636 A. D. 142 1. 



a new treaty, whereby all paft injuries were configned to oblivion. Each 

 party was at liberty to trade with the enemies of the other, but not to 

 give them any affi fiance by fea or land. In cafe of a breach of this 

 perpetual alliance rhe fubjeds of either party were to be allowed eight 

 months * to retire with their property. The fubjeds of each power 

 might import and export in the ports of the other all kinds of merchan- 

 dize not prohibited, on paying the ufual cuftoms, and freely tranfadl 

 their bufinefs. Infractions of this treaty by individuals (hould be duely 

 punifhed, but fhould make no breach of the friendfhip between the 

 contrading powers. The duke and community of Genoa became bound 

 to pay to William Waldern and his partners, who had obtained letters 

 of marque againft them, (fee above, p. 625) ;(^6,ooo fterling, as the full 

 balance for damages remaining unfatisfied f . \Fcedera, V. \, p. 117.] 



December — The parliament enaded that exchanges for gold and fil- 

 ver money fhould be eftablifhed in London and other places in the 

 kingdom, where money fhould be coined for the public on paying 5/ 

 for the Tower pound of gold, and 1/3 for the fame weight of filver, as 

 the dues of feignorage and coinage. [ABs 9 Hen. V,Ji. 2, c. 2.] 



For the eafe of the merchants and others reliding at Calais, it was 

 enaded, that a mint and coinage (hould be eftablillied there during the 

 king's pleafure, faving to him his dues from the coinage, &c. [c. 6. J 



1422, Augufl 51" — It pleafed God to cut off King Henry in his bril- 

 liant career of vidory, and to fave the Britifh iflands from becoming 

 provinces of the French empire. I fay the Britifli iflands ; for not only 

 Ireland, as an appendage of England, would have been fubjed to the 

 king of France and England, but Scotland alfo, as foon as the French 

 fhould have perceived, that, inflead of being a conquered and deprefTed 

 people, they were really the predominant nation, and had acquired a 

 great and valuable addition of territory and of naval and miUtary power 

 along with their new king, mufl have fubmitted to the irrefiftible unit- 

 ed naval and mihtary forces of France, England, and Ireland : and 

 then the agriculture, manufadures, and commerce, of the Britifh king- 

 doms would have been as completely fubfervient to the interefl and 

 policy of France, as ever thole of Ireland and the colonies were to thefe 

 of England. By the invafions of France England was depopulated % ; 

 and Henry, like his predeceffor who tiril flarted the fatal pretenfion to 

 the fovereignty of that kingdom, found himfelf reduced to the mifer- 

 able and illuiory expedient of diminifliing the value of the current mo- 

 ney of the kingdom ||. In fhort, the interefis of commerce and the 



• In the treaty with Priifila in J387 the merch- \ One proof of the depopulation is recorded by 



ants were allowed liL'elve monlhs to fctlle their bu- parliament, in the aft 9 Hen. V,Jl. Ij «"• 5> where- 



lincfs in eafe of a rupture. by the (lierrifs, inltead of being changed annually, 



•j- In the year 1414 the Gcnoefe made olTera of were to continue levtral years in olHee, bccaufe a 



compeiifation to the injured merchants, which fujfic'tent wimber of ptijons Juely qualified for the office 



were probably not falisfattor)' ; [^Fadera, V. \\, p. couH nol he found, 



160.^ It is oblervable, tliat this treaty, which |{ Sec the appendix, 

 contains but little matter, is almoll as proUx as a 

 modern one. 



