Note 54 — Chapter I · THE RURAL POPULATION
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The Commonweal of this Realm of England (Lamond), p. 63: “And I marvell no man taketh heade unto it, what nombre first of trifles cometh hether from beyonde the seas, that we might either clene spare, or els make them within oure owne Realme, for the which we paie inestimable treasure every yeare, or els exchange substanciall wares and necessaries for them.” E. E. T. S., England in the Reign of King Henry VIII., Part II., p. 84: “Craftys men and makers of tryfullys are too many.” Harrison in Elizebethan England (Withington), p. 15: “O how many trades and handicrafts are now in England whereof the Commonwealth hath no need!” &c.