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it was the part of children to fall out about babies. 

 And the king on his part, after the attempts upon 

 Kent and Northumberland, began to have the busi 

 ness of Perkin in less estimation ; so as he did not 

 put it to account in any consultation of state. But 

 that that moved him most was, that being a king that 

 loved wealth and treasure, he could not endure to 

 have trade sick, nor any obstruction to continue in 

 the gate-vein which disperseth that blood. And yet 

 he kept state so far, as first to be sought unto. 

 Wherein the merchant-adventurers likewise, being 

 a strong company at that time, and well under-set 

 with rich men, and good order, did hold out bravely ; 

 taking off the commodities of the kingdom, though 

 they lay dead upon their hands for want of vent. 

 At the last, commissioners met at London to treat : 

 on the King s part, Bishop Fox, lord privy seal, 

 Viscount Wells, Kendal, prior of Saint John s, 

 Warham, master of the rolls, who began to gain 

 much upon the king s opinion ; Urswick, who was 

 almost ever one ; and Risely : on the archduke s 

 part, the Lord Bevers, his admiral ; the Lord Ve- 

 runsel, president of Flanders, and others. These 

 concluded a perfect treaty, both of amity and inter 

 course, between the king and the archduke ; con 

 taining articles both of state, commerce, and free 

 fishing. This is that treaty which the Flemings call 

 at this day &quot; intercursus magnus ;&quot; both because it 

 is more complete than the precedent treaties of the 

 third and fourth year of the king ; and chiefly to give 

 it a difference from the treaty that followed in the 



