%6 A Vefence of the Scots 



to the general Advantage of the Engli^ Nation, 

 lince the Buyers are always more than the Sel- 

 lers. It muft certainly be better for the King- 

 dom in general, that every one who has occafi- 

 on for Muflin or Indim Silks, &c, fliould fave 

 fb many Shillings pr Yard or Piece in their poc« 

 kets, than that fome two or three Merchants 

 Ihould once in an Age get Mony enough to 

 make a Daughter or two a Countefs or Dutchefs. 

 Nor can it be denied but it's better for EngUndy 

 that Houfekeepers in general fhould fave that 

 Mony to buy Provifions for their Families, 

 which confumes our ownProduft, than that 

 a dozen of Merchants fliould be enabled by 

 the extravagant Prices of thofe Commodities 

 to keep their Coaches. Add to this, that 

 the Engliflj if they pleafe by joining with the 

 Scots may have an equal Share of all thofe Im- 

 munities ; and if there fliould be for fome 

 time a lelTening of the King s Cuftoms, of which 

 there is at prefent no manner of profpeQ:, it 

 will be fuiEciently made up in time to come 

 by a large addition, if that Colony profpers ; 

 fb that the King's Bounty in that refpeft is but 

 like the beflowing of charge to improve bar- 

 ren- or wafte Ground, which will return with 

 treble Intereft to him or his Heirs. 



There's another Objeftion made againft the 

 Scots Company, that by their Conftitution 

 fuch Ships as belong to them muft break Bulk 

 no where but in Scotland^ which willdiminifh 

 the number of EngUjb Ships and Seamen, and 



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