The next is the Trade we drive to the Kingdom of _Portugal_; where we vend much of our Product and Manufactures, little different in their Kinds from what is sent to _Spain_; and from thence we have in Returns Bullion, Salt, Oyl, Woad and Wines; of the latter we have lately imported great Quantities, which as they take well with the People of _England_, so its more our Interest than to have them from _France_, whence our Imports are more than our Exports, and to this Kingdom our Exports are greater than the Product thereof can make us Returns, especially since we have desisted from bringing home their Sugars, a Commodity wherewith we are more advantageously supplyed from our own Plantations, and did before the War furnish Foreign Markets cheaper than they could. This People were formerly the great Navigators of the World, to whom we are indebted for their many Discoveries both in the _East_ and _West-Indies_, besides the several Islands of the _Azores_, _Cape de Verde_, and also _Maderas_; to these Islands they admit us a free Trade, but their remoter Settlements on the Continent of _America_ they reserve more strictly to themselves, whither they Export many of the Commodities we send them, and in Returns have, Sugars, Tobacco, with some other things, which are again Transported to the _European_ Markets, tho' little of them hither; Their Islands we supply direct from _England_ with our Manufactures, and from the _Azores_ load Corn, Woad, some Sugars, Wines and Bullion, all received in Barter for them, but chiefly the first, which we carry to _Maderas_, where 'tis again Barter'd for Wines, shipp'd thence to our Plantations in _America_; in all these the Inhabitants live well, and are very rich, but those residing on the _Cape de Verd_ Islands are generally a poor despicable People, made up of _Negroes_, _Molattoes_, and such like, who having but little Product to give in Returns are therefore but meanly supplyed with Commodities, and those very ordinary, so that they have scarce wherewith to cover themselves, much less for Luxury; Asses Bieves and Salt being all we have from them, which we generally carry to our Plantations in _America_; Beife might be made very cheap there could it be saved, being purchased for little, and Salt for less, but the Climate will not admit it; the chief of which Islands is St. _Jago_, very rich, well governed, and a Bishops Sea, where they are well supplied, because they have Money to pay for what they buy. The _Portugueze_ as they are now become bad Navigators, so they are not great Manufacturers; some sorts of course Cloth they do make, and did once attempt _Bayes_, for which they drew over some of our Workmen, but it soon came to an end, and they returned home again by Encouragements given them hence, so prudent a thing it is to stop an Evil in the beginning.