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as Victuall, ffuell, physick, Salt, Cask, etc., or worsted in the 

 use, and is yearly to be repayred, as the Shipp, TackUng and other 

 materialls, they are properly to be brought into the Account of the 

 Second Yeares Ffishing. 



In which Second Yeare and every yeare after, so long as the 

 Busse shall last, the profitte will be more, or the Charge the lesse, 

 by how much repajrring a Shipp wiU cost lesse money than building 

 one. And thus by one vessell an estimate may be taken of the 

 Charge of a whole ffishing Fleet, of what number soever it shall 



Smith Watson. 

 Simon Watson, 

 John Allington, Nephew. 



" Some Proposalls for setting up of the Fishery humbly offered 

 to the consideration of his Matie. and Councell : That they 

 would be pleased to pitch upon either of them which in their 

 wisdome shall seeme the most probable for the managing of it 

 to the best advantage for the King and his Dominions." ^ 



1. By Giving leave to any of the people that will sett up a 

 Busse joyntly or by themselves to imploy their own stores for 

 their particular advantages. But how slowly this may proceed 

 wee leave it to that experience which his Matie. hath had of it 

 this Eight Yeares last past, and nothing done therein (if at all 

 attempted). HoAvever, hereby we thinke many poore might be 

 imployed by Land, Marryners made thereby at Sea, and these 

 men grow that Imploy them, with some advancement to the 

 Kinges Customes by bringing Commodity to the Kingdome. 



2. By his Maties, Incorporating the Merchants or some 

 Company a Corporation thereunto ; Though wee consider this a 

 better way then the former for more speedier and effectually 

 preferring of the same, yet the efforts will be like the former 

 and sooner accompHshed ; But 



3. The Interest of the King doth concern every particular 

 person, his undertaking of it is for every man's advantage, what- 

 soever hee getts thereby saves the Nation so much in their 

 purses, for if the king gaynes as much by this as will mainteyne 



^ Sea Fisheries, Temp. Car. II. ; Additional MSS. British Museum. 



