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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. by Richard Hakluyt
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through want here at home are inforced to commit outragious offences,
whereby they are dayly consumed with the gallowes.

5 Moreouer, we might from all the aforesaid places haue a yeerely returne,
inhabiting for our staple some conuenient place of America, about Sierra
Neuada, or some other part, whereas it shal seeme best for the shortning of
the voyage.

6 Beside vttering of our countrey commodities, which the Indians, &c. much
esteeme: as appeareth in Hester, where the pompe is expressed of the great
king of India, Assuerus, who matched the coloured clothes, wherewith his
houses and tents were apparelled, with gold and siluer, as part of his
greatest treasure: not mentioning either veluets, silkes, cloth of gold,
cloth of siluer, or such like, being in those countreyes most plentifull:
whereby it plainly appeareth in what great estimation they would haue the
clothes of this our countrey, so that there would be found a farre better
vent for them by this meanes, then yet this realme euer had: and that
without depending either vpon France, Spaine, Flanders, Portugall,
Hamborow, Emden, or any other part of Europe.

7 Also, here we shall increase both our ships and mariners, without
burthening of the state.

8 And also haue occasion to set poore mens children to learne handie
craftes, and thereby to make trifles and such like, which the Indians and
those people do much esteeme: by reason whereof, there should be none
occasion to haue our countrey combred with loiterers, vagabonds, and such
like idle persons.

All these commodities would grow by following this our discouery, without
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