Note 605 — Chapter I · THE AGRARIAN PROBLEM AND THE STATE
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D'Ewes' Journal, p. 674: “Mr. Secretary Cecil said, '... I think that whosoever doth not maintain the plough destroys this kingdom.... I am sure when warrants go from the Council for levying of men in the counties, and the certificates be returned unto us again, we find the greatest part of them to be ploughmen.'" See also on this point Appendix I., Nos. iv., v., vi., and viii.