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A95984	The advancement of merchandize or, Certain propositions for the improvment of the trade of this Common-wealth, humbly presented to the right honoroble the Council of State. And also, against the transporting of gold and silver. / By Tho. Violet of London goldsmith.	Violet, Thomas, fl. 1634-1662.	1651 (1651)	Wing V578; Thomason E1070_1; ESTC R208173	121,676	189

in a Common-wealth But for your just Merchant hec is the Beautie and Ornament of the Common-wealth a great pillar in any Nation where they remain and that State or Common-wealth that doth not love and protect them must at long running bring themselvs to povertie For mee to speak of the worth and dignitie of fair-dealing-Merchants in all ages is to hold a Candle to the Sun onely my praier to God shall bee that their numbers may bee encreased in this Nation and all encouragement given them by the State that they may have good Convoie to guard their ships both outwards and inwards from Pirats and Rovers and if it bee the chance of any Merchant-men to meet with Pirats that God would strengthen their sea-men and give them valiant and loial hearts to fight for their Countrie and their Merchant's ships and goods and after their deliverance from Pirats God's protection go along with them all and bring them everie one to his desired Port and at the end of our daies bring us all to the blessed Harbor of the Kingdom of Heaven and this shall bee the praier of Your assured Friend to serv you THO. VIOLET THE ADVANCEMENT OF MERCHANDIZE To the Right Honorable the Council of State viz. John Bradshaw Lord President Earl of Denbigh Earl of Salisbury Lord Howard Thomas Lord Grey of Groby Lord Ch. Justice Roll Lord Ch. Justice St John Lord Ch. Baron Wilde Thomas Lord Fairfax Lord General Cromwel Philip Lord Lisle Sir Henry Mildmay Sir William Armyne Sir William Constable Sir Peter Wentworth Sir Gilbert Pickering Sir William Masham Sir Arthur Hesilrige Sir James Harrington Sir Henry Vane Jun. ● t Gen. Ludlow Lo. Com r Whitelock Lo. Com r Lisle Colonel Stapley Colonel Morley Colonel Purefoy Colonel Jones Isac Pennington Ald. Henry Martin Esq Philip Skippon Esq Wil. Heveningham Esq Rob. Wallop Esq Jo Hutchinson Esq Denis Bond Esq Valentine Wanton Esq Tho Scot Esq Cornel. Holland Esq Tho. Chaloner Esq Mr Robinson Mr Gourdon Thomas Violet a true Lover of his Countrie most humbly present's these following PROPOSITIONS SEveral Reasons for the admitting all Merchants to have equal privileges so far as agreeth with the Pattern and Policie of Amsterdam Legorn and Genoa who have gotten themselvs to the hight greatness of trade And therefore hold in all Common-wealths that are seated as by the blessing of God this is one in the midst of the Seas beeing adorned and beautified with more safe and fair Harbors for shipping then any of our Neighbors whatsoever And there ought to bee an especial eie had upon the paths and steps of our neighbors to see by what waies and means they have got to this greatness of Trade and to keep a good observation of these times and to give all encouragement to the Dutch and Forain Nations to com and plant in our Ports and Harbors They having many of them an earnest desire not to bee so penned up as they are and therefore many Families are lately removed to Breme and Hambrough out of Amsterdam As was presented to the Council of Trade by a worthy Member of the Council of State with his Recommendations to the Council of Trade to take all Informaltions concerning free Ports or Landing places for Forain commodities Imported without paying of Custom if again exported in what manner the same is best to bee effected in pursuance whereof for the advance of Trade I have according to directions of som of the Council of State treated with the principal Merchants in this Citie and I do humbly present these few Heads unto your Honors consideration for the benefit of Trade and the Nation in General 1. That Genoa Legorn and Amsterdam have raised their greatness onely by giving Merchants Strangers equal privileges with their Natives and in levying Imal duties upon goods And if not spent in their Ports freely to export them to any part of the world by which means they have been made the Ware-houses and Shops for all the Merchandizes in the world 2. By the same means also they grow in Amsterdam mightie in Shipping and Sea-men for they know the benefit that onely the bringing of goods thither though never spent in the Countrie make's them for there is not the thousand part of the goods spent in Amsterdam that is brought thither but shipped again all over the world And they have this advantage that all the Commodities of the world are there to bee had which is a benefit to them that spend the Commodities to have the Market at their own doors for they can have it cheaper then to go abroad for it And the wealth that is gotten by Shipping Ware-housroom and imploiment of thousands of laboring people in lading and unlading Merchandize is and hath been one of the fairest flowers in the Garland of Amsterdam Genoa and Legorn And by the blessing of God and the Parlaments countenance of such Merchants and others that shall put to their helping hands and their industries the Sea-Ports of this Nation will participate in a large proportion with them and put the inhabitants of our Sea-Ports in a flourishing condition wee may see it by experience when our Composition Trade was at Dover what that Town made the State a year for half Customs and how the rents of houses were raised how all the Townsmen grew rich and Merchants set the poor awork and also the great imploiment of our Shipping and Navigation and no Town in England lived more happily make it but a free Port you will restore it again to its former condition whereas now their poor do so infinitely increas on them that many perish for want of means and all the houses in the Town not worth the third penny rent they were ten yeers ago for at the time the Customs made fifty thousand pounds every year now not four thousand pound per annum 3. I pray your Honors observ where great Customs are laid there either in Kingdom or Common-wealth the Trade decayeth and at last fal's to nothing 't is true they may bee present benefits and have been made use of by evil Councellors both in this Age and formerly both in this Nation and others But I pray observ those remedies have ever been wors then the diseases and in som places it hath cost som of the Inventors their lives others their estates and all of them at long running repentance and those Kingdoms Nations or Common-wealths that have soonest recovered out of them have been the easiest cure of their distempers and commotions Whereas in such Kingdoms Nations or Common-wealths where such oppressions have long continued when the remedie com's to bee workt and wrought it work 's so violently as it break 's all the old frame of Government in pieces or els weaken's it in that manner that it corn's not to its first strength again in som Ages and this I humbly conceiv is like shortly to bee the fate of a great Kingdom I mean France The inventions for

and without Monie all these strengths ceas as a Clock doth when you take off the weights I shall humbly leav it to everie judicious man what the transporter of the treasure is according to the conjuncture of this time and as your Affairs now stand for many other designes may undermine the State by degrees But the transporter of treasure now in these times is a Powder-Plotter hee blow's up Parlament Armie Fleet and Common-wealth all at once and yet som through ignorance speak for them but let the transporters of Gold and Silver and the cullers and melters of the heavie Coin of this Nation run their cours a little longer which God defend they will leav no Monie in the Nation and then when it is too late you will finde as Sampson's strength laie in his hair so the sinews of War is Monie and if formerly they deserved to bee punished in the purs that were transporters of monie cullers melters down of the heavie currant Coin of the Nation they much more deserv to die for it now for it is undermining of the whole State And what in time of peace in this particular was a misdemeanor I humbly conceiv for the safetie of the Common-wealth ought to bee made Felonie at this time considering the multiplicitie of your occasions I do therefore humbly desire that the Act may bee speedily dispatched and not delaied by the subtiltie of a few men to the ruine and destruction of the Common-wealth for without it pass you will not have Monie left to paie your Armies your Navie nor maintain Commerce It is not an Act of Parlament can levie Monie if you take not present Order to keep it in the Nation And therefore I most humbly praie as you love the safetie of your selvs and the Armie keep the treasure in this Common-wealth which is yet left by making transporting treasure Felonie for the future punish those that have transported the treasure and give all encouragement and privilege to such as bring in Silver and Gold into your Mint I humbly desire that all private interest in this particular may by the Autoritie of the Parlament bee suppressed which shall bee proved to bee against the Publick And that Briberie may bee examined and branded with all infamie which have kept up the corrupt interest of many Companies to cheat the Common-wealth and obstruct the passing of good Laws for the benefit of the Nation Yet I do most humbly declare to you I am for all good Orders in Companies both Merchants and Tradesmen so far as it is not prejudicial to the Common-wealth in general If this which I have with all humilitie said shall finde a favorable construction with your Honors and that it have life from your Honors countenance protection and that you put forth your selvs to see that these things bee put in execution according to the power you have in this Common-wealth I shall thank God for it and I shall bee well content that you have seen that in an hour that cost mee many years pains and studie And I shall bee willing for the service of this Common-wealth to take som pains to enlarge my self in these particulars if my humble advice bee required For though I love not to give an accompt of my faith to a Presbyter Elder yet with all humilitie I conceiv my self bound and I am readie to give the State an accompt in what I can serv the Common-wealth when I am commanded and shall and can do it with more chearfulness they many a Presbyter that have falsly charged mee to bee a Malignant and without the Justice of the Parlament have robbed mee of my Estate to a great value and I never was as yet heard to obtain a hearing And that I may have Justice is all my humble desire to your Honors In the procuring mee Justice I shall bee ever bound to praie for your Honor's happiness here and hereafter Your Honor 's most humble Servant THOMAS VIOLET Jan. 1. 1651. A TRUE DISCOVERIE TO THE COMMONS OF ENGLAND HOVV THEY HAVE BEEN Cheated of almost all the Gold and Silver Coin of this Nation WHICH Hath been and is daily Transported into Forrain Parts AND How the people of this Nation are and have been abused by Light and Clipped English Monie and the means shewed for the prevention thereof HUMBLY Presented to the Parlament of the Common-wealth of ENGLAND By THOMAS VIOLET a true lover of his Countrie LONDON Printed by W. DU-GARD in the Year 1651. Behold Transporter of Treasure Culler of Monie Deceitful Wier-drawer A TRUE DISCOVERIE HOW THE COMMON-VVEALTH OF ENGLAND Have been cheated of their Treasure and means shewed for the prevention thereof IT hath been daily practised by som particular Merchants both Native and Strangers to transport the treasure of this Nation to the great prejudice of the State who for their own private gain have not spared to damnifie the Common-wealth so highly that their persons and estates cannot give a full satisfaction for the great mischief don and practised by them to this Common-wealth and without a strict examination and exemplarie punishment of the offendors or som of the chief of them these mischiefs will never bee prevented the Common-wealth will bee still undetermined by those Moles to the unspeakable damage thereof And becaus som through ignorance do not understand and conceiv the great damage which may com to the Common-wealth by the suffering these abovesaid abuses to continue and others more craftie and subtile both Gold-Smiths and Merchants that are transporters of Gold and Silver and practisers of several high frauds and abuses upon Coin and Bullion have the confidence or impudence to make arguments for defending the transgressors Now for the information of som in their judgments that have desired a true accompt what Laws are now in force in this Nation for prevention of these mischiefs what Orders and Laws in France Holland and Flanders for the regulating of their Mints Monie and Bullion what punishments and restriction upon the offendors I have procured the Ordinance and Placarts of France Holland and Flanders to bee translated have abbreviated them for your information and quoted som Laws of this Nation now in force as hereafter follow And if you pleas to make the law now presented to the Hous stricter than it is now drawn I Humblie conceiv you will do the Common-wealth the greater benefit considering the present condition of the Common-wealth Transporting of Treasure hath been Felonie 4 Henrie 7. cap. 13 and 17 Edward 4. this Statute to endure for twentie years I humbly conciev the Common wealth hath now as much reason to look to keep the treasures in the Nation as they had then considering all things That you would bee pleased to give one moitie at the least to any person or persons that will or can discover the offendors that so by this reward all persons may bee invited to discover the offendors all over the Nation and the