hâ—nce_n that_o trade_n be_v not_o discourage_v in_o danmark_n p._n 81._o since_o by_o his_o confesâ—â—â—on_n courtierâ—_n and_o great_a man_n become_v undertaker_n it_o be_v certain_a likewise_o that_o in_o danmark_n several_a manufacture_n have_v succeed_v very_o well_o other_o indeed_o have_v noâ—_n have_v the_o same_o success_n not_o because_o property_n be_v not_o secure_v but_o because_o they_o can_v have_v the_o same_o commodity_n cheap_a from_o holland_n spain_n or_o england_n the_o make_v silk_n and_o drink_v glass_n though_o these_o latter_a be_v make_v in_o great_a perfection_n in_o copenhagen_n do_v not_o turn_v to_o account_v because_o there_o be_v no_o property_n in_o danmark_n shall_v you_o sir_n take_v sir_n robert_n viner_n house_n in_o lombardstreet_n and_o set_v up_o a_o manufacture_n for_o the_o make_v tack_n at_o three_o penny_n a_o thousand_o and_o employ_v about_o 500_o smith_n to_o furnish_v london_n with_o they_o and_o this_o project_n shall_v not_o turn_v to_o 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from_o this_o author_n than_o other_o place_n and_o be_v commend_v for_o its_o plenty_n of_o corn_n however_o he_o have_v forget_v the_o great_a abundance_n of_o extraordinary_a good_a pease_n which_o grow_v there_o and_o for_o which_o it_o be_v famous_a i_o hope_v it_o be_v no_o reflection_n upon_o copenhagen_n that_o it_o be_v supply_v with_o wheat_n from_o thence_o p._n 28._o and_o it_o may_v the_o rather_o be_v excuse_v because_o the_o dutch_a in_o the_o midst_n of_o their_o plenty_n and_o liberty_n come_v hither_o for_o it_o too_o so_o london_n be_v at_o present_a supply_v from_o the_o north_n as_o rome_n heretofore_o from_o sicily_n and_o egypt_n he_o be_v mistake_v in_o the_o governors_n name_n which_o be_v mr._n gior_n and_o this_o small_a error_n be_v the_o more_o to_o be_v take_v notice_n of_o because_o he_o say_v he_o reside_v a_o long_a time_n in_o england_n in_o a_o public_a character_n and_o so_o probable_o his_o name_n may_v be_v the_o better_o know_v there_o nor_o be_v 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which_o the_o author_n upon_o the_o least_o inquiry_n may_v have_v find_v to_o be_v mr._n mejercrone_n now_o the_o king_n of_o danmark_n envoy_n at_o the_o french_a court_n the_o four_o principal_a government_n which_o he_o have_v not_o mention_v be_v call_v ribe_n aarhus_n wiborg_n and_o aalborg_n it_o contradict_v it_o feel_v that_o jutland_n want_v good_a seaport_n towards_o the_o ocean_n p._n 30._o and_o yet_o the_o hollander_n transport_v a_o great_a quantity_n of_o cow_n and_o ox_n from_o thence_o which_o make_v it_o unnecessary_a to_o repeat_v the_o sea-town_n mention_v elsewhere_o beside_o which_o there_o be_v several_a other_o by_o the_o western_a island_n silt_n â—isler_fw-mi and_o roâ—me_v near_o the_o city_n of_o ribe_n and_o tonder_n where_o the_o hollander_n smack_v and_o oxen-ship_n as_o they_o call_v they_o enter_v without_o difficulty_n and_o so_o export_v those_o commodity_n which_o though_o the_o writer_n call_v lean_a cow_n and_o ox_n p._n 3â—_n yet_o they_o be_v not_o so_o in_o themselves_o but_o only_o in_o regard_n of_o that_o extraordinary_a bigness_n they_o grow_v to_o when_o they_o come_v into_o the_o dutch_a soil_n otherwise_o the_o cattle_n of_o jutland_n as_o of_o most_o part_n of_o denmark_n be_v not_o of_o the_o small_a though_o it_o be_v leave_v in_o its_o own_o country_n nor_o need_v the_o inhabitant_n of_o this_o plentiful_a province_n desire_v any_o fat_a beef_n than_o what_o they_o can_v have_v when_o they_o please_v at_o home_n jutland_n also_o afford_v corn_n not_o only_o insufficient_a quantity_n for_o the_o use_n of_o its_o own_o people_n p._n 30._o but_o in_o such_o a_o superabundance_n that_o all_o the_o want_n of_o norway_n in_o this_o case_n be_v yearly_o supply_v in_o the_o great_a measure_n from_o this_o province_n neither_o can_v this_o choose_v but_o be_v a_o vast_a quantity_n consider_v the_o many_o populous_a sea_n town_n lie_v all_o along_o upon_o the_o shore_n of_o that_o country_n nay_o in_o the_o very_a year_n 1692._o in_o which_o this_o author_n pretend_v to_o describe_v this_o country_n there_o be_v such_o a_o crop_n reap_v there_o that_o it_o be_v upon_o frequent_a desire_n allow_v to_o the_o hollander_n by_o the_o king_n of_o danmark_n to_o export_v no_o less_o than_o 30_o thousand_o barrel_n of_o corn_n each_o danish_a barrel_n contain_v four_o bushel_n beside_o what_o private_o under_o this_o permission_n be_v steal_v out_o and_o all_o beside_o the_o necessary_a provision_n for_o norway_n let_v now_o the_o reader_n judge_n if_o no_o more_o can_v be_v say_v of_o jutland_n fertility_n than_o that_o it_o afford_v corn_n in_o sufficient_a quantity_n for_o the_o use_n of_o its_o own_o people_n but_o what_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o this_o plenty_n and_o fertility_n do_v it_o proceed_v from_o the_o goodness_n of_o the_o soil_n and_o the_o industry_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n or_o from_o any_o natural_a moral_a or_o else_o some_o political_a account_n why_o indeed_o the_o reason_n that_o they_o have_v so_o many_o ox_n to_o sell_v be_v because_o the_o king_n keep_v his_o court_n far_o from_o thence_o procul_fw-la a_o jove_n procul_fw-la a_o fulmine_fw-la p._n 30._o say_v our_o author_n corn_n grow_v in_o any_o country_n where_o the_o farmer_n be_v careful_a and_o the_o soil_v agreeable_a and_o where_o the_o meadow_n produce_v good_a grass_n there_o will_v be_v good_a cattle_n and_o this_o nature_n will_v do_v whither_o it_o be_v in_o monarchys_n or_o commonwealth_n i_o have_v reserve_v the_o island_n of_o amack_n or_o amager_n in_o danish_n to_o conclude_v with_o because_o it_o be_v the_o author_n darling_n this_o island_n as_o he_o say_v p._n 28_o 29._o be_v very_o plentiful_a and_o therefore_o common_o call_v the_o kitchen_n garden_n of_o copenhagen_n but_o the_o inhabitant's_a be_v not_o all_o of_o they_o north_n hollander_n there_o be_v but_o one_o
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to_o palliate_v your_o own_o ignorance_n have_v you_o name_v we_o four_o governor_n we_o shall_v have_v be_v content_a and_o not_o have_v be_v so_o hard_o as_o to_o put_v you_o upon_o assign_v a_o stift_n ampt_v to_o the_o five_o province_n of_o norway_n which_o never_o come_v to_o your_o knowledge_n it_o be_v a_o very_a barren_a country_n etc._n etc._n p._n 36._o norway_n have_v never_o pretend_v to_o be_v so_o fertile_a in_o corn_n as_o danmark_n however_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o where_o the_o ground_n be_v fit_a to_o be_v till_v it_o yield_v a_o great_a crop_n than_o the_o soil_n of_o the_o rich_a country_n if_o norway_n have_v not_o so_o many_o sea_n town_n very_o populous_a and_o full_a of_o stranger_n the_o corn_n grow_v there_o will_v be_v sufficient_a without_o any_o importation_n to_o feed_v its_o own_o inhabitant_n there_o be_v some_o district_v up_o in_o norway_n as_o hedemarâ—en_o todten_a gulbrandsdalen_n etc._n etc._n which_o in_o fertility_n and_o good_a corn_n 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year_n yield_v more_o than_o they_o do_v former_o or_o can_v reasonable_o be_v expect_v from_o they_o there_o be_v indeed_o p._n 36._o a_o account_n of_o the_o commodity_n from_o thence_o export_v but_o he_o forget_v the_o many_o fur_n and_o skin_n of_o mart_n zabel_n beaver_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v send_v from_o thence_o yearly_a as_o also_o copper_n and_o small_a nut_n of_o which_o quantity_n be_v ship_v out_o and_o come_v towards_o the_o end_n of_o winter_n to_o london_n the_o beginning_n of_o the_o character_n he_o give_v the_o norsh_a be_v very_o well_o viz._n p._n 39_o that_o they_o be_v a_o hardy_a laborious_a and_o honest_a sort_n of_o people_n and_o that_o they_o be_v esteem_v by_o other_o yet_o for_o all_o this_o alas_o they_o must_v have_v their_o share_n of_o scandal_n too_o and_o the_o vice_n of_o self_n conceitedness_n be_v lay_v to_o their_o charge_n vincit_fw-la amor_fw-la patriae_fw-la it_o seem_v may_v be_v their_o motto_n as_o well_o as_o our_o author_n for_o 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