Now it may be wondered why we mentioned Rouen at all, having had so
little knowledge of it; whereunto we answer, that we did not think
it just to compare London with Paris, as to shipping and foreign
trade, without adding Rouen thereunto, Rouen being to Paris as that
part of London which is below the bridge, is to what is above it.
All which we heartily submit to the correction of the curious and
candid, in the meantime observing according to the gross numbers
under-mentioned.
London 696,000
Paris 488,000
Amsterdam 187,000
Venice 134,000
Rome 125,000
Dublin 69,000
Bristol 48,000
Rouen 66,000
Observations on the said Eight Cities.
1. That the people of Paris being 488,000
Rome 125,000
Rouen 66,000
do make in all but 679,000
or 17,000 less than the 696,000 of London alone.
2. That the people of the two English cities and emporiums--viz.,
of London, 696,000, and Bristol, 48,000--do make 744,000, or more
than
In Paris 488,000
Amsterdam 187,090
Rouen 66,000
Being in all 741,000
3. That the same two English cities seem equivalent
To Paris, which hath 488,000 souls.
Rouen 66,000
Lyons 100,000
Toulouse 90,000
In all 744,000
If there be any error in these conjectures concerning these cities
of France, we hope they will be mended by those whom we hear to be
now at work upon that matter.
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