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Show -~--A R . the Hoile o~'Commons, of the Eari oj'Salisbnries, 3 0 eport,m ~--~~ 'J _ . . . - ~- ech he brought an Infra nee, of one-trad10g th ~ L ~vant , of hts Spe 1 ? d of an Arrefi of his Ship ; And poilefied the Tb~~8J~~Jb,:u:ith the fame Complaint, in a vehement, and bltCounffh · . Defiriog and preffing, fome prefent, and Expofiuter~ a Lto:r' s· touching the fame . . Whereupon, fome ( ounfe_llatory ell er ' a'tnted with the like Heates, and Forwardnefs, m hmrs we acqu · 0 f c · .n. d ' laintc ha ened to fay to htm:, ut o on Jel-tUre, :1 ~ _ Comp f ·:~ ~~~elligence; w hatwillyoujay, ifyo1tr Ship, winch not out ola .anty be under you Arrclt be 110W under Sail, in way homewar!/J ? comp tn o :J ' r £ ffi fi Which fell out accordingly: The fam~ Pencn., con e :mg' lX dayes after, to the Lords, that the was tndeed, m her way home-waTrdhse. t·h ird generall obfervation, w h"t c h h"1 s L or J'tJ!'l· n·p rna de , w :1s this in EffeCt: That ,although, he g!anted, that theW ~al~h)an d w ei fare ofthe Merchant, was not, without_ a Sympathy, Wlth the 11 S~ock and State of a Nation, efpectally an Ifland; yet negenehral r. 1·t'was a Thing toofamili~r, with the Mert hant, to vmearkt e ct: hCeI SC'a fe of his Parti'c ular Profit_, the 1m bl'1 c I< . C a fce o f t h e Kingdom. · . b· r;, · h. h h £ There follow, the plrtlcular 0 'J ervt~ twns, w tc ave . are e-and application to the Merchan-tJ, that tr.ade to Spam, and rrhene eLee, vant. . Wherein' his Lor d'WJ'J i~, d1'd fi r fi, h onoura bl y, a nd tenderly, acknowledge, that thetr Grie1,ances were great, That they did multiply:, And that they do ~eferve, compa_ffion, a_nd help:, But yet, nevtrthelef~, that he mutC .ufe~ that lovmg pl a tn~ nefs to them, as to tell them, that in many thmgs~ they_ were Authon;, of their own Miferies. For fince the D1ifolvmg of the c ~ which was termed the Monopoly; And was fet free, by t~;{;ci.all In fiance, of this HoHfe; There hath followed, fuch a Confufion, and Relaxation, i~ Order~and Governm~nr, amongft them:, As they do not onely t~cur, many_Inc0nveme_nces; And commit many Errours; Bu~ In t~e ptn_f~ttes, of thetr own Remedies, and iuites, they do 1t fo l~polttt~ue~y, and after fuch a Fafhion; As Except, Legicr EmbajJad01ws, (~htch a_re the Eyes, of Kings in forrain P arts ) fh9nld leave their Cenunell, and become' Merchants Fa{] our~, and Sollicitou~s, tbeir Caufescan har?ly prof per. And, which is more, fuch Is now the Confufion, tn the Trade; As Shop-Keepers, and Handy-Crafts-Men, become 1/Jerchants there; Who being bound, to no Orders, feek bafe mean s, by Gifts, and Bribery, to procure favours, at the H~nds, of Officers there. So as the honefr ltfercht nt, th~t trades hke a fubfiantiall Merchant; And loves not to take Servtle Courfes, to buy the Right due to him., by .the A~nity of the Princes) can have no Juftice, without treadmg In thetr freps. . . Secondly his Lordjhip did obferve, fome Improbabthty, that the wrongs fhouJd be fo gr~ar, confidering Trading, _into thofe parts was never greater :; whereas if the wrongs, and gnefs, were fo in;ollerable and contin111a1J, as they propound them; It would ' work, ___ an~ the Earl_~! Norchamptons SpeecbeJ. work, rather,a generall Difcouragement,and CoJdnefs of Trade, in FatJ; Then an earnefr, and .hot Complaint, in Words: Thirdly, his Lordjl,ip did obferve; That it is a Courfe (howfoever it may be with a good In_ tent,) ret of no fmall prefumpti~ o~, for Merc~antJ', Up_on their partzcula~ Grievances, to urge thmg~=> ten~mg to a. dtred: War; Confidenng, that nothing, is more ufuall, t~ Treaties, ~hen that fuch particular Dammages, a_nd Molefiattons of SubJects,_ are lert to a _Form of}ulHce, to be nghted : And that the more high Art1cles, do retain, nevertheJefs, their vigour inviolably; .And that the great Bargain, of the Kingdome, for War, and Peace, may, in no wife depend upon fuch petty Forfeitures; No more,then in comm~n Affura~ce between Man and Man, it were fit, that. upon every breach ofCovenants, there fhould be limitted aRe-entry. Fourthly, ~is Lordjhip did obferve; In the manner of preferring their Petition, they had inverted due order ; 'Addreffing themfelves, to the Foot, and not to the Head. Forconfidering, that they prayed,no new Law, for their Relief; And that it con· cerned, Matter -?fln~ucem_ent, to IVar, or Peace; They o~ght, to have begun, w~th·ht~ llfaJefiy, unto whofe Roy aU Judgement, Power=> and Office, dtd properly belong, the difcerning of that, which was defired;The putting in Act of that, which mought be granted;And the Thanks for that, whichmought be obtained. FJfthly, his Lordjhip did obferve; That,as they bad not prefer· red their Petition as it fhould be; So, they had not purfued their own Direction, as it was. For_, having directed their Petition to the King)the Lord$ fpiritnall,and TemporaiJ,and the Commons i~ Parli~~ent alfemb1ed; It imp~rted, as if they had offered the hke Petttlon , to the Lords; whtch theynever did; Contrary Not onely, to their own Direction, hut, like wife to our Con~ ceipt ; . who prefuppofed, (as it fhould feem, by fome Speecf.l that paifed from us, at a fprmer ~onf<;rence ;) That they had of~ fered, feverall Pet~tionJ', of like tcnour, to both HoufeJ'. So, have 'yo~ no"":, thofe e.1ght obfervation~, part Gemerall, part Speciall, whtch hts Lordfiup; made touchmg the PerjiJiu ofthof~, which ·exhibited the Petition, and the Circu'fl.ftancuofthe fame. For the Matter!> of the Petition, it felf, his Lordlbip made this Divifion; That it conlifieth of threeparts. Firlt, of the Complaints, of wrongs, in Fact. Secondly, of the Complaints,of wrongs, in Law; As tbey may be truly termed; That is,ofthe Inequality ofLj;lwes, which do regulate the Trade. And thirdly, the B.emedJ defired, by Letters of Mart. The wrong.r, in F rJlJ, receive a localJ Dilhibution; of three. In the Trade to Spain; I.r;t the Trade to the Weft. Indies; And in the Trade to the Levant. Concer~ing the Trade to Spain: Although h'k tordjhip did ufe, muchfigntfication, ofCompaffion, of the lnju ries, which the MerchantJ' |
