APPENDIX,' No. IV. 4t 



«• But if it be cofted and menged (a) well 



** Amongtl the Englifh vvoollc the greater delle (3). 



** For Spanifh woolle in Flaunders draped is, 



*• And ever hath bee (r ) that men have minde of this 5 



** And yet woolle is one of the cheefe merchandy [d) 



*' That longetts to Spaine : who fo will efpie, 



*' It is of little value, truft unto mee, 



" With Englifh woolle but if it menged (e) bee.'* 



•' Our goodly ivoolle, which is fo general!, 



*' Needful to them of Spaine, and Scotland als (/), 



*• And other coftcs (j) this fentenfe is not fals (/.»). * 



On thefe two laft quotations I fhall beg leave to make a 

 few remarks, as the fubjeft is of very great importance, and 

 cither has not been adverted to, or wilfully mifreprefented 

 in all the publications I have feen on this fubjedl. 



1. I prefume thefe authorities put It beyond a doubt, that 

 at and before the year 1579, Englilh wool was fuperior in 

 quality to Spanilh wool, and fold in a fair market at a high- 

 er price. 



2. That England then manufa^ured cloth of the fineft 

 quality that was to be found in any part of the wOrld, and 

 as fuch it was coveted by the moft luxurious nations in the 

 fouth of Europe, and in Afia and Africa. 



3. That thefe fine cloths were made entirely of Engllfh 

 wool, without the fmalleft admixture of Spanifh wool at all. 

 Mr Hackluytt's words on that head are clear and exprefs, 

 fo as to admit of no doubt, and they are at the fame time 

 fo announced as to fhow that he had not at that time an idea 

 that ever the people in England would think of employing 



F Spanifh 



(a) Mixed, (i) The greater deal, part, (c) Been. (<f) Merchandize, 

 (ir) Mixed be. (/) Scotland alfo. (^) Other coafts, countri'^s. (A) Is not 

 fulfe. 



* Plackluytl's Colic A vol. I. x- I??, " 



