INDEX.] Foreign merchants. 



IJ41 The king empowered to rcmit'alien duties ii,t7 

 i6Si A comminiou tor retraining, or taxing, them 311 

 1660 iVluft pay extra duties on imports and exports 4S0 

 1670 To pay no more dutiL'S than natives on exports 

 of Englifh produce and inanufatlure, ex- 

 cept coals .... 560 

 1709 Foreign proteftants naturalized - iii, 5 

 1711 Naturalization aifl repealed - - 12 

 1748 Bill for naturalization rejected in parliament 260 

 Arguments for naturalization . 261 

 J77J Foreign-born grand cliildren of Britifh fubjefts 



to enjoy the privileges of fubjects 534 



1774 Foreigners naturalized to enjoy no privileges 



till after refiding 7 years -' - 557 



1351 Forefialuf! punirtied by forfeiture - i, 544 



1352 Herrings, &c not to be foreftalled . i, 594 

 1726 Forgfry reCpeciing (tock made felony 'i', '^3 

 1725 Forgery of bank notes made felony . i-ji 

 1716 Forgery of various kinds made felony 134 

 I734> '74^ The law made more ftrift - 203, 333 



1763 Another law againft forgery - . 386 



1764 Forgery ot franks puniihed by tranfportation 400 

 1663 Forlrcy, Samuel, his treatife on the improvement 



of England praifed - - ii, ^12 



100* Fortunate tjlavds (Canaries) — the merchants of 



Godir trade to them . i, iiz 



1344 Given by the Pope to Louisof Spain . 533 



Sec Canaries. 

 France — See Gaul, England, Spain, &c 

 ■2S5 Franks invade the Roman provinces 203 



3j8 Gaul religned tu them — their kings coin mo- 

 ney of Gallic gold . - 228 

 732 They repell the Saracens . . 245 

 796 Are inftrufled in learning and fcience by Alcuin 249 

 ■813 They trade to Alexandria . - 250 

 947 Tliey buy fine cloth in Flanders - 270 

 joooJIThey carry wine, filh, &c. to England - 277 

 1204 Are the chief traders to England next to the 



Flemings - _ . 371 



1242 The Englilh merchants feized in France 393 



j30ol|The money of France is much diininifhed 466 



1303 Peace and free trade with England - - 472 

 1303 F. merchants allowed to carry money from Engl. 474 

 1311 The king a(ks a favour in England — refufed 476 

 13 14 Healfo afKs a market for Englilh wool — declined 479 

 J315 The fcamen of Calais commit piracy - 4S1 



1316 The French take a Genoefe fliip in the Downs 482 

 J31S An Englifh vefTcl taken by them - 485 



1320 Exe^iiptions obtained in England for Amiens 489 

 1325 A French merchant carries corn to NewcalUe, 



and loads with ccal in return - 497 



J333 France and Aragon agree to grant no letters of 



marque ... . 509 



1344 The king impofes a tax upon fait . - 533 



3346 He offers to facrifice the woolen manufacture 



for the friendfliip of Flanders . ^^6 



J360 Peacewith England — no commercial intercourfe 



— a heavy debt incurred for the king'sranfom 



— never completely paid - . 562 



3385 Above 80 (tnonecufly printed 800) veffelsjfome 



of them very large, and fomc loaded witli 



ufAitc /icrrinqs, taken by the E^nglifli . 597 



1386 The king co!le(5^^ 1200 vctfels to invade Engl. 599 

 1400 Obfervations on France bytheGreek emperor 611 

 1440 Trade with Engl, allowed to valTals of Orleans 658 

 1444 Truce with England and free trade . 661 



J453 The Englilh are finally expelled from France 669 

 ?475 France is invaded by king Edward IV, who gets 



a fura of money and a penfion - 697 



— — Exchange ot French money with Englifh 697/; 



J492 Two French merchants obtain extraordinary 



favuurs in England from king Henry VII 716 

 4503 French attempt a voyage to India - ii, 221 n 

 »504-i5o8 Make dilcovciics in North America 25,31 | 



37 

 37 

 S' 

 Si 

 59 

 6z 

 66 



79 

 i6 



100 



'3" 

 134 



146 



'54 



191 



192 



^9^ 

 i9» 

 197 n 

 200 

 214 



221 



24J 



Fraijce. 



1510 Many Frencli fhips in the Baltic . i 



A Treaty of commerce with England 



1517 r. faid to have fifliing vcirelsat Newfoundland 



1518 Treaties with England — piracy curbed 

 i52i||Silk maiuifaiiture citablillied iii France 

 1524 Vellelsfent to Florida, ic. 

 1527 Treaty for annual delivery of fait to Kngland 

 '535 French obtain commercial privileges in Turkey 

 1541 A commercial treaty with Sweden"* 

 i547|jFew manufafturers in France, and commerce 



not iindeiliood (according to Voltaire) 

 1560 Trade of France with Antwerp 



Trade to Guinea . . . 



1562-67 Attempt to fettle in Florida and Africa 



136, 141, 

 1572 Treaty with England— maflacre of proteftants 

 i589llFrance inuch improved in manilfifturesof lilk, 

 wool, linen, Sec. in the reign of Henry IV 



Till now fupplied Kngland with fail.cloth 



(I believe from Bretagne) 



1590 The French navy improved by Henry IV 



Population 15 millions 



Four chief articles of French commerce 



1591 The French fettle Canada 

 1598 Foreign manufaftures of filk, Sec. prohibited 

 1601 Two French fliips fail for India 

 1603 The king encoiudges manufaftures 

 1606 Peace, commerce, and alliance with England 



A council of commerce eftablilhed— new manu- 



faflurcs introduced . . 246 



1610 State of France, according to Voltaire - 259 



Treaty of alliance and commerce with England 260 



l6i5llFrance fends fleets to NewcalUe for coal, and 



to the Newfoundland filhcry . -gt 



Eart-India company, ereded in 1604, now fettle 



in Madagafcar, but foon drop their trade iZi 

 16:9 They now trade to India . . 285,297- 



1621 Tiic Frenchfendannually/'500,oooto theLevant 306 



1624 Commerce, manufaftures, and naval power 



1625 Exchange of French money with Knglilli 



1626 AH cominerce with England prohibited 



120 Englilh vedels feized 



162S Defolation effeifted by religious wars 

 1629 Peace with England— naval force kept up 

 1632 Trcatjcs with England ... 



1634 Sumptuary laws — new trading company, &c. 



1635 Manufaftures flouridiing 



1636 The French drive the Spaniards from St. Mar- 



guerite, &c. and have a refpeftable fleet 

 1638 Wliich defeats the Spaniih fleet 



1641 They make laws hurtful to Engliili trade 



1642 An Eall-liidia company cflablillied . . 

 1646 Three manufefturers of fine woolen cloth pri- 

 vileged and penfjoned, &c. 



They obtain fine wool from Spain - 444, 



1650 They make an eftablilliment in Madagafcar 

 1655 Attend to filliery, and lay a tunnage duty on 



foreign velfels - . ' . 



Manufaftures encouraged by Colbert 477, 



1662 A council of commerce eflabliflicd 



1664 Theking cftablilhesan Ealt-India companyand 



a Well-India company, and lends thenunoney 516 



1666 The academy of fciences cftablillied 



1667 Manufafture of tapeftry fet up — great progrefs 



in manufaftures and commerce 

 1669 A new manufafture of fine woolen cloth, witli 



privileges, Ike. — ncblelfe engage in it 



the king advances money to mercjiant5 — but 

 France much in want of (liipping, and even 

 coafting trade condufted by the butch <:-- 



1669 Eaft. India CO. remove from Madagafcar to Sural cj.o 



1671 And fettle on the Ifle de Bourbon . cr,e 



1672 Voltairc'saccoimt of the manufaftures of FrRnce 5M 

 1674 Eart- India totupany iettlc at Pondicherry ^71 



3^7 



330 

 339 

 342 

 3)5 

 3 49 

 3^' 

 37" 

 3S7 



40 1 

 401 

 4'5 

 4^3 



-13' 



4^• 



5'5 



493 



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