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             Bread for the poor, and advancement of the English nation promised by enclosure of the wastes and common grounds of England / by Adam Moore ...
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           Bread
           for
           the
           Poor
           .
           AND
           ADVANCEMENT
           OF
           THE
           English
           Nation
           .
           PROMISED
           By
           Enclosure
           of
           the
           Wastes
           and
           Common
           Grounds
           of
           ENGLAND
           :
        
         
           By
           
             Adam
             Moore
             ,
          
           Gent.
           
        
         
           
             LONDON
             :
          
           Printed
           by
           
             R.
          
           &
           
             W.
             Leybourn
             ,
          
           for
           
             Nicholas
             Bourn
             ,
          
           in
           
             Cornhill
             ,
          
           at
           the
           South
           enterance
           into
           the
           Royall
           Exchange
           ,
           1653.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           THE
           PVBLISHER
           OF
           TAIS
           
             TREATISE
             To
             the
             Reader
             .
          
        
         
           WHilest
           all
           the
           
             World
          
           is
           big
           and
           busie
           with
           inventions
           of
           helping
           
             Nature
          
           to
           unlock
           her
           
             Cabinets
             ,
          
           for
           a
           more
           liberall
           communicting
           of
           Her
           
             Treasures
          
           to
           mankinde
           in
           all
           kindes
           ;
           one
           of
           the
           main
           lets
           of
           
           atteining
           the
           scope
           seemeth
           to
           be
           that
           
             Epidemicall
             Errour
          
           of
           seeking
           the
           Key
           still
           afar
           off
           ,
           when
           it
           hangs
           at
           our
           girdle
           ,
           and
           trampling
           the
           present
           sure
           means
           in
           travell
           and
           search
           after
           
             Remote
             Uncertainties
             .
          
           This
           is
           the
           very
           thing
           our
           
             Author
          
           in
           a
           
             Generous
             Zeale
          
           for
           the
           good
           of
           his
           
             Countrey
             ,
          
           worthily
           endeavoureth
           to
           convince
           all
           
             England
          
           of
           ,
           shewing
           very
           plainly
           ,
           That
           we
           need
           not
           go
           far
           ,
           nor
           veuture
           upon
           
             Improbabilities
             ,
          
           much
           lesse
           
             Impossibilities
             ,
          
           to
           
             enlarge
             and
             enrich
          
           this
           
             Nation
          
           within
           it selfe
           ,
           by
           the
           
             improvement
          
           of
           a
           most
           
             considerable
             portion
             of
             Ground
          
           throughout
           the
           
           whole
           
             Land
             ,
          
           with
           at
           least
           a
           fourfold
           
             Revenue
             ,
          
           besides
           all
           manner
           of
           
             advantagiousnesse
          
           thereby
           ,
           for
           
             Rich
          
           and
           
             Poor
             ,
          
           the
           
             State
          
           and
           
             Commons
             ,
          
           if
           our
           senses
           will
           but
           suffer
           themselves
           to
           be
           perswaded
           of
           what
           doth
           lie
           within
           their
           
             Ken
             ,
          
           and
           vouchsafe
           only
           to
           stoop
           a
           little
           for
           taking
           up
           the
           
             Jewell
             .
          
        
         
           The
           same
           thing
           we
           know
           ,
           hath
           often
           been
           hinted
           and
           wished
           for
           by
           many
           ,
           and
           likewise
           assayed
           and
           improved
           by
           some
           few
           here
           and
           there
           to
           great
           advantage
           ;
           but
           never
           yet
           (
           for
           any
           thing
           we
           could
           hear
           of
           )
           was
           it
           
             vndertaken
          
           and
           
             handled
          
           so
           professedly
           
             plainly
          
           &
           
             fully
             ,
          
           in
           but
           
           a
           
             few
             leaves
             ,
          
           by
           any
           other
           publike
           
             Author
          
           hitherto
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           having
           by
           a
           
             speciall
             providence
          
           lighted
           upon
           
             him
          
           in
           this
           small
           Treatise
           ,
           hid
           in
           
             obscurity
             ,
          
           since
           his
           
             penning
          
           thereof
           and
           personall
           
             Decease
             ,
          
           these
           
             thirty
             yeers
          
           (
           but
           we
           hope
           reserved
           unto
           a
           more
           
             improving
             Season
             .
             )
          
           we
           durst
           not
           ,
           in
           
             Duty
          
           to
           the
           
             Publique
             ,
          
           withhold
           him
           longer
           from
           the
           
             view
          
           and
           
             use
          
           thereof
           ,
           for
           the
           
             good
          
           and
           
             service
          
           of
           this
           
             Common-wealth
             :
          
           nothing
           doubting
           but
           as
           he
           will
           soon
           make
           known
           his
           own
           
             worth
          
           by
           his
           own
           
             words
             ;
          
           so
           he
           will
           be
           entertained
           accordingly
           to
           the
           
             happy
             improvement
          
           of
           his
           
             right
             Christian
          
           and
           
             Noble
             
             Aime
             ,
          
           to
           
             relieve
             the
             poor
          
           in
           particular
           ,
           and
           to
           
             advance
          
           the
           
             whole
             Nation
          
           in
           
             generall
             ,
             which
             God
             bless
             .
          
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           most
           Illustrious
           ,
           Most
           Honourable
           and
           Worthy
           Lords
           of
           the
           
             Wastes
          
           and
           
             Common
          
           grounds
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           
             Lands
          
           which
           have
           right
           of
           
             Common
          
           in
           them
           ,
           within
           the
           Commonwealth
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           Dominion
           of
           
             Wales
             .
          
        
         
           
             Most
             Honoured
             ,
          
        
         
           THe
           vehement
           desires
           of
           the
           discreeter
           sort
           to
           proceed
           in
           this
           subject
           ,
           having
           been
           still
           crossed
           and
           cooled
           by
           the
           wilfull
           opposition
           of
           vulgar
           Spirits
           ,
           moved
           me
           to
           conceive
           that
           it
           might
           be
           a
           fruitfull
           work
           to
           contract
           the
           grounds
           and
           reasons
           by
           which
           the
           difference
           might
           be
           compounded
           .
           That
           so
           the
           
             better
          
           part
           being
           armed
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           yet
           )
           the
           
             greater
          
           disspoiled
           of
           all
           defence
           ,
           the
           
             better
          
           may
           be
           made
           the
           
             greater
             ,
          
           and
           the
           worst
           swallowed
           up
           in
           perswasion
           .
           The
           particulars
           of
           this
           labour
           (
           being
           tendred
           to
           me
           by
           experimentall
           observations
           )
           I
           have
           here
           (
           in
           ragged
           weeds
           )
           bundled
           together
           :
           And
           (
           〈◊〉
           they
           most
           concern
           you
           )
           have
           humbly
           cast
           them
           down
           at
           the
           foot
           of
           your
           grave
           iudgements
           .
           May
           you
           please
           to
           passe
           by
           the
           rude
           composure
           ,
           (
           for
           stuffe
           and
           fashion
           are
           but
           trivials
           )
           
           I
           know
           the
           silly
           Volume
           is
           sincere
           ,
           and
           hath
           set
           forth
           his
           reports
           with
           modesty
           .
           And
           (
           though
           it
           promise
           matter
           of
           high
           consequence
           )
           yet
           will
           Survey
           (
           I
           am
           assured
           )
           reprove
           me
           ,
           for
           not
           giving
           the
           Subject
           its
           due
           I
           may
           not
           presume
           to
           perswade
           ,
           where
           so
           due
           respects
           of
           publique
           good
           and
           government
           have
           innated
           residence
           :
           onely
           thus
           far
           ;
           the
           Prize
           is
           great
           ;
           the
           Breach
           discovered
           :
           And
           though
           the
           main
           Battel
           joyn
           not
           to
           make
           a
           generall
           surprize
           ,
           yet
           may
           each
           Regiment
           (
           that
           will
           )
           win
           his
           share
           .
           Who
           then
           will
           not
           arme
           ?
           Or
           who
           will
           be
           so
           unhappy
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           come
           on
           to
           the
           assault
           ,
           to
           fill
           up
           the
           Treasury
           of
           his
           own
           and
           the
           publique
           fortune
           ?
           Be
           you
           good
           to
           the
           poor
           :
           and
           then
           blessed
           be
           your
           enterprize
           ,
           and
           the
           successe
           happy
           :
           To
           which
           ,
           and
           all
           your
           sacred
           and
           sage
           designements
           (
           to
           your
           utmost
           Posterities
           )
           ever
           may
           great
           
             Jehovah
          
           grant
           his
           holy
           
             Faxit
             ,
          
           and
           continuance
           of
           happinesse
           till
           his
           glorious
           comming
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             humble
             Servant
             ,
             Adam
             Moore
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           To
           all
           Inhabitants
           ,
           Tenants
           and
           Occupiers
           of
           Lands
           bordering
           on
           Wastes
           and
           common
           grounds
           ,
           and
           by
           right
           of
           Common
           interessed
           therein
           ,
           within
           the
           Common-wealth
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           Dominion
           of
           
             Wales
             :
          
           And
           to
           the
           poorer
           sort
           especially
           .
        
         
           AN
           idle
           Member
           in
           a
           Common-wealth
           (
           as
           a
           droan
           in
           the
           Bee-live
           )
           is
           either
           actually
           cast
           out
           by
           Justice
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           suffereth
           a
           divorce
           from
           the
           generall
           affection
           .
           By
           this
           motive
           have
           I
           been
           incited
           (
           in
           this
           little
           Treatise
           )
           to
           cast
           my
           mite
           into
           the
           common
           Treasury
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           same
           may
           you
           be
           moved
           to
           approve
           my
           wishes
           ,
           wherein
           ,
           as
           each
           of
           you
           hath
           particular
           interest
           ,
           so
           will
           your
           demeanor
           prove
           you
           either
           a
           Bee
           or
           a
           droan
           .
           Neither
           may
           we
           account
           him
           a
           droan
           only
           that
           sitteth
           still
           and
           is
           idle
           ,
           but
           him
           also
           (
           and
           worse
           )
           that
           is
           busie
           in
           hindring
           commodity
           .
           I
           have
           here
           made
           you
           a
           proposition
           ,
           which
           hath
           long
           hung
           in
           the
           Balance
           to
           be
           determined
           ,
           on
           the
           one
           side
           every
           man
           of
           discretion
           casting
           in
           a
           voice
           for
           the
           work
           ;
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           divers
           (
           without
           ground
           )
           belching
           out
           imprudent
           contradictions
           .
           The
           Balance
           hath
           yet
           of
           this
           side
           been
           little
           stirred
           by
           reason
           the
           vertues
           of
           the
           other
           have
           been
           silent
           .
           But
           may
           verity
           present
           her selfe
           ,
           it
           is
           hopefull
           the
           averse
           will
           forsake
           their
           vanity
           .
           You
           may
           
           behold
           in
           this
           glasse
           your
           own
           Countrey
           
             (
             England
          
           that
           bred
           you
           )
           complaining
           of
           wrong
           by
           her
           own
           childrens
           oversight
           .
           Nay
           you
           may
           truly
           see
           your selves
           and
           your
           children
           refusing
           and
           wanting
           the
           bread
           of
           comfort
           ,
           that
           (
           as
           a
           good
           mother
           )
           she
           is
           willing
           and
           ready
           to
           give
           you
           .
           Let
           me
           intreat
           you
           therefore
           ,
           to
           bestow
           the
           looking
           on
           it
           ,
           but
           let
           it
           be
           with
           an
           honest
           heart
           ,
           and
           an
           unprejudicating
           censure
           ,
           and
           then
           will
           you
           acknowledge
           that
           the
           Book
           speaks
           truth
           ,
           and
           that
           both
           
             England
          
           and
           your selves
           do
           suffer
           .
        
         
           And
           let
           me
           thus
           a
           little
           reason
           with
           you
           .
        
         
           Why
           should
           it
           seem
           strange
           to
           you
           to
           question
           customes
           that
           are
           evill
           ?
           whether
           doth
           your
           Garden
           yield
           you
           more
           fruit
           by
           digging
           and
           dressing
           it
           ,
           or
           by
           letting
           it
           alone
           to
           bear
           fruit
           of
           it self
           ?
           Or
           why
           should
           you
           love
           a
           desert
           more
           then
           a
           garden
           ?
           or
           prefer
           the
           comfortlesse
           Wildernesse
           of
           
             Arabia
             ,
          
           to
           the
           pleasant
           fruitfull
           fields
           of
           
             Canaan
             ?
          
           and
           what
           are
           Commons
           and
           Enclosures
           with
           us
           but
           the
           very
           like
           ?
           whether
           is
           it
           a
           better
           spectacle
           without
           your
           doors
           to
           see
           a
           confused
           Common
           fruitlesse
           ,
           naked
           ,
           and
           desolate
           ,
           or
           fields
           and
           vales
           of
           plenty
           ,
           storing
           your
           houses
           and
           countrey
           with
           food
           and
           wealth
           ?
           Or
           whether
           is
           it
           better
           for
           you
           to
           confesse
           ,
           I
           have
           no
           peculiar
           property
           in
           it
           ,
           nor
           can
           I
           sell
           or
           dispose
           of
           it
           at
           my
           need
           ;
           or
           the
           grant
           of
           my
           Tenement
           being
           expired
           ,
           I
           am
           excluded
           ;
           Or
           to
           say
           this
           is
           mine
           ,
           I
           can
           let
           ,
           sell
           ,
           or
           dispose
           it
           at
           my
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           so
           assure
           me
           a
           certain
           means
           and
           estate
           (
           out
           of
           nothing
           )
           wherein
           others
           have
           not
           to
           do
           ?
           Doth
           not
           every
           man
           covet
           to
           have
           his
           own
           alone
           ?
           Would
           any
           man
           admit
           of
           a
           partaker
           
           in
           his
           house
           ,
           his
           horse
           ,
           his
           oxe
           ,
           or
           his
           wife
           ,
           if
           he
           could
           shun
           it
           ?
           And
           why
           is
           it
           otherwise
           in
           land
           ?
           But
           suppose
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           you
           are
           all
           incorporate
           ,
           and
           become
           one
           body
           ,
           and
           so
           do
           use
           your
           Common
           as
           an
           inseparable
           spouse
           ,
           to
           be
           your
           helper
           :
           why
           are
           you
           then
           so
           cuckolded
           by
           Forreigners
           and
           strangers
           ,
           and
           your
           Common
           used
           before
           your
           face
           ,
           even
           as
           commonly
           as
           by
           your selves
           ?
           or
           indeed
           ,
           (
           while
           you
           make
           it
           a
           common
           prostitute
           to
           every
           lust
           )
           how
           can
           you
           help
           it
           ?
           were
           it
           not
           better
           therefore
           and
           more
           secure
           to
           take
           her
           home
           to
           your
           chamber
           ,
           and
           keep
           her
           with
           a
           guard
           where
           she
           cannot
           be
           abused
           ?
           which
           you
           may
           do
           by
           distinguishing
           each
           ones
           part
           properly
           to
           himself
           .
           But
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           If
           our
           Commons
           should
           be
           divided
           ,
           there
           will
           not
           be
           enough
           to
           content
           us
           .
           But
           heark
           ye
           ,
           I
           suppose
           your
           Lordship
           hath
           a
           hundred
           Acres
           of
           Common
           ;
           if
           this
           should
           be
           stretcht
           into
           four
           hundred
           Acres
           ,
           I
           trust
           you
           will
           confesse
           it
           were
           much
           better
           :
           observe
           then
           in
           the
           Treatise
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           finde
           it
           probable
           enough
           ,
           that
           one
           hundred
           improved
           is
           much
           more
           profitable
           then
           four
           hundred
           in
           Common
           ;
           where
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           your
           complaint
           then
           ?
           or
           how
           is
           it
           that
           you
           are
           so
           overseen
           ?
           can
           you
           have
           more
           content
           in
           one
           then
           in
           four
           ?
           Or
           perhaps
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           We
           shall
           never
           agree
           about
           parting
           it
           ,
           one
           will
           think
           another
           hath
           too
           much
           ,
           and
           he
           too
           little
           ;
           ones
           part
           will
           be
           too
           good
           ,
           anothers
           too
           bad
           ,
           anothers
           too
           neer
           ,
           and
           his
           too
           far
           off
           ,
           &c.
           
           But
           I
           will
           accomodate
           to
           your
           capacity
           a
           tale
           that
           may
           lead
           you
           to
           the
           better
           resolution
           of
           this
           doubt
           .
           
           A
           certain
           man
           dying
           left
           behinde
           him
           divers
           sons
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           bequeathed
           his
           Garden
           ,
           (
           being
           his
           whole
           estate
           )
           to
           hold
           in
           common
           amongst
           them
           all
           ,
           shortly
           after
           an
           Artist
           by
           his
           skill
           had
           found
           that
           there
           was
           hidden
           in
           this
           garden
           a
           treasure
           of
           good
           value
           ,
           and
           calling
           the
           brothers
           together
           ,
           acquainted
           them
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           told
           them
           ,
           it
           might
           suffice
           to
           raise
           their
           low
           estates
           to
           good
           fortunes
           ,
           perswading
           them
           to
           go
           in
           hand
           for
           the
           finding
           of
           it
           ;
           one
           of
           them
           being
           more
           witty
           (
           or
           wicked
           )
           then
           the
           rest
           ,
           had
           presently
           this
           crochet
           in
           his
           pate
           :
           quoth
           he
           ,
           None
           of
           you
           all
           can
           dig
           or
           break
           the
           land
           without
           my
           consent
           ;
           and
           therefore
           unlesse
           I
           may
           have
           my
           own
           demand
           in
           the
           share
           ,
           you
           shall
           have
           no
           treasure
           there
           ;
           the
           rest
           were
           not
           so
           stupid
           ,
           but
           they
           had
           also
           presently
           got
           hold
           of
           the
           same
           shadow
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           would
           have
           the
           greatest
           share
           ,
           or
           else
           ,
           forsooth
           ,
           his
           land
           should
           not
           be
           broken
           ;
           and
           thus
           they
           stoutly
           fac't
           it
           out
           ,
           till
           at
           length
           they
           wisely
           concluded
           ,
           that
           in
           regard
           they
           could
           not
           agree
           about
           the
           partition
           ,
           they
           would
           let
           all
           alone
           ,
           and
           there
           should
           it
           rot
           ere
           they
           would
           fall
           out
           about
           it
           ;
           and
           accordingly
           fools
           they
           lived
           ,
           and
           died
           beggers
           ;
           now
           I
           pray
           what
           would
           you
           have
           done
           in
           this
           case
           ?
           I
           dare
           answer
           for
           you
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           rather
           have
           taken
           any
           part
           then
           to
           have
           lost
           the
           whole
           .
           Even
           the
           same
           case
           is
           now
           before
           you
           .
           Let
           us
           see
           your
           wisdome
           ,
           and
           how
           well
           you
           will
           construe
           such
           divisions
           .
           And
           to
           get
           the
           treasure
           each
           one
           take
           his
           part
           as
           neer
           and
           as
           conveniently
           it
           may
           be
           alotted
           .
        
         
         
           Let
           me
           yet
           go
           a
           little
           further
           .
        
         
           How
           often
           are
           you
           put
           to
           hard
           and
           chargeable
           shifts
           for
           fodder
           for
           your
           cattle
           in
           long
           winters
           ?
           yea
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           starve
           them
           out-right
           ?
           and
           how
           fully
           will
           that
           want
           be
           repaired
           by
           this
           direction
           ?
        
         
           How
           fearfull
           and
           desperate
           is
           your
           want
           of
           bread
           upon
           the
           least
           defect
           of
           a
           full
           Harvest
           ,
           wherein
           you
           must
           either
           be
           a
           prey
           to
           the
           sharking
           engrosser
           ,
           and
           mercilesse
           hoarder
           ,
           or
           tackle
           up
           to
           the
           Maritine
           parts
           for
           forreign
           musty
           corn
           ,
           to
           save
           your
           lives
           ?
           whereby
           you
           also
           exhaust
           your
           Countrey
           of
           much
           money
           to
           your
           further
           misery
           ,
           nay
           should
           our
           sins
           of
           commission
           ,
           or
           of
           rejecting
           Gods
           gifts
           pull
           down
           the
           failing
           but
           of
           one
           Crop
           ,
           what
           should
           ,
           or
           what
           could
           you
           do
           to
           be
           relieved
           ?
           Verily
           ,
           methinks
           you
           should
           so
           far
           rue
           your
           childrens
           cryes
           ,
           and
           tears
           of
           the
           poor
           for
           bread
           ,
           as
           it
           should
           bid
           you
           cease
           your
           triviall
           arguments
           ,
           and
           hasten
           the
           prevention
           of
           such
           distresses
           .
           Thus
           may
           
             Pharaoh
          
           dream
           we
           be
           an
           
             Israel
          
           in
           want
           ,
           and
           you
           a
           
             Joseph
          
           to
           provide
           for
           the
           seven
           years
           famine
           .
           Thus
           may
           our
           honour
           ,
           our
           wealth
           ,
           our
           Nation
           be
           secured
           ,
           and
           worthily
           advanced
           ,
           and
           what
           should
           let
           ?
        
         
           Will
           you
           be
           yet
           further
           perswaded
           .
        
         
           Do
           but
           ferry
           over
           then
           to
           the
           next
           shore
           ,
           and
           
           behold
           the
           little
           Bee
           ,
           whose
           thighs
           were
           empty
           ,
           and
           fortunes
           leave
           within
           your
           childes
           memory
           ;
           now
           by
           her
           admirable
           industry
           and
           cheerfull
           labours
           ,
           so
           abounding
           in
           provisions
           ,
           as
           makes
           her
           wonderfull
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           her
           wealth
           unspeakable
           ;
           
           she
           hath
           so
           fully
           argued
           the
           happinesse
           of
           enclosure
           ,
           which
           she
           hath
           of
           late
           years
           effected
           ,
           that
           she
           now
           imparteth
           of
           her
           store
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           might
           more
           amply
           have
           it
           of
           our
           own
           ,
           if
           we
           would
           but
           practise
           her
           skill
           ,
           and
           imitate
           her
           providence
           .
        
         
           But
           a
           fault
           must
           be
           known
           ere
           it
           can
           be
           reformed
           ,
           and
           if
           when
           you
           have
           here
           read
           your
           errour
           with
           the
           many
           mischiefs
           ,
           losses
           ,
           and
           detriments
           that
           you
           have
           long
           suffered
           ,
           and
           see
           the
           much
           good
           promised
           ,
           whereof
           every
           enclosure
           is
           a
           sure
           warrant
           ;
           I
           know
           you
           will
           be
           wise
           ,
           and
           may
           conclusions
           accord
           with
           my
           propositions
           on
           your
           behalfe
           ,
           so
           great
           will
           be
           your
           comfort
           and
           happinesse
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           you
           will
           seriously
           repent
           for
           past
           neglects
           ;
           but
           let
           the
           charmer
           charm
           never
           so
           loud
           ,
           the
           deafadder
           will
           not
           hear
           .
           As
           my self
           in
           such
           case
           have
           heard
           one
           say
           (
           being
           confuted
           upon
           argument
           of
           this
           subject
           )
           (
           whose
           shame
           I
           shew
           you
           )
           that
           might
           enclosure
           prove
           never
           so
           happy
           to
           his
           Prince
           ,
           his
           Countrey
           ,
           or
           his
           own
           particular
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           consent
           .
           But
           let
           him
           go
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           no
           more
           grace
           towards
           his
           Prince
           and
           Countrey
           ,
           nor
           wit
           for
           himselfe
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           sure
           to
           finde
           him
           a
           weak
           opposer
           ;
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           the
           foolish
           stubbornnesse
           of
           a
           few
           such
           will
           give
           the
           more
           lustre
           ,
           and
           commendation
           to
           those
           many
           ,
           whom
           judgement
           and
           discretion
           will
           direct
           aright
           .
           I
           will
           not
           feed
           you
           longer
           with
           promises
           ,
           I
           know
           you
           long
           to
           see
           your
           profit
           ,
           and
           will
           no
           longer
           be
           idle
           ,
           and
           as
           your
           coherence
           herein
           will
           highly
           please
           God
           ,
           and
           multiply
           his
           
           mercies
           on
           your
           labours
           ;
           so
           will
           your
           comfort
           be
           unspeakable
           ,
           and
           the
           paines
           over-satisfied
           with
           joy
           ,
           of
           your
           unfainedly
           wel-wishing
           Author
           ,
        
         
           
             ADAM
             MOORE
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           All
           these
           following
           Books
           Printed
           by
           
             Nicholas
             Bourne
          
           at
           the
           South
           entrance
           of
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           Royall
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           .
        
         
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             SIr
          
           Frances
           Drakes
           
             four
             Voyages
             to
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             West-Indies
             ,
          
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           2
           Posthuma
           Fosteri
           ,
           
             the
             description
             of
             a
             Ruler
             ,
             on
             which
             is
             inscribed
             divers
             scales
             ,
             and
             the
             uses
             thereof
             ,
             with
             Propositions
             in
             Astronomy
             ,
             Navigation
             ,
             and
             Dialling
             ,
             by
          
           Samuel
           ●oster
           ,
           
             Professour
             of
             Astronomy
             in
          
           Gresham-Colledge
           .
           
           4o
           .
        
         
           3
           
             Anatomy
             of
             play
             ,
             a
             small
             Tract
             against
             gaiming
             .
          
           8o
           .
        
         
           4
           
             A
             full
             discovery
             of
             a
             soul
             Concealment
             ,
             by
          
           William
           Baywell
           
             and
          
           John
           Brockedon
           .
           
             Discoverers
             and
             Plaintiffs
             against
             the
             Committee
             of
             Hartford
             ,
             the
             Treasurers
             and
             Pay-masters
             there
             in
             the
             year
          
           1643.
           
           Fol.
           
        
         
           5
           
             Popular
             Errours
             ,
             or
             the
             errours
             of
             the
             people
             in
             matter
             of
             Physick
             ,
             first
             written
             in
             Latine
             by
          
           James
           Primerose
           
             Doctor
             in
             Physick
             ;
             to
             which
             is
             added
             a
             Treatise
             against
             the
             Antinomiall
             cup
             ,
             translated
             into
             English
             by
          
           Robert
           Witty
           ,
           
             Doctor
             in
             Thysick
             .
          
           8o
           .
        
         
           6
           
             The
             Phrygian
             Fabulist
             ,
             or
             the
             fables
             of
          
           Aesop
           ,
           
             entracted
             from
             the
             Latine
             copy
             ,
             and
             moralized
             by
          
           Leonard
           Willan
           ,
           
             Cent.
          
           8o
           .
        
         
           7
           
             A
             book
             of
             Use-money
             after
             the
             rate
             of
             six
          
           per
           Cent.
           
             also
             the
             discount
             of
             Leases
             ,
             Annuities
             ,
             and
             Reversions
             ,
             by
          
           John
           Clavill
           
             Accomptant
             .
          
           8o
           .
        
         
           8
           
             An
             Introduction
             to
             Merchants
             Accompts
             ,
             containing
             five
             distinct
             Questions
             ,
             which
             may
             serve
             as
             an
             Appendix
             to
             the
             Merchants
             Accompts
             that's
             lately
             reprinted
             ,
             compiled
             by
          
           John
           Collings
           
             Accomptant
             ,
             and
             Studies
             in
             the
             Mathematicks
             .
          
           8o
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           Bread
           for
           the
           Poor
           :
           
             AND
             Advancement
             of
             the
             English
          
           NATION
           ,
           
             BY
          
           Enclosure
           of
           the
           Waste
           and
           Common
           GROUNDS
           .
        
         
           IT
           was
           a
           right
           and
           proper
           speech
           of
           a
           Roman
           Bishop
           touching
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           
           when
           he
           termed
           it
           
             verè
             hortus
             deliciarum
             ,
             verè
             puteus
             inexhaustus
             .
          
           A
           very
           Garden
           of
           delights
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           Well
           that
           cannot
           be
           exhausted
           .
           And
           that
           exprest
           with
           such
           confidence
           ,
           that
           to
           each
           Attribute
           he
           gave
           a
           severall
           
             varè
             ,
          
           thereby
           concluding
           that
           his
           commendation
           was
           grounded
           on
           sure
           and
           evident
           reason
           .
        
         
           To
           search
           the
           foundation
           of
           which
           Attributes
           ,
           we
           shall
           finde
           it
           to
           be
           the
           
             Eden-like
          
           blessing
           received
           at
           the
           Almighties
           hand
           in
           his
           first
           Creation
           ;
           who
           vouchsafed
           it
           so
           flourishing
           a
           sight
           ,
           and
           garden-like
           condition
           ,
           that
           therein
           it
           surpasseth
           
           others
           ,
           and
           stands
           a
           Mirror
           to
           the
           worlds
           Nations
           ,
           looking
           over
           her
           walls
           to
           behold
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           pleasure
           and
           plenty
           by
           this
           speech
           intimated
           ,
           issue
           from
           the
           vertue
           of
           the
           former
           Attribute
           
             Horius
             .
          
           For
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           Garden
           is
           to
           be
           the
           Nurcery
           of
           Plenty
           as
           well
           as
           of
           Delights
           ;
           and
           as
           a
           Garden
           of
           all
           other
           improvements
           hath
           the
           preheminence
           in
           either
           ;
           so
           in
           this
           denomination
           of
           
             England
          
           to
           be
           
             verè
             Hortus
             ,
          
           it
           might
           be
           further
           concluded
           ,
           a
           
             verè
             puteus
             inexhaustus
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           it
           having
           pleased
           God
           to
           put
           us
           into
           this
           Garden
           ,
           what
           may
           we
           conceive
           he
           requireth
           of
           our
           part
           to
           be
           performed
           ?
           To
           dream
           of
           the
           
             Golden
             Age
             ,
          
           and
           feed
           on
           the
           Poets
           ,
           
             Sponte
             suâ
             Tell
             us
             ?
          
           To
           carouse
           the
           
             Nectar
             ,
          
           and
           not
           plant
           the
           Vine
           ?
           No
           ,
           as
           
             Adam
          
           in
           
             Eden
             ,
          
           so
           are
           we
           by
           that
           all-Creator
           placed
           in
           this
           Garden
           ,
           
             To
             keep
             it
             and
             dresse
             it
             ,
          
           
           for
           the
           comfort
           ,
           encrease
           ,
           and
           preservation
           of
           his
           people
           committed
           unto
           it
           ,
           which
           indeed
           hath
           formerly
           been
           so
           well
           performed
           ,
           that
           our
           Garden
           hath
           not
           only
           feasted
           her
           own
           family
           abundantly
           at
           home
           ,
           but
           (
           to
           her
           honour
           and
           profit
           )
           relieved
           the
           wants
           of
           her
           neighbour-friends
           abroad
           ,
           so
           strengthening
           and
           storing
           her selfe
           with
           life
           and
           wealth
           ,
           that
           (
           when
           she
           enjoyed
           peace
           in
           her
           own
           house
           )
           as
           the
           Imperiall
           Lady
           of
           
             Europe's
          
           bounds
           ,
           she
           ruled
           the
           Nations
           with
           an
           high
           hand
           ;
           and
           not
           the
           proudest
           suitor
           enamoured
           of
           her
           beauty
           ,
           nor
           the
           cruellest
           foe
           envying
           her
           fortunes
           ,
           could
           ever
           execute
           the
           least
           attempt
           on
           her
           worth
           ;
           witnesse
           the
           late
           happy
           atonement
           of
           
             York
          
           and
           
             Lancaster
             ,
          
           whose
           hands
           conjoyned
           ,
           made
           so
           strong
           the
           arm
           
           of
           this
           Empire
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           alwayes
           since
           (
           as
           in
           like
           case
           before
           )
           broken
           in
           peeces
           the
           highest
           head
           of
           power
           and
           practice
           that
           urg'd
           her
           to
           strike
           .
        
         
           But
           time
           producing
           alternities
           ,
           and
           the
           many
           peacefull
           yeers
           of
           our
           Dread
           
             Caesars
          
           Protection
           ,
           begetting
           such
           multitudes
           of
           souls
           in
           the
           Tribes
           of
           our
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           as
           former
           ages
           never
           saw
           :
           It
           now
           behoveth
           us
           to
           survey
           and
           search
           the
           angles
           of
           our
           Garden
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           dresse
           the
           desert
           and
           fruitlesse
           borders
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           our
           increased
           charge
           be
           not
           unprovided
           for
           ,
           nor
           by
           our
           neglect
           the
           family
           famished
           ,
           that
           so
           late
           was
           the
           wonder
           of
           plenty
           to
           others
           :
           In
           which
           designement
           we
           shall
           finde
           those
           unblessed
           lands
           ,
           the
           
             Wastes
          
           and
           
             Common
             grounds
          
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           extending
           themselves
           into
           so
           large
           a
           portion
           of
           our
           Garden
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           both
           a
           blemish
           in
           the
           beauty
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           reason
           of
           want
           and
           weaknesse
           in
           our
           multiplied
           charge
           ;
           and
           could
           the
           present
           abuse
           of
           them
           be
           discovered
           to
           the
           utmost
           ,
           and
           the
           fruit
           of
           their
           improvement
           foreshewed
           ,
           no
           member
           (
           I
           presume
           )
           of
           this
           State
           
             (
             nisi
             mentis
             inops
             ,
          
           or
           
             Reipublicae
             inimicus
             )
          
           but
           would
           grieve
           at
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           utmost
           
             posse
          
           of
           his
           abilities
           labour
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           But
           forasmuch
           as
           the
           state
           of
           them
           is
           of
           most
           men
           meerly
           unconsidered
           ;
           of
           some
           ,
           somewhat
           understood
           ,
           &
           yet
           but
           in
           an
           imperiect
           apprehension
           ;
           of
           few
           or
           none
           at
           large
           or
           according
           to
           their
           certain
           condition
           :
           I
           have
           presumed
           (
           in
           zeal
           to
           my
           Countrey
           )
           to
           collect
           the
           reasons
           that
           may
           lead
           
           us
           to
           some
           perfect
           understanding
           of
           them
           ;
           hoping
           that
           when
           the
           well
           featur'd
           portraicture
           of
           their
           reformed
           body
           shall
           be
           more
           apparent
           to
           the
           judicious
           view
           of
           our
           
             Imperiall
             Gardiner
             ,
          
           and
           his
           
             Monarchicall
             Family
             ;
          
           it
           may
           please
           God
           to
           quicken
           it
           with
           the
           breath
           of
           life
           ,
           and
           a
           perfect
           creation
           ,
           to
           the
           reliefe
           ,
           power
           ,
           and
           honour
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           omit
           relation
           of
           the
           severall
           natures
           of
           these
           Lands
           throughout
           
             England
          
           particularly
           ,
           (
           which
           vain
           tediousnesse
           (
           if
           not
           impossibility
           )
           may
           excuse
           ,
           )
           I
           will
           chiefly
           incircle
           my
           reports
           of
           
             Wastes
             (
             ad
             suum
             esse
             )
          
           within
           the
           limits
           of
           the
           County
           of
           
             Somerset
          
           (
           my
           native
           soil
           )
           and
           some
           neighbouring
           parts
           ,
           where
           mine
           eye
           and
           eare
           having
           been
           most
           conversant
           in
           observations
           of
           this
           subject
           ,
           I
           can
           presume
           of
           a
           true
           and
           sincere
           account
           of
           the
           state
           of
           those
           
             Wastes
             .
          
           And
           yet
           shall
           I
           not
           be
           so
           punctually
           immured
           within
           the
           confines
           of
           that
           Countrey
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           may
           use
           of
           this
           discourse
           ,
           the
           Mathematicians
           promise
           of
           their
           yeerly
           Almanacks
           :
           That
           it
           is
           calculated
           for
           the
           Meridian
           of
           
             Somerset
             ,
          
           but
           may
           serve
           indifferently
           through
           all
           
             England
             .
          
           And
           though
           I
           cut
           my
           pattern
           by
           the
           
             Wastes
          
           of
           those
           parts
           only
           ,
           yet
           may
           it
           please
           the
           Reader
           (
           observant
           of
           other
           wheresoever
           )
           to
           make
           use
           of
           these
           assertions
           :
           I
           am
           well
           assured
           he
           shall
           in
           some
           or
           most
           parts
           finde
           them
           concurring
           with
           his
           own
           opinion
           ,
           or
           gain
           reason
           of
           encouragement
           to
           the
           work
           in
           question
           ,
           beyond
           that
           which
           former
           passages
           have
           occasioned
           him
           .
        
         
         
           There
           hath
           been
           a
           long
           observed
           rule
           with
           us
           ,
           
             That
             people
             are
             no where
             more
             penurious
             then
             such
             as
             border
             on
             Common
             Lands
             :
          
           And
           this
           poverty
           we
           may
           finde
           thrown
           down
           upon
           us
           by
           three
           main
           hands
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
        
         
           The
           first
           of
           
             Gods
             displeasure
             ,
          
           which
           indeed
           is
           the
           reason
           of
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           hath
           in
           it
           all
           disprofits
           ,
           for
           how
           can
           we
           expect
           his
           blessing
           on
           that
           which
           our
           own
           wilfull
           idlenesse
           makes
           hatefull
           to
           him
           ?
           or
           why
           should
           he
           blesse
           those
           that
           wittingly
           retain
           the
           curse
           of
           sin
           in
           their
           dwellings
           ?
        
         
           
             II.
             
          
        
         
           The
           second
           of
           
             our
             own
             blindnesse
             ,
          
           That
           while
           penury
           steales
           upon
           us
           we
           are
           so
           
             oculis
             capti
             ,
          
           as
           not
           to
           see
           by
           what
           means
           it
           comes
           :
           but
           thus
           indeed
           we
           are
           deceived
           .
           The
           surmised
           benefit
           which
           Commoners
           depend
           on
           to
           proceed
           from
           these
           deserts
           falling
           short
           of
           their
           hopes
           ,
           they
           sink
           insensibly
           in
           the
           vain
           opinion
           thereof
           ;
           for
           they
           suppose
           these
           profits
           a
           great
           part
           and
           member
           of
           their
           living
           ,
           according
           to
           which
           computation
           ,
           they
           hoise
           sail
           into
           an
           higher
           Gale
           of
           expence
           then
           their
           Ship
           can
           endure
           ,
           and
           while
           they
           dream
           of
           
             Midas
          
           his
           thrift
           ,
           they
           starve
           in
           the
           delusions
           of
           their
           deceiving
           accounts
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Eve-like
          
           help
           which
           they
           imagine
           their
           Commons
           are
           to
           their
           Enclosures
           ,
           betrayeth
           all
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           
           beggery
           ,
           as
           hereafter
           will
           further
           appeare
           .
        
         
           
             III.
             
          
        
         
           The
           third
           of
           
             Idlenesse
             ,
          
           and
           this
           indeed
           is
           so
           consequent
           ,
           that
           for
           this
           respect
           only
           ,
           we
           may
           well
           enough
           presume
           that
           
             Wastes
          
           are
           more
           mischievous
           then
           beneficiall
           to
           the
           Republique
           .
           For
           our
           poorer
           people
           bordering
           on
           these
           Lands
           ,
           account
           it
           to
           be
           a
           sufficient
           Trade
           of
           living
           to
           be
           only
           a
           Borderer
           :
           and
           so
           many
           Stratagems
           (
           forsooth
           )
           have
           they
           to
           get
           thrift
           here
           ,
           that
           to
           seeke
           other
           mysteries
           of
           gaining
           ,
           were
           to
           incur
           the
           danger
           of
           sweat
           ,
           and
           a
           laborious
           life
           .
        
         
           
           Here
           (
           say
           they
           )
           we
           can
           keep
           a
           horse
           or
           a
           cow
           (
           if
           we
           have
           any
           ,
           )
           or
           if
           our
           estate
           will
           not
           reach
           to
           such
           a
           one
           ,
           yet
           can
           we
           compass
           a
           goose
           or
           a
           swine
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           yeer
           may
           yield
           us
           many
           a
           penny
           (
           God
           wot
           .
           )
        
         
           
           Here
           can
           we
           get
           a
           furze
           ,
           a
           ferne
           ,
           a
           green
           bush
           ,
           or
           a
           dried
           cowsharn
           ,
           to
           keep
           our selves
           close
           by
           the
           fire
           in
           a
           cold
           season
           ,
           when
           your
           City-trades
           will
           not
           allow
           you
           no
           such
           ease
           ,
           nor
           yield
           you
           fuell
           without
           your
           money
           .
        
         
           
           Here
           can
           we
           get
           wit
           by
           practising
           to
           beguile
           the
           silly
           Woodcock
           and
           his
           feathered
           fellows
           by
           tricks
           and
           traps
           of
           our
           own
           painfull
           framing
           ,
           the
           profit
           whereof
           shall
           sometimes
           keep
           us
           playing
           till
           our
           next
           wants
           enforce
           a
           new
           supply
           .
        
         
           
           Nay
           ,
           whereas
           some
           suppose
           us
           to
           be
           poor
           ,
           idle
           ,
           and
           of
           no
           credit
           ,
           we
           can
           be
           trusted
           with
           the
           
           oversight
           and
           charge
           of
           whole
           .
           Herds
           of
           Cattell
           of
           the
           rich
           mans
           that
           dwells
           farther
           of
           ,
           only
           when
           some
           are
           missing
           ,
           he
           uncharitably
           suspects
           that
           by
           our
           birdings
           ,
           or
           our
           seeking
           them
           (
           wittingly
           )
           where
           they
           are
           not
           ,
           or
           our
           carelesnesse
           ,
           of
           many
           such
           means
           ,
           they
           are
           lost
           .
           And
           this
           often
           times
           is
           the
           thanks
           ,
           that
           such
           ●lu●h-fists
           give
           us
           in
           recompence
           of
           our
           pains
           ,
           may
           ,
           can
           they
           get
           but
           any
           reasonable
           evidence
           (
           such
           is
           their
           conscience
           )
           they
           will
           not
           stick
           to
           call
           our
           very
           lives
           in
           question
           ,
           whereby
           often
           endeth
           the
           travell
           of
           a
           night-walker
           .
        
         
           
           Finally
           ,
           if
           our
           issue
           and
           posterity
           amount
           to
           a
           whole
           score
           in
           a
           family
           ,
           or
           how
           many
           soever
           ,
           we
           have
           for
           them
           all
           as
           good
           an
           inheritance
           in
           these
           Lands
           ,
           as
           he
           that
           hath
           an
           hundred
           Cattell
           of
           his
           own
           to
           put
           in
           them
           ,
           for
           a
           good
           ten
           acre
           Tenement
           :
           And
           why
           may
           not
           we
           in
           time
           (
           especially
           by
           such
           good
           helps
           as
           these
           )
           increase
           to
           a
           good
           stock
           also
           ,
           and
           keep
           as
           many
           Cattell
           as
           some
           others
           ?
           And
           think
           you
           that
           we
           can
           advise
           our selves
           no
           better
           ,
           then
           to
           turn
           off
           our
           children
           to
           foolish
           (
           sweating
           )
           trades
           ,
           whereby
           they
           shall
           lose
           this
           inheritance
           ,
           and
           so
           choise
           and
           easie
           a
           means
           to
           get
           wealth
           ?
           Or
           can
           any
           living
           wit
           devise
           a
           better
           course
           for
           these
           Commons
           ,
           by
           which
           such
           an
           infinite
           number
           of
           numbers
           be
           now
           so
           wel
           maintained
           and
           kept
           in
           action
           ?
           No
           ,
           't
           will
           cost
           more
           hot
           water
           to
           alter
           our
           custome
           ,
           then
           can
           be
           made
           with
           all
           the
           spice
           in
           the
           great
           Carricke
           ,
           I
           warrant
           you
           .
           As
           for
           inclosure
           (
           which
           some
           talke
           of
           )
           the
           very
           rumor
           thereof
           will
           so
           impoverish
           
           the
           poore
           borderers
           ,
           that
           before
           you
           go
           about
           it
           ,
           you
           shall
           scarce
           finde
           one
           of
           five
           of
           them
           worth
           a
           Duck-egge
           .
        
         
           Well
           ,
           I
           grant
           you
           ,
           yet
           should
           a
           man
           wish
           you
           richer
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           you
           will
           thank
           him
           for
           it
           ,
           though
           you
           refuse
           his
           offer
           ,
           I
           will
           therefore
           proceed
           to
           tell
           you
           my
           opinion
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Wastes
          
           of
           this
           Country
           (
           by
           which
           we
           take
           our
           aim
           )
           are
           in
           their
           naturall
           essence
           of
           two
           sorts
           .
           viz
           ,
           
             Uplandish
             ,
          
           and
           
             Marish
             .
          
           
        
         
           And
           first
           of
           the
           first
           .
        
         
           The
           principall
           benefits
           of
           the
           uplandish
           
             Wastes
          
           
           are
           reaped
           in
           the
           breeding
           and
           feeding
           (
           or
           you
           may
           say
           starving
           )
           of
           
             Horses
             ,
             Neat
          
           and
           
             Sheep
             ,
          
           and
           in
           cutting
           up
           
             Furze
             ,
             Fernes
             ,
             Heath
             ,
             Bushments
             ,
          
           and
           such
           like
           for
           fuell
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
        
         
           
           As
           for
           the
           keeping
           of
           the
           horses
           on
           these
           upland
           
             Wastes
             ,
          
           it
           is
           thus
           :
           He
           that
           breedeth
           a
           Colt
           ,
           assigneth
           him
           on
           these
           Commons
           to
           labour
           for
           his
           living
           ,
           yet
           so
           far
           is
           he
           from
           sweating
           in
           this
           work
           ,
           that
           though
           he
           travels
           the
           whole
           day
           for
           a
           course
           Sallet
           ,
           he
           can
           hardly
           keep
           warmth
           enough
           to
           prevent
           death
           :
           And
           sometimes
           extremity
           of
           
           weather
           or
           other
           casualties
           robbeth
           the
           poor
           man
           of
           the
           summe
           and
           service
           ,
           which
           he
           hoped
           his
           Colt
           (
           at
           time
           of
           growth
           )
           would
           have
           yeelded
           to
           his
           purse
           and
           affairs
           .
           And
           then
           (
           having
           skored
           on
           his
           own
           back
           the
           reckoning
           of
           a
           peradventure-expense
           )
           his
           little
           back
           is
           sunk
           ,
           and
           His
           poor
           estate
           shipwrackt
           .
           But
           the
           disadvantage
           that
           this
           ill
           husbandry
           is
           to
           the
           great
           State
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           is
           a
           danger
           so
           fearful
           ,
           that
           it
           craveth
           the
           best
           resolution
           for
           remedy
           ;
           for
           whereas
           our
           breed
           of
           horse
           should
           be
           (
           for
           the
           service
           and
           safety
           of
           our
           State
           )
           large
           ,
           strong
           ,
           and
           able
           ,
           these
           Commoners
           raising
           their
           Colts
           in
           this
           manner
           (
           by
           cold
           and
           famine
           )
           bring
           them
           to
           so
           unworthy
           and
           unserviceable
           a
           proportion
           ,
           as
           they
           utterly
           disappoint
           the
           State
           of
           all
           expectation
           this
           way
           ;
           and
           beside
           ,
           do
           so
           couzen
           their
           private
           master
           of
           his
           right
           ,
           that
           whereas
           three
           well-bred
           horses
           might
           perform
           his
           service
           and
           husbandry
           ,
           he
           must
           keepe
           five
           or
           six
           of
           these
           in
           continuall
           diet
           for
           those
           uses
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           
             Bosome-wolfe
          
           so
           gnawing
           his
           low
           estate
           ,
           that
           his
           means
           are
           transacted
           from
           his
           own
           and
           his
           families
           maintenance
           to
           the
           feeding
           of
           a
           feeble
           ,
           hungry
           ,
           unprofitable
           Teem
           .
        
         
           
             II.
             
          
        
         
           
           The
           like
           observation
           is
           of
           their
           
             Neat
             ,
          
           for
           the
           Borderers
           (
           in
           the
           scrambling
           at
           Thrift
           ,
           to
           catch
           the
           most
           among
           their
           neighbours
           ,
           they
           may
           turn
           out
           their
           young
           Cattell
           to
           be
           nurtured
           in
           these
           
             Wastes
             ,
          
           where
           if
           they
           also
           meet
           not
           death
           
           many
           wayes
           there
           walking
           )
           they
           likewise
           grow
           to
           such
           brockish
           and
           starved
           stature
           ,
           that
           instead
           of
           yeelding
           the
           Owner
           his
           desired
           profit
           ,
           they
           grieve
           his
           heart
           to
           behold
           them
           ,
           and
           albeit
           (
           with
           the
           nature
           of
           lean
           creatures
           )
           they
           devoure
           as
           much
           food
           as
           the
           greater
           Cattell
           ,
           yet
           when
           they
           are
           brought
           to
           the
           Shambles
           to
           lay
           down
           their
           principall
           duties
           ,
           they
           deceive
           the
           Common-wealth
           also
           ,
           in
           yielding
           scarce
           half
           the
           measure
           that
           well
           bred
           Cattell
           do
           :
           The
           Kine
           then
           (
           which
           should
           be
           the
           best
           Nurses
           of
           their
           Owners
           family
           )
           taking
           part
           (
           if
           not
           a
           great
           ,
           or
           the
           greatest
           part
           )
           
           of
           their
           repast
           on
           these
           Lands
           ,
           instead
           of
           feeding
           their
           Masters
           charge
           ,
           starve
           both
           it
           and
           themselves
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           should
           
             Pharoah
          
           arise
           to
           behold
           these
           Herds
           ,
           he
           would
           protest
           them
           to
           be
           the
           only
           breed
           and
           issue
           of
           his
           lean
           Kine
           ,
           that
           left
           not
           a
           faire
           one
           un-devoured
           .
        
         
           
             III.
             
          
        
         
           
           Their
           
             Sheep
          
           only
           finde
           a
           little
           better
           entertainment
           then
           the
           greater
           Cattell
           ,
           by
           reason
           they
           naturally
           stand
           best
           in
           a
           thin
           sweet
           diet
           ,
           yet
           through
           extremities
           are
           also
           usually
           pincht
           ,
           and
           restrained
           from
           yielding
           the
           profit
           they
           would
           were
           their
           allowance
           better
           ;
           and
           so
           much
           are
           their
           Flocks
           hindered
           by
           abuse
           of
           these
           Lands
           ,
           that
           where
           
             Wastes
          
           are
           ,
           we
           have
           not
           the
           third
           part
           of
           them
           we
           might
           ,
           were
           the
           evils
           removed
           that
           so
           much
           shorten
           their
           feeding
           ;
           and
           therefore
           in
           behalfe
           of
           this
           our
           
             Golden
             Cattell
             ,
          
           that
           so
           courteously
           
           give
           us
           food
           and
           raiment
           ,
           and
           with
           their
           own
           wealth
           ,
           purchase
           unto
           us
           from
           others
           their
           more
           dainty
           commodities
           to
           content
           us
           :
           it
           were
           rather
           to
           be
           wished
           ,
           that
           our
           best
           and
           utmost
           care
           should
           be
           used
           in
           multiplying
           their
           flocks
           ,
           then
           they
           should
           want
           the
           least
           part
           of
           that
           relief
           which
           their
           true
           worth
           deserveth
           ;
           in
           respect
           whereof
           I
           aime
           not
           this
           discourse
           at
           the
           rich
           
             Plains
             ,
          
           only
           fit
           and
           already
           proper
           for
           this
           use
           ,
           otherwise
           then
           the
           discreet
           occupier
           may
           finde
           way
           to
           his
           further
           profit
           ,
           (
           in
           this
           kinde
           .
           )
        
         
           
             IV.
             
          
        
         
           
           Touching
           the
           
             Fuell
          
           aforesaid
           ,
           which
           we
           sometimes
           or
           somewhere
           get
           from
           these
           Lands
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           great
           commodity
           in
           the
           worth
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           so
           dearly
           purchased
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           grieve
           to
           see
           so
           many
           goodly
           fields
           (
           assigned
           by
           God
           to
           feed
           us
           )
           burnt
           up
           and
           blasted
           into
           the
           ashes
           of
           abuse
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           true
           that
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           many
           of
           these
           
             Wastes
          
           is
           over-grown
           with
           some
           ,
           or
           most
           ,
           or
           all
           of
           the
           forementioned
           curses
           ,
           as
           
             Furze
             ,
             Heath
             ,
             &c.
          
           (
           lying
           ,
           as
           we
           may
           say
           ,
           under
           the
           Curse
           )
           insomuch
           
           as
           the
           least
           part
           only
           serveth
           to
           feed
           the
           Cattell
           committed
           unto
           them
           ;
           for
           where
           such
           a
           
             Waste
          
           is
           of
           the
           quantity
           of
           a
           thousand
           Acres
           ,
           commonly
           eight
           hundred
           (
           though
           one
           be
           too
           much
           )
           are
           overspread
           with
           such
           matter
           ,
           from
           which
           the
           fuell
           that
           is
           gotten
           may
           be
           worth
           
             (
             communibus
             annis
             )
          
           six
           pence
           an
           Acre
           ,
           but
           seldome
           more
           ,
           and
           most
           where
           nothing
           at
           all
           ;
           and
           what
           benefit
           these
           
           are
           in
           respect
           of
           what
           may
           be
           according
           to
           the
           ensuing
           probabilities
           ,
           let
           the
           Reader
           judge
           .
        
         
           
             V.
             
          
        
         
           
           Touching
           
             Stealing
             ,
             Straying
             ,
             Surcharging
             ,
          
           and
           other
           abuses
           here
           frequent
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           more
           common
           in
           the
           
             Marish
             Wastes
             ,
          
           I
           shall
           desire
           you
           to
           apply
           them
           here
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Discourse
           of
           those
           other
           lands
           they
           shall
           be
           offered
           .
        
         
           
             VI
             .
          
        
         
           
           Some
           of
           these
           
             Wastes
          
           are
           also
           in
           some
           part
           
             Moorish
          
           and
           
             Boggy
             ;
          
           so
           as
           by
           all
           these
           inconveniencies
           ,
           even
           whole
           Countreys
           (
           in
           many
           parts
           of
           this
           Nation
           )
           are
           swallowed
           up
           in
           desolation
           ,
           which
           though
           former
           ages
           have
           not
           been
           prest
           to
           look
           into
           by
           reason
           the
           ancient
           enclosures
           sufficed
           for
           their
           meaner
           charge
           ,
           yet
           the
           great
           increase
           of
           people
           in
           our
           dayes
           ,
           (
           as
           we
           have
           said
           )
           cannot
           but
           compell
           us
           (
           in
           duty
           to
           God
           and
           our selves
           )
           to
           make
           the
           best
           use
           of
           our
           abilities
           for
           our
           relief
           and
           preservation
           .
           In
           consideration
           whereof
           (
           seeing
           these
           lands
           may
           be
           the
           best
           and
           onely
           means
           to
           yield
           us
           supplie
           )
           we
           must
           enquire
           what
           better
           course
           may
           be
           taken
           with
           them
           for
           this
           purpose
           .
        
         
           Which
           to
           be
           done
           by
           common
           husbandry
           we
           may
           not
           expect
           ;
           partly
           ,
           for
           that
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           vulgar
           (
           not
           so
           prompt
           to
           publick
           ,
           as
           their
           private
           benefit
           )
           will
           never
           cohere
           in
           such
           an
           order
           ;
           partly
           ,
           for
           that
           the
           land
           cannot
           by
           any
           such
           
           meanes
           be
           wrought
           to
           that
           perfection
           which
           private
           endevours
           will
           effect
           .
        
         
           The
           principall
           and
           onely
           means
           then
           to
           ripen
           
           the
           fruit
           of
           new
           hopes
           is
           
             Enclosure
             ,
          
           and
           distribution
           of
           the
           Lands
           to
           private
           owners
           ,
           which
           being
           appropriated
           to
           their
           particular
           uses
           ,
           will
           then
           be
           cleansed
           and
           purged
           of
           the
           former
           deformities
           ,
           and
           so
           fully
           improved
           by
           their
           carefull
           industry
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           undoubtedly
           yield
           them
           such
           advancement
           thereby
           ,
           and
           consequently
           reliefe
           to
           the
           
             Republike
             ,
          
           as
           hereafter
           ensueth
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           (
           according
           to
           the
           generall
           vertue
           of
           
             Enclosures
             )
          
           it
           will
           be
           an
           exceeding
           increase
           of
           grasse
           and
           
             feeding
          
           for
           Cattel
           ,
           and
           that
           so
           good
           ,
           as
           our
           breeds
           both
           of
           
             Horse
             ,
             Neat
             ,
          
           and
           
             Sheep
             ,
          
           will
           be
           large
           ,
           fair
           ,
           serviceable
           ,
           and
           more
           abundant
           .
        
         
           
             II.
             
          
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           An
           increase
           of
           Corn
           so
           great
           ,
           as
           our
           Barns
           and
           Garners
           will
           rejoyce
           and
           be
           glad
           at
           the
           yeerely
           store
           of
           provision
           ,
           they
           shall
           receive
           beyond
           the
           measure
           of
           former
           times
           ,
           to
           the
           incomparable
           advancement
           of
           the
           wealth
           and
           power
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           evidenced
           (
           for
           satisfaction
           of
           those
           that
           shall
           desire
           a
           more
           particular
           account
           of
           these
           hopes
           )
           by
           the
           ensuing
           probabilities
           .
        
         
         
           
             III.
             
          
        
         
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           The
           Hedge
           rowe
           of
           enclosures
           will
           beget
           (
           instead
           of
           the
           now
           supposed
           benefit
           of
           Fuell
           )
           such
           a
           certain
           increase
           of
           good
           and
           substantiall
           firing
           ,
           as
           both
           in
           quantity
           and
           quality
           our
           uses
           will
           be
           far
           better
           served
           then
           now
           ,
           and
           besides
           (
           by
           the
           Owners
           diligence
           ,
           or
           a
           publique
           Command
           )
           such
           an
           increase
           of
           Timber
           (
           for
           building
           and
           other
           occasions
           )
           will
           out
           of
           the
           same
           in
           the
           future
           be
           raised
           ,
           as
           the
           great
           decay
           and
           spoile
           thereof
           made
           in
           the
           latter
           times
           ,
           may
           hereafter
           be
           well
           re-supplied
           and
           recovered
           .
        
         
           Now
           (
           to
           proceed
           in
           the
           promised
           probabilities
           )
           if
           we
           compare
           the
           barrennesse
           of
           Common
           ,
           with
           the
           benefit
           of
           Enclosure
           .
           or
           the
           worth
           of
           this
           ,
           with
           the
           unworthinesse
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           or
           will
           be
           judg'd
           by
           the
           many
           experiments
           which
           late
           yeers
           have
           made
           ,
           we
           may
           well
           conclude
           ,
           that
           the
           
           fourth
           part
           of
           these
           
             Wastes
          
           enclosed
           ,
           travelled
           ,
           and
           husbanded
           (
           if
           not
           much
           lesse
           )
           will
           fully
           countervail
           all
           benefit
           now
           received
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           admit
           then
           ,
           that
           in
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Wales
          
           are
           
             Two
             Millions
          
           of
           Acres
           of
           such
           Lands
           ,
           whereof
           the
           fourth
           part
           answecing
           the
           present
           profit
           ,
           there
           remaineth
           fifteen
           hundred
           thousand
           Acres
           gained
           ,
           which
           to
           be
           employed
           to
           Tillage
           ,
           will
           yeeld
           yeerly
           fifteen
           hundred
           thousand
           quarters
           of
           corn
           ,
           worth
           fifteen
           hundred
           thousand
           pounds
           ,
           all
           cleerly
           improved
           to
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
           
        
         
         
           As
           by
           the
           earths
           increase
           then
           ,
           man
           is
           relieved
           ,
           let
           us
           also
           conjecture
           what
           number
           of
           people
           may
           be
           maintained
           and
           preserved
           by
           improvement
           of
           these
           Lands
           .
        
         
           The
           judgement
           of
           our
           Parliament
           hath
           conceived
           that
           four
           Acres
           of
           Land
           is
           competent
           for
           the
           reliefe
           of
           a
           Cottagers
           charge
           ,
           as
           may
           appear
           by
           the
           Act
           that
           tolerateth
           the
           poor
           man
           to
           erect
           him
           a
           Cottage
           ,
           in
           case
           he
           procure
           four
           Acres
           of
           Land
           to
           be
           laid
           unto
           it
           for
           that
           purpose
           .
           Now
           the
           least
           charge
           he
           can
           have
           ,
           is
           himselfe
           and
           his
           wife
           (
           for
           seldome
           any
           man
           lives
           alone
           )
           so
           as
           albeit
           most
           Cottagers
           have
           a
           charge
           of
           children
           ,
           that
           pay
           double
           or
           treble
           this
           proportion
           :
           Two
           persons
           to
           be
           maintained
           by
           four
           Acres
           is
           the
           least
           
           we
           can
           assigne
           ,
           by
           which
           computation
           only
           the
           fifteen
           hundred
           thousand
           Acres
           gained
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           will
           maintain
           seven
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           thousand
           persons
           more
           then
           now
           they
           do
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           better
           credit
           of
           these
           conjectures
           ,
           we
           may
           consider
           that
           though
           some
           Countreys
           have
           not
           their
           suitable
           proportion
           to
           make
           up
           this
           computation
           of
           Acres
           ,
           yet
           will
           others
           so
           far
           exceed
           ,
           that
           the
           account
           in
           the
           generall
           cannot
           fail
           :
           nay
           ,
           we
           shall
           assuredly
           finde
           it
           will
           far
           exceed
           ;
           for
           many
           Counties
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           witnesse
           their
           many
           vast
           and
           spacious
           Deserts
           ,
           are
           able
           to
           shew
           you
           particularly
           two
           hundred
           thousand
           Acres
           of
           these
           
             Wastes
             ,
          
           if
           not
           much
           more
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           conjectures
           of
           the
           fruit
           of
           Tillage
           and
           value
           of
           Granes
           ,
           though
           some
           Acres
           or
           some
           sorts
           may
           fall
           short
           ,
           others
           surmounting
           will
           make
           
           the
           supposition
           hold
           .
           And
           for
           the
           pre-supposed
           multitude
           of
           people
           that
           be
           thus
           maintained
           ,
           the
           account
           also
           hath
           sufficiēt
           credit
           in
           grounding
           on
           the
           judgement
           of
           the
           great
           and
           highest
           Court
           of
           this
           Common-wealth
           .
        
         
           Some
           will
           here
           say
           ,
           Is
           it
           possible
           or
           convenient
           that
           all
           these
           Lands
           should
           be
           tilled
           :
           But
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           whether
           in
           Tillage
           or
           pasture
           (
           being
           improved
           ,
           and
           mans
           love
           afforded
           them
           in
           their
           continuall
           manurance
           )
           they
           will
           be
           alike
           in
           each
           beneficiall
           for
           private
           and
           common
           wealth
           .
        
         
           Another
           Question
           may
           be
           ,
           by
           what
           means
           these
           Lands
           may
           be
           improved
           ,
           as
           seeming
           naturally
           barren
           ,
           and
           not
           apt
           to
           fructifie
           ?
           to
           which
           I
           reply
           also
           ,
           that
           who
           well
           considereth
           them
           in
           their
           particular
           natures
           ,
           shall
           in
           the
           most
           part
           finde
           that
           God
           in
           his
           provident
           Creation
           ,
           hath
           appointed
           helps
           to
           mans
           industry
           for
           their
           improvement
           ;
           for
           out
           of
           their
           own
           bowels
           (
           or
           not
           far
           distant
           )
           most
           commonly
           is
           to
           be
           had
           
             Marle
             ,
             Chalk
             ,
             Sand
             ,
             Lime
             ,
             Soile
             ,
             Water-courses
          
           and
           such
           like
           to
           be
           ministred
           :
           or
           should
           these
           happen
           to
           faile
           somewhere
           ,
           yet
           by
           removing
           the
           le
           ts
           only
           shall
           we
           finde
           a
           sufficient
           alteration
           to
           content
           us
           .
           The
           experiments
           whereof
           have
           been
           such
           in
           all
           places
           as
           have
           produced
           very
           happy
           effects
           ,
           and
           the
           land
           from
           little
           or
           no
           worth
           ,
           recovered
           to
           a
           perfect
           goodnesse
           ,
           and
           made
           comparable
           to
           the
           best
           worth
           of
           ancient
           enclosures
           ,
           as
           example
           would
           make
           a
           large
           discourse
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           needfull
           .
           But
           to
           assure
           you
           of
           satisfaction
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           I
           will
           refer
           you
           to
           be
           judged
           by
           your
           own
           eye
           as
           you
           travell
           .
        
         
         
           
           You
           shall
           often
           see
           the
           Wastes
           confining
           with
           enclosures
           in
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Levell
           ,
           and
           the
           soile
           of
           one
           and
           the
           other
           (
           in
           the
           quality
           and
           seat
           of
           nature
           )
           not
           distinguishable
           ,
           but
           by
           reason
           of
           private
           husbandry
           ,
           such
           is
           the
           disparity
           ,
           that
           the
           one
           sheweth
           the
           heaps
           of
           plenty
           ,
           in
           a
           comely
           aspect
           ,
           the
           other
           gulfes
           of
           want
           and
           penury
           in
           a
           deformed
           visage
           :
           yea
           ,
           you
           shall
           alwayes
           observe
           Enclosures
           ,
           though
           on
           most
           barren
           and
           fruitlesse
           situations
           (
           by
           the
           good
           husbands
           diligence
           )
           so
           blessed
           ,
           as
           they
           exceed
           (
           in
           fructifying
           )
           the
           best
           natures
           of
           the
           un-respected
           Wastes
           .
        
         
           Let
           your
           patience
           permit
           me
           to
           make
           one
           step
           (
           not
           out
           of
           the
           way
           )
           into
           the
           County
           of
           
             Devon
             ,
          
           where
           by
           a
           little
           discourse
           ,
           I
           may
           fill
           up
           all
           vacancy
           of
           your
           affection
           touching
           this
           particular
           .
        
         
           The
           soyle
           of
           that
           Countrey
           is
           (
           in
           a
           great
           part
           )
           
           naturally
           barren
           ,
           and
           in
           it selfe
           of
           a
           fruitlesse
           and
           dead
           condition
           ,
           whereby
           the
           people
           being
           urged
           to
           labours
           ,
           omit
           neither
           charge
           nor
           toile
           to
           redress
           this
           imperfection
           .
           But
           their
           painfull
           hand
           helping
           the
           earths
           weaknesse
           by
           applying
           of
           the
           forementioned
           helps
           (
           albeit
           with
           unspeakable
           charge
           )
           it
           cometh
           to
           passe
           that
           out
           of
           a
           barren
           and
           dry
           land
           ,
           they
           suck
           even
           the
           milk
           of
           
             Canaan
             ,
          
           with
           the
           fruition
           of
           such
           wealth
           ,
           content
           and
           plenty
           ,
           as
           I
           presume
           no
           people
           have
           more
           .
           Neither
           may
           they
           be
           confined
           in
           this
           honour
           ,
           but
           I
           dare
           further
           avouch
           on
           their
           behalfe
           that
           of
           such
           strength
           ,
           spirit
           ,
           and
           hardinesse
           ,
           are
           these
           people
           (
           God
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           thus
           blessing
           them
           in
           their
           constant
           labours
           )
           
           that
           in
           any
           Martiall
           action
           for
           their
           Countreys
           service
           ,
           they
           can
           endure
           and
           perform
           asmuch
           or
           more
           then
           any
           people
           whatsoever
           ,
           and
           so
           happy
           are
           they
           in
           those
           labours
           ,
           that
           thereby
           their
           poorest
           people
           (
           which
           else
           could
           not
           be
           relieved
           )
           live
           well
           ,
           and
           breed
           up
           their
           children
           in
           an
           honest
           ,
           thriving
           ,
           and
           commendable
           sort
           ;
           from
           whence
           I
           infer
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           
             Upland-Wastes
          
           have
           in
           nature
           a
           neer
           sympathy
           with
           these
           Enclosures
           ,
           and
           in
           quality
           of
           creation
           not
           differing
           ;
           so
           may
           they
           be
           travelled
           with
           like
           respect
           ,
           they
           will
           produce
           as
           good
           effects
           .
           And
           as
           this
           Countrey
           is
           interlaced
           with
           exceeding
           great
           quantities
           of
           this
           sort
           of
           
             Wastes
          
           (
           I
           suppose
           to
           the
           number
           of
           divers
           hundred
           thousand
           Acres
           )
           so
           might
           there
           be
           a
           course
           of
           distribution
           for
           their
           better
           manurance
           ,
           doubtlesse
           ,
           this
           people
           would
           so
           expresse
           their
           own
           worthinesse
           ,
           as
           they
           would
           breed
           an
           infinite
           reliefe
           to
           poore
           people
           distressed
           ,
           and
           lead
           the
           way
           so
           directly
           to
           these
           improvements
           ,
           as
           the
           wilfullest
           strayer
           would
           soon
           desire
           to
           walke
           after
           them
           .
        
         
           Having
           drawn
           from
           hence
           a
           reason
           for
           this
           Enclosure
           ,
           God
           assisting
           ,
           a
           resolution
           may
           ensue
           ,
           for
           the
           needfull
           accomplishment
           ,
           the
           hope
           whereof
           guiding
           my
           feet
           ,
           now
           leadeth
           me
           down
           these
           large
           deserts
           into
           the
           lower
           valleys
           of
           the
           
             Marish
             Wastes
             :
          
           through
           which
           (
           by
           heavens
           aid
           )
           I
           may
           so
           also
           travell
           ,
           as
           my
           steps
           may
           shew
           the
           way
           to
           recover
           their
           goary
           sicknesse
           ,
           to
           that
           health
           and
           perfection
           which
           
           the
           giver
           of
           all
           goodnesse
           for
           his
           part
           hath
           naturally
           bestowed
           on
           them
           .
        
         
           
           The
           
             Marish
             Commons
          
           (
           which
           are
           indeed
           but
           the
           
             indigested
             moles
          
           of
           richest
           meadows
           )
           are
           so
           infested
           with
           inconveniencies
           (
           as
           hitherto
           they
           have
           been
           abused
           )
           that
           instead
           of
           expected
           benefit
           ,
           we
           fare
           by
           them
           ,
           as
           did
           the
           
             Philistines
          
           by
           the
           
             Arke
             ,
          
           who
           looking
           into
           it
           were
           smitten
           with
           plagues
           and
           confusion
           ;
           and
           we
           using
           these
           in
           hope
           of
           profit
           (
           because
           we
           use
           them
           not
           aright
           )
           are
           galled
           with
           so
           many
           mischiefs
           by
           them
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           heard
           wise
           men
           wish
           them
           swallowed
           of
           the
           Sea
           ,
           rather
           then
           used
           to
           such
           detriment
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
        
         
           First
           ,
           They
           are
           generally
           subject
           to
           inundation
           ,
           
           which
           by
           a
           twofold
           inconvenience
           proveth
           so
           hurtfull
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           utterly
           deprived
           of
           their
           naturall
           strength
           .
        
         
           
           The
           first
           is
           overflowing
           ,
           which
           by
           means
           of
           the
           spaciousnesse
           and
           large
           levell
           of
           these
           Lands
           ,
           continueth
           so
           long
           on
           their
           superficies
           ,
           that
           after
           a
           downfall
           comming
           upon
           them
           ,
           they
           cannot
           be
           quit
           of
           the
           oppressing
           waters
           (
           often-times
           )
           before
           another
           flood
           .
        
         
           
           The
           second
           is
           intermixture
           of
           waters
           ;
           the
           effect
           whereof
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           land
           being
           a
           loose
           and
           spungie
           earth
           ,
           the
           waters
           by
           their
           long
           abode
           thereon
           ,
           do
           so
           incorporate
           with
           its
           substance
           ,
           and
           transact
           it
           into
           such
           a
           coldnesse
           and
           destruction
           of
           ability
           ,
           
           that
           (
           as
           nature
           in
           defect
           )
           it
           is
           delivered
           of
           nothing
           
           but
           Monsters
           and
           Abortives
           ,
           as
           
             Sedge
             ,
             Lavors
             ,
             Rushes
             ,
             Ruffets
             ,
             Flags
             ,
             Hassakes
             ,
          
           and
           
             Grasse
          
           so
           weak
           &
           sower
           ,
           as
           is
           neither
           wholesome
           nor
           competent
           sustinance
           to
           the
           Cattell
           feeding
           on
           it
           .
        
         
           
             II.
             
          
        
         
           A
           second
           hinderance
           proceedeth
           of
           the
           former
           ,
           
           and
           that
           is
           the
           treading
           of
           Cattell
           on
           them
           at
           unseasonable
           times
           ;
           for
           albeit
           the
           land
           (
           by
           reason
           of
           inundation
           )
           be
           often-times
           of
           so
           squeazy
           and
           insolid
           substance
           ,
           that
           the
           least
           or
           lightest
           beast
           cannot
           step
           on
           it
           without
           a
           great
           impression
           ;
           yet
           such
           is
           the
           folly
           of
           the
           Commoners
           ,
           that
           for
           the
           surmised
           benefit
           of
           a
           little
           (
           ill
           gotten
           )
           food
           for
           their
           Cattell
           ,
           they
           presse
           them
           to
           keep
           garison
           in
           these
           
             Wastes
             ,
          
           at
           such
           rotten
           times
           of
           rain
           and
           waters
           ,
           that
           each
           footstep
           stabbeth
           into
           the
           heart
           of
           the
           land
           ;
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           by
           this
           evill
           custome
           ,
           these
           Lands
           have
           rather
           the
           likenesse
           of
           a
           noysome
           high-way
           (
           such
           as
           most
           that
           Countrey
           hath
           )
           than
           of
           a
           fair
           and
           smooth-fac'd
           visage
           ,
           as
           their
           naturall
           beauties
           require
           ;
           whereby
           (
           as
           it
           were
           in
           despight
           )
           we
           trample
           the
           gifts
           of
           God
           under
           the
           feet
           of
           beasts
           ,
           nay
           ,
           more
           truly
           may
           we
           say
           ,
           under
           the
           feet
           of
           men
           of
           a
           beastly
           condition
           :
           for
           were
           there
           in
           men
           (
           authors
           of
           this
           violence
           )
           but
           the
           least
           acknowledgement
           or
           respect
           of
           Gods
           loving
           providence
           ,
           they
           would
           fear
           and
           abhor
           thus
           (
           by
           the
           feet
           of
           their
           beasts
           )
           to
           abuse
           his
           goodnesse
           ;
           and
           the
           rather
           ,
           for
           that
           the
           best
           and
           most
           
           fertile
           lands
           take
           most
           hurt
           by
           this
           injury
           .
        
         
           
             III.
             
          
        
         
           Such
           Labyrinths
           of
           straying
           are
           these
           Lands
           ,
           
           that
           in
           some
           of
           larger
           sort
           of
           them
           ,
           Cattel
           (
           thither
           sent
           for
           reliefe
           )
           are
           as
           hawks
           cast
           off
           to
           prey
           for
           themselves
           ;
           which
           once
           out
           of
           the
           owners
           sight
           ,
           are
           in
           hazard
           whether
           ever
           to
           be
           seen
           or
           no
           ;
           and
           sometimes
           such
           is
           the
           owners
           fortune
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           been
           as
           glad
           at
           the
           finding
           of
           halfe
           his
           strayed
           Cattell
           ,
           as
           the
           woman
           of
           her
           
             lost
             groat
             :
          
           and
           should
           the
           losses
           in
           this
           kinde
           only
           be
           accounted
           (
           both
           in
           worth
           of
           Cattel
           lost
           ,
           and
           charge
           of
           seeking
           them
           )
           and
           compared
           with
           the
           received
           benefits
           ,
           I
           know
           the
           profit
           gotten
           by
           feeding
           would
           (
           in
           this
           only
           inconvenience
           )
           to
           many
           men
           ,
           come
           short
           of
           the
           value
           of
           their
           hinderance
           .
        
         
           
             IV.
             
          
        
         
           Such
           Nurseries
           of
           
             Thieves
          
           and
           
             Horse-stealers
             ,
          
           
           that
           a
           good
           beast
           cannot
           but
           be
           in
           continuall
           danger
           of
           a
           new
           Master
           .
           For
           a
           man
           here
           missing
           his
           horse
           or
           other
           Cattell
           ,
           rather
           thinketh
           they
           are
           strayed
           then
           stolne
           ,
           and
           while
           he
           spends
           his
           time
           in
           seeking
           and
           searching
           the
           plaines
           and
           angles
           of
           these
           moores
           ,
           the
           wards
           and
           pounds
           of
           the
           Countrey
           about
           (
           with
           many
           a
           sighing
           
             Oyez
          
           for
           his
           absent
           Beast
           )
           Sir
           Thief
           hath
           made
           his
           market
           with
           the
           supposed
           strayer
           ,
           spent
           the
           money
           ,
           and
           is
           casting
           a
           new
           bout
           for
           another
           booty
           :
           and
           such
           
           are
           the
           continuall
           plagues
           of
           stealing
           and
           straying
           out
           of
           these
           Lands
           ;
           that
           whoso
           listeneth
           to
           the
           complaints
           of
           people
           frequent
           in
           this
           kinde
           ,
           would
           wonder
           that
           any
           of
           discretion
           would
           adventure
           their
           goods
           on
           such
           hazards
           ,
           and
           many
           indeed
           have
           been
           so
           bitten
           and
           beaten
           by
           them
           (
           and
           the
           other
           harms
           )
           and
           some
           (
           best
           husbands
           )
           so
           well
           foresee
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           utterly
           refused
           all
           use
           of
           such
           entercommoning
           ,
           and
           to
           feed
           their
           Cattell
           ,
           have
           rather
           chosen
           continually
           to
           farme
           Enclosures
           at
           dear
           rates
           .
           I
           will
           by
           the
           way
           tell
           you
           of
           an
           accident
           credibly
           related
           .
        
         
           A
           late
           great
           person
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Dorset
          
           
           (
           no
           doubt
           upon
           information
           of
           the
           profitable
           feeding
           in
           these
           
             Wastes
             )
          
           was
           pleased
           to
           commend
           to
           
             Kings-Sedgemoore
          
           (
           a
           very
           large
           
             Waste
          
           of
           this
           nature
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Somerset
             )
          
           fourscore
           horse
           in
           one
           Summer
           :
           And
           the
           time
           being
           come
           when
           he
           desired
           their
           return
           ,
           and
           to
           see
           his
           Stables
           furnished
           with
           their
           well-fed
           quarters
           ,
           his
           Bayliffes
           (
           sent
           for
           their
           attachment
           )
           returned
           a
           
             non
             est
             inventus
          
           upon
           every
           his
           four
           score
           Geldings
           :
           The
           price
           of
           this
           horse-meat
           not
           well
           brookt
           ,
           a
           renewed
           processe
           with
           loud
           Proclamations
           was
           sent
           abroad
           for
           apprehending
           these
           Banckerupts
           ,
           by
           which
           means
           ,
           and
           the
           expence
           of
           30
           or
           40
           
             livre.
          
           in
           searching
           far
           and
           neer
           Territories
           ;
           about
           40
           of
           them
           were
           at
           last
           brought
           home
           ;
           but
           the
           other
           40
           being
           (
           by
           all
           likelyhood
           )
           preferred
           to
           new
           services
           ,
           for
           ever
           after
           renounced
           their
           old
           :
           To
           get
           direct
           intelligence
           of
           them
           ,
           you
           must
           enquire
           of
           a
           
           kinde
           of
           Merchants
           ,
           which
           trade
           in
           the
           privic
           conveyance
           of
           such
           wares
           :
           One
           of
           which
           heretofore
           
           condemned
           at
           an
           Assizes
           at
           
             Sarum
             ,
          
           for
           such
           a
           malefact
           ,
           confessed
           before
           his
           execution
           ,
           that
           himselfe
           had
           (
           for
           his
           part
           )
           stolne
           fourscore
           horses
           out
           of
           this
           only
           Common
           .
           Yet
           well-fare
           a
           grave
           Burgomaster
           of
           a
           Corporation
           ,
           who
           affecting
           this
           kinde
           of
           Trade
           ,
           and
           (
           after
           many
           yeers
           practice
           )
           brought
           to
           execution
           for
           it
           ,
           would
           not
           be
           so
           immodest
           to
           confesse
           (
           or
           haply
           the
           old
           mans
           memory
           fail'd
           him
           )
           how
           many
           of
           this
           sort
           had
           past
           through
           his
           purse
           .
           The
           hurt
           then
           that
           may
           be
           done
           to
           many
           people
           by
           a
           multitude
           of
           this
           vermine
           haunting
           these
           places
           (
           which
           indeed
           are
           begotten
           to
           this
           vilainie
           by
           facility
           and
           security
           of
           the
           execution
           )
           cannot
           be
           esteemed
           of
           small
           value
           :
           and
           as
           great
           Commons
           suffer
           no
           mean
           proportion
           of
           losse
           in
           this
           sort
           ;
           so
           may
           we
           not
           doubt
           ,
           but
           the
           lesser
           sort
           bear
           their
           part
           in
           this
           discord
           ,
           and
           other
           like
           disprosits
           consonant
           to
           their
           quantities
           .
        
         
           
             V.
             
          
        
         
           Such
           Pest-houses
           of
           
             Diseases
          
           for
           Cattel
           ,
           that
           
           should
           the
           owner
           be
           in
           like
           danger
           of
           the
           Plague
           ,
           as
           his
           beast
           of
           some
           deadly
           infection
           ,
           while
           he
           is
           here
           in
           ordinary
           ,
           he
           would
           rather
           send
           them
           (
           with
           the
           
             Gadarens
          
           Swine
           )
           to
           feed
           (
           or
           perish
           )
           in
           the
           
             Ocean
             ,
          
           then
           ever
           to
           set
           foot
           on
           these
           places
           .
           for
           as
           hither
           come
           the
           
             Poor
             ,
          
           the
           
             Blinde
             ,
             Lame
             ,
             Tired
             ,
             Scabbed
             ,
             Mangie
             ,
             Rotten
             ,
             Murrainous
             ,
          
           and
           
           all
           kinds
           uf
           diseased
           scurvie
           Cattell
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           owners
           will
           not
           afford
           a
           bit
           of
           their
           worst
           Enclosures
           for
           entertainment
           :
           so
           (
           for
           
             Morbida
             sola
             pecus
             inficit
             omnepecus
             )
          
           one
           of
           these
           may
           infect
           a
           multitude
           ,
           as
           the
           miserable
           losses
           of
           many
           poor
           people
           impoverished
           by
           such
           casualty
           ,
           may
           (
           too
           truly
           )
           approve
           .
           Moreove
           ,
           the
           extremities
           of
           heat
           and
           drought
           ,
           want
           of
           water
           ,
           and
           over-much
           wet
           and
           foggie
           weather
           in
           summer-times
           ,
           are
           Seasons
           so
           contageous
           and
           breeding
           infections
           amongst
           the
           multitudes
           of
           these
           cattell
           ,
           that
           (
           though
           some
           men
           by
           chance
           scape
           better
           )
           many
           finde
           it
           too
           true
           ,
           and
           have
           often
           affirm'd
           it
           ,
           that
           one
           yeere
           of
           seven
           (
           by
           death
           and
           infection
           )
           quitteth
           the
           profit
           that
           the
           other
           six
           have
           yeelded
           .
           And
           for
           the
           multitudes
           of
           
             Sheep
          
           (
           especially
           )
           yeerly
           murthered
           in
           these
           places
           ,
           or
           taken
           in
           their
           last
           gasp
           ,
           our
           Winter-Markets
           (
           full
           furnisht
           with
           twelve-penny
           rotten
           Carcases
           )
           can
           give
           you
           in
           evidence
           .
        
         
           
             VI
             .
          
        
         
           So
           
             surcharged
          
           with
           the
           unlawfull
           assemblies
           of
           ill
           husbands
           Cattell
           ,
           that
           the
           hope
           of
           benefit
           (
           begotten
           by
           a
           little
           Fair
           at
           some
           seasons
           )
           betrayeth
           no
           small
           numbers
           to
           meer
           famine
           :
           and
           most
           true
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           though
           scarcity
           of
           food
           bringeth
           not
           immediate
           death
           ,
           yet
           such
           an
           inbred
           hunger
           occupieth
           their
           pined
           maws
           ,
           that
           (
           with
           the
           
             Uplandish
             Wastes
             )
          
           they
           foster
           only
           Brockes
           and
           Cattell
           of
           little
           worth
           :
           and
           some
           by
           experience
           have
           
           found
           ,
           that
           their
           horses
           (
           in
           want
           of
           food
           )
           have
           with
           the
           very
           root
           of
           the
           grasse
           so
           swallowed
           the
           earth
           ,
           that
           in
           short
           space
           the
           owners
           have
           been
           (
           as
           of
           bad
           debtors
           )
           satisfied
           with
           their
           skins
           ,
           and
           their
           Carcases
           ript
           for
           the
           reason
           of
           their
           sudden
           deaths
           ,
           the
           same
           earth
           (
           clotted
           in
           their
           maws
           )
           was
           found
           to
           be
           the
           only
           cause
           thereof
           .
        
         
           
             VII
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           rank
           of
           these
           miseries
           may
           be
           mustered
           
           the
           noysome
           troops
           of
           
             Geese
          
           and
           
             Swine
          
           pestering
           these
           Lands
           ,
           which
           albeit
           our
           Laws
           have
           banished
           hence
           for
           nasty
           and
           filthy
           creatures
           ,
           and
           some
           sequestred
           puddles
           might
           more
           properly
           entertain
           ;
           yet
           such
           is
           the
           Commoners
           discretion
           ,
           that
           they
           appoint
           them
           continually
           to
           defile
           and
           dabble
           these
           fruitfull
           plains
           in
           such
           sort
           as
           would
           pitty
           a
           Commonwealths-friend
           to
           behold
           ,
           and
           so
           noysome
           are
           they
           both
           to
           Land
           and
           Cattell
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           seen
           good
           husbands
           displeased
           and
           vexed
           at
           nothing
           more
           then
           at
           the
           view
           of
           this
           slovenly
           stuffe
           (
           albeit
           their
           own
           )
           in
           their
           feeding
           grounds
           .
        
         
           To
           amend
           these
           evils
           have
           we
           no
           other
           means
           ,
           
           but
           the
           same
           which
           is
           formerly
           prescribed
           for
           the
           other
           
             Wastes
             ,
          
           whereby
           not
           only
           the
           forementioned
           damages
           may
           be
           saved
           ,
           but
           the
           ensuing
           commodities
           ,
           and
           the
           blessing
           attendant
           purchased
           .
        
         
           In
           which
           course
           we
           shall
           finde
           ,
           that
           the
           very
           
           
           ditches
           of
           
             Enclosure
          
           (
           without
           other
           charge
           or
           labour
           )
           will
           so
           
             Drain
          
           and
           evacuate
           the
           malignant
           waters
           spoiling
           the
           land
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           soon
           become
           dry
           ,
           warme
           ,
           solid
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           perfect
           condition
           ;
           and
           not
           only
           disburthened
           of
           the
           oppressing
           waters
           begetting
           the
           foresaid
           monstrous
           issues
           ;
           but
           so
           consolated
           with
           the
           Suns
           welcome
           influence
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           say
           ,
           
             The
             Vallies
             will
             laugh
             and
             sing
          
           at
           the
           new
           purchase
           of
           the
           Almighties
           favours
           ,
           and
           man
           will
           be
           glad
           and
           joyfull
           at
           the
           abundant
           fruit
           proceeding
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
        
         
           I
           cannot
           here
           omit
           (
           for
           instance
           )
           the
           noble
           example
           
           of
           
             Allermoor
          
           in
           that
           County
           ,
           in
           quantity
           I
           suppose
           about
           2000
           Acres
           ;
           of
           which
           credible
           report
           telleth
           us
           ,
           that
           within
           100
           years
           past
           it
           lay
           in
           Common
           as
           a
           meer
           
             Stagnum
             ,
          
           bog
           or
           puddle
           ,
           worth
           to
           the
           Owners
           as
           much
           as
           nothing
           ,
           but
           it
           being
           enclosed
           ,
           and
           appropriated
           to
           severall
           and
           private
           uses
           ,
           it
           shortly
           became
           the
           richest
           ,
           most
           goodly
           ,
           and
           famous
           feeding
           of
           that
           Countrey
           ;
           
           and
           now
           in
           one
           yeere
           yieldeth
           more
           good
           to
           the
           Owners
           and
           Commonwealth
           ,
           then
           to
           have
           lain
           in
           his
           old
           Lethargie
           ,
           it
           could
           have
           done
           to
           the
           worlds
           end
           .
           And
           in
           like
           manner
           so
           certainly
           good
           have
           all
           such
           experiments
           (
           in
           all
           sorts
           of
           
             Wastes
             )
          
           proved
           ,
           that
           never
           any
           failed
           of
           their
           expected
           ends
           :
           and
           whether
           the
           Tenants
           and
           occupiers
           of
           any
           new
           Enclosure
           will
           consent
           to
           reduce
           it
           again
           into
           Common
           and
           the
           condition
           
           of
           
             Wastes
             ,
          
           themselves
           will
           soon
           resolve
           you
           ;
           whence
           we
           may
           conclude
           ,
           that
           like
           triall
           once
           made
           of
           the
           
             Wastes
          
           in
           question
           ,
           they
           will
           soon
           shew
           us
           as
           fair
           and
           decent
           countenance
           ,
           breed
           our
           Cattel
           generally
           to
           a
           large
           and
           goodly
           proportion
           ,
           in
           much
           greater
           abundance
           ,
           and
           feed
           and
           fat
           them
           in
           such
           plenteous
           measure
           ,
           as
           our
           fare
           will
           be
           the
           better
           ,
           great
           numbers
           of
           people
           more
           relieved
           ,
           and
           our
           purses
           return
           from
           the
           market
           with
           the
           lesse
           damage
           .
        
         
           
             II.
             
          
        
         
           A
           second
           good
           to
           ensue
           by
           this
           enclosure
           ;
           will
           be
           also
           in
           the
           great
           increase
           of
           
             Fuell
          
           (
           now
           a
           miserable
           
           want
           in
           many
           Marish
           Countreys
           )
           for
           by
           setting
           Willows
           in
           the
           banks
           of
           these
           Enclosures
           ,
           (
           a
           plant
           naturally
           agreeing
           with
           that
           soile
           )
           the
           noysome
           burning
           of
           the
           
             Dung
          
           of
           
             Cattel
             ,
          
           now
           scratcht
           from
           these
           Wastes
           for
           this
           purpose
           (
           which
           would
           more
           properly
           be
           left
           to
           improve
           and
           strengthen
           the
           Land
           )
           will
           be
           better
           supplied
           by
           the
           use
           of
           a
           sufficient
           sweet
           and
           kindely
           
             Fuell
          
           thus
           provided
           .
           And
           whereas
           both
           grasse
           and
           Cattell
           are
           now
           punished
           with
           the
           extremity
           of
           cold
           and
           pinching
           windes
           ,
           having
           no
           defence
           against
           them
           ,
           such
           a
           warmth
           would
           these
           Willows
           effect
           ,
           that
           all
           would
           freely
           spring
           and
           prove
           together
           to
           the
           generall
           profit
           .
        
         
         
           
             III.
             
          
        
         
           Hence
           will
           also
           be
           occasioned
           a
           great
           encrease
           
           of
           
             Tillage
             :
          
           For
           men
           finding
           in
           these
           improvements
           an
           abundant
           provision
           of
           the
           best
           feeding
           for
           their
           Cattel
           ,
           will
           dispose
           more
           of
           their
           
             Upland-grounds
          
           to
           tillage
           ,
           which
           they
           must
           now
           of
           necessity
           depast
           :
           And
           whereas
           many
           arables
           (
           through
           want
           of
           soyle
           and
           maintenance
           )
           do
           now
           fail
           in
           their
           naturall
           strength
           ,
           and
           bring
           forth
           a
           small
           encrease
           ,
           the
           abundance
           of
           Hay
           yeerly
           drawn
           out
           of
           these
           enclosures
           ,
           will
           so
           inlarge
           the
           poor
           mans
           Muck-hill
           (
           his
           
             Philosophers
             stone
             )
          
           that
           
           all
           his
           labours
           (
           in
           casting
           out
           this
           ,
           and
           loading
           in
           his
           harvest
           )
           would
           be
           turned
           to
           gold
           ;
           and
           the
           fruits
           of
           Tillage
           hereby
           encreased
           in
           no
           small
           measure
           .
           And
           indeed
           so
           mutually
           will
           both
           these
           kinde
           of
           lands
           accord
           in
           helping
           each
           other
           in
           matters
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           as
           they
           will
           even
           emulate
           and
           strive
           to
           outdo
           each
           other
           in
           storing
           the
           Commonwealth
           with
           their
           abundant
           fruits
           .
        
         
           We
           may
           also
           conjecture
           ,
           what
           number
           of
           people
           may
           be
           sustained
           by
           a
           generall
           improvement
           of
           these
           lands
           through
           the
           Nation
           ;
           wherein
           I
           think
           we
           shall
           not
           much
           erre
           to
           suppose
           all
           
             Marish
             wastes
          
           to
           be
           of
           this
           nature
           .
           It
           is
           most
           certain
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           present
           state
           of
           confusion
           (
           though
           some
           perhaps
           may
           gain
           somewhat
           )
           the
           great
           losses
           thereby
           sustained
           in
           the
           generall
           ,
           depriveth
           the
           Republike
           of
           all
           received
           benefits
           ;
           by
           which
           we
           may
           account
           ,
           
           that
           these
           lands
           improved
           may
           be
           wholly
           gained
           .
           Now
           the
           vertue
           of
           such
           lands
           enclosed
           with
           us
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           four
           Acres
           will
           sufficiently
           feed
           and
           keepe
           two
           Kine
           in
           Winter
           and
           Summer
           ,
           whose
           profit
           in
           all
           respects
           will
           be
           at
           least
           10
           
             li.
             per
             annum
             ;
          
           and
           for
           three
           poor
           people
           a
           competent
           maintenance
           .
           Let
           us
           admit
           then
           ,
           that
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Wales
          
           hath
           a
           Million
           of
           these
           Acres
           ,
           (
           but
           we
           shall
           finde
           much
           more
           )
           it
           followeth
           that
           their
           yeerly
           benefit
           to
           the
           Republike
           ,
           will
           be
           two
           millions
           and
           a
           halfe
           in
           value
           ,
           and
           seven
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           thousand
           persons
           may
           be
           fed
           by
           the
           
           same
           ;
           and
           this
           number
           added
           to
           the
           former
           computation
           of
           the
           like
           number
           to
           be
           relieved
           by
           the
           
           
             Upland-Wastes
             ,
          
           we
           finde
           that
           the
           general
           improvement
           of
           the
           
             Wastes
          
           of
           this
           Nation
           will
           suffice
           to
           maintain
           fifteen
           hundred
           thousand
           people
           more
           then
           now
           they
           do
           ,
           and
           encrease
           the
           worth
           of
           this
           
           Nation
           yeerly
           four
           Millions
           ;
           And
           is
           not
           here
           
           
             Bread
             for
             the
             Poor
             ,
             and
             advancement
             of
             the
             English
             Nation
             ?
          
        
         
           Will
           you
           now
           aske
           me
           why
           Commons
           should
           be
           enclosed
           ?
           Or
           shall
           I
           aske
           you
           why
           they
           are
           not
           ?
        
         
           But
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           We
           have
           not
           people
           enough
           to
           make
           use
           of
           this
           great
           encrease
           ;
           surely
           if
           God
           continue
           his
           blessing
           of
           generation
           upon
           us
           ,
           we
           may
           have
           in
           short
           time
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           can
           we
           not
           spare
           our
           overplus
           to
           others
           abroad
           that
           want
           it
           ,
           get
           their
           money
           and
           commodities
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           save
           our
           own
           ,
           that
           we
           now
           export
           to
           buy
           theirs
           ▪
        
         
         
           And
           touching
           imployment
           for
           the
           poor
           (
           wherewith
           this
           Land
           so
           infinitely
           aboundeth
           )
           
           such
           means
           thereof
           would
           be
           for
           them
           in
           the
           manurance
           of
           each
           sort
           of
           these
           
             Wastes
          
           enclosed
           ,
           (
           as
           by
           
             Diking
             ,
             Hedging
             ,
             Fencing
             ,
             Setting
             ,
             Sowing
             ,
             Reaping
             ,
             Gleaning
             ,
             Mowing
             ,
             Making
             hay
             ,
          
           and
           what
           not
           ?
           which
           is
           all
           
             Bread
             for
             the
             Poor
             )
          
           that
           from
           the
           noysome
           and
           deboist
           courses
           of
           
             Begging
             ,
             Filching
             ,
             Robbing
             ,
             Roguing
             ,
             Murthering
             ,
          
           and
           whatsoever
           other
           Villainies
           their
           unexercised
           brains
           and
           hands
           undertake
           ,
           they
           would
           (
           even
           gladly
           )
           be
           reclaimed
           and
           refined
           to
           loyall
           and
           laudable
           courses
           ,
           as
           well
           for
           their
           own
           contenting
           reliefe
           ,
           as
           the
           unspeakable
           comfort
           and
           honour
           of
           the
           whole
           State
           ,
           who
           now
           (
           as
           a
           wretched
           and
           needy
           mother
           )
           is
           enforced
           to
           make
           continuall
           Massacres
           of
           them
           ,
           for
           those
           misdoings
           which
           even
           their
           want
           of
           bread
           urgeth
           them
           to
           commit
           .
           And
           should
           we
           search
           the
           bottome
           of
           our
           fault
           or
           fortune
           in
           this
           oversight
           ,
           we
           may
           fear
           that
           a
           greater
           contempt
           would
           be
           laid
           to
           our
           charge
           ,
           then
           our
           best
           Oratory
           would
           be
           able
           to
           excuse
           .
           For
           albeit
           ,
           God
           hath
           commanded
           man
           to
           
             encrease
             and
             multiply
             ,
          
           and
           to
           fill
           the
           earth
           ,
           ordaining
           Matrimony
           free
           and
           lawfull
           to
           all
           :
           we
           (
           supposing
           he
           hath
           not
           given
           enough
           to
           feed
           us
           )
           though
           not
           by
           our
           command
           verbally
           (
           yet
           by
           our
           act
           really
           )
           stop
           that
           issue
           of
           his
           blessing
           by
           preventing
           the
           poor
           of
           needfull
           habitations
           (
           whereby
           indeed
           their
           encrease
           is
           much
           hindred
           )
           and
           by
           this
           neglect
           of
           so
           great
           a
           portion
           of
           the
           earth
           which
           he
           hath
           given
           us
           to
           be
           also
           filled
           ,
           what
           do
           we
           otherwise
           
           then
           repugne
           his
           Commandement
           ,
           while
           we
           suffer
           it
           to
           be
           unhabitable
           and
           desolate
           ?
           And
           whereas
           God
           hath
           of
           late
           times
           brought
           us
           into
           other
           lands
           ,
           whereby
           his
           Gospel
           and
           glory
           may
           be
           the
           further
           spread
           ,
           and
           our
           own
           arme
           the
           more
           strengthened
           ;
           how
           much
           more
           able
           might
           we
           be
           to
           accomplish
           those
           happy
           Plantations
           by
           the
           increase
           of
           people
           ,
           wealth
           and
           provisions
           ,
           which
           the
           improvement
           of
           the
           Lands
           would
           yield
           us
           ?
        
         
           The
           credit
           of
           this
           designe
           having
           stirred
           continuall
           disputations
           for
           it
           ,
           howsoever
           unadvised
           opposers
           cannot
           but
           fail
           in
           the
           main
           ,
           they
           have
           yet
           founded
           themselves
           on
           some
           imaginary
           reasons
           to
           disswade
           the
           work
           ,
           amongst
           which
           ,
           two
           only
           (
           as
           I
           have
           observed
           )
           most
           valid
           ,
           (
           beleeving
           
           that
           some
           particular
           satisfaction
           may
           be
           required
           )
           I
           thought
           fit
           not
           to
           passe
           by
           unexamined
           .
           
           The
           first
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           be
           an
           injury
           to
           mens
           rights
           ,
           who
           being
           now
           at
           liberty
           to
           entercommon
           
             sanz
             nombre
             ,
          
           and
           over
           all
           ,
           shall
           hereby
           be
           curbed
           and
           limited
           to
           a
           certain
           measure
           .
           
           The
           other
           is
           a
           clamour
           counterfeited
           with
           commiseration
           ,
           that
           by
           Enclosure
           the
           poor
           will
           be
           undone
           ,
           starve
           ,
           perish
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             
               Answer
            
             1
          
           Of
           the
           first
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           
             Sanz
             nombre
          
           being
           mistaken
           by
           the
           vulgar
           ,
           they
           would
           maintain
           that
           where
           they
           have
           such
           interest
           ,
           they
           may
           charge
           their
           Cattell
           on
           the
           Common
           to
           a
           number
           infinite
           ,
           whereas
           indeed
           (
           though
           their
           right
           be
           of
           a
           number
           uncertain
           )
           yet
           doth
           the
           Law
           allow
           them
           Common
           for
           no
           more
           Cartell
           then
           are
           requisite
           for
           the
           manurance
           of
           their
           Tenaments
           
           which
           have
           interest
           .
           And
           from
           this
           errour
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           many
           wealthy
           people
           (
           dreaming
           of
           great
           riches
           to
           be
           found
           in
           
             Wastes
             )
          
           get
           them
           a
           property
           in
           some
           poor
           Cottage
           interessed
           therein
           ,
           under
           colour
           of
           the
           right
           whereof
           (
           and
           often
           by
           meere
           intrusion
           )
           they
           bring
           into
           the
           Common
           some
           20
           ,
           some
           40
           ,
           some
           (
           haply
           )
           100
           head
           of
           Cattell
           (
           of
           all
           sorts
           )
           whereas
           the
           Tenement
           in
           whose
           right
           they
           do
           it
           ,
           is
           unable
           lawfully
           to
           allow
           three
           ,
           which
           course
           being
           also
           
             (
             quoad
             posse
             )
          
           generally
           holden
           of
           the
           Borderers
           themselves
           ,
           commonly
           three
           or
           four
           rich
           persons
           in
           the
           Parish
           (
           possessing
           much
           Cattell
           )
           
             surcharge
          
           the
           Commons
           ,
           and
           usurp
           more
           ro
           their
           shares
           then
           the
           whole
           Township
           besides
           ;
           which
           kindes
           of
           people
           also
           in
           any
           proposition
           for
           reforming
           the
           abuses
           complained
           on
           ,
           we
           shall
           finde
           the
           only
           authors
           of
           the
           second
           Cavil
           ,
           and
           the
           Bellows
           that
           kindle
           the
           fire
           of
           contradiction
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           vulgar
           ,
           causing
           them
           with
           themselves
           to
           cry
           out
           ,
           The
           poor
           will
           be
           undone
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           all
           is
           proclaimed
           for
           the
           poor
           ,
           when
           as
           by
           this
           stalking
           under
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Poor
           ,
           such
           as
           are
           poor
           indeed
           ,
           and
           have
           scarce
           a
           beast
           to
           feed
           with
           them
           ,
           are
           by
           these
           Foxes
           devoured
           ,
           and
           a
           poor
           
             modicum
          
           is
           it
           that
           the
           poor
           can
           get
           amongst
           the
           surcharging
           multitudes
           of
           such
           persons
           Cattell
           .
           As
           for
           other
           Objections
           (
           whereof
           some
           have
           already
           appeared
           unto
           you
           amongst
           the
           fruits
           of
           
             Idlenesse
          
           in
           our
           first
           entrance
           )
           rather
           let
           them
           be
           cast
           out
           of
           the
           balance
           ,
           then
           admitted
           in
           comparison
           with
           the
           sound
           conclusions
           of
           a
           publique
           welfare
           .
        
         
         
           But
           be
           it
           that
           some
           or
           other
           reason
           may
           hold
           against
           this
           work
           ,
           or
           that
           some
           men
           may
           (
           haply
           )
           (
           either
           in
           right
           or
           profit
           )
           suffer
           some
           prejudice
           (
           for
           in
           a
           matter
           so
           confuse
           and
           momentary
           ,
           it
           can
           hardly
           be
           but
           the
           lot
           may
           to
           some
           fall
           short
           )
           yet
           so
           many
           arguments
           
             (
             ab
             utili
             )
          
           pressing
           the
           Common-wealths
           advantage
           in
           an
           unsuitable
           comparison
           ,
           will
           decide
           the
           Question
           .
           And
           that
           ancient
           Maxime
           of
           
             Law
             (
             Better
             is
             a
             mischiesefe
             than
             an
             inconvenience
             )
          
           can
           warrant
           the
           preferment
           of
           a
           generall
           good
           ,
           before
           the
           respect
           of
           some
           few
           mens
           prejudice
           .
        
         
           To
           prevent
           the
           great
           Question
           that
           will
           now
           arise
           
             (
             Quantum
             mihi
             ?
             )
          
           I
           must
           acknowledge
           that
           so
           various
           are
           the
           quantities
           of
           bordering
           Tenures
           ;
           so
           manifold
           the
           rights
           ,
           bounds
           ,
           priviledges
           ,
           conditions
           ,
           &c.
           of
           the
           
             Wastes
             :
          
           So
           different
           the
           state
           and
           quality
           of
           persons
           interessed
           ,
           as
           my
           
             Jacobs
             Staffe
          
           (
           without
           Survey
           )
           hath
           neither
           Art
           to
           admeasure
           ,
           nor
           can
           have
           the
           hap
           to
           please
           in
           such
           perplexities
           ,
           and
           must
           therefore
           request
           the
           demandants
           so
           to
           rest
           assured
           on
           the
           judicious
           and
           upright
           dimensions
           of
           such
           honourable
           and
           worthy
           persons
           as
           may
           be
           charged
           therewith
           ,
           
           (
           whereof
           each
           County
           would
           have
           a
           grand
           Committee
           )
           that
           they
           quit
           their
           thoughts
           of
           vain
           jealonsies
           ,
           and
           expect
           the
           most
           just
           limitation
           for
           their
           contents
           :
           Only
           in
           a
           generall
           respect
           I
           conceive
           four
           sorts
           of
           people
           to
           be
           considered
           .
        
         
         
           
             I.
             
          
        
         
           
           The
           first
           are
           
             Lords
          
           of
           the
           
             Wastes
          
           and
           bordering
           Tenures
           ,
           to
           whom
           (
           if
           new
           reserved
           rents
           suffice
           not
           for
           content
           )
           a
           part
           of
           such
           
             Wastes
          
           may
           be
           added
           in
           demeane
           to
           poyse
           their
           rights
           .
           And
           as
           I
           wish
           them
           no
           lesse
           then
           a
           due
           measure
           ,
           so
           I
           hope
           their
           estates
           being
           already
           great
           and
           happy
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           so
           honourable
           in
           their
           desires
           as
           to
           crave
           no
           more
           .
        
         
           
             II.
             
          
        
         
           
           The
           second
           are
           able
           Tenants
           ,
           who
           having
           sufficient
           to
           live
           without
           it
           ,
           should
           be
           only
           limited
           in
           a
           just
           moderation
           ,
           which
           neverthelesse
           will
           be
           so
           good
           an
           addition
           to
           their
           estates
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           while
           they
           will
           finde
           their
           thrift
           better
           encreasing
           .
        
         
           
             III.
             
          
        
         
           
           The
           third
           ,
           
             Poor
             Cottagers
             and
             others
             of
             the
             poorer
             sort
             of
             Tenants
             .
          
           And
           these
           (
           having
           little
           or
           no
           other
           Inccour
           or
           substance
           to
           maintain
           them
           )
           should
           in
           charity
           be
           so
           far
           tendred
           as
           (
           according
           to
           their
           severall
           charges
           )
           a
           competent
           quantity
           be
           assigned
           to
           redeem
           them
           from
           their
           ever-preendured
           penury
           :
           and
           whereas
           Cottagers
           estates
           are
           now
           nothing
           but
           misery
           (
           in
           value
           not
           
             3d.
             )
          
           their
           portion
           by
           this
           course
           may
           be
           severally
           worth
           fourty
           or
           fifty
           pound
           or
           more
           to
           be
           sold
           ,
           
           (
           a
           good
           mans
           estate
           .
           )
           And
           think
           you
           will
           this
           undo
           the
           poor
           ?
        
         
           
             IV.
             
          
        
         
           
           The
           last
           
             Impotant
             poor
             ,
          
           for
           the
           necessary
           reliefe
           of
           which
           sort
           a
           portion
           would
           be
           allotted
           in
           each
           Lordship
           (
           where
           Commons
           will
           extend
           unto
           it
           )
           under
           yeerly
           disposure
           of
           the
           Church-wardens
           and
           overseers
           for
           their
           reliefe
           .
           And
           as
           this
           apportienment
           will
           not
           only
           yield
           a
           more
           comfortable
           sustentation
           to
           them
           ,
           then
           the
           former
           coldnesse
           of
           their
           overseers
           charity
           (
           God
           wot
           )
           could
           afford
           by
           way
           of
           rates
           :
           so
           will
           the
           whole
           Parish
           or
           Lordship
           finde
           a
           perpetuall
           ease
           and
           quiet
           in
           ceasing
           their
           factious
           Assesments
           of
           each
           other
           to
           this
           purpose
           :
           and
           the
           quantity
           that
           hence
           will
           be
           
           required
           to
           this
           use
           will
           be
           most
           where
           so
           mean
           and
           little
           as
           the
           omitting
           of
           the
           one
           to
           that
           end
           will
           have
           no
           equality
           in
           comparison
           with
           the
           manifold
           comforts
           of
           the
           other
           .
           And
           where
           
             Wastes
          
           fall
           out
           so
           large
           ,
           as
           each
           of
           these
           sorts
           being
           competently
           satisfied
           a
           remainder
           may
           be
           left
           (
           as
           many
           where
           very
           large
           ones
           will
           be
           ,
           )
           what
           more
           happy
           and
           convenient
           use
           may
           be
           made
           of
           them
           ,
           then
           (
           by
           direction
           of
           worthy
           Committees
           )
           to
           distribute
           
           them
           in
           like
           private
           usage
           ,
           for
           the
           maintenance
           and
           habitation
           of
           poor
           people
           elsewhere
           harbourlesse
           ,
           destitute
           ,
           and
           distressed
           :
           But
           where
           they
           fall
           out
           so
           little
           as
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           divided
           ?
           let
           them
           be
           yet
           improved
           ,
           and
           commended
           to
           a
           common
           trust
           for
           defraying
           those
           impositions
           
           that
           shall
           be
           laid
           upon
           the
           publique
           of
           the
           Lordship
           .
        
         
           Now
           that
           this
           prove
           not
           a
           snare
           to
           the
           poor
           Commoners
           ,
           to
           draw
           their
           new
           Tenures
           in
           time
           wholly
           into
           their
           Lords
           hands
           ,
           leave
           them
           inworss
           case
           then
           we
           finde
           them
           ,
           and
           bring
           a
           burthen
           upon
           the
           Common-wealth
           that
           can
           never
           be
           born
           ;
           but
           rather
           that
           we
           may
           make
           them
           zealous
           to
           the
           work
           ,
           and
           restlesse
           to
           improve
           their
           new
           land
           to
           the
           best
           profit
           for
           the
           common
           and
           their
           own
           good
           :
           It
           may
           (
           I
           hope
           with
           good
           conveniencie
           )
           be
           agreed
           unto
           ,
           that
           under
           a
           yeerly
           rent
           ,
           and
           fitting
           service
           to
           their
           Lords
           ,
           they
           may
           hold
           their
           
           several
           portions
           in
           
             Free-soccage
          
           to
           them
           and
           their
           heirs
           for
           ever
           .
           But
           should
           the
           poor
           peoples
           estates
           be
           at
           any
           time
           determined
           (
           which
           they
           can
           never
           be
           able
           to
           renew
           )
           we
           pluck
           the
           stoole
           from
           under
           their
           feet
           ,
           and
           throw
           them
           with
           that
           weight
           on
           the
           shoulders
           of
           the
           Republique
           ,
           as
           may
           endanger
           the
           utter
           spoil
           of
           each
           other
           .
        
         
           
             
               Objection
               .
            
          
           Yet
           (
           may
           some
           say
           )
           it
           will
           seeme
           strange
           or
           unpleasing
           to
           Lords
           of
           
             Wastes
          
           or
           Tenements
           to
           see
           their
           Lands
           and
           inheritances
           disposed
           perpetually
           from
           their
           own
           possession
           into
           the
           tenure
           and
           occupation
           of
           other
           persons
           .
           
             
               Answer
               .
            
          
           But
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           a
           work
           being
           in
           hand
           for
           the
           generall
           good
           ,
           we
           must
           either
           follow
           the
           current
           of
           generall
           acceptance
           ,
           or
           sit
           down
           hopelesse
           of
           successe
           :
           for
           should
           these
           distributions
           either
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           or
           any
           future
           time
           ,
           be
           fineable
           or
           determinable
           ,
           the
           vulgar
           will
           distaste
           the
           work
           ,
           and
           the
           common
           peoples
           resolution
           ,
           That
           they
           will
           never
           
           buy
           their
           own
           ,
           for
           so
           they
           now
           account
           it
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           their
           only
           main
           argument
           in
           opposition
           .
           Wherefore
           there
           is
           no
           fear
           but
           the
           Lords
           in
           this
           allowance
           and
           reservation
           may
           be
           so
           fully
           satisfied
           ,
           as
           their
           augmented
           benefits
           will
           better
           please
           them
           ,
           then
           can
           their
           Countreys
           hinderance
           ,
           the
           neglect
           of
           their
           own
           profit
           ,
           and
           their
           Tenants
           perpetuall
           penury
           ;
           for
           as
           the
           case
           now
           standeth
           ,
           little
           is
           the
           profit
           which
           any
           way
           ariseth
           out
           of
           these
           
             Wastes
          
           to
           their
           purses
           ,
           but
           their
           Tenants
           by
           right
           of
           Common
           ,
           do
           and
           will
           perpetually
           hold
           both
           use
           and
           Commodity
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           
             
               Objection
               .
            
          
           Some
           may
           also
           alleadge
           ,
           that
           in
           respect
           of
           Common
           ,
           they
           let
           their
           Tenements
           at
           the
           dearer
           rates
           ,
           or
           in
           case
           they
           be
           thus
           distributed
           in
           Fee
           ,
           Tenants
           may
           forsake
           their
           Tenures
           ,
           (
           upon
           determination
           of
           Estate
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           )
           and
           yet
           hold
           and
           take
           off
           their
           Commons
           from
           the
           same
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
        
         
           
             
               Answer
               .
            
             1
          
           To
           the
           first
           may
           be
           replied
           ,
           that
           so
           mean
           an
           advantage
           accrueth
           to
           them
           in
           the
           sale
           of
           their
           Tenements
           ,
           for
           the
           benefit
           of
           these
           Commons
           (
           it
           being
           to
           most
           I
           suppose
           nothing
           at
           all
           )
           that
           their
           Rents
           and
           Demeans
           thus
           augmented
           will
           make
           them
           a
           far
           greater
           commodity
           .
        
         
           
             II.
             
          
        
         
           
           To
           the
           second
           ,
           Though
           it
           may
           be
           that
           a
           Tenant
           upon
           determination
           of
           his
           estare
           may
           leave
           
           it
           ,
           and
           inhabit
           elsewhere
           ;
           yet
           he
           must
           needs
           leave
           his
           land
           behinde
           him
           ,
           and
           so
           little
           good
           will
           his
           new
           inheritance
           do
           him
           to
           be
           a
           
             non-resident
          
           to
           it
           .
           that
           (
           for
           certain
           )
           he
           will
           be
           enforced
           to
           let
           or
           sell
           the
           same
           ,
           to
           the
           same
           or
           some
           other
           Tenant
           of
           that
           Lordship
           .
           And
           indeed
           abuse
           herein
           may
           be
           well
           enough
           prevented
           by
           prescribing
           rules
           in
           that
           behalfe
           :
           But
           I
           rather
           think
           (
           and
           so
           it
           will
           prove
           )
           that
           such
           will
           be
           the
           love
           of
           Tenants
           to
           their
           old
           Tenures
           ,
           for
           their
           new
           improvements
           sake
           ,
           that
           the
           mutuall
           amity
           and
           contract
           of
           both
           
           in
           filling
           their
           treasury
           ,
           will
           presse
           them
           to
           
             deponere
             ultimum
             ,
          
           for
           continuance
           of
           their
           happy
           conjunction
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           now
           (
           as
           a
           Geographer
           from
           some
           few
           hills
           doth
           a
           Province
           )
           from
           these
           few
           heads
           discovered
           a
           new
           plantation
           in
           our
           own
           Continent
           ,
           and
           that
           to
           so
           good
           purpose
           ,
           as
           for
           wealth
           and
           people
           ,
           even
           another
           Kingdome
           would
           seem
           to
           be
           gained
           unto
           us
           ;
           what
           should
           hinder
           could
           never
           yet
           in
           reason
           be
           understood
           ,
           unlesse
           our
           many
           crying
           sins
           ,
           which
           makes
           us
           uncapable
           of
           so
           great
           a
           blessing
           ?
           But
           the
           Creators
           mercie
           is
           over
           all
           his
           works
           ,
           and
           only
           he
           it
           is
           ,
           by
           whose
           
             fiat
          
           the
           effects
           must
           follow
           .
           To
           him
           if
           our
           hearts
           be
           lifted
           ,
           and
           wils
           submitted
           ,
           we
           shall
           not
           want
           that
           happy
           unanimity
           that
           will
           beget
           so
           fair
           a
           body
           ,
           nor
           the
           fruit
           thereof
           perpetually
           showring
           into
           our
           bosomes
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           We
           shall
           glory
           to
           behold
           our
           Nation
           infinitely
           
           supplied
           in
           Treasure
           ,
           and
           strengthened
           by
           augmentation
           of
           
             Revenue
             ,
             Free-holders
             ,
          
           and
           able
           Subjects
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           Our
           improvident
           Drones
           (
           whom
           terrour
           
           never
           yet
           could
           enure
           to
           travell
           )
           yea
           and
           all
           other
           sweet
           dews
           of
           grace
           in
           the
           God-pleasing
           labours
           of
           their
           new
           Vineyards
           ,
           and
           their
           estates
           (
           thus
           drawn
           to
           perpetuity
           )
           toil
           in
           restlesse
           pains
           to
           try
           out
           the
           utmost
           dram
           of
           commodity
           from
           the
           Mines
           of
           their
           possessions
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Encreasing
           provisions
           in
           such
           abundance
           ,
           
           as
           will
           satiate
           our selves
           ,
           save
           the
           masses
           of
           wealth
           that
           others
           better
           husbandry
           (
           to
           our
           shame
           and
           misery
           )
           yeerly
           draws
           from
           us
           to
           supply
           our
           wilfull
           wants
           ,
           and
           get
           their
           honey
           for
           our
           wax
           ,
           that
           must
           now
           
             è
             converso
          
           take
           their
           wax
           for
           out
           honey
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           That
           our
           poorer
           people
           shall
           not
           want
           their
           
           bread
           ,
           nor
           our
           State
           advise
           to
           stop
           the
           fountain
           of
           their
           flowing
           issue
           ;
           but
           as
           a
           sound
           and
           compleat
           body
           (
           whose
           head
           and
           members
           are
           (
           in
           their
           proper
           places
           )
           fair
           and
           mighty
           )
           clad
           ,
           fed
           ,
           and
           suitably
           polished
           ,
           may
           bear
           our
           port
           in
           power
           and
           Majesty
           ,
           above
           the
           highest
           Towering
           fronts
           of
           adverse
           confederates
           ;
           when
           the
           Tyger
           may
           hunger
           ,
           and
           the
           Wolfe
           houle
           ,
           to
           lick
           of
           our
           crumbs
           ,
           but
           will
           lurk
           and
           tremble
           if
           the
           Lion
           roare
           ;
           yea
           ,
           the
           many
           sonnes
           of
           our
           multiplying
           family
           (
           fed
           and
           fostered
           with
           the
           bread
           of
           strength
           ,
           and
           the
           oile
           of
           gladnesse
           )
           will
           be
           an
           Host
           so
           terrible
           to
           the
           thoughts
           of
           insulters
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           admire
           and
           envie
           our
           happinesse
           ,
           but
           will
           ever
           fear
           to
           provoke
           us
           :
           and
           as
           an
           happy
           mother
           overjoyed
           in
           the
           glory
           of
           her
           issue
           ,
           we
           may
           sing
           the
           Lullaby
           of
           a
           constant
           
             requiem
          
           to
           our
           own
           Temples
           and
           our
           babes
           eye-lids
           .
           When
           garded
           with
           security
           of
           
           Powers
           protection
           blessed
           from
           above
           )
           we
           may
           sweetly
           and
           safely
           repose
           in
           the
           pleasing
           shadows
           ,
           of
           our
           spreading
           Vines
           ;
           and
           better
           to
           delight
           us
           ,
           walke
           in
           the
           wel-formed
           Rows
           of
           our
           Gardendainties
           ,
           where
           we
           may
           sit
           on
           beds
           of
           Roses
           ,
           dressing
           our
           Frontlets
           with
           borders
           of
           Lillies
           ,
           sucking
           the
           
             Nestar
          
           of
           our
           sweet
           grapes
           ,
           and
           feasting
           our
           appetites
           on
           milke
           and
           honey
           ;
           where
           from
           the
           lofty
           mounts
           garnish't
           with
           the
           full
           crop
           of
           
             Ceres
          
           presents
           ,
           we
           may
           behold
           the
           lower
           valleys
           richly
           clad
           in
           robes
           of
           beauty
           ;
           grac'd
           with
           veins
           of
           pleasant
           Rivers
           ;
           all
           contracting
           Leagues
           of
           amity
           to
           enthrone
           our
           State
           in
           highest
           Majesty
           ,
           all
           concluding
           peace
           in
           plenty
           ,
           And
           (
           to
           make
           all
           compleat
           )
           all
           bound
           for
           all
           ,
           to
           sing
           Hymns
           of
           thanks
           to
           the
           highest
           Proteoctor
           and
           Author
           of
           all
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A51210e-910
           
             The
             Low
             Countries
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A51210e-1530
           
             Innocent
             4.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             2.
             25.
             
          
           
             Two
             sorts
             of
             Wastes
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             first
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Horse
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Neate
             .
          
           
             ☞
             Kine
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Sheep
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Fuell
             .
          
           
             Curses
             .
          
           
             5
             Stealing
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             6.
             
             Boggs
             .
          
           
             Enclosure
             ,
             the
             means
             of
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Encrease
             of
             feeding
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Increase
             of
             Corn
             .
          
           
             Encrease
             of
             Fuell
             .
          
           
             A
             fourth
             part
             improved
             as
             good
             as
             the
             whole
             .
          
           
             Profit
             .
          
           
             750000
             persons
             to
             be
             maintained
             .
          
           
             ☜
             
          
           
             Industry
             of
             
               Devon
               .
            
          
           
             Marish
             Grounds
             .
          
           
             Inundation
             twofold
             .
          
           
             Bastards
             and
             Miscreants
             .
          
           
             Trampling
             .
          
           
             Straying
             .
          
           
             Stealing
             .
          
           
             Example
             .
             Viscount
             
               Bindon
               .
            
          
           
             ☜
             
          
           
             Infection
             .
          
           
             Geese
             and
             Swine
             .
          
           
             Remedy
             .
          
           
             Dreyning
             .
          
           
             Example
             .
          
           
             Let
             the
             Court
             and
             Smithfield
             report
             the
             service
             of
             this
             place
             .
          
           
             Fuell
             .
          
           
             Tillage
             .
          
           
             Soil
             and
             Compast
             .
          
           
             750000
             persons
             relieved
             .
          
           
             ☞
             
          
           
             1500000.
             
          
           
             4
             Millions
             yeerly
             gained
             .
          
           
             Imployment
             for
             the
             poor
             .
          
           
             2
             Objections
             .
          
           
             A
             grand
             Committee
             for
             just
             proceeding
             .
             4
             sorts
             of
             people
             to
             be
             satisfied
             .
          
           
             1
             Lords
             .
          
           
             2
             Able
             Tenants
             .
          
           
             3
             Poor
             cottagers
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             4
             Impotent
             poor
             .
          
           
             Means
             of
             amity
             .
          
           
             Harbour
             for
             the
             poor
             .
          
           
             All
             distributions
             in
             Free-Soccage
             .
          
           
             ☞
             
          
           
             State
             enriched
             .
          
           
             Poor
             and
             idle
             employed
             .
          
           
             Provisions
             encreased
             .
          
           
             People
             multiplied
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Nation
             in
             power
             advanced
             .