A treatise wherein is demonstrated I. that the East-India trade is the most national of all foreign trades II. that the clamors, aspersions, and objections made against the present East-India Company are sinister, selfish, or groundless, III. that ... the dominion of the sea depends much upon the wane or increase of that trade ... IV. that the trade of the East-Indies cannot he carried on to national advantage in any other way than by a general joynt-stock, V. that the East-India trade is more profitable and necessary to the kingdom of England than to any other kingdom or nation in Europe - Child, Josiah 1630-1699 (Printed by J.R. for the Honourable the East-India Company, 1681)
Attributed to Sir Josiah Child. - Author's name given in Greek characters. - Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 02414. - OCLC, 20890003. - Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London. - Wing, C3866a