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From the diary of Samuel Pepys (1663-1703)

Among other things they [the old men of Trinity house] observed that
there are but two seamen in the Parliament house, _viz._, Sir W.
Batten and Sir W. Pen---and not above 20 or 30 merchants; which is a
strange thing in an Island, and no wonder that hings of trade go no
better nor are better understood.

		-- Pepys' Diary, 23 Mar. 1664

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