falmon, hides, beef, and all other product of her majesty's dominions, which we import at Ofend, and there pay the duty of entry to the king of Spain; and, confequently, ought hot to be liable to any new duty, when they carry the fame goods and all others from their dominions, by a free pafs or tranfire to the faid new conquests; and we are under apprehenfion, that, if the said new conquests be settled, or given entirely into the poffeffion of the States-general for their barrier (as we are made believe, by a treaty lately made by her majesty's ambaffador, the lord viscount Townshend, at the Hague) that the States-general may also foon declare all goods and merchandizes, which are contraband in their provinces, to be alfo contraband or prohibited in these new conquefts, or new barrier; by which her majesty's fubjects will be deprived of the fale and consumption of the following products of her majesty's dominions, which are, and have long been, declared contraband in the United provinces, fuch as English and Scotch falt, malt spirits or corn brandy, and all other forts of diftilled English fpirits, whale and rape oil, etc.

It is therefore humbly conceived, that her majefty, out of her great care and gracious concern for the benefit of her fubjects and dominions, may be pleased to direct, by a treaty of commerce, or fome other way, that their trade may be put on an equal foot in all the Spanish Netherlands, and the new conquefts of barrier, with the subjects of Holland, by paying no other duty than that of impor

tation to the king of Spain; and, by a provifion, that no product of her majesty's dominions fhall ever be declared contraband in thefe new conquefts, except fuch goods as were efteemed contraband before the death of Charles II, king of Spain. And it is also humbly prayed, that the product and manu❤ facture of the new conquefts may be alfo exported without paying any new duty, befides that of exportation at Oftend, which was always paid to the king of Spain; it being impoffible for any nation in Europe to affort an entire cargoe for the Spanish Weft-Indies, without a confiderable quantity of feveral of the manufactures of Life; fuch as caradoros, cajant, picofes, boratten, and many other goods.

The chief things to be demanded of France are, to be exempted from tonnage, to have a liberty of importing herrings and all other fish to France, on the fame terms as the Dutch do, and as was agreed by them at the treaty of commerce immediately after the treaty of peace at Ryfwick. The enlarging her majesty's plantations in America, &c. is naturally recommended.

娶

BOOKSELLER.

Mr. MORPHEW,

YOUR care in putting an advertisement in the Examiner hath been of very great use to me. I now send you my preface to the bishop of Sarum's introduction to his third volume, which I defire you to print in fuch a form as, in the bookseller's phrafe, will make a fix-penny touch: hoping it will give fuch a public notice of my defign, that it may come into the hands of those, who, perhaps, look not into the bishop's introduction (s). I defire you will prefix to this a paffage out of Virgil, which doth fo perfectly agree with my present thoughts of his lordship, that I cannot exprefs them better, nor more truly, than those words do..

I am,

SIR,

Your humble Servant.

[3] The bishop's introduction is prefated with a letter to his books

feller, of which this is a burlesque.

APRE