the Land; which good Laws have been Successively ever since continued, by almost every Parliament, with such Additions or Exemplifications as were found to be necessary, for the prohibition of the Exportation of Wooll and Fullers-earth; by which means we both got, and kept the whole Manufacture of our own Wooll, and a good part of other Countries among our selves in this Kingdom, till the time of our late unhappy Confusions. And if the Book called the _Golden Fleece_, with some of Sir _Walter Rawleigh’_s Works, which do fully demonstrate the great blessings of God on this Kingdom of _England_ above any other, for the imployment of the poor people were well inspected, and answerably improved, it would be a means to make the Kingdom happy and flourishing. _I shall here give a brief Recital of several Statutes more concerning Wooll and Cloath._ [Sidenote: _Stat. 15. of Ed. 3. ca. 8._] First, that no Cloath made beyond Seas, shall be brought into the King’s Dominions, on pain to forfeit the same, and to be further punished at the King’s will. [Sidenote: _Stat. 15. of Ed. 3. ca. 5._] That all _Cloath-workers_, and Artificers in the trade of Cloathing, that came out of other Countries into the Kingdom, had the King’s Protection to dwell where they pleased, and convenient Franchizes and great privilidges were at first allowed them for their incouragement; maintained at a publique charge out of the King’s Exchequer. [Sidenote: _Stat 18. of Ed. 3. cap. 3._] [Sidenote: _Stat. 8. Hen. 6. ca. 22._] [Sidenote: _Stat. 23. H. 8. cap. 17._] [Sidenote: _Stat. 31. Ed. 3. ca. 8._] [Sidenote: _Stat. 13. E. 3. cap. 9._]