In consequence of those popular notions, all the different nations
of Europe have studied, though to little purpose, every possible
means of accumulating gold and silver in their respective
countries. Spain and Portugal, the proprietors of the principal mines
which supply Europe with those metals, have either prohibited
their exportation under the severest penalties, or subjected it to a
considerable duty. The like prohibition seems anciently to have
made a part of the policy of most other European nations. It is
even to be found, where we should least of all expect to find it, in
some old Scotch acts of Parliament, which forbid, under heavy
penalties, the carrying gold or silver forth of the kingdom. The
like policy anciently took place both in France and England.
In consequence of those popular notions, all the different nations
of Europe have studied, though to little purpose, every possible
means of accumulating gold and silver in their respective
countries. Spain and Portugal, the proprietors of the principal mines
which supply Europe with those metals, have either prohibited
their exportation under the severest penalties, or subjected it to a
considerable duty. The like prohibition seems anciently to have
made a part of the policy of most other European nations. It is
even to be found, where we should least of all expect to find it, in
some old Scotch acts of Parliament, which forbid, under heavy
penalties, the carrying gold or silver forth of the kingdom. The
like policy anciently took place both in France and England.
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