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i_o first_o read_v in_o menot_n and_o maillard_n such_o a_o number_n of_o their_o subtle_a sleight_n and_o crafty_a conveyance_n i_o think_v it_o almost_o impossible_a to_o add_v any_o thing_n unto_o they_o but_o when_o i_o begin_v to_o entreat_v of_o this_o argument_n i_o perceive_v that_o i_o need_v not_o go_v far_o or_o trouble_v myself_o much_o in_o discover_v of_o other_o come_v new_o sparkle_v from_o the_o forge_n among_o which_o i_o will_v range_v this_o in_o the_o first_o rank_n not_o because_o it_o be_v very_o witty_a but_o because_o it_o be_v very_o pleasant_a of_o a_o usurer_n of_o vincence_n who_o be_v very_o importunate_a with_o the_o preacher_n of_o that_o place_n to_o cry_v out_o lusty_o against_o usurer_n and_o be_v demand_v by_o he_o why_o he_o be_v so_o earnest_a to_o have_v he_o preach_v against_o they_o he_o give_v he_o this_o answer_n sir_n quoth_v he_o i_o hope_v if_o you_o cry_v out_o main_o against_o they_o and_o reprove_v they_o sharp_o for_o it_o you_o will_v in_o the_o end_n make_v they_o leave_v it_o and_o then_o if_o i_o can_v once_o be_v alone_o or_o have_v but_o few_o fellow_n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o i_o shall_v quick_o grow_v rich_a whereas_o now_o i_o can_v get_v nothing_o among_o such_o a_o multitude_n but_o let_v we_o proceed_v to_o other_o wicked_a practice_n much_o more_o pernicious_a whereby_o they_o ensnare_v especial_o spend_v thrift_n and_o bad_a husband_n for_o it_o be_v ordinary_a with_o bankrupt_n when_o they_o begin_v to_o break_v to_o have_v their_o next_o recourse_n to_o usurer_n though_o this_o be_v the_o breakneck_n of_o all_o and_o the_o ready_a way_n to_o overthrow_v they_o horse_n and_o foot_n see_v then_o here_o a_o trick_n very_o common_a at_o this_o day_n if_o a_o rich_a merchant-usurer_n be_v entreat_v to_o lend_v a_o sum_n of_o money_n his_o answer_n will_v be_v that_o he_o have_v none_o but_o he_o have_v ware_n which_o he_o care_v not_o to_o part_v withal_o so_o he_o may_v have_v the_o value_n of_o they_o 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usury_n practise_v at_o this_o day_n with_o such_o strange_a course_n and_o proceed_n as_o doubtless_o the_o aforesaid_a preacher_n never_o hear_v of_o and_o it_o be_v not_o unlike_a but_o that_o they_o have_v be_v devise_v of_o late_a for_o the_o mean_n whereby_o usurer_n in_o some_o country_n be_v wont_a to_o gnaw_v the_o borrower_n to_o the_o bone_n be_v these_o first_o note_n that_o some_o be_v lender_n by_o their_o occupation_n and_o other_o surety_n when_o then_o a_o man_n come_v to_o a_o usurer_n who_o dare_v for_o five_o in_o the_o hundred_o and_o after_o much_o ado_n have_v get_v a_o promise_n upon_o condition_n he_o put_v in_o a_o sufficient_a surety_n the_o good_a wife_n also_o give_v her_o consent_n by_o mean_n of_o some_o good_a present_n he_o must_v hire_v some_o good_a fellow_n to_o be_v surety_n for_o he_o by_o present_v he_o with_o some_o thing_n who_o will_v do_v nothing_o for_o all_o that_o except_o he_o may_v have_v a_o pawn_n worth_a very_o near_o twice_o so_o 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certain_a daily_a allowance_n mention_v in_o the_o bond_n which_o come_v often_o to_o twice_o so_o much_o as_o their_o charge_n and_o there_o they_o run_v upon_o his_o score_n till_o he_o come_v to_o take_v some_o other_o order_n i_o mean_v till_o he_o satisfy_v their_o host_n for_o all_o that_o they_o have_v spend_v and_o content_v they_o for_o their_o wage_n and_o by_o mediation_n of_o angel_n renew_v the_o bond_n both_o with_o the_o creditor_n and_o the_o surety_n to_o obtain_v a_o second_o term_n for_o the_o first_o be_v expire_v he_o must_v see_v they_o afresh_o or_o seâ—ke_v for_o other_o surety_n such_o as_o his_o creditor_n shall_v like_v of_o and_o so_o at_o the_o last_o the_o land_n or_o house_n or_o whatsoever_o be_v lay_v to_o pawn_v be_v so_o deep_a in_o the_o usurer_n book_n that_o the_o borrower_n be_v no_o way_n able_a to_o redeem_v it_o but_o this_o be_v the_o devil_n and_o all_o that_o they_o will_v not_o stay_v till_o he_o owe_v they_o so_o much_o as_o the_o pawn_n be_v worth_a but_o cause_n the_o house_n to_o be_v adjudge_v they_o for_o the_o lone_a of_o 400._o or_o 500_o crown_n which_o be_v worth_a 1500._o or_o 2000_o whereof_o they_o be_v to_o have_v the_o use_n until_o it_o be_v pluck_v out_o of_o their_o claw_n the_o usury_n notwithstanding_o of_o five_o in_o the_o hundred_o still_o run_v on_o till_o it_o be_v pay_v or_o till_o such_o time_n as_o at_o the_o request_n of_o other_o creditor_n the_o house_n or_o land_n may_v be_v sell_v at_o port-sale_n that_o he_o may_v have_v the_o overplus_n of_o the_o true_a value_n albeit_o it_o fall_v out_o many_o time_n in_o such_o sell_n by_o port-sale_n the_o country_n be_v poor_a of_o itself_o and_o the_o creditor_n man_n of_o power_n and_o might_n that_o the_o house_n be_v sell_v or_o value_v at_o half_a the_o worth_n no_o man_n willing_a or_o dare_v to_o enhance_v the_o price_n beside_o all_o this_o when_o the_o creditor_n lend_v his_o money_n he_o deliver_v such_o piece_n of_o gold_n as_o he_o think_v good_a whether_o they_o be_v weight_n or_o not_o it_o matter_a not_o with_o hobby_n horse_n and_o silver_n dagger_n or_o such_o like_a toy_n for_o such_o a_o price_n tell_v i_o now_o good_a reader_n what_o say_v thou_o to_o this_o kind_n of_o usury_n do_v thou_o think_v that_o the_o devil_n himself_o can_v do_v worse_o if_o he_o shall_v become_v a_o usurer_n for_o my_o part_n i_o be_o persuade_v he_o can_v not_o and_o yet_o the_o usury_n which_o be_v so_o common_a at_o this_o day_n in_o grind_v the_o face_n of_o the_o poor_a people_n make_v their_o case_n much_o more_o lamentable_a when_o gripe_a extortioner_n do_v not_o only_o impoverish_v they_o they_o be_v poor_a already_o but_o even_o cut_v their_o throat_n in_o take_v their_o meat_n out_o of_o their_o mouth_n by_o their_o monopoly_n daily_o devise_v by_o these_o wicked_a wretch_n go_v to_o meet_v the_o wagon_n and_o boat_n bring_v in_o commodity_n and_o corrupt_v the_o carter_n and_o waterman_n to_o make_v they_o stay_v 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book_n call_v stella_fw-la clericorum_fw-la as_o follow_v quinque_fw-la enim_fw-la sunt_fw-la dignitates_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la praecaeteris_fw-la primò_fw-la dicitur_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la quasi_fw-la sacris_fw-la dotatus_fw-la scililet_fw-la sacris_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la quia_fw-la ipse_fw-la est_fw-la in_o summo_fw-la gradu_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la secundò_fw-la sacerdos_n quasi_fw-la sacris_fw-la deditus_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la ad_fw-la sacrificanda_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la nam_fw-la ipse_fw-la sacrificat_fw-la sacrosanctum_fw-la corpus_fw-la domini_fw-la cum_fw-la verbis_fw-la signis_fw-la prodigijs_fw-la &_o cetera_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la tertiò_fw-la dicitur_fw-la sacerdos_n quasi_fw-la dans_fw-fr sacra_fw-la that_fw-mi enim_fw-la baptismum_fw-la confessionem_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la indulgentiam_fw-la eucharistiam_fw-la benedictionem_fw-la &_o extremam_fw-la unctionem_fw-la quartò_fw-la dicitur_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la quasi_fw-la sacra_fw-la docens_fw-la docet_fw-la enim_fw-la verba_fw-la sancti_fw-la evangelij_fw-la &_o articulos_fw-la rectae_fw-la fidei_fw-la quintò_fw-la dicitur_fw-la sacerdos_n quasi_fw-la sacer_fw-la dux_fw-la quasi_fw-la ducatum_fw-la praebens_fw-la &_o iter_fw-la populo_fw-la ad_fw-la regna_fw-la coelorum_fw-la verbo_fw-la sacrae_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la &_o aquavitae_fw-la bono_fw-mi exemplo_fw-la unde_fw-la versus_fw-la sacris_fw-la dotatus_fw-la &_o sacris_fw-la deditus_fw-la atque_fw-la sacra_fw-la docens_fw-la sacra_fw-la dans_fw-fr &_o dux_fw-la sacer_fw-la esto_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la and_o who_o will_v have_v think_v that_o a_o man_n can_v ever_o have_v find_v such_o a_o mystery_n in_o the_o name_n dominicus_n dicitur_fw-la dominicus_n say_v barelet_n fol._n 191._o col_fw-fr 4._o quasi_fw-la totus_fw-la domini_fw-la vel_fw-la dominicus_n quasi_fw-la cuâ—tos_fw-la domini_fw-la vel_fw-la dominicus_n quasi_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la custoditus_fw-la and_o for_o franciscus_n what_o do_v you_o think_v 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