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bondry and within a fifty yers hath encreasid so moche wolle, which by 

 a staple holden in Brügge in Flaunders sellyng six tymes more now, than 

 of old tyme, that is drapid with English wolle in Flaunders and all the 

 Loo contreis so plentifully settyng ther comon peple to werke and English 

 peple to lilf iduUy. English wolle myxid with Spaynysh wolle makyth 

 soo great quantite of clothe, that distroyth the sale of all English cloth, 

 so as all, that English merchaunts doth with the comodites of the 

 reame, is to the distruction of all comon peple. And an example is to 

 see the wolles of Spayn are of such kynds withowt the wolles of Eng- 

 land be myxed with , it can make no clothe of it seif for no diirable 

 weryng to be nother reisid nor dressid, by cause it hath no staple. 

 Spaynish wolls are of diversite of leyrs of fynes and corsnes of the heyres. 

 Some will make clothe of fyne drapyng worthe a 12 Shilling or a marc^) 

 a yarde with iaboure , albeit it shall have no staple in the weiryng like 

 English clothe. In short tyme the wolle shall were awey unto the likness 

 of worstedd^) notwithstanding the fynes and goodnes of English wolls thus 

 distroyed by reason of distroyng housbondry with the labours and levyng 

 of comon peple. 



Only for the singler lucre of the pasturers of the shepe they have 

 distroyed the comen weale to encrease so moche quantite of staple wolls 

 to susteyn the Staplers latly risen in London, which now hathe distroyd 

 alle other Staplers in the holl reame. To see the customable usage of 

 pasturers of shepe, that alwey to störe ther pastures hathe usid to remove 

 all the Store of the owtbredyng of shepe in Wales and other places to 

 ther staple leyrs, to encrease staple wolle. Which shepe, so removid 

 from their fedyng on the hygh mowntayns and hilles in Wales to the 

 rank fedyng on the leyrs of staple wolle, hath so rottid and distroyd the 

 Store of the shepe of the holl reame of so long tyme usid, that the pas- 

 turers by experience can make ther rekonyng of alle sorts of shepe of 

 diversites of ther bredyng, how long every sort shall liff on ther grownds, 

 forcyng no thyng of the rottyng of ther bodyes, because the price of the 



1) Alte Münzrechnung = 13 sh. 4 d. 



2) Kammwollgarn. 



