Besides, when the _Irish_ Provisions are broughr hither, those Markets which were supply'd with them thence before will then have them hence, tho' perhaps at dearer Rates, and with them great Quantities of our own; No Man can imagine what Expence there would be of _English_ Cattle were we once fallen into the Trade of making Provisions here, _England_ as well in its Beef as Manufactures exceeding all other Countrys, with this farther Advantage, that the former for Goodness and Price cannot be supplied from any other place save _Ireland_; nor do I suppose it so much the Interest of this Kingdom when Provisions are advanced only by a Home Expence, as when 'tis done by a Foreign Export, the first makes particular Men grow Rich by preying on their Neighbours, but the Nation grows Rich by the latter, when we vend them abroad at good Prices; nor would our Plantations which now take off the greatest part of the Cattle slaughter'd in _Ireland_ spend one Barrel less if kill'd here. All Trade had a beginning, occasioned by some lucky Accident which put People on new Projects, and why _England_ which hath so many Plantations depending on it should suspect a consumption for its Cattle I cannot imagine; we might then set the Rates of Provisions there, and the Merchants afford to give better Prices for them here, when they shall load them at Home, and save the Charges of going to _Ireland_, without fear of having their early Markets forestall'd thence; and the Planters being now grown rich are likewise able to give greater Rates for them than they could at their first Settlement; _England_ had never a fairer Opportunity of making an Entry on this Trade than now it hath, which would soon consume great Numbers of Cattle, and consequently give Encouragement to our Breeding Countrys as well as the Feeding. But if a Manufactury is thought fit for _Ireland_, and its Circumstances will admit thereof, let that of Linnen be encouraged, this may draw over Multitudes of _French_ Refuges, and put them upon an Imployment wherewith they were formerly acquainted, which we must assist by the benefit of Importation Custom free, and the Advantage of Fashion; and then these two Kingdoms encouraging different Manufactures will be serviceable to each other, for which Stocks would not be wanting even from the People of _England_, who would delight to see _Ireland_ thrive when their Manufactures crost not ours; This would in time alter the Ballance of our Trade with _France_, when we shall send thither more Woollen, and receive thence less Linnen. If the wisdom of the Parliament shall think fit by these or any other Methods to make _Ireland_ more serviceable to the Trade of _England_ it will advance both the Lands and Traffick of this Kingdom, and so make us all better able to pay the Charge of this long and expensive War. [Sidenote: Scotland.]