Excerpt from The Merchant's Magazine, or Trades Man's Treasury: Containing, Arithmetick in Whole New Numbers and Fractions, Vulgar and Decimal, With the Reason and Demonstration of Each Rule; Adorn'd With Curious Copper-Cuts of the Chief Tables and Titles Noble Tombs and Statues to the Memory of their'famous Sea Commanders which is a certain Indication, that they are fenlible of the-oval! Advantages, which accrues to 'em by theirehipping, and I heartily with we in this Nation were not lefs apprehenliyc thereof, we lbould not fee to many Eminent Perfons, of compe tent Fortunes, l'quander the fame away; becaul'e they know not how to employor improve 'em, and that caul'ed by their Parents louit ingfon their Extrat't to be above the Sphere of Commerce. Indeed the ill Praaices of fome Traders (el'pecially the meaner Sort of Retailers) fuch as Lying and Cheating are too great Caules of bringing an an Odium on that Name: But if it be confidere'd on the other Hand, that fuch Immorslitiesi are not Ellintial to Trade, and'that there are many, and I hope the greater part, that may and do grow rich by Traflick, who make Juillet their Rule, and their Word a drift Obligation then fuch Objeetions againli Tradell. Men will l'eem vain and frivolous: But 'tis the Foreign Trade, or Merchandifing, that I would chiefly here perfvvsde fome of our Pe ions of Quality to have a due Elleem of: Other Arts or Myfie.' ties they ul'ually value, according to the Profoundnel's and Excel leueies of their Nature, or elfe to the Advantages ul'ually attend ing them;.for both which, the Employment of 'a Merchant is as valuable as that of a Lawyer, 'phyfician; or any orher Profeflion whatfoever: For if the neceli'sry Porlbetions and Qlalities of a truly accomplilhed Merchant be confidered with refined; to his Na rural, Moral, and acquired Parts, it will place him (in rhe0pini on of the Judicious) far chove Contempt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.