7. As for the shipping and foreign commerce of London, the common
sense of all men doth judge it to be far greater than that of Paris
and Rouen put together.

8. As to the wealth and gain accruing to the inhabitants of London
and Paris by law-suits (or La chicane) I only say that the courts of
London extend to all England and Wales, and affect seven millions of
people, whereas those of Paris do not extend near so far. Moreover,
there is no palpable conspicuous argument at Paris for the number
and wealth of lawyers like the buildings and chambers in the two
Temples, Lincoln's Inn, Gray's Inn, Doctors' Commons, and the seven
other inns in which are chimneys, which are to be seen at London,
besides many lodgings, halls, and offices, relating to the same.

9. As to the plentiful and easy living of the people we say,

(a.) That the people of Paris to those of London, being as about 6
to 7, and the housing of the same as about 6 to 9, we infer that the
people do not live at London so close and crowded as at Paris, but
can afford themselves more room and liberty.

(b.) That at London the hospitals are better and more desirable than
those of Paris, for that in the best at Paris there die two out of
fifteen, whereas at London there die out of the worst scarce 2 out
of 16, and yet but a fiftieth part of the whole die out of the
hospitals at London, and two-fifths, or twenty times that proportion
die out of the Paris hospitals which are of the same kind; that is
to say, the number of those at London, who choose to lie sick in
hospitals rather than in their own houses, are to the like people of
Paris as one to twenty; which shows the greater poverty or want of