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I ^ If not its SHAME: . I

JtJ Marjfcacdby the great ncgka of the Fin'.cr^^ which af- • *»>
«* ' fbrdcth to our Nciglibcr Nation yccrly, thc'Rcvcnuc of 3>

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many Millions,which they take up at our Doors,\vlul(t

with tl:c fluggard,wc fold cur hands in our bolbms

and will not ttrctch them forcli to our mcud-s.

Or the mcftimablc riches of the BritiOi Seas.which ^o vcild *
a monthly Harveft of fcvcral Fifli in their fcafon.whichbcina S
brought into the Laiid.would'^majve FIcHi at a loiv rate ^ *>
cncrcalc Shipping, Marinerc,Tradf, ar.d r.ubl que Re- ' *''
.venue, wbcrcot this ^aok doth olvc a picntifil ac-
count, the wjiichw^ mayj in igmc njcafurc thus
accomphfli :

Lft every Ward in London bsnia a Lufs, aid Mony
'0 doit may he tbttt reined.

J^ 9r .f rhc Doorer forr rhirilc itioo m„rh for »hcm,7ff SrvST' JS

.^ naifym,andoneMercliaBtn)aybcfoun(lina Ward whiili *2^

25. Mtfch^nr, n;?y*c*Co.iimitrccforjl/;5. Ship?,

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moaities of the "BMtiJI) Scaj.

^Cz^O/^s^/HS^ He Coafts of Great Brittain da ycild
■/-—■■ — — — "vf* fuch a continual Sca-harvc(t of rtfain

to all iholc that with diligence do
labour in the lame, that no time or
fcafon in the year paflcth, a^way
withoiififomc ai^arcnt . mwns ot'
profiubic employments, cfpecially
to fuch.a.s apply, tnemfelvcs to Fifli-
ing, which from the beginning of
the yeer unto the latter end, continued* upon fbmc one Port
;or other upon our Coafts, and therein fuch infinites /lioali.
and multitudes of Fiflies arc offered to the takers,. 4js may
juffly move adiiiiratioh (not only to ftrangere,- but) to thole
.that are daily emplbyed amoral them.

The Summer Fifliing for Herrings begins abou^ dfid'
^wwrr and lafteth fomc part pf fAft^nfii The Winter
Fiflimg for Herrings lafteth from Stftember to the midft. of
November, both which extend from 5tfAff/j<,«<»y} in Scot^
landy to the Thames moudi.

The Fifliing for Cod at AUmby Wirkington and H^hite-
haven ncer the Coaft of Lancafhire, from Ea/^er until
Whitfomidc, r'

The Fifliing oitllakeoxUaberdetrf^bArfwith, and
other places between JValts and Jretan'dy ftom Whitfmide
XoS. James Vi^i^, ' ^

The Fifliing for C*<^and. Lmg about P^f^/^T^m* \vithiii

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The Filhing for Ccd on chc Weft part of /r^/W T« j

the beginning of ^;,r// until the latter cndof Jui, ' '

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The Finding for Ci.^ and Lwg upon Ac North Cdaft of •
frclandAxoxn Eaficr miii Midfummer

The Finiiiig for <Pilchats,c^ the We(i Coaft.of f/^^/W
from S.Jri».vr/<^f unto ^</^r«»^<r. *'^ '

The Fifhing for gr^t ^r^%, and many other forts of ^
Fiflybeing about tlK/yZW^Vuv../^^^^ feveral

Ifarts.of Uic Britdh beas all the ycer long. .
^InSettcwbcr not many yeeW fincc, upon the Goafts of
'I>evor»(h»rer^zMm.MtMLUxi,^'-Xyxti of Fifli were'
tak^fn in one day. ancT about ^tHc Ikme time three tliouland *
^ ppunds worth of Fjmmdnedaji were taken at S» /t,« in
Ccrnwal by fmal Boats and othe^ poor Provifions • five of
our naen with Boktsand Cables aUventurir.g in a calm to
^nch out among the Holland tiudbs not far from Robin
Hoods Bnjf.Kmmt^to-jVhkhj fullfraught with Herrinos,
andreported thai;;hcy^wlbme o^thofe 6uflcs take ten
twciHy, and f^ur ^nd twenty lafts oA Hcrrinii at a draught.

t^^rSf'i "?t^'^^^ >^i:h:forty,*'fifty, and'^an -

huhdrcd lafts of I^errings in or.c Bufs. . ,

Our Fleet of Colliers not many yeers fmcc rctumih^r from

Np»cflchdhx with Coals, about the Well nccr F/iw^tf-

i^w/j ^tf^rf and 5f.ir^<w-tf*r^A, met with liich multitude of

^''''.\ eJ^* ^'•^'^^''•'•'T' ^l^at que amopgft the reft with '•
ceram Ship-hooksand oSicr rnftrum(?nt$, drew up as many

r«w//and£,/;?f ina little fpacc. of time, 11$ were fold well ^
neer for as mucb as her whole ladirg of Coals; andmany
hundred of Shipi might have been thct« laden in two days
and two niohts. Out of which wonderful affluence and
abundance ofFifti fwarming in our Seas, that wc may the .
fctUCT percale the infinite gaia which Forreign Narior^
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maj<c, r^jll cipccially ingft upon the Filhing of the Ho/-
4» faf^ditrs in oyr Coafts, and thereby (hew how ihcy by this
mfians principally have cncrcaicd.

Firft, i^ Snipping. , ' \

Secondly, In Mariners.
Thirdly^ In Trade,
Fourchly, In Towns and Fbrufications.
* Fiftly, In Power abroad.

Sixdy, In Publique Revenue. . •»

' Seventhly, In Private Wealth.
Eightly and lallly,}n all manner of Provifions and
Ibrc of things ncccflary.J •

Firft, Encrea/e in Shipping.

BEfidcs fevcn hundred Strand b6ats,fout hundred Evars,
and four hundred GMlits, Driversy and 7V<^-boats, x
wherewith the Ihlitndcrs fifli upon th«ir,j?w,iX 0>aJlls^^'jt^y "'^i'''
one of thclc employing another Ship to fc«ch Saltand carry ^

the FiHi in^o their CountrieSjbcin^ in all 3000. fail, main-
tainingand icctingacworkatlealt forty thouland pet Ions,
Fifliers, Tradcf-men, Women, and Children, they havjc an- .. \
hundred Z).iff; -boats one hundred and fifiy Tuns a piecc,or
thcrcabou's.^fcven hundred P*;/)^ and ^*V//*boa:s froin fixty
to an huiidrcdTu.'.s a piece, which altogether fin* upon the
Sea ofFft^Ltnd and Scotltpd for r«if and* Lyw(r only ; and m

C^mc each c f chofe emplo yeth another Vcffcl for providing
of Slit ar^'tranfporcing ih'cir Flfh^mnking^in all fixtccn hun- .
d red Sh'p5,which maiiitain anil Imploy at lead four thouiand '
pcrfdi'.s of all forts. For the //<rm;g fcalon they have at
"kaft fixccen humdred Bnflcs, all of dicm fi{hing only upon
pur Coafls,from te^/Wa«/f in i5i:«r/<««</, to the mouth of
Thamet ; and every one of thofc makcih work for three
other Ships th^x. attend h#^; the one to bring in fait from
Forrcign pans; the other 16 carry the faid|alt°and cask to-
the Builcs, and to bring back the Herrings, and the third to

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tranfporc the (aid Fifb into Forrciga Countries . Sd that
the total number ef Ships and Bulfti plying the f/rrr/Wf-
Fare, is lix thouland fouv hundred, whcfcby every Buftonc '
with another employcth torcy Mariucts and Pi(hMi within
her own Bulk, and the rcll ten a piec«. which amoun'tah to
one hundred and twelve thoufand FiOiers and Mariners •
ail which maintain double, if not treble io n»ny Ttadd
men,^ Women, and ChUdrcn on Und. Moreover they have
four .hundred Vcflcis at leall that akc Herring at T^ri^uth,
and there fell thenj for ready money , So that the HolU^d^
irs (bcfides three hundred Ships before mentioned fifhing
upon their own Shores) have it Icatt eight thoufand ant
tour hundred Ships, only maintained by the Seas of Great
Brtuitn . by tbo which means principdlly //pi^W bcinf not
to big as one of our Shires of %/4i;<<ontaining not above
txventy eight miles in length, and twenty three in bredth.
havcxncreaied the number of tlieir Shijlping to at leait ten
thoul;^nd Sail, being n;ior€ then arc in %/rfW, Frawf,
^fi/«, Pmugal Italy^ Dtfimark, "Polanl Sweden, and
TKW///4, and to this number they add everyday,, althbu^rh
their Country it felf affords them neither materials, nor
vieiuals. nor merchandiic,to be accounted of,tovvards their
fctting forth. ) .,;

. Mdcs thofe of Hoaani^, tnheck hath feten liundred
great Ships, Hamhorfmk ^ hundred, iMi/fw fi)urtcen
hundred, whe Jjuko addlhe Ships of BreH^BifcayyPor' '
tugaf, ^paiH, arfl Fraftce, which for the m(if pare fifh iu
our Seas and it \vUl Appear diat ten thouland liil of For-
reign Veflbls, and above, arc maintained and employed by
hlhing^uponourCoaft; lo that in //<7//4«i there are built
f ak>utottd lail at the leaft to fupply Ship-wracks, and aug-
menttheir (lore, which as the primcand common Nurlc^
is thccbicldt means only to cficteafcthcirnumbA. /

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THc number of Ships fiiliirc en our G)afts bctrg {m
afof c-iaid; eight chouiknd £ur hundred, if vvc aQoW
but twenty pcrfons to cveiy Ship one widi smother, the to*
tal of Mariners and Fifhcts, amountcth to an hundred (ixty
eight tjhoufand> out of vvhich rumber tKey d^tly fiimim
their longer voyages to all parts of the World ; kef by tliis
thcymjrc not only er.ah(lcd lo brook the Seasr and to krow
the ufc of the Tackle^ and Gimpais, but are hkewifc in-
ftruftcd in Trade, m the principles ot Navigation and Pilo-
tage J infomuch as from home their greatii^ NavWaiors

have bad their cducadoa and breeding.

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Thirdly^ Encreafe of Trade.

By rcafott of ihofc muldtudc of Ships ahd Maiincrs,they
l^vc extended their Trade to all partt of the World,
(ej^porting for the moft part) in all dieir voyages of Herring
• and other Fi(h,for the maintenance of the fame-in exchange
whereof they return the feyeral Commodities of other
' Coiifitries.

Froni.thc Southern parts^s France, SfotHy zrA Portugal;

♦•for our Herring*, thev return, OjU^WiHesyPrunety Houj,

iVoob, Grain, with (tore of Coynsy From the Streighti,

Velvets^ Sgttinj, and all forts of S//i^, AUomt, Chrrtintt,

Ojfisy and ail Grocery ware, with much money.

From the f^y^Cowf^r^, for oiix Herrings andoth6r
French znd Jtidian Commodities before returned, they
bring home C^^n, HTax^ F/mx, I^emf/Pitch,Tar,Sffap ^ex,i
Irottp Cofftr^ Steely CUfbonrd, fVainfcot,' Mafis, Tmheri^
^eai'hardf.ToIiJh'JDoiiars, and Hungary Giiders-, Froift
CerttumSot Herrings and <xhtt(^\tF/Jh:/ron,Stee/G/,ifi
Mtlfiohes, Rfynijh-mnfs, Battery plate for tyfrincr, with
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SUcU bciirg then the number of their Ships n\d Marineri,
an J ip great their Trade occaTioncd phncirally by theit
Fifliiag, they have not only Hrcr.gthncd and fortified thcm-
kWcs at Jiouic,to repel all tbjj:cign Invafions.as lately In the
War between them and Spiifi, but h.'vvc likcwifc Hretched
their Power into the Eaft and Well /tfJisj ; in many place?
whercofthcy arc Lords of the Sea-coaits^ and have k<;Wilc
fortified upon the Main, where the Kitig and j«ople. are at
their devotion ; and more then this, all neighboursjPrincos,
in theit diftcrcnce^by reafon of theit Power at Sea, are glad
to have them of their part; fo that next to the Er.glifh they
are bccom the moA redoubted Nauon of any other whatfJ-

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OrcovcrhoW mightilythc publiqup Revenue and
Cuftoms of diat State are cncrea(cd by their Filhin^

roawpcai:, in thataboutthirty veers rinci,over and above
- the Cultoms of the mcrchandife,Excircs.Ltccnfes, Wafia^rc
. and Laftage^therc >ya$ paid to the State for Cuftom of Her-
rings, antTotlier fait Fi(h, above thirty thoufand pounds in
one ycer, befides the tenth Fini,and cask paid for waftaa
which conicth atlcaft w, as much more, among the vtoi
landers only, whcfeunto the tenth of. other ' Co?nmoditie$
Dcing added, it amounteth to a far otttter fum ; w<rarc like-
jvifc to know, that a great part of theit Fifli is fold in other '
U)untries for. ready money, for which they commonly ex-'
port of the fineft gold and Silver, and comfog home iccoyo
It of a bafer Allay under tbciv own ftamp, which is no fmall
means tb augment their publiquc Treafwe, .

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^During the wars iewvccn the-Kiiiobf ^Lwinatte "'
^W,« BrfoKthe JaitTrucc. the A^^mX
%o.ling,,nd,b..i«,iig the Buflfc,, of i?.»4i,S>lftt£,rJrit
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»o>»ardsthfo«mtenaiKeot certain Ships.of War.'to w&

was a Record kept of the kreral bflsotHcrtinci taken
*at yc«t,and ,t apKarcth thcMby that in one halfyce, dS
Z\LT^'7 Udred thotuUhfli ofHerHry^K

htadredthouM pounds.; and at feteen twftqr. and thir-
•L^^ „*"^"' *»*«'% '"»W. beir.g'tnn)ported-

.. Wheteontoigvveaifa'theKrririgjiakeiS bybd-etKidl-
By 4e KrfW.r, and other NeighbbOri Upon ihe Btiitini:

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; extreme poverty ; whereas on die contrary, by diTiecnr en^

deavounng ,» make ule.pf fo great 1 bJe% "we & L

Y^caWi and ^ddbodi Honour and Strfengdii aiidRiches to

mcalurc appear by fome oblcrvatiohs foliovfir:g
. Byecettingtwohun^^^^

' • 'jJ'^Pf^ *llt 8"'^ V'*'*^^^ ^"^ ^*^ ^rtiploymcnt made fora
. •'''^"'}n^ Ships, and for at leafttvvcntyih^^^^^^^

and Manners at Sca, and conlcqucndy for as many Tradcf-
' Jcnand Labourers at Land ; The Herrings taken by^diote
. Buffes^ ^01 afford the Sate tWenqr thdufiid i^uhdsycerly
Cuffom outward, and^ .Commodities retired inward
; three hundrirdthouran4®unds,and above.

r Y ^^^^^^ Timber fufficiait,ahd at rcaibnablc Rates orow-
ing in our Land for the/ building of l5uflis. Every nSe af-
fordeth men of hardyind abIel>odics fit for liich unplov-
f '""^^^o^whvcpoprlyandidelyathonic. ^

• We havfvictual in great plenty. Ibid ;iteafic- rates, with-
cutpaymcri of Excilc qr Inipott ; cur Oiorcs and h«bours:

• -'' M "" ct^ P^^^^ ^ ^^"^ ^""^ ^^ doe haunt; for dryuiji .
^rNccs,Saliifig, and Packing cur FiHiing, and for (Uccoi^l
Ini S? J :^^^^"v Wc may bring Wr ?{h to land. Salti '
ana lack it, And from parts of this Sates Dominion, be
at oi.r Markets m fr^z/.r, ^-^.iVn or //^/r, before the //./-

; ^''^"'^^can arivc \nHoil,,;d wl have mcar^to iranfport
our finimtolomc Southern Countries, where the HoiUn-
iTk u ^^Z^';" ''**"^^ ^'\^ tfiough wchad as many
torwtheEaftand Nordiera Countries, and in many other
t^\ . T^' ^'-^^'7 ^y? '^'^^- Winter and Summer, '
S.Tr. i° **-:^' d"4;« '^ Tatiffie hunger; And in mcft
?or «^ f "^if^PA^^^^ y^r they are Lree to be had;
tor prefatly after Michaelmas,thc Sound & Rivers are fro-
xoa Hp/lo that no Herxinjs can be. Tianfportcd into i'everaL

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Kingdoins, Dukedomcs and* free Enatcs, chtil July which ii-
forjo^weckcs Ipa/c togcrhcnfo that \yiiea lent comes,
there arc few to be bought for money. . ' ' ":

Laflly/incc by cire and induflry'giip'd from the Fleming,
doubtles by the mfcanswc may grow .is expert in the Art of
•filhing, ar.d m tinfic make it a Staple Comod ty ofoqr own.
. But this we (hall the better and fodncr do, if wckcnHdcr
.and cudcaVcur to reform certaincwniti and aburcsf \vi;ich
heretofore hath hmdred.us'from cifciViKg this qbod -rJ.
great work, whereof thcfe thatfoHow rrc riopc ortfcc leaa.

General liberty Qf eating ot flcfh comnry to thi old cu-
^Itom, and die Statute Laws provided for obfervirg fiifli days,
frpm whence Icarcity and dearth of fkrdi procccdeth • for
whcrcjcfh is ordinarily fncr.t^. fifli vviji not be boughJ^and-
.want of laic decayeth all Tr.idc,; Cain being the K\irle of*'
Inddhy : Want ot Order and Piredion in our Fifhir*
every nun Being left tq liimfclf, and permitted to fifli'as be^i
liketh hull : whereas amo»:g die IUltaNdtrs,v,\o of the bed
cxpeneac'dfiniermcn.are appointed toggidethercftof the
Fleet, and the others are bound to follow them, ard to calt
.thcjrhncs according to their; diicrction.- The Ud^ndirs
. and otlKr Nanors.let forth with their /?*f</ in >w,to find
the flioal of fifh,and hr^virg fcund it, dwell amorgl^ it till

^L ''^^'^'n^\^'^'"* ''^ ^*=*y "^^ thC-Hcrrings ccme home
to the Road-llcds, and lomtimcs fuftci;^hcm topafs by ere

we look cut, cur Herring, fifl^ngcontinpkg^c^nWiiven
weeks at the moit, and rhcirs twenty. - •^' ^

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reaion of their wcaknels, forTf r of Ibrms.
. The Hollanders arc indi.llrious, and no fooncr* arc dif-
char«:d of their Iadirg,but prcfcndy put f.uh for mcre,and
isck for rnarkets abroad as well as at home ; whereas our-
Englifii after they have bccnr once at Sea, do commonly nc-

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Herring lcifoii,^o duly come xo tie pWce^ vyiierc .th^ Buf-,
lc$ arrive, and joynina together, in icv^ral Companies, do".
pKlently^ agree for the lading oC thirty qr fprt/^Mflci at
once, and fo ^Ing difchargcd» they may fpcedily retym w

eC J?*' " - S • W*^"«as OMr RihetmeA are uncertaia
. of thc^ ?hap-mcn, and forced to fpcod ct»ucH timg, in W;
tinaofFthcirRniby^p^rcelj. ....:,.,:. ^5.

, Tbcle, and other defcas would carciiiily be taken into'
conIideration;«na ccruin Ciders n^ds to make qw Fi.O.W.»
ptofpcrcus and ruccefsfuUfpecially confi<ferijng.the;»niftbic|'
the RcgledV hereof hath brought to the Nation in *oci-cr!iC[
ai^^ Romany good Towns and- Corporations in partfculttr^
asby^Authorityevenoff>vliwnenfit fejfb 4sj^i9^ip>
of33.//«*^-'8.i$plMnIyieftified5 W^li Ijliftv^briefly fct

T''W'i!.^* ^ P"^°.J'% <*^ ^k On^^t t eccauf^ the,
\ ^hjK Fifliermen dwelling 'X)a.:.thc.S5j,Colift,;dQ kavc

oflT their Trade oF Eifl\ing.ia our -SeaSvand weot but, xbf;
half Seai'-oTcr,; ind thcicupoatbcJ&iglift .did hwy^6ftl*<)C!
Pi^dfds, FUmmin^, Normaw,flt4 2^</Ww; Wiea£a
whcreof.nMny incwiodiucsdid gro\sl^MPj^^^^
The -PcG^.qt jhe M<«Uh^nd:I^$e«iQw^weloeth^
€ihqucJ>oiti.arid'5iei^rs q£ tlifc fatPA as g£ptticr Coaft,

Town? by the Sea fide. Which vveric bulk V1.4 inhabited hyj
- agritttM^Kt^idk.of'pci^^

XKi%thfcCraftandieaUff&ii*a. Secondly. The Decay
of f greamunilieK of Bpau.andihijp^r^: And Thii^
inany-'Mod Mariners, both abkiineaiiB body |w their dilU. .
«ntlabour» ana. Continual cxer<jfc. of 6ihi««, and expert:
1^ rt^bn'diereof tothcJoiowlcdgftofchc SttXTo^
witliin this land as in otW parts beyond the Seas- It was
thercfor<t€naa€d,thatno ipancr Q^^a&aiJEffilifiDemJctft^

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t^arltimcnt: To !p^^^^ lintil ihc Yuiiof^r^n mtarj,

*5UMf f^fn thfnce to'thc end of ]thc hew Parliament, and ihco

^ bcenjdcclajfcd'- ik'c vl^eiitly aDpcaVcth, tliit ih'ip States tf the
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tlic fuplemc Comimnd'andjurirdi^lion over (he Paiiage-
^dnd fifhmg in the iameri^htfiilly appcnamcth ; confidering '
aUVthc'natutarSekc of thcfc our $ca$, that inccrpofc them- 1
l>lve$ bctvvea the great Northern Com^nercc otdic North
p;irt of thcWbirU, &- of that 9^ tlK Eaft,Wdl,and Siouthcra
C|ima6j and yvithal,thc infinite commodities that the fifhing
jiiihe'iamciis-'daUy imdcylt' cannot be d(^ but that^:
•^Uc States bjr'm'cans, of their Wifdoin andyertue, and by
'the Jiifticc, aiid faiUifuIriefs,- and obedient 'di&tion of the

• |flativc$iahd people of this our Cdmmon-weSilSh, may cafily
'(\vithout ihjunice' to any State or pcrlbn wbatlocver) be
. made the gtcatcft Stite'for Command and Wcilth, and the

Upbplc thereof, be the inof i oppulcnt and flourifing Nation
^ of any. other' in thCtwbrld; Andthis the rather, for that this •

• State is nowahnplt abfolute Commander of all the Brittifli
Iflcs ard hatli alio enlarged their Dominions qver a great
mn'ofthe Wclto liidics; bypic«;sof whicl extoit of
1tmpirl6,croj^ Octan,qic^e &

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pofliple means and diligence to perlerte and miinaimthQ' ;^
mciki even with the utnipft hazard of their lives,their g Jods« • < i r^O
and fortunes. '

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