A. D. 1 68 1. 605 



4.. Plain wrought filks from India are known to be the ftrongeft and 

 moft durable, as well as the cheapeft that come from any part of the 

 world, and are generally re-exported from England to foreign parts. 



5. Wrought India filks, flowered and ftriped, do, we confei's, a little 

 impede the growth of our own filk manufactures, but not to that de- 

 gree, in any meafure, as the raw filk imported from India doth advance 

 it. 



6. If they could be efFedually forbidden from all parts, the Eaft-India 

 company would be glad to further an ad of parliament for that purpofe, 

 and alfo for the fupprefiion of French filks, fo much in wear in Eng- 

 land, though againft a law in being. 



7. Wrought India filks, mixed with gold and filver, are not imported 

 by us, but merely by our permilfion ; becaufe, if we fliould not permit 

 them, they would come in, as much as now, by Health, and without 

 paying the king's cuftom *. 



8. With refpect to our fending to India throwllers, weavers, and dy- 

 ers, the whole is a miftake, excepting only as to one or two dyers, ufu- 

 allv fent to Bengal, and to no other part of India ; and this for the na- 

 tion's as well as the company's advantage, eipecially as to plain black 

 filks, generally exported again. 



9. As to the Turkey company's requefl: to deftroy what is efteemed 

 by all foreigners the glory of the trade of England, (i. e. by extending 

 the Turkey company's trade to the Red fea, &c.) we cannot help ad- 

 miring the confidence of the propofers. 



Lailly, our Eafi:-India company can prevent none by their charter 

 from buying their ftock, provided they will pay L5 for their admifilon. 



With relation to what the Turkey company adds, in the fecond part 

 of their allegations, concerning a valuation of their flock every feven 

 years, our Eaft-India company aver, that, purfuant to a general court 

 in "the year 1664, their flock was valued at the end of the firft feven 

 years at 130 per cent ; and, within a year and a quarter after, there was 

 50 per cent divided ; and a fecond valuation was afterwards 'made in the 

 lame 'manner. 



The Turkey company's other objedions are indeed fo trifling and in- 

 conclufive, that the Eaft-India company gives them ftiort anf^vers, ap- 

 pealing at the f^m.e time to their lordfhips for their weight, &c. 



From the allegations of thefe two rival companies we learn a great 

 deal of their hiftory ; and although both fides may have fomewhat ex- 

 aggerated in their own fwour, it is neverthelefs very eafy for the reader 

 to determine the truth in all the material points in queftion between 

 them. The Eaft-India company, among their other allegations, made 

 great complaints againft the interloping fliips for the laft three years ; 



* TliL- ufe of nil fuch msnufaftures has fir.ce bten effcftually prohibited. ^. 



