i4Ji King Henry, after ravnglngpart of France, makes 



peace — free Uadc - - - ','535 



14:2 The country di-populated, and commerce in- 



jiirL-d, by Henry's victories - - 636 



j4iS Further fpccimens of Englilh manufaclures C43.64S 



At the rcqucit of the merchants of England, fo- 

 reigners are invited to the country - 643 



1429 Parliament dircft the prices of wool, &c. tobe 

 raifcd, and impofc otlur reftraints upon 

 trade . - - - 644, 646 



Strangers not to be paid in gold — no perfon to 



fell upon credit ... 645 



14'50 Truces with Spain and Scotland - 646 



1431 Hnglilli now permitted to credit foreigners, but 



not exceeding fix months - - 647 



1434II A rage for viliting St. James very prevalent— 

 the pecuniary damage more than compenf. 

 aied by a fuiiilar devotion in other countries 

 for St. Thomas - - - 649 



1436 Englillimen not being allowed to trade with 

 I'huuk-r-;, the rieniidi linens. Sec are im- 

 ported by neutrals, till that trade is alfo 

 prohibited ... 649 



»437l Af'ive trade of England to Portugal, Venice, 

 Brabant, Flanders, andZeland — Iiithe three 

 later the Eni;lilh buy more than all others- 

 trade with various nations — imports and ex- 

 ports - . - - 651 



Engl, exhorted to keep the command of thefea 653 



. Character of the noblemen of England . 653 



1438 Engliili trade to the Mediterranean in neutral 



velltls - - - - 653 



Truce with Scotland - ' - - 654 



Englifh wool carried to Barcelona, and returned 



to Eni,'l,ind made into tine cloth - 654,65.5 



. SomeEni,Ulli fabrics imitated in Barcelona 



1444 Truce with France, and free trade 



J4.51 Truie with Scotland renewed 



J4(53 A lilt of articles made in England, and now 



prohibited to be impoi ted 

 1465 Nethciland goods prohibited, hut Teutonic 



merchants allowed to import them 

 J478 King Fdward largely concerned in trade to Italy 



and Greece — bad conlequencc of kings 



trading . . . - 



1479 King Edward, having invaded France, and got 



a fum of money to delifi, renews the treaty 697 

 1481 War with Scotland — 6 kiiij;'s (liips — poll - 65S 

 14S4 Foreigners prohibited from being manufa(5lur- 



ers in England — their trade rei;ulated 702 



-•— Manv foreign articles now prohibited in favour 



of fimilar goods made at home — 703,706 



14S6 Truce with France, and free trade 706 



Alio with Scotland and Bnlagne - 707 



1487 Nature of the inland trade in fairs - 708 



1 E^ngland now making great advances in aftlvc 



commerce and a carrying trade 705,712,716 



1495 Treaty with Scotland for a marriage ii, 7 



i4v)6 Treaty with the Netherlands . - S 



1497 The til ft certain Englilh voyage of difcovery, 

 conducted by Cabot, to the coaft of North 

 America - - - - u 



( For fubl'etiuent ones fee f'oya,!^es 0/ difcovery.) 

 The merchants of England engaged in foreign 

 trade lerk redrefs againft the merchant ad- 

 venturers ... 15 

 J49S Kingagrceswitli the k. of Francctocurb piracy 17 

 1500 And alfo with Spain - - - 20 

 1502 King Henry's daughter married to Jamc?, king 

 of Scotland, « hence followed the union ot 

 the kingdoms - - - 22 



. Kinj; gives the cmpcror/10,000 to fupport hira 



H^j^iitll the links . . r 22 



England [GENERAL 



1509 The profper'ity of England advanced during the 

 reign of Henry VII - - J',3? 



Garden (hiiTs got from the Netherlands - 3S 



1510 Many Englifli fliips in the Baltic - 37 



Treaty of commerce with F'rance - 37 



151 1 The harmony with Scotland interrupted by the 

 capture of two Scottifli veffels - 38« 



King propofes to invade France — the improba- 

 bility of fuccels pointed out • 39 



He makes an alliance with Spain - 40 



Englifh vedcls trade to Scio in the Levant 40 



Finery in drefs very prevalent - .45 



1513 Englidi and French fleets engage - 45 



King fublidizes the emperor, Spain, pope, &c. 46 



Peaee and marriage with France, and free trade 47 



655 

 661 



668 

 676 

 679 



696 



1516 



15 iS 



1524! 

 15-S 



•53' 



•5341 



1546 

 •549 



48 

 49 



5» 

 Si 

 5* 

 63 

 6, 

 69 

 74 



77 

 96 



104 

 104 

 105 



1567 



1568 

 157^ 

 •573 



•57S 

 1582 



•585 



•5S7 



15S8 

 •589 



1603 



1604 

 1605 

 1607 

 160S 

 1610 



1615 

 1621 



1612 



J625 



Treaty renewed — privateering reftrained 

 Treaty with Spain . . - 



Treaty with the Netherlands, commercial regu- 



laiions . - - 



Treaties with France — piracy curbed 

 Law againit inclofures enforced ... 

 New articles oi iooAfaid to be introduced 

 Truce with the empire and France — free trade 

 Trade ftagnated by expeiilation of war 

 Treaty with France for conjum^l fleet, &c. 

 Englifli merchant? trade to the L vant in Eng- 

 lifli and foreign bottoms, and fettle factors 

 Peace with France — free commerce 

 Foreign protcrtants encouraged to fettle, and 



manufaftures improved by them 

 Infurrcflions occalioneii by incloling, &c. 

 Peace with Fiance— free trade - - 



Tiie exorbitant privilei;es of theHanfe refcinded 109 

 The trade of England with Antwerp - 131 



Several articles of foreign manufailiire prohi. 

 bited, and higlier duties impofed on export, 

 ation ... 13J 



Peace and coinmcrcc with France - 139 



Many new branches of manufafture introduced 



by refu'rees from the Netherlands - 145 



Q. Elizabeth proteCls the French proteftants 147 

 Treaty and commerce with France - 154 



Several marks of increaling pvofperity . 156 

 Treaty with the revolted Wetherlands - 160 

 83 Trade witli German) , Netherlands, France, 



Spain, Portugal, Rudia - '7t-'"3 



England acquires many valu ble manufaflurers 

 after the ruin cf Antwerp, and many more 

 would come, if not prevented by mono- 

 poli.s, &c. - - 176, 178 



England laved from invafion by the powerful 



operationsof a few merchants upon exchange 184 



The invincible armada defeated - 185 



Many privateering adventurers attack Spain in 



various quarters - - 189, 



James, king of Scotland, becomes alfo king of 



England— declares i:lmfclf at peace with all 



the world, whereupon trade advances 



Tieaty of peace and eonnnerce with Spain 



Peace, commerce, and alliance, with France 



An infurrcction on account of inclofures 



Treaty with the Dutch 



Anothei'trcaty of alliance and commerce with 



France - - - 



General view of the trade of England 

 Alliance and commerce with Denmark 

 The king inllitutes an inquiry into the com- 

 merce and manufaftiires of the kingdom, 

 and the bell means of proiuoting manutac. 

 turef, conunerce, filhcries, navigation, and 

 agriculture - - _ - 



Letters of reprifal ilTued againft Spain, Hol- 

 land, &c. - ... 



190 



230 



240 

 =45 

 24S 



25t 



280 

 3^<J 



313 

 33» 



