REASONS
for
Raising
the
Price
of
Tin
,
at
the
present
;
and
keeping
it
from
falling
,
for
the
future
,
in
the
Counties
of
Cornwall
,
and
Devon
:
Together
with
some
Proposals
,
in
order
to
effect
the
same
,
without
any
Offence
to
our
Neighbours
,
or
Prejudice
to
the
Traders
,
in
that
Commodity
.
I.
BECAUSE
the
adventuring
Tinners
are
very
much
Impoverished
,
and
Decayed
;
The
Price
of
Tin
being
so
low
,
and
the
Materials
,
for
that
Trade
,
at
such
high
Rates
,
that
the
generality
of
those
adventuring
Tinners
,
cannot
pay
Wages
,
maintain
Themselves
,
and
Families
,
and
carry
on
their
Tin-Works
as
they
would
,
and
should
do
.
II
.
Because
the
poor
labouring
Tinners
Wages
,
or
Hire
,
is
fallen
,
with
the
low
Price
of
Tin
,
from
above
30
s
.
to
about
14
or
15
s
.
Nay
,
in
some
of
the
greatest
Tin-Parishes
,
the
poor
labouring
Tinners
are
forc'd
to
keep
two
Doles
,
and
to
work
Day
,
and
Night
,
for
that
14
or
15
s
.
a
Month
,
which
doth
not
afford
them
,
and
their
poor
distressed
Families
,
a
fifth
part
of
that
daily
Bread
,
which
the
good
Providence
of
Almighty
God
seems
to
have
provided
for
them
,
in
the
Noble
,
and
Generous
,
Nature
of
the
Tin
,
when
't
is
improved
to
Perfection
,
by
the
best
Art
and
Policy
.
And
since
the
Running
of
Tin
,
from
the
Fire
to
the
Flote
,
is
like
the
Running
of
Malt-Drink
from
the
Mash-Fat
into
another
Vessel
,
and
that
the
best
of
the
Liquor
runs
out
first
;
I
am
of
Opinion
,
That
the
Mundick
(
which
in
all
probability
runs
first
from
the
Fire
,
and
so
often
remains
uppermost
in
the
Flote
)
is
the
finest
of
the
Metal
;
and
the
Our
of
Mundick
,
is
almost
exactly
like
that
of
Silver
.
But
,
as
yet
,
we
want
the
Art
of
bringing
in
into
its
Natural
Body
.
III
.
Because
the
County
of
Cornwall
,
and
part
of
Devon
,
will
be
De-populated
,
and
so
undone
;
if
the
Price
of
Tin
be
not
risen
to
,
and
kept
from
falling
under
3
l.
a
Hundred
.
A
Multitude
of
People
,
in
those
two
Counties
,
having
nothing
to
subsist
on
,
but
the
Tin-Trade
.
IV
.
Because
Tin
,
if
risen
at
home
,
will
be
the
dearer
abroad
,
and
bring
us
the
nearer
to
that
Ballance
of
Trade
,
which
we
have
so
long
wanted
.
As
Tin
is
valued
here
,
so
it
will
be
valued
in
other
Countries
.
And
the
Venetians
,
(
who
value
themselves
,
on
a
Prospect
of
Futurity
,
even
at
the
greatest
distance
)
did
(
in
the
regaining
the
Western
Trade
,
which
they
had
almost
once
lost
)
lay
so
many
,
and
so
great
Impositions
,
on
their
Currans
,
to
make
that
Commodity
the
more
valuable
,
and
esteemed
,
among
us
.
V.
And
lastly
,
The
higher
the
Price
of
Tin
is
,
(
it
being
a
precious
Commodity
)
the
greater
Honour
,
and
Interest
,
it
will
be
to
the
King
,
and
Country
.
But
Moderation
must
be
remembered
,
for
fear
of
the
Consequences
of
Excess
.
HAVING
set
forth
,
and
shewn
,
some
REASONS
,
for
Raising
the
Price
of
Tin
;
I
may
here
say
,
That
the
greatest
Causes
of
its
falling
were
,
The
Factors
,
the
Pewterers
,
the
Merchants
,
and
others
,
under-buying
and
under-selling
one
another
:
And
if
these
Causes
be
not
timely
prevented
by
a
Law
,
according
to
the
Petition
of
the
Tinners
,
it
may
be
feared
they
will
produce
worser
Effects
.
But
if
the
Causes
be
prevented
,
by
Art
,
and
Honesty
,
the
Effects
will
naturally
cease
;
according
to
that
infallible
Maxim
,
which
makes
as
much
for
the
Physicians
of
the
State
,
as
for
those
of
the
Body
,
and
the
Mind
.
THE
Reasons
being
given
for
Raising
the
Price
of
Tin
,
and
keeping
it
from
falling
;
I
am
,
in
the
next
Place
,
to
shew
how
both
may
be
effected
,
without
any
Offence
to
any
Foreigners
,
or
Domesticks
.
1.
BUT
first
(
I
think
)
we
should
look
on
the
falling
Price
of
Tin
,
as
a
Judgment
from
Heaven
:
And
(
as
Monsieur
Mallebranch
well
says
,
in
his
Search
after
Truth
)
The
Mind
of
Man
hath
two
essential
,
or
necessary
Relations
;
the
one
to
God
,
the
other
to
himself
.
2.
In
the
second
Place
,
The
Tinners
are
to
do
all
the
Justice
they
can
,
to
the
Nature
of
the
Tin
,
in
the
first
Refining
thereof
.
When
the
Romans
wanted
Mony
(
as
we
do
now
a
Price
for
our
Tin
)
they
applied
themselves
to
Juno
;
her
Oracle
bid
them
Go
,
and
do
Justice
,
and
then
there
should
be
no
want
of
Mony
among
them
.
And
they
finding
that
Effect
,
upon
their
performance
of
the
Oracles
Prescription
,
they
called
their
Goddess
,
Juno
moneta
;
and
Coined
all
the
Roman
Mony
thereafter
in
her
Temple
.
3.
In
the
third
Place
,
17
Car
1.
The
several
Charters
and
Priviledges
of
Tinners
,
in
Cornwall
,
were
confirmed
,
and
they
to
be
sued
only
in
the
Stannery
Courts
.
The
Cornish
Lawyers
,
and
others
,
should
do
all
impartial
,
and
speedy
,
Justice
,
to
the
Tinners
;
and
all
that
in
them
lies
,
to
have
their
ancient
Customs
,
Laws
,
and
Charters
,
set
Forth
,
Published
,
and
Practised
:
And
when
they
are
so
,
by
Command
of
the
King
,
and
Parliament
,
it
will
ease
,
and
advantage
both
the
labouring
,
and
adventuring
,
Tinners
.
4.
In
the
fourth
Place
,
The
Pewterers
are
to
take
care
,
that
their
Tin
be
not
corrupted
,
in
Pewter-Plate
,
as
our
Silver
hath
been
,
in
our
Current
Mony
;
to
the
great
Dishonour
,
and
Disadvantage
,
of
the
Nation
.
And
by
what
Pewter
I
have
seen
Abroad
,
and
by
some
that
I
have
seen
at
Home
,
I
am
very
confident
,
That
by
means
of
the
most
refined
,
and
whitest
Copper
,
or
Brass
,
or
some
other
Metal
,
for
Allay
,
(
if
not
by
means
of
its
own
Nature
)
we
may
find
Ingenious
Men
in
the
World
,
that
will
work
our
Tin
,
so
as
it
shall
,
very
much
,
look
like
Silver
:
And
such
I
have
seen
at
Venice
,
where
they
often
melt
down
our
course
,
allayed
,
Plate
,
to
make
finer
,
allayed
,
Plate
,
of
their
own
.
The
Duty
,
upon
our
Pewter
,
being
so
little
,
and
the
course
Allay
so
much
,
that
it
is
cheaper
to
them
,
than
fine
Tin
.
And
here
,
I
think
,
with
Submission
,
it
might
be
well
,
if
the
Statute
of
25
Hen
.
8.
whereby
all
Strangers
are
forbidden
to
work
any
Pewter
,
or
Tin
,
in
this
Nation
;
Or
that
part
thereof
,
whereby
they
are
so
debarred
,
were
repealed
.
5.
In
the
fifth
Place
,
Such
Bounds
should
be
set
(
Consensu
Mercatorum
)
to
the
Price
of
Tin
,
that
it
should
never
fall
under
3
l.
a
Hundred
.
The
Books
of
Rates
was
risen
,
(
Consensu
Mercatorum
)
by
Edw
.
1.
Edw
.
3.
and
Hen
.
8.
although
the
House
of
Burgundy
complained
of
it
,
as
being
against
the
Treaty
of
Intercourse
.
I
have
known
many
Edicts
made
by
the
Government
of
Zant
(
and
by
Consent
,
and
Connivance
of
the
English
Consul
,
and
Factors
)
that
Curra●ns
should
not
be
sold
,
under
such
a
Price
,
when
the
Price
of
Currans
was
declining
.
And
why
is
it
not
as
reasonable
,
for
us
,
to
keep
the
Price
,
of
our
own
Tin
,
from
falling
;
as
it
is
for
the
Venetians
,
to
lay
(
as
they
do
)
Foreign
Flesh
,
and
Fish
,
under
an
Esteem
,
to
keep
the
Price
from
rising
?
By
which
means
,
they
keep
in
a
great
deal
of
Mony
,
from
being
exhausted
,
and
do
very
much
ease
the
Poor
,
and
advantage
the
Publick
.
And
if
we
will
act
extraordinary
Things
,
we
must
(
like
the
wise
Venetians
)
go
more
than
an
ordinary
way
to
work
.
6.
An
Act
,
to
compel
Retailers
to
sell
in
Pewter
Measures
,
will
raise
the
Price
of
Tin
,
because
it
will
encourage
the
Consumption
of
that
Commodity
.
And
as
it
will
be
a
particular
Advantage
to
the
Tinners
,
and
the
Pewterers
;
so
they
ought
to
refine
the
Metal
so
much
the
more
for
it
,
and
not
to
think
erroneously
,
of
getting
more
by
the
Corruption
,
than
by
the
Purity
,
of
Tin
.
There
is
a
Tin-Work
,
in
Cornwall
,
called
Hellanoon
,
that
produceth
Tin
;
which
(
as
some
Pewterers
have
said
)
is
worth
5
s
.
a
Hundred
more
than
any
other
Tin
.
And
it
s
extraordinary
worth
,
must
be
like
that
of
the
finest
Silver
,
either
for
making
the
finest
Pewter-Plate
,
or
bearing
the
more
Allay
.
7.
And
lastly
,
If
the
taking
off
the
present
Duty
,
on
Tin
,
exported
,
will
encourage
the
Exportation
,
and
Consumption
,
of
the
Commodity
;
then
a
Duty
,
on
the
aforesaid
Measures
,
will
answer
the
End
,
and
be
an
Advantage
both
to
the
King
,
and
Kingdom
.
And
if
the
Essay-Master-General
should
be
appointed
,
to
Tax
the
Pewter
,
as
he
doth
the
Tin
,
by
his
Deputies
,
according
to
its
Quality
,
and
to
stamp
the
finest
Pewter
(
as
the
Sterling-Plate
is
stamped
)
the
King
,
receiving
a
Duty
thereon
,
would
also
advantage
both
the
King
,
and
Kingdom
;
For
it
would
raise
the
Quantity
,
the
Quality
,
and
the
Price
of
Tin
:
And
the
dearer
all
Things
are
(
as
in
Cities
,
and
Towns
)
the
richer
are
the
People
,
and
the
greater
are
the
Wages
of
the
Poor
.
In
the
19th
of
King
Hen
.
7.
the
Pewterers
of
the
City
of
London
,
and
York
,
and
of
all
other
Places
,
complained
of
Persons
,
going
about
from
place
to
place
,
exposing
Vessels
made
of
corrupted
Pewter
,
to
Sale
,
which
were
not
worth
the
fourth
part
they
were
sold
for
.
It
was
thereupon
Enacted
,
That
no
Pewterer
should
,
from
thenceforth
,
sell
,
or
work
,
any
Pewter
Vessel
,
in
any
place
or
places
,
within
this
Realm
,
but
that
it
be
as
good
,
fine
Metal
,
as
the
Pewter
wrought
within
the
City
of
London
.
And
by
the
Statutes
,
of
the
same
,
ought
to
be
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiting
the
same
.
And
,
also
,
it
was
Enacted
,
That
all
the
Pewter
made
,
should
be
mark'd
with
the
Mark
of
the
Maker
thereof
.
And
Searchers
were
thereby
directed
,
to
inspect
the
goodness
of
such
Vessels
,
so
made
.
But
the
Pewterers
Searchers
,
and
their
Marks
,
not
serving
the
Design
of
that
Act
,
I
think
(
with
Submission
)
that
the
Essay-Master-General
,
of
the
Tin
,
and
his
Deputies
,
and
His
Majesty's
Stamps
,
may
supply
the
Defects
of
the
others
,
and
much
advance
the
Quality
,
the
Quantity
,
and
the
Price
of
Tin
,
His
Majesty's
Duty
,
upon
that
Commodity
,
and
the
Reputation
,
and
Estates
,
of
the
Pewterers
:
For
in
the
25th
of
King
Hen
.
8.
the
Pewterers
again
complaining
,
did
declare
,
That
the
Purity
,
of
Tin-plate
,
was
the
Encrease
;
and
the
Corruption
,
the
Decay
of
that
Trade
.
And
there
is
no
great
doubt
,
but
the
Tin
,
in
the
Indies
,
and
elsewhere
,
will
be
accordingly
advanced
,
as
in
the
Case
of
Silver
.
NOW
this
being
the
last
time
(
I
think
)
of
writing
about
the
Tin
,
I
must
here
inform
my
Reader
,
That
when
I
printed
the
first
Proposal
,
and
sent
it
into
Cornwall
,
and
Devon
,
the
Tinners
,
in
general
,
of
both
Counties
,
were
for
it
;
and
particularly
,
to
have
a
Law
made
,
That
no
Man
should
Sell
,
or
Buy
,
Tin
,
under
3
or
4
l.
a
Hundred
.
And
if
all
of
them
were
here
,
in
a
Body
,
at
this
time
,
I
am
sure
they
would
petition
for
that
very
Particular
.
But
an
honest
Gentleman
,
and
an
adventuring
Tinner
,
(
of
a
good
Estate
,
and
a
good
Intention
)
asked
me
,
in
a
Letter
,
If
such
a
Law
be
made
,
what
shall
the
poor
labouring
Tinners
do
,
who
are
forc'd
to
sell
their
Tin
for
48
s
.
to
buy
Bread
,
for
them
and
their
Families
?
To
which
I
answered
,
When
Mony
failed
in
the
Land
of
Egypt
,
Gen.
47
and
in
the
Land
of
Canaan
,
all
the
Egyptians
came
unto
Joseph
,
and
said
,
Give
us
Bread
,
for
why
should
we
die
in
thy
presence
,
for
the
Mony
faileth
?
And
Joseph
gave
them
in
exchange
for
Horses
,
and
for
the
Flocks
,
and
for
the
Cattle
of
the
Herds
,
and
for
the
Asses
;
and
he
fed
them
with
Bread
,
for
all
their
Cattle
,
for
that
Year
.
So
if
our
able
Men
,
in
the
Counties
of
Cornwall
,
and
Devon
,
would
,
upon
occasion
,
supply
the
Tinners
,
for
a
Year
,
or
so
,
with
Mony
,
in
Exchange
for
the
Tin
;
the
Tin
would
serve
them
,
in
the
like
stead
,
as
the
Cattle
did
the
Egyptians
.
But
if
a
Law
be
made
,
That
no
Man
shall
buy
,
or
sell
,
Tin
,
under
3
l.
a
Hundred
;
a
Hundred
of
Tin
will
pass
current
for
3
l.
and
be
a
more
substantial
Payment
,
than
a
Bank
Bill
,
or
a
Goldsmiths
Note
:
Provided
,
our
able
Men
will
first
take
it
,
upon
occasion
,
for
good
Example
;
which
they
will
the
rather
do
,
because
then
they
will
have
it
in
their
own
Hands
,
and
they
will
be
able
to
make
the
most
of
it
.
For
Germany
(
by
its
Nature
and
Situation
)
cannot
afford
so
good
Tin
,
as
England
;
nor
so
cheap
,
by
much
,
as
3
l.
a
Hundred
:
And
when
Tin
was
above
that
Price
(
as
well
as
since
it
hath
been
under
it
)
we
have
supplied
Germany
it self
,
with
Tin
,
as
well
as
Holland
.
AND
,
as
for
the
East-Indies
,
I
must
here
acquaint
those
,
whom
it
doth
concern
,
that
I
received
the
following
Informations
from
one
Mr.
Gammon
,
who
lives
in
Crutchet-Fryers
.
And
saith
,
That
he
Traded
full
3
Years
in
India
.
That
he
lived
in
Mergen
,
in
the
Kingdom
of
Syam
,
about
14
Months
;
which
was
the
only
Place
,
of
Tin
,
he
saw
in
India
,
from
whence
they
transported
that
Commodity
.
And
that
in
all
the
time
of
his
being
in
India
,
he
never
heard
of
any
Tin-Mines
,
in
any
other
place
,
except
in
the
adjacent
Kingdoms
of
Perah
and
Johr
;
which
Countries
,
together
with
the
King
of
Syam's
,
where
the
Tin
is
,
makes
a
long
narrow
Tract
of
Land
,
something
resembling
Cornwall
and
Devon
.
That
he
saw
considerable
Quantities
of
Tin
,
sent
from
Mergen
to
Mocha
,
in
the
Mouth
of
the
Red
Sea
;
where
,
he
has
been
informed
,
they
have
sold
it
for
Cent.
per Cent
.
Profit
.
That
he
came
from
Mergen
,
to
England
,
in
a
Ship
of
Mr.
Whites
;
which
Ship
was
loaden
with
Tin
,
and
designed
for
some
other
part
of
India
:
But
the
Companies
War
,
with
the
King
of
Syam
,
obliging
Mr.
White
to
withdraw
from
Mergen
,
in
the
said
Ship
,
he
went
to
Note
,
That
Acheen
is
not
above
60
Leagues
from
the
Tin-Country
;
and
we
may
suppose
,
that
in
other
Places
more
remote
,
the
Price
is
higher
:
And
,
therefore
,
't
is
rational
to
conclude
,
That
our
Cornish
Bullion
would
turn
to
a
better
Account
for
India
,
to
carry
from
hence
to
India
,
than
the
Bullion
of
the
West-Indies
does
;
and
I
am
sure
it
would
be
more
for
the
Advantage
of
the
Kingdom
.
And
I
do
heartily
hope
,
that
notice
will
be
taken
of
it
accordingly
.
And
if
the
Dutch
would
take
more
of
our
Tin
,
and
the
East-India
Company
transport
less
of
our
Mony
:
The
former
would
help
us
,
as
we
did
them
;
and
the
latter
would
prevent
the
Effects
of
Camden's
Prophecy
,
in
his
Life
of
Queen
Elizabeth
.
Acheen
,
to
seek
for
Provisions
to
bring
him
home
to
England
,
where
he
dispos'd
of
the
greatest
part
of
his
Tin
(
which
cost
him
,
at
Mergen
,
3
l.
per Cent
.
)
at
advantage
,
and
sent
the
remainder
to
Bengall
:
And
to
ballast
his
Ship
,
in
the
room
of
the
said
Tin
,
he
bought
Lead
out
of
an
English
Ship
,
that
brought
it
thither
from
England
,
to
sell
it
;
being
the
Place
where
it
turns
best
to
Account
.
That
he
has
been
at
Batavia
,
which
is
about
40
Miles
from
Bantam
,
and
did
not
hear
of
any
Tin
made
,
either
at
Bantam
,
or
Batavia
;
And
that
he
has
seen
a
great
many
Ships
loaded
at
Batavia
,
for
Holland
,
but
never
saw
any
Tin
put
aboard
any
of
them
.
But
their
general
Custom
was
,
to
put
Logwood
in
the
bottom
of
their
Ships
,
filling
the
Vacancies
with
Pepper
;
And
upon
that
they
put
Mats
,
and
then
Salt-petre
enough
(
with
the
Logwood
)
to
ballast
the
Ship
,
and
then
another
lay
of
Mats
;
and
so
fill
up
,
with
Baile-Goods
,
strewing
some
Pepper
'twixt
every
height
of
Bailes
.
And
that
he
is
very
well
assured
,
that
Tin
may
be
transported
from
England
,
to
a
great
many
Places
in
India
,
tho'
bought
at
4
l.
per
Hundred
,
at
much
more
Advantage
,
than
can
be
made
by
bringing
it
to
Europe
,
from
any
part
of
India
,
tho'
bought
at
the
cheapest
Rate
it
can
be
had
at
any
time
there
.
HAVING
got
the
foregoing
Account
from
Mr.
Gammon
,
I.
waited
upon
Mr.
White
,
at
his
Lodgings
,
near
the
Ro●al
Exchange
;
and
,
confirming
the
foregoing
Particulars
,
he
gave
me
the
following
Account
,
under
his
own
Hand
.
There
is
a
great
deal
of
Tin
,
in
the
Kingdom
of
Syam
,
and
in
the
Dominions
of
several
Princes
,
in
the
Malayan
Country
;
the
principal
whereof
are
,
Jahore
,
Perah
,
and
Quedah
:
't
is
in
all
those
Places
sold
by
a
Weight
,
called
a
Bahar
,
which
is
about
390
l.
The
Vend
of
this
Commodity
,
is
into
all
the
Countries
in
India
,
Intra
Gangem
,
and
in
Arabia
,
and
Persia
;
and
sometimes
the
Dutch
have
brought
vast
Quantities
to
Europe
.
In
Syam
it
is
the
King's
Commodity
,
and
sold
by
his
Factors
,
in
his
Capital
City
Judiiah
,
at
a
fixed
Price
,
being
12
l.
Sterling
per
Bahar
.
The
Dutch
have
made
some
Attempts
to
Ingross
this
Commodity
;
And
did
contract
,
with
the
King
of
Syam
,
for
the
whole
Quantity
that
was
produced
,
in
one
part
of
his
Kingdom
,
called
Legare
,
at
9
l.
per
Bahar
.
And
they
obliged
the
King
of
Perah
,
by
force
,
to
sell
all
he
has
to
them
.
And
they
used
formerly
,
to
block
up
the
Port
of
Quedah
,
to
prevent
its
Sale
there
to
any
but
themselves
,
or
other
Europeans
.
HAVING
set
forth
the
foregoing
Particulars
,
I
must
here
acquaint
the
Reader
,
1.
That
I
took
a
great
deal
of
pleasing-Pain
,
to
be
confirmed
in
the
Truth
hereof
.
2.
That
I
am
satisfied
,
with
many
others
,
(
or
rather
,
that
many
others
have
satisfied
me
)
That
Markets
are
generally
govern'd
,
by
the
first
Market-price
.
3.
That
two
third
Parts
of
all
the
Tin
,
we
raise
in
England
,
is
transported
Yearly
un-wrought
,
as
appeared
to
the
Committee
,
by
an
Account
taken
from
the
Customhouse
Books
,
besides
the
Pewter
transported
;
and
besides
all
the
Pewter
made
,
and
used
,
in
England
.
4.
That
the
Consumption
of
our
Tin
(
besides
what
hath
been
already
shewn
)
is
very
considerable
:
And
one
of
the
Pewterers
,
at
the
Committee
,
in
the
Speakers
Chamber
,
did
declare
,
That
he
himself
sold
more
than
One
thousand
Pounds
worth
of
Tin
yearly
,
out
of
his
Shop
,
to
Potters
.
And
,
if
so
,
I
leave
it
to
the
Nation
to
consider
,
what
a
vast
Advantage
this
may
be
towatds
the
Revenue
of
the
Crown
,
and
the
Raising
of
the
Kingdom
,
if
due
Use
be
made
of
this
Commodity
.
IN
Fine
,
It
is
generally
affirmed
,
That
the
best
way
to
Raise
the
Price
of
Tin
,
is
to
keep
it
(
by
a
good
Law
,
and
a
good
Execution
thereof
)
from
falling
under
3
l.
a
Hundred
,
according
to
the
first
Proposal
.
Which
Proposal
,
I
cannot
appropriate
wholly
to
my self
;
for
I
took
the
Hint
of
it
from
a
very
good
Friend
of
mine
,
who
assisted
me
much
in
this
whole
Matter
:
And
he
acknowledges
to
have
had
the
Hint
from
another
Gentleman
,
who
took
the
Notion
from
the
Novissima
Imposta
,
of
the
wise
Venetians
.
And
the
whole
Proposal
,
for
Raising
the
Price
of
Tin
,
being
occasioned
by
The
Venetian
,
and
other
Grievances
.
The
great
Effects
which
may
ensue
thereon
,
to
this
Nation
,
must
be
chiefly
attributed
to
the
Providence
of
Him
,
who
can
draw
the
greatest
Good
,
out
of
the
greatest
Evil
.
And
I
shall
be
more
glad
,
than
ever
I
was
sorry
,
for
my
Misfortunes
,
by
those
means
,
if
they
may
contribute
any
thing
to
the
future
Happiness
,
Interest
,
and
Honour
,
of
my
Native
Country
.
But
it
must
still
be
remembered
,
That
the
first
Buyers
will
cause
the
Price
of
Tin
to
fall
,
for
the
future
;
if
they
be
not
prevented
,
by
such
a
Bound
,
as
the
Providence
of
Almighty
God
sate
to
the
encroaching
Sea
,
Hitherto
thou
shalt
go
,
and
no
further
.
POSTCRIPT
.
HAVING
finish'd
The
Proposal
for
Raising
the
Price
of
Tin
,
I
have
Thoughts
of
writing
another
,
To
advance
the
Trade
of
Lead
and
Fish
;
Tin
,
Lead
,
and
Fish
,
being
the
Principal
Commodities
of
this
Kingdom
,
next
to
the
Golden
Fleece
.
And
if
we
will
raise
this
Kingdom
,
by
Art
(
as
it
is
in
Nature
)
above
all
other
Nations
,
it
must
be
by
the
principal
Means
of
those
Commodities
:
And
not
by
such
Projects
,
as
the
World
may
imitate
,
and
still
leave
us
As
we
are
.
FINIS
.