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FreeTrade
FreeTradeor,TheMeanesToMakeTradeFlorish.Wherein,The
CausesoftheDecayofTradeinthisKingdome,arediscovered:
AndtheRemediesalsotoremoovethesame,arerepresented.
Propertius,nauitadeventis,detaurisnarratarator:
Enumerat
milesvulnera,pastoroues.
London,PrintedbyJohnLegatt,forSimonWaterson,dwellingin
PaulesChurch-yardattheSigneoftheCrowne.1622
byEdwardMisseldon
TothePrince.Sir
YourHighnesisnolesseHappytobeetheSonneofsogreata
King,thentobetheHeireapparentofsomanyKingdomes.Inthe
one,rareendowmentsofMajestyandMagnanimity,areYoursby
generation:
Intheother,aRoyallMonarchybyinheritanceand
succession.TheonedothfitYoufortheother,andYourRoyall
Fathersfootstepsforthemboth.InthosearePeerelesseprints:
YoucannotcastYourEie,buttheyarepresenttoYou,and
representedinYou.YouseeinHisReligion,Piety:
inHisSacred
Person,Tranquility:
inHisGovernment,Policy.Ineveryoneof
these,allthese:
andallinYou.Inthatlast,HisMajestyhath
carriedaquickEie,overtheCommerceofthisKingdome:
because
ithathrelationbothtotheRevenueoftheCrowne,andthe
Common-wealthofallHisKingdomes.ItissaidinExechiels
Vision,thatOnewheeleranwithintheother,whichhathand
Emphasisinthattongue,{Hebrewphraseomitted}andsurely
mattersofStateandofTrade,areinvolvedandwraptup
together.Whichlatter,becauseitisatthistimeinagitation,
andthereare,notwithoutcause,manyQuaere'sabouttheCauses
ofthegeneralldecaythereof;hathcausedmetoputmyselfeon
thisEnquiry,tophilosophizeifIcould,intheseCausesand
Remedies.NotthatIwouldseemewithPhormio,toreadeaLecture
toHannibal:
No,Ihaveonlymusteredandmarshalledthesemen
intotheirRancksandOrder;itisYourstoCommandthem.Great
PhilipofMacedon,sufferedameanmusitionsayuntohim,Absit,
uthaectumemeliusscias.Butformypart,Idarenotinany
thing,putsuchanabsit,toaPrincesoabsolute.Everything
moovesitselfetoitsCenter.Theselittlelucubrationspresent
themselvestoyourHighnes,asuntotheirproperOrb.Forasthey
lookeuptotheKing,orastheylookedownetotheKingdome;In
boththeylookeonYou,withadoubleaspect.YouaretheJoyof
theKing,andHopeofalltheseKingdomes.TheOnlySonneYour
are,oftheOnlyKing:
AnhappySeer,ofablessedSire:
A
PrincelyConsul,ofthePrivyCouncel:
Awatchman,Aworthy,of
DavidandofJacob.
TheseMeditationofmine,areverymeane:
anunfitobjectfor
aPrincessight:
unlesseasYouareaGodonEarth;inthisalso
YourrepresenttheGodofHeaven;toacceptinyourPrincely
pardonandpatience,{Greekphraseomitted}.TheCauseisgreat,
yourWisedom'sdeep,andmyLordtheKingisasanAngellofGod.
YourHis,HeisChrist,andChristisGods.
OhGod,bethoustilltheKingandChrist,ofthisChristour
King:
EvangelizeuntothisAngel:
doubletheSpiritofourEliah,
onOurElisha:
thatHemayflourishlikeourPalmeTree,andgrow
uplikeourCedarofAlbion.GivethyJudgementstotheKing,and
thyJusticetotheKingsSonne:
AndletallthePeopleoffer
thesesweetOdourstoTheetheGodofHeaven,andprayforthe
lifeoftheKingandHisSonne.
Soprayeth,forHisMajestie,AndyourHighnesse,
EdwardMisselden,Merchant
FrommyHouseatHackneyonWhitsonEve,the8ofJuneInthe
yeareofGrace,MDCXXII.AndoftheKingofPeace,XXIV.
Cap.I.
TheCausesofthewantofMoneyinEngland.
IthavingpleasedGodtogivemeemybirthandbeinginthis
goodLand,andunderthereigneofsogreataKing;whosepeace
andpiety,whoseprudenceandpolicy,whoserareendowmentsof
Natureandliterature,absitomnisadulatio,doelendtothe
ChristioanandPaganworldsuchagloriouslustre,asthatthe
othergreatlightsintheSphearesthereofdoseemeeclipsed:
I
couldnotbutthinkeitmyboundenduty,inallhumble
acknowledgementtoAlmightGod,anddevoutedservicetosomighty
aKing,toendevourtoexpressethesame,insomepublique
serviceforthepubliquegood.
Theratherforthatthereseem'stobeanecessitieimposed
uponallmen,asmuchastheycan,toperformethisduety;
accordingtothatgnerallprecept,FeareGod,HonourtheKing:
As
ifamancouldnotfeareGod,unlessehehonourtheKing:
nor
honourtheKing,withoutthefeareofGod.
Andnomarvell,whenGodhimselfesetteththesedutiesinthe
frontispiceortopofboththeTablesoftheDecalogue:
Theone
ExplicitinthefirstTable,ThoushaltlovetheLordthyGod:
TheotherImplicitinthesecondTable,Thoushalthonourthe
King:
asifhewere{Greekphraseomitted},ALawandanother
Law:
yeathewholeLawcomprisedinthesetwo:
andthesetwo
termedthegreatCommandements,togiveadeepeimpressionanda
livelyexpressionofsogreatadutie.
Yea,hedothhonourkingswiththisowntitle,asifhee
wouldpartwith,&imparttothem,someofhisownehonour.I
havesaideyeeareGods:
towhichthatofthePoetmayseeme
{Greekwordomitted}tohaveanelegantallusion,Divisum
imperiumcumIoueCaesarhabet.
AndthisisitIconfessethathathraisedandrowsedmine
affections,toseekeoutasubject,whereinImightsetmyselfa
task,&asitisintheproverb,might{Greekphraseomitted},to
performesomeacceptableservice,tosogreataKing,&sogooda
kingdome.
ButwhatneedIseekethatwhichseekethallmen?
Forwhatis
atthistimemoreenquiredafterthentheCausesofthedecayof
Trade?
Andwhatcanbemorefitformymeditation,thenthat
whereinIhavehadeducation?
Andwhathathmorerelationto
matterofState,thenCommerceofMerchants?
ForwhenTrade
flourisheth,theKingsrevenueisaugmented,LandsandRents
improved,Navigationisencreased,thepooreemployed.Butif
Tradedecay,allthesedeclinewithit.NeverthelessewhenI
lookeuponthefaceofthegreatbodypolitiqueofthisweale
publique,andthereinconsiderthehighwisedomeofHissacred
Majestie,astheintellectualpartofthisMicorcosme,oralter
orbisasCeasarcallesit:
theprudenceandprovidenceofHis
Nobles,astheEyesthereof;thegreatdecayofTrade,theNerves
thereof:
togetherwiththeparliamentationandconsultationof
allthepartstogetherabouttheseCausesandRemedies:
IfeareI
shallseeme{Greekphraseomitted},tolightaCandleinthe
Sunne,tooffermyserviceinthat,aboutwhichthechoicestwits
oftheKingdomearenowinconsultation.
ButhavinghadexperienceofHisMajestiesgracious
interpretationofsmallservicesofhissubjectsemployedforthe
publique:
thoughothersmuchmoresufficientaresentbefore,yet
couldInotbutexpostulatewithmyselfe,whatifIalsorunne
after,andcastinmy{Greekphraseomitted},intothisgreat
Treasury.
Thereforeifherein,anyobservationsofmine,either
Forreignordomestique,mayadministeranythingworthythe
informationofthatGreatcommonandyetnotcommonSense,I
shallesteememypartmosthappilyacted,tohaveemployedmy
privatepainesforthepubliquegood.Therather,forthat,as
therearemanyCausesdiscussedanddiscoursedofatthistime,
ofthedecayofTrade;soalsoaretheremanyremedies:
wherein
ifeithertheCausesbemistaken,ortheremediesillapplied;
thepresentsicknesseoftheTrade,maybebroughtfromadisease
infieritoanhabituatedandinfacto,asthePhisitiansSchoole
hathit.
Tofindthecauseofthings,isaworkeofPhilosophy,and
muchfelicitie:
tofindeoutafitremedy,isofhigheminency:
Buttoapplytheremedy,isamatterofStateandPolicy.And
thisleadethmeetotheMethodofmydiscourse:
whichpartsit
selfeintwaine:
viz.IntoadoubleQuaere,oftheDeformation
andReformationofTrade.Intheformermaybeconsidered,the
CausesandEffectsthereof.IntheCauses,thematterofformeof
Trade.ThemasterofTrade,iseitherNaturallorArtificial.The
NaturalmatterofCommerceisMerchandize:
whichMerchantsfrom
theendofTradehavestiledCommodities.TheArtificialmatter
ofCommerceisMoney,whichhathobtainedthetitlesinewsof
warreandofState.
OldJacobblessinghisGrandchildren,crosthishands;and
laidehisrighthandontheyonger,andhislefthandonthe
elder:
AndMoney,thoughitbeinnatureandtimeafter
Merchandize,yetforasmuchasitisnowinusebecomethechiefe,
IwilltakeleaveofMethod,tohandleitinthefirstplace.
FirstthereforeforthewantofMoneyinthisKingdome,many
reasonsmaybeeassign'd.WhereofsomeareImmediate,some
mediateorremote.TheImmediatereasonsofthewantofmoney,
areeithersuchashindertheImportation;ofsuchascausethe
exportationthereof.Andboththerseareoccasionedbythe
under-valueationofhisMajestiesCaoine,tothatofour
NeighbourCountries.ForwhowilprocurelicenceinSpaineto
bringReallesintoEngland,tosellthemhereatteninthe
hundredgaine,whichislessethentheExchangefromthencewill
yeeld;whenheemayhaveforthesamefiveandtwentyinthe
hundredinHolland?
HerefiveRealsofeight,whichmaketwenty
shillingssterling,willcommonlyyeeldtwoandtwentyshillings
orthereabouts:
andthesameinHollandwillyeeldfortytwo
shillings&sixepenceFlemish,whichisfiveandtwenty
shillingssterling.Andhowcanwechoosebutwantmoneyin
England,whentheJacobuspieces,areCurrantatsohigharate
inHolland?
Fortheretheygoeattwelveguilderseightstivers
thepiece,whichisoneandfortieshillingsandfourpence
Flemish,whichisfourandtwentieshillings&ninepence
sterling.AndafterthisrateHisMajestiesotherCoinesofgold
&silverarethereofrespectiv
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