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draurs to it felf all tlie neighbouring goodnels of the ground , and makes it 
very barren for other things*, and then, that the clofer the feed pf it is fown, 
the finer flax it yields. 
If we had not been obliged to be {hort,wc fnould have glanced at many other 
plants,whofe culture 8c peculiarities this Auth.defcribes,^ cfpecially at divers 
of fuch,as are originally Indian^Arahian^znd Ajrican\t\\t method of the or- 
dering of v^^hich he hath taken pains to deliver withcare.I (hall only in (hort 
annex a few lines concerning the ftrange and extravagant Trade, that was 
driven with 73^///>j-,A. 1534.1^35. i<^3^.and iS^y.m HoUnd\ when,witnefs 
this Writcr5niany Shop-keepers and Tradef-men quit their Shops and Trades, 
and wholly addicted themfelves to the fole Trade of 7W//>/, which were then 
valued above gold, pearl s,and the moft precious gemsJnfomuch that for one 
Tulip, call'd the Vice-roy, were bought thefe following commodities, viz. 2 
lafts of Wheat,4 laftsof Rey,4 fat OxeB,i2 fat Mutton,S fat Hogs, 2 Hpgf- 
hcads of \Vine,4 tuns of good Bier,2 tuns of Butter, 1000 {b.ofChcefc,a Bed 
with all its appurtenances,a fuit of CIoaths,and afilver Beakcr^valued in all 
2 500giIders,orabout2oo/.fterI.Moreover,therewereofFred 12 acres of land, 
lying in a good placc,for one lulif-hnlhe. And in a publick outcry of fuch 
bulbes there was made of them the fum of 570000 gilders. And they fold ma- 
ny of them by weight and their names,at an incredible ratci which when it 
%vas come to be intDlerable,the States,weighing thcmifchicfs thereof to fub- 
ilantial trade, and confequently to the public, decried it, and fo brought it 
down, that a Tulip,which had coftcd 5000 gilders, was a little while after 
bought for 50 gilders, &c. 
JIT. lihe Fr event ion nfPoverty'tJhemng the Canfes of the decay of 'trade ^TaU of 
Lands ^ and Want of Money : With Expedients for remedying the fame^ and 
hringiyig the Kingdom to an eminent degree of Riches and Projperity. By 
Rich. Haynes, London^ 1674. in 8**. 
TH E promiling Title invited me to look into this fhort TradiWhercin 
1 hrid a part of the fame, that is reprefented by feveral Authors in 
the foregoing 7ranfacrio;is^jf ,101,102,10^, But with offer of Solutions and 
Anfvvers againft the iirongeft Objedions devifed againft his particulars, 
which are thefe; i. To advance our iS'/^p/e-7r^^f,by reftraining effedually, 
by penalties or otherwife, the exportation of unwrought Woo], and Fullers 
Earth, which is necelfary for ck)athing,andcan be had no where but in Eng- 
land. 2- To promote the Linnen I'rade^znd the fowing of Hemp and f hy, 
for domcltic ufes,and for our Naval afFairs.3.He faith,5^/^ may be made at 
home^enough for all our occaiions, and as good for all purpofes as the Bay- 
Salt imported. ^.Salt-feter^oivjhkh he faith wemaymakeand raife a luffi* 
cient quantity in our own Nation,for all occaiions. 5. To promote Irvn-ryrnxs: 
In this he dilTents from our former Advi{ers,who conceive them to be de- 
lirudive to our T imber,neceirary for Shipping: But he offers rcafonsto the 
contrary > that it will raife the price of wood and coal, and encourage the 
planting of Coppices and Timber-woods on many bare and barren hills, 
c^^r.Others wifh^that more Iron-miUs were cmployM to reduce that Wilder- 
TiCk of New-England to more profitable Tillage h and more curious Iron^ 
rporkj devifed for many vacant hands in our England, 
What he faith of altering Coine^ and other fuch matters, I muil refer to 
m 0 re c om p etent Judges in fuch ca fcs, &c. 
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