8.
v*** 6 Henry VIII.c.

14.
The king was allowed to make laws for Wales without consent of parliament.[*] It was forgotten that, with regard both to Wales and England, the limitation was abolished by the statute which gave to the royal proclamations the force of laws.
* 34 Henry VIII.
The foreign commerce of England during this age was mostly confined to the Netherlands.

The inhabitants of the Low Countries bought the English commodities, and distributed them into other parts of Europe.

Hence the mutual dependence of those countries on each other; and the great loss sustained by both in case of a rupture.

During all the variations of politics, the sovereigns endeavored to avoid coming to this extremity; and though the king usually bore a greater friendship to Francis, the nation always leaned towards the emperor.
In 1528, hostilities commenced between England and the Low Countries; and the inconvenience was soon felt on both sides.