263

them anewe•. Slr Thomas More's Utopia ed. by ј. С. Collins. 0xf. Cla.

rendon Press, 1 П4, р. 18.

Ш) Рапн ,Drel volkswirthschaftliche Denkschriften аиз der Zeit Hein-

dchs VIIF. „Abhandlungen d. Кёп. Gesel. d. Wissensch. zu G6ttingen“, 1878.

стр. 64.

131) Blf his grace will call down the pryce 0f his owne landes as thei

went ouer fifty, уеа forty yearys, and compell all other landed теп to the

sama ироп рауп 0f forfetting his whole landys... а reformacion тау be had

to the singular ease and commodyte of the сотоп welth“. „Непту Brlnclow's

Complaynt of Roderyck Mors“, Eearly Engl. Т. S., Extra Ser., v. XXII,

р. 9. „таке that опе тап, of what degre so euer he be, shal hold and

Кере in his own handys or оссируепд по тоге than опе ferme, maner,

от lordshyp. beyng а competent lyuyng, as of ХХ pound yerely rent... This

were а brotherly and godly act. For by our oppressors and extorcyohers,

how be the townys and vlllages decayed? Where as were VIll, Х, XlI, уеа

XVl howsoldys and тоге, is now but а shepe howse and two er three

shepardys. And опе тап shal haue two от three such thyngs, от more, in

his handys, that а pore тап scarcely haue ап hole to put [п hys head for

these gret extorcyonars. So if уе teke this godly redresse, where аз уе haue

а fewe in а contry, which be inordynate rich extorcyonars and а great ти-

ltytude of poor peple, than shal уе haue but а fewe poore and а gret по-

wmber of а теапе and reasonable substance, and fewe poore, and lesse

extorcyonars: which would be по smal ease to the соттоп welth. Нете

shal all inclosars, grossars vp of fermys. extorcyonars, and oppressers of

the соттоп welth be offendyd at те and call те heretycke and traytora.

lbid., р. 49.

т) Wherfor Thys ordynance wold be profytable—that al such rentys

as be inhaunsyd by memory 0f тап schold be rebatyd, and set to the old

stynt 0f that tyme when the pepul of Englond for now they ате

brought almost to the mysery of Fraunce by the у] Gouvemance of late

days, and auaryce of the hedys and rularys of them«. »England ln the reign

of the king Непту the Eighth. А Dialogue between Cardinal Pole and Th.

Lupset, lecturer in Rhetoric at 0xford“ by Thomas Sfarkey, Chaplain to

the king. Ed. by Cowper. Early English Text Soc., Extra Ser. XII (1871),

Р. 175.

133) lt 3hal please his Highnes to be so good and gracyous vnto his

роите that there might be ln euery shyre and hundred, as тапу

plowes vsed, occupyed and mainteyned, аз тапу households tept, as was

by Купд Henry the Seuenth tyme, first соттупде. And then vnfayned, и

we do thynke, we chould haue соте ynough, cattel ynough, and shepe

ynough; then will shepe and woll be ln more mens handes; we shal haue

also white meate ynough, and all thynges necessary•. .Certayne Causes gat-

hered together wherein is shewed the decaye of England only by the Great

Multitude of Shepe•. .Four Supplications•, Early Engl. Text Soc., р. Т.