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pag._n 46._o england_n view_n pag._n 88_o a_o manuscript_n of_o the_o royal_a merchant_n of_o great_a britain_n pag._n 15._o of_o 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o work_v forcible_o ixre_n a_o step_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o distribute_v the_o six_o cause_n of_o the_o decay_n of_o trade_n the_o policy_n of_o merchant_n the_o seven_o cause_n of_o the_o decay_n be_v the_o false_a make_n of_o our_o cloth_n one_o extremity_n enforce_v another_o engross_a of_o trade_n lex_fw-la mercatoria_fw-la or_o law_n merchant_n the_o eight_o cause_n of_o the_o decay_n of_o trade_n exportation_n of_o material_n and_o imposition_n the_o nine_o cause_n of_o the_o decay_n of_o trade_n the_o war_n the_o pirate_n and_o bankrupt_n inconsiderate_a barter_v the_o ten_o cause_n of_o the_o decay_n of_o trade_n the_o use_n of_o foreign_a ware_n plutarch_n in_o vita_fw-la sertorij_fw-la commodity_n and_o money_n pag._n 104._o hysteron_fw-gr proteron_fw-gr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tâ—…â—…ssolue_v a_o argument_n exchange_n 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