Provision for the poore or, A briefe representative, to make knowne the way, by a fishing trade, to imploy many thousands of poore people, from eight years to ninety yeares old (although one fifth part of them be lame and blind) to keep them from begging and starving by their owne labour; as they doe in Holland, by the sayd fishing, as can bee proved by many good and sufficient merchants, and marriners in and about the citie of London.

Title

Provision for the poore or, A briefe representative, to make knowne the way, by a fishing trade, to imploy many thousands of poore people, from eight years to ninety yeares old (although one fifth part of them be lame and blind) to keep them from begging and starving by their owne labour; as they doe in Holland, by the sayd fishing, as can bee proved by many good and sufficient merchants, and marriners in and about the citie of London.

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London :: [s.n.],

Printed in the Yeare, 1649.

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Subject terms

Poor -- England -- Early works to 1800.

Fisheries -- England -- Early works to 1800.

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• Provision for the Poore, OR, A briefe Representative, to make knowne the way, by a Fishing Trade, to im∣ploy many thousands of poore people, from eight years to ninety yeares Old (although one fifth part of them be Lame and Blind) to keep them from Begging and Star∣ving by their owne Labour; As they doe in Holland, by the sayd Fishing, as can bee proved by many good and sufficient Merchants, and Marriners in and about the Citie of LONDON.
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