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56 THE EARLY HISTORY OF
at Wapping, Redcliffe, Limehouse and other
places) would fall off, the King would lose
the income derived from import and export
duties. Furthermore, if the trade were once
lost, it would be lost irrecoverably, to say
nothing of the loss of all the money and labour
spent during the whole of the previous decade.
But even leaving out of account these econo-
mic results, Stapers hinted at political conse-
quences. He tells the story to which refer-
ence has already been made 41 of the King of
Spain attempting to make peace with the
Sultan, and how he (Staper) had frustrated
the attempt. What happened in 1588 might
happen again, and if England broke off inter-
course with the Turk, the Sultan might more
easily incline to ally himself with Spain.
Accordingly the continuance of trade was
some guarantee that the Spanish forces men-
tioned in Staper’s story would not be set
free for use against England. Curious too,
as throwing some light on the state of religious
feeling in England at that time is Staper’s
appeal for the continuance of the intercourse
with Turkey on account of the great freedom
41 P. 30, above.
at Wapping, Redcliffe, Limehouse and other
places) would fall off, the King would lose
the income derived from import and export
duties. Furthermore, if the trade were once
lost, it would be lost irrecoverably, to say
nothing of the loss of all the money and labour
spent during the whole of the previous decade.
But even leaving out of account these econo-
mic results, Stapers hinted at political conse-
quences. He tells the story to which refer-
ence has already been made 41 of the King of
Spain attempting to make peace with the
Sultan, and how he (Staper) had frustrated
the attempt. What happened in 1588 might
happen again, and if England broke off inter-
course with the Turk, the Sultan might more
easily incline to ally himself with Spain.
Accordingly the continuance of trade was
some guarantee that the Spanish forces men-
tioned in Staper’s story would not be set
free for use against England. Curious too,
as throwing some light on the state of religious
feeling in England at that time is Staper’s
appeal for the continuance of the intercourse
with Turkey on account of the great freedom
41 P. 30, above.