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Britain we shall find this verify'd in every instance, how many trading Companys are there establish'd in this emporium of Commerce, how often have we felt the pernicious effects of them, the African Company reduc'd to an annual sum from Parliament for the Support of their forts, the East India Company never able or never willing to defend themselves in time of War & when assisted by Government cramping every measure, from whence a National advantage could be expected, by little sordid interested Views; the Hudson's Bay Company erected on purpose for the discovery of a