Account of the Expenses of John of Brabant and Thomas and Henry of Lancaster, A.D. 1292-3 Volume 55

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE REQUEST AND SUITE TRUE-HEARTED ENGLISHMAN. WRITTEN BY WILLIAM CIIOLMELEY, LONDYNER, IN THE YEAR 1553. EDITED FROM THE ORIGINAL MS. IN THE LiBRAHY OF THE FACULTY OF ADVOCATES OF EDINBL'IUIH, W. J. THOMS, F.S.A. PRINTED FOR THE CAMDEN SOCIETY. M.DCCC.LIII. chapter{Section 4INTRODUCTION. The following curious Tractate will, it is believed, be found of considerable interest, not only from the peculiar doctrines of political economy advanced by the writer, and from the arguments by which he endeavours to establish his views, but also from the picture which he exhibits of our commercial relations with the great mart in the Low Countries and elsewhere, of the condition of our mercantile marine, and of the manner in which, at the time when he wrote?the close of the reign of Edward the Sixth, ?our coasts, were fished, not by ourselves, but by our neighbours (see p. 14). It is now printed for the first time from a MS. volume in 12mo. written on vellum in black letter, and apparently in the hand of William Cholmeley, Londyner, the author. This volume is preserved in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates of Edinburgh. It has been well bound, and is still in good condition, though the gilding has faded. The MS. undoubtedly at one time belonged to Edward the Sixth, as the Royal arms with the initial E. on one side and R. on the other are stamped on tho boards, with scriptural sentences above and below. Thus the one side has An Idle Or Disceitfulle Hande Maketh Pore;then the arms, and below, Bvt A Diligent Hand Maketh Ryche.?Proverb. 10. And the other No Man Lyghteii A Candle And PVTTETH It ?then the arms; then? In A Privy The Member of the Camden Society to whom the Council are indebted for culling their attention to this volume, spoke...