. History of lace . ow aboveone hundred thousand in England who get their living by it,and earn by mere Laljour £500,000 a year, according to thelowest computation that can be made; and the Personsemployed on it are, for the most part, Women and childrenwho have no other means of Subsistence. The English arenow arrived to make as good lace in Fineness and all otherrespects as any that is wrought in Flanders, and particularlysince the last Act, so great an improvement is made thatway that in Buckinghamshire, the highest prized lace theyused to make was about eight shillings per yard, and nowthe
. History of lace . ow aboveone hundred thousand in England who get their living by it,and earn by mere Laljour £500,000 a year, according to thelowest computation that can be made; and the Personsemployed on it are, for the most part, Women and childrenwho have no other means of Subsistence. The English arenow arrived to make as good lace in Fineness and all otherrespects as any that is wrought in Flanders, and particularlysince the last Act, so great an improvement is made thatway that in Buckinghamshire, the highest prized lace theyused to make was about eight shillings per yard, and nowthey make lace there of above thirty shillings per yard, andin Dorsetshire and Devonshire they now make lace worth sixpound per yard. . . . The Lace Manufacture in England is thegreatest, next to the woollen, and maintains a multitudeof People, which otherwise the Parishes must, and thatwould soon prove a heavy burthen, even to those concernedin the Woollen Manufacture. On the Resolution, which Plate o ?<t w a} *K S ^ - > o £-< c3 G is O v: <t< H^ ^ +j ,J0 K^ o -t^ „ o o 3 s a; ?- 7\ XJ O H O P Q O H W « O t/3 To ,/«(•( imrfe 402. HONITON 403 shall 1)6 taken in this affair depends the Well-being, or ruinof numerous families in their Country. Many laws have beenmade to set our Poor on Work, and it is to be hoped nonewill be made to take away work from Multitudes who are•already employed. Even in 1655, when the variety of points furnishedmatter for a letter from the members of the Baptist Churchassembled at Bridgewater, the Beleeven men, unwilling toinjure so flourishing a commerce, merely censure points andmore laces than are required on garments, and these theydesired might be proceeded against with all sweetness andtendernessand long-suffering.^ The conciliatory measuresof the Puritans, mayl)e, affected the trade less than thedoing of Lord Cambury and Lord Churchills dragoons in
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