Excerpt from A Discourse on Trade, and Other Matters Relative to It
L theifirpt Original of Trade both Dome It; ony lie and Foreign was.barter, when one pri vate Perfon, having an Overplus of fuch Things as his Neighbour wanted, furnilhed himl’therewith for their Value in fuch whereof ’theother had plenty, but he flood in need of the fame, when one Nation abounding in thol’e Products which another wanted, fup ply’d it therewith, and received for them Things equally necefi’ary in their f’tead and by how much the Products of any Nation exceeds 1ts Wants, by fo much it grew richer, the Remainder being fold for Bullion, or fome Staple Commodity, allowed by all to have an intrinfic Value.
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