 | John Strype - 1822 - 540 pagina’s
...means of gathering together goods, by pulling down of towns and houses, which we ought al to lament ; where there were in few years ten or twelve thousand...enemies, now almost none. Sheep and cattle that were ordeined to be eaten of men, hath eaten up the men ; not of their own nature, but by the help of men.... | |
 | John Strype - 1822 - 542 pagina’s
...ought al to lament ; yher^ thefe werg iiji few years ten or twelve thousand people, there te now starce Four thousand; where there were a thousand, now scarce..."enemies, now almost none. Sheep and cattle that were ordeined to be eaten of men, hath eaten up the men ; not of their own nature, but by the help of men.... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1835 - 636 pagina’s
...few years ago 10 or 12,000 people, there be now scarce 4,000. Where there were 1,000; now scarce 300. And in many places, where there were very many able...ordained to be eaten of men, hath eaten up the men. The places where poor men dwelt, clearly destroyed. Lands improved to so great rents ; or such excessive... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1835 - 664 pagina’s
...4,000. Where there were 1,000; now scarce 300. And in many places, where there were very many able 'o defend our country from landing of our enemies, now,...that were ordained to be eaten of men, hath eaten up flic men. The places where poor men dwelt, clearly destroyed. Lands improved to so great rents ; or... | |
 | Richard Watson Dixon - 1881 - 624 pagina’s
...appears by the books of muster, the King's subjects are wonderfully diminished. Where there were within a few years ten or twelve thousand people, there be now scarce four thousand : where a thousand, now scarce three hundred : where there were many able to defend the country, now almost... | |
 | Elizabeth Lamond, William Cunningham - 1893 - 310 pagina’s
...of the Capper's speech is in Lambarde's hand. 20. On the evils of enclosure compare Hales' Charge, "Where there were in few years ten or twelve thousand...ordained to be eaten of men, hath eaten up the men. * * The places where poor men dwelt, clearly destroyed; lands emproved to so great rents, or so excessive... | |
 | 1895 - 130 pagina’s
...etc., about 1550, published by the Early English Text Society, in Four Supplications, pp. toi, 102. 8 First Sermon before Edward VI, 1549, Arber Reprint,...ordained to be eaten of men, hath eaten up the men." : Such a general depopulation was looked upon as a tangible danger. "And then, yf everie man should... | |
 | Ephraim Lipson - 1915 - 566 pagina’s
...puissance of the realm consisteth not only in riches, but chiefly in the multitude of people. But . . . where there were in few years ten or twelve thousand people, there be now scarce four thousand " 2. The question how far the legislation of the Tudors 3 was HoW far effective is a difficult one.... | |
 | Ephraim Lipson - 1915 - 572 pagina’s
...puissance of the realm consisteth not only in riches, but chiefly in the multitude of people. But . . . where there were in few years ten or twelve thousand people, there be now scarce four thousand " 2. The question how far the legislation of the Tudors 3 was HOW far effective is a difficult one.... | |
 | Elizabeth Lamond - 1954 - 290 pagina’s
...of the Capper's speech is in Lambarde's hand, 20. On the evils of enclosure compare Hales' Charge, "Where there were in few years ten or twelve thousand...ordained to be eaten of men, hath eaten up the men. * * The places where poor men dwelt, clearly destroyed; lands emproved to so great rents, or so excessive... | |
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Where there were in few years ten or twelve thousand people, there be now scarce four thousand ; where there were a thousand, now scarce three hundred, and in many places, where there were very many able to defend our country from landing of our enemies,... 