( 53 ) 



" the charms of voluptuoufnefs, and the at- 

 " tradtion of manufactories. Peafants being 

 6 familiar with health, were ignorant of the 

 " mighty bleffing! Thofe deluded people, 

 " with an unrelu&ant careleflhefs, left the 

 6 active bufinefs of the field, to encounter 

 " difeafes at the loom, and other (luggifh 

 " employments ! Innocence loft their affec- 

 " tion, when the country loft their aflift- 

 " ance; and their minds and their blood 

 " were corrupted in the fame moment. 



" This defertion from the caufe of induftry, 



c encreafes the bills of mortality ; multiplies 



' hofpitals ; furnifhes the temple of julCce ; 



c and, what^is moft melancholy, fupplies her 



" altar with victims ! Againft thefe alarming 



' truths commerce maintained her ground : 



" She found powerful friends in every go- 



" vernment ; and no wonder, as ihe poured 



; iminenfe fums into their jrefpective trea- 



" furies : Fifcal laws are the political eftates 



1 of every prince ; and the paps which nonrifh 



' the minifterial polygarchy. Commerce, in- 



c creafed by encouragement, grew unwieldy 



; by an injudicious indulgence; and declined 



" by humours of her own generating : Com - 



' merce, like other prodigals, never advert- 



" ed 



