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yet fo many more had fled to find fhelter and bread for their families 

 in foreign parts, carrying thither arts and manufadures, before only 

 known in the Netherlands, that in England the decayed cities and 

 towns of Canterbury, Norwich, Sandwich, Colchefler, Maidflone, South- 

 ampton, and many others, were filled with manufacturers of woollen, 

 linen, and filk, weavers, dyers, cloth-dreflers, filk-throwfters, &c. whofe 

 pofterity have at this day a confiderable (hare of the landed intereft in 

 Kent, Eflex, &c. Juft fo, above 200 years before (about the year 1360) 

 the Belgians and Flemings, by frequent inundations driven from home, 

 firft taught the Englifh the art of making woollen cloth, of which they 

 were before ignorant ; being till then only fkilled in hulhandry, flieep- 

 keeping, and war ; for the Belgians and Flemings then fupplied the whole 

 world with cloth *. It was now that the fugitive Netherlanders taught 

 the Englifh to make bayes, fayes, and other flight fluffs, as alfo linen, 

 and made their country very populous. So likewife the Hollanders, 

 Zealanders, Brabanters, &c. taught not only England, but Germany 

 and other countries, the art of fifliing, and many other manual arts, 

 whereby thofe countries greatly increafed in riches and people. [Mete- 

 rani Hijl. Belg. L. iii.] 



Hereby (fay alfo our own authors) the city of Norwich, which Ket's 

 rebellion in the year 1549 had almo/l defolated, learned the manuJaSture of 

 thofe fine and light fluff's, zvhich have ever f nee gone by its name, and have 

 rendered that city not only opulent, but famous all over Europe. The bay- 

 makers fettled chiefly at Colchefler, and its neighbourhood, in Efi'ex, 

 ever fince famous for that ufeful and profitable manufacture, fo much 

 in requeft in the warmer climates of Europe and America. The bayes, 

 fayes, and other flight woollen goods, are what are ufually called the 

 new drapery, as being fo much later introduced into England than the 

 old drapery of broad-cloth, kerfies, &c. 



It may here be noted, that the Flemings in the neighbourhood of 

 Norwich introduced gilliflowers, carnations, Provence-rofes, and other 

 flowers hitherto unknown in England. 



Martin Frobiflier now made his firft voyage for finding a north-weft; 

 pafiage to the Eaft-Indies, wherein he was aflifted by Ambrofe Dudley 

 earl of Warwick. He fet out with two barks of twenty-five tons each, 

 and one pinnace of ten tons, and entered the ftrait going into the great 

 bay, fince called Hudfon's, which he named Frobiflier's ftrait. He alfo 

 gave names to Queen Elizabeth's foreland. Cape Labrador, Gabriel's 

 ifland. Priors found, &c. which are ftill retained in charts and maps. 

 He brought home one of the natives, and alfo a kind of bright ftone, 

 which being tried by the London goldfmiihs, contained a great propor- 

 tion of gold, and are faid to have promifed great matters, if any quan- 



* Hi oiiglit to have faid, on this fide of the Mediterranean fea. 



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