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mutancii divitias naturales, ut }3atet ex piimo capitulo. Ipsa ig-lturesteoriim possessio quorum sunt hujusmodi divitiae.

Nam si quis dat panem suum, vel laborem proprii corporis pro pecunia, cum ipse eam recipit, ipsa est sua, sicut erat panis vel labor corporis. qui erat 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 loti posteritati, ut habetur in Genesi. Moneta iei-itur non est solius principis. Si quis autem vellet oppouere per hoc, quod Salvator Xostcr, ostenso sibi denario, interrog-avit dicens :

(Jiijns est imago et superscriptio hœc ? et cum responsum esset, Cœsaris, ipse sententiavit dicens : Reddite ergo quœ sunt Cœsaris, Cœsari, et quœ Dei sunt, Deo . Acsi dicei-et : Cœsaris est numisma, ex quo imag"o Ca?saris in eo est impressa. Sed inspicienti seriem Evang-elii patet facile, quod non ideo dicitur Cœsari deberi denarius, quia erat Caesaris imagine suprascriptus, sed quoniam erat ti'i- ])ulum. Nam, ut ait Aposlolus : Ciii trihiiliim , tfihutum, et

passyng" bi natural Richessis of the world as it showith of the first chapitre. Therfor that is of their possessioun of whom bien thiese maner Richessis.

For whi whosumever yevith his brede or the labour of his propir body for monej, 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. ^^God forfoth from and at big-ynnyng yave not on\\ to piincis liberté and domynacioun of thyng"es but of their first and formor parentis and to ail their postérité, 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 yielde yee tho thynges whiche bien o/ César to César, and tho thinges whiche bien of God unto God. f£ As if he had saide : of César is the nummysme or iiewe printe,^ Of which Imag-e of César in it is impressed.

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ciii vectifjal uectigal. Cliristus itaque sig-navit, per hoc posse cog-nosci cui debeatur tributum : quia illi debebatur, qui pro repubiica militabat, et qui ratione imperii poterat fabricare monetam. Est ig-itur pecunia cotnmunitatis et .sing-ularium personarum,etita dicit Aristoteles VIF Politicae et Tullius circa fi nom veteris Rbetorica?.

But to the biholder seriouslv of the Evaung-ely shewith lig"htly that not therfor he saide the peny oug-ht to César for whi it was the writyng- and the Imag-e of César. But for whi it was tribute, for why as the Apostil saith : To whom tribute, tribute, to whom toi toi. ^ 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 cornu ne weele and wiiiche bi reason of his Empire may make money. |£ Therfor it isthe money of the comunalte and of overy singulier persone and so saith Aristotil in his VII book of Politikesand Tullius aboute thende of old Rethoriciens.

Capitulum VII '

Adcujusexpensas fabriranda sit moneta.

Sicut ipsa moneta est communitatis, ita facienda est ad oxpensas communitatis. Hoc autem fit convcnientissime, si hujusmodi expensae accipiantur supra totam monetam, per

The Vij chapitre ^

At whos costeis and expensis money is to be made or forged.

So as the money is of the comunalte, so is the makyng" at the costis and expensis of the comunalte.^ Forsoth this may be most conveniently if this maner expenses taken upon the