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fame terms with thofe of other nations ; and 

 hence the trade muft be turned out of its na- 

 tural channel : And when once this happens 

 to be the cafe, it will undoubtedly, like the 

 courfe of a river, be a matter of no little dif- 

 ficulty to turn it back again , or perhaps it 

 may never return again to its old courfe. 



The following is a very remarkable in- 

 ftance of trade ihifting from one nation to 

 another. Vide Intereft of Scotland conn- 

 dered, p. 77. 



" The wool of all the growths of Europe 

 4< was, for many ages, bought up and ma- 

 " nufadlured by the inhabitants of the Ne- 

 1 therlands,. by whom Europe was ferved 

 1 with woolen goods* The woolen trade 

 ' was firfE fet on foot in England in the 

 reign of Edward III. but it made fmall 

 progrefs until the time of Philip IL of 

 Spain, whofe yoke became very heavy and 

 " fcvere. While his fubjefts groaned under 

 " oppreflion and tyranny, England had die 

 1 happinefs to be governed by the wifeft ad- 

 * 4 miniftration ever nation was bleft with. 

 ** Numbers of wealthy merchants and ma- 

 * nufadurcrs fled to England; and it is 



" computed- 



