1. As to the first, I will go no farther than the _Act for Burrying in Woollen_; how averse were the People of _England_ to it at first? as if the Dead could not rest easie in their Graves if wrapt in our Native Commodities, or that it would trouble them _inter Hades_ that they had occasionally given Imployment to their poor surviving Country-men; no, the fault was not there, Experience hath taught us that it's all one to them, and Time hath more reconciled us to that Statute when we saw the good effects it produced by putting our People on making so many pretty sorts of Woollen Vestments, as Ornamental to the Dead as the others formerly were thought to be, and of such different Finenesses and Prizes, that Qualities are as easily distinguished by them; and since our dead Friends were to be drest in our native Wool, we thought it most seemly to imitate them by wearing the same at their Funerals, hence it came to pass that our Mourning Attire was made of White Crape, a Garb not only Decent and Profitable, but Honourable to the Nation, as it both shew'd our Esteem for our Woollen Manufactres, and also how soon those imployed therein could turn their Hands to any sort of Work. 2. Let us consider what farther Improvements may be made on the Manufactures of this Kingdom to answer the ends of _Indian_ Silks and Calicoes, and the means to bring them about; Here let us see what Progresses have already been made step after step by our Manufactures to imitate, and in many things to exceed all they have seen from abroad; witness those noble rich Silks, wherein they have attained to so great a height; Our brave noble _Arras_ or _Tapestry_ of all Prises, not to be out-done by those very Nations from whom we at first learned the Art; And this is allow'd by all, that the _English_ Workmen in great things outdo their Patterns, and no doubt they may soon turn their Hands to a slight Manufacture, which People do now chiefly desire, and I take to be as profitable to the Nation; How are we come from a strong and stubborn to a slight thin Broad Cloth, from thence to _Stuffs_, _Perpets_, _Sayes_, _Rashes_, _Shalloones_, _Gauzes_, and lately to _Antherines_, which last look as handsome as _Indian Silks_, and serve as well in Linings for our Cloaths, also _Crapes_ of such different sorts both of _Silk_ and _Wool_, that not only Cloaths for Men and Women are made thereof, but also _Hatbands_, _Cuffs_, _Neckcloths_, _Hoods_, _Head Dresses_, &c. Now was there a Law to encourage, or would the Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdom by their Examples promote the wearing our own Manufactures, no doubt they might be soon brought to answer all the ends of _Indian Silks_ and _Calicoes_, and I cannot see what reason may be given against a total Prohibition of their being worn in _England_, which will be the quickest way to have them disused.