[1] [2] [3] Wherevpon the cardinall came againe into the lower house, and desired that he might reason with them that were against the demand: but he was an|swered that the order of that house was to heare, and not to reason, except amongst themselues. There he began to shew arguments of the great wealth of the [page 878] realme, so that it might be thought, that he repined and disdained that anie man should be wealthie but himselfe. After he was gone, the commons debated the matter according to their former maner, and so in the end concluded of two shillings in the pound, from twentie pounds vpwards, and from fortie shil|lings to twentie pounds, of euerie twentie shillings twelue pence, and vnder fortie shillings of euerie head of sixtéene yeeres and vpward foure pence to be paid in two yeares. When this was notified to the cardinall, he was much therwith offended, so that to please him, at length, the gentlemen of fiftie pounds land and vpward, by the liberall motion of sir Iohn Huseie,Sir Iohn Huseie. a knight of Lincolnshire, were burdened with twelue pence more of the pound of the same lands, to be paid in thrée yeares.