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The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21).
Volume IV. Prose and Poetry: Sir Thomas North to Michael Drayton.

XV. Early Writings on Politics and Economics

Bibliography

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The Anti-projector, or, the history of the Fen project. London (?), 1646 (?).

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—— The boke of husbandry. 1534.

(These books have been generally attributed to Sir Anthony Fitzherbert, Justice of the Common Pleas, but good reason has been shown for believing that they were written by his brother, John Fitzherbert of Norbury. See Fitzherbert, R. H. C., English Historical Review, XII, 225, and Cunningham’s Growth of Eng. Industry and Commerce, vol. I, 553. 1905.)

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Harrison, William. Description of England, in Holinshed’s Chronicles. 1577–8, 1587.

—— An historicall description of the Islande of Britayne. 1577.

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Hayward, Sir J. An Answer to the first Part of a certaine conference concerning Succession. 1603.

Heath, Sir R. Propositions showing the great utility of a bank, and recommendation for erecting one in London. 1622. In State Papers, Domestic, James I, CXXX, 30.

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Hitchcock, R. A Pollitique Platt for the honour of the Prince, the greate profite of the publique state, relief of the poore, preservation of the riche, reformation of Roges and Idle persones, and the wealthe of thousandes that knowes not how to live. 1580.

Homilies. Certayne Sermons appoynted by the Quenes Majestie to be declared and read, by all Persones, Vycars and Curates, every Sonday and holy daye, in theyr churches. 1559–63. Ed. Corrie, G. E. Cambridge, 1850.

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—— England’s View in the unmasking of two Paradoxes. 1603.

—— Consuetudo vel Lex Mercatoria, or, the Ancient Law Merchant. Divided into three parts: according to the essentiall parts of Trafficke. 1622.

—— The Maintenance of Free Trade, according to the three essentiall parts of traffique; … or, an answer to a treatise of Free Trade [by Misselden, E.], lately published. 1622.

—— The Centre of the Circle of Commerce. Or, a refutation of a Treatise intituled The Circle of Commerce, or the Ballance of Trade, lately published by E. M. 1623.

(The original MS. notes embodied in a portion of the above works are to be found in Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Otho E. X. 65 ff.)

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