THE BRITISH MERCHANT, O R, Commerce Preferv'd. Vo L. II. LONDON: Printed by JOHN DARBY in Bartholomew- To the Honourable William Pulteney Efq; SIR, O Man is more fenfi- Britain is the very Axis of 道 by this, She is able to turn the Ballance of Europe at pleafure: By this, She liberally dispenses Bread to Her various Manufacturers, and to all Her induftrious Children : By this, She fupports the Value of Her Lands, and Her Rents ebb and flow as Her Trade decays or flourishes. And You know, Sir, very well, that all this depends on a right Regulation of Our Trade with France; as does the Treasure we gain by Our whole foreign Commerce: Therefore, I beg Leave to fhelter this Volume under Your Protection, as the Defence of our Trade, the Sub ject ject of the fucceeding Sheets, received in the Time of the utmost Danger, the Influence of Your Zeal and Eloquence. THAT generous Spirit which obliged You lately, amidst a Universal Corruption, rather to forego the great Improvement of the Fortune You then had in Your Power, than to accumulate Wealth at the Expence of the Publick Credit, ought to be recorded to Your Honour fince You did it at a Time, when almost every Man was led away by the Delufion of Avarice to confpire our Deftruction. Continue, Sir, at this Time, Your Endeavours ! to |