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all their Rivals in that Trade : but if they will 

 be fo far wanting to themfelves, as to fuffer 

 thofe advantages to fall into the hands of others 

 who are Enemies to our Religion and common 

 Country, they cannot blame the ScofSy\vhoh2iVQ 

 made them fuch fair Offers ; and if our Nation 

 fhould mifcarry in the Attempt, they themfelves 

 cannot expeO: to ftand long, butmuftbe buried 

 in the common Ruins, and fall unpitied. 



4. If after all the £;?^///i& Ihould continue 

 obftinate in their Oppofition to us, as their 

 late Proclamations in America^ and other PaC- 

 fages would feem to imply they have a mind 

 to, the World cannot blame the Scots to provide 

 for themfelves by fuch other Alliances as they 

 Ihall think meet ; fince the Engli(b are fo un- 

 kind, and have been conftantly growing upon 

 us, efpecially fince the Reftoration of King 

 Charles II. to which we did fo much contribute, 

 that without our concurrence it could never 

 have been effefted. This will appear to be in- 

 controvertibly true, if weconfider that in the 

 time of K. "J Ames I. we were under no Re- 

 ftridions as to matters of Trade more than they, 

 except as to the exportation of Wool, and a 

 few other things oiEngli[h ProduQ: ; and fb we 

 continud till the Reftoration, when K. Charles 

 II. and the Englifh did very ungratefully lay 

 fueh Preclufions and Reftriftions upon us con- 

 trary to the Laws relating to the Fojlnati^ by 

 the i2thoi Car. 2, for the incour aging and, in^ 

 sreafing Shifting and Navigation, and the 1 5 



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