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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44076	Great Britain's groans, or, An account of the oppression, ruin, and destruction of the loyal seamen of England, in the fatal loss of their pay, health and lives, and dreadful ruin of their families	Hodges, William, Sir, 1645?-1714.	1695 (1695)	Wing H2327; ESTC R13450	23,824	31

can of his Majesties and the Nations Loss in our Seamen and the King and Nations being cheated of a multitude of money or Stores I had written much more largely of the miserableness of the Seamen and the method of the King 's being cheated and the Seamen being cheated but that I was afraid it was too large to trouble the Two most Honourable Houses with and so haue in these I ast Four Days drawn up this short Breviate of what part of their miseries came readily to my mind having not time nor patience to look over my other book considering that every misery that is Represented the Cause being found out the Cure will be quickly understood It doth seem strange to me that the Nation which doth all in general agree such as are men of Sense Honesty and Love to their Countrey and the true Protestant Religion that they have Cause to bless and admire at the good miraculous and gracious providence of God in Raising up our most gracious King William to be a means of a Deliverance for us and a Defence for these Nations and oppressed Christendom I say it is strange that we should see Cause to bless God for this and even enjoy our selves under our own Vines and Fig-Trees and yet at the same time let the Seamen of England be Ruined and dwindled away so many Ten Thousands of them and not mind them and yet call them the Walls of the Nation as if it could be safe and secure to dwell in any House in the World after the Walls are thrown down For my part I do faithfully declare my Opinion before God and man That if these abide not in the Ships as St. Paul said of the Mariners that were with him in the storm there is none can be safe and I am sure our Scamen cannot abide in the Ships if they are kept until they are stifled to Death for want of fresh Air and fresh provisions and so thrown half of them over Board Neither will they I fear abide in the Ships many of them if they see their ships are prisons for seven years without Fourteen Days Release and especially if they see many of their Prison-Keepers beat and abuse some of them like Dogs and it may be call them Dogs and eternal damn'd Dogs into the Bargain and if as Purser Maidman says in his book called Naval Speculations printed by Mr. Gilliflower That in some ships the Officers must live like slaves in Algier if they cannot like Spaniels fawn enough on the Captains I say if the Officers live so what must the poor sea-men do that are liable to be beaten by Captains and inferiour Officers also But however we have some worthy Admirals and Commanders that will not abuse the seamen neither suffer the Officers to abuse them and this I speak to their praise And now coming to a Conclusion I bless God who hath put it into the King's Heart to speak for the seamen and that for their encouragement And thus I have plainly laid down some of their miseries And I might begin again for more of their miseries crowd in upon me But these before-mentioned if well redressed will remedy most of the rest But when all is done if any of the Tools who have helped to Ruine them already be left to Ruine them again I cannot help it my book is done and the Lord Jehovah bless our Gracious King William the Loyal Lords and Commons and these Nations so prays W. Hodges Hermitage-Bridge Decemb. 25. 1695 FINIS ERRATA PAge 4. line 35. for who are n●w read None Ibid. l. 36. for rais'd read received p. 6. l. 25. for 20 l. read 12 l. p. 1● l. ●2 for one r. many