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Englishe merchauntes by carrying wollen clothes out of Englond to the 

 niartes in the Loo contreis to sele spendith of their owne money above 

 20000 marckes every yere for the expences costes and charges. By that 

 reason they have made other contries riebe and Englonde pore. Wherfore 

 yf a right ordre may be hade to cause all strangers to bye their clothes 

 in Englond at the kinges staple, then shall they bring gold and silver 

 into Englonde and pay yt to clothmakers above the value of a 28000 L. 

 every yere , and then shall clothe makers cary the same money into all 

 market tovs^nes of cloth making in the hole realme and shall distribut 

 it to the artyfycers , which shall pay it to fermours and husbondmen of 

 the contrey for wolles mete and drinke. 



By whose handes the same money shall come to the handes of the 

 king and bis lordes of the erthe, by that meanes to have plenty of 

 money not to have nede to seke wisedome and policy by actes of par- 

 liament to gether money out of the handes of common people of that 

 litle Store, which is within the realme, but all way to have plenty of mo- 

 ney, which shal be yerly brought into Englonde out of other realmes. 

 And for the subsidew of that 28000 poundes a yere, which the king 

 shulde have, yf it wäre retorned in wares and merchaundizes, as it hath 

 been to the distruccion of the holl realme, bis grace shall have 12000 L. 

 every yere for the seale of bis staple, which shal be more profitable to 

 bis grace, and so grete plentie of gold and silver brought into Englonde 

 by bis staple shal be more profitable to the hole realme, considering the 

 riebe commodities, which God of bis grace gevith yerly to Englond, how 

 ther is yerly caried out of the realme abought the value ofa 600000 

 poundes. And therfor is not 10000 L. in gold and silver brought yerly 

 in Englonde more then is caried oute by owne meane and other, in ex- 

 ample what scarsite of money is alwayes in the realme. And by reason 

 of gret abundaunce of stränge merchaundyses and wares brought yerly into 

 Englonde hath not only causid scarsite of money, but hath distroyed all 

 handycraftes, wherby gret nombre of common people shuld have workes 

 to gete money to pay for their mete and drinke, which of very necessite 

 muste lyf idelly and begg and stele or seke their lyving by suche faulse 



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