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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07706	A fruteful, and pleasaunt worke of the beste state of a publyque weale, and of the newe yle called Vtopia: written in Latine by Syr Thomas More knyght, and translated into Englyshe by Raphe Robynson citizein and goldsmythe of London, at the procurement, and earnest request of George Tadlowe citezein [and] haberdassher of the same citie; Utopia. English	More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535.; Robinson, Ralph, b. 1521.	1551 (1551)	STC 18094; ESTC S110035	99,585	282

of that sort of men that be so troblesome and noyous in peace wherof yow owght to haue a thowsande times more regard thē of warre ▪ But yet this is not onlye the necessary cause of stealing There is an other which as I suppose is proper and peculiare to yow Englishe men alone What is that quod the Cardenall ▪ forsoth quod I your shepe that were wōt to be so myke and tame and so smal eaters now as I heare saie be become so greate deuowerers and so wylde that they eate vp and swallow downthe very men them selfes They consume destroy and deuoure hole fieldes howses and cities For looke in what partes of the realme doth growe the fynyst and therfore dearist woll there noble men and gentlemen yea and certeyn Abbottes holy men god wote not contenting them selfes with the yearely reuennues and profyttes that were wont to grow to theyr fore●athers and predecessours of their landes ●or beynge content that they liue in rest and pleasure nothyng profytyng ye muche noyinge the weale publiqu● leaue no grounde ●or ryllage they enclose all in pastures they throw downe houses they plucke downe townes and lea●e nothing stondynge but only the churche to make of it a shepehowse And as thoughe yow loste no small quantity of grounde by forestes chases laundes and parkes those good holy men turne all dwellinges places and all glebelande into desolation and wildernes Therfore that one couetous and vnsatiable ●ormaraunte and verye plage of his natyue contrey may compasse abowte and inclose many thousād acres of grounde to gether within one pale orhedge the husbandmen be thrust owte of their owne orels other by co●eyne or fraude or by vyolent oppression they be put besydes it or by wronges and iniuries they be so weried that they be compelled to sell all by one meanes therfore or by other other by howke or crooke they must nedes departe awaye pore sylie wretched soules men women husbandes wyues fatherles chyldren widdowes wofull mothers with their yonge babes and their hole housholde smal in substaūce and muche in nombre as husbandrie requireth many handes Awaye they trudge I say out of their knowen and accustomed howses fyndyng no places to rest in All their housholde stuffe whiche is verye lytle worth though it myght well abyde the sale yet beyng sodeynelye thrust out they be constrayned to sell it for a thyng of nought And when they haue wanderynge about so●e spent that what can they els do but steale and then iustelye God wo●e behanged or els go about a beggyng And yet then also they be cast in prison as vagaboundes because they go about and worke not whom no mā will set a worke though they neuer so willingly offer them selfes therto For one shepherde or heard man is ynough to eate vp that grounde with cattel to the occupying wherof about husbandrye many handes were requysyte And this is also the cause that victualles be nowe in many places dearer Yea besydes this y ● pryce of wolle is so rysen that poore folkes whiche were wont to worke it and make cloth of it be nowe able to bye none at all And by thys meanes verye manye be fayne to forsake worke to gyue them selfes to ydelnes For after that so muche grounde was inclosed for pasture an infinite multitude of shepe died of the rotte suche vengeaunce God toke of their inordinate and vnsaciable couetousnes sendyng amonge the shepe that pestiferous morreyn which much more iustely should ha●efallen on the shepemasters owne heades And though y ● nūbre of shepe increase neuer so fast yet the pryce falleth not one myte because there be so fewe sellers For they be almoste all cōmen into a fewe riche mens handes whome no neade driueth to sell before they lust and they luste not before they may sell as deare as they lust Now the same cause bryngeth in licke dearth of the other kindes of cattell yea and that so much the more bycause that after farmes pluckyd downe and husbandry decayed ther is no man that passyth for the breadyng of yonge stoore For thees ryche men bry●ge not vp the yonge ones of greate cattell as they do lā●es But first they bye them abrode very chepe and afterward when they be fattede in their pastures they sell them agayne excedyng deare And therfor as I suppose the hole incommoditie herof is not yet felte For yet they make dearth only in those places where they sell. But when they shall fetche them awaye from thens wheare they be bredde faster then they can be brought vp then shall there also be felte great dearth when stoore begynnyth to fayle their whear the ware ys bought Thus the vnreasonable couetousnes of a fewe hath turned y ● thyng to the vtter vndoyng of your Ilande in the whiche thyng the chiefe felicitie of your realme dyd cōsist For this great dearth of victualles causeth euery mā to kepe as lytle houses and as small hospitalitie as he possible maye And to put awaye their seruauntes whether I praye you but a beggynge or els whiche thies gentle blood is and stoute stomakes wyll soner set theyr myndes vnto a stealinge Nowe to amende the matters to this wretched beggerye and myserable pouertie is ioyned great wantonnes imp●rtunate superfluytie and excessiue ryote For not only gently mens seruauntes but also handy craft men yea and almoste the ploughemen of the countrey with all other sortes of people vse muche straunge and prowde newe fanglenes in their apparrell and to muche prodigal riotte and sumptuous fare at their table Nowe bawdes qweynes hoores harlottes strumpettes brothelhouses stewes and yet an other stewes wine tauernes ale houses and ●ipling houses with so many noughty lewde and vnlawfull games as dice cardes tables tennyes bolles coytes do not al thys sende the haūters of the● streyght a stealynge when theyr money is gone Caste out thies per●ycious abomynacyons make a lawe that they why●he plucked downe fermes and townes of husbandrye shall buylde them vp agayne or els y●lde and vprender the possessyon of them to suche as wyll goo to the coste of buyldynge them anewe Suffer not thies ryche men to bye vp all to ingrosse and forstalle and with theyr monopolye to kepe the market alone as please them Let not so manye be brought vp in ydelnes lett husbandrye and tyllage be restored agayne let clothe workynge be renewed that there maye be honest labours for thys ydell sorte to passe they re tyme in profytablye whyche hytherto other pouertye hathe caused to be theues or elles nowe be other vagabondes or ydell seruynge men and shortelye wylbe theues Dowteles oneles yowe fynde a remedye for thyes enormytyes yowe shal be in vayne auaunce your selfes of executinge iustice vpon felloues For this iustice is more beautyfull then iuste or profytable For by sufferynge your youthe wantonlye a●d viciouslye to be brought vp and to be infected euen from theyr tender age by lytle and lytle wyth vyce than a goddes name to be punyshed