Chap. II 
and its Inhabitants. 
Scotland:, (fuppofed to be purcliafed out of England) with- 
out which they cannot work ; yet, as at prefent, the 
Englijlo Trade in Sweden is of the Importance above- 
mentioned, notwithftanding the Abatements aforefaid* 
It is, however, conhderable, and will be fo while their 
Commodities continue to be neceffary, and thofe that are 
concerned in it will deferve, as they need, Proteclion 
and Tncoiiragenient: 
The laft Treaty of Commerce between the two Nations, 
expired feveral Years ago, and that of an older, neither 
fuits the prefent State of Things, nor has been thought 
by the Swedes to fubfift ; tho’ now, for their own Intereft, 
they infill upon the contrary: Accordingly their Treat- 
ment of the Englijh only, in reference to their own Conve- 
nience •, and as the Subjedl of former Complaint Hill re- 
mains, fo new Burdens are frequently impofed upon them. 
Sometimes they have-demanded of Merchants that were 
leaving the Country, a fixth Part of their Eftates they 
had got in it, and arrelled their Effedls upon that Ac- 
count. And belides others, that more diredlly concerns 
their Trade, the quartering of Soldiers, and paying of 
Contributions, have been enadled for fome Years, and 
fometimes the Englijh are forced to fubmit to it. In the 
Year 1687, they petitioned the King, for Redrefs of 
thefe Impofitions, which were then very high •, upon fome 
above fifty'Pounds, upon others forty, thirty, Cfc. Be- 
fides that, fuch of them as kept Houfe had Soldiers 
quartered upon them, fome three, ’ fix, or eight. In an- 
fwer to their Petition, • a Placart was publilhed^, declaring, 
that they fhould be exempt from thefe Payments, but 
withal, that no foreign Merchant Ihould continue to trade 
in Sweden above two Months in a Year, unlefs he would 
become a Burgher. 
In purfuance of which Refolution, their Warehoufes 
were lliut up for fome time, and the Swedes feem re- 
folved to proceed to Extremity, but have not put that 
Refolution generally in Execution, though they feem to 
y/ait for an Opportunity, and now and then they try it 
upon particular Perfons, to fee how foreign Princes will 
take it. The Law that exacls the third Part of fuch 
foreign Merchants Eftates as die in Sweden^ has not in 
effect been fo beneficial to the Swedes^ as frightful to the 
Merchants, who for that and other Reafons, never think 
of marrying and fettling there fo long as their Affairs are 
in good Order, and they in a Condition to return home 
with a competent Eftate, and Credit too ; from which 
Account England feems to be lefs concerned to endeavour 
the Repeal of that Law, it being more ufeful to have 
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Sweden a Nurfery for young Merchants, than a Place of 
Settlement for thofe that have got Eftates. 
I i.ThefeObfervations and Remarks upon the Kingdom of 
Sweden'Ntxt written about fifty Years ago, and yet I judged 
it proper to infert them here wdth very few Alterations 1 
and this the rather, becaufe having taken fome Paifis to 
make .myfelf Mailer of the Subjed:, I have been from 
thence led to judge, that it is not eafy to obtain any thing 
relating thereto more perfed in its kind. The Judgment 
of its Author lliines through the whole Piece, and fhews 
that he was a very fenfible, intelligent, and capable Per= 
fon ; one who underftood both Mankind and Government 
perfedly well, who had many more Opportunities to make, 
as well as much more Leifure to digell, his Inquiries than 
ordinary Travellers can be prefumed to have, and there- 
fore his Accounts are more to be depended on, and his 
Refledions deferve greater Regard than thofe that occur 
in common Books of Travels. 
It mull be allowed that great Alterations have happened 
in Sweden fince his Time. Upon the Death of the late 
King Charles XII. the Swedijh Nation very wifely laid 
hold of that Opportunity to recover their ancient Confti- 
tution, to reftrain the Power of the Crown within juft 
Bounds, to reftore that of the States, and of the Senate ; and 
they have made the beft Ufe that could be of this Altera- 
tion, by eleding a Prince of the Royal Family to be the 
Succelfor of the prefent King, and making the Crown 
hereditary in his family ; but in fuch a Manner as is con- 
fiftent^ with their Freedom. They have likewile taken 
very juft and prudent Precautions for preferving, in- 
creafing, and extending the Commerce of their Country, 
which, though at prefent left confiderable than it formerly 
was, is, however, in fuch Circumftances as feem to pro- 
mife the Recovery of its former interior Strength, which 
mull be attended fooner or later with the Reftoration of 
its ancient Grandeur, fince both Realbn and Experience 
teach us, that when due Care is taken for fecuring the 
Peace, the Freedom, and Profperity of any People at 
home, they certainly become refpeded by their Neigh- 
bours, and confequently as confiderable abroad, as it is 
confiftent with their own Intereft and thofe of their Neigh- 
bours that they fhould be. After thus prefenting the 
Reader with a fair Idea of the State and Condition of 
Sweden^ it is requifite that we Ihould proceed to that of 
the next northern Crown, of which we fliall fpeak as 
clearly and as fuccinclly as may be, without adhering to 
any particular Author, that we may take in a great Va- 
riety of Obfervations, and bring thefe within the narrower 
Compafs. 
SECTION III. 
The prefent State of the Domtmon's of the Crown of Denmark, and of its SuhieBs, in re- 
JpeB to thetr Manners, Cufloms, Laws, Forces, Revenues, Commodities, and Commerce-, 
with occafional Obfervations and Remarks. 
Colleaed from the Writings of Mr. Mokfworth, and other Authors of Credit. 
I. An Introjuaion. fiewingthe Nature and Importance of this SeBim ; and the Authorities upon ’which 
ssjoun i 2. X C imate of the feveral Parts of the Danifh Dominions, the Seas by ’which they are 
bounaed, and the Nature of the Toll -which the Danes exaB in the Sound. 3. <The Soil and Vrodlce of 
t e Jevera Comtnes and Ifands belonging to the Cro-wn of Denmark. 4. Of the Commodities and Cod 
rJ . 5 - 0/ the Forces of the Danes by Sea and Land. 6. Of the King's Revenues 
7hevdJ^‘''"Terf “’i A "/ 7- , Fhe Lemper, Genius, Manners and Cuftoms of 
7 rkJierE Z e n S Country, owtth refpea to Civil, Ecclefiafical, and Commercial Affairs. 
%ftfreJffh Z and of thpr Clergy ; with other Matters of the like Nature, i Z. Lhe 
'tkidars ielakZlTZE “Zrlt held there-, -with other Par- 
• ConieBuZsZZ fh ff ffhafervattons and Remarks upon the foregoing SeBion with fome 
as to the future State of thn Country cmd its Inhabitants, - ^ ' 
Tor. II.N™b. .03. «M J.THERR 
