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Here beginneth the Prologe of the processe of the Libelle of Englyshe polycye exhortynge alle Englande to kepe the see enviroun and namelye the narowe see shewynge whate profete commeth thereof and also whate worshype and salvacione to Englande and to alle Englyshe menne	A
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The trewe processe of Englysh polycye	B
Of utterwarde to kepe thys regne in rest	C
Of oure England that no man may denye	B
Ner say of soth but it is one the best	C
Is thys as who seith south north est and west	C
Cheryshe marchandyse kepe thamyralte	C
That we bee maysteres of the narowe see	D
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For Sigesmonde the grete Emperoure	E
Whyche yet regneth whan he was in this londe	C
Wyth kynge Herry the vte prince of honoure	E
Here moche glorye as hym thought he founde	C
A myghty londe whyche hadde take on honde	C
To werre in Fraunce and make mortalite	C
And ever well kept rounde aboute the see	D
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And to the kynge thus he seyde 'My brothere'	E
Whan he perceyved too townes Calys and Dovere	E
'Of alle youre townes to chese of one and other	E
To kepe the see and sone for to come overe	E
To werre oughtwardes and youre regne to recovere	E
Kepe these too townes sure to youre mageste	C
As youre tweyne eyne to kepe the narowe see'	D
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For if this see be kepte in tyme of werre	E
Who cane here passe withought daunger and woo	F
Who may eschape who may myschef dyfferre	E
What marchaundy may forby be agoo	G
For nedes hem muste take truse every foo	F
Flaundres and Spayne and othere trust to me	D
Or ellis hyndered alle for thys narowe see	D
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Therfore I caste me by a lytell wrytinge	H
To shewe att eye thys conclusione	A
For concyens and for myne acquytynge	H
Ayenst God and ageyne abusyon	A
And cowardyse and to oure enmyes confusione	A
For iiij thynges oure noble sheueth to me	D
Kyng shype and swerde and pouer of the see	D
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Where bene oure shippes where bene oure swerdes become	I
Owre enmyes bid for the shippe sette a shepe	J
Allas oure reule halteth hit is benome	I
Who dare weel say that lordeshype shulde take kepe	J
I wolle asaye thoughe myne herte gynne to wepe	J
To do thys werke yf we wole ever the	K
For verry shame to kepe aboute the see	D
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Shall any prynce what so be hys name	I
Wheche hathe nobles moche lyche to oures	D
Be lorde of see and Flemmynges to oure blame	I
Stoppe us take us and so make fade the floures	D
Of Englysshe state and disteyne oure honnoures	D
For cowardyse allas hit shulde so be	D
Therfore I gynne to wryte now of the see	D
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Of the commodytees of Spayne and of Flaundres The fyrste chapitle	L
Knowe welle all men that profites in certayne	A
Commodytes called commynge oute of Spayne	A
And marchandy who so wyll wete what that is	D
Bene fygues raysyns wyne bastarde and dates	D
And lycorys Syvyle oyle and also grayne	A
Whyte Castell sope and wax is not in vayne	A
Iren wolle wadmole gotefel kydefel also	D
For poyntmakers full nedefull be the ij	H
Saffron quiksilver wheche Spaynes marchandy	C
Is into Flaundres shypped full craftylye	B
Unto Bruges as to here staple fayre	E
The havene of Sluse they have for here repayre	E
Wheche is cleped the Swyne thro shyppes gydynge	H
Where many wessell and fayre arne abydynge	H
But these merchandes wyth there shyppes greet	C
And suche chaffare as they bye and gette	C
By the weyes most nede take one honde	C
By the costes to passe of oure Englonde	C
Betwyxt Dover and Calys thys is no doute	C
Who can weell ellis suche matere bringe aboute	C
And whenne these seyde marchauntz discharged be	D
Of marchaundy in Flaundres neere the see	D
Than they be charged agayn wyth marchaundy	C
That to Flaundres longeth full rychelye	B
Fyne clothe of Ipre that named is better than oures	D
Cloothe of Curtryke fyne cloothe of all colours	D
Moche fustyane and also lynen cloothe	K
But ye Flemmyngis yf ye be not wrothe	K
The grete substaunce of youre cloothe at the fulle	L
Ye wot ye make hit of oure Englissh wolle	L
Thanne may hit not synke in mannes brayne	A
But that hit most this marchaundy of Spayne	A
Bothe oute and inne by oure coostes passe	D
He that seyth nay in wytte is lyche an asse	D
Thus if thys see werre kepte I dare well sayne	A
Wee shulde have pease with tho growndes tweyne	A
For Spayne and Flaundres is as yche othere brothere	E
And nethere may well lyve wythowghten othere	E
They may not lyven to mayntene there degrees	D
Wythoughten oure Englysshe commodytees	D
Wolle and tynne for the wolle of Englonde	C
Susteyneth the comons Flemmynges I understonde	C
Thane yf Englonde wolde hys wolle restreyne	A
Frome Flaundres thys foloweth in certayne	A
Flaundres of nede muste wyth us have pease	D
Or ellis he is distroyde wythowghten lees	D
Also yef Flaundres thus distroyed bee	D
Some marchaundy of Spayne wolle nevere ithe	K
For distroyed hit is and as in cheffe	F
The wolle of Spayne hit cometh not to preffe	F
But if it be tosed and menged well	L
Amonges Englysshe wolle the gretter delle	L
For Spayneshe wolle in Flaundres draped is	D
And evere hath be that mene have mynde of this	D
And yet woll is one the cheffe marchaundy	C
That longeth to Spayne who so woll aspye	B
Hit is of lytell valeue trust unto me	D
Wyth Englysshe woll but if it menged be	D
Thus if the see be kepte then herkene hedere	E
Yf these ij londes comene not togedere	E
So that the flete of Flaundres passe nought	C
That in the narowe see it be not brought	C
Into the Rochell to feche the fumose wyne	A
Nere into Britounse bay for salt so fyne	A
What is than Spayne what is Flaundres also	D
As who seyth nought there thryfte is alle ago	D
For the lytell londe of Flaundres is	D
But a staple to other londes iwys	D
And all that groweth in Flaundres greyn and sede	C
May not a moneth fynde hem mete of brede	C
What hath thenne Flaundres be Flemmynges leffe or lothe	K
But a lytell madere and Flemmyshe cloothe	K
By draperinge of oure wolle in substaunce	D
Lyvene here comons this is here governaunce	D
Wythoughten whyche they may not leve at ease	D
Thus moste hem sterve or wyth us most have peasse	D
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Of the commoditees of Portingalle The ij capitle	L
The marchaundy also of Portyngale	L
To dyverse londes torneth into sale	L
Portyngalers wyth us have trought on hande	C
Whose marchaundy cometh muche into Englande	C
They bene oure frendes wyth there commoditez	D
And wee Englysshe passen into there countrees	D
Here londe hathe oyle wyne osey wex and greyne	A
Fygues reysyns hony and cordeweyne	A
Dates and salt hydes and suche marchaundy	C
And if they wolde to Flaundres passe forth bye	B
They schulde not be suffrede ones ner twyes	D
For supportynge of oure cruell enmyes	D
That is to saye Flemmynges wyth here gyle	L
For chaungeable they are in lytel whyle	L
Than I conclude by resons many moo	I
Yf wee sufferede nethere frende nere foo	I
What for enmyes and so supportynge	H
To passe forby us in tyme of werrynge	H
Sethe oure frendys woll not bene in causse	D
Of oure hyndrenge yf reason lede thys clausse	D
Than nede frome Flaundres pease of us be sought	C
And othere londes shulde seche pease doute nought	C
For Flaundres is staple as men tell me	D
To alle nacyons of Crystiante	C
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The commodytes of Pety Brytayne wyth here revers on the see The iij capitle	L
Forthermore to wryten I hame fayne	A
Somwhate spekynge of the Lytell Bretayne	A
Commodite therof there is and was	D
Salt and wynes crestclothe and canvasse	D
And the londe of Flaunderes sekerly	L
Is the staple of there marchaundy	C
Wheche marchaundy may not passe awey	F
But by the coste of Englonde this is no nay	A
And of thys Bretayn who so trewth levys	D
Are the gretteste rovers and the gretteste thevys	D
That have bene in the see many a yere	E
And that oure marchauntes have bowght alle to dere	E
For they have take notable gode of oures	D
On thys seyde see these false coloured pelours	D
Called of Seynt Malouse and elles where	E
Wheche to there duke none obeysaunce woll bere	E
Wyth suche colours we have bene hindred sore	E
And fayned pease is called no werre herefore	E
Thus they have bene in dyverse costes manye	B
Of oure England mo than reherse can I	B
In Northfolke coostes and othere places aboute	C
And robbed and brente and slayne by many a routte	C
And they have also raunsouned toune by toune	A
That into the	K

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