672 A, D. 1695. 



any one perfon got confiderably by an happy and ufeful invention, ilie 

 confequence generally was, that others followed the track, in fpite of 

 the patent, and publifhed printed propofals, filling the dayly newfpapers 

 therewith, thus going on to jullle out one another, and to abufe the 

 credulity of the people. All thefe, and much more, we have abridged 

 from a quarto pamphlet, publiflied by an anonymous author (who ftiles 

 himfelf a perfon of honour) under the title of Anglise Tutamen, or the 

 Safety of England, being an account of the banks, lotteries, diving, 

 draining, metallic, fait, linen, and lifting, and fundry other engines, and 

 many other pernicious projeds now on foot, tending to the deflrudion 

 of trade and commerce, and the impoverilhing of this realm. London, 

 1-695. 



VIII) Embryo banks, continues this author, begotten, but not 

 brought forth ; fundry of fuch being at this time hatching. 



IX) The projedors of many of thefe made a great noife in the town, 

 for drawing in people to join with them, making ufe of fundry tricks 

 and flratagems. As, firft, they pretend a mighty vein of gold, filver, 

 or copper, to have been difcovered in a piece of ground of their know- 

 lege ; then they agree with the lord, or patentee, for a fmall yearly 

 rent, or a part referved to him, to grant them a leafe for twenty-one 

 years to dig that ground, which they immediately fall to, and give out, 

 it is a very rich mine. Next, they fettle a company, divide it ufually 

 into 400 fliares, and pretend to carry on the work for the benefit of all 

 the proprietors, who, at the beginning, purchafe ihares at a low rate, 

 viz. ten or twenty fliillings, &c. then all on a fudden they run up the 

 fhares to L3, L5, Lio, and L15 per fliare ; then they fail to ftock-job- 

 bing, which infallibly ruins all projects, when thofe originally and prin- 

 cipally concerned fell out their interefl: ; and by this and other under- 

 hand dealings, trickings, and fharping, on one another, the whole falls 

 to the ground, and is abandoned by every body. 



X) The Englifli, Scottifii, and Irifli, linen manufadures met with all 

 due encouragement. King William and Queen Mary honouring them 

 with their names, which made their fame to rife : abundance of people 

 of condition came into them, fome from lucre, others for love to their 

 country. They got to be incorporated, chofe governors, &c. and adu- 

 ally fet to work fpinners, weavers, whitfters, &c. and all feemed to pro- 

 mife fair ; but here again flock-jobbing ruined all : they had even 

 brought linen cloth to great perfedion, having fome Dutch hands, and 

 a few heads to aflifi: them. By the afliftance of the Dutch, continues 

 our author, we have much improved our lands in the north parts of this 

 kingdom, by fowing vaft quantities of lint-feed, rape-feed, &c. whereof 

 making oils in great quantities, we export in abundance, and confume 

 at home, in lieu of foreign and dearer oils, to our double advantage. 



XI) White, blue, and brown, paper, we have had the good fortune to 



