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unprofitable ground, inned, reclaimed, and im 

 proved. 



There was never the like husbanding of all sorts 

 of grounds by fencing, manuring, and all kinds of 

 good husbandry. 



The towns were never better built nor peopled ; 

 nor the principal fairs and markets ever better cus- 

 tomed or frequented. 



The commodities and ease, of rivers cut by hand, 

 and brought into a new channel ; of piers that have 

 been built ; of waters that have been forced and 

 brought against the ground, were never so many. 



There was never so many excellent artificers, 

 nor so many new handy-crafts used and exercised ; 

 nor new commodities made within the realm ; sugar, 

 paper, glass, copper, divers silks, and the like. 



There was never such complete and honourable 

 provision of horse, armour, weapons, ordnance of 

 the war. 



The fifth blessing hath been the great popu 

 lation and multitude of families increased within her 

 majesty s days : for which point I refer myself to 

 the proclamations of restraint of building in London, 

 the inhibition of inmates of sundry cities, the restraint 

 of cottages by act of parliament, and sundry other 

 tokens of record of the surcharge of people. 



Besides these parts of a government, blessed 

 from God, wherein the condition of the people hath 

 been more happy in her majesty s times, than in the 

 times of her progenitors, there are certain singular!- 



