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by deprived of the benefit of fuch grounds for feeding their cattle and 

 for fuel, it is not much to be wondered at, that great clamours were 

 thereby raifed, which at length burfl; out into open riots, firfl in Kent, 

 and afterwards in the counties of Eflex, Buckingham, Northampton, 

 Somerfet, Lincoln, Norfolk, and Suffolk. 



Henry II, king of France, caufed the houfes in Paris to be numbered, 

 which amounted to 10,000, exclulive of churches, chapels, monafteries, 

 colleges, and other public edifices, and of nine market houfes ; and his 

 fon Charles IX found 100,000 perfons in this city, belides ftrangers, 

 fervants, and churchmen. 



An ad of Parhament was pafled [3, 4 Edw. VI, c. 2.] with many 

 good provifions again ft frauds in the woollen manufacture ; fuch as for 

 the clothier's leal on his cloth; againft overftretching the cloths; for 

 the well-dying of cloths ; for the well-dying of all wools to be convert- 

 ed into cloths, or into hats or caps ; againft putting any deceitful thing 

 upon cloth, fuch as flocks, chalk, flower, ftarch, &c. ; agaijift the ufe 

 of iron cards in the rowing of cloths ; alfo for the juft meafuring of 

 cloths. For all thefe purpofcs overfeers are direded to be annually 

 appointed, not only in corporation towns, by their chief magiftrates, 

 jointly with the wardens, &c. of the clothvv'orkers, but in towns, vil- 

 lages, and hamlets not incorporated, by the juftices of the peace jointly 

 with the clothworkers ; which overfeers fliould, at leaft once in every 

 quarter of a year, or as often as they might think needful, vifit cloth- 

 iers, drapers, dyers, and preflers houfes, fhops, &c. to which overfeers 

 one moiety is hereby given of all the forfeitures and penalties of this 

 act, and the other to the king, &c. This evidently fliows the care of 

 the legiflature for that manufacture, and alio that it was at this time uni- 

 verfally fpread all over the kingdom, and in a flourifliing condition*. 



1550 — A treaty of perpetual peace, and of mutual intercourfe of 

 commerce, was concluded between Edward VI of England and Henry 

 II of France. The fubftance of what relates to commerce is as fol- 

 lows. 



I) A free and undifturbed commerce fhall be between both Vta- 

 tions. 



II) The fliips of both nations going out armed, fliall, as in former 

 treaties, ftill give fecurity not to iniure the other party in any refped. 



III) King Edward agrees, that in fix weeks time he will reftore to 

 France the city, forts, and territory of Boulogne. In confideration 

 thereof, Henry agrees to pay Edward 400,000 crowns of gold of 

 the fun. For the performance of all which, and alfo of King Edward's 

 delivering up the caftles of Dunglas and Lawder to Queen Mary of 



* Another flatute was palTcd in the next fcflion but one for the very fame purpofcs. 



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