1446 



J 449 



>448- 



^467 

 146S 

 1472 



I4VS 

 1+80 



1706 

 11S9 



1213 



1321 



1437 



Ii33 



1764 

 17'^5 

 1767 



177° 



J775 

 J776 

 1778 



1779 

 17S1 



1783 



17S6 

 J787 



J795 

 J799 



1272 

 12S2 

 1300 

 1361 

 1420 



1415 



i437 

 1430 



I4«7 

 J48S 

 1450 



«546 



'565 



"524 



55^7 

 '538 

 1562- 



>i85 



Flanders. 



A treaty for free commercial intercourfe i, 66i 



All N-jtherl,ind j;oods prohibited in England 665 

 A treaty of perpetual alliance with Scotland 



for ail tlie duke's territories - 666 



.1453 A civil war lighted up bytaxeson fait, &c 670 



Freedom of trade with England rellored 683 



Arrival of 150 voiTcls at Sluys noted - 685 

 Duchcfs of Burgundy licenced to carry 



prime wool from Engl, without cuftom, &c 687 



Treaty with England renewed — trade regulated 696 

 Duchefs of Burgundy licenced to carry 1,000 



oxen and 2,000 rams annually from England 69S 

 Flanders is afterwards included in Ndherlands 



Fiay. — See Byjfiis. 



'Flax cultivated and manutadurcd in Egypt i, 10 



•Fine flax, or linen, carried thence to Tyre 37 



!;Cultivated in England - - 348 



i|And in Scotland - - - 376 



Egyptian flax carried to the fartheft weft 491 



jjFlax exported from Pruflla - - 652 

 Cultivation of flax in England ordered by par. 



liament ... . ii, 74 



Bounty allowed on import of American flax 724. 



Growth of flax encouragedln Scotland iii, 291, 296 



Bounty on import of American flax - 400 



Quantity of flax and feed iinported fiom Holland 429 



Encouragement for cultivating and drefllng 467 



The fum divided between England and Scotland 498 

 No"premium claimed in Engl, in 15 years 498 n. 



Bounty on flax-feed imported in Ireland 588 



Bounty on feed from Netherlands in Ireland 58S 



Bounty continued - - - 621 



View of imports of flax-feeds, &c - 648 



Importation allowed in neutral veflels 6S6 

 Annual value of flaxen manufaflures eftimated 



iv, 15 

 Difcoiint of duty on materials ufed in flaxen ina- 



nufaflures, except liiren 22 — continued 106, 270 

 Bounty on import of undreflTed flax from the 



colonies - . - . 107 



Machinery invented for fpinning flax 134 

 Aft for encouraging manufacture continued 



171, 372, 443, 471 



Flax and feed admitted in neutral veflels 348, 3S3 



Quantities imported 1772-1799 - 469, 470 



Florence — See Medici 

 Flourifhing commerce — trade in money and 



exchange . . . i, 39S 



KingofEngl. indebted to Florentine merchants 126 



They have houfes in London, &c - 437 



Begin to have a great manufafture of filk 500 



The ladies of Florence wear Iiilh fayes 562 



Much woolen cloth fold by Florence to Venice 634 

 Florentines obtain commercial privileges at 



Alexandria . - . . 641 



llTliey trade with England - . 652 



Cotfwold wool Ihipped f^r Florence - 654 



The trade with Egypt flourilhing - 708 



Florentines obtain abatement of duties in Engl. 711 

 Commerce and manufitiftures very flourifliing — 

 a very liberal commercial treaty with Eng- 

 land — Englifli wool to be imported only in 



Englifli veifels (See P?yi) - - 714 



Articles of rich drefs, &c carried to England ii, 97 



Trade cf Florence with Antwerp - 129 



Florentine ducat equal 105/ Englilh - 142 

 Florida — the Spaniards land in it - ii, 36 



.'\nd alio the French . - - 62 



The Spaniards attempt a feltlcment - 69 



They make another aborliveftttempt - 83 



1567 French abortive attempts 136, 141, 146 

 Now fettled by Spain — Drake deftioys Au- 



guftlne • - L - 178 



Florida. 



[GENERAL 



1763 Ceded to Great Britain at the peace iii, 



Advantages expected from it - - 



Lands oP'ered to fettlers 



Divided into two provinces — their liinits 



1770 Export of rice made as free as in Carolina 



177 I Some good indigo fent home 



1776 The exceflive quantity of rum carried among 



the Indians complained of 

 1781 Penlacola taken by the Spaniards 

 17S3 Both provinces ceded to Spain . iv, 



1785 Bntilii fubjefts entitled to bounties on tar, &c 

 1800 A trade (till carried on by Britifli fubjefts by 



licence, and even during war - 545 



1 76 1 Fludyrr, Sir Samuel, lord mayor of London, en- 

 tertains the king, queen, ice . iii, 

 1190 Flying Jijltcs \\tMd of in England . i, 

 1765 Fizroe( or Farce) ijlands — goods ftiipped for them 



entitled to no bounty or drawback iii, 



115S Foreign merchants, (Sc in England, have alinoft 



all the trade - - . i. 



Every one liable for the debts and crimes of 



all foreigners - - - 407, 



1256 Some relaxations of the rigour of this law now 



begin to be granted 

 1274 They are obliged to fell in 40 days 

 1303 Have a general charter to trade in England 

 1306 Are ligoroufly treated and imprifontd 

 1332 The chatter of 13Q3 confirmed 

 1338 Their perfons and property feized by the king 

 '353 They I'.ave the entire trade in ftaple goods 



Allowed to carry away money brought by thetn 



— all relieved from being liable for debts 

 or crimes not their own, have jiuies half 

 foreigners, confcrvators of their rights, &c 548 



367 

 37» 

 376 



377 

 497 



in 

 687 



75 



349 



3Si 

 417 



47 J 



407 

 42S 

 469 

 473 

 507 

 523 

 547 



1354 Are frequently robbed in England 



Ar' permitted to fell part of a cargo 



1368 import of wine intirely in their hands 



1369 I'iiey are infnlted in London 

 137(5 Not allowed to have houfei, be brokers, &c 



1377 Some Florentine merchants protected from the 



pope by their property being feized for the 

 king - . - - . 



1378 All liberties of foreigners renewed and am 



plified .... 



1382, 13S7 The fame repeated 



Are permitted to fell filh and viftuals in towns 594 



13S8 Favourable laws now renewed - 599 



1390 Obliged to invert half the proceeds cf their 



tales in Englilli goods 

 ■ They have the whole export of wool 



Are alfured of good treatment by parliament 



1403 Are obliged to fell in 3 months, &c 

 1413 Their pnvilcges confirmed by the king 

 1420 Obliged to deliver gold at the Tower 

 1423 Find fecurity not to export gold or filver 



1436 Many aliens take oaths of allegiance 



1437 Have an option of getting tlieir caufes deter- 



mined without law-fuits 

 1439 Subjected to the controvil of horts— muft lay 



out all their pi-oceeds in Englilh goods — 



hofts to lodge accounts of their tranfaftions 



in the excliequer 

 1453 Annual taxes imjiofed upon them 

 1463 Are prohibited from buying wool 

 1465 The reftraints, after driving many merchants 



out of the trade, are fomewhat relaxed 

 1472. 1484 Obliged to import bow-ftaves 688, 



14S5 Foreign denizens to pay full alien duties 

 1496 This law renewed - - . ii, 



1518 Said to have moft of the trade of London — their 



houfes rifled - - 

 1531 Obliged to lay out their proceeds in Englilh 



goods • - - - 71 



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 576 

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5S7 

 59» 



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 6oz 

 602 

 61J. 

 627 

 633 

 637 

 649 



651. 



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