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The wool of England, which in old times, could neither be

consumed nor wrought up at home, found a market in the then

wealthier and more industrious country of Flanders, and its price

afforded something to the rent of the land which produced it. In

countries not better cultivated than England was then, or than

the Highlands of Scotland are now, and which had no foreign

commerce, the materials of clothing would evidently be so

superabundant, that a great part of them would be thrown away as

useless, and no part could afford any rent to the landlord.