432 NEW BOOKS. \ supposed to be wholly given over to speculation-the citation of 6s. sharea (nominal) suggests certain mining ventures that would fall within this category. There is one very curious passage in the book which bears indirectly on that modern King Charles s Head-the fiscal question. The page describing the letter sent by Edward VI. with Wifloaghby's expedition in 1553 is headed " Edward VI. on Free Trade ". This voyage was the foundation of the Russia Company, which for many years

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... possessed (and tried to maintain) not only toe monopoly of trade to and from Russia against other Englishmen, but against the rest of Europe.