[9] Macpherson, Annals of Commerce, ii. 126.
[10] The Huguenots: their Settlements, Churches, and Industries,
in England and Ireland, ch. iv.
[11] Macpherson, Annals of Commerce, ii. 156.
[12] Ibid. ii. 85.
[13] Picton's Selections from the Municipal Archives and Records
of Liverpool, p. 90. About a hundred years later, in 1757, the
gross customs receipts of Liverpool had increased to 198,946L.;
whilst those of Bristol were as much as 351,211L. In 1883, the
amount of tonnage of Liverpool, inwards and outwards, was
8,527,531 tons, and the total dock revenue for the year was
1,273,752L.!
[14] There were not only Algerine but English pirates scouring
the seas. Keutzner, the German, who wrote in Elizabeth's reign,
said, "The English are good sailors and famous pirates (sunt boni
nautae et insignis pyratae)." Roberts, in his Social History of
the Southern Counties (p. 93), observes, "Elizabeth had employed
many English as privateers against the Spaniard. After the war,
many were loth to lead an inactive life. They had their
commissions revoked, and were proclaimed pirates. The public
looked upon them as gallant fellows; the merchants gave them
underhand support; and even the authorities in maritime towns
connived at the sale of their plunder. In spite of
proclamations, during the first five years after the accession of
James I., there were continual complaints.
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