ThisTradeoftheHollandersfortheEastIndiesbeganupontheEmbargoesmadeinSpainoftheirgoodsandinterruptionoftheirTrade,whereintheydidassociatethemselveswiththeGermanestodisperseandventtheirsaidIndiacommoditiesbetterandspeedier。
TothisArgumentappertaineth,theconsiderationoftheTradesoutofChristendome,maintainedforthemostpartwithreadymoneys。AsforTurkieandPersia,whereintheabundanceofSilverandGoldcomeintoEurope,sincetheWestIndieswerediscovered,istobenoted,whichhathmadeeverythingdeareraccordingtotheincreaseofmoney,whichlikeuntoanOcean,dividingtheCourseintoseveralbranchesindiversCountries,hathcausedagreatalteration。ButEnglanddothnotparticipatebytheCourseofTraffiqueaproportionableCompetentshareofthesaidaboundanceofmoneys,asothernationsdoe:albeitnotmanyyearessince,wehadmoremoneysthenintimespast,beforethesaidediscoveryoftheWestIndies:Butwemustnowmeasurethingsaccordingtothesaidabundance,whichismuchdiminishedbythecontinuallexportationofmoneysfortheEastIndiesfromallplacesofTraffique。
ThefifthCauseoftheWantofMoneyinEngland,heesaith,aretheWarresofChristendome,causingexportationofmoneys,andthePirateshinderingimportationofmoney。ThelatterismeerelyaPreventionorRobbingofourmoneys,whicharesupposed,mightbebroughtin。ButifPiratesdidnottakesomeofourmoneys,itfollowethnot,thatthesameshouldcomeuntousinspecie。Forexperience,bytheexampleoftheSpanishMerchants,divertingtheReallsof8fromus(forGainetobemadeinforraineparts:)proovethuntousthecontrary。GaynebeeingalwaiestheScopeofMerchants:andtoproovethatthisGayne,ismadeReallyonelybytheabuseofexchange(whichotherwisewouldbebutImaginary),weehavealreadydeclared。
NowtouchingtheexportationofmonyesbythewaresofChristians,wherehedeclarethanurgentinstance:ThattheRiecksDoller,israised(twomarkesLubishmakingthesaidDoller:)totwentymarkesLubishinmanyplacesofGermany,wherebyabundanceofmoneyisdrawenuntotheMintesofthoseCountries,fromalltheMinesandPartsofChristendome:hereinheismuchmistaken;forwhenmoneysareinhaunced,theyneverarecarriedtotheMintesfortobeconvertedintootherCoyne。
Buttheyremainecurrant,betweenemanandman,runninglikeaPoste-horse,everymanfearingtoreceivealossebythefal。