The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . the India trade as about the oaths. The despot of LeadenhallStreet was libelled in prose and verse. Wretched puns were made onhis name. He was compared to Cromwell, to the King of France, toGoliath of Gath, to the Devil. It was \-ehemently declared to be neces-sary that, in any Act which might be passed for the regulation of ourtraffic with the Eastern seas, Sir Josiah should be by name excludedfrom all trust.^ 1 Papillon was of course reproached with his inconsistency. Among the pamphlets of thattime is one entitled, A Treatise

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The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . the India trade as about the oaths. The despot of LeadenhallStreet was libelled in prose and verse. Wretched puns were made onhis name. He was compared to Cromwell, to the King of France, toGoliath of Gath, to the Devil. It was \-ehemently declared to be neces-sary that, in any Act which might be passed for the regulation of ourtraffic with the Eastern seas, Sir Josiah should be by name excludedfrom all trust.^ 1 Papillon was of course reproached with his inconsistency. Among the pamphlets of thattime is one entitled, A Treatise concerning the East India Trade, wrote at the Instance ofThomas Papillon, Esquire, and in his House, and printed in the year i6So, and now reprintedfor the better Satisfaction of himself and others. -Commons Journals, June 8. 1689. •Among the pamphlets in which Child is most fiercely attacked, are : Some Remarks on thePresent State of die East India Companys Affairs, 1690 ; Pierce Butlers Tale, 1691 ; andWhites Account of the Trade to the East Indies, r r ) ( ^^ r.

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