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Enter the Lo: Admirall surnamed Hobab. Capt: fitz[Ioseph]Iohn: naupegus, wth an attendant or two./.
Naup:
How likes my Lo: the modell?

Hob:
wondrous well;
A stately modell, second vnto none,
of any marchant that ere Crost the seas.
oh, such a shippe well furnisht, riggd, & mand,
[wo[illeg.]] would well beseeme the nauie of a prince./
Captayne herein thou art a happy man,
that thou haste purchast such esteeme, such [horo] honour
to goe [goe] Com̄aunder of so braue a shippe.
And let me not forgett the worth, (o worth
worthy a better [spose] spokesman then old Hobab)
of thy thrice honourd owners. such they are,
(to theyr eternall memorie I speake yt)
as haue made kings, & Countres honour ringe
wth loud alarums to the vtmost verge,
of any sea or land,: the kinge takes notice,
& well approues theyr acts (as well he maye)
besides the annuall profitt that accrues,
vnto the Com̄on wealth by buyinge goodes
better Conditionde, & at Cheaper rates
then heretofore,: [let marchants speakes], the state take speciall notice,
how many [yea] seamen yearely are imployde,
& shall I tell you, many land men too,
wch might haue beggd, or starud, or else beene hangd,
had that imployment faylde: thus I Conclude
(maugre the scandall of the multitude)
they are most noble marchants, & shall haue
old Hobabs approbation to his graue./.

fitz Io:
Most Honol e Lord:
In the behalfe of my renowned masters,
I humbly render [all] all submissiue thankes:
& may I liue (wch God aboue knowes best)
to make returne from my intended voyage
Ile not forgett—

Hob:
Good syr ynough of that:
[I am oblieged to theyr Courtesies]
theyr [s] onely worths, speake fully for themselues
should all tongues else be silent!—

Bell[s] ringes/.
Admi:
what meanes the ringinge of this bell naupegus?

naup:
my lo: this Calls our workmen to theyr worke,
due pricke & Checke my lo: must be obserud,
or else our busynes will goe fayntly forward:,

Enter Trun̄ell, okum, tallow, Tarre, & sheathinge nayle./.
Ok:
Now goodman Trun̄ell I hope I need not [make] giue any
longe discouragement to you for your busynes,:

Trū:
[fayth] old boyes I haue lookt[d] into euery augur hole, ouer
& ouer, If I haue faylde in any, Ile giue the seamen
leaue to pumpe me double & treble: [I fayth]:

Tarre:
And what saye you neighbour Okum for your selfe:

Ok:
[fayth] I haue Calkt her seame by seame,

Tarre:
And I am sure shees as well payde, as euer shippe
was payd:

shea:
Well & for her sheathinge, yf old Goodale him selfe
weare aliue (God rest his soule: (weepes)

Tarre.
why doe you weepe neyghbour Sheathinge nayle?

Shea:
would yt not make any shippe Carpenter weepe when
Goodale dyes? well I saye for her sheathinge, God blesse
the shippe & so forth—

Tallow:
well my masters, my taske is yet to Come, yf I tallow
not her wayes to make her slide of as slicke as
an Eeele, hange me & my buckett togeather:

Ad:
A knot of merry fellowes by myne honour!

naup:
May I but begge your lpps [[illeg.]]patience
a little longer to obserue the rest

Ad:
wth all my heart:

Naup:
A Chayre boye./.

Tallo:
come my hearts, weele eene haue a fire, & drinke euery
man his full pott round, & so to worke Cheerily.

All:
Content. Content: Why boye:

boye:
Holla: I know your mindes: yt shall be done gentlemen: bringes in fire: & .2. full potts: [& .5: 3. legged] 5. 3 footed stooles.—Sitt./


Trun̄:
Here neighbours, wee are all mortail, God knowes wch
of us shall dye first, I am so malld euery daye, that
I feele my very soule Cr[OMITTED]ckt:

Tarre
[fayth] & I am so heat wth fire, & scortchinge flames,
that all my fatt fades awaye like [stinkinge] Tallow agaynst the
Sunne/.

Tallo:
And why like Tallow goodman Ruface: you might haue
made other similitudes then of a mans name, Ile for
sweare the Companie of all such pitch [kettles] potts as—
thou art, for this, that I will./

Okūm.
Why goodman Tallow, doe not frett so in your owne
grease, I knowe my neghbour Tarre meant neyther sence
nor reason agaynst you, for he spake simply, that ys to
saye, he spake very simply indeed./

Shea:
Hold your peace neighbours, hold your peace, yf any
[dutchemen]/[drunken thrum Cappe] should heare you they would make [a] treason
of this./

Trū:
Treason, neighbour Sheathinge nayle, marry God shield,

Shea:
Why [they]/[there are people in the world that] will make treason of anythinge: right or
wronge: I am sure [there haue beene some that haue suffered]/[they haue Chopt of a good many]
[of our nation at Amboyna, for lesse treason then]
[eyther drinkinge or speakinge,] o. that Harman van
Speult is een schellam in Zijn Hart.

Tallo:
Hush, good Sheathinge nayle, you pricke too hard, you
pricke too hard [yfayth]/.

Shea:
pricke too hard quotha, I would all my boxe of sheathinge
nayles weare prickinge in his hodge-podge mawe,—

Tarre:
No more of that, at this tyme,: Why boye:

boye:
Holla:

Okū:
fill tother .3. full potts, & wee are gone,: tis well boye:
neighbour Trun̄ell, you haue a longe breath, and a deepe
swallow, & for your bore, [Ike] I knowe yt ys an Inch
& ½ . diameter, take you therefore that full pott, & wee
4: will dispatch the rest, & [for this busines of Amboyna,]/[so all all quarrells layd aside]
[fayth weell haue a daye to discourse of yt, priuately by our]
[selues, and (drinke.)] drinke:
Enter boye:
To worke, to worke, my masters, yonder Comes the [Gouernour]/[directour]
Exeunt:
&—awaye, awaye,—takes all awaye./.

Ad:

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Ad:

Somethinge these fellowes would, but dare not, saye.
theyr teethe Canne hardly keepe theyr slippery tongues
wthin theyr mouthes: like fire in Embers hid
they smother vp theyr wordes, wch fayne would burst
into an open flame: but ys supprest
by an o're ponderous waight: I Cannot diue
into theyr thoughtes: but by the language spoke
I may suppose hard measure to be vsde
in places farre remote gaynst some of note
& othersome of meaner qualitie
what ys allready [done]/[past] Cannot be helpt,
but I doe hartely wish that Circūspect
may futurely be had: that no such errour
heareafter be Com̄itted: may the guilt
light on his head by whom mans blood is spilt
But silence Hobab: he liues most at rest,
that heares what others, saye [I loues] [and speakes] the lest:

[What Ierkinge Call you [this] my selfe haue heard,]
[the miserable torture]
[of the vnmatcht vile, miserable, torture,]
[Those dutch inflicted on some English men[t ],]
[[at that Amboyna,] & my soule hath ernd]
[to here the dire relation: but alas,]
[my sorrow Cannott helpe afflictions past:]
[I Cannott but admire how such a Crew]
[of [swinish]/[beastly] drunkards, baser then the sire]
[wch first begott them (and he base ynough)]
[durst spend theyr Censure, or once dare to touch,]
[the honest subiects of a mighty monarch:]
[Oh that I weare as younge as when I mett]
[Iberiaes great armado in the west:]
[But silence Hobab: he liues most at rest]
[that heares what others saye but speakes the best:]

Cap:
[my]
My Lo./ I hope yor honour doth not take amisse
the adle language of mechanicke men,
they sparse they wordes, as fooles doe shoote theyr bolte[OMITTED]

Cap:
To hitt they care not whom, nor where they light:

Admi/.
Theyr tattle moues me not: some thinge's amisse,
wch God amend: I wish a [grate] greate deale more
then well Canne bringe to passe:

Naup:
My honored Lo:
Here comes our [worthy Gouernour.] greate director./

exit Cap. &. Naup./
Enter . gouer: deputie, & . [2 . or 3] 1 . 2 . Com̄ittee[s]/
Go:
Health, & good daye to my Lo Admirall,
Tis newes indeed to see your honour here,
would wee had beene so happy to haue knowne,
the daye or houre your l̄pp would haue Come,
some slender preparation had been made
to bid your honour wellcome,: you haue seene
a dirty piece of ground, but furnished
wth fitt materialls, and the Charge not small
for the supply thereof: such ys our Care
our yard want nothinge,: mony is the nerue
of this greate worke,: yf that regina fayle,
our shipps may lye in roade wth furled sayle./.

Ad:-
You haue spoke nothinge but pure truth yt selfe:
let him, what ere he be, that seekes to thriue
by waye of farre Com̄erce make such provision./
but here[in] my admiration ys aground
to knowe, how, where, & whence your wisdomes gett
such of all sortes. such anchors, tymber, plankes,
masts, yards, sayles, Cordage, [& to Conclude, what not] trun̄ells, okum, nayles,
brasse shiuers, shiuers Coakte, blocks greate & small,
Oares, deales,: greate ordnance, powder, fire workes,
Shott, Crosbarre, Chayne shott, [Ch] Clappe shott, langrell, round,
musketts, swordes, targetts, Crosspitts, halberts, pikes,
Beefe, porke, bread, [meale] beere, wine, sydar, oatemeale, pease,
[Chees] meale, butter, Cheese, rice, vinegar, sweete oyle,
A surgeons Chest well furnisht, & what not
that eyther shipps or men may stand in need of?
The depth how these are gott, [ys past my fathom,] and still remayne
in readines, for furnishinge of shippes
& men to sea ys past my fathominge!

deputie./
for to provide these needfull vtenses,
(my honourd Lo) wee keepe in annuall paye
of men well knowne for truth & honestie
not a small number,: euery man imployde
knowes what his office is: but the account
ys one particular mans,:—

Admi:
A tœdious taske.

deputie, .
To an experienct man nothinge seemes hard.
At our demand he Canne produce his [speak] bookes
how such & such materialls are expended
& what remaynes in store for future vse.

de
wee entertayne no aduocates, to pleade
for those we find delinquents, our imployment
[harbours] (Especially domestique) fosters none,
that are of obscene qualitie or lyfe,
whom wee doe eyther finde remisse or false,
wee suddenly discharge,: & thus wee keepe
a little, but well gouernd Com̄on weale
(by the permission of our soueraigne liege)
wthin our selues./

Ad:
Longe may you keepe yt so:
& euer flourish whilst you keepe yt so./.
but yet some grumblinge rumour[s] flys[s] abroade,
that you doe much impouerish the state.
& that by seuerall meanes, & sundry wayes?
& yf my memorie fayle not, these are they:
first by an excesse transportation
of siluer, Gold, & Coynes of Christendome,
& more perticularly of this our kingdome.
next by the prodigall wast of tymber, plancke,
& other needfull vtenses for shippinge,
Thirdly by death of men, and profuse wast
of victualls, wch Causeth beggerie.
and lastly by the small or no imployment
the mint hath had since this East Indian trade.

Go:
To all, & eache of these, to make response,
would but your Lpps leysure giue you leaue,
wee would applye our selues: but the discourse
I feare would be too tedious./

Ad:-
Not a whitt:
my idle houres afford me as much tyme
to heare, as your more serious occasions
Canne giue you tyme to speake.

Com̄: 1.
[Then thus my Lo:/.]
The Clamorous [report] Complaints agaynst this trade,
(my selfe beinge one of that societie)
haue much disturbd my priuate meditations
yet neuer Could, nor Canne I yet Conceaue
the meanes or ground of this Confusion./.
This I dare boldly saye; the greatest part
of these exclaimors, are such ignorants
as neuer yet weare able to discerne
the misteries Contayned in Com̄erce:
Others of enuiy speake, because they cannott
participate in this societie:
Others, (Corrupted in theyr vayne affections)
whilst willingly they runne into these errours
doe allso labour wth all diligence,
to bringe the [il] like affected to theyr bowe.
that so the good & glory of this kingdome
might be subuerted by our selues at home
wch by the strength & policie of strangers
Canne neuer be abated: but Ile leaue
these & the like [numrous] obstreperous Cavillers,
vnto theyr owne erronious fantasies
& so addresse my selfe, to answeare eache
& euery the obiections as they lye./.

Ad:
You shall doe well.

Go:
but hononorable syr
because the procede will be somewhat longe
please you a little to refresh your selfe,

Enter a small banquett, & wine./ musique aloft./, after a small respitt of tyme all taken awaye/.
Ad:
Hold still your musique,: I shall deeme the tyme
well spent to heare these mayne obiections,
Cleerd wth a solid & a simple truth:
In the discourse, (good syr) let me request
no darke ænigmaes past my vnderstandinge,
I knowe Com̄erce ys a deepe misterie
beyond a Courtiers reach: playnenes of speeche,
will please me best:

Com̄: 1.
Breifly & playnely thus/
The first obiection to be answeared
ys, that the gold & Coynes of Chistendome
& more perticularly of this our kingdome
is much exhausted to buy needles wares./.
[In yt I must Consider]
To make full answeare to this greate obiection:
In the first place I will expresse the vse
the needfull & the necessary vse
of all such wares wch vsually are brought
from orientall India into Europe.
To witt, drugs, spices, rawsilke, Indico:
& Callicoes. next I will intimate
the manner & the meanes, how & wch wayes
the foresayd wares haue heretofore been brought
into Europa: lastly I will proue
the Coynes of England, neyther Gold nor siluer
to be Consumde, but rather much increast[e]
by the performance of the foresayd trade./.

Ad:
The necessary vse of Indian wares,
the meanes & manner how before imported
the treasure not Consumde, but much encreast.
ys yt not so:?

Com̄:
Euen so my honourd lord/

Ad:
Then farely make replye.

Com 1
Ist possible,
to finde a man so blinde, so ignorant
in any famous Com̄on wealth: that will,
oppose the moderate vse of [[illeg.]] healthfull druggs,
and Com̄fortable spices? not thereby
to surfayte, or to please a lickorish taste,
but rather as they are most pertinent
eyther for preseruation of health,
or Cure of grosse impostumde maladies.
might not these Stoike snarlers, poor obiecters,
as well deny [the deny] the vse, & bringinge in
of Sugars, wines, oyles, raysons, Currands, prunes,
figgs, & the like: nay wth farre greater reason,
exclayme wth bitter language gaynst Tobacco,
gaynst Cloth of gold & siluer, Cambricks, lawnes,
gaynst gold, & siluer lace, gaynst Taffaties,
veluetts & sattens, yearely, daylie brought
into this kingedome for excessiue sum̄es,
all wch whilst wee Consume, Consume not they
[reciprocally our Coyne,] (I speake of knowledge) both our wealth, and meanes?
and yet the moderate vse of all these wares
haue euer suted wth the maiestie
of this greate kingedome, & rich Com̄on wealth.
for Indico yt ys so excellent
for the well dyinge [Clo] of our woollen Clothes
so much esteemed allmost through out the world
for ornament & weare, that take awaye
the goodnes of the dye, small sale of Cloth
will be in vse, & what will follow then
but beggery to thousands in the land.
& for the importation of rawe silkes
London Cannot deny but many hundreds,
of poore decayed tradesmen & theyr wiues
(wch otherwise might suffer Cold & hunger)
are euery daye imployde, to gett theyr lyvinge
by windinge, twistinge, weavinge of the same.
yea & to Cherish this greate busines
his Maiestie hath graciously beene pleasd
for to remitt the impost of such silkes.
so that yt may be hoped yet ere longe,
that industrie will make that art to flourish
wth no lesse profitt to this Com̄on wealth
then yt hath done to diuerse other states,
as Italye, the Monarchie of France,
& the vnited Belgique provinces:
Touchinge the trade of Callicoes, tis true
I will not vouch yt so Com̄odious
for Christendome in generall, yet for us
of singular & most especiall vse,
not solely for encrease of forraine trade,
but thereby to abate the high-raysd price
of Holland, Cambricks, lawnes, & lynnen Cloth
Of sundry sortes, by shippinge yearely brought
into this kingdome for great sum̄es of mony./
And this (I hope) may satisfie your honour
touchinge the helpfull vse of Indian wares./

Ad-
No honest man (I thinke) [will] Canne disallow
of these your allegations, since they beare
no feyned glosse, no Counterfayte pretext
to make them seeme then otherwise they are.
what, giddy, harebraynd, heady fooles are they
that speake they know not what, gaynst what they know not:
[Children will] but [babies,] Children still [be] are dablinge in the durt,
& fooles will babble though to publique hurt:
Canne you, as this, proue all the rest sincere?

Go:
yf otherwise my honoble lord
may wee incurre the high & greate displeasure
of his most sacred maiestie & state.
[Good syr proceede, And wee are ready]

Com̄itt:
Next I must Intimate
the importation of these [seuerall] Indian wares.
Yf selfe opinion, or a bare report
of yll affected men to publique good
shall stand for wittnes,: then yt will appeare
that Europes first Com̄erce from India
by way of naviga[vate]tion had begin̄inge
by the discovery of the Cape good hope.
That this ys false, wittnes the many yeares
(before [the] discouery of the foresayd Cape)
this traffique had his ordinary Course
by shipps to Mocha in th'Arabian sea,
& to Balsera in the Persian gulfe:
from both wch places all the foresayd wares
weare ouer land transported through the turkes
[by] on Cam̄ells to Aleppo, & Alexandria,
from whence agayne they weare by sea disperst
as well by Turkes & Christians into Europe./
by wch Continuall entercourse The Turke
(the Com̄on enemie of Christendome)
was master of the trade, enricht his subiects
& filled his Coffers wth high-rated Customes./
but our discouery into India
by Cape bone esperance (so much frequented
as well by other nations as the English)
hinders not onely the Com̄erce & trade
the Turke sometymes enioyde, as well in Persia
as in Arabia, (too no little losse,)
but yt hath allso brought, (and still wee hope
will daylie bringe) a further happines
to Christendome in generall, & to England
more in perticular as well by ventinge
Our English Cloth & tyme (Com̄odities
wee well Canne spare) as allso by exportinge
lesse quantitie of Coyne then heretofore
by many thousand poundes. so then to stoppe
these barkinge mouthes, wch vnder gilded termes
of the weale publique (yet as much respect
the publique weale as drones doe honyed bees) [doe dro]
dare speake they list not where, nor Care not what
to the subuersion of our Indian trade./
Ile make yt playne appeare what first the wares
bought at Aleppo Cost: and what the same
of the same nature, qualitie, & worth
Cost in East India wth the seuerall Charge./
Here might I number vp such quantities
as might Confound most solid memories
but by the little percells wch Ile name
greater proportions may be easily iudgde./.

                   

100000l l. of pepper at Aleppo. at .	2s. perl l. is	10000l l
The same quantitie in India at .	3d. perl l. is	1250
20000l l. of Cloues at Aleppo at .	5s. perl l. is	5000l l
The same quantitie in India at .	1s. perl l. is	1000l l
400000l l. nutmeggs at Aleppo at .	2s. 4d. perl l. is	46666. 13s. 4d.
The same quantitie in India at .	4d. perl l. is	6666. 13. 4.
100000l l. rawe silke at Aleppo at .	12s. perl l. is	60000.
The same quantitie in Persia at .	8s. perl l. is	40000./
50000l l. Indico at Aleppo at .	4s. perl l. is	10000./
The same quantitie in India. at .	1s. perl l. is	2500./

Thus may your honour by these small accounts
discerne & iudge of greater, & [thereby] thereby
[Collect what mighty greater sum̄es of starlinge Coyne]
[haue beene [illeg.]ported out of Christendome]
[then [illeg.] w[illeg.]e are euer like to be]
Collect what massie sum̄es of starlinge Coyne
haue been exported out of Christendome
wch now are saude, by fetchinge the selfe wares
[as now] from India now wch then [fro] Aleppo [yeilded] solde./

Ad:
Then yt appeares your gaynes must needs be greate,
buyinge the selfe same wares, for neare one third
of that they Cost in Turkie: & resellinge
the selfe same wares [agayne at] at foure or fiue for one./

Go:
Herein your honour (pardon me my Lord)
& many other wch Conceaue the like
are much mistaken; all the mentiond gayne
ys not the m'chants onely: Christendome
in generall, hath a greate part thereof
in Cheapnes [[illeg.]] of the wares: next you must note.
The interest & forbearance of the m'chant
is very longe the aduenture & assurance
exceedinge dearer: & the daylie Charge
of shippinge, victualls, mariners, & factors
farre greater then by voyage into Turkie
so that the difference thus decides yt selfe.
that the materialls of the Com̄on wealth
togeather wth the imployment of the subiects
(In lieu of readie monies) doth become
a greate & ample portion of the price,
payd for those Indian wares: wch Cannott hurt
(as many most erroniously suppose)
the Com̄on wealth, but greately helpe the same./

dep.
This one thinge take from me (most honord lord)
for a firme maxime, & vndoubted truthe,
that all the Persians Moores, & Indians,
wch haue Com̄erce or traffique wth the Turkes
at Alexandria, Mocha, or Aleppo,
for spices, druggs, raw-silkes or Callicoes,
haue allwayes made, & to this daye doe make
theyr annuall returnes for ready monies.
for other wares there are exceedinge fewe
wch they desire to buy from forraine parts./
some Chamletts, Corrall, wrought silke, woollen Cloth
wth some small trifles else, they yearely vent
for 40. or 50 thousand pound at most
wch ys a poore invaluable sum̄e,
to that exceedinge wealth in gold & siluer
brought from Aleppo into Persia./
for raw-silke onely, yearely at the least
five hundred thousand pounds. agayne from Mocha,
yearely at least six hundred thousand poundes
in Iunkes of wondrous burthen, into India,
for the returne of Sugar, Callicoes,
Rice, druggs, Tobacco, Cowha, Cardamone,
& diuerse other thinges. so that betweene
these Infidelles, Com̄erce is still mayntaynd,
not onely for the Callicoes, & wares
of sundry sortes, wch most Concerne theyr vse,
but allso for the silkes of Persia
wch are transported into Christendome.

2. Com̄./
All this Considered (honorable syr)
how matchles worthy is the enterpryse
of our East Indian English, Companie
who by theyr good endeavours doe, & hope
still more & more to, turne no little part
of this most wealthy trade, by shipps directly
from out the Persian gulfe into our kingdome./
whereby the trade & Customes of the Turke
may euery daye be more & more impayred
& Europes treasure lesse & lesse Consumde
as ys allready actually performde
in Case of spices druggs & Indico./

Ad.
You all Cohere in one,: I now perceaue,
(by the Coherence of the Turkish trade
wth Christians, Persians, Indians & the like)
the meanes & manner how the Indian[s] wares
[wares] haue heretofore beene brought & yet in part
are still procurd into Christendome.

Ad:
Therefore no more of this: my memorie
will fayle in all to heare too much of any.

Com̄. 1.
The last thinge mentiond in the first obiection,
is that the siluer, gold, & Current Coynes
of this our kingdome in particular
ys not Consumed by th'East-India trade./
Who knoweth not (so that he will not pleade
simplicitie or ignorance of purpose,
& yet who blinder then the selfe-willd blinde,
who out of enuy will not knowe the truthe)
that gold wth siluer in East India
hath no [concordant price] æquiualence: nor hath the [siluer] Coyne
of this our kingdome any equall valew
wth Spanish Ryalls,
accordinge to theyr seuerall pryzes here:
besides all this, [yt ys prohibited] the transportion
[by kingly power to the East Indian m'chant]
of any gold or siluer of this kingdome
by kingly power is prohibited
to the East Indian marchants: onely this
a Certayne sum̄e is yearely limited
of forrayne Coyne, as ryalls or the like,
wch as they neuer did, nor dare exceede,
so haue they neuer yet fullfild the same./
ney whatsoeuer sum̄es of forrayne Coyne
haue beene transported into India,
his maiestie hath Carefully provided
by his authentique letters pattents graūted
vnto the brethren of that Companie,
that they shall yearely import as much siluer
as they export, wch truely is performd
wth ouerplus, to the no small encrease
of this our kingdomes treasure: nor i'st likely,
that the sayd money thus Contracted for,
at Certayne prices, and at tymes appointed
to be deliuered, should be otherwise
brought into England, wch the m'chant doth
for the perfomance of the Contracts made.
who wthout full assurance of vent,
& a good price for the sayd monies sent
would questionles make theyr returnes in wares
the vse whereof would Certaynlie be found
lesse profitable to thee Com̄on wealth
when all thinges rightly are Considered:/
[Saye] Saye that wee graunt one hundred thousand poundes [a yea][OMITTED]
in ryalls, dollars, or like forren Coyne
[be] yearely to be exported: [the returnes] yet tis Certayne
The trade thus dryuen wth such sum̄es of mony
will not Consume, but rather much augment
the kingdomes treasure: wch [may well appeare] is truly prouude
In the discourse of trade, a booke sett forth
to make all mistie doubts serene & Cleare.

Admi/
This seemes to me a misterie indeed,
for I my selfe may thus obiect & saye,
you bringe vs wares from India into England
where are those wares Consumde,? where are they sold?
are they not sold in England? or transported
to Countryes farre remote, & there exchangd
for other wares? this Cannot be denyde
in my opinion: wch yf not denyde,
yt Consequently followes, that wee still
doe want our hundred thousand poundes in monyes./

depu:
first (honob l e. Sr.) wee must Conceaue
the wares to be of little or no vse
for this our kingdome, onely for so much
as doe Concerne the vsefull trade thereof.
In the sayd trade, wee likewise must Consider
that though the goodes exported be returnde
in other wares, [yet still] th'[ey] are still [yet] [imployde] negotiated
vnto the augmentation of the stocke
& for the well-imployment of the subiects./.
and lastly yf there be a resolution,
to end the busines. be assured (syr)
that the whole value may be presently
returnde in ready monies. for I knowe
in Italie & Turkie, where those wares
to best aduantage are most vendible
there likewise is the monye allwayes free
to be exported wthout Countermaund.
And as yt ys a truth wthout Controule
that other wares exported weare the meanes
for to bringe in the hundred thousand poundes
imployde (by supposition) in East India:
so is there the same efficacie & power
in Indian wares to bringe in & procure
alike or greater sum̄e[s] of ready monies
Into this kingdome: for let no man doubt,
that mony still attends on marchandize:
monye's the price of war«e»s & wares agayne
the proper vse of [wares] [[illeg.]nies] Coyne. I then Conclude
that theyr Coherence is inseparable./

[OMITTED]
Yf any scruple [made] might be made of this
thinke you the ffrench or the venetians
would willingly permitt, each yeare at least
six hundred thousand poundes of starlinge Coyne
to be transported out theyr territories
into the large dominions of the Turke

Com̄. 1.
onely to buy the silkes of Persia,
wch forthwth is resold for ready monies
To other states for to performe the trade:/
whereby theyr wealth doth euery daye encrease
& the poore subiect, for reliefe, imployde.
And doe not wee, by sale of Indian wares,
in Turkey, in Ligorne, in Genowaye
& in Marcellis, purchase ready monies
freely brought thence sans danger of the lawe,
[or] no prohibition to the Contrary.?/
all wch sayd Coyne, or any part thereof
yf happily diuerted from this realme
by any new imployment or affayres,
yt nathles must be graunted, (maugre spite)
that the sayd Indian wares & m'chandize
[in] in ready monies had theyr finall ende.
what neede I heape vp māy argumentes
to proue a [matter] Cause so playne, so euident:
yf search weare [found] made, yt doubtles would be found
that the surmount of all our other trades,
ioynde all togeather, would not æqualize
the ouerballance of our Indian trade
In ready monies . thus my taske is done
Clearinge the first mayne-naymde obiection/.

Ad:
A misterie: and such a misterie
that'es past all vulgar apprehension:
how ænigmatique vnto Com̄on sense.
haue you explaynde a longe suspected truth:?
I, as the vulgar, Iudgde, you seemde to me,
no otherwise, then such as ill report
would haue you be: but I am satisfide.
Let Calumnie hereafter hold her tonge
to slander those that neuer did her wronge.

[ho.]
I knowe your promptnes to explaine the rest,
let this suffice for one dayes serious taske:
another daye or two Ile gladly spend
to heare the rest resolude: till then here ende.

Exeunt.