Wretched puns were made on his name.

He was compared to Cromwell, to the King of France, to Goliath of Gath, to the Devil.

It was vehemently declared to be necessary that, in any Act which might be passed for the regulation of our traffic with the Eastern seas, Sir Josiah should be by name excluded from all trust.

[172] There were, however, great differences of opinion among those who agreed in hating Child and the body of which he was the head.

The manufacturers of Spitalfields, of Norwich, of Yorkshire, and of the Western counties, considered the trade with the Eastern seas as rather injurious than beneficial to the kingdom.