6 A. D. 1493. 



Spain poured into Europe thofe American treafures, Europe foon put 

 on a new face ; for Spain, having little produd, and lefs manufacture 

 of her own, could by no means keep thofe treafures to herfelf, but was 

 obliged to difperfe them among the more induftrious nations of Eu- 

 rope, to pay for their own wants at home, and more efpecially for al- 

 moft the whole of their cargoes for America ; iniomuch that it foon 

 appeared that the far greater part of the treafures of America centei-ed 

 in the manufaduring and trading countries of Europe. 



The archduke Philip, fovereign of the Netherlands, having made 

 peace with France, feemed lefs regardful to keep due meafures with 

 Henry VII king of England, with refpeft to the encouragement given 

 by the duchefs dowager to the pretender called Perkin Warbeck. This 

 provoked Henry to break off all commerce with the Netherlands, and 

 to banifli the Flemings out of England ; whereupon the archduke ba- 

 nifhed the Englilli out of Flanders, which carried all the Englifh trade 

 direftly to Calais ; but this could not hold long, the trade being of 

 equal conveniency to both parties. 



This fufpenfion of a direct commerce with the Netherlands gave the 

 German Steelyard merchants a very great advantage, by their import- 

 ing from their own Hanfe towns great quantities of Flemifh merchan- 

 dize into England, to the confiderable detriment of the company of 

 Englifh merchants-adventurers, who were wont to import fuch direcStly 

 from the Netherlands ; whereupon the London journeymen, appren- 

 tices, and mob, attacked and rifled their warehoufes in the Steelyard ; 

 but thofe rioters were foon fupprefled, and duly punifhed. 



The manner of making prefents to ambafladors in thofe times was 

 different from the modern more elegant one, though probably more ex- 

 penfive. We find the ambaflhdors of Denmark, at their audience of 

 leave of king Henry VII, were ordered the following prefents, viz. To 

 the chancellor of Denmark L. 1 00 ; to the doctor L. 40 ; to the chan- 

 cellor's brother L. 20 ; to the herald L.io. — [F(£d^/-a, V. \i\,p. 516.] 



The fame year the alUance between England and Spain was renewed; 

 and the marriage-contradt, made three years before, between Arthur 

 prince of Wales and the infanta Catherine (with her portion of 200,000 

 crowns), was now alfo confirmed. \_Fciedera, V. xii, p. 517.] 



An ad of the Scottifti parliament, this fame year, directs that fliips 

 and bufles for the fifhery be built in all fea-ports, fo as none of them be 

 under 20 tons burden ; and that they be provided with nets, &c. And 

 that the magiftrates of thofe towns compel all idle perfuns to ferve m 

 them. 



1494. — The Hanfeatic hiftorian Werdenhagen \y. \\, part 4., p. 10.] 

 acquaints us, that the powerful dukes of Brunlwick andLunenburg, having, 

 with a great force invefted the city of Brunfwick, the Hameatic league 



