A. D. 1664. 513 



fliips of war carried thither about 1500 men, who, being joined by 6oo 

 Caribs in their canoes, had the illand and fort yielded to them without 

 refiftance, on condition that the French governor and his garrifon (of 

 only 14 men) with their artillery and baggage, {lionld be efcorted to 

 Martinica. Yet it feems, two years after, the EngliHi, for want of fup- 

 plies, abandoned it again, and burnt their fort ; though but two days 

 atter they were gone, a bark, with neceffaries, arrived there from Lord 

 Willoughby governor of Barbados. In the treaties of King Charles and 

 King James with the French court, and in thofe of Ryfwick and Utrecht, 

 there are general ftipulations for reftoringto the crown of Great Britain 

 all iflands and countries which may have been conquered by France, 

 and ftich as had been in the pofTeilion of the king of Great Britain be- 

 fore fuch refpective war began. But fuch general (lipulations iignified 

 little with the French. This ifland had at fundry times been inhabit- 

 ed by both Englifh and French planters at one and the fame time in 

 leveral parts of it: and fo it remained till about the year 1719, when 

 we fhall again refume its farther hiftory. 



In Mr. Munn's valttable treatife, named England's treafure by fo- 

 reign trade [/». 177] he relates, that there was in thofe times exported, 

 one year with another, to the value of L2, 200, 000 of our native com- 

 modities : ' fo that (fays he) if we were not too much affeded to pride, 

 ' monftrous fafliions, and riot, above all other nations, 1,500,000 of 

 * otir money might plentifully fupply our neceflary wants, (as I may 

 ' term them) of filks, fugars, Ipices, fruits, &c. : fo L700,ooo might be 

 ' yearly treafured up in money, to make the kingdom exceeding rich 

 ' and powerful in a fliort time.' But this was far from being the cafe 

 at that time ; for by a report of Dr. Charles D'Avenant, iufpedor-ge- 

 neral of the cuftoms, 



Our imports in the year 1662 amounted to - -> . L4,oi6,oi9 



Our exports to - - _____ 2,022,812 



So that the balance agalnfl us was no lefs than - Li, 993, 207 



A mofl melancholy account truely, more efpecially as coming from this 

 able author, who polfelled that important office in the reigns of King 

 William and Queen Anne. 



This year King Charles entered into a treaty with James duke of 

 Courland concerning Tobago, one of the Caribbee ifles in America *. 



* In the title of the treaty Tobago is faid to after took poflefiion of Tobago, and retained it for 



have bccK difeovered, fortified, and cultivated, by fonie years. 



the duke's fubjefts, till thev were driven o\it by the This treaty is rather curious than ufef.-:!, as 



Dutch, whereupon the diike fubmitted it to the fliewing that a duke of Courland attempted to bt- 



kin-r's protection, and iield it by a giant from tlic co:ne a commercial potentate. 

 crown of England. Tiie Dutch, however, foon 



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