that we
may
maintain a
much
greater
inward and
outward
commerce,
and be
five times
richer
than we
are, nay,
and our
bills
abroad be
of far
greater
credit,
though we
had not
one ounce
of gold or
silver in
the whole
island?
451
whether
wrongheaded
maxims,
customs,
and
fashions
are not
sufficient
to destroy
any people
which hath
so few
resources
as the
inhabitants
of
ireland.
452
whether it
would not
be a
horrible
thing to