Excerpt from The Works of Sir William Temple, Bart, Vol. 3 of 4 Before I enter upon the considerations of trade, which are more general, and may be more lastin in this kingdom, I will observe to your Lordship some particular circumstances in the constitution and government, which have been hitherto, and may be long, the great discouragers of trade and riches here; and some others in the present con. Juncture, which are absolutely mortal to it: and so you may not expect to find remedies where indeed there are none, nor suffer men, like busy ignorant physicians, to apply such as are contrary to the disease, because they cannot find such asare pro per for it. The true and natural ground of trade and riches is number of people in proportion to the compass of ground they inhabit. This makes all things ne cessary to life dear, and that forces men to indus try and parsimony. These customs, which grow first from necessity, come with time to be habitual to a country. And where-ever they are so, that place must grow great in traffic and riches, if not disturbed by some accidents or revolutions, as of wars, of plagues, or famines, by which the people come to be either scattered or destroyed. 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.