Penny Dreadfuls, 1736 · page 15 of 16
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# Page Description This is running prose text, not a cover or illustration. The page contains congratulatory verses on the marriage of the Prince of Wales to the Princess of Saxe-Gotha, followed by a note (marked "N.B.") discussing British trade policy, particularly regarding the woollen industry's competition with French imports and concerns about domestic economic decline due to neglect of profitable trade branches.
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ee ee ee be aay . . - é we ol ee. Se, Oe eee %& , ; , On the. Marriage of bis Royal Haghnels tie Prince. of "Wass to the SPrincefs of Saxa-GOTHA. 3 ? May the Sacred Knot prove fo propi- tious, ef to be attended with ‘as ie! nour, and as much Profperity ant Felicity as ever was or can be propofed' in Conjugal Love. , : : May the Affections of the Royal Pair in- creafe with the Moments, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, ‘Months and Years, unttl Time diflolve the happy Union Be/ow,’ in order to render the fame compleat and dureable Above. | N. B. The Woollen Trade muft anfwer | the Expectation of the French, or they would not prefer the fame to others: of Cloathing, fo as to prohibit the Wear of Stained Linnens and Cottons, as well as the importing; Callicoes. Thefe Prohibitions we onght to take as Rebukes for our Indolence in negle@ting our Trade, efpecially fuch Branches as gave us the. Advantages in dealing with Foreignets ; for during the. Time we had the Advantage in Trade, we were rich in Specie, and, Cath was Plenty, either in foreign, or our own Coin, tho’ our own Money was more in Value NIGCDOOKS.C