And therefore truly I fear we have little hopes of happiness, or being restored to our Pristine flourishing condition, till we do return to our old obedience, and exercise our selves in love and good works, fearing God and honouring the King, and not giving our minds to change, but let every one endeavour to amend one, and strike off from the error of his own waies, and endeavour his utmost to discharge a good conscience, first to God, and then to mind the publique good, calling to mind the happy condition of Trade in the Reign of King _Charles_ the first of blessed memory, when all men dreaded his Lawes, and lived in love one with another, which made the Kingdome flourish, in our trading with great success, and increase of Riches; and indeed we enjoyed so much happiness as made us proud, and forgetful of God’s mercies, and so murdered the best King in the world, by which we stript our selves of all but God’s just judgements upon the Nation, and left our selves certain of nothing but of uncertainties. [Sidenote: _Staples appointed._] [Sidenote: _Many good Lawes made._] I find by our good Lawes, that great care was taken about Wooll, and all other prohibited commodities; as first in the Reign of King _Edward_ the Third, _Cap._ 1. then wooll was wholly prohibited to be exported, which was the first beginning of the promotion of making Cloth in _England_, but it seems the Nation at first could not work up all the Wooll, that was of our own growth, till the Trade was dispersed throughout the whole Kingdome, and people instructed in the Art. So that an Act of Parliament was made for the transportation of Wooll into other Countries, to a Staple appointed, at first at _Callis_, paying their due Custome first in _England_; so that those which had our Wooll in those daies paid well for it: another Statute was made to this purpose, that if any Forreigner would have any of our Wooll out of _England_, and found none at the Staple, he was to bring to the King’s Mint, an Ounce of Gold, as a duty for every sack of Wooll; and many other good Laws I find for the prevention of Abuses concerning Wooll and Cloath; and for the prevention of the Transportation of Wooll, but what did first pay the King’s duty in _England_; and was to the intent that our People might afford their Cloaths so, as to undersel Strangers; And several Staples were appointed in _England_ where Wooll was to be sold and bought, and not elsewhere; and none to be carried or lodged neer to the Water-side, nor bought nor bargained, but by _Cloathiers_ and such as wrought it up, or by Merchants and their Factors under several Penalties: Many other good Laws have been made since the time of King _Edward_, for the keeping our Wooll and Fullers-earth in _England_, to imploy our own poor People, and advance the Manufacture of the old and new Drapery, so happily set on foot by the prudence and diligence of that King, & then there was Obedience from all persons rendred to the good Laws of