If it take no success, it is done by their owne heddes. It is but the attempt of private gentlemen,
the State suffers noe losse, noe disreputation. If it take success, they are yours subjects, they doe it
for your service, they will lay at your Majesty’s feet and interess your Majesty therein.
Plaidoyer d’un conseiller du Roi James Ier d’Angleterre (1603-1725)
en faveur de la Compagnie de Virginie1.

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