 For look in what parts of the realm doth grow the finest, and therefore dearest wool, there noblemen and gentlemen : yea, and certain Abbots, holy men, no doubt, not contenting themselves with the yearly revenues and profits that were wont to grow to...  A History of Epidemics in Britain - Page 388by Charles Creighton - 1891 - 885 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Douglas Earl of Selkirk - Social Science - 1805 - 318 pages
...the finest, ' and therefore dearest wool, there noblemen and gen' tlemen, yea and certain abbotts, holy men no doubt, ' not contenting themselves with...their forefathers and ' predecessors of their lands, not being content that they ' live in rest and pleasure nothing profiting, yea much * knowing the weale... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1829 - 590 pages
...and therefore dearest wool, there noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and certain abbots, holy men, God wot, not contenting themselves with the yearly revenues...— nothing profiting, yea, much annoying the weal publick — leave no ground for tillage ; they enclose all into pastures, they throw down houses ;... | |
 | English literature - 1829 - 586 pages
...therefore dearest •Wool, there noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and curtain abbolt, holy men, God wot, not contenting themselves with the yearly revenues...— nothing profiting, yea, much annoying the weal publick — leave no ground for tillage ; they enclose all into pastures, they throw down houses ;... | |
 | Patrick Edward Dove - Political science - 1856 - 532 pages
...dearest wool ; there, noblemen and gentlemen • — yea, and certain abbots^ holy men^ God wot! — not contenting themselves with the yearly revenues...the weal public, leave no ground for tillage. They enclose all into pastures, they throw down houses, they pluck down towns, and leave nothing standing... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1857 - 560 pages
...look, in what parts of the realm doth grow the finest and therefore dearest wool, — there, noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and certain abbots, holy men,...in rest and pleasure, nothing profiting, yea, much noying the weal public, leave no Erasmaa. * 4 Hen. VIL, cap. 16. t 4 Hen. VIL, cap. 19. 248 POPULATION—... | |
 | Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie - Europe - 1870 - 412 pages
...More complained : — ' Noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and certain abbots, not contenting tbemselves with the yearly revenues and profits that were wont...their forefathers and predecessors of their lands, leave no ground for tillage. They inclose all into pastures ; they throw down houses ; they pluck down... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1874 - 562 pages
...look, in what parts of the realm doth grow the finest and therefore dearest wool, — there, noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and certain abbots, holy men,...grow to their forefathers and predecessors of their lauds, nor being content that they live in rest and pleasure, nothing profiting, yea, much noying the... | |
 | Emile de Laveleye - Land use - 1878 - 482 pages
...Sir Thomas More echoes the same complaints:—" Noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and even certain abbots, not contenting themselves with the yearly revenues...their forefathers and predecessors of their lands, leave no ground for tillage. They inclose all into pastures; they throw down houses; they pluck down... | |
 | Mary Sheldon Barnes - History - 1885 - 588 pages
...... In what parts of the realm doth grow the finest and therefore the dearest wool, these noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and certain abbots, holy men,...no doubt, not contenting themselves with the yearly . . . profits that were wont to grow to their forefathers, . . . leave no ground for tillage ; thev... | |
 | Mary Sheldon Barnes - 1885 - 612 pages
...... In what parts of the realm doth grow the finest and therefore the dearest wool, these noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and certain abbots, holy men,...no doubt, not contenting themselves with the yearly . . . profits that were wont to grow to their forefathers, . . . leave no ground for tillage ; they... | |
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