When the Hollanders were suffered to trade here, they paid five shillings on every anker of brandy they brought hither, and ten shillings on every hogshead of tobacco they carried hence.

Now every penny that is raised must come out of the Virginians, and the Englishmen who bleed the land go scot free." "That's true," said he, "and it's a damned disgrace.

But how am I to better it ?" "Clap a tax on every ship that passes Point Comfort outward bound," I said.

"The merchants can well afford to pay it." "Listen to him!" he laughed.

"And what kind of answer would I get from my lord Howard and His Majesty?
Every greasy member would be on his feet in Parliament in defence of what he called English rights.