
One
Hundred
and
Fifty
Thousand
Persons
more
by
Sea
and
Land
,
to
make
Provisions
,
to
Dress
and
Transport
the
Fish
they
take
,
and
return
Commodities
;
whereby
they
are
enabled
,
and
do
build
yearly
a
Thousand
Ships
and
Vessels
,
having
not
One
Timber-tree
growing
in
their
own
Countrey
,
nor
home-bred
Commodities
to
Lade
One
Hundred
Ships
;
and
yet
they
have
Twenty
Thousand
Ships
and
Vessels
,
and
all
employed
.
King
Henry
VII
.
desirous
to
make
his
Kingdoms
Powerful
and
Rich
,
by
increase
of
Ships
and
Marriners
,
and
Employment
of
his
People
,
sent
unto
his
Sea-Coast
Towns
,
moving
them
to
set
up
the
Great
and
Rich
Fishing
;
with
promise
to
give
them
needful
Privileges
,
and
to
furnish
them
with
Loanes
of
Money
,
if
need
were
,
to
incourage
them
;
Yet
his
People
were
slack
.
Now
,
Since
I
have
traced
this
business
,
and
made
my
endeavours
known
to
your
Majesty
,
your
Noble
Men
,
Able
Merchants
and
others
,
who
have
set
down
under
their
Hands
for
more
Assurance
;
and
promised
to
disburse
large
Sums
of
Money
,
for
the
building
up
of
a
Strong
,
Rich
,
and
Large
Sea-City
;
which
will
increase
more
Strength
to
your
Land
,
give
more
Comfort
,
and
do
more
Good
to
all
your
Cities
and
Towns
than
all
the
Companies
of
your
Kingdoms
,
having
fit
and
needful
Privileges
for
the
upholding
and
strengthning
of
so
weighty
and
needful
a
Business
.
For
Example
,
Twenty
Busses
Built
and
put
into
a
Sea-Coast
Town
,
(
where
there
is
not
one
Ship
before
)
there
must
be
to
carry
,
recarry
,
Transport
,
and
make
Provision
for
each
Buss
,
three
Ships
:
Likewise
,
every
Ship
setting
on
work
Thirty
several
Trades
and
Occupations
:
and
Four
Thousand
Persons
by
Sea
and
Land
;
in
so
much
,
as
Three
Hundred
Persons
are
not
able
to
make
One
Fleet
of
Nets
in
Four
Months
for
the
Busses
;
which
is
no
small
employment
.
Thus
,
By
Twenty
Busses
are
set
on
Work
Eight
Thousand
Persons
by
Sea
and
Land
,
and
an
Increase
of
above
One
Thousand
Marriners
,
and
a
Fleet
of
Eighty
Sail
of
Ships
,
to
belong
to
One
Town
,
where
none
were
before
,
to
take
the
Wealth
out
of
the
Sea
,
and
to
enrich
and
strengthen
the
Land
,
only
by
raising
Twenty
Busses
.
Then
,
what
good
One
Thousand
or
Two
Thousand
will
do
,
I
leave
to
your
Majesties
Consideration
.
It
is
worthy
to
be
noted
,
How
necessary
Fishermen
are
to
the
Common-wealth
;
and
how
needful
to
be
Advanced
and
Cherished
.
Viz
.
-
1.
For
taking
God's
Blessing
out
of
the
Sea
to
enrich
the
Realm
,
which
otherwise
we
lose
.
-
2.
For
setting
the
People
on
Work
.
-
3.
For
making
Plenty
and
Cheapness
in
the
Realm
.
-
4.
For
encreasing
of
Ships
to
make
the
Land
Powerful
.
-
5.
For
a
continual
Nursery
,
for
Breeding
and
Increasing
our
Marriners
.
-
6.
For
making
imployment
of
all
sorts
of
People
;
as
Blind
,
Lame
,
and
Others
,
by
Sea
and
Land
;
from
Ten
or
Twelve
years
and
upwards
.
-
7.
For
Enriching
your
Majesties
Coffers
,
for
Merchandizes
returned
from
other
Countries
,
for
Fish
and
Herrings
.
-
8.
For
the
Encrease
and
Enabling
of
Merchants
;
which
now
droop
,
and
daily
decay
.
Furthermore
.
Some
Particulars
needful
to
be
Considered
of
,
viz.
The
mighty
huge
Fishing
that
ever
could
be
heard
of
in
the
World
,
is
upon
the
Coasts
of
England
,
Scotland
,
and
Ireland
:
But
the
great
Fishery
is
in
the
Low
Countries
,
and
other
Petty
States
,
wherewith
they
serve
themselves
,
and
all
Christendom
,
as
it
shall
appear
.
In
Four
Towns
in
the
East
Kingdoms
,
within
the
Sound
(
Quinsborrough
,
Elbing
,
Statten
,
and
Dantzick
)
there
are
carried
and
vented
in
a
Year
,
between
Thirty
and
Forty
thousand
Lasts
of
Herrings
;
which
,
sold
but
at
Fifteen
or
Sixteen
Pounds
the
Last
,
is
about
Six
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
pounds
;
And
we
none
.
Besides
,
Denmark
,
Norway
,
Sweathen
,
Leafland
,
Rye
,
Nevil
,
the
Nerve
,
and
other
Port-Towns
within
the
Sound
,
there
is
carried
and
vented
above
Ten
thousand
Lasts
of
Herrings
,
sold
at
Fifteen
or
Sixteen
pounds
the
Last
,
is
One
hundred
and
seaventy
thousand
pounds
more
yearly
.
And
,
in
such
request
are
our
Herrings
there
,
that
they
are
often
sold
for
Twenty
,
Four
and
twenty
,
Thirty
,
and
Thirty
six
pounds
the
Last
;
and
we
send
not
One
Barrel
into
all
those
East
Countries
.
The
Hollanders
send
into
Rushia
near
Fifteen
hundred
Lasts
of
Herrings
,
sold
for
about
Thirty
Shillings
the
Barrel
,
which
amounts
to
Twenty
seaven
thousand
Pounds
;
and
we
but
about
Twenty
or
Thirty
Lasts
.
To
Stoad
,
Hamborrough
,
Bremen
,
Embden
upon
the
River
of
Elve
,
Weaser
and
Emby
,
are
carried
and
vented
of
Fish
and
Herrings
,
about
Six
thousand
Lasts
,
sold
about
Fifteen
or
Sixteen
Pounds
the
Last
,
which
is
about
One
hundred
thousand
Pounds
;
and
we
none
.
Cleaveland
,
Gulickland
,
up
the
River
of
Rhine
to
Cullen
,
Frankford
or
the
Mayne
,
and
so
over
all
Germany
is
carried
and
vented
Fish
and
Herrings
near
Two
and
twenty
thousand
Lasts
,
sold
at
Twenty
Pounds
the
Last
,
which
is
Four
hundred
and
forty
thousand
Pounds
;
and
we
none
.
Up
the
River
of
Maze
,
Leigh
,
Mastrich
,
Dendlow
,
Sutphin
,
Diventer
,
Camben
,
Swoole
,
and
all
over
Lakeland
,
is
carried
and
vented
Seaven
thousand
Lasts
of
Herrings
,
sold
at
Twenty
Pounds
the
Last
,
which
comes
to
One
hundred
and
forty
thousand
Pounds
;
and
we
none
.
To
Gilderland
,
Artois
,
Henault
,
Brabant
,
Flanders
,
up
the
River
of
Antwerp
,
all
over
the
Arch-Duke's
Countrey
,
are
carried
and
vented
between
Eight
and
Nine
thousand
Lasts
,
sold
at
Eighteen
Pounds
the
Last
,
which
is
One
hundred
sixty
two
thousand
Pounds
;
and
we
none
.
The
Hollanders
and
Others
,
carryed
of
all
sorts
of
Herrings
to
Roan
only
,
in
one
year
,
besides
all
other
parts
of
France
,
Fifty
thousand
Lasts
of
Herrings
,
sold
at
Twenty
Pounds
the
Last
,
which
is
One
million
of
Pounds
;
and
we
not
One
hundred
Lasts
thither
.
They
are
sold
oftentimes
for
Twenty
four
,
and
Thirty
Pounds
the
Last
.
Between
Christmas
and
Lent
,
the
Duties
for
Fish
and
Herrings
came
to
Fifteen
thousand
Crowns
,
at
Roan
only
.
That
year
the
late
Queen
Deceased
;
Sir
Thomas
Parry
was
Agent
then
there
;
and
S.
Savors
his
Man
knows
it
to
be
true
,
who
handled
the
business
,
for
pulling
down
the
Impositions
.
Then
,
what
great
sums
of
Money
came
to
all
in
the
Port-Towns
,
to
enrich
the
French
King's
Coffers
,
and
to
all
the
Kings
and
States
throughout
Christendom
,
to
enrich
their
Coffers
.
Besides
,
The
great
quantity
vented
to
the
Streights
,
and
the
multitude
spent
in
the
Low
Countries
,
which
there
is
likewise
sold
for
many
a
Hundred
thousand
Pounds
more
yearly
,
is
necessary
to
be
remembred
;
and
the
Stream
to
be
turned
to
the
good
of
this
Kingdom
;
to
whose
Sea-Coasts
God
only
hath
sent
and
given
these
great
Blessings
,
and
multitude
of
Riches
for
us
to
take
,
howsoever
it
hath
been
neglected
to
the
hurt
of
this
Kingdom
;
that
any
Nation
should
carry
away
out
of
this
Kingdom
yearly
great
Masses
of
Money
for
Fish
taken
in
our
Seas
,
and
sold
again
by
them
to
us
;
which
must
needs
be
a
great
Dishonour
to
our
Nation
,
and
hinderance
to
this
Realm
.
In
a
word
,
The
main
Bulk
and
Mass
of
Herrings
,
from
whence
they
raise
so
many
Millions
yearly
,
that
enrich
other
Kingdoms
,
Kings
and
States
Coffers
,
and
likewise
their
own
People
;
proceedeth
from
our
Seas
and
Lands
:
And
the
return
of
the
Commodities
and
Coyn
they
bring
home
in
Exchange
of
Fish
and
other
Commodities
are
so
huge
,
as
would
require
a
large
Discourse
apart
.
And
all
the
amends
they
make
us
,
is
,
they
beat
us
out
of
Trade
in
all
Parts
,
with
our
own
Commodities
.
III
.
It
is
also
thought
meet
here
to
Publish
an
Extract
out
of
a
Book
Printed
in
Holland
,
Anno
1669.
Put
out
by
the
late
Pensionary
John
De
Witt
,
entituled
,
A
Representation
of
the
wholsome
Political
Grounds
and
Maxims
of
the
Republick
of
Holland
,
and
West
Friesland
.
Wherein
|
He
makes
an
estimate
of
the
Number
of
Souls
Subjects
of
the
States
General
,
and
concludes
they
are
in
Number
.
|
2,400,000
.
|
And
says
,
these
Persons
maintain
themselves
as
followeth
.
Viz
.
|
By
Fishing
at
Sea
,
and
to
set
them
out
as
Fishers
with
Ships
,
Rigging
,
Casks
,
Salt
and
other
Materials
or
Instruments
,
and
the
Traffick
that
depends
thereon
.
|
450,000
.
|
|
By
Land
Husbandry
,
In-land
Fishing
,
Mowers
of
Downs
,
and
Turff-makers
,
with
those
that
are
to
furnish
those
Trades
,
with
all
sorts
of
Materials
,
as
they
are
Husbandmen
.
|
200,000
.
|
|
By
making
all
manner
of
Manufactories
,
Ships
,
Mechanick
,
or
Handycraft-works
,
which
are
consumed
in
Foreign
Parts
;
as
also
,
Traders
relaing
to
the
said
Manufactures
.
|
650,000
.
|
|
By
Navigation
,
or
Sailing
for
Freight
and
Trade
only
,
whereby
I
mean
Freight
or
Carriage
into
Foreign
Parts
,
to
Sell
and
to
Buy
:
As
also
,
to
carry
from
and
to
Holland
,
all
such
Wares
and
Merchandizes
,
which
pertain
not
to
Fishing
and
Manufactures
,
nor
depend
thereon
:
And
Lastly
,
I
include
herein
all
Inhabitants
that
are
serviceable
to
such
Traders
and
Owners
of
Ships
let
out
to
Freight
,
amounting
in
all
to
|
250,000
.
|
|
By
all
these
Inhabitants
,
as
they
are
Men
,
Women
,
and
Children
,
to
provide
with
and
work
about
all
that
is
spent
in
this
Land
:
as
Meat
,
Drink
,
Cloathing
,
Housing
;
Arts
necessary
for
Ease
,
Pleasure
,
or
Ornament
;
Houshold
Goods
to
sell
or
make
.
|
650,000
.
|
|
By
the
Labour
and
Care
of
all
the
above-mentioned
Persons
,
Idle
Gentry
without
Callings
,
Rulers
and
Officers
in
Politie
,
Usurers
,
Soldiers
,
Hospital-men
,
Beggars
,
&c.
|
200,000
.
|
|
In
all
|
2,400,000
.
|
CHAP.
VI
.
That
Holland
lies
very
Commodiously
to
fetch
its
Provisions
out
of
the
Sea
,
and
to
Provide
for
its
Maintenance
by
other
Arts
and
Expedients
;
and
how
great
a
means
of
Subsistance
the
Fishery
may
tend
to
us
.
TO
procure
its
Food
out
of
the
Sea
,
which
is
common
to
all
Men
,
Holland
is
very
well
situate
;
not
only
on
a
Sea
abounding
with
great
store
of
Fish
near
the
Dogger-Sand
,
where
Haddock
,
Cod
,
and
Ling
,
may
in
great
abundance
be
taken
and
salted
:
But
also
,
near
the
Herring
Fishery
,
which
is
no
where
else
but
on
the
Coast
of
Great
Britain
,
viz.
from
St.
Johns
to
St.
James's
,
about
Hitland
,
Phagril
and
Bohennes
in
the
deep
Waters
,
Eastward
of
Yarmouth
.
And
this
Herring
Fishing
,
now
of
Two
hundred
years
standing
,
since
William
Benkelson
learned
first
to
Gill
,
Salt
,
and
Pack
them
up
in
Casks
,
with
the
Cod
Fishery
,
is
become
so
effectual
a
means
of
Subsistance
for
these
Lands
,
(
especially
since
so
many
Neighbouring
People
,
by
reason
of
their
Religion
,
are
obliged
upon
certain
Days
and
Weeks
of
the
Year
,
wholly
to
refrain
eating
of
Flesh
)
That
the
Hollanders
do
only
Fish
in
a
time
of
Peace
with
more
than
One
thousand
Busses
,
from
Four
and
twenty
to
Thirty
Lasts
burthen
each
:
and
with
One
hundred
and
seaventy
small
Vessels
Fish
for
Herrings
,
within
the
entrance
of
Texell
.
So
that
those
Thousand
Ships
being
set
to
Sea
for
a
Year
,
wherein
they
make
Three
Voyages
,
do
cost
above
Ten
millions
of
Gilders
,
accounting
only
the
Buss
with
its
Tackle
at
Four
thousand
five
hundred
and
fifty
Gilders
;
and
the
setting
forth
to
Sea
,
Five
thousand
five
hundred
Gilders
;
there
remaining
nothing
of
all
its
Preparation
the
Second
Year
,
but
the
bare
Vessel
;
and
that
much
worne
and
torne
,
and
needing
great
Preparation
.
If
these
Thousand
Busses
do
take
yearly
at
least
Forty
thousand
Lasts
of
Herrings
,
counting
them
worth
Two
hundred
Gilders
the
Last
,
they
will
produce
to
Holland
more
than
Eight
millions
of
Gilders
.
And
seeing
People
have
begun
of
late
to
make
use
of
Whale-Oyl
and
Whale-Finns
,
and
that
they
are
taken
to
the
Northward
,
not
far
from
us
,
so
that
we
by
Southerly
Winds
can
Sail
thither
in
Six
or
Eight
days
,
the
Trade
of
Fisheries
and
Salt
may
easily
be
settled
and
fixed
to
us
;
or
,
as
it
were
intailed
to
our
Countrey
,
For
to
fix
these
Fisheries
and
many
Manufactures
,
and
consequently
the
Trade
and
Returns
of
them
,
depending
upon
the
Navigation
and
Freighting
of
Ships
;
we
must
well
consider
,
that
the
greatest
difficulty
to
inable
so
innumerable
a
number
of
People
to
subsist
of
its
own
bottom
,
is
the
powerfullest
means
to
draw
all
Foreign
Wares
into
Holland
:
Not
only
to
store
them
up
there
,
and
afterwards
to
send
them
up
the
Countries
through
the
Mase
,
Waal
,
Yssel
and
the
Rhyne
,
(
making
together
one
River
)
to
numerous
Towns
and
People
lying
on
the
side
of
them
,
(
the
most
considerable
in
the
World
,
for
the
Consumption
of
Goods
)
but
also
,
to
consume
the
said
Imported
Goods
,
or
to
have
them
wrought
up
at
home
.
It
being
well
known
,
that
no
Countrey
in
the
World
,
of
so
small
a
Compass
,
has
so
many
People
and
Master-workmen
as
we
have
.
And
besides
this
,
Hereunto
may
be
added
,
That
no
Countrey
in
the
World
,
is
so
wonderfully
trench'd
or
cut
through
for
Navigable
Rivers
,
whereby
all
Merchandize
may
be
carried
to
and
fro
,
with
so
little
charge
.
Emanuel
Van
Materan
,
in
his
History
says
,
That
in
Three
days
time
,
Anno
1601.
There
Sailed
out
of
Holland
to
the
Eastward
,
Eight
or
Nine
hundred
Ships
,
and
Fifteen
hundred
Busses
,
on
Herring
Fishing
.
And
,
that
Fishing
is
such
,
if
that
may
be
credited
which
the
English
Authors
have
written
,
[
viz.
Gerard
Malines
in
his
Lex
Mercatoria
,
and
Sir
Walter
Rawleigh
,
and
which
Lieven
Van
Aitzma
,
Anno
1653.
p.
863.
seems
,
in
some
measure
to
confirm
]
viz.
That
there
are
yearly
taken
and
spent
by
the
Hollanders
,
above
Three
hundred
thousand
Lasts
of
Herrings
,
and
other
salted
Fish
:
And
,
That
the
Whale
Fishing
takes
up
above
Twelve
thousand
Men
,
which
Sail
out
of
these
Countries
.
For
since
the
Greenland
Company
is
Dissolved
,
and
the
Whale
Fishing
set
open
for
all
Men
,
that
Fishing
is
increased
from
One
to
Ten
;
So
that
we
compute
,
that
all
these
Fishing
Vessels
are
Built
here
;
the
Ropes
,
Sails
,
Nets
,
and
Casks
made
here
and
provided
with
Salt
:
One
may
easily
imagine
,
that
there
must
be
an
incredible
number
of
People
that
maintain
themselves
thereby
;
especially
when
we
add
thereunto
,
that
all
the
People
have
need
of
Meat
,
Drink
,
Cloathing
and
Housing
;
as
also
,
that
the
Fish
when
caught
,
is
Transported
by
the
Hollanders
,
by
Shipping
,
throughout
the
whole
World
.
And
indeed
,
if
it
be
true
,
that
Sir
Walter
Raleigh
affirms
,
(
who
made
diligent
scrutiny
thereinto
,
in
the
year
1618.
whereby
to
inform
King
James
)
That
the
Hollanders
Fished
on
the
Coast
of
Great
Britain
,
with
no
less
than
Three
Thousand
Ships
,
and
Fifty
Thousand
Men
:
And
that
they
employed
and
set
out
to
Sea
,
both
to
Transport
and
Sell
the
Fish
so
taken
,
and
to
make
returns
thereof
,
Nine
thousand
Ships
more
,
and
One
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
Men
besides
.
And
if
we
hereunto
add
what
he
farther
says
,
viz.
That
Twenty
Busses
do
maintain
Eight
thousand
People
:
And
that
the
Hollanders
had
in
all
,
no
less
than
Twenty
thousand
Ships
at
Sea
.
As
also
,
That
the
Fisheries
Navigation
and
Traffick
by
Sea
,
with
its
Dependencies
since
that
time
,
to
the
year
1667.
is
increased
one
third
more
:
I
say
,
if
it
be
so
,
we
may
then
easily
conclude
,
That
the
Sea
is
a
special
means
of
the
Hollanders
Subsistance
;
seeing
Holland
,
by
this
only
way
,
affords
by
its
own
Industry
,
above
Three
hundred
thousand
Lasts
of
Salted
Fish
taken
on
board
Ships
.
So
that
If
we
add
hereunto
the
Whale
,
Oyl
and
Fins
,
and
our
Holland
Manufactures
;
with
that
which
all
our
Rivers
within
our
Dominions
afford
us
,
it
must
be
confessed
,
That
no
Countrey
in
the
World
can
make
so
many
Ships
lading
of
Merchandize
out
of
its
self
,
as
Holland
alone
.
To
which
the
Collector
thinks
he
has
the
freedom
to
add
,
viz.
That
the
Foundation
of
all
this
is
,
the
Fish
taken
out
of
the
British
Seas
,
belonging
to
England
,
&c.
IV
.
Take
a
Copy
of
some
farther
Considerations
,
in
all
humbleness
propounded
to
his
late
Majesty
King
Charles
II
.
by
Dr.
Benjamin
Worsley
,
sometime
Secretary
to
the
Right
Honourable
the
Lords
of
his
said
Majesties
Council
for
Plantations
and
Trade
,
&c.
which
said
Copy
hath
come
to
the
hands
of
the
Publisher
,
who
well
knew
him
to
be
a
Person
of
great
ingenuity
and
truth
;
and
had
spent
some
years
and
Hundreds
of
Pounds
,
in
making
himself
master
of
this
Craft
,
by
his
Travels
into
Holland
,
&c.
worthy
the
Acceptance
of
all
Persons
,
who
incline
to
be
concerned
in
the
Fishery
Affairs
.
He
Asserts
,
1.
That
the
least
valuation
that
hath
been
hitherto
generally
put
upon
the
Herring
Fishing
,
is
,
Three
millions
of
Pounds
Sterling
,
per
year
.
2.
That
the
reasonableness
of
this
valuation
may
appear
,
by
the
number
of
Busses
usually
imployed
in
the
said
Fishing
,
which
are
said
to
be
at
least
Sixteen
hundred
;
By
the
quantity
of
Fish
usually
caught
in
each
of
the
said
Busses
;
By
the
Registries
kept
of
Import
and
Export
of
the
said
Fish
in
several
Custom-houses
of
Holland
and
Friezland
;
And
by
the
known
Price
that
the
said
Fish
usually
bears
in
all
Markets
.
3.
That
,
according
to
this
valuation
,
the
Fishing
alone
doth
amount
to
more
than
Either
the
whole
Manufacture
and
Commodities
of
England
apart
;
Or
the
whole
Manufacture
of
France
apart
;
and
consequently
to
more
than
the
whole
Plate
and
Annual
Production
of
Spain
,
considered
apart
.
4.
That
the
Fishing
therefore
being
added
to
all
the
rest
of
the
Manufactures
of
Holland
,
(
both
Woollen
and
Linnen
)
and
to
the
greatness
of
its
East
India
Trade
,
doth
unavoidably
cast
a
Super-ballance
upon
Holland
,
more
than
upon
any
State
of
Europe
besides
:
even
near
to
the
double
,
and
by
this
means
a
Super-ballance
also
of
Stock
and
Strength
at
Sea
proportionably
.
5.
That
on
the
other
hand
,
If
the
scale
of
the
said
Fishing
may
by
any
means
possibly
be
removed
from
Holland
,
and
Transferr'd
into
any
other
Nation
;
the
Fishing
so
Transferr'd
shall
and
must
cast
near
as
great
an
over-ballance
of
Trade
upon
that
Nation
,
wherein
it
is
,
and
as
great
an
advantage
of
Stock
,
Commerce
and
Strength
at
Sea
,
as
Holland
it self
now
hath
.
6.
That
the
Fishing
(
then
)
is
the
very
Goal
or
Prize
of
Trade
,
and
the
very
Goal
or
Prize
of
the
Dominion
of
the
Sea
;
and
that
thing
Singly
,
which
whosoever
gains
,
makes
himself
Master
of
both
these
:
And
that
very
thing
,
which
,
whosoever
misseth
,
doth
miss
of
both
these
.
7.
That
,
If
we
shall
therefore
wholly
relinquish
the
said
Fishing
to
the
Hollander
,
with
all
the
Gain
and
Advantage
of
it
,
we
shall
and
must
relinquish
(
of
course
)
to
him
,
both
the
Superiority
of
Trade
,
and
the
Superiority
of
the
Power
at
Sea
.
Yea
,
we
shall
and
must
also
deprive
our selves
of
all
Capacity
for
ever
,
to
hinder
him
in
either
of
these
Two
:
both
because
of
the
extreme
loss
we
have
had
of
our
Seamen
of
late
;
and
because
we
have
neither
any
Moral
,
or
Rational
way
,
or
Possibility
left
us
,
of
recovering
the
said
Loss
again
,
unless
by
setting
upon
the
said
Fishery
.
8.
That
the
Herring
Fishing
,
though
proper
only
to
His
Majesty's
Dominions
,
and
though
frequently
attempted
by
us
,
hath
nevertheless
,
hitherto
,
always
miscarried
with
us
,
even
from
the
very
end
that
hath
been
propounded
to
our selves
in
it
:
Which
is
,
the
Example
of
the
Hollanders
,
and
the
Gain
he
makes
of
it
;
and
the
necessity
we
suppose
there
is
of
following
the
same
Method
which
we
observe
him
to
take
in
it
;
which
is
,
to
catch
and
save
the
said
Fish
in
Herring-Busses
.
9.
That
this
our
Miscarriage
constantly
in
it
,
hath
produced
,
not
only
a
General
Indisposition
,
but
a
General
Despondency
upon
the
Nation
,
any
more
to
undertake
it
,
or
adventure
upon
it
;
as
having
entertained
a
certain
secret
Perswasion
at
length
,
through
our
unsuccessfulness
in
it
,
That
our
Nation
hath
not
a
Genius
for
it
;
and
that
there
is
a
Mystery
in
it
,
which
though
the
Dutch
do
well
understand
,
yet
we
cannot
reach
it
.
10.
Whereas
indeed
the
proper
causes
of
all
our
Miscarriages
,
hath
(
as
I
humbly
conceive
)
been
rather
produced
from
the
Deficiencies
following
.
-
1.
Because
we
have
not
throughly
considered
,
That
the
Dutch
have
many
more
Conveniencies
for
prosecuting
the
said
Fishing
than
we
can
possibly
have
,
if
we
will
make
London
to
be
the
Principal
Scale
,
Seat
,
or
Staple
for
the
said
Fishing
Trade
(
as
hitherto
we
have
done
)
and
shall
Resolve
to
bring
all
the
Fish
that
is
caught
,
here
,
into
the
Thames
,
to
be
Ship'd
off
hence
;
even
as
the
Dutch
do
usually
bring
theirs
into
Holland
,
before
it
can
be
any
where
Transported
.
And
therefore
,
-
2.
Have
not
well
weighed
the
great
disadvantage
of
this
very
Foundation
it self
;
in
regard
,
it
is
not
a
matter
of
Election
that
the
Dutch
do
bring
in
all
their
Herring
first
into
Holland
,
before
it
be
Ship'd
,
but
is
a
matter
of
absolute
Necessity
that
lyeth
unavoidably
on
them
,
rather
than
of
Choice
.
-
3.
For
as
much
as
the
Hollanders
have
now
for
near
a
whole
Age
been
Masters
of
the
said
Fishing
,
and
of
the
present
Method
of
it
,
in
managing
it
by
Busses
:
And
for
as
much
as
they
have
been
now
for
so
long
a
time
possest
of
such
a
vast
Stock
,
both
of
Busses
,
Boats
,
Nets
,
and
all
manner
of
Provisions
and
Conveniencies
for
it
,
which
no
other
Nation
besides
hath
;
and
which
none
can
in
any
reasonable
time
,
nor
without
the
Expence
of
at
least
a
Million
of
Pounds
Sterling
ever
be
able
to
compass
.
They
must
,
for
these
Reasons
,
of
necessity
be
in
a
capacity
of
Husbanding
the
said
Fishery
in
the
present
Order
of
it
,
to
a
far
greater
degree
of
Advantage
,
than
it
is
possible
for
any
Nation
to
do
besides
,
who
shall
endeavour
only
to
follow
them
,
and
imitate
them
in
their
way
,
and
in
the
present
manner
of
their
Ordering
of
it
.
-
4.
It
seems
not
to
have
been
duly
considered
,
That
the
Fishing
hath
not
only
of
late
,
but
for
many
Years
been
made
the
very
Interest
of
the
Netherland
State
;
and
been
look'd
upon
by
them
as
such
an
Interest
,
without
which
it
is
every
way
impossible
that
they
should
be
able
to
uphold
the
greatness
of
their
Stock
,
Power
,
or
Trade
.
And
-
5.
Such
an
Interest
therefore
,
that
,
as
they
will
never
suffer
themselves
to
be
beaten
or
treated
out
of
it
,
either
by
Prudence
or
Force
,
so
,
never
suffer
any
to
share
with
them
in
it
,
if
they
can
any
way
possibly
hinder
or
avoid
it
.
And
consequently
,
-
6.
That
in
as
much
as
this
is
such
an
Interest
as
upon
which
they
themselves
know
,
that
the
whole
of
their
Stock
,
Power
,
Strength
,
and
Commerce
by
Sea
,
doth
not
only
in
part
,
but
altogether
depend
;
They
must
bend
the
chief
of
their
Policy
,
Counsel
,
and
Force
,
not
only
to
discourage
any
that
shall
Attempt
it
,
but
utterly
to
beat
out
any
that
shall
Undertake
it
;
even
though
it
should
be
with
never
so
much
loss
to
themselves
for
a
season
.
11.
That
,
as
it
is
for
these
Causes
,
and
upon
these
Grounds
therefore
,
that
we
have
hitherto
lost
all
the
Stock
that
we
have
ever
employed
about
the
said
Fishing
:
So
,
while
the
said
Causes
and
Grounds
do
remain
,
it
seems
altogether
impossible
that
we
should
avoid
the
losing
of
whatever
Stock
we
shall
hereafter
Adventure
in
it
,
or
Employ
about
it
.
Seeing
,
if
we
shall
proceed
in
no
other
Method
than
that
we
have
hitherto
accustomed
our selves
to
,
it
will
always
be
in
the
Power
of
the
Hollander
to
under-sell
us
:
And
he
will
be
sure
purposely
to
Anticipate
,
clog
,
and
prevent
the
Market
of
us
,
where
we
shall
Trade
for
the
said
Fish
.
Provided
,
we
continue
only
in
his
course
,
and
set
not
upon
the
said
Fishing
in
any
other
better
or
more
advantageous
Order
than
that
which
he
is
himself
so
very
well
seen
,
vers'd
,
and
experienced
in
.
12.
That
by
reason
of
the
many
Advantages
which
it
is
known
that
the
Hollander
hath
of
us
in
this
Business
:
And
by
reason
of
the
Experience
which
we
have
so
often
had
of
our
own
loss
and
miscarriage
in
the
said
Fishing
,
we
come
likewise
to
lye
under
this
further
Disadvantage
at
present
,
viz.
That
there
can
be
no
ground
rationally
to
expect
that
any
Sock
should
for
the
future
ever
again
be
raised
to
set
on
foot
the
said
Fishing
,
out
of
the
voluntary
Contribution
of
Ordinary
and
Private
Persons
.
13.
That
these
things
being
thus
truly
stated
,
these
Deductions
following
seem
necessarily
consequent
.
-
1.
That
it
is
altogether
in
vain
ever
to
expect
any
Advantage
from
the
said
Fishing
,
unless
some
course
can
rationally
be
propounded
,
whereby
we
may
set
upon
the
said
Fishing
,
without
that
Extraordinary
Preparation
and
Charge
which
the
Hollanders
are
necessarily
put
unto
at
present
in
it
.
Nor
,
without
we
can
be
able
to
make
the
said
Fish
cheaper
than
the
Hollander
now
does
in
the
way
wherein
he
is
.
Nor
,
unless
we
can
be
able
to
under-sell
him
something
in
it
,
without
any
considerable
Loss
to
our selves
.
Nor
,
without
we
can
also
hope
(
upon
such
Grounds
and
Inductions
as
are
reasonable
)
that
we
shall
be
able
to
go
to
Market
with
the
said
Fish
before
him
.
-
2.
That
the
setting
also
upon
the
said
Fishery
seems
wholly
unpractical
,
if
not
impossible
,
unless
such
a
Stock
may
be
raised
and
found
out
for
it
,
that
shall
not
be
dependant
upon
the
Subscriptions
or
Pleasures
of
any
Private
Persons
:
And
that
shall
nevertheless
be
,
not
only
sufficient
to
begin
it
,
but
sufficient
also
by
being
applyed
constantly
to
it
by
degrees
to
promote
it
:
And
may
be
sufficient
also
,
in
time
,
with
the
Blessing
of
God
upon
it
,
Both
to
Defend
it
,
and
Protect
it
;
and
therefore
to
bear
the
Hazard
of
such
extraordinary
Casualties
in
it
,
which
is
not
to
be
expected
can
,
or
ever
will
be
born
by
the
Fortune
of
Private
Persons
.
-
3.
That
the
said
Fishing
,
being
so
great
an
Interest
of
State
,
as
it
is
in
Holland
,
it
can
never
increase
therefore
with
any
Success
in
these
Kingdoms
,
but
it
must
expect
to
meet
with
many
Indignities
,
Discouragements
,
and
Affronts
to
be
put
upon
it
,
from
our
Neighbours
,
in
order
to
hinder
it
:
And
therefore
it
can
never
be
so
far
pursued
in
England
,
as
to
arive
to
any
visible
Head
,
and
much
less
to
attain
to
any
manner
of
Growth
or
Completion
,
without
the
Express
Authority
of
the
Government
to
Countenance
it
,
and
without
the
thorough
Resolution
of
His
Majesty
to
Defend
it
,
and
Protect
it
,
in
the
Just
and
Merchantable
Methods
of
it
.
14.
Which
Foundations
,
as
those
which
are
the
Main
and
Principal
ones
,
being
now
Premised
,
for
the
full
,
clear
,
and
entire
setling
of
the
whole
Affair
of
the
Fishery
,
These
Particulars
following
,
are
therefore
in
all
Humbleness
,
supposed
to
be
requisite
.
-
1.
The
Signal
and
Express
Countenance
of
His
Majesty
in
it
,
with
the
Publick
Authority
of
Parliament
.
-
2.
A
Correspondency
through
His
Majesty's
Special
Favour
,
Assistance
,
and
Grace
,
with
the
Government
and
Subjects
of
His
Majesty's
Kingdoms
of
Scotland
and
Ireland
.
-
3.
An
exact
Method
for
pursuing
of
the
said
Fishery
in
such
manner
as
may
not
only
be
easie
,
seizable
,
and
practical
,
but
as
secure
,
and
free
from
all
Hazards
,
as
we
can
Rationally
or
Morally
propound
things
to
be
.
-
4.
Such
a
different
manner
and
order
of
Catching
,
Curing
,
and
Saving
the
said
Fish
,
as
shall
be
every
way
more
cheap
,
than
that
which
the
Hollander
is
in
the
present
Practice
of
,
and
such
as
may
be
soon
expedited
and
dispatched
also
,
as
that
the
Foreign
Markets
of
the
Hollander
shall
be
generally
always
anticipated
by
our
Shipping
.
-
5.
Such
a
Body
of
Instructions
therefore
as
shall
be
sufficient
to
give
light
into
each
Particular
that
may
rationally
be
supposed
to
be
of
moment
with
reference
to
the
whole
Affair
of
the
said
Fishing
.
-
6.
A
select
Choice
of
such
Persons
,
as
a
Council
or
Directors
of
the
said
Fishing
(
not
exceeding
seven
)
as
may
not
only
be
of
Integrity
,
but
of
sufficient
Ability
to
manage
all
things
tending
to
the
Promoting
of
the
said
Fishery
,
pursuant
to
the
said
Method
and
Instructions
that
shall
be
propounded
:
And
consequently
such
Persons
as
are
skilled
in
the
Practical
part
of
the
Trade
of
the
said
Fishing
.
-
7.
That
the
said
Council
or
Directors
have
the
same
Powers
and
Authorities
given
them
,
as
have
been
usually
heretofore
granted
to
such
Councils
,
as
have
been
appointed
for
the
Royal
Fishing
,
together
with
such
other
Powers
as
to
the
Wisdom
of
His
Majesty
shall
be
thought
fit
:
And
that
the
said
Powers
and
Authorities
be
confirmed
by
Act
of
Parliament
.
And
-
8.
That
Grand
Commissioners
be
also
appointed
,
for
the
chief
Over-sight
of
the
said
Fishing
,
consisting
of
the
Principal
Officers
of
State
,
and
of
so
many
others
,
as
to
the
Wisdom
of
His
Majesty
,
and
of
the
Parliament
shall
be
thought
fit
.
-
9.
That
the
said
Grand
Commissioners
have
full
Power
to
call
the
said
Council
or
Directors
of
the
said
Fishery
to
an
Account
,
once
every
half
Year
;
and
to
see
by
the
Entries
of
their
Journal
,
Letters
,
Orders
,
and
Instructions
,
what
Progress
they
do
from
time
to
time
make
in
the
said
Business
.
To
the
end
that
His
Majesty
may
have
a
perfect
Account
of
it
,
and
their
Faithfulness
or
Negligence
in
it
:
And
of
whatever
Accident
may
at
any
time
happen
to
Impede
it
,
Protract
it
,
or
Discourage
it
.
-
10.
That
to
this
end
Duplicates
of
the
said
Council's
Journal
,
Books
of
Letters
and
Instructions
,
be
constantly
Transcribed
,
not
only
for
the
use
of
the
said
Grand
Commissioners
,
but
that
they
may
be
the
better
preserved
,
and
remain
upon
Record
.
-
11.
That
the
said
Grand
Commissioners
may
have
Power
,
with
the
Leave
of
His
Majesty
,
to
propound
some
Praemium
as
an
Extraordinary
Reward
from
His
Majesty
,
to
encourage
the
Diligence
of
the
said
Directors
:
Which
Praemium
therefore
is
to
be
only
out
of
the
clear
Gain
that
shall
be
made
of
the
said
Trade
,
through
the
Prudent
and
Faithful
Management
and
Conduct
of
the
said
Directors
:
And
shall
be
therefore
such
a
part
of
the
said
clear
Gain
only
,
as
to
His
Majesty's
Wisdom
shall
be
thought
fit
.
-
12.
That
the
said
Grand
Commissioners
have
further
Power
,
with
the
consent
of
His
Majesty
,
to
give
Directions
in
all
such
cases
of
Difficulty
,
as
shall
at
any
time
arise
about
the
said
Fishery
.
As
also
to
Hear
and
Determine
all
such
other
Debates
relating
to
the
said
Affair
,
as
the
said
Directors
may
be
doubtful
in
,
or
may
not
be
able
to
agree
amongst
themselves
fully
about
.
-
13.
That
if
upon
the
good
Success
and
Blessing
of
God
upon
the
said
Fishery
,
any
of
the
Nobility
,
Gentry
,
or
other
Private
Persons
,
shall
desire
to
Incorporate
themselves
,
for
the
further
Assistance
and
carrying
on
of
the
said
Design
,
and
for
the
making
the
Trade
of
the
said
Fishing
the
more
compleatly
a
Publick
and
National
Concern
:
Or
if
the
said
Directors
shall
find
it
for
the
Service
of
His
Majesty
,
and
of
absolute
Necessity
for
the
promoting
of
the
said
Fishing
,
to
take
into
Association
any
of
His
Majesty's
Subjects
of
Scotland
,
or
of
Ireland
,
with
reference
to
the
Fishing
of
either
of
the
said
Kingdoms
.
In
either
of
these
cases
,
such
a
Method
is
to
be
set
down
by
the
said
Directors
for
the
manner
of
it
,
as
is
to
be
wholly
approved
by
His
Majesty
,
and
the
said
Grand
Commissioners
.
-
14.
That
such
a
Fund
or
Stock
,
that
may
be
both
Annual
and
certain
,
be
by
the
special
Grace
and
Favour
of
His
Majesty
Granted
and
Assigned
,
for
the
Undertaking
and
carrying
on
the
said
Fishing
;
and
not
only
for
the
Increase
,
but
for
the
better
Protection
and
Defence
of
it
,
and
for
the
defraying
the
Sallaries
and
Contingences
of
such
as
shall
be
appointed
the
immediate
Directors
of
it
.
-
15.
That
for
the
better
preventing
either
any
Impediment
or
Interruption
that
may
be
endeavoured
to
be
given
by
any
,
at
any
time
hereafter
in
or
about
the
said
Fishing
,
It
is
further
Humbly
Propounded
,
That
the
Application
of
the
said
Fund
or
Stock
entirely
for
the
carrying
on
of
the
said
Fishing
,
and
for
the
Ends
now
mentioned
,
may
be
setled
by
Act
of
Parliament
:
Together
with
so
many
of
these
Proposals
,
or
of
such
others
as
shall
be
thought
fit
to
be
allowed
or
approved
by
His
Majesty
.
-
16.
For
the
greater
Encouragement
of
the
said
Fishing
,
and
as
a
particular
mark
of
the
Parliament's
Approbation
of
it
,
and
of
their
desire
to
promote
it
:
It
is
further
Humbly
Propounded
,
That
all
such
Persons
as
shall
Subscribe
a
Stock
towards
the
Advancement
of
the
said
Fishing
,
and
all
such
others
as
shall
be
any
ways
employed
for
or
in
the
managing
of
it
,
or
for
pursuing
such
Instructions
and
Directions
about
it
,
as
shall
any
way
be
derived
from
His
Majesty's
Authority
in
it
,
shall
be
expresly
declared
to
be
taken
into
Protection
by
the
Government
,
whether
they
be
Natives
of
His
Majesty's
Dominions
,
or
whether
they
be
Foreigners
:
Together
with
all
such
Ships
,
Busses
,
Boats
,
and
all
other
Vessels
or
Craft
whatsoever
that
shall
be
employed
by
any
of
the
Persons
so
associated
in
the
said
Fishing
;
or
by
any
deriving
Authority
from
His
Majesty
in
it
.
And
likewise
that
all
Ships
and
Vessels
which
shall
be
built
or
bought
by
the
Stock
appointed
for
the
said
Fishing
,
or
by
any
that
shall
further
Subscribe
to
it
,
or
be
Associated
with
it
,
shall
be
exempted
from
Paying
Duty
,
Custom
or
Impost
,
for
the
Fish
which
they
shall
Export
.
Or
for
whatsoever
Salt
,
Barrel-Staves
,
Net-Yarn
,
Flax
or
Hemp
,
for
making
the
said
Net-Yarn
,
which
they
shall
Import
for
the
said
Fishing
,
during
such
time
as
to
the
wisdom
of
his
Majesty
and
the
Parliament
shall
be
thought
fit
.
-
17.
That
for
the
greater
Encouragement
of
Merchants
and
others
of
Wisdom
,
Knowledge
,
and
Experience
,
to
Subscribe
towards
the
carrying
on
the
said
Fishery
:
And
for
the
better
making
the
said
Undertaking
,
The
General
Concern
of
this
Nation
,
it
is
further
humbly
Propounded
,
That
all
such
Losses
as
shall
proceed
from
the
meer
Casualty
of
the
Seas
by
Storms
or
Shipwracks
:
And
all
such
Losses
as
shall
happen
through
any
Injury
or
Violence
that
shall
be
offered
us
by
any
of
the
Subjects
of
the
Neighbouring
Princes
or
States
about
us
,
shall
be
so
far
born
and
eased
,
out
of
the
said
Publick
Stock
(
which
shall
be
designed
towards
it
)
as
to
the
Wisdom
of
his
Majesty
and
of
the
Parliament
shall
be
thought
fit
.
-
18.
That
for
the
farther
Encouragement
of
all
sorts
of
Persons
,
to
Subscribe
to
the
said
Fishing
;
and
for
Encouraging
all
Persons
of
Quality
the
more
,
to
make
the
said
Undertaking
The
General
Concern
of
this
Nation
,
it
is
likewise
humbly
Propounded
,
That
as
ample
Privileges
may
be
given
by
his
Majesty
and
the
Parliament
,
to
all
such
Persons
as
shall
be
Incorporated
in
the
said
Fishing
Stock
,
as
have
been
of
late
Granted
by
the
Act
of
Parliament
in
Scotland
,
for
the
General
Undertaking
of
the
said
Fishing
in
that
Kingdom
.
15.
And
in
regard
,
not
only
the
valuableness
but
the
intire
practicableness
of
all
these
Proposals
,
doth
wholly
depend
upon
the
finding
out
such
a
Fund
or
Stock
as
is
herein
mentioned
.
And
upon
clearing
the
Fe●zability
of
carrying
on
the
said
Fishing
,
in
a
way
of
more
advantage
than
the
Hollander
is
in
at
present
;
and
forming
such
Instructions
as
are
propounded
:
Wherefore
,
in
order
to
the
compassing
both
the
said
Ends
,
as
such
a
Method
or
Practice
is
herewith
humbly
tendred
;
and
such
a
Body
of
Instructions
for
pursuing
the
said
Fishing
,
as
may
be
answerable
to
the
Ends
which
are
now
laid
down
,
and
to
the
Advantages
herein
mentioned
:
So
there
are
some
Gentlemen
,
who
,
out
of
their
affection
to
his
Majesties
Service
,
and
out
of
the
great
Sense
they
have
,
how
much
the
gaining
of
the
said
Fishing
doth
import
and
concern
this
Nation
,
have
digested
some
Proposals
to
tender
to
his
Majesty
,
about
the
Prae-emption
of
Salt
,
with
such
a
moderate
Duty
upon
it
,
as
may
be
neither
grievous
to
the
Nation
,
nor
burthensome
to
the
Manufacture
of
it
.
By
the
Benefit
of
which
Prae-emption
alone
,
nevertheless
it
is
hoped
,
That
about
Twenty
thousand
Pounds
Sterling
per
year
,
or
more
,
may
be
easily
Raised
,
as
a
Fund
or
Stock
,
that
may
not
only
give
a
Begining
to
the
said
Fishing
;
but
by
a
constant
application
to
it
,
may
by
degrees
increase
it
,
and
in
time
be
able
to
perfect
it
:
and
may
,
if
the
Blessing
of
God
give
a
Success
to
it
,
incourage
divers
others
of
the
Nation
to
contribute
both
their
Estates
and
Advice
for
the
farther
help
of
it
:
So
as
,
it
is
hoped
,
nothing
will
be
wanting
,
that
may
conduce
to
the
compleating
our
Desire
and
Design
,
of
undermining
the
Hollander
in
the
present
Possession
he
hath
of
the
said
Fishing
;
which
,
as
it
is
the
main
and
principal
scope
of
this
Paper
,
so
of
the
Discourse
hereunto
annexed
.
16.
That
both
the
said
Discourses
and
the
said
Proposals
about
the
Prae-emption
of
Salt
,
have
the
rather
been
tender'd
at
this
season
,
in
regard
of
the
present
Treaty
which
his
Majesty
is
in
with
Holland
:
And
that
,
considering
how
much
his
Majesty
and
his
Subjects
have
suffered
from
that
Nation
,
it
is
hoped
that
nothing
in
this
Conjuncture
of
Affairs
,
will
prove
more
grateful
to
the
Parliament
,
or
more
obliging
to
the
Nation
it self
;
and
therefore
,
that
nothing
may
be
more
for
his
Majesties
present
Service
.
17.
That
by
how
much
the
more
plainly
and
obviously
it
doth
appear
,
That
the
promoting
of
the
Fishery
is
for
the
necessary
Good
and
Interest
of
this
Nation
;
and
by
how
much
the
more
highly
grateful
and
obliging
it
must
needs
be
,
to
see
such
a
Foundation
laid
,
as
may
in
probability
every
way
tend
to
the
exceeding
Greatness
of
it
;
by
so
much
the
more
injurious
and
distastful
it
must
justly
render
the
Dutch
,
to
the
generality
of
this
Nation
,
if
they
shall
either
wrongfully
disturb
us
in
it
,
or
if
they
shall
endeavour
by
Violence
to
force
us
from
it
.
18.
This
Proposal
is
the
rather
Presented
at
this
Season
,
That
upon
this
occasion
,
the
Ancient
Rights
of
his
Majesty
,
and
the
known
Customs
of
this
Kingdom
,
may
be
farther
examined
and
enquired
into
;
viz.
For
the
granting
not
only
a
Guard
and
Protection
,
but
express
License
to
all
Fishers
whatsoever
,
Fishing
in
any
part
of
the
Seas
,
from
the
West
of
England
even
unto
Scotland
:
and
for
the
demanding
a
Duty
upon
all
Fish
so
caught
in
any
part
of
the
said
Seas
,
towards
defraying
the
charge
of
the
said
Guard
and
Protection
;
not
only
from
the
Subjects
belonging
unto
France
,
but
from
the
Subjects
belonging
to
the
Duke
of
Burgundy
,
and
the
Dukes
of
Britany
.
And
that
if
the
said
Custom
of
giving
License
and
Protection
to
all
Fishers
,
be
found
to
be
the
undoubted
Right
of
his
Majesty
,
and
of
this
Kingdom
,
the
said
Custom
may
receive
such
farther
Sanction
,
Assertion
,
and
Confirmation
from
his
Majesty
,
and
from
the
Parliament
,
as
to
the
Wisdom
of
his
Majesty
and
of
the
Parliament
,
shall
at
this
juncture
of
time
be
judged
most
convenient
.
19.
Lastly
,
This
Proposal
is
the
rather
tendred
,
because
,
notwithstanding
the
extraordinary
Gain
which
the
Hollander
doth
continually
reap
from
our
own
Seas
by
the
said
Fishing
;
and
notwithstanding
the
many
Laws
which
he
hath
made
for
the
Encouraging
,
Regulating
,
and
Promoting
his
own
Fishing
;
[
which
are
about
Thirty
]
And
,
notwithstanding
the
several
Affronts
that
have
been
offered
us
,
both
in
Scotland
,
and
in
our
own
Channel
by
their
Fishers
:
And
,
notwithstanding
that
both
his
Majesty's
Father
,
and
his
Majesty's
Grandfather
,
have
been
constrained
by
their
respective
Proclamations
,
to
vindicate
their
Rights
against
the
Insolencies
of
the
said
Dutch
,
both
to
the
said
Seas
,
and
to
the
said
Fishing
:
Yet
,
no
Parliament
of
England
hath
hitherto
,
either
made
any
Law
purposely
or
principally
for
increasing
the
said
Fishing
;
or
hath
ever
raised
or
appointed
any
Stock
towards
it
;
or
hath
erected
any
Council
about
it
;
or
hath
incouraged
the
Nation
it self
to
Undertake
it
;
or
hath
warranted
them
their
Protection
in
it
.
5.
In
the
next
place
shall
be
super-added
,
a
few
Pages
of
a
Treatise
witten
by
Mr
Andrew
Yarranton
,
(
entituled
,
The
Second
Part
of
Englands
Improvement
by
Sea
and
Land
)
who
,
upon
much
Travel
and
Observation
,
(
amongst
other
things
)
thought
fit
to
give
his
Furtherance
and
Advice
towards
the
Undertaking
and
Management
of
the
Fishery
.
Evincing
,
how
we
may
outdo
our
Neighbours
therein
;
[
which
may
serve
by
way
of
Answer
to
their
Objection
,
who
would
have
us
believe
,
that
we
cannot
do
it
to
the
like
Advantage
,
and
at
lower
Charge
,
&c.
]
which
is
Transcribed
in
his
own
words
,
as
followeth
,
viz.
So
Prodigiously
Rich
is
the
Fishing
Trade
,
and
so
plainly
the
Right
of
the
King
of
England
,
That
with
good
reason
is
our
negligence
taken
notice
of
,
by
all
Europe
;
and
our
Prudence
questioned
by
it
,
that
we
keep
so
little
a
share
of
it
to
our selves
as
we
do
;
and
let
our
Neighbours
grow
great
and
haughty
by
the
peaceable
and
full
enjoyment
of
that
considerable
Trade
.
't
was
a
most
unlucky
piece
of
Goodness
,
That
some
of
our
former
Princes
ever
suffered
a
Foreign
Buss
to
visit
the
English
Coasts
.
The
Tributes
and
Acknowledgments
were
paid
them
then
,
in
return
of
that
Favour
.
And
most
unlucky
still
it
was
,
that
the
sad
Calamitous
Times
,
in
the
Reign
of
King
Charles
I.
prevented
his
Resolution
,
of
Correcting
the
Dutch
,
and
keeping
the
Wealth
of
the
Seas
to
his
own
People
:
And
that
the
Civil
Wars
,
some
time
after
,
gave-occasion
to
the
Hollanders
to
fix
themselves
in
that
Trade
;
and
't
is
now
a
difficult
matter
(
by
force
)
to
dispossess
them
of
it
.
This
only
Trade
hath
been
the
occasion
of
their
present
Greatness
.
This
hath
given
them
their
mighty
numbers
of
Seamen
,
their
vast
Fleets
of
Ships
,
and
a
Foundation
of
all
their
other
Trades
.
But
they
could
not
so
easily
have
Ingrossed
the
Fishery
to
themselves
(
notwithstanding
those
opportunities
they
have
had
of
advancing
themselves
,
whilst
we
have
not
had
Leisure
to
look
abroad
)
if
at
other
times
we
had
used
a
due
Prudence
to
withdraw
it
from
them
.
We
have
endeavoured
with
Force
,
and
a
prodigious
expence
of
Treasure
and
Blood
,
to
bring
down
their
Hearts
,
and
level
their
Trades
:
And
had
they
dared
to
meet
us
in
open
Sea
,
no
doubt
we
had
done
their
Business
,
and
our
own
:
But
they
are
too
Wise
to
do
so
,
without
all
the
advantage
in
the
World
;
and
therefore
have
commonly
so
managed
themselves
,
by
standing
on
the
defensive
part
,
by
prolonging
a
War
;
by
retiring
within
their
Sands
,
and
natural
defences
of
their
Seas
,
that
we
have
been
hardly
able
at
any
time
,
to
do
any
thing
considerable
upon
them
;
never
to
vindicate
the
Fishery
to
our selves
;
nor
indeed
,
to
bring
them
to
their
acknowledgment
for
that
Privilege
.
We
have
endeavour'd
otherwise
also
to
raise
our
Fishery
and
depress
theirs
;
as
,
By
raising
Joint
Stocks
for
the
buying
Busses
and
Nets
,
and
all
other
Necessaries
for
so
great
an
Affair
;
and
by
making
Companies
,
and
gathering
large
Sums
of
Money
to
be
employed
in
the
same
manner
.
But
all
these
industrious
attempts
have
had
ill
Success
,
and
have
ended
in
nought
but
a
visible
loss
to
the
Undertakers
,
and
reproach
to
the
Nation
.
How
there
should
be
these
miscarriages
,
it
may
seem
wonderful
to
most
Men
;
when
the
Fish
are
on
our
own
Coasts
,
when
we
have
had
good
Harbours
,
and
the
whole
Nation
praying
for
the
Prosperity
of
the
Undertaking
:
And
if
you
read
all
the
Books
that
have
been
wrote
on
this
Subject
of
the
Fishery
,
you
shall
not
find
one
give
the
reason
of
our
Failures
.
You
shall
find
them
plentiful
in
setting
forth
the
great
Riches
attending
thereon
;
the
mighty
increase
of
Seamen
;
the
constant
imploy
of
the
Poor
,
and
the
inlargement
of
their
several
Trades
:
Not
one
word
of
the
grounds
of
our
ill
success
,
or
of
the
reasons
of
the
Prosperity
of
the
Dutch
;
or
of
the
remedies
to
be
made
use
of
by
us
,
to
recover
our
Loss
and
Credit
.
Alas
!
Without
these
last
enquiries
,
what
signify
the
first
?
but
to
raise
our
Grief
and
Torment
,
when
we
know
the
advantages
of
the
Fishery
,
but
cannot
attain
to
them
.
Methinks
,
If
they
had
not
been
very
Ingenious
and
Prudent
Men
,
which
had
passed
by
these
Enquiries
,
I
could
presently
be
satisfied
,
that
I
could
give
a
Resolution
to
them
;
Nor
do
I
despair
that
I
can
,
nevertheless
.
For
,
the
things
are
so
evident
to
my self
,
that
I
cannot
doubt
,
but
they
will
be
so
to
all
others
also
.
What
then
is
the
reason
,
Why
our
English
Fishery
is
Unprosperous
,
and
the
Dutch
Successful
?
't
is
in
short
,
That
we
Fish
intolerably
Dear
,
and
they
exceeding
Cheap
.
What
also
,
if
this
inconveniency
of
ours
might
be
removed
,
by
being
taught
to
Fish
cheaper
than
the
Dutch
possibly
can
?
For
it
is
not
to
be
doubted
,
but
as
cheapness
is
one
of
the
most
essential
parts
of
Trade
:
And
as
he
that
can
sell
a
Commodity
cheapest
,
shall
certainly
have
the
Trade
of
that
Commodity
;
so
,
because
the
Dutch
Fish
cheaper
than
we
now
,
and
therefore
can
sell
cheaper
;
they
therefore
consequently
,
have
the
Trade
of
the
Fishery
;
and
by
the
same
reason
,
when
we
are
able
to
Fish
cheaper
than
they
,
we
shall
carry
away
the
Fishing
Trade
from
them
also
.
For
,
The
Trade
must
necessarily
be
there
,
where
't
is
carried
on
cheapest
.
No
other
Reason
can
there
possibly
be
,
why
the
Dutch
should
get
the
Fishery
to
themselves
.
If
you
say
,
The
regularity
of
their
Trade
,
or
their
Industry
may
effect
this
,
and
deny
that
they
Fish
cheaper
;
you
may
easily
be
answered
,
as
to
the
two
first
parts
of
your
Assertion
;
for
they
are
both
resolved
into
cheapness
.
Industry
promotes
cheapness
,
and
so
does
Regularity
;
both
of
them
are
but
Promoters
of
that
which
I
have
told
you
is
the
supporter
of
the
Dutch
Trade
:
And
as
to
the
latter
part
of
the
Assertion
,
you
must
be
convinced
by
Fact
.
I
will
therefore
shew
you
,
First
,
How
the
Dutch
manage
their
Fishery
to
the
best
advantage
.
Secondly
,
In
what
chargeable
ways
the
English
proceed
in
the
Fishery
.
And
then
,
at
last
,
Thirdly
,
I
will
endeavour
to
shew
you
,
how
the
defects
of
our
English
Fishery
may
be
removed
,
and
it
be
made
cheaper
than
it
is
with
the
Dutch
.
As
to
the
Management
of
the
Fishery
to
the
best
Advantage
by
the
Hollanders
.
The
great
Trade
of
building
Busses
,
making
Nets
,
and
doing
all
other
things
which
are
convenient
for
the
Fishing
Trade
,
is
at
Enecusen
,
upon
the
South-Sea
,
and
at
several
places
adjoyning
:
So
that
,
all
the
conveniencies
for
that
Trade
lying
near
together
,
it
is
carried
on
with
the
greater
Expeditness
and
Cheapness
.
't
is
not
in
the
power
of
any
Man
to
run
the
prices
of
things
high
,
where
there
is
a
mighty
number
of
the
same
Profession
about
him
,
who
all
of
them
work
with
the
greatest
Diligence
that
can
be
,
that
they
may
not
be
undersold
by
another
.
In
other
places
(
where
Two
or
Three
only
of
the
same
Trade
reside
)
they
very
often
presume
upon
a
necessity
of
the
Neighbouring
Countries
dealing
with
them
;
and
therefore
live
profusely
,
and
demand
intolerable
prices
for
their
Commodities
;
which
(
according
to
their
way
of
living
)
they
cannot
afford
cheaper
.
Here
is
no
ground
for
such
an
Extravagancy
.
You
must
live
moderately
,
and
sell
cheap
,
or
you
cannot
drive
a
Trade
in
these
Parts
.
What
promotes
,
especially
the
Building
their
Busses
as
cheap
as
they
do
,
but
their
good
Husbandry
?
In
always
being
provided
with
Timber
,
fitted
to
all
Dimensions
?
So
that
,
they
can
no
sooner
resolve
on
Building
a
Buss
,
but
the
Timber
is
instantly
laid
out
for
its
Foundation
and
Bones
,
and
with
mighty
Expedition
the
Buss
is
raised
.
And
,
now
the
Buss
is
raised
,
what
can
they
do
less
than
take
care
to
preserve
it
from
all
Storms
and
Bruises
whilest
it
lies
at
home
in
Harbour
?
And
therefore
they
have
cut
Rivers
and
Channels
for
its
quiet
Repose
;
which
requires
not
the
Charge
either
of
Cable
or
Anchor
,
or
of
any
Person
to
look
to
it
,
when
not
employed
in
Fishing
.
These
are
great
Advantages
.
But
see
what
mighty
ones
follow
.
The
Busses
and
Nets
,
and
the
Tackling
belonging
thereunto
,
are
always
to
the
Owners
sufficient
Credit
to
take
up
Ready
Moneys
,
either
to
be
employed
in
the
Voyage
,
or
to
buy
Salt
or
Victuals
,
or
for
any
other
necessary
Occasions
:
And
the
Title
to
the
Buss
never
so
much
as
Questionable
,
she
being
always
under
a
Register
:
A
thing
of
no
small
Importance
to
all
Persons
therein
concerned
,
were
it
well
considered
.
For
,
thereby
all
Men
whatsoever
are
made
capable
with
swiftness
to
run
their
Money
into
the
Fishing
Trade
,
and
buying
a
part
of
,
or
the
whole
Buss
.
And
since
there
is
such
Security
,
what
,
should
the
Money
lye
rusting
in
the
Bags
?
No
,
it
is
not
so
;
it
tumbles
out
into
Trade
immediately
:
The
Owner
either
willingly
running
the
hazard
himself
,
or
Letting
it
at
Three
in
the
Hundred
,
Interest
;
nay
,
sometimes
for
Two
,
hath
the
Fisherman
enough
to
serve
his
Occasions
:
An
unspeakable
Benefit
is
this
to
him
,
and
a
Prodigious
Advancement
to
the
Trade
in
general
.
But
oh
!
This
Trade
is
so
sweet
(
see
the
Care
and
Diligence
of
the
States
about
it
)
no
less
than
Forty
Placaets
made
by
them
for
the
Curing
and
well
Ordering
of
the
Herrings
,
as
the
Season
of
the
Year
shall
require
.
What
quick
dispatches
have
the
Fishery
in
all
its
Affairs
,
when
ever
it
comes
before
the
Body
of
the
States
?
They
give
them
all
sufficient
Guards
,
whilest
they
are
Laboriously
drawing
up
into
their
Ships
the
Riches
of
the
Sea
;
and
permit
the
Fishers
to
end
all
their
Differences
by
Men
of
their
own
Trade
,
that
it
may
be
concluded
with
quickness
and
small
charge
.
So
great
are
all
these
Advantages
of
the
Fishery
,
that
one
would
think
,
that
one
need
not
have
another
;
and
yet
they
have
a
considerable
one
:
They
make
Salt
upon
Salt
with
Portugal
Salt
and
Sea-water
mixt
together
;
and
by
this
means
they
have
this
Commodity
cheap
,
which
is
used
so
considerably
in
the
Fishery
;
And
under
these
beneficial
Circumstances
is
the
Fishery
of
Holland
(
at
all
times
)
managed
.
I
do
not
here
intend
to
speak
of
their
Benefits
and
Returns
in
the
Fishing
Trade
,
by
the
vast
Exchange
and
Barter
which
they
make
with
their
Fish
for
other
Commodities
,
in
most
parts
of
the
World
.
't
is
enough
for
my
purpose
,
that
I
have
given
you
the
several
conveniencies
that
do
attend
them
,
until
their
Fish
(
caught
and
cured
)
be
brought
into
their
Harbours
.
But
now
,
Let
us
see
how
blessedly
the
English
Fishery
is
managed
.
We
are
likely
indeed
,
to
keep
pace
with
the
Dutch
in
that
Trade
,
when
it
is
carried
on
so
,
as
if
we
had
studied
to
make
it
as
chargeable
as
it
could
be
.
The
building
of
Busses
is
hardly
known
by
us
;
Or
,
where
it
is
known
,
it
is
a
mighty
charge
above
what
the
Dutch
Build
at
.
Such
bad
Husbands
are
we
in
providing
Stores
of
Timber
,
and
sorting
it
out
for
all
the
Dimensions
of
our
Buss
:
Besides
,
our
Timber
costs
us
more
,
(
though
we
have
it
off
our
own
Soyle
)
than
it
doth
the
Hollander
,
that
fetches
every
Plank
of
it
from
Germany
,
or
other
remote
Places
.
Our
Nets
,
and
all
our
Tackle
convenient
for
the
Fishery
,
are
not
here
to
be
had
,
but
at
much
greater
Rates
than
what
the
Dutch
pay
for
them
:
And
if
they
chance
to
want
mending
at
any
time
,
it
is
impossible
as
matters
go
with
us
now
,
we
cannot
with
speed
enough
have
them
done
here
,
but
must
be
forced
to
send
them
over
to
Enecusen
in
Holland
to
have
them
mended
,
with
greater
Expedition
and
Cheapness
.
And
now
,
perhaps
,
the
Fishing
time
is
over
,
and
the
Buss
is
brought
into
Harbour
,
(
not
into
Cuts
or
Channels
for
that
purpose
)
but
she
must
have
Anchor
and
Cable
to
keep
her
to
her
Station
:
She
continually
suffers
the
unkindness
of
frequent
Tides
.
And
here
only
is
the
care
of
our
Busses
eminent
,
that
we
provide
Men
to
look
to
them
,
and
are
even
expensive
rather
than
suffer
them
to
lye
alone
.
So
great
is
our
Negligence
,
and
so
small
is
our
Policie
.
But
we
even
outdo
our selves
in
the
concern
of
Salt
:
Our
Folly
even
in
this
alone
,
is
sufficient
to
ruine
the
Fishing
design
;
for
we
have
no
Salt
Works
wholly
applicable
to
,
and
at
the
command
of
our
Fishery
;
and
therefore
we
expose
it
to
all
the
uncertainties
in
the
World
.
Let
but
a
War
fall
out
between
us
and
some
Potent
Prince
or
State
,
and
presently
Salt
rises
to
such
excessive
Rates
,
that
the
Fishery
cannot
be
carried
on
,
while
it
continues
so
.
Trade
cannot
endure
such
a
mighty
inconvenience
,
and
is
impatient
of
staying
any
where
,
but
where
it
may
be
even
and
clever
.
Well
,
The
Fisherman
has
need
of
a
little
Money
to
mend
or
buy
some
Nets
,
or
some
Provisions
for
his
Voyage
;
let
us
see
after
what
fashion
he
will
be
furnished
.
The
Property
of
his
Buss
is
not
so
certain
,
as
to
take
up
Money
upon
it
;
nor
draw
in
a
Partner
.
If
the
poor
Man
would
any
ways
procure
a
Supply
,
he
must
bring
his
Sureties
,
and
pay
at
least
Six
in
the
Hundred
;
and
let
him
be
sure
to
observe
the
very
minute
of
Payment
,
or
he
will
be
swinged
unconscionably
by
his
Creditor
.
But
perhaps
,
he
cannot
get
Security
,
and
then
his
Voyage
is
hindred
;
and
no
body
has
the
benefit
of
his
disappointment
but
the
Dutch
,
And
his
Wife
,
who
,
by
this
means
,
has
his
Company
the
longer
.
I
need
not
declare
any
other
disadvantages
of
the
English
Fishery
,
as
,
A
long
Process
of
Law
upon
Controversies
.
Few
or
no
Directions
for
its
management
,
from
publick
Authority
,
And
,
Persons
employed
therein
,
many
times
very
unfitting
for
that
Business
.
What
I
have
already
shewn
,
is
enough
to
convince
any
Man
,
that
we
manage
our
Fishery
basely
,
and
at
a
vast
Expence
,
in
comparison
of
the
Dutch
,
and
that
we
are
deficient
of
the
encouragements
that
they
enjoy
.
I
should
now
proceed
,
to
The
redress
of
these
mischiefs
;
but
I
must
first
vent
my
sorrow
,
and
lament
a
while
,
that
we
have
thus
long
lain
under
these
inconveniencies
,
to
the
utter
suppressing
this
Trade
,
which
would
have
given
the
Nation
a
mighty
Strength
and
Treasure
;
which
would
have
employed
thousands
of
poor
People
,
who
heretofore
,
and
now
,
want
Bread
to
maintain
them
for
want
of
Work
:
And
to
the
raising
some
of
our
Neighbours
(
as
well
Hansmen
as
Dutch
,
though
I
have
not
named
them
)
to
great
Riches
;
To
a
Power
and
Impudence
of
Confronting
our selves
,
and
maintaining
their
Insolence
by
that
very
Strength
,
which
our
remisness
and
negligence
has
given
them
.
I
come
at
last
to
shew
how
these
miscarriages
may
be
retrieved
;
how
we
may
gain
the
Fishery
to
our selves
,
and
exclude
the
Dutch
who
have
enjoyed
it
so
long
already
.
And
certainly
this
can
never
be
done
,
but
by
putting
our selves
in
a
way
to
sell
the
Commodity
cheaper
than
they
.
I
would
have
said
also
,
we
ought
to
sell
our
Fish
as
well
conditioned
as
they
;
but
that
it
's
plain
,
Goodness
is
included
in
Cheapness
.
For
I
may
sell
a
Commodity
not
cheaper
than
another
,
though
I
sell
it
at
a
lower
price
,
if
the
Commodity
be
not
comparable
to
his
in
Goodness
.
This
thing
,
Cheapness
,
is
,
as
before
I
have
said
,
the
great
Controller
of
all
Trade
;
and
is
(
as
it
were
)
the
waiting
Gentlewoman
to
Trade
,
who
must
be
obtained
before
ever
't
is
possible
to
gain
the
Mistress
.
This
is
so
clear
,
that
I
need
not
recount
the
common
instances
of
its
effects
over
all
the
World
.
By
this
means
Empories
have
been
shuffled
from
one
place
to
another
:
And
it
hath
been
the
common
Artifice
of
such
as
have
desired
to
Engross
the
Trade
of
their
Neighbours
,
to
act
by
such
Methods
.
I
will
go
on
therefore
,
and
endeavour
to
inform
you
,
how
this
Cheapness
may
be
introduced
;
And
,
in
order
to
it
will
use
this
Method
.
First
,
To
shew
you
,
how
and
where
sufficient
Iron
and
Timber
may
be
had
to
build
Busses
,
and
how
it
may
be
contrived
,
that
we
may
build
them
cheaper
than
the
Dutch
.
Secondly
,
To
recommend
a
place
to
you
,
where
we
may
have
Cuts
and
Channels
,
and
all
other
Conveniencies
for
the
receiving
in
of
Busses
,
as
well
as
they
in
Holland
.
Thirdly
,
Propose
where
a
convenient
Sea-City
may
be
built
for
those
that
are
employed
in
the
Fishery
,
to
inhabit
in
;
and
how
it
may
be
conveniently
Erected
.
Fourthly
,
To
shew
you
,
That
we
have
so
great
a
conveniency
for
the
making
of
Salt
,
that
we
may
at
all
times
afford
it
much
cheaper
than
the
Dutch
can
;
and
that
this
Salt
will
be
much
better
for
Curing
Fish
,
than
any
that
is
now
Extant
.
And
,
Fifthly
,
Offer
some
reasons
,
for
the
allowing
certain
Privileges
to
the
Sea-City
,
and
the
Inhabitants
thereof
,
for
their
Encouragement
and
Trading
cheap
.
As
to
the
first
Proposal
of
making
Busses
Cheap
.
In
many
places
of
Ireland
,
Timber
lies
wasting
and
decaying
for
want
of
Money
to
make
the
ways
passable
to
some
Rivers
;
and
the
making
such
Rivers
Navigable
,
for
the
bringing
down
Timber
for
its
Exportation
:
So
that
,
at
present
,
the
Timber
is
of
little
or
no
advantage
to
the
Owners
or
the
Publick
:
And
this
is
so
,
more
especially
in
the
County
of
Wexford
near
the
River
Slane
.
There
is
a
Wood
with
prodigious
quantities
of
Timber
,
which
may
be
brought
to
a
convenient
place
upon
the
said
River
,
for
Eight
Shillings
the
Tun
or
Load
;
There
,
all
the
Timber
and
Beams
of
the
Buss
may
be
fixed
;
and
then
she
may
be
taken
off
the
Stocks
;
and
the
River
(
with
Four
or
Five
thousand
Pounds
charge
)
may
be
made
sufficiently
useful
for
that
purpose
.
Then
she
may
be
conveyed
towards
the
Sea
by
several
Flashes
,
from
place
to
place
,
till
you
come
to
Eniscorthy
or
Scarawalsh
,
where
she
may
be
fitted
up
and
finished
.
In
like
manner
may
all
sorts
of
Timber
be
conveyed
down
the
Slane
,
for
Exportation
.
As
to
what
Iron
is
necessary
towards
the
building
of
Busses
,
it
may
be
made
upon
this
River
,
with
the
vast
Timber
that
now
lies
Rotting
;
and
the
Offal
of
such
Timber
as
shall
be
used
in
the
building
of
Busses
:
and
of
the
Forest
of
Dean
Cindars
,
and
Iron
Stone
;
which
Metal
makes
the
best
Iron
in
the
World
;
except
what
is
made
of
Iron
Stone
,
dug
out
of
the
Clay-Hill
near
Ludlow
in
Shropshire
.
And
the
price
of
this
Iron
so
made
,
will
not
be
above
Nine
Pounds
the
Tun
,
in
the
Bar
,
and
Eleven
Pounds
drawn
out
into
Bolts
,
as
it
is
in
Germany
,
for
the
use
of
the
Dutch
in
building
their
Shipping
.
For
your
better
Satisfaction
,
take
here
the
rates
of
making
one
Tun
of
Iron
,
Fifteen
Miles
upon
the
Slane
.
|
|
l.
|
s
.
|
d
.
|
|
Of
Iron
,
Stone
and
Cindars
,
carried
out
of
the
Forest
of
Dean
,
by
Sea
to
Wexford
,
and
so
unto
the
place
where
it
is
to
be
converted
to
Iron
;
Two
Tuns
of
Cindars
,
and
One
Tun
of
Iron
Stone
(
which
Three
Tun
of
Mine
will
make
One
Tun
of
Iron
)
delivered
in
Weymouth
,
will
cost
.
|
0
|
18
|
0
|
|
The
Carriage
of
Three
Tun
of
Iron
Stone
,
and
Cindars
from
Weymouth
to
Waxford
.
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
The
Carriage
of
Three
Tun
from
Wexford
to
the
place
intended
for
the
Fornace
.
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
Two
Loads
and
half
of
Charcoal
,
to
make
One
Tun
of
Sow-Iron
,
at
8
s
.
per
Load
.
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Founders
Wages
for
making
One
Tun
of
Sow-Iron
.
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
|
So
the
Tun
of
Sow-Iron
made
in
the
place
,
will
be
|
4
|
14
|
0
|
|
Two
thousand
seven
hundred
of
Sow-Iron
will
make
One
Tun
of
Bar-Iron
,
whereof
the
charges
of
making
One
Tun
of
Bar-Iron
,
will
be
|
6
|
8
|
6
|
|
For
making
One
Tun
of
Bar-Iron
to
the
Finery
,
or
Hammer-man
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Three
Load
of
Charcoal
to
make
One
Tun
of
Bar-Iron
,
at
8
s
.
per
Load
,
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
|
All
which
makes
the
Tun
of
Bar-Iron
delivered
in
the
place
,
|
8
|
12
|
6
|
|
For
Drawing
One
Tun
of
Iron
into
Bolts
the
German
way
,
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
So
the
charge
of
Iron
drawn
into
Bars
is
8
l.
12
s
.
6
d
.
and
in
Bolts
2
l.
in
all
,
|
10
|
12
|
6
|
And
that
which
will
contribute
much
to
the
cheapness
of
working
Iron
into
divers
and
various
Commodities
,
is
,
That
within
Twelve
Miles
of
the
place
,
fit
and
convenient
for
this
design
of
building
Busses
,
there
is
the
best
and
durablest
Pit-coals
fit
for
Smiths
,
that
ever
yet
I
saw
,
't
is
called
Kill-Kenny-Coals
.
Here
are
therefore
redundant
Advantages
,
besides
the
promotion
of
the
cheapness
of
building
Busses
,
that
the
Trade
of
working
Iron
into
Commodities
may
be
highly
advanced
;
So
that
,
in
that
also
we
may
out
do
,
and
under
sell
our
Neighbours
.
But
to
come
narrowly
to
the
consideration
of
what
I
have
said
in
Relation
to
Busses
,
Timber
is
by
that
means
,
to
be
had
at
the
third
Penny
,
the
Dutch
now
pay
for
theirs
;
which
they
are
forced
to
fetch
out
of
Germany
;
and
Iron
at
Two
thirds
the
Dutch
now
pay
for
theirs
.
When
the
Buss
is
Building
we
shall
have
Advantages
also
:
For
,
Provisions
may
be
had
for
the
Workmen
at
Two
thirds
of
what
it
costs
the
Dutch
:
And
certainly
,
all
this
considered
together
,
there
will
be
no
small
assistance
found
out
,
for
procuring
cheapness
in
our
Fishery
,
and
under-selling
the
Hollanders
.
Yet
,
To
set
out
and
compleat
the
Buss
,
there
are
still
wanting
Pitch
,
Tar
and
Masts
,
which
may
be
brought
with
as
little
charge
to
the
place
proposed
,
for
Erecting
Busses
,
betwixt
Scotland
and
Ireland
,
as
it
is
now
to
Holland
.
Rope
and
Canvas
(
if
we
please
)
may
be
also
procured
,
as
cheap
as
by
them
.
And
now
the
Buss
is
fitted
out
,
let
her
be
laded
with
all
sorts
of
Timber
,
ready
prepared
for
Shipping
,
as
also
with
Iron
Bolts
,
Trindle-pins
,
and
Planks
,
to
be
carried
to
the
New
Sea-City
,
hereafter
mentioned
,
to
be
used
either
for
Building
or
Repairing
other
Fishing
Busses
;
or
for
occasions
in
Shipping
or
Building
.
I
am
ready
to
justify
the
cheap
Building
of
Busses
,
I
have
here
proposed
,
to
any
Man
whatsoever
,
that
denies
it
.
Nor
am
I
stinted
up
only
to
the
Woods
upon
the
River
Slane
;
for
there
are
several
other
Woods
in
Ireland
,
that
lies
very
conveniently
,
and
may
be
almost
as
useful
as
those
.
So
that
,
upon
the
whole
,
I
dare
aver
,
That
Ireland
may
be
made
as
beneficial
,
or
more
to
England
,
than
Norway
is
to
the
Dane
;
if
matters
were
but
fitly
applied
,
and
the
cheapness
it
would
give
us
in
Trade
,
taken
hold
of
.
For
places
to
be
made
to
hold
the
Busses
when
not
employed
abroad
,
and
thereby
to
save
all
that
needless
Expence
we
are
at
present
at
,
to
preserve
the
Busses
from
the
damage
they
commonly
receive
,
when
they
lye
in
our
great
Rivers
;
and
thereby
to
make
our
Husbandry
as
great
as
't
is
with
the
Dutch
.
Certainly
there
cannot
be
a
greater
conveniency
than
is
in
the
Isle
of
Doggs
,
or
Blackwall
Levell
;
An
Isle
seated
in
the
Thames
,
(
one
of
the
best
Rivers
in
the
World
)
just
over
against
Greenwich
.
This
Level
lyes
so
low
within
its
Banks
,
that
the
Thames
at
Highwater
,
rises
Five
or
Six
Foot
above
its
surface
:
By
which
means
,
the
Channels
may
,
with
very
little
charge
,
be
Cut
;
the
Earth
not
being
to
be
carried
away
,
but
thrown
up
to
raise
a
Bank
,
for
making
the
Channels
sufficient
to
keep
in
the
Tide
.
If
the
Channels
be
cut
Six
Foot
deep
,
the
Water
will
be
Eleven
Foot
deep
in
them
;
so
that
any
Buss
fully
laded
,
there
will
be
Water
sufficient
for
to
Swim
in
and
out
.
And
upon
the
Banks
of
these
Cuts
may
be
Built
the
Sea-City
,
before
proposed
for
the
conveniency
of
Fishermen
,
and
others
concerned
in
the
Fishery
;
and
then
the
Buss
may
be
laid
up
just
under
(
or
before
)
the
Fisherman's
house
;
and
the
Water
(
by
Locks
)
may
be
kept
back
at
the
Re-flowing
of
the
Tyde
,
for
the
more
convenient
and
quiet
living
of
the
Buss
:
Here
will
be
no
need
of
Ancor
or
Cable
,
or
Man
to
look
after
the
Buss
.
Here
also
may
be
made
all
manner
of
Ropes
and
Nets
for
the
use
of
the
Fishery
;
and
here
may
be
made
Docks
convenient
to
Build
Ships
and
Busses
,
and
Yards
to
receive
in
all
things
that
may
be
wanting
,
for
the
Equipping
of
the
Buss
.
And
that
the
Building
such
a
City
is
necessary
for
the
carrying
on
so
great
a
Design
,
we
may
consider
,
how
easily
a
new
Undertaking
is
destroyed
in
the
beginning
,
without
all
the
Incouragements
and
Helps
in
the
World
,
that
may
be
afforded
.
This
hath
been
apparent
in
the
setting
up
all
Manufactures
whatsoever
;
and
from
whence
it
has
been
a
common
Policy
to
settle
a
Staple
in
some
certain
Town
,
where
't
is
best
to
be
regulated
,
by
the
Members
of
the
Trade
living
together
.
And
this
Cohabitation
has
been
a
frequent
cause
of
Industry
and
great
improvements
:
one
Man
advancing
the
Husbandry
and
Invention
of
another
:
It
has
prevented
Cheats
,
and
Coznages
,
and
Extravagant
Prices
.
For
every
Man
is
cautious
that
he
deals
honestly
,
and
sells
at
a
moderate
Price
,
when
he
knows
he
shall
be
otherwise
supplanted
in
his
Trade
,
by
his
more
honest
Neighbour
.
But
how
much
does
it
concern
us
to
provide
these
Conveniencies
,
for
the
Advancement
of
the
Fishery
?
when
we
shall
not
be
able
to
make
any
thing
of
it
,
unless
we
are
able
to
under-sell
the
Dutch
,
(
a
vigilant
and
industrious
People
,
already
fixed
in
that
Trade
)
who
know
their
Support
and
Being
depends
upon
it
;
and
therefore
will
by
all
means
whatsoever
,
endeavour
to
ruine
the
Enterprize
.
Next
comes
the
Consideration
of
Salt
.
It
has
been
for
many
years
disputable
in
Holland
,
what
Salt
is
best
for
curing
the
Herrings
;
and
what
sorts
of
Salt
are
fittest
to
be
used
in
the
several
Fishing
Seasons
.
And
there
hath
been
much
Labour
and
practical
Experience
used
,
to
bring
the
Salt
to
such
Perfections
as
't
is
now
with
them
.
But
,
Notwithstanding
all
their
Practice
and
Enquiry
,
there
are
many
good
Arguments
to
be
produced
,
which
may
prove
,
that
great
part
of
the
Salt
now
used
in
curing
their
Fish
,
is
not
so
good
as
the
World
takes
it
to
be
.
I
am
not
at
present
for
Controversies
,
but
I
dare
affirm
,
and
shall
be
ready
at
any
time
to
make
it
appear
,
That
there
is
in
England
Salt-Brine
running
at
wast
,
of
such
noble
and
good
quality
,
that
if
it
were
made
and
converted
into
good
sizeable
Salt
,
fit
for
salting
Herrings
,
it
would
surpass
any
Salt
that
is
now
Extant
;
and
make
the
Herrings
that
are
salted
therewith
,
bring
at
all
Markets
more
Money
by
the
Barrel
,
than
twice
the
value
of
such
Salt
,
as
will
be
used
in
Salting
such
Herrings
shall
come
to
.
This
is
a
rare
Salt
indeed
;
and
removes
not
only
those
mischiefs
,
which
at
present
(
in
the
Fishery
)
have
relation
to
Salt
,
but
seems
,
in
a
mighty
measure
,
to
promise
us
the
Fishing
Trade
.
Salt
was
a
charge
before
to
us
,
but
now
,
't
will
be
the
occasion
of
a
greater
Gain
;
affording
us
upon
the
return
by
the
Sale
of
the
Fish
,
double
its
charge
and
worth
:
And
't
will
be
much
better
for
us
to
use
Salt
thus
,
than
if
Fish
could
be
cured
without
Salt
,
and
sold
at
the
Price
't
is
now
at
.
Whilst
this
Advantage
is
enjoyed
by
us
,
still
must
the
Dutch
be
at
the
same
Expence
for
their
Salt
:
They
must
first
fetch
their
Salt
from
France
or
Portugal
;
and
if
they
make
Salt
upon
Salt
,
they
must
fetch
their
Brine
from
Sea
to
mix
with
Portugal
Salt
:
This
is
Toylsome
and
Chargeable
;
but
ours
will
come
at
much
lower
Rates
.
It
may
be
delivered
in
Cornwal
for
Salting
the
Pilchards
;
and
at
the
Dogger-Sands
for
Salting
Herrings
,
even
at
Twelve
Pence
the
Bushel
.
For
,
The
Salt-Brine
lies
so
conveniently
,
That
it
may
be
conveyed
in
Pipes
to
a
place
plentiful
of
Coals
,
and
joining
to
a
great
Navigable
River
,
by
which
a
Ship
of
Fifty
Tuns
may
come
to
it
.
A
Sample
of
this
Salt
shall
be
at
Mr.
Man's
Coffee-house
,
at
Charing-cross
;
at
Jonathan's
Coffee-house
in
Exchange-Alley
,
and
at
Richard's
at
Temple-bar
;
where
some
Persons
of
Honour
will
attest
the
truth
of
the
Discovery
,
and
of
the
quantity
that
may
at
all
times
be
had
.
And
how
can
we
now
fear
(
if
what
I
have
said
be
true
)
but
that
the
Fishery
must
certainly
be
ours
?
We
shall
have
cheaper
Timber
,
cheaper
Iron
by
far
,
than
the
Dutch
;
other
things
necessary
for
a
Buss
,
as
cheap
as
they
.
Salt
incomperably
better
,
as
convenient
Channels
and
better
,
being
seated
in
the
middle
of
a
well
ordered
Town
.
But
,
To
these
mighty
advantages
,
how
happy
should
we
be
,
if
one
more
were
given
us
?
viz
,
To
have
great
Privileges
and
Immunities
conferr'd
upon
the
Sea-faring
City
.
As
much
may
be
said
for
this
,
and
more
than
what
was
urged
before
,
for
a
Cities
being
granted
.
How
can
there
be
too
great
immunities
given
,
for
the
settling
so
great
a
Design
as
the
Fishery
?
Great
Privileges
will
draw
in
Numbers
of
Inhabitants
,
from
at
home
and
abroad
;
does
also
cause
Cheapness
,
(
the
essential
part
of
Trade
:
)
and
indeed
is
as
convenient
for
Raising
the
Fishing
Enterprize
,
as
any
thing
that
can
be
named
.
I
therefore
lastly
Humbly
offer
these
Privileges
may
be
granted
the
Fishing
City
.
-
1.
A
Freedom
from
Taxes
,
for
a
certain
number
of
Years
.
-
2.
Freedom
from
Customs
,
for
all
Goods
that
shall
be
used
about
the
Fishing
Trade
,
and
in
making
Busses
,
&c.
-
3.
That
the
Houses
in
the
City
,
and
Busses
,
may
be
put
under
a
Register
,
and
so
become
Transferrable
Credit
.
-
4.
That
Granaries
and
Lumber-houses
to
take
in
Corn
,
and
Pawns
by
way
of
Registry
may
be
allowed
.
-
5.
That
Naturalization
may
be
allowed
to
all
Strangers
and
Foreigners
,
and
Liberty
of
Conscience
,
&c.
-
6.
That
a
Fund
be
fixed
,
for
Maintenance
of
all
such
as
shall
fall
into
Want
,
who
are
employed
in
the
Fishing
Trade
;
and
did
not
break
by
their
own
Knavery
or
Negligence
.
-
7.
That
all
Differences
betwixt
Party
and
Party
,
relating
to
the
Fishing
Trade
,
may
be
ended
by
Members
of
the
said
City
and
Trade
.
These
Privileges
proposed
for
the
Fishing
City
,
and
what
before
I
offered
for
the
Redress
of
the
ill
managements
in
our
Fishery
,
will
,
no
doubt
,
answer
the
intended
End.
Nothing
being
amiss
in
our
Fishery
,
but
a
way
is
shewn
how
it
may
be
Corrected
;
Nothing
good
and
commendable
in
the
Dutch
Fishery
;
but
a
Discovery
is
made
,
how
we
may
outdo
and
under-sell
them
.
As
I
have
ventured
on
the
Grounds
and
Reasons
of
the
Fishing
Trade
,
I
doubt
not
,
but
(
if
the
Parliament
approve
of
my
Sentiments
upon
it
)
they
will
be
willing
to
raise
a
small
Sum
for
the
advancement
of
this
vast
Design
of
the
Fishery
.
But
't
is
strange
,
That
a
certain
Gentleman
should
advise
the
Parliament
(
in
Print
)
to
raise
Six
hundred
thousand
Pounds
for
this
Enterprize
,
without
giving
any
Reasons
,
how
the
Obstructions
that
may
make
so
noble
a
Design
ineffectual
in
the
end
,
might
be
removed
.
6.
To
draw
towards
a
Conclusion
of
this
Collection
,
take
an
Abstract
of
the
Laws
,
&c.
respecting
the
Fishery
Trade
,
and
Incouragements
thereto
:
Taken
out
of
the
last
Impression
of
the
Collection
of
Acts
,
of
Tunnage
and
Poundage
,
and
Book
of
Rates
,
Printed
Anno
1689.
(
and
other
Statutes
)
which
being
in
most
or
many
Merchants
hands
,
they
may
examine
the
same
,
and
find
the
Contents
of
them
more
at
large
in
the
several
Pages
of
the
said
Book
herein
after
mentioned
,
viz.
|
Pag
.
|
|
|
44.
|
Under
the
Head
of
Fish
,
it
is
noted
,
That
all
sorts
of
Fish
,
English
taken
,
and
brought
in
English
Ships
,
ought
to
pay
no
Custom
,
as
by
the
Statute
of
5
Eliz
.
Regin
.
Cap.
5.
|
|
115.
|
By
the
Act
of
12
Car
.
II
.
Regis
,
entituled
,
An
Act
for
Encouraging
and
Increasing
of
Shipping
and
Navigation
:
That
Fish
,
Fins
and
Oyl
,
not
made
and
cured
by
English
men
,
shall
pay
double
Strangers
Customs
,
upon
their
Importation
.
|
|
121.
|
By
the
same
Act
it
is
provided
,
This
Act
shall
not
extend
to
lay
Aliens
Duties
on
Salt
made
in
Scotland
;
nor
to
any
Fish
caught
,
saved
and
cured
by
the
People
of
Scotland
,
and
Imported
directly
in
Scotch
built
Ships
,
&c.
|
|
139.
|
In
the
Act
of
12
Car
.
II
.
entituled
,
A
Subsidy
granted
to
the
King
,
of
Tunnage
and
Poundage
,
&c.
It
is
provided
,
That
all
manner
of
Fish
English
taken
,
and
brought
by
English
bottoms
into
this
Realm
;
and
all
manner
of
Fresh
Fish
and
Bestial
,
that
shall
come
into
this
Realm
,
are
excepted
and
foreprized
.
|
|
141.
|
In
the
same
Act
it
is
provided
,
That
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
,
to
all
and
every
his
Majesties
Subjects
,
at
his
and
their
will
and
pleasure
,
To
Convey
and
Transport
out
of
this
Realm
in
Ships
and
other
Vessels
,
of
any
the
Subjects
of
this
Realm
,
all
and
any
kind
of
Herrings
,
and
other
Sea-Fish
,
to
be
taken
in
the
Sea
,
by
any
the
Subjects
aforesaid
,
from
or
out
of
any
Port
or
Harbour
of
this
Realm
,
to
any
place
out
of
your
Majesty's
Dominions
,
without
paying
any
Custom
,
Subsidy
,
or
Poundage
Money
for
the
same
Herring
,
or
other
Fish
so
Carried
and
Transported
:
any
thing
herein
before
contained
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
|
In
an
Act
past
Anno
13
&
14
Car
.
II
.
Regis
Cap.
24.
entituled
,
An
Act
Declaratory
concerning
Bankrupts
;
It
is
Enacted
,
That
no
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
who
have
adventured
or
put
in
,
or
who
hereafter
shall
adventure
or
put
in
any
Sum
or
Sums
of
Money
,
in
the
East-India
Company
,
or
Guiney
Company
;
or
into
any
Joynt
Stock
or
Stocks
of
Money
,
by
them
or
either
of
them
made
or
raised
,
or
to
be
made
and
raised
,
for
and
towards
the
maintaining
and
carrying
on
the
Trade
by
the
said
East-India
Company
,
or
Guiney
Company
,
managed
or
to
be
managed
,
or
who
have
formerly
,
or
shall
hereafter
adventure
or
put
in
any
Sum
or
Sums
of
Money
,
into
any
Stock
or
Stocks
of
Money
,
for
the
maintaining
and
carrying
on
of
the
Fishing
Trade
,
or
the
Trade
now
called
Royal
Fishing
Trade
;
and
shall
receive
and
take
his
or
their
Part
or
Dividend
of
Fish
,
Goods
,
or
Merchandizes
in
Specie
,
and
shall
Sell
or
Exchange
the
same
;
shall
for
or
by
reason
only
of
such
adventure
of
Monies
so
put
into
the
said
East-India
Company
,
or
Guiney
Company
,
or
into
any
Stock
or
Stocks
,
for
and
towards
the
said
Fishing
Trade
;
or
for
,
or
by
reason
only
of
the
receiving
and
taking
such
Fish
,
Goods
,
and
Merchandizes
in
Specie
,
or
Selling
for
Money
,
or
Exchanging
the
same
again
,
be
adjudged
,
taken
,
esteemed
,
or
reputed
a
Merchant
or
Trader
,
within
any
Statute
or
Statutes
for
Bankrupts
,
or
be
liable
to
the
sane
,
&c.
|
Pag
.
|
|
|
165.
|
In
the
Act
of
14
Car
.
II
.
Regis
,
entituled
,
An
Act
for
preventing
Frauds
,
&c.
The
King
by
his
Commission
may
appoint
Lawful
Keys
,
&c.
for
the
Shipping
and
Lading
of
Goods
;
and
that
no
Goods
shall
be
Laden
or
Discharged
,
but
at
such
lawful
Places
:
Fish
taken
by
his
Majesty's
Subjects
,
Bestials
,
and
Salt
only
excepted
.
|
|
169.
|
In
the
same
Act
,
Pitch
,
Tar
,
Salt
,
Rozen
,
Deal
Boards
,
Fir
,
Timber
,
&c.
from
the
Netherlands
or
Germany
,
are
Prohibited
to
be
Imported
in
any
sort
of
Ships
whatsoever
,
on
Penalty
of
the
Loss
of
the
said
Goods
and
Ships
,
&c.
|
|
175.
|
In
the
same
Act
it
is
provided
,
That
it
shall
and
may
be
Lawful
to
Export
from
any
his
Majesty's
Dominions
Fish
,
into
any
parts
of
the
Mediterranean
Sea
,
in
any
English
Ship
or
Vessel
whatsoever
.
Provided
,
That
one
Moyety
of
her
full
Lading
,
be
Fish
only
.
And
,
In
such
case
to
Import
any
Wares
or
Merchandizes
in
the
same
Ship
for
that
Voyage
,
without
paying
any
other
Rates
or
Duties
of
Tunnage
or
Poundage
for
the
same
,
than
were
heretofore
accustomed
.
And
,
|
|
176.
|
That
all
Salt
Imported
from
Scotland
,
shall
pay
one
half
Penny
,
for
every
Gallon
Winchester
Measure
,
at
the
Lading
thereof
,
to
his
Majesty
.
|
|
194.
|
In
the
Act
of
15
Car
.
II
.
Regis
,
entituled
,
An
Act
for
Encouragement
of
Trade
:
It
is
provided
,
That
it
shall
and
may
be
Lawful
to
Ship
and
Lade
,
&c.
Salt
,
for
the
Fisheries
of
New-England
and
Newfoundland
,
&c.
and
the
same
to
Transport
into
any
the
Lands
and
Places
therein
named
;
any
thing
in
the
foregoing
clause
to
the
contrary
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
.
|
|
199.
|
In
the
same
Act
,
for
the
encouragement
of
Herring
Fisheries
,
is
this
Clause
,
viz.
And
for
the
Encouragement
of
the
Herring
and
North
Sea
,
Isleland
,
and
Westmony
Fisheries
,
Be
it
Enacted
,
&c.
That
from
and
after
the
First
day
of
August
,
1664.
no
fresh
Herring
,
fresh
Cod
,
or
Haddock
,
Coalfish
,
or
Gullfish
,
shall
be
Imported
into
England
,
Wales
,
&c.
but
in
English
built
Ships
or
Vessels
,
or
in
Ships
or
Vessels
bonâ
side
,
belonging
to
England
,
&c.
and
having
Certificates
thereof
,
&c.
and
which
hath
been
Fished
,
Caught
,
and
Taken
in
such
Ships
or
Vessels
,
and
not
being
bought
or
had
of
any
Strangers
born
,
or
out
of
any
Strangers
Bottoms
,
under
Pain
of
Forfeiture
of
Goods
and
Vessels
,
&c.
|
|
209.
|
In
the
Act
of
18
Car
.
II
.
Regis
,
entituled
,
An
Act
against
Importing
Cattle
from
Ireland
,
&c.
For
the
better
Encouragement
of
the
Fishery
of
this
Kingdom
,
It
is
Enacted
,
That
if
any
Ling
,
Herring
,
Cod
,
or
Pilchard
,
Fresh
or
Salted
,
Dryed
or
Bloated
,
or
any
Salmon
,
Eals
or
Congers
taken
by
any
Foreigners
,
&c.
shall
be
Imported
,
Uttered
,
Sold
,
or
Exposed
to
Sale
in
this
Kingdom
,
the
same
shall
be
Seized
,
Sold
,
&c.
|
|
245.
|
In
the
Act
of
25
Car
.
II
.
Regis
,
entituled
,
An
Act
for
the
Encouragement
of
the
Green-land
and
East-land
Trade
,
and
for
the
better
securing
the
Plantation
Trade
:
Liberty
is
given
for
all
Persons
to
Trade
thither
,
and
to
Import
into
this
Kingdom
,
all
sorts
of
Oyl
,
Blubber
and
Fins
,
&c.
and
to
use
and
exercise
all
other
Trade
,
to
and
from
those
Parts
;
without
paying
any
Custom
or
Duty
,
for
any
such
Goods
brought
in
by
any
English
,
or
Welch
Vessels
.
But
if
by
any
Shipping
of
the
King's
Colonies
and
Plantations
,
then
to
pay
the
several
Rates
mentioned
in
this
Act
,
&c.
And
the
English
,
who
are
to
have
the
benefit
of
this
Act
,
must
proceed
from
England
to
Green-land
.
|
|
Pa.
249.
|
In
the
same
last
forementioned
Act
,
it
is
also
Enacted
,
for
the
Encouragement
of
the
East-land
Trade
,
That
all
Persons
shall
have
free
Liberty
to
Trade
into
,
and
from
Sweden
,
Denmark
,
and
Norway
,
&c.
any
thing
in
the
Charter
of
the
Governour
,
&c.
or
any
other
Charter
,
Grant
,
Act
,
&c.
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
;
and
that
any
Persons
of
this
Realm
,
that
shall
desire
it
,
may
be
admitted
into
the
said
Fellowship
of
Merchants
of
East-land
paying
for
his
Admission
Forty
Shillings
,
and
no
more
.
|
|
255.
|
In
the
Act
past
Anno
Primo
Regni
Jac
.
II
.
entituled
,
An
Act
for
the
settling
the
Revenue
on
his
Majesty
for
Life
,
was
settled
on
his
said
late
Majesty
for
his
Life
,
&c.
|
Also
,
In
the
Act
past
Anno
5
and
6
of
W.
M.
(
whereby
it
is
Enacted
,
That
from
and
after
the
25th
day
of
March
,
1694.
There
shall
be
paid
to
their
Majesties
,
until
the
17th
day
of
May
,
1697.
and
no
longer
,
for
Salt
,
the
Rates
and
Duties
therein
mentioned
)
It
is
provided
,
That
for
all
such
Fish
,
therein
after
mentioned
,
as
shall
be
Exported
from
any
Port
or
Place
,
in
England
,
Wales
,
and
Berwick
,
into
any
Parts
beyond
the
Seas
,
shall
be
re-paid
to
the
Exporter
,
these
Rates
following
,
viz.
|
|
l.
|
s
.
|
d
.
|
|
For
every
Vessel
of
Pilchards
,
containing
50
Gallons
,
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
|
For
every
Barrel
of
White
Herrings
,
|
0
|
2
|
6
|
|
For
every
Barrel
of
Red
Herrings
,
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
|
For
every
Barrel
of
Salmon
,
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
|
For
every
Hundred
of
Cod-fish
,
Ling
,
Conger
or
Hake
,
|
0
|
15
|
0
|
And
so
proportionably
for
agreater
or
smaller
Number
or
Quantity
;
which
shall
be
paid
by
the
Officer
appointed
to
Collect
the
Duties
upon
Salt
,
payable
by
the
said
Act
:
And
,
If
the
Officer
have
not
Money
in
hands
to
pay
the
same
;
then
,
upon
his
Certificate
,
the
principal
Commissioners
of
Excise
shall
pay
it
.
And
if
the
Officer
refuse
to
pay
or
give
such
Certificate
,
he
shall
forfeit
double
the
Sum
.
[
As
by
the
said
Act
,
Relation
being
thereunto
had
,
for
the
better
certainty
thereof
,
it
doth
and
may
more
fully
and
at
large
Appear
.
]
To
all
which
Premises
,
for
the
further
encouragement
of
Persons
to
become
Subscribers
and
Ingagers
in
this
Fishery
Affair
,
't
is
thought
meet
to
conclude
with
the
Abstract
of
a
Paper
(
come
to
the
Collectors
hands
)
which
contains
the
Substance
of
the
things
before
written
;
under
the
Title
of
Some
Preliminary
Considerations
and
Advertisements
,
&c.
Viz
.
The
Advantages
thereof
may
have
Demonstration
and
Evidence
,
by
the
great
Power
and
Wealth
which
our
Neighbours
have
arrived
unto
thereby
,
In
multitudes
of
Ships
and
Seamen
imployed
therein
;
and
Publick
Revenues
,
and
Private
Advantages
of
their
Merchants
,
by
and
with
the
Commodities
and
Monies
returned
,
for
the
Fish
they
take
.
Whereas
,
we
have
not
One
Ship
of
War
built
or
maintained
thereby
;
Nor
Mariners
bred
up
(
or
very
few
comparitively
of
equal
Skill
,
Hardiness
or
Strength
,
for
Labour
or
Service
)
Nor
Trade
by
Fish
considerable
;
But
buy
and
are
supplied
by
our
Neighbours
,
at
so
dear
Rates
,
as
none
but
Persons
of
great
Estates
can
Eat
Fish
,
with
us
.
And
moreover
,
Consume
and
Spend
our
Coyn
abroad
,
for
the
necessaries
relating
to
our
Manufactures
;
which
,
by
the
setting
up
this
Trade
,
would
be
prevented
and
increased
.
And
also
,
Our
Towns
on
the
Sea-Coasts
,
(
destroyed
or
neglected
,
through
the
decay
of
the
Fishery
and
Manufactures
)
might
become
Re-edified
and
Peopled
.
Our
Publick
Revenues
would
become
Augmented
,
to
a
sufficiency
of
preserving
the
Dominion
of
these
Seas
.
Our
Trade
would
be
vastly
spread
,
even
to
many
unknown
,
or
,
at
least
,
untraded
Parts
.
Our
poor
and
idle
People
would
be
maintained
;
and
their
Earnings
in
the
Manufactures
,
relating
to
the
Fishery
,
would
enable
them
,
both
to
buy
Cloaths
and
Victuals
;
and
save
the
vast
Collections
made
every
Year
,
for
their
Maintenance
in
Idleness
and
Sloth
.
In
short
,
We
might
hereby
become
the
Mart
of
all
Trade
,
and
furnished
at
all
times
with
Magazines
and
Stores
of
all
sorts
,
both
for
War
and
Peace
,
for
our selves
and
all
our
Neighbours
;
being
better
situated
for
Markets
,
than
any
other
Trading
Nation
whatsoever
:
Which
would
multiply
our
Silver
and
Gold
,
and
reduce
it
to
its
Par
,
as
in
our
most
Halcyon
days
.
Quest
.
If
it
be
enquired
,
How
shall
this
Affair
be
disposed
,
so
as
to
prevent
former
Miscarriages
and
Discouragements
?
Answ
.
-
1.
By
a
large
Stock
for
carrying
on
the
same
,
to
the
utmost
extent
it
will
bear
.
-
2.
By
making
a
present
entrance
upon
this
Trade
,
by
the
Company
,
under
the
Constitution
,
Laws
and
Rules
framed
and
fixed
for
that
purpose
.
-
3.
By
his
Majesty's
and
the
Parliaments
further
Grants
of
Aid
,
Countenance
and
Protection
.
Obj.
If
it
be
alledged
,
't
is
a
time
of
War
and
Hazard
,
should
it
be
now
undertaken
.
Sol
.
1.
There
are
several
things
requisite
to
be
prepared
and
provided
;
Several
Manufactures
relating
to
the
Trade
to
be
Erected
,
and
Persons
to
be
trained
up
and
employed
therein
for
some
time
,
before
it
can
be
actually
engaged
in
(
after
some
Stock
is
provided
)
in
which
,
the
Stock
,
as
it
comes
in
gradually
,
will
be
improved
to
the
Adventures
Advantage
,
for
their
Encouragement
to
begin
the
same
.
And
,
It
may
be
hoped
,
the
War
will
have
an
end
.
2.
There
are
several
Fishing
Places
so
situated
,
as
that
they
may
be
made
use
of
very
profitably
,
without
considerable
,
if
any
Hazard
,
Loss
or
Damage
:
For
that
some
Vessels
will
seldom
need
to
lye
or
labour
out
of
Sight
and
Protection
of
our
own
Shores
:
whereby
we
may
be
enabled
to
furnish
our
home
Markets
with
Fish
,
at
reasonable
Rates
.
3.
If
some
Vessels
should
be
Lost
,
the
Stock
being
great
,
and
managed
by
a
Corporation
for
a
Joynt
accompt
the
damage
would
scarce
be
felt
,
and
soon
recovered
,
in
so
gainful
a
Trade
.
4.
A
small
Convoy
or
Guard
on
such
Coasts
will
secure
them
;
which
the
Letters
Patents
provides
for
.
Obj.
If
it
be
said
,
We
cannot
build
our
Vessels
,
or
Sail
them
,
nor
manage
our
Affairs
to
that
advantage
,
that
our
Neighbours
do
.
Sol
.
Many
such
Objections
have
been
cast
in
,
and
probably
will
be
revived
to
discourage
the
Undertaking
,
by
amusing
Ignorant
Persons
.
But
the
Error
thereof
is
before
evinced
,
by
the
Collections
aforesaid
,
to
the
full
Satisfaction
of
all
that
consider
what
is
written
;
Touching
either
the
providing
Timber
and
other
Materials
for
Building
Fishing
Vessels
;
Or
the
rates
of
Buildings
within
his
Majesty's
Kingdoms
and
Dominions
;
Or
the
providing
of
Salt
,
both
better
and
cheaper
;
Or
the
saving
the
Duties
imposed
,
both
on
the
Salt
,
and
the
Exportation
of
the
Fish
,
&c.
Or
the
conveniencies
of
our
situation
for
Exporting
the
same
,
to
Countries
that
will
take
them
off
:
And
many
other
things
observable
out
of
what
is
Collected
as
aforesaid
.
To
which
might
have
been
added
,
an
Abstract
of
Sr.
Roger
Le
Strange
his
brief
Treatise
,
to
that
purpose
,
entituled
,
A
Discourse
of
the
Fishery
;
briefly
laying
open
not
only
the
Advantages
and
Facility
of
the
Undertaking
,
but
likewise
,
the
absolute
necessity
of
it
,
in
order
to
the
well
being
both
of
King
and
People
.
Printed
Anno
1674.
And
,
Quest
.
If
any
be
desirous
to
know
,
or
have
an
estimate
of
the
ordinary
charge
of
Building
and
Equipping
a
Fishing
Vessel
of
about
Seaventy
Tun
,
for
the
First
Year
of
its
setting
out
,
and
so
afterwards
for
Twenty
Years
,
in
Repairing
and
Amending
the
same
,
and
all
its
Furniture
.
As
also
,
What
may
be
the
Annual
Profits
thereof
one
Year
with
another
,
&c.
Answ
.
None
may
presume
on
what
depends
on
God's
Providence
and
Blessing
,
in
the
most
prudent
and
diligent
management
of
this
Affair
,
more
than
of
any
other
Maritine
and
Merchantly
Adventures
.
But
,
Computing
the
Particulars
of
Profit
and
Loss
,
by
others
Observations
and
Experiences
,
it
may
be
reasonably
expected
,
That
the
disburse
of
about
One
thousand
Pounds
,
in
Building
,
Equipping
,
Victualling
,
and
Wages
of
a
Fishing
Vessel
of
about
Seaventy
Tun
,
may
produce
Cent.
per Cent
.
per
Annum
.
For
,
So
have
very
prying
and
experienced
Men
in
the
Fishing
Trade
computed
;
And
such
estimate
thereof
has
been
formerly
presented
to
a
Committee
of
Parliament
,
appointed
to
enquire
about
the
Fishery
Affair
;
And
is
evidenced
by
a
small
Treatise
,
called
Britain's
Buss
,
Printed
Anno
1615.
and
Re-printed
Anno
1630.
setting
forth
the
particulars
.
But
,
Supposing
it
to
be
but
half
so
much
,
or
one
quarter
,
(
viz.
25
l.
per Cent
.
clear
Gains
)
't
were
sufficient
encouragement
and
motive
to
incite
all
Persons
to
be
concerned
therein
by
their
Subscriptions
:
And
the
rather
,
for
that
't
is
so
essentially
requisite
to
the
Strength
,
Safety
,
Wealth
and
Trade
of
these
Kingdoms
;
and
therefore
is
worthy
the
most
serious
Consideration
and
Regard
of
all
true
hearted
English
Men
,
of
whatsoever
Characters
and
Denominations
amongst
us
;
And
ought
accordingly
to
be
so
managed
,
as
all
the
People
of
these
Nations
,
who
are
able
to
contribute
towards
the
Stock
thereof
may
be
admitted
so
to
do
;
and
thereby
become
engaged
in
Interest
,
to
stand
by
and
defend
the
Rights
and
Privileges
of
these
Kingdoms
,
in
the
Fishings
aforesaid
;
and
not
to
be
limited
within
the
sole
Power
and
Advantage
of
a
few
,
the
first
Subscribers
of
the
first
Stock
(
proposed
for
the
entring
upon
this
Affair
)
exclusive
of
after
Subscriptions
,
to
as
far
as
the
Trade
and
Affairs
thereof
will
bear
and
require
.
In
order
whereunto
,
the
Company
of
the
Royal
Fishery
of
England
,
Incorporated
as
aforesaid
,
in
prosecution
of
this
great
Affair
and
Design
,
have
caused
,
as
well
the
Letters
Patents
for
their
Incorporation
,
as
the
Constitution
,
Laws
,
and
Articles
,
Terms
or
Conditions
of
Subscription
,
and
bringing
in
Persons
into
the
said
Company
,
to
be
Members
of
,
or
Traders
,
or
Adventurers
with
them
therein
,
to
be
fairly
Ingrossed
and
Published
in
Books
,
to
be
exposed
and
opened
for
Subscriptions
.
As
also
,
Abstracts
of
them
to
be
Printed
and
Published
,
in
order
to
Persons
having
the
Contents
thereof
before
them
for
their
Consideration
,
before
they
do
Subscribe
.
The
present
Stock
proposed
by
them
is
Three
hundred
thousand
Pounds
;
Or
One
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
Pounds
(
at
least
)
to
begin
the
same
withal
:
't
is
made
payable
at
Ten
several
Quarterly
Payments
;
and
not
any
part
thereof
to
be
paid
till
Thirty
days
,
from
and
after
Notice
or
Publication
of
the
compleating
the
said
Subscriptions
of
the
said
first
150,000
l.
As
by
their
publick
Advertisements
may
appear
.
Out
of
all
which
,
't
is
evident
,
That
there
is
(
1.
)
a
legal
Foundation
,
viz.
By
Letters
Patents
or
Charter
from
his
late
Majesty
King
Charles
II
.
(
2.
)
A
regular
Constitution
and
Laws
,
for
the
management
of
the
Affairs
of
the
Company
,
so
as
may
be
both
safe
and
easy
;
unto
which
all
the
Members
of
the
Company
are
to
Subscribe
,
for
the
conservation
,
observing
and
keeping
the
same
inviolably
.
And
,
(
3.
)
Considerable
Encouragements
to
the
Subscribers
of
the
said
first
300,000
l.
Not
only
by
their
Re-imbursment
of
their
Tenth
,
by
the
Subscribers
of
the
next
300,000
l.
as
aforesaid
,
which
is
proposed
to
be
allowed
for
the
first
Patentees
,
and
such
Disbursments
,
Losses
,
Charges
and
Damages
,
as
the
Members
of
the
Company
have
sustained
,
in
the
management
and
preserving
the
Patent
,
&c.
in
being
,
to
this
time
;
and
other
uses
of
the
Company
,
entrusted
by
the
Constitution
,
to
be
distributed
by
the
Trustees
of
the
Company
;
but
by
Three
per Cent
.
allowed
to
the
Subscribers
of
the
first
One
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
Pounds
thereof
,
out
of
their
Three
first
Quarterly
Payments
,
by
equal
proportions
:
All
which
,
notwithstanding
,
is
also
to
be
made
good
unto
the
Stock
of
the
Company
,
by
and
out
of
the
said
tenth
part
,
proposed
as
aforesaid
.
And
,
to
the
end
that
Persons
in
Scotland
and
Ireland
,
and
the
remote
Parts
of
England
,
might
not
be
surprized
or
excluded
the
first
Subscriptions
and
benefits
thereof
,
(
if
they
should
think
sit
to
begin
so
early
)
The
Company
,
by
their
Order
of
the
third
day
of
June
last
,
deferred
their
taking
Subscriptions
unto
the
third
day
of
September
following
;
and
resolved
,
That
should
have
been
the
day
of
opening
their
Books
,
for
the
said
whole
Sum
of
300,000
l.
And
that
they
would
speedily
agree
and
notify
the
place
or
places
for
doing
thereof
:
Which
having
been
notified
,
Several
worthy
Persons
of
the
City
of
London
and
Parts
adjacent
,
became
engaged
in
Subscriptions
and
Promises
,
to
the
the
value
of
about
50,000
l.
(
in
case
the
Books
should
be
then
opened
for
that
purpose
)
.
Whereupon
the
Company
thought
meet
to
have
their
Books
opened
accordingly
for
such
value
.
But
,
Upon
further
Considerations
,
(
as
namely
,
That
most
Members
of
Parliament
,
and
others
of
the
Nobility
and
Gentry
,
were
out
of
Town
,
and
were
not
likely
to
come
sooner
than
about
the
beginning
of
the
next
Term
:
And
,
that
it
was
meet
for
the
Company
to
provide
they
should
not
be
precluded
of
any
advantages
,
proposed
to
the
Subscribers
of
the
first
300,000
l.
)
The
Company
therefore
,
by
their
further
Order
of
the
31st
day
of
August
last
,
thought
fit
,
upon
the
Subscriptions
of
the
said
50,000
l.
to
restrain
any
further
Subscriptions
,
or
Opening
of
their
Books
for
that
purpose
,
until
the
Fourth
day
of
November
next
:
And
having
(
in
Nine
days
time
)
received
Subscriptions
of
the
said
50,000
l.
they
shut
up
their
Books
accordingly
:
And
have
ordered
the
same
should
be
Published
;
and
that
they
will
no
longer
,
than
the
said
Fourth
day
of
November
next
,
delay
the
Subscriptions
,
that
any
Persons
shall
think
fit
further
to
make
,
for
raising
the
said
Stock
,
and
settling
their
other
Affairs
,
relating
to
the
management
thereof
.
And
,
in
the
mean
time
,
will
live
in
hopes
of
the
Parliaments
Confirmation
of
,
and
Additions
to
their
Privileges
,
herein
before
mentioned
,
to
have
been
formerly
granted
to
the
Undertakers
;
Whereunto
they
are
encouraged
,
by
the
Judgment
of
the
Parliament
of
this
Kingdom
,
declared
in
the
Preamble
of
an
Act
,
past
in
the
Fourteenth
year
of
his
late
Majesty
King
Charles
the
Second
,
Cap.
28.
wherein
is
this
Expression
,
viz.
The
Publick
Honour
,
Wealth
and
Safety
of
this
Realm
,
as
well
in
the
maintenance
of
Trade
,
and
support
of
Navigation
,
as
in
many
other
Respects
,
doth
in
an
high
degree
depend
upon
the
Improvement
of
the
Fishery
,
&c.
Which
may
be
thus
Paraphrased
,
viz.
The
Fish
of
the
British
Seas
,
and
other
his
Majesty's
Dominions
,
within
the
Grant
afore-specified
,
(
which
costs
us
nothing
but
the
taking
)
being
added
to
our
other
useful
and
necessary
Products
and
Manufactures
,
wherewith
these
Kingdoms
and
Dominions
are
Blessed
,
(
beyond
any
other
trading
Nations
of
the
World
;
wherein
also
consists
the
Honour
of
these
Islands
)
may
be
Exported
to
double
,
yea
treble
the
value
of
all
necessary
Imports
of
Merchandizes
from
other
Countries
,
And
so
must
necessarily
produce
great
Wealth
of
all
kinds
,
and
particularly
plenty
of
Monies
,
for
its
Ballance
.
And
,
The
Fishings
train
up
multitudes
of
the
hardiest
and
skilfullest
Seamen
for
our
other
Navigations
and
Defence
:
In
the
improvement
whereof
Principally
,
lies
the
Safety
and
Strength
of
these
Nations
:
And
the
situation
of
these
Islands
being
such
,
as
may
justly
challenge
to
be
the
Emporium
or
Mart
of
Trade
beyond
all
others
,
We
shall
not
need
to
fear
the
vent
of
such
Surplussage
of
such
Imports
,
for
ready
Monies
of
all
Countries
who
need
them
.
And
,
if
so
,
(
not
regarding
the
Malicious
and
Clandestine
Whisperings
and
Backbitings
of
such
as
envy
and
bear
ill
will
to
our
Nations
Flourishing
,
under
our
present
Government
,
and
the
ways
and
means
proposed
for
the
management
of
this
Affair
(
which
they
understand
little
of
)
let
all
the
Cordial
Promoters
thereof
be
up
and
doing
:
And
if
our
only
Strength
fail
us
not
,
we
may
bid
Defiance
in
his
Name
to
all
the
Might
of
Europe
;
which
shall
conclude
this
Subject
:
With
this
brief
Advertisement
of
the
Collector
hereof
,
Touching
the
present
State
of
these
Kingdoms
,
with
respect
to
the
present
advance
of
our
Gold
and
other
Monies
,
above
the
common
Standard
and
Denomination
at
which
they
are
Coyned
;
viz.
That
the
same
is
Impoverishing
and
Destructive
to
the
Trade
,
Prosperity
and
Wealth
of
these
Nations
.
That
yet
the
Government
may
be
eased
of
the
burthen
of
our
Clipped
Monies
,
without
charge
or
loss
to
the
Nation
;
yea
,
to
the
great
enriching
thereof
,
and
so
as
may
tend
to
the
carrying
on
the
Fishery
;
The
present
War
with
the
French
,
And
all
its
Tradings
whatsoever
,
To
the
excess
of
Profit
and
Commodity
before
mentioned
;
The
methods
and
means
of
which
he
reserves
to
the
further
Prosecution
of
what
he
hath
heretofore
humbly
proposed
.