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drove from thofe feas, not only fifteen fail of Dutch, French, and Bif- 

 cayners, but even four Enghfli feparate fidiers, to whom they gave the 

 Dutch appellation of interlopers. They alfo fet up a crofs, with the 

 king's arms on it, at Spitzbergen, calling it King James's Newland. 

 And they obliged fome French Ihips, which they had permitted to fifh 

 there, to pay them a tribute of eight whales. This was that company's 

 fecond equipment exprefsly for whale-fifhing there. 



This year Captain Saris, in the Englifli Eaft-India company's fervice, 

 arrived the firfl of any of our nation at the port of Firando, in the ifle 

 of Bungo or Ximo, a part of the empire of Japan, the governor of which 

 received him civilly, and got him introduced to the emperor at Meaco, 

 his capital city, to whom he delivered our king's letter and prefents, 

 and who made fuitable returns, and gave liberty for the Englifh com- 

 pany to trade to Japan. At Firando Saris fettled an Englifh facftory, 

 notwithftanding the oppofition of the Portuguefe jefuits there, and the 

 Dutch, who did him all the ill offices in their power. Our company con- 

 tinued for fome years to trade thither ; but were afterward excluded, toge- 

 ther with all other Europeans, the Dutch only excepted. Saris returned 

 home to Plymouth the following year with a cargo of pepper from 

 Bantam . 



Complaints being made of the decreafe of the exportation of Englifh 

 woollen cloth, and of the increafe of the woollen manufadures of Holland, 

 fo far that the Dutch had laid a confiderable duty on all foreign woollen 

 cloth imported into Holland, where alfo great immunities and privileges 

 were granted to foreign manufa<fturers, a motion was made in the privy- 

 council by the earl of Middlefex, lord high treafurer, and a confequent 

 order of that board was made, that a general ftate fliould be taken of 

 the exports and imports of all England for this year, in order to know 

 on which fide the balance lay ; which flood thus, (as given us in an in- 

 genious treatife, intitled, the Circle of commerce, publifhed in 1623, 

 p. 121 , by Edward Miflelden, Efq. an eminent merchant, viz. 



1. Exports to all the world, between Chriflmas 161 2 and Chrift- 

 mas 161 3 - _ - _ _ _ L2,090,64o 11 8 



2. The cuftom on thofe goods, _ _ _ 86,794 16 2 



3. The impoft paid outwards on woollen goods, 



tin, lead, and pewter, - _ _ _ _ io,coo o o 



4. The merchants gains, freight, and other petty 



charges, --____ _ 300,000 o o 



Total exports, L2,487,435 7 10 



Imported, during that time, in filks, Venice gold 

 and filver fluffs, Spanifh wines, linen, and other mer- 

 chandize, with all the cuftom thereon, - 2,141,151 10 o 



Balance gained this year to the nation, - L346,283 17 10 



