A Discourse concerning Trade, and that in particular of the East-Indies, wherein several weighty propositions are fully discussed, and the state of the East-India Company is faithf... by Child, Josiah, Sir, 1630-1699

Table of Contents: “…To proceed, the Propositions intended to be handled, follow First, That the East-India Trade is the most Nati∣onal of all forreign Trades -- The Second Proposition, that the Clamours, Aspersions, and Objections made against the present East-India Company, are sinister, selfish, or groundless -- East-Indies, the Dominion of the Sea Depends much upon the wain or increase of that Trade, and consequently the Secu∣rity of the Liberty, Property and Protestant Religion of this Kingdom -- The Fourth Proposition, That the Trade of the East-Indies cannot be carried on to National Avantage, by a regulated Company, or in any other way then by a joynt Stock, which are proved by the following Arguments -- The Fifth Proposition, That the East-India Trade more profitable and necessary to the Kingdom of England than to any other Kingdom or Nation in Europe.…”
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