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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23573	Certayne causes gathered together wherin is shewed the decaye of Engla[n]d, only by the great multitude of shepe, to the vtter decay of houshold keping, mayntenau[n]ce of men, dearth of corne, and other notable dyscommodityes approued by syxe olde prouerbes.		1552 (1552)	STC 9980.5; ESTC S844	4,590	24

¶ Certayne causes gathered together wherin is shewed the decaye of Englād only by the great multitude of shepe to the vtter decay of houshold keping mayntenaūce of men dearth of corne and other notable dyscommodityes approued by syre olde Prouerbes Prouer. 20. A kyng that sitteth in iudgement and loketh well about him dryueth away all euell To the Kynges moste honorable Counsell and the Lordes of the Parlayment house THe fyrst Article poynt as we do thynke is it great pittye so the will of God it were that there is no corne ynough within this Realme of Englande at all tymes necessary to certyfy suffyce the Kynges subiectes for the space of one yere two or thre yf there were no corne sowen in this Realme by the sayde space We do saye that the Kinges Maiestie mercifully hearing the peticiō of these his graces poore subiectes maye at altymes remedy it when it shall please hys maiestie being for a common wealth for his graces subiectes to the greate encrease of this noble realme of Englande We saye as reason doeth leade vs the shepe shepemasters doeth cause skātyte of corne whiche we do thynke it maye be well approued by reason of six prouerbes for yf all our lyuynges and all our commodities were diuyded in partes by reason of the same syx prouerbes we that be the Kynges maiestyes poore subiectes do lose syx of our cōmodityes then haue we thre losses whiche make nyne by reason of the same thre losses we the Kynges mayestyes subiectes do lose the third part of our lyuinge then haue we the tenth part which we cal a remedy beseching your noble grace to remedye when your maiestye shall please As touchyng the fyrste prouerbe of the syx we do thynke The more shepe the dearer is the woll The more shepe the dearer is the motton The more shepe the dearer is the beffe The more shepe the dearer is the corne The more shepe the skanter is the whit meate The more shepe the fewer egges for a peny In the fyrst prouerbe the more shepe the dearer is the woll Our complayntis for Oxford shyre Buckyngham shyre Northampton shyre and as for all other shyres we refer it to the playntyues We shal desyre you and al other that reade and se the true ententes meanynges of this our doinges to pardon our ignoraunce yet not with standyng we desyre you sumwhat to attender the premisses seinge it is doue and put forth for the commoditye of the Kinges magesties realme and for the welth of his graces poore subiectes In the sayde Oxford shyre Buckyngham shyre Northhampton shyre there be many men of worshyp dwellyng within the sayde thre shyres And hath great laudes rolyue vpon the which we praye to God to geue them ioye of and well to occupye its Many of these worshipful men sette no store nor pryse vpon the mayntenaunce of tyllage of theyr landes as before tyme hath bene vsed neyther breadyng nor feadynge of catle but many of them doeth kepe the most substaunce of theyr landes in theyr owne handes And where tillage was wont to be now is it stored wyth greate vmberment of shepe they that haue great vmberment of shepe muste nedes haue greate store of woll and we cannot thynke who shulde make the pryse of woll but those that haue great plentye of shepe And we do partly knowe that there be some dwellynge within these thre shyres rather then they wyll sell theyr woll at a lowe pryse they will kepe it a yere or twayne and all to make it deare and to kepe it a deare pryse And by this meanes the fyrst prouerbe to be true The more shepe the dearer is the woll In the seconde prouerbe as we do thynke The more shepe the dearer is the moton As by reason the most substaunce of our feadynge was wont to be on beffe and now it is on motton And so many mouthes goith to motton which causeth motton to be deare In the thirde prouerbe as we do thinke The more shepe the dearer is the beffe As by reason that breding and fedyng is not set by as it hath bene in tymes past and where as shepe is kept vpon the pasture groundes where breadyng fedynge of beffes was wont to be kept where as shepe is kept vpon the pasture groundes where bredyng and fedynge was wont to be kept And now there is nothyng kept there but motton The fourth prouerbe The more shepe the dearer is the corne By reason tyllage is not vsed occupyed and mainteyned as it hath bene before tyme but shepe kept vpon the grounde where tyllage was wont to be kept and mainteyned The .v. prouerbe The more shepe the skanter is the weyte meate By reason tyllage is not vsed occupyed and maynteyned nother mayntenaunce of houses and hospitalytye where as catle was wont to be fede and brede by reason of kepynge of catle shulde increase whyt meate and now there is nothyng kept there but only shepe The syxte prouerbe The more shepe the fewer egges for a peny By reason cottages go downe in the contre where as pultrye was wont to be breade and fedde now there is nothyng kept there but shepe which cause the egges to be solde for fower a penny Thus be the syx prouerbes true as we do thynke desyrynge you to geue hearynge vnto them and that it may be wel amended for the common welthe of the Kynges poore subiectes Then haue we thre losses that maketh nyne The fyrst losse as we do thinke there is not so many plowes vsed occupied and mainteyned within Oxforth shyre as was in Kynge Henry the seuenth tyme and sens hys fyrste comming there lacketh xl plowes euery plough was able to kepe .vi. persōs downe lyinge and vprisynge in hys house the whiche draweth to twelf score persons in Oxford shyre And where that the sayde twelf score persons were wōt to haue meate drynke rayment and wages payinge skot and lot to God to our Kyng now there is nothyng kept there but onlye shepe Now these twelfscore persons had nede to haue liuing whether shal they go into Northhampton shyre and there is also the lyuing of twelef score persons loste whether shall then they goo foorth from shyre to shyre and to be scathered thus abrode within the Kynges maiestyes Realme where it shall please almighty God and for lacke of masters by compulsion dryuen some of them to begge and some to steale The seconde losse as we do thinke that there is neuer a plough of the .xl. plowes but he is able to tyll and plowe to certifye syx persons and euery ploughe to sell .xxx. quarters of grayne by the yeare or els he can full yll paye syx seuen eyght poundt by the yeare xl plowes .xxx. quarters euery ploughe draweth to two hundreth quarters in Buckingham shyre two hundreth quarters in Oxforde shyre two .cc. quarters in Northāptō shyre so forth frō shyre to shyre in certayne shyres within