6io A. D, 1683. 



bu; now make better and cheaper at Birmingham, Sheffield, 

 &c. and of which alfo we export immenfe quantities to our 

 plantations, as well as to fundry parts of Europe, - 40,000 



6. In {halloons, tammies, &;c. from Picardy and Cham- 

 paigne, now made better at home, of which alfo much is 

 exported _____ 150,000 



7. In French wines, inftead of which we now take thofe 



of Portugal in return for our own manufactures, - 200,000 



8. In French brandies, 2000 tons, (which is lefs than fbr- 

 m.erly, owing to the great improvement of our own dilfil- 

 Icry, and to the much increafed tafte for plantation rum) at 



L40 per ton, _ « _ _ 80,000 



Total lofs per annum to France, by England's great im- 

 provement in manufadures, and turning her imports into 

 more profitable channels, - _ _ Li, 880, 000 



With refpeft to the Dutch, they had formerly but few, and moflly 

 inconfiderable, manufadures of their own ; they contented themfelves 

 with behig the common carriei's of the manufadures of France and 

 other parts of Europe from one country to another, and their immenfe 

 fifhery ; but now they make vaft quantities of rich filks and velvets, be- 

 fides their woollen, linen, and paper, manufadures, &c. So that (accord- 

 ing to Mr E\.\rn{h''s ^^cco/nit of the Dutch trade) they do not, in our times, 

 take oft above half the quantity from France they formerly did, or 

 about _ _ - _ L6oo,ooo 



2. In hats (mofi: of their fi:ner ones coming from Eng- 



gland) they have abated about _ _ _ 217,000 



3. The like in gtafs, clocks, watches, and houfehold fur- 

 niture, (chiefly of late years from England) faved about - 160,000 



4. The like of fringes, gloves, and paper, - - 260,000 



5. Linen, canvas, and fail-cloth, _ _ _ 165,000 



6. Saffron, foap, woad, honey, and woollen yarn, abated 



about _ _ - _ 300,000 



Total of the former Dutch imports IcfPened yearly, - 1,702,000 

 Total decreafe of Englifli and Dutch imports from France 

 yearly, fince about the year 1683, - - L3, 582,000 



If fo great a lofs could be exadly afcertained, which is not here pre- 

 tended to, though probably near the mark, and conlldering alio all the 

 ether condud of Louis XIV, we are not much to be furprifed at the 

 decreafe of the French revenues, even after allowing much for the late 

 great increafe of the commerce of the French American colonies, and 

 alio of their territory by the addition of Lorrain. 



