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loyal, and the bishop displays no deficiency in that 

 virtue ; though, in our day, it may be thought he 

 was somewhat too familiar, especially when re- 

 commending the youthful monarch to get a wife. 

 " These graziers, inclosers, and rentrearers," he 

 says, " are hinderers of the kinge's honor : for 

 " where as have beene a great many of housholders 

 " and inhabitants, there is now but a shepeherd and 

 " his dogge ; so they hinder the kinge's honor most 

 " of all. My lordes and masters, I say also that all 

 " such proceedinges which are agaynst the kinge's 

 " honor (as I have a parte declared before) and, as 

 " far as I can perceive, doe intend plainly to make 

 " the yeomanry slavery, and the clergy slavery. 

 " For such workes are all singular, private wealth 

 " and commodity. We of the clergy had to much, 

 "but that is taken away, and now we have to little. 

 " But, formyne own part, I have no cause to com- 

 " plaine, for, I thanke God and the king, I have 

 " sufficient. And God is my judge I came not to 

 "crave of any man any thing, but I know them 

 " that have too little. There lyeth a great matter 

 " by these appropriations : great reformation is to 

 " be had in them. I know where is a great market 

 " townewith divers ham elets and inhabitantes, where 

 " doe rise years of their labours to the value of fifty 

 " pounds, and the vicar that serveth (being so great 

 " a cure) hath but twelve or fourteen marks by 

 " yeare, so that of this pension he is not able to buy 

 " him bookes, no give his neighbour drinke : all the 



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