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the marte. That tyme Londoners scantly begänne first to adventure by 

 south into Spayn, Crosby, that bilded bis howse at Seynt Elens was 

 ane of the first, that adventurid into Spayn so as upon a fourty four yere 

 ago. Spayn was callid a farre adventure, and abowt a thirty six yere agoo 

 was first occupieng to Turkye Scio and to all thos partes, alle which now 

 are cowntid but as comon recourses , every nacion owt goyng a nothyr, 

 every to oversayle by yonde other to seke syngularite. In example 

 whether alle merchaundisez syns that tyme is not bought more derly and 

 therof made more scarsite, moch wurse now in England than afore tyme 

 was for the wealthe of the comonaltie , to see liow it was never well 

 syns regions and reames hath so farr sought oon to distroye the recourse 

 and ordinarily levyng of another, to refourme the comon welth of all 

 cristen reames lakkyth a right ordinary Emperour, which shuld take no 

 righte of reames to be bis right, but by the right wisdome of Godde 

 shuld mynester the right that Godd to alle reames hath gevyn. Exemplum 

 before Portyngale overseylid beyonde the equinoctiall to seke the rote, 

 wher spices growith, to bryng the encrease therof into bis singularite, of 

 all tyme past the encrease therof of Goddes gift was earned upon lande 

 from bände to hande, from oon contrey to a nother and solde by ordi- 

 nary recourse by wey of staples , wherby the merchaunts every hadde 

 ordinary wynnyng oon by another. Yhe , that tyme carryedd so long 

 a wey in custodie from the staple at Venys thorowt Almaigne by marte 

 into Flaunders , whan all reames bought it good chepe farre under the 

 price that now is, for oon quarter of the value, that now is, of many 

 thynges not nede to reherse herin : notmegges for 6 or 7*^ the pownde 

 not 30*^ yere agoo and gynger for 7*^, greyns for 6*^, clowz for 16^, mace 

 for 18^, synamond for 18"^, suger 2^2^ long pepper 8^\ saunders^) 10 



1) Sir John Crosby Wollhändler erwarb 1466 auf 99 Jahre ein Grundstück im 

 Kirchspiel St. Helens, Bishopsgate, auf welchem er sein Haus mit einer heute noch 

 erhaltenen stattlichen Halle erbaute. Er war 1470 Sheriff und Alderman der Stadt 

 London, wurde 1471 von Eduard IV zum Ritter geschlagen und starb 1475. Stow, 

 Survey of London p. 65. 



2) Sandelholz. 



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