58 REINHOLD PAULI, 



Where as there was a coniinawndement caine dowiie from the kynges 

 most honorable cownsell 10 or 12 wekes past to all prynters , that they 

 shulde prynt no nianer of new thyng, onlesse it be sene of those, which 

 know what is necessary to be comen among the kynges subiectes , the 

 which is nedfull to be observyde^). But I thynke, it wäre good, that a 

 commawndment shulde come to all such, the whiche do prynte or cawse 

 to be pryntyde any maner of Englishe boke grete or small, that they nor 

 none for theyni prynte any maner of thynges in Englysh withowte the 

 kynges domynyon upon payne of the kynges dyspleasure and to forfite 

 the same. For although that bokes pryntyde beyonde the see 8 or 10 

 yeres paste^) hath done myche good to the comen people of this realrae 

 for the knoledge of such thynges, which the papistes did what they colde 

 to hyde, yit I thynke for as moch as it is the kynges most gracious wyll, 

 that any thyng, which may do good to his lovyng subiectes, shulde be 

 set fourthe here within this realme. This consyderide I thynke, it wäre 

 goode none to be sufFerde to prynt any thyng withowt this realme, ye, 

 and also that all haberdashers to be commawndyd not once to bryng any 

 maner of primers ^) frome any place beyonde the see nor no other boke 

 to seil here within this realme, which be or shalbe here after pryntyde 

 beyonde the see and brought frome thence by strangers or other. And 

 in shorte tyme it shulde well be sene, that the pryntyng shalbe a como- 

 dious syence and shulde set many of the kynges subiectes to worke, 

 wherby many shulde wex rieh, which now are in maner but beggers. 

 And also it shall sease the uncharitable and inhordynate fasshones, which 

 now is dayly usid emonges prynters and booke sellers, as whan any man 

 hath j^ryntede any thyng , that is vendyble , streghte waye one or other 

 wyll prynt the same in disspite of hym, that first did print it, and wyll 



1) Leider sind die Protokolle des Geheimen Raths aus der Mitte der dreissiger 

 Jahre nicht vorhanden. 



2) Eine Anspielung auf die Uebersetzung des Neuen Testaments , welche Wil- 

 liam Tyndal 1526 in Worms und 1534 in Antwerpen drucken Hess. 



3) Fiebel und Katechismus in einer Gestalt, wie denn auch die ersten anglika- 

 nischen Liturgien sich in dieser Form hervorwagten. 



