If the People only make the Riches, the Father of ten Children is a greater Benefactor to his Country, than he who has added to it 10 000 Acres of Land and no People. It is certain
Lewis
has join'd vast Tracts of Land to his Dominions: But if
Philarithmus
says true, that he is not now Master of so many Subjects as before; we may then account for his not being able to bring such mighty Armies into the Field, and for their being neither so well fed, nor cloathed, nor paid as formerly. The Reason is plain,
Lewis
must needs have been impoverished not only by his Loss of Subjects, but by his Acquisition of Lands.
T.