Note 31 — PART II. THE EASTERN QUESTION.
Reading edition
(1) 1651. That the importation of goods into England, except in English ships, or in the ships of the nation producing the goods, was forbidden.
(2) 1663. That the colonies should receive no goods whatsoever by foreign vessels.
(3) 1672. That all the principal articles of commerce should be prohibited from being imported into England unless by English ships manned by a crew of whom at least three-quarters were English subjects.