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some to advance and bring him on his way, some to 

 tempt and allure him, some to spur on and provoke 

 him, cannot but threaten an increase of our peril in 

 great proportion. 



Lastly, Mr. Speaker, I will but reduce to the 

 memory of this house one other argument, for ample 

 and large providing and supplying treasure : and 

 this it is : 



I see men do with great alacrity and spirit pro 

 ceed when they have obtained a course they long 

 wished for and were restrained from. Myself can 

 remember both in this honourable assembly, and in 

 all other places of this realm, how forward and af 

 fectionate men were to have an invasive war. Then 

 we would say, a defensive war was like eating and 

 consuming interest, and needs we would be adven 

 turers and assailants : &quot; Habes quod tota mente pe- 

 &quot; tisti :&quot; shall we not now make it good ? especially 

 when we have tasted so prosperous fruit of our de 

 sires. 



The first of these expeditions invasive was atchiev- 

 ed with great felicity, ravished a strong and famous 

 port in the lap and bosom of their high countries ; 

 brought them to such despair as they fired them 

 selves and their Indian fleet in sacrifice, as a good 

 odour and incense unto God for the great and bar 

 barous cruelties which they have committed upon the 

 poor Indians, whither that fleet was sailing ; disor 

 dered their reckonings so, as the next news we 

 heard of was nothing but protesting of bills and 

 breaking credit. 



