...wrich seeketh to be fed with such ungodly gains, and so deeply shameth his natural country. I know a merchantman, which shall at this time be nameless,...shillings price: a shame it is to be spoken. This stuff huth he occupied instead of grey paper for the space of more than these ten years, and yet he hath...

...quadrangles of New College were for days littered with torn manuscript». Bale says he " knew a grocer who bought the contents of two noble libraries for forty...spoken." "This stuff hath he occupied in the stead of grey paper by the space of more than to« years past, and yet he hath store enough for as jnany years...

...belly which seeketh tn be fed with so ungodly gains, and so deeply shamcth his native country. I know a merchantman {which shall at this time be nameless) that bought the contents of two noble libraries f.ir forty fhillings price : a shame it is to be *poken. This stuff hath he occupied Instead of srvy...

...belly which seeketh to be fed with so ungodly gains, and so deeply shameth his native country. I know a merchantman (which shall at this time be nameless)...contents of two noble libraries for forty shillings priee : a shame it is to be spoken. This stuff hath he occupied instead of grey paper, by the space...

...belly which seeketh to be fed with so ungodly yataav and so deeply shameth his native country. I know a merchantman (which shall at this time be nameless)...shame it is to be spoken. This stuff hath he occupied in»te*wi of grey paper, by the space of more than these ten years, and yet hath he store enough for...

...the sea to the book-binders, not in small numbers, but, at times, in ships. I know a merchant (who shall at this time be nameless,) that bought the contents...shillings price. A shame it is to be spoken. This stuff has been occupied instead of grey paper. Our posterity may well curse the wicked fall of our age —...

...gives this lamentable account of what he himself was an eye witness to: — " I know a merchant (who shall at this time be nameless) that bought the contents of two noble libraries for forty shillings a piece ; a shame it is to be spoken. This stuff has been used instead of grey paper by the space of...

...wondering of foreign nations. And after he also addeth, " I know a merchantman, which all this time shall be nameless, that bought the contents of two noble libraries for forty shillings each, a shame it is to be spoken : this stuff hath he occasioned instead of grey paper by the space...

...bookbinders, not in small number, but at times whole ships full I know a merchantman (which shall tilth's time be nameless) that bought the contents of two noble libraries for fourty shillings a-piece, a shame it is to bo spoken. This stuffo hath he occupied instead of grey...

...that belly which seeketh to be fed with such ungodly gains, and shameth his natural country. I know a merchantman, which shall at this time be nameless,...the stead of gray paper, by the space of more than ten years, and yet he hath store enough for as many years to come ! — (Bale's Preface to the Laboryouse...