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not meete for warres, as craftes-men, and labourers : he would also they should haue part of the common treasure, but not without they earned it, and by doing somewhat. And this was his reason, and the cause that made him occupie the common people with great "buildings, and deuises of workes of diuerse occupations, which could not be finished of long time: to the end that the citizens remaining at home, might haue a nieane and way to take part of the common treasure, and enrich themselves, as well as those that went to the wars, and serued on the sea, or els that lay in garrison to keepe any place or fort. For some gained by bringing stufFe : as stones, brasse, iuory, gold, ebany, and cypres. Other got, to work and fashion it: as carpenters, grauers, founders, casters of images, masons, hewers of stone, diers, goldsmiths, ioyners working in iuory, painters, men that set in sundry colours of peeces of stone or wood, and turners. Other gained to bring stufTe, and to furnish them, as merchants, mariners, and shipmaisters, for things they brought them by sea. And by land other got also : as cart-makers, cariers, carters, cord-makers, sadlers, coller-makers, and pyoners to make wayes plaine, and miners, and such like. Furthermore euery science & craft, as a captain hauing souldiers, had also their army of the workmen that serued them, labouring truly for their liuing, who serued as apren-tises and iourneymen vnder their workemaisters: so the worke by this meanes did disperse abroad a common gain e to all sorts of people and ages, what occupation or trade soeuer they had. And thus came the buildings to rise in greatnesse and sumptuousnesse, being of excellent workmanship, and for grace and beautie not comparable : because euery workeman in his science did striue what he could to excell others, to make his worke appeare greatest in sight, and to J>e most workmanly done in shew. But the greatest