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" A Discourse concerning the Fishery within 

 the British Seas And other his Majesties 

 Dominions. London. Printed for the Com- 

 pany of the Royal Fishery of England, 1695," 

 gives a bibliography of works on the subject, 

 as follows : '* Tobias Gentleman " (whose date is 

 given as 1615) ; " Britain's Buss " 1615 (said 

 to have been reprinted in 1630) ; " Rawleigh's 

 Observations," 1618 ; Gerrard Malynes, A 

 treatise called "Lex Mercatoria," ch. 47, 1636; 

 " The Seas Magazine Opened," written by a 

 Person of Honour, 1653 ; Captain John Smith, 

 "The Trade of Great Britain Displayed," 

 1661 ; " The Royal Trade of Fishing," 1662 ; 

 " John Keymor's Observations," made upon 

 the Dutch Fishing, about the year 1601, 1664 ; 

 "The Royal Fishing Revived," etc., 1670; 

 " L'Estrange's Discourse" {q.v.), 1674; "A 

 Discourse of Salt and Fishery," written by 

 John Collins, 1682. 



The " Discourse " states amongst other things 

 that in the charter granted by Charles II. to 

 the Royal Fisheries all fishermen were " exempt 

 from serving on Juries, or Inquests, at West- 

 minster, the Assizes, Sessions or Elsewhere," as 

 well as other personal privileges. This com- 

 pany, however, failed, from inadequate support, 

 says the " Discourse," which goes on neverthe- 

 less to estimate the gains of the new company 

 at £1,000 per vessel — " One half whereof were 

 sufficient gain for Encouraging the Undertaking; 

 Yea one Quarter," with which words it ends. 



