...further dependence upon it, and rendering them yet more advantageous unto it, and making this kingdom a staple, not only of the commodities of those plantations,...the commodities of other countries and places for supplying of them " — it is then enacted that " no commodity, the production or manufacture of Europe,...

...commodities, rendering the navigation to and from the same cheap and safe, and making this kingdom a staple, not only of the commodities of those plantations,...countries and places, for the supplying of them." Such, added the preamble, was " the usage of other nations, to keep their plantations' trades to themselves."...

...commodities, rendering the navigation to and from the same more safe and cheap, and making this Kingdom a staple, not only of the commodities of those Plantations,...other countries and places; for the supplying of them, be it enacted, &c." These several purposes are therefore to be deemed regulations of trade; and to...

...afford a " Vent of English Woolen and other Manufactures and Commodities . . . and making this Kingdom a Staple, not only of the Commodities of those plantations,...other Countries and Places for the Supplying of them. . . ." There were a few exceptions to this law, such as salt for the fisheries and wines from Madeira...

...and the amending Act were founded were avowed in a declaration, " that as the plantations beyond the seas are inhabited and peopled by subjects of England,...English woollen and other manufactures and commodities of those plantations, and in making England a staple, not only of the commodities of those plantations,...

...and cheap, and making this King, of Britain's dom a Staple, not only of the Commodities of Attitude those Plantations, but also of the Commodities of other Countries and Places, for the sup- Possessions plying of them, and it being the Usage of other Nations to keep their Plantation Trade...

...from them more safe and cheap; and making this Kingdom a staple not only of the commodities of the plantations, but also of the commodities of other countries and places for the supply of them ; it being the usage of other nations to keep their plantation trade to themselves."...

...from them more safe and cheap; and making this Kingdom a staple, not only of the commodities of the plantations but also of the commodities of other countries and places for their supply; it being the usage of other nations to keep their plantation trade exclusively to themselves....

...of England inasmuch as they are peopled with the subjects thereof, and for the making this kingdom a staple not only of the commodities of those Plantations but also of the commodities of other countries for the supplying them ") did make provision that no commodities of Europe should be carried to any...

...commodities, rendering the navigation to and from the same more safe and cheap, and making this kingdom a staple not only of the commodities of those plantations,...commodities of other countries and places for the supply of them ... [be it enacted, etc.]." The plantations were regarded, therefore, not as possessions...