King’s Cities Exceed
London 696,000 Paris 488,000
Dublin 69,000 Amsterdam 187,000
Bristol 48,000 Venice 134,000
In all 813,000 Being but 809,000
5. That of the four great emporiums, London, Amsterdam, Venice, and
Rouen, London alone is near double to the other three, viz., above 7 to
4.
Amsterdam 187,000
Venice 134,000
Rouen 66,000 387,000
× 2
774,000 London 696,000
6. That London, for aught appears, is the greatest and most considerable
city of the world, but manifestly the greatest emporium.
When these assertions have passed the examen of the critics, we shall
make another essay, showing how to apply those truths to the honour and
profit of the King and Kingdom of England.