man　to　man：　according　to　the　Custome　of　Germany　and　the　Low
  Countries。　Which　is　found　to　be　an　excellent　meanes　to　supply
  mens　wants　in　course　of　trade；　and　tendeth　also　to　the　enlarging
  thereof。　And　for　the　Extorsion　upon　the　poore　above　noted：　if　a
  stocke　of　Money　were　raised　in　manner　of　a　Lumbard；　or　otherwise
  in　London；　and　in　the　Countries　whre　much　poore　depend　on
  Clothing；　and　else…where　where　there　is　cause；　whereby　the
  multitudes　of　poore　wherewith　the　Kingdom　swarmeth；　might　be　from
  time　to　time　supplied　for　a　small　consideration；　it　would
  certainly　give　great　encouragement　to　the　poore　to　labour；　it
  would　set　on　worke　many　fatherless　children　that　are　ready　to
  sterve；　it　would　benefit　the　Common…wealth　by　their　labours；　and
  it　would　be　an　acceptable　worke　to　Almighty　God；　so　to　supply
  their　wants；　and　not　to　suffer　the　faces　of　the　poore　to　be
  ground　by　the　extorsion　of　any。　And　I　am　perswaded；　that　every
  good　man　would　be　willing；　either　to　give；　or　to　lend；　toward　the
  raising　of　a　stocke　of　Money　for　this　purpose。
  For　Litigious　suits　of　Law；　if　men　bestowed　halfe　that　study
  and　cost　in　trade；　which　now　adies　is　spent　in　temerous　and　rash
  suits　of　Law；　surely　the　benefite　that　thence　would　arise　to　the
  Common…wealth；　would　equall　or　exceede　in　value；　that　which　is
  spent　in　Law；　which　I　thinke　cannot　be　valued。　The　Remedy
  requireth　great　consideration　for　such　is　the　Cause。
  That　the　suites　of　Law　in　this　Kingdome　are　now　infinitely
  increast；　to　that　they　were　in　elder　times；　I　thinke　it　is　out　of
  question：　the　Quaere　is　about　the　cause　thereof。　Litigious　suits
  of　Law；　may　seeme　anciently　to　have　beene　restrained；　either　by
  Sureties；　or　Fines；　or　both。　Of　the　Former　there　is　yet　a　defaced
  print　in　the　Common…Pledges　of　Doe　and　Roe。　Which　were　of　old　the
  names　of　true　and　reall　sureties；　but　are　now　become　formall
  only；　and　saigned　names　of　Course　and　Solemnity。　Whence　also　it
  is；　that　in　staed　of　Reall　sureties　in　London；　saigned　sureties
  are　devised　fromt　he　dwelling　of　the　party　Plaintife：　As　for
  example：　if　the　plaintife　dwell　in　Cheape…side：　they　enter　for
  his　Sureties　upon　the　Record　of　Court；　John　Cheape；　and　Richard
  Side。　And　in　like　manner　whresoever　else　the　Plaintife　dwelleth。
  Of　the　Latter；　to　wit　of　Fines；　the　use　of　them　both　in　the
  Kings　Bench　&　Common…Pleas；　continueth　unto　this　day。　In　the
  Kings　Bench　the　Fines　are　not　so　ancient　for　those　began　in　the　8
  yeare　of　His　Majesties　Happy　raigne　over　this　Kingdome：　neither
  are　they　of　like　value　to　those　of　the　Common…Pleas。　Whereof　His
  Majesties　made　then　a　Graunt　to　certaine　Patentees　for　terme　of
  yeares。　But　in　the　Common…Pleas；　the　Fines　upon　Originall　Writs；
  are　held　by　the　learned　in　the　Law；　to　bee　as　ancient　as　the
  Common…Law　it　selfe。
  Now　whether　the　use　of　Sureties；　or　the　Institution　of　Fines；
  were　invented　for　the　restraint　of　Ligitious　suits　of　Law：　or　the
  Disuse　and　inequality　of　them；　tendeth　to　the　encrease　thereof；　I
  humbly　leave　that；　to　the　wisedome　and　judgement　of　the　Reverend
  Judges；　and　others　learned　in　the　Law：　least　I　seeme　｛Greek
  phrase　omitted｝。　Neverthelesse　there　seems　to　me；　to　be　a　print
  of　them；　in　the　Lawes　and　Customes　of　Forreine　Nations。　For
  which；　if　you　please；　let　us　heare　Maimon　a　great　Rabbi。　Hebraei；
  litigiosum　hominum　genus；　saith　he；　duplum　rependere　coegerunt；
  qui　debitum　scienter　denegaret。
  Also　Festus　Pomeius；　cited　by　Bodin。　Romani；　decimam　partem
  eius　rei；　quae　in　controversiam　veniret　in　privatis；　aut
  trouersiam　veniret　in　privatis；　aut　quintam　in　publicis　iudiciis；
  imperiabant；　Ac　licet　Romanie　in　Republica　libera；　Vectigalia　&
  tributa　imperare　fibi　difficilime　paterentur；　Vectigalia　tamen
  Iudiciaria　patienter　tulerunt。
  Also　Hootoman。　Romani　Sacramentum　constituerunt；　certam　viz。
  pecuniae　summanm；　ut　qui　indicio　vicisset；　suum　sacramentum
  auferret；　victi　aute　ad　aerarium　rediret。
  And　lastly　Bodin。　Carolus　IX。　Vectigal　Iudiciarium　ad
  cohibendam　litigatorum　hominum　indomitam　atque　effrenatam
  licentiam　imperauit。　Quo　vix　ullum　afflictis　aerarii　opibus
  utilius；　&　Galliae　Imperio　litium　innumerabili　multitudine
  appresso；　splendidius　cogitari　poterat。
  There　is　also　in　France　an　excellent　restraine　of　Law　suits；
  by　a　Law　Merchant；　establihsed　in　Roan；　Lions；　and　Tholosa：
  whereby　the　other　higher　Courts　of　Justice　are　eased　of　those
  Knotty　questions　that　often　fall　out　in　matters　of　Commerce；
  which　are　harder　to　bee　determined　by　the　learned　in　the　Law；　and
  not　so　hard　for　Merchants　and　men　of　Trade。
  Like　to　which；　is　that　of　the　Court　of　Conscience；　and　the
  office　for　Pollicies　of　Assurance　in　London。　The　one　granted　by
  an　Act　of　Parliament；　in　the　3　yeare　of　His　Majesties　happy
  Raigne；　the　other　by　the　Stature　of　43　Eliz。　And　both　are
  executed　by　Merchants　and　men　of　Trade：　though　in　the　latter　the
  Statute　joineth　certaine　Civill　and　Common　Lawyers　with　them　in
  Commission；　to　assist　them　when　there　is　cause：　because　such
  Assurances　are　grounded　on　the　Civill　Law。　By　which　meanes　His
  Majesties　other　Courts　of　Justice　are　eased　of　the　multiplicitie
  of　Questions　that　might　arise　by　suits　of　Law　of　this　kinde。
  And　thus　having　been　bold　to　make　this　short　relation　of　my
  poore　observation　herein；　I　most　humbly　submit　this　Remedy　to　the
  High　wisedome　of　His　Majestie；　to　dispose　thereof　in　such　Manner
  and　Measure；　as　the　Nature　and　Number　of　the　suits　of　Law；　at
  this　day　in　this　Kingdome　doe　require。　In　the　restraint　whereof
  His　Majestie　shall　have　great　Honour：　His　Kingdome　Peace：　the
  Judges　Ease：　the　Subjects　quietnesse；　and　the　Common…wealth
  increase　of　Trade。
  The　Trades　considered　apart；　I　reduced　to　such；　as　tend　to
  the　Fortification　of　the　Kingdome；　or　Maintenance　of　Trade。　The
  former　I　noted　to　be　Ordinance　or　Munition。　In　which　case　the
  Philosopher　giveth　good　Counsell；　｛Greek　phrase　omitted｝。　Sic
  amandum　tanquam　sis　osurus；　sic　oportet　edisse　tanquqam　sis
  amaturus。
  The　latter　I　reduced　to　Fishing　and　Clothing；　as　the
  Nurseries　of　Trade。　For　the　Fishing；　the　infinite　treasure　that
  Strangers　search　out　of　our　Seas；　the　variety　of　Trade　that
  thereby　they　purchase；　the　multitude　of　Mariners　they　breed；　the
  Fleets　of　Shipping　they　maintaine；　me　thinkes　should　every　of
  them　apart；　or　all　of　them　together；　be　unto　us　as　so　many
  provocations　to　rouze　us　up　to　the　exercise　thereof：　Whereby　His
  Majestie　might　receive　such　a　Tolle　or　Custome　of　them；　as　other
  Princes　doe　in　like　case；　and　be　once　again　Lord　and　Master　of
  the　Seas；　for　all　the　dispute　of　the　Author　of　Mare　liberum：　and
  the　Native　subject　encouraged　by　some　Immunity　or　Priviledge；　to
  lay　hold　on　that　benefit；　which　God　and　Nature　hath　brought　home
  to　our　doores。
  For　the　Clothing；　that　also　is　a　point　of　State　and　great
  consequence。　The　Causes　of　the　decay　whereof；　I　observed　to　bee
  either　Domestique　or　Forreine。　The　Domestique　some　past；　some
  present。　In　which　former；　it　may　perhaps　seeme　strange　to　speake
  of　a　Remedy　for　a　thing　past。　Wherein　the　best　Remedy　I　can
  thinke　of；　is；　to　be　warned　by　those　harmes；　not　to　disturbe　or
  distract　Trade　upon　any　suggestion；　though　never　so　specious。　It
  is　a　safe　rule；　that　in　Rebus　nouis　constituendis　euidens　esse
  debet　utilitas。　And　in　Projects；　though　they　promise　much；　yet
  the　utility　is　commonly　Contingent；　which　may　be；　or　may　not　be。
  But　in　the　mutation　of　the　naturall　course　of　Trade；　there　ought
  to　be　Perspicuity　and　apparency　of　evident　utility：　Else　a　Breach
  may　be　sooner　made　in　Trade　then　can　be　repaired：　and　the　Current
  once　diverted；　will　hardly　bee　revolved；　into　it　genuine　Source
  and　Course　againe。
  The　present　Domestique　Causes　of　the　Decay　of　Clothing；　I
  considered　in　the　Trade　under　the　Clothier；　or　under　the
  Merchant。　Under　the　Clothier；　I　noted　the　Ill　making　and　False
  sealing　of　Cloth：　and　both　through　the　Non…execution　of　the
  Statute　of　4　of　the　King。　the　abuse　wherof　is　growne　to　be　very
  great；　and　the　reformation　hath　beene　by　His　Majesties
  Proclamations　and　otherwise；　so　much　and　so　oft　attempted　of　late
  years；　and　nothing　therein　effected；　that　it　seemeth　a　very
  difficult　matter　to　reforme　the　same。　Neverthlesse　if　it　may
  please　His　Majestie；　to　commit　the　care　of　the　execution　of　the
  Statute；　to　some　of　the　Principall　Cities　and　Townes　in　the
  Clothing　Counties；　where　Broad　Clothes；　Kersies；　and　Perpetuanoes
  are　made；　and　to　make　them　the　Overseers　mentioned　in　the
  Statute；　instead　of　those　ignorant　and　negligent　Searchers；　with
  reasonable　allowance　for　their　paines；　I　am　confident　it　would
  prove　a　singular　Remedy。　For　we　have　not　only　the　example　of　the
  Low　Countries；　where　this　course　is　taken；　but　also　here　with　us：
  as　Worcester　for　that　sort　of　Clothes；　Colchester　for　Bayes；　and
  Canterbury　for　Sayes。　In　all　which　places　the　former　abuses　are
  removed　by　this　means；　and　the　Clothes；　and　Bayes；　and
  Manufactures　of　those　Cities；　triumph　in　great　credit　and
  estimation。　Which　execution　of　the　saide　Statute；　is　the　rather
  to　be　committed　to　the　care　and　charg