66 REINHOLD PAULI, 



chepe wolles shall cause grete nombre of common people to have labours 

 and lyvinge to make good chepe clotlies of true making , which shall 

 cause all strangers to bring plentie of gold and silver into Englonde 

 yerly to bye moche better chepe clothes at the kinges staple in London, 

 then cane be made in other contreys. And all clothes , that strangers 

 shal bye of the very clothmakers at the kinges staple, shall pay redy 

 money for theym, gold and silver, like in olde tyme. And at the kinges 

 staple to have a chaunge kepte , wherby all sortes of stränge gold and 

 silver mynted and unmynted shal be serchid assaied and valued at rather 

 higher prices in Englonde then in other contries , to cause all strangers 

 to bring the more plentie of gold and silver yerly into the realme for 

 theire own^) advauntage. In that maner wyse gold and silver shal be 

 brought into Englonde for all Avollen clothes solde at the kinges staple 

 in London v^^ithin the realme. 



But then muste an ordre be made , that Englishe merchaunte ad- 

 venturers in London shall pay as moche custome as strangers doth pay 

 for all wollen clothes caried out of the realme to seil at the martes in 

 the Loo contries, for by reason that merchaunte adventurers pay almoste 

 4 s. lesse custome of every cloth then strangers. Therfor so longo as 

 all strangers may by clothes of Englisshe merchauntes at the martes in 

 Flanders better chepe then in Englonde and save 4 s. in every clothe 

 for the custome, will not by clothes in Englonde. Therfor the policy 

 to cause all strangers to bring plentie of gold and silver yerly into Eng- 

 londe to bye clothe , such an ordre muste be hadd , that clothes muste 

 be solde at the kinges staple muche better chepe and trulyer made then 

 in other contreys , and that all strangers and Englishe merchauntes pay 

 like custome to cary all wollen clothes out of the realme, and that shall 

 profite the king every yere more then 16000 L. in his custome and shall 

 cause all strangers by their comyng into Englond to bye wollen clothes 

 at the kinges staple to spende above 20000 marckes^) of their owne 

 money in the realme for their expences costes and charges. Wheras 



1) Handschrift: owe. 



2) Die Mark nach alter englischer Rechnung zu 13 sh. 4 d. 



