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THE

Principal Conclusions[1]

OF THIS

TREATISE

ARE,

CHAP. 1.That a small Country, and few People, may by their Situation, Trade, and Policy, be equivalent in Wealth and Strength, to a far greater People, and Territory. And particularly, How conveniences for Shipping, and Water Carriage, do most Eminently, and Fundamentally, conduce thereunto.Pag. 1 [249]

Chap. II.That some kind of Taxes, and Publick Levies, may rather increase than diminish the Common-Wealth. pag. 35 [268]||

Chap. III.That France cannot, by reason of Natural and Perpetual Impediments, be more powerful at Sea, than the English, or Hollanders. 51 [278]

Chap. IV.That the People, and Territories of the King of England, are Naturally near[2] as considerable, for Wealth, and Strength, as those of France. pag. 64 [284]

Chap. V.That the Impediments of Englands Greatness, are but contingent and removeable. pag. 87 [298]

Chap. VI.That the Power and Wealth of England, hath increased above this forty years. pag. 96 [302]

Chap. VII.That one tenth part, of the whole Expence, of the King of England's Subjects; is sufficient to maintain one hundred thousand Foot, thirty thousand Horse, and forty thousand Men at Sea, and to defray all other Charges, of the Government: both Ordinary and Extraordinary, if the same were regularly Taxed, and Raised. pag. 101 [305]

  1. S has not the list of 'principal conclusions,' R has it.
  2. R omits 'near.'