236 A. D. 1603. 



V) To Cleves and Juliers, up »^he Rhine to Cologne 

 and Frankfort on the Maine, and fo over all Germany, 

 near 22.000 lafts of fifh and herrings, fold at L20 per 



laft (and we none), is - - - 440,000 o o 



VI) Up tiie river Meufe to Maeftrecht, Liege, 8cc. 

 and to Venloo, Zutphen, Deventer, Campen, Swoll, &c. 

 about yooo Lifts of herrings, at L20 per laft (and we 



none at ali), is _ _ _ _ 140,000 o o 



VJi) To Guelderland, Artois, Hainault, Brabant, 

 Flanders, Antwerp, and up the Scheldt, all over the 

 archduke's countries, between 8000 and 9000 lafts, at 

 Li 8 per lafl (and we none), is - - - 162,000 o o 



VIII) The Hollanders and others carried of all forts 

 of herrings to Roan alone in one year, befides all other 

 parts of France, 5000 lafts (and we not 100 lads), is T0o,ooo o o 



Total flerling money, - L 1,759,000 o o 



Over and above thefe, there is a great quantity of fifh vended to the 

 Straits. Surely the ftream is necelfary to be turned to the good of this 

 kingdom, to whofe fea-coafts alone God has fent thefe great bleflings 

 and immenfe riches for us to take ; and that any nation fliould carry 

 away out of this kingdom yearly great mafles of money for fifh taken 

 in our feas, and fold again by them to us, muft; needs be a great difho- 

 nour to our nation, and hinderance to this realm *. 



Raleigh goes on to other branches of the Dutch commerce, viz. that, 

 although abundance of corn grows in Poland, Livonia, &c. yet the great 

 florehoufe for grain, to ferve Chriftendom, &c. in time of dearth, is in 

 the Low Countries. 



The vintage of wines and gathering of {alt are in France and Spain, 

 but the great ftores of both are in the Low Countries : and they fend 

 near 1 000 fail of fliips yearly into the eafl. countries with fait and wine 

 only, befide what they fend to other places ; and we not one fhip in 

 that way. 



The exceeding great groves of wood are in the eafl countries, chiefly 

 within the Baltic ; but the large piles of wainfcot, clapboard, fir, deal, 

 mafts, and other timber, are in the Low Countries, where none grows, 

 wherewith they ferve themfelves and other parts, and this kingdom ; 

 and they have 500 or 600 great long fliips continiially ufing that trade, 

 and we none at all. 



The wool, cloth, lead, tin, and divers other commodities, are in Eng- 

 land ; but by means of our wool, and of our cloth going out rough, un- 



* This account of the magnitude of the Dutch taken great pains to obtain accurate information, 

 fiflxery was cjuoted fixty years after by the grand There is, however, good reafon to i'ufpect that i; 

 pcnficnary Dc Witt, as btHeving that RfJeigh had is not entirely free from eXaggerution. M. 



