i am assured by our merchants, that a boy or a girl before twelve years old is no saleable commodity; and even when they come to this age will not yield above 3£ or 3£. 2s. 6d. at most on the exchange; which cannot turn to account either to the parents or kingdom, the charge of nutriment and rags having been at least four times that value.
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I am assured by our merchants, that a boy or a girl before twelve years old is no saleable commodity; and even when they come to this age will not yield above 3£ or 3£. 2s. 6d. at most on the exchange; which cannot turn to account either to the parents or kingdom, the charge of nutriment and rags having been at least four times that value.