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Wherein again I do discover, that we are not at all 

 pinched by the multitude of people ; for if we were, 

 it were not possible that we should relinquish and 

 resign such an infinite benefit of fishing to the Flem 

 ings, as it is well known we do. And therefore I 

 see, that we have wastes by sea, as well as by land ; 

 which still is an infallible argument that our industry 

 is not awakened to seek maintenance by any over- 

 great press or charge of people. And lastly, Mr. 

 Speaker, there was never any kingdom in the ages 

 of the world had, I think, so fair and happy means to 

 issue and discharge the multitude of their people, if 

 it were too great, as this kingdom hath, in regard of 

 that desolate and wasted kingdom of Ireland ; which 

 being a country blessed with almost all the dowries 

 of nature, as rivers, havens, woods, quarries, good 

 soil, and temperate climate, and now at last under 

 his majesty blessed also with obedience, doth, as 

 it were, continually call unto us for our colonies and 

 plantations. And so I conclude rny second an 

 swer to this pretended inconvenience, of surcharge of 

 people. 



The third answer, Mr. Speaker, which I give, is 

 this : I demand what is the worst effect that can fol 

 low of surcharge of people ? Look into all stories, 

 and you shall find it none other than some honour 

 able war for the enlargement of their borders, which 

 find themselves pent, upon foreign parts ; which in 

 convenience, in a valorous and warlike nation, I 

 know not whether I should term an inconvenience or 

 no ; for the saying is most true, though in another 



