A proposal to man the Navy Royal of Great Britain, and raise a nursery for sea-men which will 1. Save and get to Her Majesty 300000 l. per annum ... during this or any other war. 2. Save and get to the merchants ... 500000 l. per annum ... and preserve many of their ships from perishing. 3. Gain to the nation in general ... about 200000 l. per annum ... 4. Proceed all by encouragement, without violence ... and will fill the navy with the best of sailors ... 5. The longer the war continues the better, and more sea-men it will raise - Swanne, John (Printed and are to be sold by John Morphew, 1709)
Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 04582.3. - OCLC, 20884575. - Reproduction of original from Kress Library of Business and Economics, Harvard University