J 4 ^ Defence of the Scots 



Car. 2, for the imourA^emerit of Trade ; by which 

 we are put in the fame Circumliances as ro 

 Traffick with Trance and Holland, and in a 

 worfe condition than Ireland that is a Conqueft ; 

 which is fo much the more unreafbnable, fince 

 we are always involved and ingag'd in the Wars 

 betwixifi^/g/^WandotherCountries : andthofe 

 with whom they have moft frequent Wars, 

 being Ho/land - and France^ the only two Na- 

 tions with whom the Scots have almoft any 

 Commerce, our Trade muft of necefiity fink 

 during fuch Wars, whereas England hath ftill a 

 great Trade to other parts of the World ; and 

 by this means we are forc'd to be fharcrs in 

 their Troubles, tho they will not allow us to 

 partake of their Profits, nor fufFer us to take a- 

 ny' meafures to procure fuch as we may call 

 our own. 



It is plain from the Inftance of Darien^ and 

 the Proclamations in the Englifh American 

 Colonies againft their SubjeQs entertaining a« 

 ny Commerce with our Settlement there, that 

 by the Union of the Crowns upon the prefent 

 footing, we are in a worfe condition than ever ; 

 for when any thing happens wherein the In- 

 tereft of England feems to be contrary to ours, 

 it is certainly carried againft us, and we are left 

 without remedy : fo that in this refpeft we are 

 in a worfe condition than any Foreigners, with 

 vthixon to England \ for if a foreign People dif- 

 cover any thing that may be of advantage to 

 them, chey are at liberty to purfue it by them-? 



felves, 



