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mutandi divitias naturales, ut patet ex primo capitulo. Ipsa igituresteorum possessio quorum sunt hujusmodi divitise .

Nam si quis dat panem suum, vol laborem proprii corporis pro pecunia, cum ipse eam recipit, ipsa est sua, sicut crat panis vel labor corporis. qui crat in ejus potestate libéra, supposito quod non sit servus. Deus enim a principio non dédit solis principibus libertatem ad dominium rerum, sed primis parentibus et toti posteritati, ut habetur in Genesi. Moneta ig-itur non est solius principis. Si quis autem vellet opponere per hoc, quod Salvator Noster, ostenso sibi denario, interrogavit dicens :

Cujus est imago et superscriptio hœc ? et cum responsum esset, Cœsaris, ipse sententiavit dicens : Redditeergo quœ sunt Cœ saris, Cœsari, et quœ Dei sunt, Deo . Acsi diceret : Caesaris est numisma, ex quo imago Caesaris in eo est i m pressa. Sed inspicionti seriem Evangvlii patet facile, quod non ideo dicitur Caesari deberi denarius, quia erat Gaesaris imagine suprascriptus, sed quoniam erat trihuliim. Nam, ut ail Apostolus: Cuitribatum» tribut uni, et

passyng bi natural Richessis oftbeworld as it showith of tbe first chapitre. Therfor thaï is of their possessioun of whom bien thiese maner Richessis.

For whi whosumever vevith his brede or the labour of his propir bodv for money, whan he receiveth it,that is his as it was of his labour and of his brede, the whiche was in his fre power under that was nat servitute,nor bond.f£God forfoth from and at big-ynnyng yave not only to princis liberté and domynacioun of thvng-es but of their first and formor parentis and to ail their posterite, that comyth after hem, as it is had in Genesis. Money therfor is not only of the prince.

{[ Forfoth whosumever willith to be opposed of this bi this that our Saviour suche oon shewed to hym a peny to whom be asked sayeng- : Of whom is this image and superscripcioun. And whan it was answerd : Of César, he sentenced and saide : Therfor i/ielde yee tlw thynges whiche bien oj César to César, and tho thi liges whiche bien of God unto God. {£ As if he had saide : of César is the nummysme or newe printe,{£Ofwhich Image of César in it is impressëd.

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cuîmctigal ueciigal. Qmstua itaque signavit, per hoc posse cognosci cui debeatur tiihu tum : quia illi debebatur, qui prorepubiica militabat, et qui ratione imperii poterat fabricare monetam. Est ig-itur pecunia communitatis et singularium personarum, et ita dicit Aristoteles VIIe PoHticae et Tulliua circa ûnem veteris Rhetoricae.

But to the biholder seriously of the Evaung-ely shewith lightly that not therfor lie saide the peny oug-ht to Gesar for whi it was the writyng- and the Image of César. But for whi it was tri bute, for why as the Apostil saith : To whorn tributey tribufe, to whom toi loi. {£ Christ therfor by this hath marked and sig-ned how it may be knowen to whom he owith tribute, for whi to hym it owith whiche doeth his knyghthode for the publique and comune weele and whiche bi reason of his Empire may make money. {[ Therfor it isthe money of the comunalte and of every singulier persone and so saith Aristotil in his VII book of Politikesand Tullius aboute thende of old Rethoriciens.

Capitulum VII

The Vii chapitre *

Adeiijusexpensasfabricanda At whos costeis and expensis

sit moneta . money is to bemade or for y éd.

Sicut ipsa moneta est corn- So as the money is of the

munitatis, ita facienda est ad comunalte, so is the makyng- at

expensas communitatis. Hoc the costis and expensis of the

autem fit convenientissime, si comunalte. <£ Forsoth this may

hujusmodi expensae accipian- be most conveniently if this

tur supra totam monetam, per maner expenses taken upon the

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hune modum quod monetabilis materia, sicut aurum quando traditur ad monetandum vel venditur pro moneta,detur pro minori pecunia quam possit fieri ex eo sub certo pretio taxato, verbi gratia, si ex marca arg-enti fieri possint LXII, et pro labore et necessariis ad monetandum eam requirantur duo solidi, tune marca arg-enti non monetata valebit LXsolidos,et alii duo eruntpro monetatione l. Haecautem portio taxata débet essetanta quod sufficiat abundanter omni tempore pro fabricatione monetœ.

Et si moneta possit fieri pro minori pretio, satis congruum est quod residuum sit distributori vel ordinatori, scilicet principi vel magfistro monetarum, et sit sicut quaedam pensio. Sed tamen hujusmodi portio débet esse moderata, et sufficienter satis parva, si monetae sufficerent debito modo, ut dicetur postea. Et si talis portio vel pensio esset excessiva, hoc foret in damnum et

money by this maner that the matiers coig-nable, so as g-old whan it is taken to be coig-ned or sold for money be it yeven for lasse money than may be made of it under certeyn price taxed with Goddis' grâce i. {£ If of a mark of silver may be made Xxvjs, and for the labour and necessariis to coig-ne the same requiren II s, than the mark of silver coigmed the money shal

be in value of Xxi

and

tho other II s shal be for the coig,neng>. {£ Forsoth thisporciown oug-ht to be taxed that sufficith habundauntly at al tymes for makyng' of money.

{£ And if money may be made for las price, it is covenable înoug-h that the Residue be to the distributor or thordynarie, that is to say to the prince or master of the mynt, and that it be made as to suche a pensioun.

{£ But so to this maner porcioun oug-ht to be moderate, and shal suffice litil jnowg'h if the monevs sufficen in diew

i. Vœg : duo solidi, erunt pro monetatione LXIV.