120 APPENDIX 
THE INCOMPARABLE BENEFITT OF THE FISHERY 
IN HIS MATIES. SEAS.1 
Whereas six hundred thousand pounds would sett up the 
Fishery of England by raising a ffleet of five hundred Busses 
of 70 Tunnes, the Busses all ready furnished for that imployment, 
and also make wharfs which may be taken up and storehouses 
where may be laid in provisions of all sorts. 
1. By giving an universall imployment to ye poor of this 
Kingdome whereby they may all have comfortable subsistence, 
the home-dwelling poore without taking collection, ye travailing 
beggers without taking alms, the lusty rogues without stealing, 
and the children of them all without being first habituated to 
an idle course of life, to the saveing at least of one hundred 
thousand pounds in the purses of the richer sort. 
2. By increasing his Mas. Revenue for the Custome of fish 
outward and the Commodities returned for it inwards, wch with 
some reasonable tribute from all forreiners that shall fish on his 
Maties. Seas will probably raise the Royal Revenue to 200,000£ 
more than now it is. But by how much more his Ma. shall have 
this raised to him by the fishing, by so much less shall he need to 
require the pecuniary aid of his subjects. 
3. By furnishing the Kingdom and ourselves with all variety 
of fish, whereas heertofore we have used to buy great quantities 
thereof of the Hollanders, both fresh and salt, and that for ready 
money, as first Lobsters, a fishing not much used by the English, 
also ye choyesest barrelled Cod wch the Dutch only had by reason 
of their keeping the sea in winter. Fresh cod likewise we coitionly 
bought of ye Hollanders att 40/ or 50/ for a hundred of them. 
For these and for Turbutts, Hallibutts and divers other sorts 
of excellent fresh sea fish, wherewith his Matie., ye Nobility, ye 
Citty of London, and other parts are supplied, and whereof 
little is taken but only by ye Dutch, who only can keep them 
alive in ther well boats, we paid them many thousand pounds, 
and next for Salt fish we bought of them most of the pickled 
herrings that were eaten in England, and so many of these we 
1 Sea Fisheries, Temp. Car. II.; Additional MSS. British Museum. 
