Prop. 10. Theorem 10.
The free permission of the English to buy Ships in all their other Trades but the Turkie, East-Indie, and Newcastle-Trades, may increase the Navigation of England.
3 Ax. 4. For things may be so much increased, as the means are increased.
22 Pet. 1. But Ships are means in Navigation.
15 Pet. 4. And the free permission of the English to buy Ships in all other Trades but the Newcastle-trade, &c. may increase the ships of England.
Therefore it may increase the Navigation of England.
Annot.
So that this permission, as it will more secure the Sove∣reignty of the British Seas, the Newcastle, East-Indie, and Turkie Trades, so it may increase the Navigation of Eng∣land in our Trades to and from our forrein Plantations, the Trades to Hamburg, into the Sound, Muscovy, France and Spain, but especially to Norway for Timber, Pitch and Tar; in which Trade, as we never built one ship since the Act of Navigation, nor, as the case stands, can ever hope to do: so in time of War between the Dutch and French, the New∣castle-ships are so employed in other Trades, as the home-vent of Coal is not only not throughly supplied, but our Norway-Merchants cannot hire enough to furnish us as at other times, especially in our Trades to Dromen Northward of Bergen; as Mr. Hammond a Norway-Merchant, who af∣firms, that in this Trade he vends more of our English Ma∣nufactures,