Of his Taxations.
IN his first yeere an incredible sum of money was given him by the Clergy, to di∣••ert him from a motion propounded to take away their Temporalties. And in the same yeere a Subsidie was granted him both by the Clergy and the Laity. In his fourth yeere was granted him, towards his warres in France, two whole Tenths of the Clergy, and a fifteenth of the Laity; which being farre too short to defray his great charge, he was forced to pawne his Crowne to the Bishop of Beauford his Un∣cle for a great sum of money, as also certain Jewels to the Lord Major of London, for ten thousand markes. In his ninth yeere in a Parliament at We••••minster, for revenge of the Duke of Clarence death, two tenths of the Clergy, and one fifteenth by the Laity, which because the haste of the businesse could not stay the usuall course of collection, the Bishop of Winchester brought in presently twenty thousand pounds, to receive it againe when the Subsidie should be gathered. The same yeere also, the Duke of Bedford in the kings absence called a Parliament, wherein was granted towards his warres, one fifteenth to be paid in such money as was at that time cur∣rent. These are all the Subsidies that were given him, notwithstanding his many and great atchievements, by which it appeares what great matters a moderate Prince may doe, and yet not grieve his subjects with Taxations.