76 KEINHOLD PAULI, 



des every yere in gold and silver yerly more then is caried out daily 

 by on meanes or other. And wheras merchaundizes is now brought into 

 Englond yerly to the value of a 400000 markes more then was in old 

 tyme, which niyght be spared or made within the realme not only to 

 save so nioch money spent out of the realme, but also to sete common 

 people daily to worke in a right ordre of the common weale to kepe 

 theym out of idelnes frome workiiig syne and myschif, ther is now brought 

 out of other contreys into Englonde to the value of a 100000 poundes of 

 lynnyn cloth every yere. In example if every parishe in Englonde spente 

 but 40 s. in shertes and smokkes and other lynnyn besyde that that is 

 made with in the realme, grete nombre of yonge maydens and. women 

 may be set to spyne lynnyn cloth, which lyvith idully in hordome and 

 bawdery, marvelyng to see the foly , how Inglishe merchauntes spendith 

 in Flaunders a 100 000 marckes a yere for lynnyn cloth, and they have 

 banysshid Englishe wollen clothes and ther will suffer non to be bought. 

 And the wynes now browght into Englonde to the value of 100000 mar- 

 ckes more then in old tyme may be spared, which is spent emonges un- 

 christie people and oons every yere pyssed agenst the walles. And the 

 silke which is brought into Englonde to the value of 100000 marckes 

 now, which was not in olde tyme, may be spared, and so grete nombre 

 of common people may be set to worke so moche the more wollen clothe 

 to clothe all people lyke as in old tyme , when no silke [was] ^) worne 

 nor usyd. And ther is 100000 marckes in value of artificiall thinges 

 made in other contreys brought into Englonde yerly, which may be made 

 by worke of common people within the realme as well as without. This 

 value of 400000 marckes in merchaundizes brought into the realme yerly 

 to make such ordre, that it shal be yerly made within the realme. 



And that all strangers may bring gold and silver into the realme 

 to by wollen clothes at the kinges staple will cause theym to bring 27 

 or 28000 L. at the leste to cary theym out of the realme paying no more 

 custome then Englishe men. And to bye theym so grete chepe shall 

 cause all strangers to resourte to Englonde now ageyne like as in old 



1) fehlt in der Handschrift. 



