Essay

 1       14|              the devouring trades of usury, ingrossing great pasturages,
 2       33|            chosen, that are trusted. Usury is the certainest means
 3       40|                                   OF USURY~Many have made witty invectives
 4       40|             witty invectives against usury. They say that it is a pity,
 5       40|          like. I say this only, that usury is a concessum propter duritiem
 6       40|           they will not lend freely, usury must be permitted. Some
 7       40|               But few have spoken of usury usefully. It is good to
 8       40|     incommodities and commodities of usury, that the good, may be either
 9       40|         worse.~The discommodities of usury are, First, that it makes
10       40|           not for this lazy trade of usury, money would not he still,
11       40|             well, if he sit at great usury. The third is incident to
12       40|     merchandizing or purchasing; and usury waylays both. The sixth,
13       40|             side, the commodities of usury are, first, that howsoever
14       40|           are, first, that howsoever usury in some respect hindereth
15       40|          under foot; and so, whereas usury doth but gnaw upon them,
16       40|             say, The devil take this usury, it keeps us from forfeitures,
17       40|           speak of the abolishing of usury is idle. All states have
18       40|      reformation, and reiglement, of usury; how the discommodities
19       40|    commodities and discommodities of usury, two things are to be reconciled.
20       40|           The one, that the tooth of usury be grinded, that it bite
21       40|       introduce two several sorts of usury, a less and a greater. For
22       40|           greater. For if you reduce usury to one low rate, it will
23       40|             most lucrative, may bear usury at a good rate; other contracts
24       40|           That there be two rates of usury: the one free, and general
25       40| merchandizing. First, therefore, let usury in general, be reduced to
26       40|             to known merchants, upon usury at a higher rate; and let
27       40|          than give over his trade of usury, and go from certain gains,
28       40|             doth in a sort authorize usury, which before, was in some
29       40|             it is better to mitigate usury, by declaration, than to
30      Glo|             value~Unready: untrained~Usury: interest~Value: certify~