Excerpt from The Consequences of Trade, as to the Wealth and Strength of Any Nation: Of the Woollen Trade in Particular, and the Great Superiority of It Over All Other Branches of Trade Ruin. Under this dreadful Apprehenfion, but too well grounded, I'do mof't earnefily befeech your Lordfhips to examine particularly into the State of the Woollen Trade, and to employ your vvifdom in finding out fome efi'eetual Method to recover it. Very certain I'am, that unlefs you do, his Majeflzy will not long continue to be our King, nor we continue to be a Free People.. We' {hall unavoidably fall a Sa crifice to the Ambition of Frame; and our Deftruc tion will as necefiarily be followed by that of Europe. I do humbly conceive that the Scheme which Mr. Ill/oboe) has orfer'd to the Publick will prove an ef fectual one, and that the Charter which his Majcfi'y was pleafed to grant him, will be highly beneficial to the Nation. He has clearly convinced my Judge ment, and I will make as little doubt but that he will eafily convince your Lordfhips, whenever he {hall be honoured with an Opportunity to explain lhimfelf. But, be that as it will, this melancholy'truth Intuit repeat to your Lordfhips; unlefs the Exportation of our Wool be {topp'd-by fome Means or another, ithe Nation mull: be ruin'd'; and I molt heartily begof' God to direct your Counfels' to the belt Meafures for? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.