England's improvements in two parts : in the former is discoursed how the kingdom of England may be improved ... : in the latter is discoursed how the navigation of England may be increased and the soveraignty of the British seas more secured to the crown of England ... / by Roger Coke.

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It is said, the Dutch build Busses and Vessels for the Nor∣way Trade, of little other Timber but Fir; and that in the Fishery these Busses will weather a Storm, when the Dutch Men of War cannot abide it. And if the Importation of Ruff Hemp and Flax, Pitch, Tar and Timber were as free in England as the Ʋnited Netherlands, we might have the convenience of building and fitting up Busses and Vessels for the Fishery and Norway-Trade as cheap as the Dutch, and also have the convenience of our Ports, better, more safe and convenient than theirs for the Fishery and Norway-Trade to boot; besides the benefit of fresh Water, and drying our

Nets in the Fishery; which the King, in case it were esta∣blished from our Ports, might deny to them; and also can cheaper freight Vessels for the Fishery and Norway Trade, than can be from Hamburg or any Port in the Ʋnited Nether∣lands; whereas by restraining and charging the Importa∣tion of Pitch, Tar, Ruff Hemp, Flax, and Timber, we do not only lose all these benefits, but establish them to the Dutch and Norwegians, who will never thank us for it.