INTRODUCTION. 
XVll 
Z "«T Ae spirit of reform and equaliza- 
n. Whenever the religious sentiment involves a belief in 
lyine justice, and a longing to see it realized here below, 
u leads of necessity to the condemnation of the iniquity which 
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?he wà ñ T”“°"i! “ »«dalistic. During 
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“ Martyn, die deutsche Loy verleit 
Dat van onrechter Gewelt 
, Eygendom is comen.” 
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Further on Maerlant exclaims :— 
“ Twee worde in die werelt syn : 
Dats aliene myn ende dyn. 
Moeht men die verdriven, 
Pays ende vrede bleve fyn ; 
I let ware al vri, niemen eygin, 
Manne mellen wiven ; 
Het waer gemene tarwe ende wyn.”