Note 26 — INTRODUCTIONToC
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“There be a manie a M cottagers in England, which, havinge no land to live of theire owne but their handie labours, and some refreshinge upon the said commons, yf they were sodenly thrust out from that commoditie might make a great tumult and discorde in the commonwealth” (Commonweal of England, pp. 49–50).