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$undefined$ (a) The author of a quaint pamphlet, entitled: The Interest of England as it stands with Relation to the Trade of Ireland Considered (London, 1698, Brit. Mus.), says that he would like to set up the following inscription in the "Parliament House" in Ireland:—

"Let us always remember that this Island is a Colony; that England is our Mother Country; that we are ever to expect Protection from her in the Possession of our Lands; which we are to cultivate and improve for our own subsistence and advantage, but not to Trade to or with any other Nation without her Permission; and that 'tis our incumbent Duty to pay Obedience to all such Laws as she shall enact concerning Us." (Page 23.)

(b) "That all Colonies or Plantations do endamage their Mother-Kingdoms, whereof the Trades of such Plantations are not confined by severe Laws and good Executions of these Laws, to the Mother-Kingdom."—Sir Joshua Child, New Discourse on Trade, page 179. London, 1694.

(c) "The Crown of England has annexed to it many Dependencies, where Labour is cheaper, the People hardier, easier to feed and freer from Taxes, than any of our Neighbours; these, like so many sponges, &hellip; must be employed to suck up Treasures from the Ocean, in order to squeeze them out again into the Grand Receptacle of all the Riches of her Dependencies, Great Britain. These must, I say, be employed to manage those Branches of Trade, which we, by reason of an immense Wealth, an increasing Luxury, and an over-bearing Debt, are at present under a necessity to let Strangers run away with."—Seasonable Remarks on Trade. (London, 1729. Brit. Mus.)  345