Such as they were, however, those arguments convinced the
people to whom they were addressed. They were addressed by
merchants to parliaments and to the councils of princes, to nobles,
and to country gentlemen; by those who were supposed to understand
trade, to those who were conscious to them selves that they
knew nothing about the matter. That foreign trade enriched the
country, experience demonstrated to the nobles and country gentlemen,
as well as to the merchants; but how, or in what manner,