"  Again,  inasmuch  as,  under  the  name  of  a  twentieth  part,
six  thousand  marks  were  lately  paid  to  the  pope,  and  on  com-
parison of  the  amount  of  the  twentieth  part  with  that  of  the
moiety  demanded,  the  sum  total  of  money  demanded  wiU
exceed  sixty  thousand  marks,  including  tjie  sixth  part  of  the
revenues,  which  is  refunded  at  the  collection  of  the  profits,
since  he  does  not  deduct  that  portion ;  and  since,  besides
these,  he  endeavours  to  obtain  from  the  persons  excepted  in
the  first  mandate,  from  those  who  receive  revenues  of  a


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hundred  marks,  the  twentieth  part ;  and  from  those  who
have  larger  revenues,  a  third  part ;  it  would  be  necessary
ftunuAlly  to  collect  from  the  revenues  of  the  clerks,  the  sum
of  eighty  thousand  marks,  which  sum  the  whole  kingdom  of
En^and  would  scarcely  be  able  to  pay ;  how  much  less,
then,  can  the  clerksi,  whose  property  consists  only  in  the
profits,  which,  although  they  are  generally  exposed  fi>r  sale
annually,  lead  to  many  purchases  being  made  from  the  said
money,  since  the  money  passes  from  hand  to  hand,  and  remains
in  the  kingdom  ?  And  if  money  should  be  deducted  from  each.
