( 5^2 ) 
Pocke t- watches , equivalent to PcnduIuni^CIocks j of which fee 
JS[umb,ii2.oi thefeTr^^^. To which arc added many other par- 
ticulars, which cannot be all taken notice of here ; we fliall only 
note further, that our Author in this part of his Book gives to 
thofe perfons , to whom he profefles hinifelf obliged for their no- 
ble Experiments 5 and judicious Ratiocinations, more par* 
tkuUrly their refpe^ive dues j than he had done in the firft 
parr. 
IIL ENGLAND'S IMFROfEMENrS, in two 
f^rts^ &c. hj/ Roger Cook, London 1675. /«4^. 
^■"f^HIS Author, appearing to be of a very pub!ickSpirit,ree!tis 
I to have fpent a great part of his Life in confidering the 
ways of furthering the Publick Welfare of his Native Country, 
^nd in enquiring, for that end, into the prefent State of EngUnd, 
compared with other Countries : For,finding that mens bufinefs 
; generally relates to, and arrives at, their Individual either profit 
or reputation,and that thefe are fo intended by them, that their 
whole life is hardly enough to anfwer the defires running out for 
the one or the other, and that therefore a third perfon is neceffary 
to undertake a bufinefs of fo publick a nature ; he refolved to 
fet himfelf a part for fuch a work , as may make it out to confi- 
dering mtn,that without Freedom of Trade,the Trade and Strength 
of a Nation cannot be rendered confiderable 5 removing, before he 
enters upon the matter, that vulgar Objeftion, as if Trade and 
Commerce could, and muft, only flounfii in popular Govern- 
ttierits. 
'Now this Piece confifis of Parts : In the former is difcour- 
fed , How the Kingdom of England \my be improved in Strength, 
Employment, Wcahh and Trade,by increafing the Value of Lands ; 
the Revenueofthe Crown and Church ; Peace and Amity with 
Forreign Nations , without any Charge to the Subje6. In the Ut" 
ter is reprefented , How the Navigation of England may be increa- 
f-d, andtheSoveraignty of theEr/'/i/^ Seas more fecured to the 
Crown of Euglmd, 
What this Gentleman hath performed in thefe Weighty points , 
we muft not prefume to judge, but leave that to the Impartial 
and Judicious Reader to determine, IV.Tf^e 
