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The Poor and Trade Debate in Parliament Excerpt
A fragment from a Parliament discussion debates employing the poor and boosting trade in England. It notes that plenty does not help the idle poor and argues for promoting trade and manufacturing to provide livelihoods, while warning that unemployment breeds danger to the common wealth. It cites Hale on aiding the poor and discusses the English fishery rights and historical royal authority over seas, urging careful preservation of privileges.
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Commonwealth
Hale
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Canutus
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Canutetus
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Philip the
Gontraét
Cambden
Scarborough Castle