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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Though I could not give particular instances hereof in England, yet I am as well assured of the reason in this Pro∣position, as if I could. Sure I am, it was the errour of Chri∣stian Princes, especially of Spain, by first imposing upon their Subjects in their Religion, and neglecting to take care of preserving them in their native Countries; which hath so encreased the Dutch strength by Sea and Land, that they are not only able to protect their own Trade, Church, State, Laws, and Liberties; but to give Laws to very many of the Princes in Christendom, and to most of the Mahumetan

Princes in the East-Indies. Besides, this free admission of Forreigners to work Woollen Manufactures, as it will en∣crease the strength of England so much more as the For∣reigners are more, and so much more secure the Crown, Church, State, Laws, Trade, and Liberties of England; so it will so much weaken those places from whence the For∣reigners come, as the residue will be less able to endanger the Crown, Church, &c. of England.

But all these benefits, as they receive their birth by the free admission of Forreigners and the Natives of England to work Woollen and other Manufactures in England, so will they necessarily be strangled in their future growth, if with equal freedom they finde not vent in Forrein Trade; where∣by the Nation may be as well supplied with Forrein Com∣modities, whereof it stands in need; as also other parts of the World enabled to hold Traffique and Commerce with us, by mutual Exchange for our Manufactures, whereof they stand in need. But before we proceed herein, it is requisite to introduce this Proposition and Corollaries; which though more proper for the Treatise of The Danger of the Church, State, and Trade of England, yet not being said there, it is convenient they be inserted here.