It is vnproperliche sayde: That good hath hym, and halt him taide, And a subiecte thus serueth he: USURY. Hic tractat de illa specie Auaricie, quæ vsura dicitur, cuius creditor in pecania tantum numerata plus quam sibi de iure debetur incrementum lucri adauget. UPON the benche sittende on high With Auarice Vsure I sighe, Ful clothed of his owne sute, Whiche after golde maketh chase and sute With his brocours, that renne aboute Liche vnto ratches in a route Suche lucre is none aboue grounde, Vsure with the riche dwelleth, Outwarde he selleth by the lasse, And with the more he maketh his tasse, He recheth nought be so he wyn, |