France;
whereof
England,
though far
less in
territory
and
population,
hath been
(nevertheless)
an
over-match;
in regard
the middle
people of
England
make good
soldiers,
which the
peasants
of France
do not.
And herein
the device
of King
Henry the
Seventh
(whereof I
have
spoken
largely in
the
History of
his Life)
was
profound
and
admirable;
in making
farms and
houses of
husbandry
of a
standard;
that is,
maintained
with such
a
proportion
of land
