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shall I tell you, Mr. Speaker, what I think ? Of all 

 the places in the world, near or far off, they will 

 never take that course of life in this kingdom, which 

 they content themselves with in Poland ; for we see 

 it to he the nature of all men that they will rather 

 discover poverty abroad, than at home. There is 

 never a gentleman that hath overreached himself in 

 expence, and thereby must abate his countenance, 

 but he will rather travel, and do it abroad than at 

 home : and we know well they have good high 

 stomachs, and have ever stood in some terms of 

 emulation with us : and therefore they will never 

 live here, except they can live in good fashion. So 

 as I assure you, Mr. Speaker, I am of opinion that 

 the strife which we now have to admit them, will 

 have like sequel as that contention had between the 

 nobility and people of Rome for the admitting of 

 a plebeian consul ; which whilst it was in passage 

 was very vehement, and mightily stood upon, and 

 when the people had obtained it, they never made 

 any plebeian consul, not in sixty years after : and so 

 will this be for many years, as I am persuaded, rather 

 a matter in opinion and reputation, than in use or 

 effect. And this is the first answer that I give to 

 this main inconvenience pretended, of surcharge of 

 people. 



The second answer which I give to this objection, 

 is this : I must have leave to doubt, Mr. Speaker, 

 that this realm of England is not yet peopled to the 

 full ; for certain it is, that the territories of France, 

 Italy, Flanders, and some part of Germany, do in 



