 | John Strype - 1822 - 540 pagine
...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 pagine
...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 pagine
...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...places where poor men dwelt, clearly destroyed. Lands improved to so great rents ; or such excessive fines taken, that the poor husbandmen cannot live.'... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1835 - 664 pagine
...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 pagine
...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... | |
 | Edward Potts Cheyney - 1895 - 138 pagine
...Supplications, pp. 101, 102. 1 First Sermon before Edward VI, 1549, Arber Reprint, p. 40. same view taken : " Where there were in few years ten or twelve thousand...ordained to be eaten of men, hath eaten up the men." 1 Such a general depopulation was looked upon as a tangible danger. "And then, yf everie man should... | |
 | 1895 - 130 pagine
...Supplications, pp. toi, 102. 8 First Sermon before Edward VI, 1549, Arber Reprint, p. 40. same view taken : " Where there were in few years ten or twelve thousand...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 pagine
...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 pagine
...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.... | |
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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,... 