Our Navigation Laws would be virtually repealed.

Every merchant ship that cleared out from the Thames or the Severn would be manned by Zealanders and Hollanders and Frieslanders.

To our own sailors would be left the hard and perilous service of the royal navy.

For Hans, after filling the pockets of his huge trunk hose with our money by assuming the character of a native, would, as soon as a pressgang appeared, lay claim to the privileges of an alien.

The intruders would soon rule every corporation.