If it take no success, it is done by their owne heddes. It is but the attempt of private gentlemen,<br />the State suffers noe losse, noe disreputation. If it take success, they are yours subjects, they doe it<br />for your service, they will lay at your Majesty’s feet and interess your Majesty therein.<br />Plaidoyer d’un conseiller du Roi James Ier d’Angleterre (1603-1725)<br />en faveur de la Compagnie de Virginie1.<br /><br />http://www.ceri-sciencespo.com/publica/critique/article/ci01p179-194.pdf
