INTRODUCTION.

XVll

Z  "«T  Ae  spirit  of  reform  and  equalizan.
  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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“  Martyn,  die  deutsche  Loy  verleit
Dat  van  onrechter  Gewelt
,  Eygendom  is  comen.”
vio.Ltownerthip'^"^  """«bteous
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.”