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tyme. And consideriug how the staple of woles by reasone of the good 

 chepe wolles shall bring a 50000 L. in gold and silver into Englond 

 yerly that more then 2 00000 L. by meane of bothe stapelles now ac- 

 compt the resydew of the value of 600000 L. yerly incressed of the 

 commodities of Englonde, ether muste Englishe merchauntes^), what they 

 cary out of the realme, ether muste they bring into the realme the value 

 theroff in substanciall nedfull merchandizes as odde') alame madder and 

 woll Oyle and such other thinges for draping of wollen clothes, and all 

 manner of spices and iron pyche tere wex bowstavis coper lattyn wyer 

 and all other thinges which is neadfull for the common weale of the realme, 

 which Godd hath ordenyd in other contreys and not in Englond and what 

 Englishe merchauntes cariethe out of Englonde to more value then all 

 such nedfull merchaundises must therfore bring gold and silver , for as 

 moch as they shall no more bring into the realme suche thinges as may 

 be sparid or made within the realme to the value of 400000 marckes 

 by yere, by such an ordre Englonde by Goddes grace may shortely be 

 made a riche realme. One reason is wherby merchauntes in London 

 hath gretly distroyed the common weale of the hol! realme by receyvyng 

 such thinges of strangers as hath been to the distruction of the common 

 people, for no strangers could hurte Englond by bringing in any mer- 

 chaundises into the realme, yf no English merchauntes wold by it and 

 receyve it to the distruction of the realm. Esterlynges of Spruse and of 

 other parties in the Est contrey hath been profitable merchauntes for the 

 realme in olde tyme, before they toke Coloners into their Haunce. 



1) hier fehlt in der Handschrift ein Verbum wie custom. 



2) statt ivoad. 



