A.D. 



c 1437- 

 White Pastel 

 Sopc, 

 IVaxe, 

 Iron, 



Wadmollc, 

 Gotefell, 

 Kidfe/l, 

 Saffron, 

 Quickesilver. 



Flemish cloth 

 made of Eng- 

 lish Wooll. 



The necessarie 

 conjunction of 

 Spaine and 

 Flanders. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



The Haven of Scluse hir Haven for her repayre 

 Which is cleped Swyn tho shippes giding : 

 Where many vessels and fayre are abiding. 

 But these Marchandes with their shippes great, 

 And such chaffare as they bye and get 

 By the weyes must nede take on hand 

 By the coasts to passe of our England, 

 Betwixt Dover and Caleis, this is no doubt. 

 Who can well els such matter bring about? 



And when these sayd Marchants discharged bee 



Of Marchandie in Flanders nere the see, 



Then they bee charged againe with Marchandy, 



That to Flanders bougeth full richly. 



Fine cloth of Ypre that named is better than ours. 



Cloth of Curtrike, fine cloth of all colours, 



Much Fustian, and also Linen cloth. 



But Flemings, if yee bee not wroth, 



The great substance of your cloth at the full 



Yee wot ye make it of our English woll. 



Then may it not sinke in mannis brayne, 

 But that it must this Marchandy of Spaine 

 Both out and in by our costes passe : 

 Hee that sayd nay in witte was like an asse. 

 Wee should have peace with the grounds tweyne 

 Thus if this see were kept, 1 dare well sayne. 

 For Spaine and Flanders is as eche other brother, 

 And nether may well live without other : 

 They may not liven to maintaine their degrees, 

 Without our English commodities : 



Wolle and Tynne : for the woolle of England 

 Susteineth the Commons Flemings I understand. 

 Then if England would her wolle restraine 

 From Flanders, this followeth in certaine, 

 Flanders of nede must with us have peace, 

 Or els shee is destroyed without lees. 

 Also if Flanders thus destroyed bee : 

 Some Marchandy of Spaine will never ythee : 



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