Lazzaretto

"[pages 9–10] Theſe eſtabliſhments of Lazzarettos, under wiſe regulations, would have more than one good effect; for while they remove the great inquietude, which is occaſioned by our continual apprehenſions of the Plague, and ſave a populous kingdom, as well as other ſtates connected with us, (who are likewiſe endangered by the accidents of navigation and the imprudence of plunderers) they will ſecure the property of the trader from invaſion; they will alſo humanely aſſiſt the unfortunate, who may be wrecked upon the Britiſh Coaſt; and likewiſe, by promoting good order in a great trading ſtate, they will tend to civilize the ſavage diſpoſition of the plunderers, whoſe barbarity is a contradiction to that humanity, generoſity and good ſenſe, for which the Engliſh nation loves to be admired and diſtinguiſhed by foreigners. […] [page 20] The trip to Italy can be made in a very ſhort time, and at a ſmall expence; which indeed would not be worth mentioning, when compared with the great advantages that would result to the Britiſh nation, from an eſtabliſhment of a regular and well-governed Lazzaretto."