60 REINHOLD PAULI, 



paper unpryntede , he paitli grete costome therfore, becawse the comen 

 people lesyth theire laboure of it. And as for paper myght be made 

 as well in Englonde as in Fraunce, so that people myght be set to worke 

 in makyng the paper as in pryntyng of it. And yf rulers wolde ayede 

 suche, as hathe niyndes to prove such profitable feates, men wolde gladly 

 spende^) such, as God hath sent them in the proffe of such matters, which 

 myght hapely turne gretly to the welth of this realme. As yf there be 

 any, that wolde take upon them to prynte the whole byble in dyvers 

 sortes, and such one to have a prevelege, that none shall prynt the same 

 nor none other but he, and he to be bownde to bylde a pai)er myll or 

 twayne and to mayntayne the same. And I thynke, 2 paper mylles wolde 

 make as moche paper, as wolde serve all the prynters in Englonde, the 

 which shulde be a grete comoditie to this realme. 



III. 



How to reforme the Realme in settyng them to worke and to restore Tillage. 



Our sovereigne lorde the king of Englonde, firste considering, in 

 what welth the body of his realme was abought 27 yeres passed^), and 

 secundly perceyvyng, by what meanes it is now dekeyed and made fehle 

 week and power by reason that the labours and lyving of all common 

 people, members in the body of his realme, hath been distroyed, causing 

 necessite and scarsite of mete and drinke , clothing and money, thirdly 

 his grace and his lordes hade now nede to perceyve and knowe the re- 

 medy how to restore the body of his realme to a more welth then ever 



1) vielleicht verschrieben für speede. 



2) Heinrich VIII. trat die Regierung an April 2 L 1509, so dass die Denkschrift 

 den Jahren 1535 oder 1536 angehört, in denen sich die Regierung ernstlich mit 

 "wirthschaftlichen Fragen befasste. 



3) poor. 



