Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	great_a	king_n	war_n	4,472	5	6.2395	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09639	Pyers plowmans exhortation, vnto the lordes, knightes and burgoysses of the Parlyamenthouse		1550 (1550)	STC 19905; ESTC S104321	9,690	25

in his occupying so much ground as fiue hundreth parsons haue heretofore with their labour gayned their lyuinge vppon shall kept perchaunce ten or twelue shepehardes and fower or fyue netherdes So that although there be all ready and shal be hereafter manye more parsons which must get their liuīges vppon labour then there was when thabbeys did stand yet that not with standing their is at this psent much lesse grounde put in tillage thē was whē they stode And by this meanes shall this realme come much the soner vnto decaye if remedye be not had For as the number of menne encrease which muste lyue by Laboure so onght it to be forsene that they may haue whervppō to labour For that shepemaster which suffereth one flocke of hys shepe to encrease muche in numbre and doth not regarde to prouide suffyciente of Pastoure for them accoraccording to the nōbre of his encrease he shall not onely haue no profight by thyncreasinge of his shepe but shal also put al the reside we of that flocke in daunger of the hūgerrotte This flocke of labourers are like dayly to encrease but the pastour they shulde liue vppon which is worke doth dayly deminish And is lyke hereafter vppon other occasiō which I haue not here rehersed euer more more to be deminished Hitherto I haue declared certeyne causes why it is requisite that more work shuld be deuised desiringe you my lordes with the knightes burgoisses of the parlyamēthouse that ye will accepte this my rude boldnes in good parte not to impute it to arrogancy for that I enterprise amōgest men of so high wisdome to reason in matters of so great importaunce For lyke as the moost expert mariners in a great tempestuous wether wil not disdayne somtime to be admonisshed by an inferioure Parson by cause that some thinges may then come to ther emembraunce of some one mā which at that time an other thynketh not vppon euen so the moost wyse Councellours Maiestrates in the commē affayres of the Realme wyl somtime vouchesafe to heare the deuise of a simple Subiect Therfore after pardon obteyned for my bold enterpryse and for my rude language I intende vnder the correction of other better experienced to shewe my simple opinion by what meanes all the for sayd nōbre of people maye haue plentie of woorke And then what proffit maye therby ensue vnto the Royalme and vnto the Kynges Maiestie For these inconueniences and this imminent mischeafe maye bee so met wyth and in suche sorte remedyed redressed that besydes the proffit whych is taken by the Landes and goodes of the the sayde Abbayes Priories Chauntries and Pilgrimages the suppressing of them and of suche lyke Idelnes and Idell workes maye be turned moreouer vnto an other the greatest Commoditie that euer came vnto this Royalme That is onelye if all that multitude of People which was wonte to lyue so in Idelnes maye alwayes haue woorke And by two sundrye meannes maye it be broughte to passe that there may be more plentie of work throghout this realme one is by the conuertīg into pastour or Arable waiste and desolate groundes nowe beinge ouerflowen wyth water or ouergrowen wyth Brome Ferrne whinnes or Fyrres by the restrayninge of the forsayde Shepemasters and ingrossers of Fermes that they doo not hereafter conuert so muche grounde vnto Shepepastours thē to suffer all maner of corne to be yerelye transported ouer the seas as well as anye other kynde of marchaundise And for these purposes I haue drawen furth certeyne rude Bylles to be exhibited to you of the Parliamēthouse trustinge that by your wysdomes learninge knowledge sayd of the same rude bylles may be reduced into the due forme of good statutes An other waye to cause the forsaid great numbre of people to haue more woorke is by the causing of all such maner of thynges being comonlye worne occupyed spent within this realme nowe vsed to be brought from the parties of beyonde the seas being possible to be made wrought or had wythin thys realme As linē cloth flax ād all thyng made of flaxe or hempe all things ready made of Ironsope rapeoyle saye stamin worsteds caps hattes all such other thinges to be made and wrought within thys royalme which thing may be brought to passe by the settīg of a great subsidy as a subsidy of fower or fiue shillīges of euery pounde valure of all such kinde of wares coming into this realme from the parties of beyonde the seas This maye be best done when a subsidye shulde be els graunted vnto the kinges maiesty for the mayntenaunce of his warres which thing shuld be also some parte of punishment vnto our enemies if we shall chaūce to haue any beyond the seas for asmuch as they shal therby haue the lesse vent of their wares thorow which their reames shal be the more enfebled And surelye this kynde of subsidy for the mayntenaunce of the kinges maiestyes warres shulde not onely be more for the common wealth but also much easelyer borne then suche taxes subsidies as were heretofore wont to be leuyed for no man shall pay any thing in this kinde of subsidy but they onely which of their owne voluntary will shall bye such wares cōming frō beyōde the seas but if we shall not haue occasion to haue any subsidye graunted for the mayntenaūce of warres yet for this forsayde consideracion the Subsidye may be inhaunced vpon all such wares cōming inwarde And the subsidye which is is now payd vpō leade tinne corne cloth going outwarde maye be in consyderacion therof remitted which shal be also a greate cause that the more leade linne cloth and corne shal be wrought made and laboured for within this realme but if it so be that the kinges maiesty hauing no warres will not set any higher subsidy vpō such wares yet at the least way for asmuch as the price of all maner of wares is highlye risē syth the time of the makinge of the laste rate it is reason that the wares coming inwarde be rated agayn at the value that they nowe be solde for or els the custume which shall be hereafter payde vppon lynen cloth and such kinde of wares comīg into this realme shal be so lytell in respect of the price they be here solde for that men shall not haue so good cause to be driuē vnto the making of lynen cloth and such other thinges within this realme as they had when the sayde rate was firste made It is no maruayle though this my saying concerning the setting of a greater subsidy vppon wares inwarde and also some of the forsayde bylles shal be vnto some men at the first very harde to digest but like as vnto those mē euery thing is pleasaunt that sauoureth of lucre so cā they not abyde the taste of ought that smelleth any thinge agaynst their singuler profight And yet if they pondred the matter throughly well and wolde make a true definicion of vtilyte