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lxxx in lieu of the tyrannical rule of strange lords, led to and resulted in a better understanding between the two nations.

Even the rigorous proscription of the Welsh language by the Eighth did not last long, for within twenty years a great change came over Parliament and the government of the country, which is evidenced by the statute passed in 1562 during the reign of  for the translation of the Bible and the Divine services into the  language. In this recognition of the Cymric tongue there was contained the seed of a great movement which had far-reaching results.

The historical consequences of the introduction of English land laws, entailing the abolition of the system of land tenures, were important  tribal customs and tenure were ousted by a long and difficult process. Not even the vigour of Tudor administration could by statutory process alter the ancient national conditions. The result has generally been that the smaller holdings of the yeomen have gradually disappeared and following the legislation of  the Eighth the modern landlord system, with its great estates, has been developed.

After the time of the Eighth  made rapid progress. There was a strong national revival. Professor Tout, in " under the Tudors," says, that "Schools were set up; a college founded at Oxford;  grammars, dictionaries, histories were written; many  rose to eminence in the service of their Church, both in  and England. Agriculture prospered now peace was secure and markets accessible. As Churchyard, the  poet, sang in describing the Worthiness of :—

"The coal mines of Flintshire and Glamorganshire were developed. The Society for the Mines Royal, set up in 1567,