A declaration of the ten holy co[m]maundementes of almighty God written Exo. 20. Deu.…A declaration of the ten holy co[m]maundementes of allmygthye God wroten Exo. 20. Deu.…

Let them that trade the curse of Merchants in there vocation / beware of this danger. such as hath the cure of souls beware they hold not there stipends / and deserve them not. Such as be servants that they eat not there masters bred / and receive there wages for nought. As for those men that give there wages / to such as live an isle / and unoccupied lief as the most part of the nobility doth now a day: it is against God's laws to keep any such in there house / for they maintain idleness which is for bidden 1. Thes. 4.2. Thes. 3. and the servant that receiveth it committeth theft. for he is commanded to labour with his hands / to feed him self / and other. Though it be used of princes / potestates / and all men of the world / yet that excuseth not the fault before god. for it was never redden in the law of god nor in the law of any man that had knowledge in a commune wealth / that an isle man was accounted as any member there of. as ye may read in Plato. and Aristot. what persons be mete to dwell in a commune wealth. How unruly a sort of people the isle men be thou mayst see by the writings of Cicer. When the Empire of Rome fell out with it self by sedition libr. 6. de Republi. and in an Epistol. ⟨p. CLXXII⟩ad Varronem. Crudeliter enim otiosis minabā tur: eratqueijs & tua inuisa uoluntas, & mea oratio. No man should retain the wages of his servant / but satisfy all ways his covenants. farther they offend against this law of God that by force or violence / fraud or any other way unjustly with hold and keep any mans child / or servants / as those do / that by force or fraud marry any mans child against the will of his parents. Such as hath great forests / or parks of dear / or Conyes / that pasture / and feed upon there neighbours ground. Or Columbaries where as doves assemble and haunt / and those feed / of the pours corn: I refer it to the charity of every man whether the keeping of such bests be not against God's laws / and mans laws. and whether it be not suffered rather for a few mens pleasure / then for many men's profit.

Let thē that trade the curse of Marchaundes in there vocatiō / beware of this danger. souche as hathe the cure of soules beware they hold not there stipendes / and deserue thē not. Souche as be seruātes that they eat not there masters bred / ād receaue there wages for nowght. As for those men that yeue there wayges / to souche as lyue an ile / and vnocopyd lieffe as the moost part of the nobilite doothe now a daie: it is against godes lawes to kepe ony souche in there house / for they mentaine ilenys whiche is for bydē