Supplement to the proposal for a general fishery

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ftt&y make Gentlemen fo (enfibleof the Benefit of Trac!e3as to Imploy their Heads and
to canfck the b#ft La\^ Meti|ods to eecourage it. >4
^his not Secy^^lphe geiifons Eagaging their %|:ates ii| this Deixgn;
from being looiers, but makes themgreat -gai^rs.
ItJgitires the^Nation^yveil aseveryparticuWrPerfbnj from any prejudice by the
Tiek^s, becafife the |doney ient as aforefai<i5'|muft bepaidpff, and Difchargedby
the Rpic of th^La^d Mor^ged, which cannot fie denyed/ but to be equal to the
beitMortgages now in£^g/^W. j S B ~
Thls.Method will make us Matters bFthe belt of Trades, and much more National
than ever yet pretended to : For this Company will be obliged to Build all their
Ships and Buffes, and to make all their Nets, and other Implements ofFifhery ih
/&W, tho’ they willathrlt,, untill by Cuftorjie.and life wCgrow expert in thole Arts
and Trades , colt us above- go 4 mare-|lia-n we i^OW have them Imported
to us from^Abroad^ t " ^ ‘ vr /
C The makiii Jail the Necelfaries for F iflaing in E 'nglmd, will maintain many ihou^
fands of People now Ghargeabfe to the Parilhes: And by increafing Manufactures,
and imployihemf ifconvenient Laws could be obtained forpncourage-
TneiKsaf FDrraigi^rsp tbi come and Inhabit here / we*fhould have a great Increafe of
Peopte,t which will 4anf@ S great increale pf Trade, which is the only way to raife the
iValue of-Laiidj andto^feciirethe fame by S^a-add Land agalnlt any Eneftiy.
. This Method, or Bank Credit, isno new thing to other Nations .* being Eftah-
h&’d tn theheft Trading places In the World, -Yho • unddr wOffe Circumstances, as
HolLnd, Hafab&Tghy ■V^nice^ and other places ’m ltaly, Their Banks have no certain
Fund, andarejby mbit People Believed not worth one thitd: of What they owe, and
yet their Credit is more Valuable than Gold Or Silver Money, for iod/.Bank Credit is
frequently-tfansfer-red fhr^^iSr 4.^^ Ce^.'adVance,and never fb low as for a 100 /;•
in money, Which is welfiknown to Traders inV .T>nwC
Since thenkhek BaOks,' With anuncertain'Fuhd- appears by^theirlong continuance,
to be fo iterteficial* Vlthlbld to Tradiog Nalieh4,'why flibuld nOt this?' having
g certain Fluidtime tpPay off *the Wfedfe Pebt^ wBfch y early
Lelfens, ankl the f^und &eeOtdingiy increafeth in Value r And “carrying with it all
the fame teaeitkarid conVertienciesto our Nation : as they1 reap by theirs : belides
the might jrNationaL Advantage of this'deliFed-Fift>Mig Trade. •5
The fum of all is no more .but to obtain a Charter to Incorporate fuch Gentle¬
men a£are willing to engage their Edates to recover the Fifhing»Trade,Edeemed fb
great and delireable a Jewel to the Nation, and now pofleft by Forraignersf 7
^co99dd7TEo^the Bills*** of Exchange of this Cofnpany have equal priyiledge wi^h
other P6fRftfe,to run upon jtheir bare JRepntafipn^Vet no.nie of their Bills^feprppoled to
paf^wShburagreater vaiiie of Lahtf fie"T acKt iofthemBy tfiy Parliairieut, according
to a MeHtbff ^ifpared,, ”Z
And That tfiefejBills lb, fettled, beipg more uleful and valuableyhau Money
fef tfie* heft Gold fifSihret*, 'may,foFthe fame ieafphs as Gold and S^yer mopey is im-
pofed, fefi^adeCurrent inallPublickand Pfiyate Payments^Which is’honiore than
what tiftie^afid CuTtome Would introduce of Courle, as^is’Dembrififabie by fuch
Banker^yh^Jng tliegfpat^ Credit,vas are biitreputedtoJiayetlie beftTund.,
c2 And p^caufenothing^unefer He^vpp can be fp perfe/d, ‘ ashbt to admitbf Dbjcftions,.
ifj^shtiSSfifp hoped iffiat it WitLbe^Cpiifidered, whothef the grear Advantages certain^
WfofIa^id^'tdri^llrtdfrta1dilg^4d6 pot far Qdt'b.allance"all the ^iimpoftd tOfije^lions,
fie brpSght agalrift.d^. ho eafiJy.eleared,Vwheai the ,Ob'!
^ ^ r, vv ■rxSiu&’in'?*4inra& v '
’ Ttafiiiffit&0^djbmetfed|‘fi‘efb^bldefehc!e.oltjoyn.t'.StocKs^'.Becauiie.fe^
veniFPape¥^haveoFfit^fieerfdifpefledjWhtch condemn,,themln Genecif; ft is confeft,
joynt Stools wjtMJch,ingroft afty Ttade, ought npt to be grafted withoui: gppd Copli-
deratfdhiBiitTuch joyht §t^c1ls,as.neithei: Intert'upts nor Prohibits, any other/tO Trade
thelkmew^W , is no niptetO;be4}fcp^ag4d^!tMnLa Rich Weiohant, becaiife there are
Poorer : b^ndes' There a fb die fe-tWO Advantages in a joynt Stock, firlf, many things!
can.be putin Praftice,. which fmaller Stocks-cannot teach to.? Secondly, 'things of
great -hazard Will be Attehipted^ when none canfie ruined by their Failures.*^'