I must, as an Englishman, take notice of one point more, which is,
that these assertions do reflect upon the empire of England, for
that it is said that England hath but 2,000,000 inhabitants, and it
might as well have been added, that Scotland and Ireland, with the
Islands of Man, Jersey, and Guernsey, have but two-fifths of the
same number, or 800,000 more, or that all the King of England's
subjects in Europe are but 2,800,000 souls, whereas he saith that
the subjects of the seven united provinces are 4,000,000. To which
we answer that the subjects of the said seven provinces are, by this
objector's own showing, but the quadruple of Paris, or 1,932,000
souls, Paris containing but 488,000, as afore hath been proved, and
we do here affirm that England hath 7,000,000 people, and that
Scotland, Ireland, with the Islands of Man, Jersey, and Guernsey,
hath two-fifths of the said number, or 2,800,000 more, in all
9,800,000; whereas by the objector's doctrine, if the seven
provinces have 1,932,000 people, the King of England's territories
should have but seven-tenths of the same number, viz., 1,351,000,
whereas we say 9,800,000, as aforesaid, which difference is so gross
as that it deserves to be thus reflected upon.
To conclude, we expect from the concerned critics of the world that
they would prove -
1. That Holland, and West Frisia, and the twenty-eight towns and
cities thereof, hath more people than London alone.
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