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wishte, that wee had plases of o^' owne to furnishe soe necessary 

 a comoditye as apertinenttes to o'^ shippinge soe muste yt be 

 examined, wheath*" o"" country should not bee as muche wrested or 

 more to recouer them thence then by the wayes they haue 

 them ; & to the argument that God foresawe o^ necessities to 

 come of those provisions & therfore discouered to Henry the 

 7*^ thes cuntries, yt weare to be answered . . . thatt soe longe 

 as a state resists the sword & cane furnishe mony or oth'^ matter 

 for exchange, trafficke will bringe the enemies moste forbidden 

 comodity in sufficiently, soe as yf the only benefitt weare the 

 havinge a land from whence to fetche things necessary for our 

 shippinge, yt weare like to bee baughte to deere, since w*^ the 

 bringinge in of those trades from the easte, wee carry out our 

 aboundinge commodities to the inrichinge of o'^ state w*'^ is sayde 

 should likewyse bee downe this way, in tow kindes, one by 

 trafficke wt^^ those nations that come theth'^ for fishe, & then 

 ouer land, both w^^ wayes require much tyme to bringe them to 

 a ripenes. 



& in the trade ouer land theare riseth many difficulties, . . . 

 the trafficke to muscouia, is a hevey iorney to o^' marchants, in 

 respecte of the lengthe of the voyage & couldnes of the region 

 w<^^ suffers butt one voyage in a yeare. . . . 



& from hence lett vs conclude thatt anoth** trade weare 

 more convenient for vs & that this of new found land for the 

 shortenes of the passage & openesse of the sea, & lesse in- 

 temperate could then muscouia, havinge the commodities 

 necessary for shippinge & trade settled there is more convenient, 

 admittinge the necessities for owre navye to be theare in 

 abundance lett vs examine how a trade may be settled there & 

 whatt may bee the difficulties in ther trade as well as in the 

 settlinge ; whearin wee muste somethinge examine the nature of 

 the cuntrey, w*^ the state & inclinacion of o*^ people, & the 

 correspondansye of that contry w*^ oth^ new discoueries, peopled 

 w^^ peradventure att the first aprehension makes this worke 

 seeme the easier. 



The contrye seemes by the preposicion to bee cowlde, & to 

 bringe forthe commodities as coulde cuntries doth w*^ industery 

 o'" contry people, havinge euer bine bred w*^ plenty in a more 

 temperate ayre, and naturally not verry industrious att home 

 and lesse to seeke out plases, wheare th^ labo" are present and 



