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well net bee declared, much leſſe inthe little time that wer 
haue heere. D Let vs be inkoꝛmedas long as time wil per⸗ 
mit. Ortuno. J will ſpeake of fame thinges which z dos 
remember. One of the thinges in the which vꝛon is moll 
ſpent, as alfa greate parte of the Steele, is inarmour, as 
thinges Iron well acfentine, as offenſiue, fo that there is no place at this 
55 Steele are Day in the woꝛld where they are not bled, and exerciſed, ang 
pen. 
A with the helpe of an other thin not nerd of iran 
in many Countries they are made. Chictly there is ſpent 
much yon in making of handgunnes, the ble whereok is fa 
much in the warres, and warlyks exertiſes, that the people 
ol greateſt fame and adiuitie, are they whiche ſhoote in 
them: as a thing verie pꝛincipall, and moſte neceſſarie: but 
ſurelp it was an inuention of the Deuill, foꝛ to carrie mas 
ny to hell. And fo ſpeake of all kinde of weapons which are 
made of pꝛon and ſteele, it will aſke a longer time then we 
haue. Che pron dooth profite fo2 the tilling of the earth, and 
labouring of the feldes, and foz the benefites ofall the 
wooꝛkes in the Countrie, to ſow, and doo other woozkes, 
à thing fo neceſſarie and profitable fo2 all people, ſeeing 
that ths wooꝛkes of the ficldes doath ſuſteyne all manner 
oke ſtates, in the wozlde . The pꝛen ſerueth fo make buil⸗ 
binges, fomany ſoztes, and diuers, that there with ther 
builde Citties, Townes, Ailages, Forts, Churches, and 
publike places, the whiche without yon and ſteele coulde 
not be made, as alſo in the ſcientes of any manner of handi⸗ 
trafts man, in the which there are fo many neceſtary inſtru⸗ 
ments, ſoꝛ to ble and exertiſe, that thereby you may fee how 
neteſſarie the pron and ſtæle is, ſœing that without thé they 
cannot be made, noꝛ anv thing can bee wꝛonght. And to ex⸗ 
pꝛeſſe euerie office, and ſtience by it ſelfe that by meanes of 
theſe t wos metalles are made and exertiſed, it will neuer 
bee made an ende of. One thing J will ſpeake with truth, 
that there is nothing in the woꝛlde , bee it by it felfe alone 
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